Madara's eyes widened as she saw the chakra rod that was meant for her, be stopped by someone throwing themself in front of it. She closed her eyes scared of what she might see, she thought of the only person stupid enough to sacrifice their self for another. Madara heard the sound of metal piercing flesh and bone, "You stupid fool, I did not need your protection. You are not supposed to die, not again." Madara said, trying her best to withhold a tear.

She heard laughter, "I am a fool, a fool for interfering with love." A deep and gruff voice replied. "To think I would sacrifice myself for an Uchiha, how far I've fallen."

Madara recognized the voice, "Tobirama?!" She opened her eyes in shock.

"If I didn't act fast then my brother surely would have been where I am now." He laughed once more, "It's funny how fate works isn't it."

Hashirama ran over to Tobirama, ignoring the gravity as best he could. "Why, why would you do that?" Hashirama asked. "You were going to sacrifice yourself for her, I couldn't allow that and so I used flying Raijin level three to switch places with you," Tobirama replied, some of his body was crumbling.

"Mother, let's teleport to the root time-space. You'll recover faster there." Black Zetsu said.

Hashirama tried healing Tobirama, "Don't waste your chakra, I'm already dead as is. No point in saving someone who's died already," Tobirama said. Hashirama looked into his eyes and saw peace, something he'd never seen Tobi have the look of before.

"He's helpless now, he's a fool only full of mistakes." Black Zetsu said. Madara was getting tired of Black Zetsu, she was ready to strike. She threw one of Tobirama's kunai and swapped places with it towards Kaguya and encased her arm in Susanoo armor, she missed Kaguya because Kaguya teleported everyone once more to her Nexus time-space.

"I will keep Kaguya busy as long as I can for you to say goodbye, Hashirama. I do not see you talking your way out of death once more, Tobirama." Madara manifested her perfect Susanoo and flew toward Kaguya now flying in the sky.

Hashirama was trying to heal Tobirama the best he could, "Enough! You've wasted enough chakra, don't you understand I'm as good as dead? You need to save every last bit of energy for your final battle with Kaguya," Tobirama said calmly. "I can't lose you again, I just got you back," Hashirama said, tears running down his face.

"Aniki," he said solemnly. "I've lived a life that's full of sadness, anger, and rage. But in my final ten years, I understood something, happiness doesn't come from world peace, being the best, or even having power. Happiness comes from bonds, bonds that are forged through relationships. I didn't have many in my lifetime, but you had more in your short life than I ever could. You carry something no one else can carry alone, hope. Hope is what drives you, hope is what you give to others, and hope is what Madara needs right now in her darkest hour. She dedicated her life to putting everyone under an eternal genjutsu and all of it was a lie for Kaguya's resurrection. Hashirama, your happiness comes from hope. So do me a favor and show Kaguya that hope isn't something to scoff at."

"I will," Hashirama said with more tears running down his face. Kakashi began gaining conciseness, he saw Tobirama with a rod in his stomach and ran over to him with no hesitation. "Kakashi..." His voice was soft. "You were the best thing to come into my life, never become a hermit like me, you'll miss out on living life. So stop reading your porn."

"I'll try granddad," Kakashi was tearing up himself.

"I don't want you to try, I want you to do your best." Tobirama gave one last smile to his family, "I hope I'll see Mito and Kira, I'll tell them you read porn in public, Kakashi." He turned back to Hashirama with a smile, "And brother, marry that Uchiha princess." He crumbled into Ash, not even Hiruzen's body was left.

Izuna didn't like Tobirama in life but he respected him, and now he envied him. He was a true Shinobi, happy with his death. Hikaku kneeled at Tobirama's second death, he was his friend and a great leader. He would ask for no one greater than his second Hokage.

Obito didn't understand why Tobirama was so calm during his first death, but now she understood why he didn't fight back. He was full of regret and thought he deserved it, after he reconciled with Kakashi and the first Hokage, he was free. Not shackled down by regret, anger, and sorrow.

Once Hikaku stood up he whispered into Izuna's ear, "The girl on your left is your great-granddaughter." Izuna shivered, he barely got to know her but she had the roughest life imaginable. His sister tortured her mentally until she was a loyal puppet, he felt guilt knowing that if Miyasaki was watching down on him she was disappointed in him.

Tobirama opened his eyes and realized he was in the afterlife, his body was his younger twenty-three self. "You know it's bad to keep a woman waiting." He turned to see a young Mito dressed in a blue gown, "I'm sorry, a lot happened before we could be reunited again." Tobirama replied.

"Well, I'd say you did your best but I know that you could have done better, I've been watching you since Kushina became the nine tails jinchuriki. Your soul wasn't ready last time, I guess the shinigami knew you were vital for a certain battle in history. But now we can finally be together again, let's go." She said grabbing his hand. Tobirama's eyes began to tear up, "You see I kinda wanted to make a little detour along the way."

Mito smiled, "You want to give our grandson the final bit of chakra you have, huh?"

Tobirama nodded, "It's kinda sad seeing him mope about like that, he's still got fight left in him. I want to show him that." "How do you plan on doing that?"

"Chakra connects both worlds and with flying Raijin I should be able to teleport to his mindscape and give him and Obito what chakra I have remaining."

"When you're done there's one more person that wants to see you," Mito gave him a little kiss.

Kaguya flew by and Zetsu began running his mouth, "So the pesky albino is finally dead huh?"

Hashirama was angry, "Don't laugh at Tobi."

"You're only going to end up pitifully crumbling to dust just like him." Hashirama's hair began to stand up and change from brown to yellow, his eyes turned teal, and he manifested truth seeker orbs. He jumped up so fast and cut Kaguya's arm off that held Black Zetsu, "Tobirama was the greatest brother I could have asked for!" He pinned Black Zetsu to the ground with truth seeker orbs.

Madara's Susanoo was taking a beating from Kaguya until Hashirama appeared behind Kaguya and hit her with a sage mode enhanced punch, half of her body was disfigured, and she began transforming into a giant rabbit creature. She sprouted eleven arms and began creating chaos. Madara fell out of her Susanoo and Hashirama caught her again, this time he could fly.

Tobirama appeared in Kakashi's mindscape, Kakashi was his young genin self. "Grandpa?!"

"I missed out on quite a few Christmas' didn't I, how about I give you your final present," Tobirama said. He began giving Kakashi enough chakra to boil over his limit. "I'll tell Sakumo and Kira that you've grown to become quite the man."

"Before you go I want to ask one last thing, how'd you learn the eight gates?" Tobirama chuckled, "You act like I couldn't read or train for sixty years, I was only ever able to get to the fifth gate. Maybe you'll be able to surpass me in jutsu someday, just don't cut your life short too soon. Hashirama will need your help when this is all over, please support him in the ways I was unable to. Goodbye, my child." Tobirama disappeared from Kakashi's mindscape.

Tobirama also appeared in Obito's mindscape, it was also Obito's younger self. "Mr second Hokage?!" Obito gasped, "How are you here?"

Tobirama ignored the question, "And you, how could I forget you? I gave Kakashi half of my chakra, so I'll give you the rest." "You don't have to, we'll be fine on our own." She said.

"I can't let my future granddaughter-in-law not have a present, you'll do fine Mrs. Obito Hatake-senju." He gave her a small wink while she was flustered by the insinuation, "Just make sure he doesn't over-exert himself again, he tends to overdo it a lot."

"I will Mr second, you best believe it," she said proudly. "Oh and one last thing, fulfill your dream, become the Hokage." He smiled and vanished.

Kakashi walked up to Obito, "I have a theory, if it's two Mangekyou Sharingan to activate the Susanoo then we should be able to do it, together."

Obito looked at him with a small smile, "I was thinking the same thing, Bakakashi."

They stood side by side and created not just a Susanoo, but a perfect Susanoo.

One of Kaguya's rabbit arms was about to hit Hikaku and Izuna, but they were saved by Kakashi and Obito's Susanoo. It was a lighter shade of blue than Madara's, it also had a scar over its left eye. They put the two Uchiha into the head of the Susanoo, "Let's show this rabbit what teamwork can accomplish, Obito."

"Just don't screw this up, Kakashi," Obito said.

The Susanoo threw four shurikens, "Kamui shuriken!" The two said in unison. When the shuriken reached the rabbit's arms they were sucked into Kamui.

"Wow, that's cooler than your Susanoo, Madara," Hashirama said in awe.

Madara was unimpressed, "Big deal, I have had my Susanoo for decades." Kaguya began transforming back into her humanoid form, she began creating an expansive truth seeker orb.

Black Zetsu started laughing, "This root time space is mother's exclusive domain, the tailed beasts are now stable. Plus mother even produced a truth seeker orb, hence the start of new time space and you will become its sacrifices!" He announced.

Obito and Kakashi were worried, "I don't think Kamui will work on something that big." Kakashi said. Obito hummed in agreement, "Then we best seal her quickly."

Kaguya stared at Kakashi and Obito, "You're avatar is different than Madara-hime's, I don't like uncertainty. I shall deal with you first." She flew straight for their Susanoo while firing chakra rods, one almost pierced through the Susanoo but Obito activated the defensive Kamui and passed right through.

They charged their Susanoo with black lightning and a black flamed covered blade, "Kamui flaming lightning blade!" The two yelled. Kaguya even with as much preparation was ripped in half with only one arm left, Obito and Kakashi separated and their Susanoo was no more.

Hashirama and Madara jumped at the chance to seal Kaguya, she tried firing a chakra rod through a portal to hit Hashirama but Kakashi was fast and used Kamui to prevent it, she also tried shooting another chakra rod at Madara but another one of her ghastly clones caught it and Madara pushed closer.

Before Madara and Hashirama could touch her she flew up to avoid them, but what she didn't account for was Hikaku grabbing a hold of her from above, "You forgot about us, lady."

"This one's for my sister and Tobirama!" Izuna also fell and hit her with his Susanoo, staggering her and letting Madara and Hashirama seal her away. "Six paths: planetary devastation!" They yelled.

Kaguya screamed, "No! You can't do this to me, do you know how much I've sacrificed!? I was to be the harbinger of a new dawn! Damn you Senju-sama and Uchiha-hime!"

Kakashi grabbed Hikaku before he hit the ground and noticed that the ground was being sucked up by whatever they did to Kaguya, the tailed beasts were released and Orochimaru was thrown from Kaguya.

Black Zetsu was cursing, "It can't be helped now, I'll just have to start over and work on mother's resurrection."

Madara jumped down looking at the black creature, "Do not think I forgot about you." Her anger at the creature was unfathomable. "You! You're just a pawn I used to resurrect mother, you're a part of the Shinobi history I created and nothing more!"

"Your history? No, history is something you learn from and evolve from. History is when people die fighting for a cause they believe in, and sacrificing themselves for whatever ideal. History is not something that can be fabricated or tampered with, the way people live and die should be told in truth. Anything you say about history is only in lies," Madara picked up Black Zetsu and threw him into the gravitational core. "So get off your damned high horse and wake up to reality!" Madara felt relief, like a burden she'd been carrying for a long time was lifted.

She returned to Hashirama and the others, "Sooooo... How are we getting back?" Hashirama asked.

Hikaku started panicking, "Wait wait, you're telling me you guys came here without a plan to get out?"

"It wasn't exactly our choice," Kakashi shrugged.

Obito sighed, "Grab on, I guess I'm only good for being a taxi service I guess."

Hashirama scratched his head for a second, "What about the tailed beasts?" Madara looked at him like he asked something stupid, "What about them?"

"They can't just stay here, they're creatures too."

Kurama snarled at Madara, "I won't forget what you did to me, Madara Uchiha." Madara deactivated her Rinnegan and spun her Mangekyou, "Then you should know I am not to be trifled with."

They were all suddenly summoned from Kaguya's realm back to their original, "We're back?" Hashirama scratched his head, "How did this happen?"

There was a gruff reply, "Me of course." Everyone turned to see the sage of six paths hovering slightly above the ground, "I summoned you all back, but I had a little help." He motioned for a man behind him. The man had long spikey white hair and a forehead protector that said toad sage, "Lord first, you look like you could use some sleep or maybe even a break." Hashirama smiled at the sage, "How are you not...?"

Jiraiya began to explain, "I was at mount myuboku when the fighting all started, I guess I was just lucky." He noticed the body of Orochimaru and knelt down next to him, Orochimaru's voice was slowly fading out. "Jiraiya, is that you?" Jiraiya must've been his comrade at one point Madara surmised, "Yeah it's me, you look like you've seen better days."

Orochimaru chuckled, "Ever the knucklehead, eh? I guess it's fate that in my last moments I meet you one last time."

"Hmm, well I guess you're right. The universe works in mysterious ways, we haven't seen each other since you left the village, and now of all times here we are again." Orochimaru chuckled to himself, "I think sensei was right, the path of immortality is the path of destruction."

While Madara was looking at the snake she realized something, for all the death and destruction she caused she could erase half of it in an instant. Madara asked, "Jiraiya the gallant, yes?" He turned to her with a hidden sense of surprise, "That would be me, what would you like Miss Uchiha?"

Madara curled her lip, "I am not a good person but I do see a chance of redemption here."

Jiraiya was intrigued, "How so? He's already dying."

"You would be correct in that assessment, but there is a jutsu that can bring about redemption at the cost of their own life." Jiraiya understood what she was meaning, but Hashirama wasn't too pleased with what she was implying. "Madara, what you're asking him to do is suicide," Hashirama said.

She retorted, "Is it? Because many people died because of me and that snake, and everyone who we killed deserved a better life than to be crushed like insects under our boots. Would you not want your student to live a full life, or would you prefer he stayed dead at sixteen?"

Hashirama hated arguments with Madara because he knew she was right, most of the time. He relented, "Alright, do what you want. But I won't condone it."

Madara looked back to Jiraiya, "You are his comrade, the choice is either yours or his." Jiraiya was perplexed and Orochimaru didn't seem to care, "This will bring back Naruto as it did with you and Lord first?"

"Yes, I will make him bring everyone who died from the war and the Akatsuki within the past six months."

Jiraiya nodded, "Then do what you have to do." Madara walked up to Orochimaru, she put him under a genjutsu with her Mangekyou and he began to perform the hand signs for, "Gedo art: Rinne rebirth." He said robotically before having the life drain from his body. Souls began flying all around them and into bodies that had been dead for days, weeks, and even months. Hashirama hoped to see Naruto and Itachi soon enough.

The sage of six paths began speaking, "But now on to the pressing matter at hand, the infinite Tsukuyomi is still affecting those caught under it. I researched how to deactivate it and found that only with the nine-tailed beasts and the Rinnegan performing the rat hand seal can it be stopped. Hashirama I gave you the chakra of all nine-tailed beasts along with half of my six paths chakra. And Madara, I gave you some of my abilities along with the other half of my six paths chakra."

Hashirama was still a little confused, "So I have tailed beasts inside of me, but I can see them all right there?"

Everyone sighed, including Hagaromo. "You hollow head, he gave you some of their chakra, not the whole thing." Madara spouted.

"Oh, okay so let's perform the rat hand seal." He extended his hand while doing one-half of the rat seal.

Madara thought about the situation she was now in, Hashirama was completely at her mercy. Without her, he could do nothing about the infinite Tsukuyomi, and Hashirama would do anything to free everyone from it, it was in his nature. "No," Madara said loud enough for everyone to hear. "I will not help you, unless..."