Akatsuki Civil War:
The next day was a bit dreary and gray. The sun was being smothered away from the earth by the clouds. The leaf village was a bit depressing as the dreary sky touched the village peak. There were still citizens hustling and bustling around the town as their voices and steps echoed and pitter pattered across the village. Shinobi leapt across the rooftops alone and in droves as they made their ways to and from the village gates. One such shinobi was leaping across the rooftops as he jumped off the building ledges. Soon, he landed on top of the rooftop and opened a window, sliding into the Hokage's office.
"So everyone uses the window now huh? Troublesome"
The man bowed before his leader and stood up straight again to look at his leader.
"My apologies my Lord, but it seems easier than waiting for the receptionist" he said
Shikaku sighed as he looked through papers on his desk
"Anyways, Itachi, this year's genin are a special bunch, just like with your brother's class"
"A class of clan heirs?" He asked
"Yes. And your team will be a special one. The new team 7, now that Kakashi and Trunks' students have all become chunin."
Itachi nodded as his Kagé continued
"Your team will consist of Konohamaru Sarutobi, Udon Mitokado and Moegi Mitokado. You will meet them tomorrow after the graduation ceremony. Any questions or reservations?"
"No my lord"
"Good, you are dismissed"
And soon Itachi disappeared in a murder of crows
Xxx
Genma sat in his home with a bottle of alcohol lying against the wall. His team photo was in his hand and he had a grimace on his face. He looked at his students. One no longer needed him, the other was dead, and the other was cycling through missions with other teams. His team was disbanded and he felt like a failure of a teacher. He put the photo down and took a swig of alcohol and threw the bottle at the wall. He shed tears at the status of his team and he thought about his choices.
"I…should've taken time to train them for everything. I…could've been the parent he needed…I could've been.."
*Knock* *Knock*
He was brought out of his murmur as he looked up and went to answer his door. He opened it to where one eye could be seen.
"Who is it?"
"Genma?"
He froze as he saw Shizune at his door but he kept it to where only his eye and a slit of his face could be seen.
"Shizune? What brings you here?" he asked hoping to end this interaction soon
"I was checking on you. I hadn't seen you since the invasion. You were injured and I treated you. But, I rarely see you, besides at the Hokage mansion. I was wondering if you were ok" she said
"I'm fine….thank you for your concern…but I'm ok" he replied coolly
"Then why won't you face me instead of cracking your door to me?"
He paused but he couldn't think of a response so he was honest
"This isn't a good time for this honestly. There's nothing you want to see here"
He tried to close the door but she pushed with her chakra enhanced strength and put her foot in the door.
"Genma Shiranui, open up this door, or I'm breaking it down!" she said sternly
"What's the point? I-"
Genma was sent flying back as Shizune punched through his door, knocking it off the hinges. She walked in and immediately smelled alcohol and looked around to see the shards of glass from the bottle he threw. She saw his team photo on the floor and she saw books and scrolls all over the place, as if it looked like he had been studying for something.
"Genma…what's going on?"
He stood up shakily due to ingestion of alcohol.
"Shizune….just go…please…you don't need to see this side of me" he said in a low tone
"Aren't we friends?" she asked with a look of worry on her face
He went to pick up the photo of his team as he shed more tears, but he rubbed them before she could see.
"Please…I'm asking you to leave"
Shizune looked at him wearily.
"Lord Hokage asked for you…but I'll-"
"Thank you…but first…I'm gonna have to fix my door"
She looked at him in worry as she turned away
"I'll let him know you're running late"
Xxx
Genma showed up 2 hours late after getting his door fixed
"My apologies, Lord Hokage…"
"No worries Shizune let me know."
Shikaku paused after looking at Genma for a few moments. His eyeshad bags under them and hsi hair was unkempt as if he hadn't been getting sleep
"You will be a jonin sensei again this year. Your last team was-"
"With all due respect sir…I'm not fit to teach" he said with his head down
There was a moment of silence after his words. Shikaku could see the regret in his eyes from his former team and he felt for him but there was a lack of jonin sensei in the village
"No, you are fit. You just got unlucky with the circumstances. No one could've predicted your student having to go through mental rehabilitation and one of your students dying. Trust me, you'll be fine." he said causing Genma to look at him strangely
"My Lord?"
"Look, you're a jonin now, not just a special jonin and if you really feel like you messed up then here's your chance at redemption."
Genma nodded as he let his Kagé speak
"Your team will be Hanabi Hyuga, Mito Senju, and your former student Akino Shimura, understand?"
Genma nodded
"Good, now get a good night's rest and be ready" Shikaku said
"Yes sir" he said as he body flickered away
Xxx
Zetsu and Madara had returned from speaking with Towa and Mira in the demonic dimension. They returned to the land of Rain and began to walk through it in black ponchos. They noticed that no one was walking around in the city except for them.
"This is strange" Madara said
"Yes… it seems as if the village has been evacuated" Zetsu responded
"Why would that be?"
"Because we have found out the truth of you treachery and deception" a familiar voice said
They both looked up to see the Deva path of Pain
"Pain, what is the meaning of this?"
The Tendo path was silent as the other 5 paths began to surround them.
"I've been watching your actions for the past 3 years. You have been very busy behind my back" he said
"Humph, is that so? And what have I been doing?" Madara asked
"You would ally yourself with demons in a crusade that doesn't ally with our version of peace" Pain said
There was a tense moment of silence until the masked man started to shiver. This shiver turned into an assortment of chuckles, then blatant laughter.
"Hahahahahahahahahah you fucking fool!"
Pain narrowed his eyes.
"You have chosen to go against God and you shall be punished for it" he said holding up his hand
"Oh really? Then, what's a God to a non-believer?" He asked
Zetsu was pulled forward and he had to clap his hands together and shoot out several wooden tendrils. Pain narrowed his eyes and repulsed the begin far away from their battle. Soon a black and red blur flew after Zetsu.
Raditz flew and grabbed Zetsu by the face and slammed the creature through several buildings and threw him into a building. The being flew through the metal architecture and slammed through another wall.
"This is for the Saiyan race you fucktiod!" He yelled creating a purple orb and shooting it through the building destroying the building causing it to collapse. He began to spam several Ki blasts into the building, destroying it even further.
Soon he had to dodge a white and green blur charging at him as he narrowly dodged. And he saw Puipui and Yakon before him.
"Saiyan, you have crossed the line attacking your betters!" Yakon said
"Yes, we shall revel in your death hahahaha!" Puipui yelled
He leapt forward and tried to punch Radutz who blocked his punch and threw one back at him. Puipui caught the attack with a confident grin. Raditz smirked back as he kneed the alien in his face, dazing him and causing him to spit blood. He tried to head butt Raditz but he leaned back and kicked him away, sending him skyward. He soon had to dodge a slash from Yakon and kick him to the side.
Puipui came back down with a kick that Raditz barely dodged as he felt a cut on his face and smirked. He soon had to dodge a barrage of slashes from Yakon as his cloak received a slash, showing his bare arm. Soon he had to dodge several attacks from both of his opponents.
'Tch, they're good. But not good enough' he thought as he had to block a kick smashing him into a rock.
He soon had to spin out of the webbed crack he was slammed into and dodge a stab fro
Yakon. Then he dodged another fist smashing into the stone wall from Puipui. He began to block several barrages of taijutsu strikes from both of his opponents. He batted away a slash from Yakon and a kick from Puipui and he shot a Ki blast at Yakon who ate the beam to his surprise but he smirked as he shot a bigger one in his face while blocking a punch from Puipui.
Yakon began to eat the Ki blast but soon Raditz overloaded the attack causing the demon's stomach to bloat and he jumped back. The long haired Saiyan stopped his attack and blocked another attack from Puipui and gripped his wrists, flinging him around and slamming him through the building next to him. He swung him a full 360 degrees multiple times and he waited until Yakon shot a blast of Ki at him letting the alien be flung into it.
"Augh!" The alien yelled as his back was fried and he flew into a nearby building.
Soon Yakon charged him and he dodged a slash, receiving another slash in his cloak. He dodged another barrage of horizontal and vertical slashes and he had redirected his arm to the side and he shot a ki blast into the created stomach sending it flying away from him into another building. He looked around and grimaced seeing that Zetsu was gone. His fists clenched as his aura irradiated around his body in a purple glow.
"Dammit!" He yelled as the area began to quake from his fury and debris began to float around him.
"I'll kill the both of you for this!" He yelled as he ripped his cloak off to reveal his bare chest and a pair of shinobi sweatpants with black combat boots.
His hair began to spike as his irises became yellow with a black pupil. His muscles began to expand and his aura began to crackle as his power began to swirl around him. He soon caught a black spike from Yakon and he smashed his palm into the spine breaking it. He used it to stab the beast in the eye
"Graaaahhh! You!"
He kicked the beast in the stomach, sending it crashing into a building. He reappeared and chased after the beast in a dark corridor to punch it. But the beast caught his hand and gave a face splitting grin.
"Fool! My powers are expanded in the dark!" He said as he slashed at Raditz.
The Saiyan smirked and channeled his aura around him and it began to expand around him. His aura continued to expand around him and he blew up the building with an explosive wave sending Yakon barreling through the village with the Ki burning his body.
As his aura died down he ducked a horizontal chop from Puipui and he disappeared with the alien following him. They clashed throughout the sky as Pain and Madara fought on the other side of the building.
The swirl masked shinobi dodged as a giant Rhino charged after him. He jumped atop the beast and lunged towards the Deva path while activating his kamui. The glint in his mangekyo Sharingan was sinister as he moved transparently through Pain. And he became tangible as he landed behind him to jump backwards again. but he soon was pulled towards the deva path. He phased through him but he soon had to jump and his eye began to swirl sending out several large shuriken towards the Deva path and he had to block a punch from the Preta path, sending him flying across the sky. He flipped, landing horizontally on his feet pulling out two kunai. He kicked off the building as the giant Rhino came after him again tearing through the building. He batted away an incoming grab from the Naraka path then stabbed forward with his right hand gripping his kunai. The Naraka path grabbed his wrist and whirled around, throwing him in the direction of the Rhino.
"Tsk! This is getting annoying!" he said in annoyance as he turned around to dodge the horn and stab a kunai into the eye of the beast causing it to shriek in pain
He kicked off the beast as it disappeared and he threw his other kunai at the animal path, but the connected vision of the Rinnegan allowed the body to dodge. Madara went through hand signs as he landed on the ground
'Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!'
The Preta path jumped down to absorb the fire ball.
"Shit!" he said quietly as he drew several shuriken and threw them at the large man with the pony tale and rinnegan in the akatsuki cloak
The path dodged and shot a black rod towards Madara. He dodged in mid-air but he immediately felt a wave of gravity smash into him from the Deva path, sending him flying. The Asura path burst from the ground and tried to clothesline him, but he fazed through him and he fazed through a building and he activated his mangekyo sharingan and swirled back into his dimension. He appeared in a world made of black and white platforms to see Fin picking his nose.
"Is there finally someone strong to fight?" he asked in glee
"Yes, the time has come" He said as he walked towards the creature
Outside of the Kamui dimension:
All of the paths searched around for Madara but to no avail. Soon, they felt a huge surge in pressure and they saw a purple aura radiating from a distance.
"Looks like he's handling the others" Deva said
Soon he felt a huge spike of chakra and he and the other paths looked to see Fin appear with Madara.
"So you've brought out one of the demons you've been hiding. Tell me what your true purpose is? Are you even Madara Uchiha?" he asked
"Well since you're going to die here anyways I may as well tell you. I have no true name but you shall know me as who you know me as. My goal is to unite the world under one view. And that is through the eyes of the Sharingan's Infinite Tsukuyomi. I shall be one step closer to that when I kill you and take back my eyes that I've given you!"
"What? These are…your eyes? No these are-"
"You fool, who do you think allowed your parents to be killed by those leaf shinobi! Who do you think instigated the 2nd and 3rd shinobi world wars to make your homeland a stomping ground! And even now you stand in ignorance to the cause of why we gather the tailed beasts! Once I take back my vision, I shall reunite all of the tailed beasts into the Ten Tails! You were nothing but a stepping stone that has lost its use!"
Deva narrowed his eyes as he channeled a chakra rod in his right hand.
"So this was your true motive afterall. Konan warned me about trusting you, and so did Yahiko before he died. We even found the bodies of the akatsuki members that you killed as well. Your death along with this creature's will be the first step into reconstructing the Akatsuki." He said as he got into a battle stance
"Can I kill them all?" Fin said looking around in a fiendish manor
"Of course. We shall kill him and make sure he doesn't stand up again" he said as his sharingan gleaned a red light behind his mask.
Soon it began to rain heavily and Madara twitched in annoyance.
"Fin, be careful, this rain isn't ordinary-"
Before he could finish the purple demon rushed towards the Deva path and he held up his hand
"Almighty Push!" he yelled as Fin felt an invisible blast of gravity smash into his body sending him flying
"Urgh!" he flipped through the air and channeled ki throughout his body to stop himself right side up in mid air
He smirked and held his hand out
"Two can play that game human! HAAAA!" he yelled as he sent an invisible pulse of ki towards the Deva path, hitting him, causing his eyes to widen as he was knocked off his feet and tossed across the ground and another path caught him.
The Asura path launched into action against him while ripping his cloak off to see his mechanical body growing 4 extra arms and a metallic bladed tail. He pulled his right arm and showed metallic tendrils and they shot off towards Fin like missles. The purple creature began to dodge through the missiles and move towards the three faced path. He smirked as the top of his head opened and showed a metallic cannon-like structure. A blue ball of ki began to form into existence and he shot the beam out towards the creature, smashing into its stomach.
"Arrgghh!" he screamed out in pain and sent the demon flying towards a building and having him slam through a building
The Animal path went through hand signs and placed his hand on the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
He summoned a Chameleon and disappeared and began to move around the battlefield in silence. The human path launched into action against Madara, but he fazed through him and he turned around and kicked the path away from him. He had to bring up his hand as he turned around to block a punch from the Naraka path.
He dodged multiple swings and he activated his Kamui and phased through the fist of the underworld path. The orange short haired spiky man jumped backwards and he had to jump out of the way as there was a swirl in front of the man's mask sending out multiple giant shuriken towards him. He put one hand in the tiger seal and blew out flames through the swirls.
"Fire style: Blast Wave Dance!"
The Preta path jumped in front, digging his hands into the soil and yanking up a giant slab of earth.
Fin came in to attack the Deva path but he felt something grab him. He turned to see a long tongue from the Chameleon and soon the Asura path appeared in front of him with it's head open and shot a beam in its faith from point blank range.
"ENOUGH!" Fin yelled as a blackish purple aura burned around him and burned through the chameleon's tongue sending the Asura path flying into a city wall.
His aura began to expand and send out multiple ki blasts towards the aura around him. The Deva path narrowed his eyes and held up both hands channeling a huge amount of chakra into his body.
"Almighty Push!"
He sent out a large pulse of chakra that battled against the aura of Fin. Their aura's caused a sharp shift in pressure and the winds began to swirl and cracks began to form and the ruined buildings began to crumble and fall along with multiple pieces of debris. The winds began to shift as their attacks began to grow in power and expand, affecting the other paths fighting Madara until their attacks canceled one another out, sending one another flying in the opposite directions. Fin channeled ki through his body and stopped himself from flying across the battle written village. He raced towards the Asura path dodging several missiles sent towards him with a fist coated in ki. He smashed his fist into the stomach of the creature channeling more ki into the attack, sending a pulse of ki through the path's body causing it to explode, disintegrating it with ease turning it to dust.
The Deva path narrowed his eyes as the Human path landed next to him.
"It seems I've underestimated you" he said as a chakra rod appeared from his right hand
Fin floated looking at them both with a bit of suspicion. He looked Deva in his ringed eyes and he smirked
"So you bare the eyes of that cursed Sage that sealed my master! I'll be happy to kill you!" he yelled
Back in the leaf village:
Konohamaru Sarutobi sat with Naruto in the training field as he held a water balloon in his hand trying to pop it.
"Hmmm!"
"Don't try to force it so much Kono, just take your time" he said as he twirled a kunai around his finger.
The boy had been bugging him to teach him since he left Ebisu's grave. Naruto was also training himself through image training against his teachers from the White Lotus dojo. He knew there were still opponents that could outclass him even with the high level of mastery over the 9 tails chakra and he was staying vigilant.
"Darn it! C'mon!" the young Sarutobi said
"Hohoho, so this is where you've run off to" Hiruzen Sarutobi said as he came walking into the training field smoking his pipe.
"Yea, he's teaching me a super cool new move!" Konohamaru said
"Gramps! What's up? How ya doing?" Naruto asked
"I've been swell throughout my retirement. I see you've taken up training my grandson."
"Yup, he's coming along nicely" Naruto replied
"Good, good. I have a feeling this will quell him for a bit as he learns what it means to really learn through hard work and determination"
Naruto smirked as he nodded looking back at the 3rd Hokagé
"Yea, it took me an entire month to learn the Rasengan. I wonder how long it'll take him. Maybe in less time from the taijutsu and chakra exercise training we've done"
Hiruzen chuckled at his observations
"Those are the works of Ebisu, Asuma and Iruka. Even myself sometimes. We've drilled the basics into him as well as we could" Hiruzen said
"Humph, perhaps with imparting the Rasengan to him he'll be the future" Naruto said
Suddenly they heard a pop from the balloon in the boys hand and turned around
"Hell Yea! What's next?"
Hiruzen smirked and took another puff of his pipe as he thought
'The will of fire burns bright with these two'
He watched the two and felt as if he could truly entrust the world to the next generation.
Xxx
Fin dodged the Human path as he kicked it away from him. Soon he felt a chakra rod pierce through his body and Nagato began to disrupt his Ki. Soon he turned around and headbutted the other body of Yahiko, sending him flying across the field. He formed a Ki blast in his hand and shot it towards the Deva path who held his hand up to put up a gravity force field against the blast.
Fun tries to enforce more power into the attack. His leg was grabbed by the human path and he was slammed into the ground, kicking up dust and dirt. He shot beams of Ki toward the human path before he dodged.
Obito jumped back as the Naraka path tried to grab at him. He gripped the sleeve of the being and began trying to drag him into the kanji dimension. He soon had to stop as Preta path came in to kick him in his side sending him flying away.
With Raditz:
The long haired Saiyan kicked Yakon to the side and dodged a slashing chop from Puipui.
Soon as Yakon fell away, he and Puipui disappeared and began a lightning fast battle between the destroyed ruins until Raditz kicked away Puipui, sending him into the ground. He dodged a blast from Yakon as he channeled a ball of Ki in his right hand and sent it back at Yakon who ate it. Yakon opened his mouth and absorbed the attack, gaining the power of his opponent. He gained a purple tint around him and launched into battle at Raditz. The man dodged a horned slash attack as he shot a pulse of ki towards Yakon into his stomach, sending him flying into another building.
"I've had enough of this!" Puipui said as he gathered ki into both hands and they formed into two yellow spears as lightning crackled around them.
"Kaminari no Yari!" (Thunder Spears)
Puipui's fists around the spears tightened as he spun, turning into a yellow blur, then threw one at the Saiyan.
Raditz channeled ki into his right hand, slashing through the electric spear. He began to move in towards the jellybean headed alien. He dodged another spear of yellow lightning that was sent towards him. Soon, he found himself dodging multiple spears of yellow ki based lightning. He slashed through them all the same as he moved in to slash at his opponent. He spun around to kick at Raditz who dodged and went to stab at his opponent, but he brought up a yellow spear to defend himself.
"Tch! You die here Saiyan!"
Raditz smirked devilishly as he blurred out of sight and appeared in several images around him. He tried to spin around in the opposite direction, but he received a ki-covered fist in his abdomen, sending him into the ground.
"Tsk! Weakling!" he said as he looked down at his opponent in the smoking crater.
He lowered himself to the ground and looked around for Yakon as he formed a ki sphere in his palm. He fired the attack at Puipui who yelled in pain as the blast tore through his body, drilling a hole through his shoulder as he coughed up blood.
"UGH! FUCKIN SHIT!" he rasped out as he spat up purple blood
Soon he had shot another blast to sever his left arm and destroy part of his chest cavity. He soon shot an even bigger ki blast making the crater deeper, causing a giant explosion. His body was badly burnt and he was barely recognizable.
"Darn you Saiyan! I'll kill you!" He looked up just to jump and grab the back of Yakons head and slam his face into the dirt. He began to create a purple ki blast on the back of Yakons head until he pushed off of Yakons head as he dodged a stray ki blast from an unknown opponent. He flipped and landed on his feet as he looked around for the perpetrator. He looked to see a brown mop of hair as he grimaced into the dark brown eyes of a smirk on the man's face.
"Giblet…You're in the way."
Giblet crossed his arms as he rolled his eyes at the man.
"And you're not in mine? I needed that demon that you were trying to kill."
Raditz grimaced as he looked at him in his battle stance
"You're irritating me! I need to kill Madara and Zetsu!"
"No can do I need them for my plans"
"FOOL DON'T YOU KNOW ZETSU HAD A HAND WITH THESE DEMONS IN KILLING OUR PEOPLE!"
"So? Who cares? They're gone and we're here. I still need them alive to achieve my goals of capturing the tailed beasts" he said
"You fool! What will you do once you get them all?" Raditz finally decided to ask as he calmed down
"I will absorb them of course! I will be the strongest of them all! No one, not even the super saiyan legend, will be able to stop me!" he said as his hands were at his sides as his white aura wrapped around him
Raditz looked at him in annoyance
"Just another power hungry fool then! Very well, your death will be necessary for the peace of this world" he said as his purple aura flared around him
Raditz stood with hand held upwards with a white orb formed in her hand. He pointed it towards Giblet and shot a giant blast of ki towards Giblet who smirked and formed a teal shield around him as he held up a hand to block the attack.
"BEGONE!" Raditz yelled as he poured more power into his attack
Giblet grimaces as he channels more chakra into his attack and the shield enlarges, tearing the ki wave apart. He created a yellow ball of ki in his hand and it began to glow bright.
"Wild Cannon!" he yelled as he shot the blast through the opposing attack tearing through it.
Raditz eyes narrowed as he jumped out of the way channeling his ki through his body and he launched towards Giblet with his fist drawn to strike out at him. Giblet smirked as he brought down his barrier, dodged a punch from Raditz and spun around to kick off his opponent sending him stumbling as he jumped away and began to float as he looked down at Raditz
"Come now Raditz. Why don't you get serious?"
Raditz turned around as he looked seriously at Giblet. He got into a stance as he narrowed his eyes as his body glowed purple. He charged forward with a kick off the ground, causing a crater and he poised himself to spin sending a kick towards Giblet who blocked and sent a punch into the man's stomach sending him reeling back in pain. He responded by shooting out a ki blast towards his opponent as he flew back in pain. Giblet dodged the attack and continued to move in and knee his long haired opponent in the chin. Raditz grabbed his knee and flew towards the ground slamming him back first into the dirt, kicking up a crater. He jumped and spun to throw him into a building. He created a ball of ki in his hands and shot a purplish red wave of ki towards the new arrival.
"Vacation Delete!" he said as the blast blew up the building
Next he dodged a slash from Yakon as he smashed a fist into the beast's stomach sending him reeling back in pain, then into a building. Soon, he brought up his arm to block a ki enhanced chop. Giblet moved fast and spun around into an elbow into the man's ribs. An audible crack could be heard as he was sent crashing into a building creating a spiderwebbed crack. He moved in with a greenish-yellow ki orb in his hand and shot it towards the Saiyan. Raditz grunted as he pulled himself out of the building and dodged the attack, falling to the ground and landing on his face.
"Come now Raditz, this can't be all you've got is it?"
The Saiyan stood up with a trickle of blood running from his mouth, brushing the crimson liquid away. He grimaced as he held his right side for a moment then he clenched his left fist gathering purplish-red aura around his hand causing red lightning to crackle around his fist. He opened his hand as a sphere of purple ki appeared above his hand. He leapt forward with a great speed closing in on his opponent. Giblet rolled his eyes as he created another wild cannon in his right hand and they slammed their attacks into one another
"SATURDAY CRUSH!"
"WILD CANNON!"
There was a giant dusty blue collision of ki that tore through the ruined village.
Xxx
Obito held a kunai in his hand covered in fire chakra as he reappeared from within a swirl from his Kamui dimension to stab through the Naraka paths back through the chest cavity. As he yanked his arm out of the path's body he had to jump as a chameleon tongue lashed out at him. Soon, arm was caught in the tongue and he was flung into a building through multiple walls. He was getting careless. There were still 4 more paths of Pain and he had forgotten to make himself intangible. Soon he did so as he slipped out of the animal's grip. With his arm broken, he soon had to think fast and jump out of the way of the Preta path as he slammed a fist into the ground in a pattern of attack.
"Che, this is getting annoying!"
Obito swirled back into existence and came back to grab the path but the body gripped his arm and began to drain his chakra. Obito was forced to close the Kamui dimension on his left arm effectively tearing it off.
"Full to think he could defeat me by taking the one of the paths to his personal dimension"
Fin was soon blasted towards him from an Almighty Push. The Preta path spun around to grab the creature by his neck and grip it with crushing force. As he grimaced in pain the demonic being began to change shape engulfing the Preta path. Soon this turned him into a being that looked like the path with a face splitting grin. He landed and channeled his ki as the ground cracked and his eyes became Rinnegan. He was getting ready to charge towards the human path when he was suddenly pulled off his feet.
"Bansho Tenin!" the Deva path said
Soon he was dragged towards Yahiko's body and the human path ran towards him with his hand out. He grabbed Fin's head and slammed it into the ground harshly. Soon he channeled as much chakra as he could, safely and began to rip the soul out of the beast.
"Rrrgh! NOOO!" Fin yelled as he use ki to cling to his soul
Suddenly the ki of the beast began to be drained and he was alarmed. The animal path hid inside of a chameleon with Deva kept watch in case Madara reappeared. The beast was slowly losing grip on the power he held as his soul was being removed and his ki was steadily drained from the being he absorbed
"DAMMIT!" he yelled as he was slowly stripped of his powers
With the original Nagato:
His bodily features began to come to life as his skinny body began to fill out with features of a young man. His nose was starting to bleed along with his eyes and trickles of blood from his mouth
"Nagato! Are you alright?"
"Silence Konan! I'm removing one of their most important pieces! Be on the lookout for that masked man!"
Konan kept watch as she created two paper clones to stand around Nagato. She knew the man could be undetectable, as he could teleport almost anywhere.
"Right! Finish them now!" she said
Back with the Paths and Fin:
The body of the Preta path was absorbing the corrupted lifeforce from Fin as his body started to be dragged off the Preta path. The corrupted soul of the beast was being yanked away from the purple mass. The Human path began to stand slowly as he ripped the ethereal purple glow from the dark purple body of the beast and the body of purple began to detach from the Preta path. Fin was desperately trying to lurch off the path but he was being held by the pull of the body he absorbed. With one mighty tug, the path yanked as it stood and fell backwards, but caught itself on its right hand. As the body stood up, its knees buckled.
"Humph, it seems like killing this creature has left me more fatigued than I thought" the Deva path said
Then Raditz was sent crashing into the clearing as his body tore a long through the dirt. Pain looked to see Giblet landing with his black cloak billowing around him landing in front of them. He had a few scratches and burns on his body but he seemed no worse for wear. Following the landing, Madara came into existence to stand next t0o him.
"So…you've worn the 'god' down have you?"
"He used his powers efficiently to dismantle us both. Apparently he killed Finn after one of his paths was destroyed" Madara said
"Humph, it's time we bring this false god to his knees then" Giblet said as he saw Raditz shakily getting up
"He's…a monster" the long black haired said as he slowly stood holding his right side and spitting up some blood
The Deva held up a hand as he readied himself for battle.
"Nevertheless, we have a job to do Raditz"
Giblet sneered at the lifeless expression on the 4 paths in front of him.
"Your arrogance at thinking you can take my life is insulting" he said as he uncrossed his arms with his fist tightened
Soon, the Preta path stood ready after a while.
"Your qualms about my perspective mean nothing to me. All that matters is your death" Deva said
Giblet snarled and launched into battle blurring out of sight with his left fist drawn back.
"Almighty Push!" Deva yelled out send a pulse of gravity towards one of his opponents
Giblet grunted in annoyance as he sent out his own pulse of ki towards the attack and Obito used the clash to run past him with a kunai in his remaining hand. Soon his sharingan glinted as he jumped dodging the tongue of the summoning from the animal path, while throwing a kunai at the beast. The chameleon jumped out of the way and Obito went through one handed hand signs.
Pain went to send another path after Madara when Raditz spoke up.
"Don't even think about it. We need all the power we can get against him!" Raditz said as he and the Human path ran in to attack the enemy Saiyan.
Giblet smirked as a yell sphere of ki appeared in his hand and he shot a giant wave of ki at Raditz and the Human path. Deva and Preta jumped out of the way but Raditz and the Human path weren't too lucky. Raditz flared a magenta aura of ki around his body to protect himself while half of the body from the Human path was blown off. Deva narrowed his eyes as he and the Preta path were assaulted by Giblet. Preta Path threw a punch at him but the Saiyan pushed his attack to the side and drove a punch into the stomach of the path sending him flying through the battlefield through a giant piece of debris. He moved on to Deva who pulled a chakra rod from his left arm and stabbed at him, causing him to dodge and spin around to kick him in the ribs sending him sliding across the gravel kicking us smoke.
Giblet smirked as he charged a greenish-yellow ball of ki in his hand.
"So much for god" he said snidely, making the ball of ki gigantic and shooting it in the direction of the Preta Path.
The path stood up and held out its hands to begin absorbing the attack but he soon realized that absorbing ki wasn't as easy for him as it was with chakra, the path was soon obliterated in a giant explosion. Deva stood as his cloak was ripped and he stood up shakily.
A giant Tiger was roaring through the village against Madara as he had to dodge a swipe from the tiger. And he grew annoyed landing on the ground. He went through hand signs and placed his hand on the ground.
"Wood Style: Nativity of Trees!" he yelled as the ground burst open with giant roots forming into trees sprouting to entangle the beast, locking its movements. He went through more hand signs ending on a flat hand with 3 fingers extended
"Fire Style: Great Annihilation!" he yelled blowing flames and setting the trees ablaze causing the tiger to yelp out in pain
He went through more hand seals with his remaining hand ending with his thumb and pinky extended with the other fingers gripped into the palm. His Kamui began to activate and a swirl began to emit from his eye.
"Wind Style: Fūjin no ibuki" (breath of the wind god)
He blew out a swirl of wind to combine with the flames causing a flaming hurricane burning the tiger. Next he jumped as he subconsciously dodged the tongue of the beast. The man jumped onto an unburned branch and launched himself towards the chameleon channeling fire into his palm and he slammed his hand into the beast.
"Fire Style: Kanzen shōkyaku!" (Complete Incineration)
The animal path jumped out of the mouth of the beast as he slammed his flame coated palm into the beast setting it on fire all over. The animal path began to got through hand signs as he pushed off the animal and pointed it at the orange haired man.
"Jigoku no te!" (Hell's hand)
He channeled ki into his chakra coated flame and shot out a tendril of fire, stabbing through the orange haired man burning him and setting him ablaze.
'S-so fast!' was his last thought
The masked man dropped to one knee as his chakra and ki were spent from overexertion.
The Deva path grew annoyed as he narrowed his eyes at Giblet.
"It seems I must go all out to end this battle" Deva said as he held his hands cupped in front of his chest forming a pitch black ball.
Giblet raised an eye in interest towards the attack.
"Humph, so you've been holding back have you? Well it won't make any difference!"
The ground cracked as a huge amount of chakra was being concentrated into one place.
"If you truly wish to test yourself against the reincarnation of the sage himself, then stand right where you are and witness the wrath of god!" he said as his nose began to bleed and his mouth had dribbles of blood on the corners of his mouth
He held out his hands and shot the black sphere towards Giblet as the ball smashed into his stomach.
"Urgh!" soon he was dragged off his feet and sent far into the air
As he was held in mid-air above the village, he soon saw Pain close right palm and he put his hands in the snake seal. Pieces of debris began to attach to the black ball attached to the Saiyan. Large piece of building and torn boulders smashed into his body continuously. More and more pieces of debris began to crash into the Saiyan, creating a concrete and metallic sphere, forming in the air. He began to compact the sphere as he used his chakra to gather more and more debris onto the spear.
Madara was beginning to feel the gravity pressure from the attack as he hastily channeled chakra into his feet to stay on the ground. Soon the piece of gravel under his feet was torn off the ground and he was whirling through the air towards the giant sphere. He kicked off the gravel trying to fall back to the ground but he was dragged towards the sphere and he slammed into a giant piece of debris spitting out blood. The blood spatter all over his face inside of the mask as he activated one of the sharingan in his eyes and it soon went blind.
'Shit, he still had something like this in his arsenal? Rrgh!' he thought
He was soon smashed by a giant debris of rock and he soon felt nothing as more debris smashed into the giant sphere of debris. It was high enough to see something that resembled a small moon suspended in the dreary gray sky. The rain stopped soon as he had lost the chakra to make the rain continuously fall. The Deva path soon dropped his hands and fell to his knees and spat blood in a cough. He used his hands to hold himself up as he looked around, then up to see the giant sphere in the sky.
"It…haaaa….haaaa…is finished" he murmured out
There was a tense moment of silence as he heard footsteps walking up next to him. He looked to see a bloodied and beaten Raditz who was looking up at the sky.
"It's not over yet. But we have enough time to escape" he said
The Deva path was silent as he looked at the sphere then at Raditz
"Then you must leave. Escape with Konan and my original body. They will be leaving soon" he said
Raditz nodded and turned to leave when his heart dropped and he froze looking at the masked man who stood with his sharingan blazing at the two former akatsuki members.
"H-how? How did you?"
"Survive? Hmhmhm, that's my secret" the masked man replied with mirth in his tone
He pulled out a kunai with his remaining hand.
"Raditz go! Now!" Deva Path yelled
Soon they heard an explosion from the giant sphere in the sky. The debris falling made him look around to see the sphere crumbling. Raditz dropped to one knee as he felt too fatigued
"Darn! Can't…move…too…much"
A blur landed on the ground creating a small crater. He looked around with a smirk on his face as his cloak and paints were ragged. He had a trickle of blood on his mouth and his head had an abrasion on the left.
"How interesting! You actually injured me more than Raditz" He walked forward with a limp in his walk
Before he could take another step forward, several shinobi in black cloaks with blue clouds landed around Raditz and the Deva path. Several shinobi with rebreathers and differentiating white clothes over their eyes and Hidden Rain headbands with slits through the symbols
"Oboro, Kagari, Mubi! Get Raditz out of here quickly!"
They nodded and Oboro picked up the man and Kagari and Mubi stood facing Giblet and Madara.
"What are you two doing! I said-"
"Lord Pain, we know you can't hold them off long enough, so we will stand and fight with you" he said
Giblet grew annoyed as he saw Raditz escaping.
"You are all dying here! There is no escape!" he said as he launched towards Raditz only to be hit by a considerable weakened gravity pulse from Pain.
Madara launched forward with his kunai to clash with Kagari in a battle of strength as their kunai knives clashed
"You won't be getting in the way of our plans to counter your organization" he said
Mubi went through hand seals and shot a bullet of water at Madara who jumped back from clashing with Kagari
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Konan had Nagato's arm around her shoulder as she leapt away with the man in a black cloak with blue clouds. They moved with a haste that had been pushing them to the brink of exhaustion as they were already on the outskirts of the village. They had seen the debris of the collapsing sphere falling in the distance and Nagato had to disband the jutsu along with his control of Yahiko. He was leaving Mubi and Kagari to fight the two s-class shinobi on their own.
"R-Raditz is being brought to us by Oboro, don't worry we must hurry" he said as he began to breath heavily
They soon came to rest in a cave that was hidden by the shrubbery and the bushes.
"We'll rest here for a while, then we'll head to the land of rivers soon" Konan said
With Oboro:
He landed near a tree with an opening and he crawled in, placing a barely alive Raditz in there to rest.
"Are you sure you don't need first aid?" he asked the Saiyan
"I'm fine brat…now be quiet…and…let me sleep. We'll….head to…the land of river…in a bit" he said
Oboro nodded as he put a genjutsu over the tree and launched into the branches to lay against the tree bark. They needed to take a rest to allow the Saiyan to recover and she would keep watch.
Xxx
Sozu sat in the lotus position near the Supreme Kai Shin and Kibito Kai as they watched what was going on down on earth. The young brunette had grown tall, he cut his hair to where it stood up and bang was over his face. His body was decorated with a blue shikoshiko, with white outlinings, a white obi tied to the side, samurai socks and tan wheat sandals, with a blue, white and golden sword hilt with a blue sheathed sword. If he were to draw the blade it would be a black steel. His right arm was missing along with a small scar across his left cheek. Then, Supreme Kai shifted the view to the Ginyu Force approaching earth. Kai Shin narrowed his eyes as he looked towards Sozu,
"Your mission is to head back to the Hidden Leaf and help them against the Arcosian Empire. It seems they've moved there invasion schedule ahead of time"
Sozu looked at him in annoyance as he grimaced
"Do..I..have to go back there permanently?" he asked seriously with a tinge of irritation in his voice
"Do not question the Supreme Kai. DO what must be done for the greater good boy" Kibito said
"But Master Kibito I-"
"I understand that you would prefer to stay here. And I hate to say it, I'd rather you stay here, but that isn't realistic. And you have been selected as one of the bridges between the Gods and the living world. Eventually others who have descended from the Sage will come here. It's part of your job to make sure they don't come here prematurely. Also we must watch for those from the demon realm as well, they have gotten their hands on Majin Buu and Babidi's magic" Kibito continued
"Y-yes sir. I understand" he said as he stood and walked a few feet away to look around the world
Kibito stood and bowed to the Supreme Kai as he continued to study the crystal ball.
"Sozu."
Said teen looked back at Kai Shin as he held a sad gaze in his eyes
"Be good. You can always reach out to us via telepathy and when you can find this planet, you'll be able to teleport here ." he said looking up at him with a smirk
Sozu nodded as he began to go back over the last 3 years of his life.
Sozu nodded to the man who had treated him like a son. Kai Shin and Kibito were like the family he never knew he needed. They were tough on him but they also knew his life and treated him well as he was a gracious and humble individual. He also was going to miss King Kai as well. The Gods of the universe were like the uncles and father figures he needed, training him insanely with another being that struck fear into him. His training partner at King Kai's home was no joke and he knew whoever else trained with him would easily agree. Even with a cleansed cursed seal stacked in his other abilities. He was brought out of his musings as he felt Kibito put a hand on his shoulder.
"It's time" he heard and Sozu took one last look around the lush green planet and it's purple sky then he looked at Kibito and nodded.
The tall purple skinned man put two fingers to his head and they teleported away. Kai Shin looked at where they were with a smile on his face.
'Be careful, my student' Kai Shin thought to himself.'
Soon they appeared 4 to 5 miles from the Hidden Leaf village. Kibito looked at him and nodded, taking his hand off his shoulder causing Sozu to smile and nod back. Then the assistant Kai teleported away with a smirk on his face. He was back on earth for the first time in 3 years. He took a deep breath as he inhaled for 5 seconds then exhaled slowly. He began to float off the ground, looking up at the dreary great sky, as the sun began to pier through the clouds.
'How fitting.' he thought as he began to levitate high enough, then gathered ki around himself and flew towards the village of his birth.
As he flew across the sky, he noticed that there was just a big battle near the Land of Rivers and the Land of Grass. He was able to feel different powers around the world as he flew towards the Hidden Leaf Village. Soon, he flew closer to the ground and began to leap through the forest at high speed. He passed up several other shinobi and they saw him as a blue blur.
Naruto looked up from his bowl with a crazy stare at Ichiraku Ramen. Teuchi and Ayame looked at him in worry.
"Are you alright kiddo?" the elder man asked
"Yea, you look pale?" Ayame
Sasuke and Hinata looked at him in worry.
"Yo, the hell is wrong with y-" Sasuke's eyes widened and he perked up as his senses stretched out and felt a familiar presence.
Hinata did the same as she looked back and activated her Byakugan. Naruto pulled out a wad of bills and paid for all of their ramen. They leapt out of the stan and began to move towards the gate. They saw several shinobi and warriors moving with them as if they felt the energy coming towards them. Shikaku, Kakashi, Kenji, Vegeta, Mina, Akino, Genma and surprisingly the guys that used to be a part of the crane school: Tien and Chiaotzu. Shikaku had made a deal with Tien and Chiaotzu to become a part of the Hokage's guard platoon. His guard platoon consisted of: Raido, Aoba, Tien and Chiaotzu. Soon a blue blur stopped to land in front of them with a hand resting on the hilt of his blade.
"Looks like I got a welcoming committee" he said lazily
Kenji looked at him in incredulity as he recognized the face of the boy. Shikaku studied him as he spoke.
"And who might you be?" the 5th Hokage asked
The boy sighed as he ran his left hand through his hair white his other sleeve billowed in the wind.
"Sozu Kohinata, returning to active duty" he said rolling his eyes
There was a heavy tension in the air as there was a moment of silence. Genma looked him once over and his fists tightened
"Activate your kekkei genkai."
Sozu looked at Genma lazily as several veins bulged out of his face near his eyes as they turned from brown to red. Genma's eyes widened as he took a step back and looked at him with a pale face. Sozu deactivated his Sekigan and put his hand in his upper blue gi and let it rest there.
"Are we done yet? Or do you need to mind walk me?"
"Definitely need a mind walk. You could be a creation of Orochimaru" Shikaku said
Sozu shrugged as a set of Anbu landed on both sides of him and touched his shoulders. He sighed in boredom and they began to walk.
"Hey wait, I've got questions too!" Naruto yelled
Kenji chopped him upside his head and he grunted turning on his foot to grimace at his brother
"Chill out. He's not going anywhere. You'll get your chance" Kenji said