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"Shinra Tensei!"
'Hiraishin!' thought Naruto as he saw the wave of pressure heading towards him. His clone had marked the red headed man with the seal when he punched him earlier. Naruto flashed in front of Nagato and landed a devastating punch to Nagato's face, resulting in the red headed man flying backwards and having to right himself on a tree.
'This isn't good, I need my paths, but the reanimation Jutsu will end up costing me half my chakra, and he hasn't used any Jutsu since I absorbed his last attack. It's my only option at this point, I need to reanimate the Naraka path...' thought Nagato as he began forming hand seals.
"Nakara path... Heavenly remote revival..." mumbled Nagato as he was forced to once again use the asura path to take another blow from the super powered punches of the Godaime hokage. 'Has he figured out the five second gap between the Shinra tensei?'
'His chakra just split into two... What's he doing?' thought naruto as he sent another punch at the red haired man. 'Wait... Now it's split into seven parts... Did he revive those other bodies?'
-With Jiraiya and Tsunade-
Jiraiya stood atop Gamabunta, tsunade atop Katsuyu, Gamahiro and Gamaken stood around group of giant multi-headed dogs.
"All the others went down easy, but these dogs just multiply!" shouted Tsunade, her Sozo Saisei activated, as she punched away yet another of the dogs.
"Too bad there summons! They would make great pets!" shouted back Jiraiya, red outlines around his golden toad eyes, his red lines now thick and pointed with Ma and pa fused to his shoulders.
"Stop joking and find a way to take these things out!" shouted Tsunade as she batted away another one of the Dogs that had lunged at her.
"Who's joking? The Gakis got a pet, and I want one too!" shouted Jiraiya as he flashed through hand seals. "Sage Art! Grand Fireball!"
"When did naruto get a pet?" questioned the blonde sannin.
"Will you two knock it off! We're in the middle of a fight, and Pain's chakra just split into seven partitions." shouted Ma
"Not so loud Ma, Jiraiya-boy will need his hearing." stated Pa
"Hes had a pet! He's lived in that compound for three years now!" replied Jiraiya.
Tsunade thought for a second, trying to remember anything that could be considered a pet. "Zabuza isn't a pet!"
-Branches-
"This isn't right! Lord Kitsuchi said that you were all low A Rank! We should have to problem with you!" shouted one of the nameless chunin, who had just watched four of his fellow chunin, as well as all but one genin fall to the branches in less than a minutes. Thankfully all of the jonin were still alive.
"You were fools to believe such a blatant lie." stated Kakashi as he pulled his headband down, conserving chakra until he would need it again. "I was a Low A-Rank ninja at the end of the third great war. Zabuza was listed as a high A ranked Traitor. Your own Bingo Book has both Gai and Asuma as mid A ranks. And all of those ranks are outdated."
"Seriously, I haven't been low A rank since I left to join the guardians, and that was almost twelve years ago." stated Asuma, a cigarette hanging from his lip. "Like Zabuza said before, your leader sent you here to die."
"It is most unyouthful. Your leader most likely will use your deaths as a springboard towards war. A war he would lose in a second. It's been said already, but Naruto is much more powerful than Lord Minato was when he died. I doubt your whole village could even scratch Naruto." stated Gai as he lowered his stance. "Earth Style! Youthful Dragon of Earth!"
-Naruto vs Pain-
'Shit! This isn't good...' thought Naruto as he dodged another punch from the mechanical body that he could have sworn he took out when he Hiraishin'd to the top of the shield that surrounded the village and killed them all.
"Now that all my bodies are functioning again, you have no way of defeating me. Give up now, and come peacefully." stated all the bodies at once, giving Naruto the chills. 'With my combined vision and being able to use all my powers simultaneously, he doesn't stand a chance, though I need to force him to use jutsu so that I can reabsorb some chakra. Because of the Remote Revival and that mass summoning, I'm down to just over a quarter of my reserves.'
'Shit. It was hard enough fighting him when he was by himself, now I have to fight six more of them? And I can't get behind any of them! They all see what the others see... Thank you Great Grandpa Tobirama!' "Bringer of Darkness!"
Nagato went wide eyed as himself and all of his paths lost their sight, just blackness surrounded them. 'Foolish. It's obviously a genjutsu. Kai!'
Nothing happened.
"KAI!" still nothing as Nagato began whipping his head around. "What have you done? Why can't I see!"
"Its a genjutsu. My great grandfather designed it to negate the Mangekyou Sharingan. It can't be broken unless I allow it." states Naruto. 'Lets just hope he doesn't figures out the flaw to this Jutsu...'
-Team Naruto vs Tobi and Kisame-
"Your good! Tobi likes you, you're a good boy, like Tobi!" Called out the masked man as he reappeared about twenty feet away Kisame, who was locked in a power struggle with Azumi. 'These kids are outrageous! The Uzuchiha is keeping up with me? I understand he has a fully developed sharingan, but the only my thing I can do is teleport behind him, and even then the girl is there to attack me before I can do anything! Leave it to sensei's son to train three ten year olds to be damn near elite jonin...'
"Your good Gaki! Not even Yagura could use all three tails at once and stay in control." Stated Kisame with his patented shark like grin, though on the inside, he was very confused. 'This kid is holding his own... I don't like this, when he's using the beasts chakra, I can't out muscle him, and he's just barely slower than me. If this keeps up, I'll have to start absorbing his chakra, and I'll have to purge samehada to re link with it...'
"Thanks, Naruto niisan and Mister Zabuza taught me a lot." Stated Azumi, trying to get a rise out of the former swordsman by mentioning Zabuza. He was hoping it had worked, but wasn't sure. 'Oh Man! I can feel my body breaking down already, I thought I could last longer than this. Mister Turtle, how much longer do I have?'
"So, Zabuza trained you huh? I guess that makes me your Senpai!" Stated Kisame as he backed off from the ten year old jinchuuriki.
"I don't want you as a Senpai, you're a bad person, and I don't like bad people." Stated Azumi. "Zabuza said that if I ever had to fight you, I should use this. He says that you suck in the mist!"
-Yugito versus Hidan and Kakazu-
"Stupid cunt! Stay still!" Shouted Hidan as he swung his syth again, missing the blonde jinchuuriki by a wide margin.
Kakazu meanwhile was studying his opponent. 'Shes faster than both of us and has much better stamina. Hidan's already out of energy and I'm running out of options as she just dodges or counters my attacks. This isn't good. As long as she has that cloak I can't do any damage with taijutsu and I don't know any genjutsu that would work on a jinchuuriki. I most likely will have to resort to using the next level.'
Yugito was busy avoiding swipes and watching out for her other opponent when she saw an opening and took it. She swiped at Hidan's neck. By extending her claws with chakra, she was able to slice his head off, but She knew that he was not yet dead, so she stopped on the still cursing head, crushing it into the ground. She then picked the crushed head up and threw It in the direction of Naruto's fight.
"Very clever. Even though he is still alive, you have destroyed his brain and made sure I could not stitch him back together." Stated Kakazu as his arms came loose from his body and thick black cables extended them outward. "I was hoping not to reveal this, but I've been left no choice. Earth Grudge Fear, Stage Two!"
-Mount Izuna-
"It won't be long before pain finds the weakness in this jutsu." Stated Madara as he looked down on the battle between the blonde and red headed Uzumakis.
"I wasn't aware this jutsu had a weakness. You yourself said that it was the strongest non sharingan Genjutsu that there is." Stated Shisui senior as he watched his son fight off Tobi and Kisame. 'To think that two ten year olds are so good in the mist that they are taking on Kisame.'
"It is. But do to the fact that its made to counter the sharingan, it has one weakness, that is also its greatest strength. This genjutsu uses the chakra from the eyes of the person who is under it. Tobirama created it to counter Izuna. It took many weeks to figure out how to counter it, but once he did, the jutsu becomes almost useless." Stated Madara before quietly stating. "But by that time, Tobirama had created the Hiraishin Giri, which ended up killing Izuna."
"So how do you counter it?" Asked Shisui.
"Simple. Cut the chakra that's going you your eyes of for a few seconds and it goes away."
-Naruto vs Pain-
'So, I can't use my eyes. Jiraiya sensei said that this could happen one day, I should half listened to him.' Thought Nagato as he continued to do his best to manipulate his paths.
"Rasengan." Mumbled Naruto as he took out the largest body, driving the rasengan down on top of the bald head of the Asura path. As he was about to take off, he noticed several black rods jutting out of the mangled face and neck of the strange body. He quickly took the largest one he could find and retreated. 'This thing is setting off my senses like crazy, what is it? I can feel it messing with my chakra...'
Suddenly, the paths all converged on Naruto, shocking the blonde haired kage as he jumped to avoid them. 'Did he figure out the flaw in the jutsu? No, his rinnegan still activated...'
'As long as he is in contact with that chakra rod, I can locate him! The only problem is, now the Asura path won't function properly.' Thought Nagato as he continued to send his paths after the blonde.
'They can't see, they must be sensing me. I've got to use the terrain, now that he can't see, hopefully he will be less aware of his environment.' Thought Naruto as he darted towards the tree-line. 'I need to start picking them off, I think that if I take these rods they lose strength, so I should be able to start removing them from the picture.'
-Gaara vs Deidara-
"Come on, where are you Sasori?" questioned Deidara aloud as he continued to dodge Gaara's sand dragon. "You must be using a lot of chakra to keep this up!"
'He still hasn't figured out that it's basically a giant sand shadow clone. As long as I keep him away from the village, everything is alright... But where is his partner?' wondered Gaara silently as he observed the blonde bomber dodging the sand dragon. "Sand pillar detection technique."
A pillar shot out of the desert and connected with his desert suspension technique. Gaara sent chakra into the pillar, using it as a radar beacon, pulsing chakra into the village, searching for the largest chakra signature.
'What is that? Is he preparing another attack?' Thought deidara. 'God damn dragon! How is this thing still going? I've never seen a dragon technique like this before. Even Onoki's couldn't last more than a minute, and this has been going on for at least three.'
"Where is your partner? Is he leaving you here to die?" Taunted gaara, hoping to stall for more time. 'I still need to build more chakra. I just hope that I can take him out before his partner shows up.'
"Sasori-Senpai is somewhere, I'm sure that he's planning something." Stated deidara, even though he knew exactly where the wooden man was. 'Hurry up and get your shit sasori, I need your help here!'
-with Sasori-
'Damn! This is the third hid out I had that has been raided. Could they have found the map? No, I destroyed that. My last hope is orochimaru's base. Unless he took my scrolls as well...' Thought Sasori as he moved to yet another of his hidden bases throughout Suna. 'The only person left that would even know about my bases is... Granny Chiyo."
-naruto vs pain-
Naruto jumped forward to delivered a kick to the head of one of the paths. He charged nature chakra to his leg and let loose, nailing the side of its face. The head broke free of the neck, revealing a black rod identical to the one Naruto was currently holding. Naruto reached out and ripped the rod from the body of the path and watched as it fell to the ground limply. 'I was right, if they don't have these rods in them, then they won't function properly. The only problem is I'm running low on chakra and I've already used one of my three reserve seals... I need to end this now... Shadow clone jutsu!'
-Jiraiya and tsunade-
Jiraiya stood atop Gamabunta with a smile. He and Tsunade had just whipped out the last of the multiplying dogs and were finally free to help Naruto.
"What do you say Hime? Should we go help out the Gaki?" Questioned Jiraiya, who while smiling, was panting heavily as all the summons dispelled.
Tsunade fell to a knee, the Sozo Saisei fading from her face. "You go, I'm spent, if I fight any more my henge will drop and I'll end up passing out."
Jiraiya was next to her in an instant. He picked her up bridal style, smiling at her. "Let's get somewhere safe. The brat can handle this from here."
"Fine, lets get to the monument, that way we can at least say that we were helping protect the civilians." Stated Tsunade with a sly smile.
"Are you suggesting...?"
"I've always wanted to do it there."
-Yugito vs Kakazu-
"I wasn't aware Earth Grudge Fear had a second level. Though, I have to admit, I didn't imagine it would be this." Stated Yugito as she studied her operations carefully. He had grown, instead of his usual height of just over six feet, he now stood easily ten feet tall, each segment of his body being lengthened and strengthened by the thread that seemed to be what his body was made of. His remaining four hearts were now all shielded by thick domes of thread and his arms were now ten feet long each, giving him outstanding reach.
"Other that Hashirama and Tobirama Senju, you are the only person to ever see this technique and live. Be prepared to lose. This fight is now over." Kakazu shot forward with outrageous speed, his longer legs and overall taller body allowed him to increase his speed to the point that Yugito could barely keep up.
Yugito blocked a kick that very well could have caved her head in, resulting in her right arm fracturing. Pushing the pain aside, she used the block to lash out with a quick and powerful jab to where she believed his earth heart was, only for it to be slapped away as they separated.
"Your still a match for me while you're using that cloak, but lets see you keep up with my Ninjutsu." Stated kakazu as his elongated arms came together and started forming hand seals. "Feel the True power of the Earth Grudge fear! Collaboration style! Grand Fire Funeral!"
Combining the power of his wind and fire hearts, kakazu blew a giant white hot fire stream at the Nibi jinchuuriki, hoping that his fire would be stronger than her cloak. He watched as his fire raced towards the blonde jinchuuriki, who flared her demonic chakra to prepare for the hit. As the fire collided with her, a huge explosion rocked the area, blinding everyone in sight.
Kakazu stood on guard as he watched the flames die down, hoping to find the incapacitated body of his opponent. His eyes widened in shock as the flames died down, a large, purple, spectral figure appeared. Inside the giant chakra construct stood his target, as well as the hokages known right hand man, Sasuke Uchiha.
"Sorry about that, but Dobe would kill me if she died."
-team seven vs Kisame and Tobi-
Much like his brother, Itachi had just arrived, and now stood between Tobi and Azumi. Shisui and remi stood behind their teammate, all three ready to continue fighting.
"You all did well. To stand up and even hold off two S rank ninja is a feat most jonin teams cannot accomplish. You three take cover, I'll finish this fight." Stated Itachi as his eyes changed from their three tomo state into his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
"Well hello again Itachi. Long time no see, partner. I see you're still as strong as ever." Stated Kisame with a shark like grin.
"Kisame, still a fool. You stand no chance against me." Stated Itachi before looking to the masked man. "And I know your secrets Tobi, and from what I can see, so do these three. You both stand no chance against me, let alone with these three by my side. It's time for you to die."
"Big words Itachi." Stated Tobi, his voice no longer childish, but serious and lacking any kind of emotion. "But it is somewhat true. Kisame stands no chance against you, but I do, and it's time for me to announce my return to the world. Soon you shall all cower under the name, Madara Uchiha."
In an instant, Tobi and Kisame disappeared in a swirl of distorted air, leaving no trace of them ever being there.
"Madara? But he's dead. There's no way that could be him." Stated Shisui, having read up on the Uchiha clan for the last three years, he had come across no evidence of Madara being alive.
"It is very unlikely, but not impossible. The sharingan is a very powerful tool. It is possible to escape death using it. Though I know for a fact that that man is not Madara." Stated Itachi. His eyes never leaving the spot that the Akatsuki duo had just left from. 'That jutsu originated from his eye, but that would mean it is a sharingan jutsu. The only way for a jutsu like that to exist is through the mangekyou. Me and Sasuke have tsukioumi and the Susanoo, and Shisui had Kotoamatsukami, does that mean that he has madara's eyes, or is he yet another Uchiha?'
Itachi was taken out of his musings as he felt his brother land beside him. "Kakazu vanished in a weird swirling thing before I could kill him. What do we do now, yugito says she can't sense them in the area."
"For now Yugito and Naruto's team will rest. Until Naruto has defeated his opponent, we will search the village for any more enemies that may have slipped through our ranks."
-Naruto vs pain-
Naruto stood before the three remaining paths silently, his sage mode gone, but his doujutsu still active.
'Where is he? The paths are still here, but where did he go?' Thought Naruto as he scanned the area with his senses.
Suddenly, all three paths sprung at Naruto, each aiming to hit the blonde in different areas, naruto jumped out of the way, using his still outstanding speed to get around the attacking paths and deliver a rasengan to its back, only to be taken surprised as another path counted by grabbing him in a full Nelson. Naruto attempted to simply muscle out of the paths grip, but found it impossible as the body holding him would steal his chakra.
"Finally, I have you trapped." Naruto looked up to see Nagato standing in front of him, their eyes locking. "You're far too dangerous to me to allow you to live. We can retrieve Kyuubi later. For now, I will add your power to mine."
Naruto started to panic as Nagato placed his hand on his head. "Soul Absorption Jutsu." Naruto felt his chakra leaving him rapidly before he smiled. Nagato's eyes widened when the Soul Absorption Jutsu began to fail.
"Boom..." Muttered Naruto manically as Nagato's eyes threatened to leave his head. The naruto being held exploded violently, taking out the path holding him and the one to his right.
Nagato and the deva path had barely escaped the explosion that took a large chunk of the surrounding forest, and began searching for the Blonde that had repeatedly taken down his paths. 'This has gone far enough! I'll wipe this whole village off the face of the planet!'
-Gaara vs deidara-
'Almost there, all I need is another ten seconds... Where is his partner?' Thought gaara warily.
"What is this jutsu! There's no way it's just a sand dragon!" Shouted Deidara in a rage. He had used up ahold chunk of his chakra just dodging the damn thing, and while he still had enough clay, he didn't know if he had the chakra to do anything with it.
"There's a reason it's an Uzumaki Jutsu. They were masters of ninjutsu and Fuuinjutsu. Now you will know just how powerful an Uzumaki jutsu can be." Stated Gaara as he felt his chakra reach the level needed for this jutsu to work. With a mental command, the Sand Dragon exploded apart, raining down chakra infused sand all across the area. Using his mastery over sand, gaara created an absolutely huge hand that snatched deidara out of the sky and began crushing him. "Now to make sure you die. Uzumaki Style! Sand Static Electrocution!"
The entire sand arm began vibrating, creating a huge amount of natural electricity that was the channeled into Deidara's body. An earsplitting cry if absolute agony was heard across the village as Deidara, The Mad Bomber of Iwa, had enough electricity to light a village forcibly past through his body, frying him from the inside out.
Gaara dropped the jutsu, feeling the enormous strain it puts on one's chakra network take effect. He watched as the charred body of the Akatsuki member fell to the dessert, impacting with tremendous force. Though that didn't matter. He was dead before he hit the ground. As gaara watched the lifeless body on the ground, he saw his partner finally make his appearance. The hunched over Akatsuki quickly picked up the body with its huge metal tail and took off through the desert, fleeing Suna and heading towards river country. "This isn't the end. It's only the beginning. Be safe Naruto."
-Mount Izuna-
"This battle is over." Stated Madara as he turned to leave, completely confident in his assessment.
"But Grandfather, Pain still has two paths left." Stated Shisui, not wanting to abandon his post.
"No. He has just figured out how to defeat Nagato. We must prepare to retrieve my eyes, and perhaps yours as well. Now come." Stated Madara as he made his way down the mountain. Shisui took one last look at his student and his son before following the ancient Uchiha down the mountain.
-Branches-
"You may as well kill me. I'll never talk, I'd sooner take my own life!" Shouted the last remaining Iwa Jonin, his companions littering the ground around him as he struggled to stand.
"Oh you'll talk. But you won't be talking to any of us leaf nin." Stated Zabuza with a sinister grin that seemed to show even through his mask.
"That's right. We're going to send you back to Iwa, and you're going to tell your kage exactly what happened here today." Stated Asuma matching Zabuza's grin with one of his own.
"Don't worry though, we'll send our demands with you. That way Kitsuchi will learn everything at once, the fact that this invasion was a complete failure, the fact that you told us that he sent you to attack and to top it all off, the reparations were going to demand." Stated Kakashi with an eye smile.
-Naruto vs pain-
Nagato and the deva path rocketed skyward. Their goal? They were going to wipe Konoha off the map using Shinra tensei. Nagato was studying the village, trying to decide where to activate the jutsu when suddenly, something dawned on him. 'When did I get my vision back?'
Suddenly, Naruto was In between Nagato and the deva path, a rasengan in hand as he lashed out at Nagato. Unfortunately, Nagato reacted quickly, using his Preta path to absorb the rasengan and his Asura path to overpower him, once again capturing in a full Nelson and draining his chakra.
"Now watch, and I will show you the true meaning of pain. And I'll be using your chakra to do it." Stated Nagato as the deva path raised his palm to the village. "Shinra Tens-"
"Soul Absorption Jutsu!"
Time stood still as Nagato felt a hand on his head. Behind him was Naruto, his left hand extended out, pulling a translucent figure out of the top of Nagato's head. Through the deva path, Nagato saw the Blonde behind his real body, wind chakra around his feet and wrists, and to his horror, there was a set of blue rinnegan staring back at him. He looked to the Naruto that his main body was holding, only to see it poof away in smoke.
"Damn you..." Stated Nagato before all life left him. Both bodies began plummeting to the ground.
Naruto was caught of guard as the last of his chakra was drained and his mind was overloaded, flashes of Nagato's life appeared in his subconscious, overloading his brain as his mind tried to sort all of the information. Do to the overload of information and lack of chakra, Naruto passed out, and began falling to earth.
-Konoha-
All around the village of Konoha, ninja Cheered as they watched both the men Naruto had been fighting go limp and began plummeting to the ground. The cheers turned to shouts and cries of concern as Naruto then too went limp, and began falling to earth.
Several ninja sprung into action attempting to catch their leader, but unfortunately, none were fast enough. All around the village, Cries of shock and agony sounded as the limp body of Naruto crashed violently into the ground.
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