Chapter 40: War Declaration!

A/N: This is just the war declaration with some info dumps at the start, also vote in case you want the summary of the episodes which happened before the war preparations Tobi will do them as well.

1)Yes, please

2)No we good

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Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure, Ōnoki the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, and Mei Terumī, the Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure departed from their villages with two guards each, as requested by the Fourth Raikage, to the location of the summit, the Land of Iron.

Before leaving for the Land of Iron, Danzō ordered Root members Dajimu and Terai to find Kabuto before Anko did, believing Kabuto's information might be useful for restoring his right arm and eye.

On their way to the summit, Danzō and his bodyguards, Fū Yamanaka and Torune were attacked by assassins.

Danzō uncovered the bandages over his right eye, revealing a bloodshot Sharingan, and quickly dispatched the attackers.

Kakashi put two Root members watching Naruto under genjutsu and told Sai to report to Danzō that Naruto had not left Konoha. Yamato planted tracking devices on Team Samui and followed them to the Raikage in the Land of Iron.

Despite Naruto's desperate pleas even with Kakashi and Yamato's assistance, A refused to call off the hunt for Sasuke Uchiha and scolded Naruto for being weak and defending a criminal.

Mifune, the leader of the Land of Iron, started the Five Kage Summit with each Kage's bodyguards looking on. The Kage quickly began to argue due to ideological differences. Danzō mentioned Killer B, sending A into a rage and prompting all of the Kage's bodyguards to assume a ready stance.

A claimed that each of the other Kage was in some way responsible for Akatsuki's rise to power: the Fourth Kazekage may have used Akatsuki to facilitate the Konoha Crush, the Tsuchikage hired Akatsuki to avoid sending inexperienced ninja of his village into battle, and the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi was probably manipulated by Akatsuki.

When Danzō stated that Akatsuki's leader is almost certainly Madara Uchiha, Mifune proposed that the five countries unite to eliminate Akatsuki and that Danzō lead the alliance.

Ao, Terumī's bodyguard, with his Byakugan discovered Danzō's secret use of Shisui Uchiha's Sharingan to manipulate Mifune's decision. Suddenly, White Zetsu appeared before the Kage, announcing that Sasuke Uchiha was near.

In Konoha, the Konoha 11 discussed the turns of events and concluded that they had to hunt down Sasuke before his actions or death from other ninja sparked off an all-out war between the countries. Shikamaru asked Team 7 for consent.

Sakura left guilt-ridden and distraught after being talked to by Sai and Shikamaru, decided to find Naruto in the Land of Iron and talked to him herself. She left Konoha with Kiba, Lee and Sai.

While resting at an inn after speaking to A, Naruto was greeted by Madara, who proceeded to tell the Konoha-nin about how Itachi Uchiha had sacrificed for Konoha and his little brother, Sasuke. Tobi stated that while Naruto inherited the Senju clan's Will of Fire, Sasuke had embraced the Uchiha clan's hatred, and the battle between the two would be inevitable.

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Enraged, A choked Zetsu, snapping his neck when he failed to answer his inquires about Sasuke, before storming out of the meeting room with his guards. Outside, Sasuke had already defeated all of the Land of Iron's guards. However, the Kage prove to be stronger than Sasuke had imagined.

A's immense strength allowed him to take Sugetsu's sword and then use it to fend off a fully transformed Jugo. Against A's superior lightning armor technique, Sasuke had to use Mangekyo Sharingan and an incomplete Susanoo covered with the inextinguishable flames: Amaterasu.

Against Sasuke's defense A used Sugetsu's blade covered in lightning chakra to smash through the Susanoo and almost sliced Sasuke in half. Thankfully due to his Sharingan and reflexes Sasuke managed to avoid the slash but the damage was done and he was fatally injured.

Gaara tried to persuade Sasuke to abandon the path in darkness but failed. Using Susanoo, Sasuke stood immune to simultaneous attacks from Gaara, Kankurō, Temari, and Darui, A's bodyguard.

After collapsing the structures outside the meeting room, forcing his opponents to recede, Sasuke ordered Karin to lead him to Danzō, abandoning Suigetsu and Jūgo to their fate.

Upon seeing Sasuke, Danzō escaped with his bodyguards, with Ao, Terumī's bodyguard, in pursuit. Sasuke was about to give chase when Terumī sealed off the exit with her Lava Release.

Even though Zetsu's Spore Technique transferred the chakra of everyone in the building to Sasuke, he suffered from Terumī's acidic mist and would have been pulverized by Ōnoki the Tsuchikage, had it not been for the timely arrival of Tobi.

After teleporting Sasuke and Karin to safety, Tobi said he sent Sasuke to the summit to train the Mangekyō Sharingan, and to weaken the Kage for easy capture, but admitted he was pushing his luck.

According to Madara, the Sage of the Six Paths was worshipped as a god throughout the old ninja world because he managed to subdue the Ten-Tails, sealing it within his own body and becoming the very first jinchūriki.

The Sage knew once he died, the Ten-Tails would be unleashed and once again lay waste to the world, so in his final moments, he split its chakra into nine parts, which would become the nine-tailed beasts, and sealed its empty body in a massive Chibaku Tensei, which would become the moon.

Madara planned to use the combined power of the nine-tailed beasts to reawaken the Ten-Tails and seal it within himself, attaining god-like power. With that power, he would project an infinite Tsukuyomi onto the moon, effectively conquering the planet.

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Space began to swirl around in one of the corners of the meeting as the five Kage glared at it with wariness.

Madara came from the swirling space, he was wearing an orange mask with swirl-like patter, and an Akatsuki cloak.

"Well hello there. " Madara said as he sat on one of the tables and stared at the 5 Kage.

"An Akatsuki! what is your purpose, " A asked ready to pounce on the guy in front of him at any moment.

"Nothing much, just want some things...in case you are able to provide them there will be no complications between us," Madara said.

"In that case what do you want from us? " Gaara asked, sand floating around him ready to strike.

"Nothing much, just give me the Jinchirikis of the eight-tails and nine-tails and I will leave without any fight. " Madara said.

Hearing Madara's words A was enraged and like a wild bull rushed towards Madara.

"Lariat! " A yelled as he tried to behead Madara with his arm only for him to phase through him.

"I see it seems that I can assume that you all are not going to cooperate? " Madara asked as his Sharingan flared.

"I don't think we can quite agree on the terms," Mei said now ready to fight.

"Very well then, today I Madara Uchiha, hereby declare the start of the 4th great shinobi war! " Madara said and carried Sasuke and his team with him.