Chapter 54: The God of Shinobi

AN: Hey guys, it is Thanksgiving today! If you're in the U.S. that is. So I would like to say that I am thankful for everyone who has continued to stick with me and this story and to those who continue to support me. After this chapter is posted I will be traveling out of country for about 3-4 weeks so you might not get another update from me until late December or early January so thanks for understanding. Hope you all have a great Holiday! And for everyone who isn't celebrating Thanksgiving, I hope you all have a great Day! I now leave you with this chapter.

War Recap:

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

Second Division: Battlefield won. Tobi appears chasing after a worn Naruto and Bee. Izaya prepares to face him in battle.

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 54

At this moment 8 people stood in the distance unmoving amongst a field of white snow as a cold wind blew through the air while hundreds of people from the Second Division stood on the outskirts feeling incredibly nervous. One member couldn't hold in his anxiousness and finally said, "Captain Kurotsuchi, Lord Fifth Hokage, i-is Vice Captain Izaya really going to be alright on his own against Madara and his 6 Jinchuriki?"

Kurotsuchi frowned completely doubtful herself, but didn't want to bring down the mood so she remained silent.

Tsunade scowled and said, "Quiet. Pay attention and don't take your eyes off of the battlefield. Observe every detail. If we can find even just a single instance of an opening or weakness in Madara's attack then it'll be advantageous for us." She then returned her focus to healing Naruto and Bee.

There was finally movement in the battlefield as the 6 Jinchuriki rushed out at great speeds. I narrowed my eyes in complete focus as I watched Yagura, Fu, Roshi, Utakata, Yugito, and Han begin their attack. They fanned out their formation trying to box me in their entrapment so I quickly threw out the special kunai in my hand straight at Fu and dashed out to my right engaging Yugito in close combat Taijutsu.

Bang! Boom! Swish!

A fierce battle quickly broke out as the snow in the surrounding area fluttered through the air from the clash of both sides. I quickly dodged a right punch from Yugito and swept her legs prompting her to jump in the air to dodge. I flew to the kunai I threw at Fu in order to dodge a timely attack by Yagura and kicked straight at Fu's forehead from her blindspot. She expertly dodged as her eyes were linked with the others and she countered by throwing a right uppercut. I quickly thrusted out my palm and caught her fist not letting go while marking her with my Flying Thunder God Seal before creating a Taiyougan in my hand and struck out towards her head. Before my technique landed Utakata rushed over and stuck out his palm shouting, "Almighty Push!"

I felt my body immediately tumble through the air and away from Fu unable to land my attack. Just as I steadied myself midair and was about to land on the ground Han appeared behind me and released a large amount of boiling steam. I quickly placed my hands together activating a Wind Style Ninjutsu that swept away Han's attack and twisted my body just in time to meet Han face to face. He threw a strong kick at my head which I dodged by ducking down and performing a reverse leg sweep at his one leg planted on the ground. Before my attack could connect, Roshi appeared and struck down with his fist. Just before I was hit I dropped several paper bombs and flew to Fu's side who I marked earlier. A loud explosion went off from the bombs I set damaging Han and Roshi as I quickly formed another Taiyogan in my hands and struck at Fu's body.

I widened my eyes in surprise as Fu instantly transformed into her red chakra mode which greatly enhanced her speed and power. One of her tails swept out to intercept my attack and successfully saved her body from being turned into ash, but the force of my attack sent her flying through the air for several tens of meters crashing about on the ground and causing several deep craters to form. I narrowed my eyes as I took note of Yugito, Yagura, Roshi, Han, and Utakata also transforming into their red chakra mode. Yagura and Yugito rushed straight at me as we engaged in a fierce contest of Taijutsu.

During these months my right eye had finally recovered and to my surprise, had evolved into the Eternal Mangekyo. I silently breathed a sigh of relief as it was easier predicting and reading the movements of the enhanced Yagura and Yugito with both eyes instead of one. I quickly dodged, blocked, kicked, punched, jumped, swept, grappled, twisted, jabbed, guarded, and countered successfully surviving the onslaught of Yagura and Yugito. However, I felt my entire body burning with pain after every strike so I quickly backflipped away and created some distance between us. I frowned as I noted the burn marks and steam coming off of my body.

"So, the chakra cloak is such a high mass of energy that it releases incredible heat from the body. Anything coming into contact with it for too long will end up being burned and possibly even melt away." I said to myself. I snapped out of my thoughts as I took note of the chakra cloaked Fu in the distance amassing a large amount of energy. "She's preparing to bombard me with a bunch of mini Tailed Beast Bombs."

I quickly took out a special kunai and threw it in the air activating the Kunai Shadow Clone Jutsu. In less than a few seconds hundreds upon hundreds of kunai rained down from the sky and spread out across the battlefield. It was also at this moment that Fu opened her mouth and started unleashing a barrage of small red condensed orbs of energy straight at me.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Every time an orb of energy came close to hitting me I instantly flew to another kunai ensuring to fly from one kunai in the distance to another on the opposite side which forced Fu to turn her head every time making her lag behind in her attack. Just as I dodged the 30th mini bomb I took note of a bunch of bubbles, a large lava field, and a giant cloud of boiling steam that covered all the areas where my special kunai were. I also took note of five large red chakra hands sweeping out in my direction.

"So they're cutting off my escape routes by covering all the areas where my kunai are by using Han's Boil Style, Utakata's exploding bubbles, and Roshi's Lava Style while Yagura and Yugito are trying to hold me down for Fu's attack? Nice try but it won't work."

Just before the chakra hands were about to grab me I smirked and disappeared flying next to Fu who was still marked with my Flying Thunder God Seal despite transforming into her red chakra cloak. Before she could react I pulled back my fist and shouted, "Eight Extreme Fists: 7th Fist of Splitting!"

ZING!

A brilliant golden light illuminated my hands as my fist connected right on top of Fu's head immediately stopping her barrage of mini Tailed Beast Bombs and struck her down into the ground creating a giant crater 30 meters deep. I nodded my head in satisfaction taking note that my fist was unharmed from the heat of Fu's Tailed Beast chakra cloak. "As I thought. The Eight Extreme Fists can help nullify the damage that the heat of the Tailed Beast chakra cloak emits since this technique also emits a powerful energy off of my arms." I looked down at Fu's battered body who was knocked out of her chakra cloak and back into her regular reanimated form. Before I could try and seal her away a large purple chain dragged her back into the mouth of a giant statue in the distance. Without time to assess the situation any further I quickly jumped out of the crater that was now pooling with steaming hot lava.

While midair Yagura and Yugito struck out with their enhanced Tailed Beast fists. Just before their fists made contact my body exploded creating a powerful force that blew both of them away and back down to the ground while the real me was higher up in the sky. I quickly formed the Snake hand sign shouting, "Wood Style Wood Snake Jutsu!" I stuck out both palms at the fallen Yagura and Yugito as two large wooden snakes quickly rushed out and ensnared both Jinchuriki. As they bit into their body's it began to disrupt their chakra slowly suppressing their red chakra cloak transformation. Once again a purple chain pulled both Yugito and Yagura into the mouth of a giant statue in the distance.

Tobi who watched the entire ordeal happen frowned as he whispered to himself, "Before he jumped into the air he had already activated the Shadow Clone Jutsu. The Shadow Clone was the one who jumped into the air first distracting everyone from what his real body was doing. He then activated the Shadow Clone Explosion Jutsu and forced back Yagura and Yugito granting him a moment of opportunity to suppress their chakra. Impressive. It's unfortunate that I can't move from my spot if I want to use the Jinchuriki to this extent along with the power of the Rinnegan."

At this moment Roshi, Han, and Utakata left the areas they were guarding and rushed back to join the fight. Roshi quickly released several large rocks of lava in front of me while Han stood behind me and unleashed a cloud of boiling steam. Utakata also stood behind me and stuck out his palm saying, "Almighty Push!" This forced the boiling steam to rush me faster while also pushing my body towards the incoming lava rocks. I quickly dropped a special kunai on my spot before disappearing and flying to one of my kunai in the distance as none of them were being guarded by anyone anymore. Just as their combo attack ceased I flew right back to the kunai I dropped between them and struck out with a Taiyogan straight at Roshi. I scowled at the next moment as Roshi absorbed my Jutsu whilst Han performed an axe kick at my back.

I immediately ceased using any Ninjutsu and performed a backwards roundhouse kick to deflect Han's attack at the same time I threw my special kunai right at Utakata who sidestepped to dodge. Just as my kunai flew by Utakata I took that chance to fly next to him and quickly activated another Taiyogan. Utakata quickly guarded his side with one of his chakra tails successfully surviving my attack while being blown off into the distance. I turned to face Han and Roshi but was surprised that instead of pressing another attack against me, Han, Roshi, and Utakata jumped away and regrouped next to Tobi. I let out a quick sigh of relief as I finally had a bit of breathing room and took note of Tobi's upset expression through his eyes. However, everyone else in the Second Division simply stared on in complete shock from the battle they were witnessing.

One shinobi couldn't contain his disbelief and exclaimed, "I-Is this real? Vice Captain actually went toe to toe against 6 perfect Jinchuriki?"

After the first spoke out in disbelief many others began to voice their own disbelief and excitement.

"No way! Vice Captain is amazing!"

"What? He can actually fight against 6 transformed Jinchuriki at the same time when 3 of them are even Kekkei Genkai users?"

"Vice Captain is insane!"

"What a monster!"

"Hahaha! He's a shinobi from my village!"

"That's right! He's Konoha's White Flash!"

"I can't believe he fought all of them by himself! He even beat three of them and forced the other three to retreat! Is he really blind?"

"Heh! He isn't called The Blind Warrior for nothing!"

"I-Is he a god?"

As the chatter continued to go around it became louder and louder causing Tobi to frown more and more. I stood a good distance away from Tobi and the three Jinchuriki as I prepared myself for their next move. Tobi spoke first as he said, "You did well to last this long. You even managed to defeat three of them. Not even the Nine Tails and Eight Tails fought as well as you did against all 6 of the Jinchuriki."

"You're too kind. I simply did what I had to. Throughout our fight I was wondering what kind of battle style you would employ. I have to say you prepared an interesting setup. You currently possess only a single Rinnegan which limits your abilities. You only have 6 Jinchuriki but you've collected 7 Tailed Beasts. I reckon without a host for the One Tails you aren't really using it. The 6 Jinchuriki can maneuver their bodies better with their one Sharingan. With their one Rinnegan they share a field of vision covering each other's blind spots. They also each possess one ability of the Six Paths, however, I reckon those abilities aren't of much use to you except a couple such as the Preta Path's ability to absorb Ninjutsu and the Deva Path's ability to push and pull objects. Since they are reanimated shinobi the Naraka Path's ability to restore damaged objects is not as valuable to you. Neither is the Asura Path's physical enhancement since they can undergo Tailed Beast transformation. The Human Path will only be useful if you can get your opponent to stay still and you don't have any summonings that can be called forth through the Animal Path."

"You gave Roshi the Preta Path ability and Utakata the Deva Path ability. You mainly had Yagura, Yugito, and Fu attack me with Taijutsu hoping to distract me from Roshi's Lava Style and Han's Boil Style. You would then use Utakata's Deva Path to support the others however they need it. Unfortunately with only a single Rinnegan their abilities are diminished. I made sure to observe carefully. Roshi can only absorb Ninjutsu that's in front of him. The absorbing barrier from the Preta Path ability doesn't cover his entire body like it normally would. As for Utakata, I was wondering why you had him defend with his chakra tail instead of using his Rinnegan ability to push me away from my last attack, but I'm quite certain now that it has to do with being weakened by having only a single Rinnegan. My guess is that the interval time between each push and pull of the Deva Path is at least twice as long as normal. You probably can't use the Catastrophic Planetary Devastation Jutsu either. On top of all this, you never joined in the fight. It's probably because if you wish to utilize the full effectiveness of the 6 Jinchuriki and the Rinnegan you need to conserve your chakra and completely concentrate on controlling them or you might lose control."

Tobi frowned some more and said in a deep and dark tone, "I admire your intelligence and skill in battle. This makes me want to kill you even more. With the Nine Tails and Eight Tails still recovering, lets see you survive this!"

I immediately frowned as I felt an immense amount of chakra beginning to gather around the three Jinchuriki left. They instantly transformed into their full on Tailed Beast revealing the Four Tails, the Five Tails, and the Six Tails. I narrowed my eyes and wracked my brain for how to counter the next attack as three separate Tailed Beast Bombs charged up in the air. I took note of the fearful look in everyone's eyes who were watching while Naruto and Bee widened their eyes in shock and worry as they hadn't completely healed their injuries and recovered enough chakra yet. Tsunade clicked her tongue and shouted, "Just 10 more seconds!"

However, the Tailed Beasts finished charging up their attack and released three Tailed Beast Bombs towards me and the rest of the Second Division. I clicked my tongue and quickly jumped back while placing my hand on the ground shouting, "Summoning Jutsu: Quintuple Rashomon!" I then quickly rushed to stand in the line of fire of another Tailed Beast Bomb and weaved the signs for the Flying Thunder God Jutsu Guiding Thunder aiming the technique at the last Tailed Beast Bomb on my right while also shouting, "Susanoo!"

Just as I completed my movements 5 giant monstrous gates appeared in a plume of white smoke and intercepted one of the Tailed Beast Bombs shifting the direction of its trajectory causing it to fly off into the distance. At the same time a large space-time barrier seal caught and absorbed the giant Tailed Beast Bomb on my right teleporting it away as I stood unmoving, cloaked in my dark black colored Susanoo between the Second Division and the last oncoming Tailed Beast Bomb. Just as the last Tailed Beast Bomb arrived before me, my Susanoo unsheathed a black and blue katana, the spirit weapon Masamune, and blocked the giant Bomb with the flat of the blade.

ZING!

A bright blue silver light illuminated the area for a split second as a powerful force of wind was generated from the impact before the Tailed Beast Bomb was immediately reflected back in the direction from where it came. Tobi widened his eyes in shock as he watched everything play out. In less than a few seconds the reflected Tailed Beast Bomb arrived at Tobi's location and exploded decimating the area. I immediately dropped to my knees and panted heavily at the near impossible feat I just performed while Naruto and Bee quickly jumped down to support me. I let them stabilize my wobbly body while I assessed my situation.

That was definitely a gamble I thought to myself. Stopping three different full on Tailed Beast Bombs is pretty tough. Especially with my lowered chakra reserves. Even though my right eye is active again, Senko still hasn't woken up in these past few months.

Just as the smoke and debris cleared up in the surrounding a swirling distortion appeared once more revealing Tobi's form. He scowled looking down at the knocked out Roshi, Han, and Utakata before summoning the giant statue of the Ten Tails and reabsorbed them into its mouth. Then, with a sinister voice he said, "To stop three Tailed Beast Bombs simultaneously while not being a Jinchuriki yourself…The Quintuple Rashomon, a space-time barrier seal, and...Susanoo...You aren't actually blind are you? Who are you really? After the Uchiha Clan were massacred there should not have been anyone who was left alive that possess both eyes of the Mangekyo Sharingan other than Itachi and Sasuke. Did Itachi somehow hide your existence?"

I smirked at Tobi's confusion. "I'm not obligated to answer you."

Tobi frowned in frustration and caution. "To perform the Susanoo, that means you possess a pair of extraordinary eyes. But even with the Susanoo's blade you shouldn't have been able to reflect a Tailed Beast Bomb unless you somehow possess a spirit weapon similar to Itachi's Yata Mirror. How did you come by such a weapon?"

I slowly regained my footing and stood on my own without anyone's support as I stared straight at Tobi. "Alright, I'll humor you a bit since it doesn't really matter whether you know or not. It's a spirit weapon called Masamune. As for how I acquired it, let's just say that I encountered a bit of a setback and unexpectedly ran into some good fortune at the same time. Its destructive power is only about the same as a regular Susanoo's blade so you don't have to worry so much about that. But as long as I defend with the flat of this blade it possesses the power to reflect all things that touch it. As a blade the amount of surface area it can cover is not as great as Itachi's Yata Mirror, however, it makes up for that with its ability to reflect the attacks that it does successfully block against."

Tobi stared at us for a brief moment before grabbing the Gunbai fan from behind him and stood in a fighting stance. "The Eight Tails, The Nine Tails, and Izaya. It seems I will need to get a bit more serious about this."

The Ten Tails statue opened its mouth releasing the 6 Jinchuriki once more prompting Naruto to immediately transform into his chakra mode. I took note of the difference in Naruto's chakra mode this time from when I saw him fight Nagato and thought, seems he and Kurama got closer and became good buddies before he and Bee got here. His chakra mode is more complete this time. We all felt the 6 Jinchurki amass chakra and immediately transform into their complete Tailed Beast form prompting Bee to also completely transform into the Eight Tails. Naruto got in his fighting stance and said, "Izaya, thanks for buying some time. Bee and I will take over from here."

I walked over to stand next to Naruto and replied, "Thanks for the offer Naruto, but I can still keep going."

Tobi standing on top of the Ten Tails statue merely laughed. "You don't honestly believe that you have a chance now do you?"

I slowly untied my blindfold and replied, "We'll never know unless we try. You see, earlier I wasn't using my full strength. But since you already know I possess the Mangekyo Sharingan then there's no reason for me not to use it." I tied my blindfold onto Muramasa's sheath and slowly opened my eyes activating my Mangekyo Sharingan. My left Mangekyo took on the pattern of a black swirl with 6 tomoe on the outside while my right Mangekyo took on the pattern of a black swirl at the center with four straight lines in the shape of an X and 6 tomoe on the outside.

I took note of Tobi's shocked expression from his widened eyes as he commented, "Your eyes are similar yet not. Both are Mangekyo but their patterns are slightly different. You couldn't have possibly unlocked the Eternal in one and not the other…"

I shrugged my shoulders. "Who knows. You should be more worried about yourself." However, in my head I also didn't have much of an idea since it was all Senko's doing. At that moment Tobi's 6 Tailed Beasts pooled together their chakra and formed one massive Tailed Beast Bomb while Naruto created his own. In less than a few seconds the two giant Tailed Beast Bombs were fired at each other. Naruto shot his a bit lower causing both bombs to blow up in the air creating a giant destructive cloud of energy in the atmosphere. The ground started to shake in the next moment as all 6 giant Tailed Beasts rushed at Bee, Naruto, and I. Just as they got within 100 meters I quickly placed my hands together and shouted, "Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!" Large wood tendrils sprouted from the ground and began to attack and hinder the movements of all 6 Tailed Beasts as I attempted to separate them from one another. This gave a moment of opportunity for Bee to reach the Five Tails and punch it straight in the face, sending it flying off in the distance.

Naruto charged right at the Two Tails in his giant Kurama form and struck out with his claw sending the Two Tails staggering backwards. Just as the Three Tails curled up in a ball and rolled towards Naruto with great speeds I formed my Susanoo around me and pulled out the black and blue Masamune swinging it right at the Three Tails. Tobi, standing on the Ten Tails statue away in the distance narrowed his eyes in confusion as he noted that my distance was much too far away to hit the Three Tails. What happened next however shocked him greatly as he watched the spirit blade that was supposed to be too far away strike the Three Tails and knocked it on its side before it could make it to Naruto.

Tobi shouted in shock, "Impossible!" He frowned and quickly disappeared. I nodded in satisfaction before turning around and struck out with my fist as I sensed Tobi's presence behind me. My fist slipped through his head as he swung out with his Gunbai fan. I quickly jumped in the air dodging his attack and quickly flew to one of my many kunai still laying around on the battlefield before the Seven Tails in the air could hit me. Naruto and Bee continued to engage in a heated confrontation against the Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six Tails while Tobi and the Seven Tails chased after me. Just as I dodged another attack from Tobi I heard him say, "What did you do? I thought you said that your spirit blade only has the power to reflect objects that come into contact with it?"

I smirked and dodged an attack from the Seven Tails before replying, "I don't recall saying that reflecting objects was its one and only ability. That was your own convenient assumption." I threw a kunai at Tobi only for it to slip right through him. Just as it appeared behind him I flew to it and struck out with a Taiyougan right at his head only for me to slip through him again. It was at this time that the Seven Tails completely slammed down at our location forcing me to fly away to another kunai. I watched Tobi walk out from the dust and debris unharmed and scoffed. So he used the Seven Tails to attack both me and him since he knows he won't be harmed if he just phases through the entire attack. Not a bad strategy. At this moment I started to feel the throbbing pain of my burnt limbs from my earlier scuffle against the chakra cloaked Jinchuriki and frowned. I can't have this battle go on too long. I need to recover my chakra and heal my wounds. I quickly noticed something wrong as Tobi didn't continue to press his attack against me. I turned my attention to Naruto as I felt Tobi's presence near him and saw that he successfully stuck a black rod in Naruto's body.

"Shit, he sure works fast." I cursed as I made my way over as quickly as I could. Just as he was about to grab Naruto I focused my right Mangekyo on him and said, "Amaterasu!" This forced him to instantly phase right through Naruto and disappear. In the next moment however he reappeared beneath Naruto and began sucking him in his dimension, but I quickly made it just in time and kicked Naruto out of the way. In less than a second later I disappeared and ended up inside a world filled with blue columns and empty space. I took a look around and clicked my tongue. "Tch. Great. Now what." I stood up but winced in pain as my body began to ache all over. "Well, at least Tobi will have a harder time fighting Naruto and Bee right now since anytime he phases through objects I'll just pummel that portion of him on this side. But I need to get back somehow since I'd rather not be stuck in his dimension."

At this moment I felt a voice speak up in my mind. "Aren't you unlucky."

"Eh? Wait...Senko? Is that you? You're finally awake! Have you recovered?"

"No. I'm only waking up momentarily. I know everything that's going on since I can see from inside you."

"You do? So how come you're up now? And I've been meaning to ask, before in the cave against Muramasa, what did you do to my eye?"

Senko let out a sigh. "Just listen to me and don't talk back. The longer I remain awake the more energy and power I have to take from you. I'm temporarily awake because you're stuck in a different dimension. Your enemy's dimension. That's not good. Get out. My life is tied to yours after all. You practice a unique ability. I believe you call it the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. That lets you teleport to any markings you have within the same dimension. What you need to do is come up with a way to teleport to one of your markings from a different dimension. Luckily this dimension doesn't seem like it exists too far away from the one you're from. I'll pass on to you a little piece of knowledge I have on dimensional transportation. See if you can make use of it to connect to your seals on the other side. As for your eye, I used my power to force your body to assimilate it and evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Don't ask more about this since I don't have time to explain. We can talk more once I've actually recovered. And remember to take care of your body. I told you not to get too seriously injured."

After Senko finished saying what he had to say it went completely silent inside my head again. I let out a sigh and shook my head. "Well I was hoping to get to chat with Senko a bit but guess that's not happening anytime soon. Tch. He took a lot of my chakra and vitality again. How much does he need anyways? There has to be some other way to supplement him other than having him suck me dry." I instantly felt a throbbing sensation in my head as a bit of information regarding dimensional space-time transportation was imprinted in my memories.

I frowned to myself. "I see. Each dimension has a different resonating frequency. To enter one dimension from another you have to either sync up with that frequency or be able to forcefully tear through it. To do this with the Flying Thunder God...it might be possible. With the information Senko provided my own chakra should also have its own unique frequency. It should also be similar to the frequency of the dimension I'm from. Since my Flying Thunder God Seals have my chakra imprinted in them they each emit the same frequency. All I need to do is create a resonating seal that responds to my markers that will allow me to link up to them even across dimensions. The problem is teleporting to them across dimensions is going to take a lot of chakra."

I sat in complete silence for a while running through simulations and piecing together the information that Senko gave me trying to work it in with my Flying Thunder God Jutsu. "Hmmm...alright, I think I got it." I stood up and formed the hand signs of Horse, Ox, Rat, Bird, Hare, Ram and said, "Flying Thunder God Jutsu: Gate Crossing!" I immediately felt my mind link up with my Flying Thunder God Markers and smiled mockingly to myself. "I succeeded...But now that I can sense where they are it's going to take an insane amount of chakra to jump dimensions. Honestly I'm lucky I even have enough chakra left over to make the jump. Tch, can't be helped I guess." After resolving myself and crossing my fingers that my new Jutsu would work I pooled together my chakra and activated the technique instantly disappearing from Tobi's dimension.

Thud!

I groaned as I lay flat on hard ground next to one of my special kunai. My body ached and hurt everywhere. Taking a quick look around me I inwardly rejoiced and noticed that I actually made it back. At that moment a large shadow was cast over my body before I saw the Four Tails fly through the air and crash into the ground not too far away from me. "Well, seems that Naruto and Bee are still doing okay." I said to myself. "Yup, my chakra is super low. With how low it is I have one good attack left in me. How to get rid of Tobi with my one good attack left." I pondered as I remained sitting on the ground.

Boom!

A large crater appeared next to me as something crashed by. As the smoke and debris dissipated it revealed Naruto's form who walked out of the crater in complete anger as he shouted, "Madara! Damn you! Bring back Izaya! Right n-..." Before he could finish his sentence he took notice of me sitting on the ground next to where he crashed.

"Eh? I-Izaya? Izaya?! What?! But how-dattebayo?!"

I smirked and slowly stood up. "What can I say, I'm not so easy to get rid of."

At that moment Tobi widened his eyes in extreme shock. "I-Impossible! How did you escape?! Even with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu it should be impossible for you to return!" He quickly had all 6 Tailed Beasts return to his side and began having them create 6 Tailed Beast Bombs.

I sneered as this was exactly the kind of opportunity I was waiting for. "With the last of my chakra this should do it." I forced the rest of my chakra into my right eye and said, "Amaterasu!" Immediately the 6 Tailed Beasts lit up in black flames and screamed out in agony forcing them to stop their Tailed Beast Bombs. The mass of energy they accumulated dropped and exploded in their midst causing a giant explosion. After the dust and debris dissipated all 6 Tailed Beasts had turned back into their Jinchuriki forms causing Tobi to frown as he utilized his Kamui and removed the black flames from their body. The giant Ten Tails statue opened its mouth and sucked in the battered Jinchuriki before disappearing in a cloud of white smoke. I smiled as I sensed Tobi's chakra getting low and said, "Seems our battle will have to be postponed."

Tobi scowled as he slung the Gunbai fan on his back and began to slowly vanish. Before he completely disappeared his dark voice echoed in the surrounding area. "This won't be the last of our encounter. I will have the Eight and Nine Tails." The second he completely vanished I dropped to the ground only to be caught in the arms of Hanabi who had tears in her eyes.

She gripped me tight and struggled to let out, "Y-You disappeared! I thought that...I thought that I would never see you again! Idiot!"

I closed my eyes and let myself rest in Hanabi's embrace while everyone else remained silent for a moment taking in everything that had just happened staring at all the destruction in front of them. The surrounding area was littered full of giant cracks, trenches, craters, hot lava, and steaming rocks. There was no indication of any snow ever being present in the first place. I winced in pain as I felt the burn marks on my body start to ache. Hanabi quickly supported my frame over her shoulder and brought me to the field hospital.

"Thanks Hanabi."

She quickly blinked away her watery eyes and nodded. "Just hurry up and get better."

I smiled and squeezed her hand comfortingly as I lay down on a mattress and tied my blindfold back on. Tsunade made her way over with great haste and began emergency treatment healing my wounds as she said, "How reckless of you. Fighting 6 perfect Jinchuriki like that and then fighting against 6 fully transformed Tailed Beasts! Honestly I don't know what to say."

I smiled as I noticed that while it seemed like Lord Fifth was scolding me, she was actually smiling in relief. Naruto and Bee also stood by my bedside as Naruto chimed in, "Izaya, thanks for saving me from Madara earlier. If it wasn't for me you wouldn't have been caught in his technique. I'm sorry. But the next time Madara shows up we'll pummel him for sure!"

Bee nodded as he crossed his arms and started rhyming, "Naruto is right! You really put up a fight!-Yo! We thought that you were gone, but you showed us we were wrong! Oh Yeah!"

Tsunade quickly finished healing my major wounds and patched up my arms and legs in bandages. "Alright that should do it Izaya. Get some rest. Your wounds should be completely healed by tomorrow. With Naruto and Bee here we should be able to take care of anything unexpected. After you've rested up you can give your report to HQ. Since you were able to escape Madara's technique that information will be valuable."

I nodded my head and replied, "Actually his ability isn't that hard to understand so I'll just tell you now. It's a space-time Ninjutsu that lets him transports objects close to his vicinity into another dimension unique to him."

Tsunade gave a thoughtful look. "I see. Well, I still want a full report later. For now go and rest."

I thanked Tsunade and quickly said my goodbyes to everyone else before Hanabi dragged me away. As we left the field hospital's tent we were greeted by a large crowd of people who started saying words of gratitude and encouragement.

"Vice Captain! Please sign an autograph for me when you have the time!"

"Vice Captain, that was amazing! Get some rest!"

"Vice Captain, you are my new goal!"

"Vice Captain, thanks for your hard work!"

"I always believed in you Vice Captain!"

"Haha, that was expected of Konoha's Legendary White Flash!"

"To fight against 6 perfect Jinchuriki and stop three Tailed Beast Bombs! Then fight against Madara and 6 fully transformed Tailed Beasts alongside Naruto and Bee! Vice Captain you're just like the God of Shinobi in the legends!"

"You mean like the First Hokage Senju Hashirama?"

"Yeah yeah, just like him!"

"Right, the First Hokage could probably fight against 6 perfect Jinchuriki and stop three Tailed Beast Bombs also right?"

"Vice Captain can even use the Wood Style!"

"Wasn't the First Hokage hailed as the God of Shinobi?"

"Hey, doesn't that mean Izaya is like another God of Shinobi?"

"You think so?"

"God of Shinobi!"

"Konoha's White Flash and God of Shinobi! Amazing!"

"Vice Captain, just how much more power are you hiding from us?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm just glad Vice Captain is on our side!"

"Yeah! Hey, don't forget about Naruto and Bee, they were awesome too!"

"Oh right! To think that they could control the power of their Tailed Beast so well!"

As we continued to walk through camp hearing everyone's conversation I started feeling a bit uncomfortable so I leaned down whispering in Hanabi's ears, "Please hurry...I'd rather be out of public sight right now."

Hanabi nodded and quickly pulled me along to her tent finally out of the open. I let out a soft sigh of relief. "Oof." I groaned as Hanabi quickly pulled me into a tight hug.

"That was dangerous of you." She said softly.

A warm smile graced my lips at the feel of being in Hanabi's warm embrace. "I know."

"You could have gotten seriously injured."

"I know."

"You could have died."

"I know."

"I thought I lost you forever! Madara attacked Naruto and I know you saved him, but why does it have to be you? What if you never came back!"

"I know."

Hanabi frowned. "Stop saying I know. If you know then don't do it. It's bad for my heart."

Before I could respond she covered my mouth with her soft smooth hand. "Don't say anything. I'm just venting my frustration. I know what kind of person you are. And I chose to be with you so I'll deal with it somehow."

I felt my heart skip a beat at her words and grabbed her waist lifting her into the air and smiled at her. "I knew my girlfriend was understanding."

She pouted at the difference in our physical strength and smacked my arms. "Put me down."

"No."

"Izaya!"

I smirked and spun her in a circle causing her to let out a small scream and laugh. "Ah! Haha! Izaya, stop!"

After confirming that she was smiling again I slowed down my step and came to a halt bringing her close to my chest and into a tight hug. "I'm sorry. I know you were scared but I had to. Fighting by myself was the only way to ensure minimal casualties. And I couldn't let him get his hands on Naruto and the Nine Tails since that's what he wants the most."

Hanabi buried her face in my chest with a frown. "Hmpf. At what cost though?"

I leaned back while still holding Hanabi in my arms and forced us both to fall down on her mattress prompting another startled scream from her. I rolled us over so she was beneath my frame. Our face just inches apart. "Instead of thinking about what bad outcomes might happen, lets just enjoy the happy ones."

Hanabi let out a soft sigh. "You really are an idiot. I'm mad at you but I'll let it go. This time."

I smiled and quickly leaned down to kiss her lips which put a smile back on Hanabi's face.

"Cheater." She whispered.

"Yup." I acknowledged as I gave her another kiss. This time the kiss between us was deeper and longer. The second our lips separated we both took a deep breath and then locked our lips once more. I slid my tongue between her soft sweet lips wanting to explore as much of her as I could. She let me in with no resistance. I felt the soft touch of her tongue on mine as they pushed, pulled, and gently caressed the other. I was getting light headed. Drunk on her taste. I felt her hands roam over my back, then to my chest before feeling her slip her soft milky hands under my shirt and touch my abs. I let out a soft and deep grunt from her actions and grabbed her right hip pulling her body closer to mine while letting the weight of my body fall on my left arm so I wouldn't crush her fragile frame. I nestled my face into the nape of her neck and took in deep and heavy breaths. "H-Hanabi...We can't...We shouldn't...I'm losing my willpower here."

Hanabi struggled to calm down her own breathing as she felt her entire body heat up. "I-Izaya...Do you trust me?"

I simply nodded my head against the side of her neck which caused Hanabi's body to shudder from the warm tickling sensation of my soft snow white hair.

"Then, let me see your eyes...Please?"

I took a momentary silent pause and finally calmed my breathing down before lifting up my head to look Hanabi in the face. "Alright." I replied softly. Keeping my eyes shut I slowly and expertly untied the blindfold with one hand before dropping it on the side of the mattress. I could feel Hanabi staring at me in anticipation causing the corner of my lips to rise in a slight smile. After a few seconds passed between us I slowly opened my eyes revealing the bright blood colored black tomoe patterned Sharingan. I felt Hanabi's body shake the moment our eyes made contact and I felt her slightly shift her body a bit. One second passed between us in complete silence as we locked eyes. Then another and another. A comfortable silence filled the room as we stared at each other. Before long a strange feeling passed through me. It was as if staring at Hanabi's eyes allowed me to feel everything that she was, all of her warmth and love and compassion and playfulness...But all of that slowly drove me to a single growing emotion within...desire. I surmised that she must of been feeling something similar as I watched her bite the corner of her lip and suck in a deep breath. Her small action just now broke me completely so I suspended both her hands above her head in a tight grip with my left and reclaimed her lips in a wild frenzy.

"J-Just...Hah, just a little more. Hanabi. I-I won't go too far...yet. But I need to feel you. Please." I let out between deep breaths and bated kisses letting my right hand roam free.

"Mmpf! I-Izaya! N-Not fair!" She let out in soft moans as she struggled to free her arms. I smirked against the nape of her neck and released one of her hands before grinding my body into her hers forcing out a moan from Hanabi. "Ahhh! Mmpf...Izaya!" Her free hand gripped the back of my hair as her legs pulled my body deeper and closer into her own. For awhile the only sounds within the tent were heavy breathing, soft sighs, low moans, and the sweet cry of our names.

At some point we had fallen asleep. I woke up first since I was a pretty light sleeper. Not only was I trained to be that way from my past life, but I also trained that way in this one. On top of that I hated falling asleep too deeply since my mind was plagued by nightmares of death, murder, and torture. Although it's been getting a bit better now since sometimes I dream of Hanabi, my dreams are still mostly filled with nightmares. By now it had already turned completely dark outside. I sat up and took a look around the dark room seeing my shirt laying on the ground next to my blindfold and Muramasa. Turning my head I caught sight of Hanabi's ripped shirt strewn across the room and smiled happily to myself before looking down at her peacefully sleeping form. I listened to the calming sound of Hanabi's breathing and laid back down beside her pulling the blanket up to cover her exposed shoulders. This action prompted Hanabi to turn around so she was facing me as she slowly opened her eyes.

"Izaya?" She said with a soft yawn.

I smiled at her cuteness before replying, "Sorry. Did I wake you?"

Hanabi shook her head and snuggled closer to my chest. "It's fine. I was just checking to see if you were still here."

My heart skipped a beat as I thought to myself, honestly, she's too cute. I draped my arm around her holding her close and rubbed small comforting circles on her back. "I'm still here. Go back to sleep."

"Mmm...Okay. Oh, and Izaya?"

"Hm?"

"Happy late birthday."

I smiled at her words and dipped my head down to kiss her forehead. "You're going to be the death of me."

Hanabi pouted, "I better."

"Eh? Wait, what do you mean by 'I better?'"

"It means, you do so much dangerous stuff already that you'd probably live longer if I happen to be the death of you instead."

"Ha-Hahaha!"

Hanabi pouted. "What's so funny about that? You know it's true." She grumbled towards the end.

I smiled and squeezed her frame closer to me. "Well, what you said is...oddly romantic."

Hanabi smiled into my chest. "Heh, you know it's true."

"Okay okay, don't worry. I plan to live for much much longer so I guess you'll have to put up with me for a long time to come."

Hanabi felt her heart flutter and snuggled as close as she could to my chest. "Good."