Chapter 58: The Infinite Tsukuyomi

AN: Hey everyone, I'm finally back! Europe was great! I know it's been a long time since the last update so here's Chapter 58! Thanks to everyone who has continued to write reviews, Favorite the story, or hit the Follow button. I appreciate all of you. We are getting closer and closer to the end of the War so stay tuned!

War Recap:

The Third Hokage, Third Tsuchikage, and Fourth Raikage were killed by Madara. Kurotsuchi was named the 4th Tsuchikage. Madara has absorbed the Ten Tails. Tsunade has sacrificed her life to save Naruto. Sasuke is gravely injured. The Reanimation has been released. Orochimaru has been revived and he has left with Izaya to revive the Fourth Hokage.

Chapter 58

A powerful aura swept out across the world as Madara stood where the Ten Tails used to be. He laughed hysterically at his success and looked down at his hands clenching them into a fist that exuded raw power. Several black truth seeking orbs floated behind him and a black long staff appeared by his side. After taking a moment to observe his new form as the Ten Tails Jinchuriki he looked up to the sky and saw large bright white lights ascending to the Heavens. Madara smirked saying to himself, "Well now, it appears someone was actually able to stop the caster of the Reanimation. Not bad, however, it's too late. I already revived and have become the Ten Tails Jinchuriki. It is time to bring peace to this broken world."

Just as Madara finished speaking to himself a large Tori gate fell from the sky and landed right on top of him pinning him to the ground. Soon after several more large Tori gates fell and piled on top seeking to restrain him as Hashirama's voice could be heard, "Sage Art: Gracious Deity Gates!"

The next voice to be heard was Ashina's as he shouted, "Adamantine Sealing Chains!" Gold chains erupted from his back as they rushed out to bind Madara's limbs. Madara simply scoffed in amusement and flexed his muscles instantly breaking the chains apart and blowing the Tori gates into smithereens. Hashirama, Tobirama, and Ashina frowned at how easily Madara broke free of their techniques. Madara simply stood unmoving as he stared at the remaining three reanimated shinobi and smiled.

"So, after the reanimation was released you three regained control of your bodies and rescinded the contract seal of the reanimation on your end. I had a feeling that would be the case, but you're all too late. I have already become the Ten Tails Jinchuriki. You three don't have the power to stop me anymore." Just as Madara finished talking he widened his eye in surprise sensing an attack aimed right at him and quickly raised up his black staff blocking a Sage powered Ice Dragon Jutsu. He then quickly jumped up and floated in the air successfully dodging hundreds of sharp bone protrusions that sprung up from the ground beneath him. Madara turned to his left and saw a disappointed and anxious looking Haku and Kimimaro. He smirked and praised, "So, you two are still alive? Not bad attacks. I had monitored your situation earlier. Didn't you seal away Ashina? Did you unseal him when the reanimation was released so that he could help you all against me? Not a bad idea, but futile."

Madara quickly turned his head in Sasuke and Naruto's direction completely surprised. "Hm? Those two aren't dead yet?"

At that very moment Sasuke and Naruto opened their eyes and slowly got back up on their feet with looks of determination on their faces. Sakura breathed out a sigh of relief but quickly turned to catch Tsunade's frail old frame as her body slowly fell to the ground. Just as Sakura caught her master, a white light quickly appeared and disappeared as it vanished inside of Tsunade's body. In mere moments Tsunade's old wrinkly body began softening up again into bright healthy and smooth skin. Sakura looked down in confusion as she witnessed her master, who was supposed to be dead at that moment after using a sacrificial revival Jutsu, become reinvigorated with life.

Tsunade slowly opened her eyes with a weary look and coughed. She lay still and weak in Sakura's arms despite no longer looking like an old woman. She looked Sakura in the eye and spoke hoarsely and weakly, "Sakura. It's okay. It seems my time hasn't quite come yet. It appears that Izaya was able to stop Kabuto and release the Reanimation Jutsu. Thanks to that I got to meet Dan. He used his Ghost Transformation Jutsu and arrived just in time sharing his chakra with me. I won't die just yet, but my body is physically exhausted. Don't worry about me. Go. Stop Madara. We can't let him win."

Tears streamed down Sakura's face. Her heart pounded hard against her chest as a feeling of warmth and thankfulness erupted inside of her. She simply nodded and slowly laid Tsunade back down on the ground and watched Tsunade close her eyes to rest. Sakura clenched her fist at the memory of how desperate and helpless she felt when she stared at her dying master's form by her side. A surge of power welled up inside her at this instant as she wiped away her tears and walked over to Sasuke and Naruto standing by their side. At that moment a diamond tattoo appeared on her forehead showing her mark of the complete Hundred Healings technique. Sasuke glanced at Sakura and hesitated for a moment.

"Sakura…" Before he could finish his sentence Sakura simply nodded and replied, "It's okay Sasuke-kun. I'm alright. Just now I reached full capacity. I won't sit back behind the lines anymore and watch the people I care about get hurt."

Naruto gritted his teeth and stared daggers at Madara as he quickly entered Sage mode and shouted, "That's right! Let's finish this!"

Madara smirked in contempt. "Hmpf! So the Hokage sacrificed her life force to save Naruto and that girl there was able to restore Sasuke. But what can the three of you hope to accomplish? Naruto, you don't even have the power of the Tailed Beasts inside of you anymore."

Naruto scowled and quickly shouted, "Sage Art: Rasenshuriken!"

Madara scoffed and threw out a Truth Seeker Orb at Naruto's attack. At that moment Haku appeared in the air and shouted, "Sage Art: Ice Style Freezing Mist Jutsu!" A large icy mist filled the air and made its way to Madara who scoffed and flew off into the distance at great speeds dodging Haku's attack. Madara quickly performed a sharp turn in the air and shot out towards Haku but was intercepted by Tobirama who struck out with a kunai. Madara simply swung his staff and broke off Tobirama's right arm before kicking him away. That gave Kimimaro enough time to arrive by Madara's side shouting, "Eight Extreme Fists: 1st Fist of Destruction!"

BOOOOM!

Madara quickly lifted his left arm to block the punch but the force of the attack was powerful enough to send him flying hundreds of meters crashing to the ground. Sasuke arrived behind Madara and struck out with his sword coated Chidori only for him to strike Madara's Limbo Shadow. Before Madara could pierce Sasuke's body with his staff Sasuke stared at a piece of rock with his Rinnegan and switched places with it just in time causing Madara to widen his eyes in surprise. Naruto, Sasuke, Hashirama, Tobirama, Ashina, Haku, Kimimaro, and Sakura stood together as they stared warily at Madara. Just as Madara turned to stare back at them thousands of different kinds of Ninjutsu blasted him on the spot from members of the Shinobi Alliance. The blast of all the Ninjutsu lasted for a good 10 minutes before everything calmed down again, only, the results of the attack left everyone baffled. Madara stood in the same exact spot completely unscathed and unamused.

Shikamaru clicked his tongue as a drop of cold sweat dripped down the side of his forehead and remarked, "What the hell is this guy? He took a full on attack from tens of thousands of shinobi but nothing happened."

Tobirama narrowed his eyes and responded, "The Alliance just now used pure Ninjutsu. When Haku, Naruto, and my brother attacked they used Senjutsu. Senjutsu seems like it's able to affect him. When Kimimaro attacked he used Taijutsu. It seems like Taijutsu is also effective against Madara. Looks like our only options are Senjutsu or Taijutsu. I'll use my Flying Thunder God to support everyone as best as I can."

Madara stared amusedly at everyone as if he were watching a comedy show. "You all should simply stand down and obey. If you do then you don't have to die. If you don't, then I'll end your life here and now. Why fight against me when I shall bring about world peace?"

Naruto gritted his teeth. "World peace? You're simply deceiving everyone! Including yourself! This won't bring peace! Your plan is no different than imprisonment!"

Madara sneered in response. "Uzumaki Naruto. You always have ridiculous things to say don't you? Imprisonment? No. What I do will bring freedom!"

Sasuke ignored both Madara and Naruto as he channeled his Chidori into his katana and rushed out to fight Madara. After exchanging several moves against Madara Sasuke shouted, "Naruto! Forget trying to reason with him! You're only wasting your time. You met with the old Sage too didn't you? We have to work together to stop him!"

Naruto snapped out of his thoughts after hearing Sasuke's words and got ready to join Sasuke. Ashina furrowed his brow and turned to Naruto. "Madara called you Uzumaki Naruto. You are a member of the Uzumaki Clan?"

Naruto nodded. "That's right. My mom was from the Uzumaki Clan."

Ashina smiled and nodded his head in approval. "To think that I'd see another Uzumaki again in my lifetime. Senjutsu and Taijutsu work but perhaps Fuinjutsu works as well. Everyone, help distract Madara for me. I'll use a Fuinjutsu to defeat him."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he stared at Madara. "Fine. We'll try your plan, but we have to be wary of Madara's Shadow. Naruto, can you see the other Madara by his side?"

Naruto shook his head. "No. But I can sense it."

Sasuke nodded. "Then you and I will take care of the Shadow Madara while everyone else helps Ashina seal the real Madara away."

Everyone nodded in agreement while Madara smirked amusedly. "Heh! Do you seriously think you lot stand a chance against me? You should all just stand down obediently and let the reform of the world begin. No matter, since you cling so desperately onto hope then let me crush the last pieces of hope you have left."

FWOOSH!

Both sides instantly began engaging in a fierce clash.

Bang! Boom! Bang! Swish!

Madara effortlessly dodged, blocked, parried, and struck as if he were a parent whipping his children.

Boom!

Tobirama crashed into a large boulder as Hashirama and Ashina crashed into large wooden branches. At that moment Sakura finished healing Kimimaro's injuries and chakra. Haku quickly activated the Hidden Mist Jutsu obscuring Madara's vision. Before Madara knew it Kimimaro appeared once more by his side using the 8th Breath of the Nine Dragons Breathing technique and shouted, "8 Extreme Fists, 1st Fist of Destruction!"

BOOOOOM!

Just before his fist could connect against Madara's back, Madara successfully blocked the attack with a Truth Seeking shield, however, the force of the punch that was fueled by the power of Sage chakra was strong enough to just crack the shield. The residual force of the punch was enough to send Madara flying through the air for several dozens of meters. Hashirama quickly used that opportunity to enter Sage mode and created several large Sage powered wood dragons to ensnare Madara, but Madara easily escaped the technique. He arrived before the Allied Shinobi Forces and began an immediate massacre. Just as Madara struck out with his fist towards Hinata, Neji and Hanabi quickly arrived before her and successfully blocked Madara's punch. However, the force of the attack sent all three of them crashing into a giant boulder. Madara scoffed at their futile attempt to stop him and said condescendingly, "Foolish."

Hanabi coughed up blood as she rested against the boulder and just as Madara was about to turn around she retorted, "Why?"

Madara stared at Hanabi who was seriously injured and responded, "Why what?"

Hanabi glowered at Madara. "Why would you think it foolish to protect someone we care about?"

Madara smirked. "Heh. If I had used just a bit more strength in that punch all three of you would have died. You possess the Byakugan and should have been able to see that. If you had used that opportunity to coordinate a strike at my Tenketsu's instead you might have been successful. Although it wouldn't have greatly affected me you wasted a chance opportunity to weaken me for the sake of saving that girl's life."

Hanabi smiled proudly as blood seeped out of the corner of her mouth. "And I would gladly do it all over again. To give my life for someone I care about. Do you even know what that feels like?"

Madara recalled his little brother Izuna from long ago but quickly snapped out of his thoughts and replied, "I know all too well. You have heart and a seemingly strong will. Even though people like you are the ones who should be able to understand what it is I am trying to do the most, instead you all refuse to see the good that I will bring to the world and continue to stand against the peace I will bring that prolongs everyone's suffering. People like you should be killed. Then the resistance can end."

Before Madara could strike a fatal blow the Second Hokage jumped down from the sky and struck with his Kunai. Madara expertly dodged and gripped Tobirama by the throat while Sakura quickly grabbed Hinata, Hanabi, and Neji and dashed out to a safer range. Madara squeezed tighter around Tobirama's neck. "Tobirama. You were the one to deal the fatal blow to Izuna. It's a shame you aren't alive. It's not as satisfying to destroy your reanimated corpse as it would have been your actual live body."

Tobirama smirked and gripped onto Madara's arm tightly as he responded, "Heh. Madara, you're too overconfident. Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags Jutsu!" Thousands of paper bomb tags floated off of Tobirama's body and completely surrounded Madara as the bombs began to go off creating a giant explosion for a good ten minutes. A large cloud of dust erupted in the area obscuring everyone's vision and prevented them from knowing the results of the Second Hokage's attack, but Sasuke quickly shouted, "His Shadow retreated!"

Naruto also chimed in, "It's not over yet! I can still feel his chakra!"

The dense dust cloud began to clear up revealing Madara who remained unharmed within the blast radius whilst Tobirama's Reanimated corpse was slowly beginning to reform. Hashirama quickly arrived behind Madara and grappled him in a body lock as he shouted, "Now Ashina!"

Ashina took that moment of opportunity to weave the signs of Snake, Boar, Ram, Hare, Dog, Rat, Bird, Horse, and Snake. He clapped his hands and shouted, "Sealing Jutsu: Reaper Death Seal!"

Madara narrowed his eyes after hearing the name of the Jutsu Ashina shouted and had his Shadow appear before him, however, Sasuke activated the power of his Rinnegan switching Madara's Shadow with his sword just in time as the invisible hand of the Reaper summoned from Ashina's Jutsu passed by and sunk its claw right into Madara's chest. Ashina smiled at his success, however, he frowned a second later noticing that he couldn't pull out Madara's soul. Madara remained unmoved and unfazed while held in Hashirama's body lock as he looked down at his chest where the Reaper's hand was gripping tightly. He smirked and said, "So this is what the Reaper looks like. A fine technique indeed. Unfortunately Ashina, you do not possess the physical or mental strength to rip out my soul. Your attempt is futile. Still, I commend you for developing a Jutsu that could manage to pierce my body and touch my soul. That alone deserves praise."

Ashina scowled in the distance and retorted, "I had hoped to take your life with this Jutsu."

"And perhaps you could have before I became the Ten Tails Jinchuriki. The cost of using such a Jutsu must be quite high."

"The cost is my soul."

Madara smirked. "Then you've sacrificed your soul in vain."

Ashina gritted his teeth and shook his head. "No! Though I cannot take your life, there is still something I can take from you!" Just as Ashina finished his sentence he mustered all of his strength and willpower and ripped out nine small pieces of chakra from within Madara's body. "Seal!" Ashina gasped as he felt his entire soul go numb. He was slowly losing consciousness as he felt his soul begin to slowly enter the belly of the Reaper. He focused all his mental willpower to hold steadfast on his soul preventing the Reaper from sealing him away in its belly and shouted, "Naruto! Come here! Quickly!"

Naruto didn't waste any time and quickly arrived before him.

"Ashina!" Naruto exclaimed worriedly.

Ashina smiled as he gripped Naruto's arm to support his body from falling over. The paper surrounding his Reanimated corpse began to slowly crumble away as his soul was continuously being dragged away inside the Reaper. He stared at Naruto in the eyes and spoke in his old and raspy voice full of wisdom and knowledge. "Naruto. I'm glad that I was once more able to meet a member of my own Clan. I'm glad that to this day and age, the Uzumaki lineage still lives on. The price of using the Reaper Death Seal is the sealing of my own soul inside the belly of the Reaper. I couldn't take Madara with me, but I was able to rip out a small portion of each of the nine Tailed Beasts inside of him. They won't do anyone any good if those pieces are sealed inside of the Reaper. Before my soul is completely sealed let me pass on their power to you. Use it to defeat Madara."

Without waiting for Naruto to respond Ashina placed his palm over Naruto's abdomen and said with his dying breath, "Sealing Jutsu: Eight Trigrams Seal!" A bright light erupted near Ashina's palm and right as it dissipated his Reanimated corpse was no more. His soul sealed away inside the belly of the Reaper. At the same time that Ashina was transferring the chakra of the Tailed Beasts into Naruto, Tobirama's body completely reformed only for it to be immobilized by black receiver rods Madara created. He also gripped onto Hashirama and created several black receiver rods to pierce into Hashirama's body preventing Hashirama from moving and absorbed the Sage chakra inside of him.

"Kuh! You wanted my Sage chakra all along didn't you?" Hashirama said in a strained voice.

Madara smirked. "That's right. Your Wood Style is essential to my plan. Hm...Is that all there is to it? Sage chakra is pretty easy to handle it seems." He dropped Hashirama's body down to the ground and walked over to where Naruto was who had regrouped with Sasuke, Haku, and Kimimaro.

"It seems Ashina was able to return a portion of the Tailed Beasts chakra to you Naruto. And your Sage chakra feels familiar. You were somehow able to unlock the power of the Six Path's Sage chakra. As for you Sasuke, you somehow awakened the Rinnegan. Haku can utilize Sage Mode and Kimimaro is skilled in Taijutsu. You four are an interesting lineup. Only you four have a chance to defeat me."

Madara then turned his head over to look at the Shinobi Alliance in the distance and scoffed at them. He placed his hands together and said, "Divine: Deep Forest Emergence!" The instant Madara activated his Jutsu everyone felt the entire Earth shake. Just as Naruto and the others were about to dash out to stop Madara they were met by hundreds and thousands of large wooden tendrils. Haku jumped backwards and dodged to his left as his hand was slightly grazed by one of the wooden branches. He felt his chakra drain away and was immediately alarmed so he shouted aloud, "Guys, be careful! The branches can absorb your chakra! It's over if you get trapped!"

Naruto dodged a few branches and shouted back, "Damn it! What is this Jutsu? It's on a completely different scale than the First Hokage's or Izaya's!"

Sasuke slashed one of the large wood branches in half responding, "You can't judge Madara by the same standards. He's absorbed the complete Ten Tails. The amount of chakra he has is on a different level!"

The entire ordeal lasted only 5 minutes, but in that time frame the entire world was completely changed. Some people were luckier than others and were able to escape the clutches of the wooden branches, others however weren't. Madara smiled as he floated in the sky looking down at his work. Just as he was admiring his Jutsu Sasuke dashed through the air and slashed down at Madara's neck with his sword.

TING!

Sparks flew in the air as Madara intercepted the attack with his black staff.

SWISH!

Madara quickly disengaged from Sasuke and turned his body to parry two large bone spears from Kimimaro before quickly diving towards the ground to avoid a Sage powered Lava Style: Rasenshuriken and Ice Dragon Jutsu from Naruto and Haku. Just as Kimimaro was about to dash forward and fight Madara in close combat Naruto yelled out, "Wait! Watch out for Madara's Shadow!"

Before Kimimaro could be struck by Madara's Shadow Sasuke activated his Rinnegan's power and switched places with him effectively stopping Madara's sneak attack. The four of them continued their fight against Madara for the next few minutes exchanging several deadly Jutsus, however, neither side seemed to be able to gain the upper-hand. Just as both sides disengaged momentarily and created some distance between each other a White Zetsu clone emerged from the ground beneath Madara who quickly commented, "Finally. Took you long enough. Zetsu." He quickly grabbed the Rinnegan in Zetsu's hand and placed it inside his right eye socket.

Zetsu apologized as he responded, "Sorry sorry. It takes time y'know. To travel all the way to where Nagato's corpse is and then come all the way back. But you seem to be doing fine anyways. Look, you already became the Ten Tails Jinchuriki."

"Hmpf. Now then. Since I now have both eyes I'm at full power."

Sasuke and Naruto frowned as they noticed that after Madara recovered his remaining eye the amount of Shadows he could create went from one to four.

"Haku. Kimimaro. Be careful. Now that Madara got his other eye back there are four Shadows of Madara instead of one." Naruto warned.

Madara smirked as he stood opposite Naruto and the others and mocked, "Naruto. It seems you wasted the chance Ashina gave you. You may have received a portion of chakra from all nine Tailed Beasts back but it was a very small amount. You've already nearly exhausted all of their chakra. What more can you hope to accomplish? And you Sasuke. You somehow awakened the Rinnegan, but you're nothing more than an infant compared to me. You lack the power of a Sage. Haku, you only have the power of a regular Sage. Kimimaro, I recognize you as the greatest of all Taijutsu users I have ever encountered, but the strength you possess is not enough to kill me. On top of that, you and Haku can't even detect my Shadows."

The four of them frowned as they listened to Madara's comment. They wanted to refute him but they remained silent since there was a hint of truth to what Madara said. Naruto finally had a chance to take a quick glance around at the newly fashioned terrain from Madara's Jutsu and was instantly horrified at what he saw and sensed. "Wh-What? H-How could this happen! So many people died!"

Sasuke frowned and responded, "That Divine: Deep Forest Emergence Jutsu Madara used absorbed chakra from everything it touched. The people who got snatched up in the branches had their chakra drained to death."

Haku panicked as he quickly thought, what about Hanabi? Big brother would never forgive himself if anything happened to her.

Fwish!

At that instant everyone widened their eyes in momentary surprise as three figures appeared before them. Haku and Kimimaro were the first to recover from their shock as they both exclaimed, "Big Brother!"

"Izaya!"

Naruto stuttered a bit as he stared at the familiar back of the Fourth Hokage. "D-Dad?"

Minato smiled as he turned around to face Naruto. "Naruto. I wish it was under different circumstances that we're able to meet like this, but I'm glad we get to meet again."

Sasuke stared at Orochimaru and sneered, "To think that you're still around after everything that happened."

Orochimaru lightly chuckled in response to Sasuke's comment. "Hehehe. It's been a long time. Sasuke-kun. You've gotten quite strong. To think that you were even able to awaken the Rinnegan. Well, no need to worry. I'm here to assist you all in stopping Madara and put an end to this war."

Madara waited for everyone to finish their greetings before taking a good look at the three new faces and commented, "The Flying Thunder God Jutsu? That must be how you three were able to arrive here so quickly and without notice. Let me guess, one of you must be the Shinobi who stopped the Reanimation Jutsu."

Just as Madara finished speaking I removed my blindfold revealing both of my Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and stared warily at Madara thinking to myself, so he already recovered both of his Rinnegan and activated the Divine: Deep Forest Emergence. This isn't looking too great for us.

I anxiously scanned the battlefield for Hanabi with my senses. My heart pounding loudly hoping in all the world that she was okay. I had never been so nervous before about finding out the results of my sense scanning, but at this moment it felt like a mountain was weighing down on my chest. I hoped and prayed with all my being that the result of my sense scanning would show that Hanabi was alive and had escaped Madara's Jutsu.

Ba-Dump. Ba-Dump. Ba-Dump. Ba-Dump.

My heart continued to beat hard in my chest, but then a feeling of relief washed over me. I felt Hanabi's presence. She was laying down on the ground beside Hinata, Neji, and Sakura in the distance. I breathed out the breath that I didn't know I was holding, but in the next instant I furrowed my brow as I sensed that Hanabi was injured and had a few broken ribs. I returned my attention to Madara and clenched my fist in anger forcing myself not to attack him rashly. Before anyone could make a move I quickly turned to the Fourth Hokage and said, "Lord Fourth. Please transfer your half of the Nine Tails to Naruto."

Minato nodded and walked over to Naruto placing his hand on his abdomen to begin the transfer. I also quickly walked over to everyone and marked them with my Flying Thunder God Seal. Madara simply stood still and watched everything play out unconcernedly. Just as Minato finished the transfer and I finished marking everyone with my Seal Madara asked, "Well then. Finished? If so, shall we begin the final battle. The one battle that will decide the fate of the world."

Sasuke ignored Madara and quickly chimed in, "Izaya. Only Senjutsu, Taijutsu, or the Six Path's chakra work against him. He also has four Shadows of himself that only Naruto and I can detect. Be careful."

I nodded in appreciation for Sasuke's quick summary of Madara's unique abilities and weakness. Of course I had also expected this to be the case from what I could remember of Madara's abilities in my past life. I took a quick sweep of the surrounding area and frowned after I couldn't find who I was looking for. I turned to Orochimaru and Minato to address them.

"Orochimaru. Since you can't enter Sage Mode with your body you won't be of much help here. There is someone you and Lord Fourth need to search for. Black Zetsu. He has to be around here somewhere. Find him and kill him if you can. He's a hidden danger. I'll stay here and support Sasuke, Naruto, Haku, and Kimimaro with my Flying Thunder God Jutsu."

Orochimaru widened his eyes in surprise and interest. "Black Zetsu? He was never a fighter within the Akatsuki. He specializes in infiltration and information gathering. To think that he's still around. Very well. I'll scour the battlefield for him."

Minato nodded and turned to Naruto. "Be careful. I can sense how strong Madara is. Even when I was far away. Izaya has already explained everything to me beforehand. I'll trust this battlefield to you. Naruto. I'm proud to be your father."

Naruto grinned happily as he felt a new surge of strength growing inside him. Strength fueled from the confirmation of his father's love and acceptance of him. Naruto clenched his fists and immediately activated the power of his Nine Tails chakra cloak along with his Sixth Paths chakra. The combination of the two being activated at the same time immediately allowed Naruto to manifest several black Truth Seeker Orbs of his own. Madara narrowed his eyes at Naruto's new transformation and also stared curiously at me.

"Interesting. The Nine Tails chakra resonating with the Six Paths chakra lets Naruto manifest his own Truth Seeker Orbs. And curiously enough, it would seem that Sasuke wasn't the only one who awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The amount of people who awakened the Eternal Mangekyo throughout history can all be counted on one hand."

Without wasting anymore time with words Madara dashed towards us with the intent to kill. I frowned and took note of Madara's physical prowess as he arrived before us in less than a second.

Bang!

Madara swung his staff at Naruto who transformed one of his Truth Seeker Orbs into a black long staff to counter. Sasuke immediately activated his Chidori and struck at Madara's face to which Madara responded by side stepping and jumping backwards before Kimimaro could impale him with a sharp bone spear. Haku arrived behind Madara and shouted, "Sage Art: Ice Style Ice Prison Jutsu!"

Madara quickly placed his hands together and shouted, "Sage Art: Storm Style Fang of Light!" A purple laser beam of condensed lightning quickly shot out from his mouth and ripped apart the Ice Prison as well as Haku's body which turned into an Ice Clone. As Madara was temporarily distracted by defending against Haku's attack I dashed forwards with a palm strike hoping to mark him with my Flying Thunder God Seal. Madara took note of my approach and threw out a Truth Seeker Orb straight at me to which I responded by creating a Shadow Clone that quickly intercepted the attack and teleported the Orb away with itself. Just as I was about to reach Madara I disappeared and reappeared next to Sasuke as he used his Rinnegan to replace me with a boulder. It was at that moment that the boulder was instantly crushed into dust in the spot I was just at prior.

I frowned. "There was a Shadow there wasn't there?" I said rhetorically.

Sasuke nodded.

I clicked my tongue and thought, how troublesome. Only Sasuke and Naruto can deal with Madara's Shadows. With their Six Paths chakra they can damage Madara and Haku can use Senjutsu to deal damage to Madara. Kimimaro can use his advanced Taijutsu techniques to deal damage to Madara as well. I haven't learnt any Senjutsu yet and my body can't bear the burden of the advanced Taijutsu techniques that Maro uses. We have to take down Madara before Black Zetsu turns him into Kaguya. The thing is I don't see the remnants of the Divine Tree. That means Obito never became the Ten Tails Jinchuriki and he never summoned the Divine Tree by using the Ten Tails. That means Madara has become nearly perfect. When Madara absorbed the Ten Tails that means he basically absorbed the Divine Tree itself already. He didn't have to take in the Ten Tails and the Divine Tree separately. If Black Zetsu appears then he'll immediately facilitate the return of Kaguya. That'll be a huge mess.

I quickly dodged an attack from Madara and just as one of Naruto's Rasenshuriken flew past him I activated the power of Kuninotokotachi tripling the size of Naruto's attack to ensure it would hit Madara. Madara was instantly shocked at the sudden change and expertly defended himself by switching places with one of his Shadows. I quickly activated my Susanoo and had it unsheathe Masamune to strike him down. Madara responded by raising up his staff and blocking the sword strike.

BOOM!

A huge force of wind was generated from the impact point causing Madara to become shocked once again. "A good blade! For it to make contact with my Truth Seeker Staff and not break means that your Susanoo's blade is not an ordinary weapon. What is it?"

I ignored Madara's comment and kept on striking down at Madara, however, I was inwardly elated as I thought, no way! I tried using my spirit weapon on a whim to see if it would work against Madara and it actually did! I may not have Senjutsu or overwhelming Taijutsu but at least Masamune has a chance to deal some damage to him.

The five of us continued to press on our attack as craters upon craters of destruction were formed as evidence of our chaotic battle. As the fight slowly dragged on we started becoming more accustomed to Madara's attack patterns and began coordinating our attacks better and better putting more and more pressure on Madara, however, this also worked against us as Madara also started to become more and more accustomed to his newfound power as well. Just as Madara dodged an attack from Naruto I quickly appeared behind him and prepared to mark him with my Flying Thunder God Seal, but just as I was about to succeed he quickly turned and gripped me by the throat.

"Guh!" I groaned as Madara tightened his hold around my neck. I quickly gripped his arm and marked him with my Flying Thunder God Seal before teleporting him by Sasuke's side. Sasuke used that chance to infuse his Six Paths chakra into his Chidori and struck Madara. I quickly appeared by Naruto's side and teleported him next to Madara as Naruto struck Madara with a Magnet Style Rasengan infused with a Sealing formula. I coughed heavily as I massaged my sore throat and did my best to recover a normal breathing rate. I frowned as I watched Madara replace himself with one of his Shadows in order to escape the seal made from Naruto and Sasuke.

Madara flew into the air out of our reach and lifted his hand towards the sky condensing several tens of black masses of gravity cores and said, "You lot are very skilled to have lasted this long against me. You five are stronger than the five Kage. However, I've delayed long enough. Catastrophic Planetary Devastation!" In but mere moments the ground all around us was ripped apart and floated into the sky around the dense gravity cores forming several tens of large meteorites as they began falling back down towards us with incredible speed.

Naruto quickly formed several large Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshurikens to destroy the meteorites while Sasuke activated his Perfect Susanoo to slice the meteorites apart. I gritted my teeth as I had a feeling that Madara was about to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi so I quickly activated the Flying Thunder God and teleported to Madara's side. Right as I appeared he struck out with a black receiver rod. Just before it could hit me I activated the power of my left Mangekyo and shrunk down to a small fraction of my true size successfully avoiding the attack. As I prepared my next move Madara smirked at shouted, "Almighty Push!"

I widened my eyes in alarm and cursed as I was instantly pushed back down towards the ground.

"Damn it!"

Madara looked down at his arm and noticed a sealing mark imprinted on it. He smirked to himself. "He placed a Flying Thunder God Seal on me without me noticing. Impressive." His hands glowed a light green color as he sliced off his arm without batting an eye. In mere seconds his body regenerated and formed another arm good as new. He then proceeded to fly higher and higher as he approached the moon and ripped off his horns revealing a third eye containing a red colored Rinne Sharingan.

"Hahahaha! Now! Become one with me! Infinite Tsukuyomi! Activate!"

The moon instantly took on the reflection of Madara's Rinnegan and began to cast a penetrating light that could pierce through all things.