Chapter 42: War Preparations!
"It seems that I was quite late for the show," Sanemi said as he approached Madara only to see Sasuke's eagle slicing Danzo's arm.
"It would appear so...do you have the Rinnegan? " Madara asked still observing the fight.
"Yes but there were some complications, I will tell you about them in private, they are near here anyway. " Sanemi said and sat beside Madara to watch the spectacle.
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Danzo imbued some of the shurikens with wind release chakra and launched them towards Sasuke. Sasuke used his blade to get hold of one of the shurikens and deflated the other one to the skies. With a wave of his blade, he sent the other shuriken towards Danzo.
Danzo already predicting Sasuke's move already had another one of the shurikens ready and used it to deflect Sasuke's counter and went to grab his throat.
Sasuke's eagle came at the right time and launched the shuriken that Sasuke had deflected in the air towards Dazo's arm which was covered in Sharingans.
After seeing this Sasuke immediately went for the kill and sliced Danzo in half.
Danzo's dead body along with his sliced arm slowly faded as another one of the Sharingan's closed.
"Give up, you can not kill me," Danzo said as he reappeared on top of one of the towers.
Sasuke suddenly froze, black crows came from his body which then charged towards Danzo and formed into...Itachi Uchiha!
"Itachi...Danzo muttered in surprise. Itachi? did not waste any time and used his Mangekyo to release Amaterasu.
Sasuke charged towards the burning Danzo to finish him, but his blade stopped just in front of Danzo's heart. Black and red marking appeared on his skin.
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"Some sort of movement blocking curse technique? impressive I didn't knew the tree huggers could be sneaky" Sanemi commented as he watched the fight with great interest.
'This is like live-action, but good. ' Sanemi thought with a light snicker.
"True but, it seems Sasuke has more tricks. " Madara said as they both just watched Danzo kick Karin into one of the pillars.
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"Release," Danzo said with a ram hand sign, as he released the genjutsu Sasuke has set upon him and the approached Sasuke's now frozen body.
Danzo then took Sasuke's blade and was about to pierce Sasuke's heart, but at the last second with all his willpower Sasuke summoned a complete Susanoo.
"Haaaaaaa!!! " Sasuke yelled as the Susanoo constructed a bow and arrow and launched them towards Danzo.
Using the Izanagi twice, Dnazo sacrificed two of his Sharingan's to live. Unable to stop Sasuke's assault, Danzo decided to take a risk and used wood release from his right arm to make a cover for him.
Despite the effort, the wood release did a little to stop the arrows and Dnazo yet again had to utilize Izanagi to survive.
"Summoning Technique! " Danzo then used summoning jutsu and summoned an elephant, lion, tiger? chimera which released massive amounts of air towards Sasuke's Susanoo.
Danzo then went around the Susanoo and used wind release yet again to trap Sasuke's Susanoo between two gusts of strong winds.
"Fire style: Fireball! " Sasuke released a stream of flames from his mouth towards the chimera, who stopped its assault when he got set in flames.
Danzo then sneaked past Sasuke's senses and tried to kill Sasuke from where the Susanoo was the weakest. But failed to notice Suasanoo's other arm which promptly smacked him into another one of the pillars.
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"This fight is good as over, the war will be starting in a few days, I will prepare my weapons for such a special occasion. " Sanemi said as he stood up.
"Do as you please, I will assign you a position after Zetsu gets the information from the Elemental Nations " Madara said.
"Alright well then, next time we will meet on the battlefield. " Sanemi said and then disappeared in a gust of wind.
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After killing Danzo, Kakashi Hatake the copy ninja, and Sasuke's previous sensei confronted him.
As Sasuke and Kakashi fought, the former's vision starts to fade away from the overuse of the Mangekyō Sharingan. Sakura takes the chance and tried to kill Sasuke, but is unable to bring herself to do it.
Sasuke then tried to kill her once again, but Naruto appeared and saved her. Naruto attempted to reason with Sasuke, who declared his way of reviving his clan, by destroying every possible link to it thus regaining their honor.
Seeing Sasuke as a lost cause, Kakashi tried to send Sakura and Naruto away, but Naruto charged Sasuke both attacking with their signature techniques.
In a moment of understanding after the collision, a similar effect seen after their battle at the Valley of the End, Sasuke gave Naruto a choice; be one of his victims or a hero for killing him. Naruto told him he would do neither.
The blast sends Naruto and Sasuke backward. Kakashi catches Naruto, while Sasuke is caught by Zetsu. Madara teleports to Sasuke, while white Zetsu makes clones of himself to capture Naruto.
Madara tells Zetsu not to battle him and to go find Kisame. Naruto announces that he saw into Sasuke's heart, and they would both die if they fight again and be rid of the Uchiha and Nine-Tailed Fox.
After hearing Naruto's choice Sasuke merely says that he will not go back on the path he walks and that he will kill Naruto first. Naruto answers back saying that Sasuke still hasn't accepted him as an equal and Sasuke tells Madara that they must talk.
Madara and Sasuke teleport back to Akatsuki's hideout where Sasuke asks Madara for Itachi's eyes to be transplanted into him.
Meanwhile, back at the bridge, Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi get ready to leave after retrieving Karin, but Naruto passes out from the poison from Sakura's kunai that he got cut with from saving Sakura from Sasuke. Sakura gives Naruto the antidote and they set off back to Konoha.
Meanwhile, 'Kisame' who was killed during the fight with Killer B was a clone of Zetsu, and that the real Kisame was alive and well. Back in Kumogakure, A, Killer B, and Team Samui return, Killer B has taken Samehada with Kisame inside the sword planning on infiltrating Kumogakure to retrieve the Eight-Tails.
Returning to Kiba, Lee, Akamaru, and Sai, Sakura, and Naruto all go back to the village along with Kakashi and a weakened Karin. Upon return, the others tell Naruto that they want to fight Sasuke too and he can't fight him alone.
Naruto disagrees and says he is the only one who can fight Sasuke and the only one that will, the others question him on what happened when he confronted Sasuke. Naruto says he will tell them when the time is right and walks off to Ramen Ichiraku.
With Danzō dead, the Village leaders have to decide on a new Sixth Hokage and vote Kakashi for the position saying that they think the Sunagakure will agree as well.
The Fire Daimyō says "Kakashi Hatake, I now appoint you as…" but is cut off by Guy running into the room and telling the Fire Daimyō that he had urgent news.
Shizune then breaks out in tears as she sees Tsunade has survived and hugs her, thus removing the need for a Sixth Hokage.
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Tsunade, who has regained consciousness, is eating a tremendous amount of food to rebuild her chakra reserves. She is then greeted by Kakashi, who is relieved that she is all right, as it would have meant him becoming Hokage, and he feels he isn't cut out for it.
Tsunade orders a meeting to make preparations for the coming war. Elsewhere, at the makeshift headquarters for the Interrogation Unit, Ibiki Morino prepares to interrogate Karin on information about Sasuke and Kabuto.
While on Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage, Gerotora, Shima and Fukasaku are having a meeting about whether or not Jiraiya's request that Gerotora store himself within Naruto be honored.
The Great Sage says he has had a vision of Naruto's future, and requests to see him before he decides whether or not he should receive the key to his seal. Naruto is enjoying some ramen when Sakura informs him of Tsunade's recovery; this leads to his next meal being declared "on the house".
As he is about to eat, he is reverse summoned to Mount Myōboku, to receive the premonition; the Sage sees an animal island paradise, octopus tentacles, and tells Naruto that he would meet a young man with powerful eyes. Naruto listens to what he has to say and ultimately accepts whatever lies ahead for him.
Anko and her team have located several bodies, evidently victims of Kabuto. The fact that he just left them there and made no attempt to hide them leads the team to suspect a trap.
Meanwhile, Kabuto has located Madara, briefly shows off his new abilities, reincarnating Itachi, Deidara, Kakuzu, Sasori, and Nagato, and offers an alliance with Madara.
Kabuto asks for Sasuke to test out his ninjutsu. Madara asks if he refuses and Kabuto summons another casket with the reanimated body of the real Madara Uchiha!, that shocks Tobi.
Tobi then accepts the offer under the condition that Kabuto cannot be anywhere near Sasuke until the end of the war.
Nearby, Anko and her team discover Kabuto has joined with Tobi and she wonders what his motives are and reports the news to Konoha.
Tobi appears before Kabuto, his arm restored, wearing a new mask resembling the eye of the Ten-Tails, his old Uchiha robes (replacing his Akatsuki uniform), and wielding a war fan.
Kabuto mentions that Tobi went through a lot of trouble to obtain his new eye, to which Tobi replies that they were his, to begin with. Zetsu informs him that Kisame succeeded in delivering the information he had obtained.
After hearing this, Tobi slams his war fan on the ground and states that it is time to go after the Nine-Tails. Kabuto decides to get Naruto and B instead to gain Tobi's trust and that Yamato is the interest of his experiments.
Kabuto says he also knows Zetsu's secrets and says he could make him stronger. Tobi tells him he'll give him one Zetsu if he captures the Nine-Tails. He then takes Kabuto to the chamber that holds the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and shows him a mindless copy of Hashirama that Tobi created from his cells.
He also shows him his army that is made of roughly 100,000 White Zetsu though at the cost of using the collected tailed beasts' chakra.
Back on the island, B was unable to chase after Kisame's shark and returns to the others. Motoi summons an owl to notify the Raikage that Akatsuki knows of their location.
All the Kage receive the info and decide to send backup to the island that is a giant tortoise, which Ōnoki volunteers to be the backup. Kabuto leaves along with the undead Deidara on his clay owl to get the remaining jinchūriki.
Ōnoki, Akatsuchi, and Kurotsuchi fly off to be the island's reinforcements while Kabuto sets off to the island as well. Kabuto inserts a tag in Deidara's head which gives him most of his will back.
Kabuto is suddenly punched by Ōnoki which turns out to be a clay clone made by Deidara. The real Kabuto and Deidara are hiding in the clouds and Deidara sets off an explosion.
On the island, Naruto lines up all the animals in a cave for his "ecology survey" mission, still unaware of the war. The Ōnoki that Deidara blew up was a rock clone made by Akatsuchi.
They are surprised that Deidara is still alive with Ōnoki being ashamed that Deidara is causing trouble even in death and that he lost to Sasuke. Deidara responds to this saying he killed Sasuke, unaware that he survived his suicide explosion.
In the ocean, a giant snake of Kabuto's (his clone of Manda he calls Manda II) bites the island turtle's tail, which reveals its location with its screams of pain. Kabuto and Deidara head to the island with Ōnoki on their tail.
Manda II flips over the island turtle which Naruto thinks is an earthquake and Kabuto and Deidara land on the turtle. Kabuto leaves Deidara to handle Ōnoki while he finds Naruto and B.
Ōnoki arrives, enraged and preparing a Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique. He is however stopped by Akatsuchi who states the power of the technique can blow up the island turtle.
Deidara suddenly sends a clay bird towards them and sets it off but Akatsuchi protects him and Ōnoki with his rock golem.
Kabuto learns from Manda II of Naruto's location and asks where he was inside the turtle.
Naruto decides to check what is causing the "earthquakes" but Yamato tells him only he can complete his mission which Naruto believes. Kurotsuchi notices Kabuto controlling Manda II and tries to stop him with Lava Release: Quicklime Congealing Technique which Kabuto dodges.
Yamato, Motoi, and Aoba arrive to see to situation outside and both Yamato and Aoba are shocked to see Kabuto and how much he changed. They all work with Kurotsuchi to capture Kabuto and gather intel from him but Kabuto sheds into a snake-like form (similar to Orochimaru's true form) and swallows Yamato and makes a getaway into Manda II's nostril.
Manda II is de-summoned along with Deidara saying it was starting to get fun just as he vanishes. Kabuto returns to Tobi's lair with Yamato, planning to use Yamato's Wood Release to strengthen the Zetsu army. Tobi tells him to hurry as his new left Rinnegan eye craves for battle.
Meanwhile, as Ōnoki, Akatsuchi, and Kurotsuchi relocate the island turtle to Kumogakure, Killer B keeps Naruto from leaving by having him undergo training to control his Nine-Tails chakra.
Anko's scouting team sends information about Tobi's lair known as Mountains' Graveyard and the size of his army to the Allied Shinobi Forces. They ready their troops for battle as does Tobi and Kabuto who used Yamato to strengthen the Zetsu.
Kabuto increases the army's size by reincarnating the former Akatsuki members, previous jinchūriki, Kage and famous shinobi: Hizashi Hyūga, Dan Katō, Asuma Sarutobi, Hanzō, Chiyo, Kimimaro, Zabuza Momochi, Haku, Gari, Pakura, Chūkichi, Shin, and Toroi as they march off to begin the war.
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A/N: Starting from a note sorry for the disturbance to all the readers but Tobi wants to get this point across. The majority of you guys chose that you wanted this from the anime... and are then complaining that it is similar to the Naruto lore...like wut?
Also, Tobi might release a patr** for an early draft, spoilers, and plot discussions for the reader, Tobi will probably make it as cheap as possible. There will also be different versions of this fanfic setting. Like a Harem. An evil MC and other stuff also with better grammar and writing skills, Tobi has started taking writing lessons. Anyways the Patron will probably be released after a week when Tobi has everything settled or after the end of this fanfic.
These will be **SEPARATE BOOKS** with the plot similar to this one but with just small changes and new results, hope that you all understand.
And for the reason, it is on Patre**? well, primogems won't come by themselves now, would they? Also, various artists will be present there as well, but Tobi will also release some of the art hereafter say about 5 days from thier creation.