Everyone Gathers!

AN: Hey everyone, I'm back from my vacation! It's been a long time! Hope you all are doing well and are having a good holiday! I apologize for leaving you guys so long without an update, please forgive me. With that said I am here to give you guys an update! Chapter 55 is out! BUT...once again I'll be traveling out of the country again mid January for about 2 weeks. So...come mid January there might not be another update from me until sometime in February. Like I said before, I am NOT abandoning the story. Thanks to everyone who has continued to stick with the story thus far!

War Recap:

First Division: Locked in battle by the sea against White Zetsu Army and Reanimated shinobi.

Second Division: Battlefield won.

Third Division: Battlefield Won! Split to aid the First and Second Division.

Fourth Division: Battlefield Won! Left to aid the First Division.

Fifth Division: Aiding the First Division

Others: Kakashi, Sai, Sasuke, Haku, Fourth Raikage, Neji, and Kimimaro are hunting down Ashina and Tobirama.

Chapter 55

Three days had passed since Tobi attacked with his Jinchuriki but there was no sign of him since that incident, I thought to myself as I laid in bed. I turned my head to see Hanabi getting dressed in her battle outfit and did my best not to pounce her. She took notice of my staring and smiled. "Seen enough?"

I took a moment committing to memory her half naked half dressed look and took a deep breath to steady the slightly quickened heart beating in my chest. I smiled warmly and playfully and shook my head in response to her. "Nope. I think you have to start over."

I watched her slowly walk over to me and bend down close to my face. Just as I leaned in to kiss her lips she stopped and ruffled my hair. "H-Hey?!" I exclaimed in surprise.

Hanabi stood back up and laughed. "Hahaha! It's time to get up Izaya."

I let out a soft sigh plopping back down on the bed. "Not fair Hanabi. What about my morning kiss?"

"Not unless you wake up. I know you're only refraining from getting up so you don't have to face everyone outside."

I let out another sigh. "It's been three days. Three days! I don't think I'm gonna get used to being called God of Shinobi all the time. My power isn't even close to that level. It's an undeserving title."

I felt the side of the bed dip down a bit as Hanabi sat next to me and ran her fingers through my hair, something new that she had been doing lately, but I found it oddly relaxing, even though it made me feel like she was treating me like a pet dog sometimes.

"Izaya you're just gonna have to get used to it. You can't predict how everyone's going to react. That just shows you how incredible everyone thinks you are. You're Konoha's White Flash, The Blind Warrior, The Lone Ninja, and now God of Shinobi. Don't worry though, you aren't alone. Kimimaro is being called Bone Demon Kimimaro. In fact, since he's so skilled in Taijutsu he's also being called Konoha's Pale Beast."

I shifted my head and looked up at Hanabi surprised. "Really? Since when did people start calling Maro as Konoha's Pale Beast? That sounds just like Might Guy being referred to as Konoha's Blue Beast and Rock Lee as Konoha's Green Beast."

Hanabi shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, it just happened one day and I guess it stuck around with people. Besides, I hear you two aren't the only ones gaining a lot of recognition. I heard Haku is being called Silent Killer Haku, Frost Needle Haku, Thousand Needle Haku, and even Ocean Sage Haku. Oh and get this, Sasuke is being called Demon Eye Sasuke, Sasuke of the Sharingan, and The Dark Fire Shinobi. So you don't have to feel so embarrassed anymore."

Once more I let out a sigh in defeat. Hanabi smirked. "You'll start sounding like an old man if you sigh so much. It's still so early in the morning."

I nodded my head and finally got dressed. Just as I finished strapping Muramasa to my waist I grabbed Hanabi's hand. "Hanabi, I'm leaving today. I'm going back out to search for Kabuto."

After hearing what I said she frowned but nodded silently. "I knew you'd have to get back to that at some point. Don't worry about us here. Even if Madara does come back we should be able to handle him. Naruto and Bee are still here and they've recovered by now. Also, the First Division finally won their battle yesterday and are heading to our location along with the other half of the Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, and Fifth Division. Even the White Zetsu army has been completely defeated. The only one's remaining are Uzumaki Ashina, the Second Hokage Tobirama, and the Third Raikage who Ashina managed to unseal before the scouting party we sent after him arrived. And of course Madara and Kabuto."

I nodded my head in agreement. "The lives lost in the war though…"

Hanabi nodded in sorrow as well. "I heard. Asuma-sensei died. Choza died too. Baki from Sunagakure and Dodai and Cee from Kumogakure also died. A whole lot of other shinobi passed away as well. I hope the war ends soon."

I stepped forward and gave Hanabi a tight hug. She looked up at me as I looked down at her. A peaceful silence fell between us as she tiptoed on her feet while I lowered my head and we shared an intimate kiss.

"Be careful." She whispered.

"You too." I whispered back before teleporting away. Hanabi stared at the empty spot I was just at for a few seconds before saying, "I don't think I'll ever get used to that." She walked out of her tent and over to HQ seeing Tsunade deep in thought writing a letter. After another minute passed Tsunade finally put down her pen and folded the letter up placing it in an envelope and sent it off with a bird. She finally took notice of Hanabi's presence in the room and said, "Oh! Hanabi! You're up. Where's Izaya? He better still not be asleep."

Hanabi smiled and shook her head. "No, he left already to resume his search for Kabuto."

Tsunade let out a sigh. "He didn't even bother to walk through the camp eh?"

Hanabi let out a soft sigh. "He says he feels a bit embarrassed that people are still calling him God of Shinobi."

Just as Tsunade stood up from her seat and opened her mouth to say something two wooden coffins with sealing tags popped up randomly in the HQ tent startling everyone inside. "What the hell!" Tsunade exclaimed. She walked over to the two wooden coffins and shook her head as she read the note attached. Hanabi tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Lord Fifth, what does the note say?"

Tsunade clicked her tongue. "Tch. Hanabi, you should teach your boyfriend a bit of discretion. Honestly, that guy is a bit too random sometimes. He could at least give us a heads up."

Hanabi blinked her eyes still confused and smiled awkwardly. "Haha...I apologize for Izaya's behavior. He can be a bit unconventional at times...But I promise I'm sure he means well!"

Tsunade just waved her hands. "It's fine. I'm not reprimanding him or anything so no need to be so defensive for him. These two wooden coffins contain the sealed Itachi and Nagato. Izaya sent them here since we haven't heard word of Ashina's whereabouts for the past 20 hours. We've secured all the sealed reanimated shinobi by now except for these two since it wasn't the Allied Forces that sealed them away. Izaya was worried that Ashina would make his way to their body so I guess he got there first and sent them here." Just as Tsunade finished saying what she had to say a loud commotion was heard from outside HQ. "What's going on now?" Tsunade questioned aloud as she walked out of the tent. The moment she walked out she was greeted by the sight of the rest of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

The First Division led by Darui, the Third Division currently being temporarily led by Guy and Sakura, the Fourth Division led by Gaara, and the Fifth Division led by Mifune. With all the major battlefields won everyone had decided to gather where HQ was stationed. After a few hours passed getting everyone settled into their camps the major leaders of the Allied Forces sat around a large table inside HQ's tent. They were Tsunade, Gaara, Onoki, Darui, Kurotsuchi, Guy, Mifune, Shikamaru, and Ino. Tsunade was the first to speak. "Shikamaru, tell us the status of the overall situation."

He nodded and replied, "The war began on October 6th. It's currently December 12th. Over these months we finally defeated the White Zetsu Army and sealed away most of the Reanimated shinobi. Unfortunately there is still the Reanimated Ashina, Second Hokage, and Third Raikage left to seal. Kakashi, Sasuke, Haku, Sai, Lord Third Hokage, the Fourth Raikage, Kimimaro, and Neji are searching for them. Izaya is currently searching for the whereabouts of Kabuto. He has a good idea of where Kabuto might be so we'll leave it to him. As for Madara, we don't know what he's up to. He attacked us three days ago but thanks to Izaya, Naruto, and Bee they were able to force Madara to retreat. The total casualty loss on our side is extensive. We began the war with over 80,000 shinobi and samurai but only a little more than 42,000 are left. Once again the only enemies left are Madara, Kabuto, Ashina, the Second Hokage, and the Third Raikage. Now that all members of the alliance have won their battlefields it's only a matter of hunting down the leftover enemy."

Everyone in the room nodded in silence as they were glad that the war was slowly coming to an end, but felt that the cost to get this far was too much as nearly half of the entire Allied Shinobi Forces had been wiped out. The ground slowly began to tremble and loud noises of combat could be heard from outside quickly prompting everyone in the room to rush out. They were all greeted by the sight of Ashina, Tobirama, and the Third Raikage locked in combat against Hiruzen, Kakashi, Haku, Sasuke, Neji, Kimimaro, and the Fourth Raikage whilst Sai sat hovering in the air waiting for a chance to seal one of the reanimated shinobi.

Ting! Cling! Bang! Boom!

Dust and debris kicked up in the air as both sides separated from each other to create some distance. Tsunade and Sakura quickly rushed over and began healing as Tsunade asked, "What's the situation?"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes focusing on the enemy shinobi as he replied, "Lord Fifth, after preventing them from unsealing the other Kage's and Jiraiya we tracked them nonstop for several days. We were finally able to catch up thanks to the Fourth Raikage, Kimimaro, and Neji cutting them off in a pincer attack. Unfortunately they've been really tricky to deal with since they keep moving about. It seems like Kabuto was controlling their movements and had them come here. I'm guessing this is where the enemy is planning to make their final stand."

Gaara frowned and prepared for battle while saying, "If this is where the enemy is planning to make their final stand then that's fine for us. While the Mizukage is protecting the feudal lords the rest of us have all gathered here. Our collective might should be enough to stop them."

Hiruzen clutched onto his summoned adamantine staff and furrowed his brow before adding, "Indeed we have everyone's combined strength, but we must be cautious in how we handle these three enemies. None of them are ordinary. Onoki, Gaara, you two should once again combine your might to defeat the Third Raikage like last time, but this time have the Fourth Raikage assist you both. Haku, Kimimaro, Tsunade, you three handle Lord Second Hokage. Sasuke, Kakashi, you both assist me in dealing with Ashina. He's tricky to deal with due to his mastery over Fuinjutsu. Even I am not privy to all of his secret techniques and the ones I am aware of are all incredibly dangerous. One wrong move and it will be the end of your life."

Before anyone could even respond a small ripple in the air appeared as a figure slowly popped into existence. Onoki scowled. "Uchiha Madara! So you decide to show yourself."

Naruto and Bee quickly jumped down to join the others and prepared to fight as well. Tobi stood next to Ashina, Tobirama, and the Third Raikage before scoffing at everyone. "Well, it seems that Izaya is not here. That'll make destroying you all even easier."

The Fourth Raikage frowned and responded, "What does Izaya being here have to do with anything? Even without him here we'll be enough to crush you!"

Tobi laughed as he stared at everyone. "Izaya is the only one amongst all you shinobi that I had actually been quite wary of. After all, he has been the one to consistently throw my plans out of array. First Itachi, then Nagato, and now I find out that his strength is at a level that lets him duel against even several Tailed Beasts when he isn't a Jinchuriki himself. Wood Style, Flying Thunder God, Mangekyo Sharingan, he can even escape from my space-time Ninjutsu. Reflecting in hindsight he should have been the first one I killed. But no matter, I merely admire his skill and give credit where credit is due. In the end he'll still end up like the rest of you. Locked away in the Infinite Tsukiyomi."

Naruto clenched his fist as he immediately entered his complete Nine Tails chakra cloak and shouted, "That's not gonna happen! We'll stop you and put an end to this war!"

Tobi weaved the signs for the Summoning Jutsu and placed his hands on the ground calling forth the giant Ten Tails statue. "Then I'd like to see you try." At that moment Tobirama standing nearby weaved the hand signs for the Summoning Jutsu as well and placed his hands on the ground. Two wooden coffins rose up next to him as everyone became extremely wary since they hadn't expected there to be anymore reanimated summons joining the war. The wooden covers slowly fell to the ground revealing two reanimated shinobi that stood unmoving. White steam rose in the air off of their bodies as they slowly came back to life. Everyone immediately felt cold sweat drip down their backs and foreheads as they stared at the two newly summoned reanimated shinobi.

Hiruzen stared in shock and disbelief as he stuttered, "I-Impossible! That's Uchiha M-Madara and the F-First Hokage Senju Hashirama! How?!"

Naruto widened his eyes in shock and asked, "Old gramps Third, what do you mean Madara? Isn't Madara the guy wearing the mask over there?"

Onoki shook his head as he also felt disbelief wash over him. "No Naruto. That reanimated shinobi is definitely the real Madara. He looks just the same as he did back then. But it's not only Madara. Even the First Hokage has been revived."

Naruto clenched his fist. "Then if that masked guy isn't Madara, who is he?"

Gaara stood out and got serious as he replied, "It doesn't matter. He still needs to be stopped. Third Hokage it appears we need to rethink our strategy."

Hiruzen nodded. "It would seem so."

It was at this moment the Mizukage appeared next to Tsunade. Tsunade turned her head in surprise. "Mizukage, you arrived just in time. How did you know?"

Mei, the Mizukage prepared herself for battle and replied, "It was Shikamaru who informed me of the situation. With the Hokage's protection squad they were able to teleport me to you with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu marked on your body."

Onoki nodded acknowledging Mei's presence but spoke up, "It's good that everyone is gathered, but we need a new strategy. Does anyone have any brilliant plans?"

Shikamaru quickly entered everyone's thoughts with Ino's help and said, "I have a suggestion. Haku, you'll have to take on the Second Hokage on your own. You were able to fight him evenly last time so you'll have to do so again. Naruto, Bee, Sasuke, Kakashi, Guy, you five take point on fighting the masked man and his reanimated Jinchuriki. Fourth Raikage, Lord Fifth Hokage, Fifth Mizukage, Third Tsuchikage, Fifth Kazekage, you five are the Five Kage of the Five Great Nations and possess the greatest strength out of everyone. You must take on Madara and the First Hokage. Lord Third Hokage, you know Ashina's powers the best. You must face him and take him down. Kimimaro will provide you assistance. As for the Third Raikage, we'll have the Division Captains face him. So that'll be up to Darui, Kurotsuchi, and Mifune. We'll have the Allied Forces provide assistance to all battlefields."

Everyone quickly nodded in agreement.

All the while on the other side the reanimated Madara looked at Hashirama and said, "Well well, Hashirama. This was unexpected. I was not expecting to be revived in this form. Nor was I expecting you to be revived alongside me."

Hashirama frowned and replied, "Madara, was this your doing?"

"No. As you can see, I am also currently a reanimated corpse."

Hashirama focused his power and attempted to break free from the control of the Reanimation but to no avail. Madara smirked as he watched Hashirama. "There's no need to try anymore. Even I am unable to break free from this Jutsu currently. You and I were brought back with quite a bit of power, but because we are dead we were not brought back with our full power."

Hashirama let out a deep sigh in regret and said, "It appears that whoever the caster of this Reanimation Jutsu is, they have enhanced the binding with Sage Mode. They most also likely used my cells to increase the power of the binding."

Madara merely nodded. "It would seem so. It's a shame I won't be getting to fight against you." He then noticed Tobi standing not too far away and frowned before asking, "Why are you wearing that mask? No need to be shy. And it appears that this is a newly formed Allied Shinobi Force. Their headbands say shinobi. By the way, what happened to Nagato? This was not the form I was supposed to be revived in."

Tobi frowned and unhooked the Gunbai fan from his back before tossing it over to Madara who caught it. Tobi then proceeded to say, "Nagato betrayed us. I am only wearing this mask so no one would recognize me. That way I could instill fear into the heart of the world as Madara."

Madara laughed, "Hahaha! But you are Madara. Madara is he who rejects the world."

Everyone frowned as they listened to Madara and Tobi's conversation becoming extremely confused at how the two knew each other and what they were talking about. Hashirama frowned as he said, "Madara! So you planned this?"

"In a way. Not everything seems to be going according to plan, but since I've been revived in this form I can help steer everything along. I do find it a pity that you aren't revived as a member of this Allied Force Hashirama. If you stood with this newly formed Shinobi Alliance then perhaps some of them would still survive. However, as you are bound by this Jutsu and forced to fight against them alongside me, I'm afraid none of them will be leaving alive today."

"Madara! Don't go overboard! Do your best to resist the binding!" Hashirama shouted. Madara only shrugged. Hashirama closed his eyes and immediately sat down saying, "Everyone, do not approach me! My body is set to counter all of you! I am currently doing my best to restrain my body with my own power and preventing it from moving forward, however, if you approach me and attack, my focus will wane and I may end up losing complete control."

Madara scoffed. "Very well Hashirama. You can just sit there and look pretty. I will deal with these shinobi on my own. Even if you don't join me in killing them all it won't mean much. They'll still die in the end, the only difference is that they may last a bit longer than if you had joined in from the start."

A palpable tension soon filled the air as both sides stared at the other. Madara smirked when he noticed that no one from the Allied Forces made a move first so he cracked his knuckles and jumped down shouting, "Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame Jutsu!" A giant blast of fire spanning a wide area immediately erupted on the battlefield prompting Mei to rush out and counter by shouting, "Water Style: Water Pillar Jutsu!" Immediately a giant clash of Fire and Water caused a large fume of steam to erupt in the air. After Madara's initial attack the other reanimated shinobi followed suit and engaged in fierce combat against the Allied Forces.

Bang! Boom! Bang! Ting! Cling!

"AH!"

"NOO!"

"RUN!"

"Watch Out!"

"Dodge It!"

"Move!"

"HELP!"

Bang! Boom!

"He's too fast!"

"My Arm!"

"Fire Style: Fir-AH!"

"Crap they're too strong!"

"Don't falter! The Five Kage are fighting alongside us!"

"Shit Shit Shit!"

"Brother! NO!"

"Father!"

"Don't come closer!"

Screams of terror and cries of death rang throughout the battlefield as Madara and the others continued to lay waste to the Shinobi Alliance. Even though the other Kage's tried to help, with a disoriented mob of shinobi's thrown into the mix it was difficult for any of them to fight with their true power and so the death rate continued to climb. Hashirama who was sitting not too far away scowled at his powerlessness to do anything and could only put his faith in the current Five Kage and the Allied Forces. Onoki frowned at the state of chaos the battlefield was in and quickly shouted, "Everyone! Stay back! We Five Kage will take on Madara. The rest of you wait for a chance to help support us and the other battlefields."

At Onoki's loud command the Allied Forces quickly withdrew to the side creating enough space for Mei to activate her Lava Style Jutsu creating a large pool of murky acidic fluid that sprayed straight at Madara. Madara quickly jumped backwards and into the air only to be met with the Raikage's punch. Just before Madara fell into the large murky lava he activated his Susanoo protecting his body from being melted. As the Raikage jumped down to strike down Madara he had his Susanoo punch the Raikage away with its two left fists. Onoki quickly appeared in the air above Madara and shouted, "Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!" A large silver white cube formed in his hands and shot straight towards Madara who transformed his Mangekyo into the Rinnegan and absorbed Onoki's attack. This instantly left the 5 Kage baffled and shocked. Before they could say anything else Madara placed his hands together and shouted, "Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"

Hashirama and the 5 Kage opened their eyes wide in shock again as they watched Madara devastate the landscape. Gaara quickly created sand platforms for the other Kage's to stand on so they wouldn't be caught in Madara's Jutsu. While they continued to engage in combat Naruto, Kakashi, Guy, Bee, and Sasuke engaged Tobi and his Tailed Beasts in a fierce fight.

Bang! Boom!

Just as Sasuke's sword was about to slice off Tobi's head he phased right through cutting nothing but air. Before Tobi could strike down Sasuke, Naruto arrived from above and struck down with a Rasengan forcing Tobi to phase right through the ground and disappear. Before Naruto and Sasuke could be hit by the Three Tails, Bee transformed into the Eight Tails and quickly arrived to smash the Three Tails right in the face sending it flying through the air. The Two, Five, and Seven Tails charged up three Tailed Beast Bombs and shot them forth to which Naruto jumped forwards in his Nine Tails chakra cloak and knocked the three Bombs off into the distance. Tobi reappeared and grabbed Guy preparing to suck him into his Kamui dimension when Kakashi quickly arrived and struck out with his Raikiri forcing Tobi to release Guy and slip through Kakashi's attack. Their battle raged on for another hour or so before Tobi reappeared off into the distance. His mask full of cracks and tears until finally, it broke into pieces. The first to react was Kakashi and Guy who were incredibly shocked.

"Y-You're! Obito! No! Impossible! How? Why?!" Kakashi exclaimed in confusion and disbelief. Guy furrowed his brow also greatly confused, but retained a level head. Naruto frowned and asked, "Who's Obito?"

Guy seeing that Kakashi was still in a state of shock replied instead, "He used to be a comrade of ours and a fellow classmate. He was a member of Kakashi's team back in the day. We thought he died during the Third Great Ninja War."

Obito stared at Kakashi with indifference as he prepared his next attack. Kakashi's body shook involuntarily as his mind and emotions were in complete turmoil. "Obito! WHY? You were alive this entire time! Why didn't you come back?! Why didn't you let me know?! Why are you doing this?!"

Obito scoffed at Kakashi and replied, "Who cares. You don't have to feel so remorseful Kakashi. But, if you really need an answer then I guess...It's because you let Rin die. No matter, I've long since gotten over it. There's no need for me to care about this kind of messed up reality. I will amend this world and make it right."

Naruto hearing everything going on gritted his teeth and shouted, "Kakashi-sensei! This is no time to be depressed! Right now we need to stop what he's trying to do!"

"Naruto is right! Kakashi! Right now the fate of the world rests in our hands!" Guy remarked.

Sasuke frowned as he stared between Kakashi and Obito before chiming in, "Kakashi. I don't know what really went on between you two or who this Rin person is, but I'm guessing you couldn't save her in the end. I guess you couldn't save this guy either. You once said a long time ago when we were still Genin that you wouldn't let your friends die. I'm guessing you became like that after you couldn't save this Rin and Obito person. Then you told me when I returned to the village that I shouldn't try to do everything on my own. You should practice a bit of what you preach. Kakashi. I'm not very good with words. But if Izaya were here I'm sure he'd say something like, no burden is too heavy to carry. As long as you realize that you don't have to carry it alone. You may not know it but there are those around you who are always ready to step in and give a helping hand when you least expect it. You don't have to wallow in the darkness alone. Don't forget everything that has happened that has gotten you to this point. And in the end, if you still have feelings of guilt and lingering regret left over, then the only way you can repent is by living and doing all you can to make right by them. So you don't have time to feel depressed. I'm sure he'd say something like that."

Kakashi widened his eyes in surprise at Sasuke's words. He never took Sasuke as one who would be able to formulate his words so well. On top of that he never imagined Sasuke would ever talk this much either. At that moment Sakura arrived before Kakashi and began healing his injuries as Naruto and Sasuke stood out in front of him. Kakashi felt his emotions stir as he looked around him to see Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto by his side before hearing Sasuke speak once more, "Besides, I am your student after all. It is only natural that the student take on his sensei's burdens as well. If you no longer have the will or strength to protect those around you, then leave it to me. I'll do it for you."

Naruto and Sakura smiled at Sasuke's words and they both said at the same time, "No. Leave it to us. After all, together we are Team 7!"

Kakashi felt his eyes water as he looked at Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura and once more remembered the feeling of wanting to do everything he could to ensure the safety of his precious students. He quickly blinked away his tears and stood up, healed from Sakura's Medical Ninjutsu and clenched his fist with a newfound resolve. "Yeah, you guys are right. I'm sorry for showing my students such a pathetic side of me. We are Team 7! I feel a bit ashamed but please help me carry this burden of mine."

Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura nodded with confidence and said, "Mn. We'll deal with him together!"

Guy standing off to the side scratched the side of his cheek being completely forgotten by the others and mumbled to himself, "D-Don't forget about me...I'm still here too. Where's my team…"

Obito smirked amusedly as he watched everything play out and laughed before placing his hands together. The large statue of the Ten Tails opened its mouth releasing purple dragon chains that bound all of the Tailed Beasts under his control and dragged them back into the statue. He then placed his hands on the ground and shouted, "Uchiha Flame Formation Barrier!" A giant red barrier immediately formed itself around the Ten Tails statue as Obito stood unmoving from his spot with a sinister smile. "You lot are a bunch of persistent cockroaches. I suppose I'll have to speed things along. Even without the full Eight or Nine Tails it should be fine. I'll just use Ten Tails to capture them for me."

This caused Kakashi, Guy, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura to frown in confusion as a bad premonition flitted past their minds while not too far away was Madara who was locked in battle against the 5 Kage. Madara furrowed his brow as he took notice of Obito's actions and said to himself, "Hmpf. He's going to prematurely awaken the Ten Tails? How hasty. It appears he can't handle his opponents. Guess I shouldn't keep playing around with the 5 Kage then and help capture the Eight and Nine Tails."

At this moment, with the help of the Allied Shinobi Forces the Third Raikage was finally successfully sealed away again. However, they couldn't find a chance to help the 5 Kage defeat Madara so they opted to help seal away Ashina, Tobirama, and defeat Obito. The problem was that Ashina had summoned more than 8 different kinds of creatures onto the battlefield each with their own unique characteristics and strength preventing the alliance from interfering with Tobirama and Haku's fight as well as Obito and his Tailed Beasts. The Third Hokage who was engaged in a fight against Ashina along with Kimimaro also warned the Alliance members to keep their distance from Ashina else they be subject to being sealed away by one of the Uzumaki Clan's Secret Sealing Jutsus.

Hiruzen dashed forwards and struck downwards with his staff prompting Ashina to dodge to the side where, at that instance Kimimaro created a protrusion of hundreds of bones to appear from the ground to impale Ashina. Unfortunately the attack failed as Ashina quickly summoned another creature that took the hit for him before jumping back and arriving by Hashirama's side. Hashirama immediately had a bad premonition and shouted, "No! Ashina don't!"

Ashina let out a sigh and shook his head apologetically. "I'm sorry Hashirama. My body is moving on its own. It appears the enemy has decided that you can no longer sit out of this battle." He then placed his hands on Hashirama's back and said, "Seal!" A circular patterned seal appeared on Hashirama's back suppressing Hashirama's power by a small fraction which immediately caused him to lose his power to resist the Reanimation. He stood up and clenched his fist before yelling out, "Everyone! I no longer possess the strength to resist the Reanimation. Prepare yourselves!" He then placed his hands together and created thousands upon thousands of giant wood tendrils that erupted from the ground aiming to destroy the Alliance. Everyone including the 5 Kage and Hiruzen immediately felt panicked. They were already having a hard enough time dealing with Madara and Ashina and now that they had to face Hashirama as well which only made them feel despair, but they did their best not to show what they felt on their faces.

Haku who was currently engaged in combat against Tobirama was also monitoring the situation and noted that the situation had taken a turn for the worse. Just as he dodged an attack from Tobirama a giant creature on the battlefield summoned from Ashina appeared behind him and opened its giant maw to swallow him. Unable to dodge while in the air he quickly weaved the signs for the Summoning Jutsu and placed his hands behind him. With a small puff of smoke a tiny octopus appeared. Haku immediately widened his eyes in surprise as he was hoping to summon either Mazu or Nade, but instead it was Dako. Haku only had time to say one word, "Dako?"

Dako let out a tiny, high pitched evil laugh and quickly shoved Haku out of the way before the giant creature snapped its mouth shut swallowing Dako whole. Haku fell to the ground a little ways to the side and watched this play out prompting his heart to skip a beat in panic. "NOOOOO! DAKOOOO!" He shouted in anxiousness and anger. Just as Haku was going to make a move to save Dako he halted his footsteps and watched as the giant creature that swallowed Dako start to swell abnormally in size. In less than a few seconds it expanded to more than twice its original size, and a fraction of a second later 8 large tentacles pierced right through the creatures body causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke. All that could be heard inside the white smoke was a loud, dark, and evil sounding laugh.

"MUAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHA! FREEDOM! SO THIS IS THE WORLD OUTSIDE? FEAR ME! FOR I AM KOROMODAKO, THE MONSTER OF THE DEEP!"

Dako's dark voice resounded for miles and miles causing shivers to run down the spines of everyone who heard it. As the smoke cleared it revealed a giant orange octopus 40 meters tall and wide. At that moment the voices of disbelief, shock, fear, and astonishment could be heard all around.

"W-What the hell is that?!"

"It's the largest creature I've ever seen!"

"It's bigger than even the Tailed Beasts!"

"I-Is that an octopus?"

"N-No way!"

"Wait! Didn't Ocean Sage Haku summon that thing?"

"T-Then it's on our side?"

"Amazing!"

"Right? Ocean Sage Haku is amazing!"

Haku also stood in a daze as he stared at Dako's current size and tilted his head in amazement that the little octopus no larger than his hand turned into a monster 40 meters large. In fact, Mazu had once told him that Dako could grow large enough to swallow him and Mazu was already about 25 meters tall and 40 meters long. That meant that Dako could likely grow even larger in size than right now. Haku immediately snapped out of his thoughts as large wood tendrils made their way to him. He quickly dashed up on one of Dako's tentacles and shouted, "Dako! Watch out!"

Dako sneered and said, "Come closer to my body and hold on tight."

Haku nodded and did as Dako commanded. Right as he got close to Dako's center body Dako curled up all 8 tentacles. The large wood tendrils arrived at this moment so Dako quickly torqued his body in a clockwise tornado motion and spun incredibly fast as he released all 8 of his tentacles using them as a powerful whip that destroyed all the wood tendrils aimed at him and Haku. Large amounts of dust, debris, dirt, wood, and rocks flung through the air from the force that was generated. Tobirama who was about to be caught up in the storm of the attack quickly used his Flying Thunder God Jutsu to teleport away just in time. Hashirama who saw everything happen nodded his head in approval and astonishment. "Excellent work young one! Not only were you able to protect yourself, the force generated from your defense was strong enough to ablate most of the wood tendrils aimed at the Shinobi Alliance!"

Madara who was not too far away narrowed his eyes and whispered to himself, "It seems I really can't play around with the 5 Kage. Apparently the Alliance still has some interesting and capable shinobi left on their side. I'll wait just a tiny bit longer though before I go grab Eight and Nine Tails myself. I'm curious to see how the Alliance will deal with Hashirama. And I think I'll join in the fight against that young shinobi instead. The 5 Kage are a bit boring to battle against."

Madara jumped next to Hashirama and immediately activated his Perfect Susanoo slashing out with his blade which cut off the top of several mountains in the distance. The force of the blow generated a wind so strong it blew the 5 Kage rolling off into the distance creating several large craters. Hashirama scowled and yelled, "Madara! Didn't I say not to go overboard!"

Madara scoffed. "You're one to talk. Utilizing your Deep Forest Emergence to lay waste to the Alliance. Besides, your body is moving on its own anyways. Even you aren't in control of your own techniques."

Hashirama frowned as he couldn't disagree with what Madara said. The next instant he placed his hands together and shouted, "Wood Style Wood Golem Jutsu!" A giant wooden human-like golem with a wood dragon on its back appeared just as large as Madara's Perfect Susanoo. The appearance of these two giants caused the Alliance to feel lost and hopelessness as none of them had anything that could compete against the Perfect Susanoo or the giant Wood Golem. Haku, who stood on top of Dako's giant head felt incredibly anxious as he stared at the titanic abilities of Madara and Hashirama. Dako narrowed its eyes as well and said, "Well...I must hand it to those two shinobi over there. Those are two impressive techniques. In my largest size I can grow to about 80 meters tall. But those two behemoths over there are over 140 meters tall. You humans sure have some crazy abilities."

Haku clicked his tongue noticing the depressing mood of the Alliance. "Tch. I'm not giving up!" He bit his thumb and let some blood leak out on his palms before shouting, "Summoning Jutsu!" Two giant puffs of white smoke appeared revealing Mazu and Nade. Mazu was the first to speak. "Kid, you called all three of us out? It seems you must really be in a bind."

Nade furrowed its brow as he stared into the distance and replied, "Of course he's in a bind. Just look up ahead. Those two shinobi over there possess a freakish amount of chakra. Not only that but the techniques they're using right now are downright out of this world. Even the three of us may not stand a chance against them. Probably only the Great Owatatsumi could fight them head on by himself."

Haku quickly chimed in, "Please, Dako, Nade, Mazu, I need your help to take down Madara and Hashirama."

The three guardians of Ryuga-Jo Palace nodded in seriousness. "Very well. Consider it done."

Madara smirked in the distance as he stared at the three giant summonings and at Haku by their side saying, "How amusing! This seems like it could be fun! That shinobi definitely seems worthy to tangle against! I've never seen those kinds of summoned creatures before. They possess some sort of deep power within them. The only thing I regret is not being alive to feel the raging blood and pounding heart in the heat of battle! Don't you agree Hashirama!"

Hashirama clenched his fist and replied, "I only hope he will be able to defeat us!"

Soon after the Perfect Susanoo, giant Wood Golem, and the three guardians began to move closer to engage in a battle unlike any ever seen before.