Improvise, adapt, overcome
“Juubito? Ten Tails jinchuriki? Second Sage of the Six Path? What stupid names. The first is just a combination of my name and Juubi's and the second refers to me as just a Jinchuriki. Being lumped together with my other prey is not ideal. Second Sage of the six path is a choice but lacks originality. Madara called me savior of the world once. »
" Shut up ! Rasenshuriken! »
« Enton : Susanoo Kagutsuchi !»
The devastating attacks flew towards him at high speed, threatening to crumble him and everyone around him.
“I guess in the end it doesn't matter. I am only one face among others, I am nobody. » The jutsus passed through him and went crashing in the background causing a gust of wind that pushed all the area around.
Naruto cringed seeing that their attacks had failed again. He prepared to start again when he heard a voice calling him from below.
"That's enough you two. You are just wasting your chakra. Come back here as we prepare a plan. »
Naruto sighed with fatigue and deactivated his biju mode followed by Sasuke who was not in a better mood. They joined Tobirama and Minato and glared at Obito who was floating in the sky, looking at them as if they were insignificant.
“Nothing is working on this guy! » Naruto complained as he sat down. Tobirama sighed at his quirk and looked back at the jinchuriki.
"Didn't you say his eye jutsu only works for five minutes ? It will soon be an hour since it is activated. »
“I don't know! Before he absorbed the bijus we managed to touch him but Kakashi was transported in his dimension! Now there is nothing more we can do."
“Juubi's absorption seems to have enhanced his eye abilities to an extreme degree. None of our jutsus can touch him anymore. » Sasuke said staring at the flying Uchiha.
Minato thought about what to do and proposed.
“Obito has to materialize to attack. It will be our only opening but it is extremely risky. »
“Yes, but he still has to attack us. » Sasuke said with exasperation. "He doesn't care if anyone attacks him. He just waits for the divine tree to bloom and prevents us from damaging it. At the point where we are, we might as well go help the first Hokage take care of Madara and come back afterwards. »
“We don't have time for that. The divine tree will bloom soon, we must either cut it down or cut down the jinchuriki. He is the one who summoned it so getting rid of him will surely stop the bloom. » Tobirama reasoned as he continued to think of a plan. They waited a few moments before he spoke again.
“I will attack the tree, this will force him to stop my attack and materialize. Fourth Hokage, you will throw one of your marked kunais at the same time and teleport Naruto and Sasuke to strike the enemy. Understood ? »
Minato nodded in affirmation before going into biju mode.
"Naruto, Sasuke, are you ready?"
“Of course we are ready! » Naruto shouted wanting to finally end this fight. Sasuke didn't say anything but you could tell he was also fed up.
"Alright, let's go ! » Tobirama jumped up and clapped his hands together. “Suiton: Water Severing Wave! »
A condensed stream of water shot out of the Hokage's mouth and headed towards the Divine Tree intending to cut its roots. This single attack would not be enough to cut it down in its entirety but would greatly damage the base of the tree.
Obito snapped out of his thoughts when he felt the chakra spike towards the tree. He sighed at being interrupted in his train of thought and moved to step between the attack and the tree. He disabled Kamui and raised his hand to absorb the jutsu with his Rinnegan. But he made out a flicker and saw one of Minato's kunais right next to him. In a flash Minato appeared with Naruto and Sasuke clinging to him ready to attack him. Naruto was in sage mode and apparently had to pass some of his chakra to Sasuke so that his chidori could hurt him. If he reactivated Kamui the second Hokage's attack would pass and damage the tree but if he stayed he would take the attack full force, the chakra he possesses makes him faster but not to the point where he could retaliate. It seems he would have to undure it.
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'Ah yes I forgot… Rinnegan.'
The attacks were blocked in the air in an instant before being brutally thrown away from him.
He watched the three ninjas fall to the ground, barely catching each other thanks to the chakra of the fox that had grabbed them.
Sasuke on the ground looked at Obito and shouted. "What was that this time!?" »
“It's one of the Rinnegan's powers. He used Shinra Tensei, it expels all justu and matters around him. » Naruto explained lying on his back looking at the sky. From a distance one would think that Naruto wanted to give up the fight. Well... how were they supposed to fight a guy like Obito when he had all the powers of the Rinnegan, the Chakra of the Bijus and that damn Kamui? »
Obito smiled looking down at his hand. He mastered Nagato's powers better and better. The Rinnegan's major problem is its chakra hit. He could barely use the eye's abilities before Juubi's absorption but now it was natural.
He felt a spike of chakra in his back and a third mechanical arm shot out of his body and grabbed the throat of Tobirama who had attempted a surprise attack thanks to the Hiraishin mark on his back. He looked at him out of the corner of his eye and over there.
“Appearing behind my back isn't going to work anymore. Twice is more than enough. » He squeezed the new arm with the intention of making the reanimation go away for good but he narrowly teleported out of his grip back to Minato's position. He watched them recover painfully from his attack and thought about what to do. He hadn't seen the point of fighting knowing that they couldn't do anything to him but seeing that he was aiming for the divine tree decided to end it. And he was going to take the opportunity to test a new technique.
Tobirama felt the cavities the metal fingers had carved into his throat and finally felt his annoyance rise. They couldn't do anything against him. He was versatile in all situations. He sat up and approached Naruto and asked.
"You said that the one with the enemy's other eye was locked in his dimension?"
Naruto still lying on the ground barely turned his gaze to Tobirama to answer.
"Yes he teleported him before you arrived. I don't know what happened next. »
" I see. Considering what state the enemy came back in before becoming the jinchuriki I guess your friend must be stuck on the other side. But if he's still there he might attack him when he uses his transportation justu. »
"Yeah, but Kakashi can't use sage chakra." Sasuke said, repositioning his shoulder. He kicked and clenched his teeth at the snaps. “It could even be that he already tried to hit Obito but his attacks had no effect. All jutsus are canceled upon contact with Obito. »
"I see" Tobirama looked up at Obito in the sky and considered another plan. Sasuke looked at Tobirama and squinted at his throat.
“What is this mark? »
" What mark ? » Tobirama asked looking at Sasuke.
“On your throat. »
Tobirama widened his eyes upon hearing this but couldn't react in time when Obito disappeared from the sky to reappear in front of him.
' He copied the Hiraishin?! '
Obito made a black bar appear and planted it in Tobirama's chest. The Hokage felt his chakra network scramble and couldn't react before being sent waltzing against a rock further away.
' The most embarrassing first. ' Obito thought as he sat up. Only Tobirama worried him here. Without his strategic mind the others would be lost.
Minato was the next to react and tried to hit Obito with a rasengan but it went through him and hit the ground. Obito sent a truth-seeking ball at Minato and the object clung to him before enveloping him completely, preventing him from moving or using Hiraishin.
' Then the fastest. ' Minato had mastered the Hiraishin too well. Without him and Tobirama, no more last-second dodges.
Only Naruto and Sasuke remained. Sasuke activated his susanoo and the purple arm hit the jinchuriki who blocked with his black scepter. He raised his hand and reactivated the Rinnegan. Sasuke felt his body and his whole susanoo being pulled towards Obito's hand. Upon contact with the hand, the skeleton began to deform and engulf itself leaving Sasuke exposed to Obito's attack. A black bar appeared and sank into her belly. The Uchiha gasped and in turn felt his chakra being disturbed. He could no longer hold the Susanoo and fell to one knee.
' Then the traitor. ' He had a certain pleasure in seeing Sasuke in this state. If it wasn't for the Mangekyou Sharingan he would have gotten rid of him after Itachi's death. Although it was an unnecessary measure. He didn't need Sasuke's eyes anymore.
“Bastard! » Naruto yelled throwing himself on him. Obito didn't bother to use Kamui and went under Naruto to plant a truth-seeking ball in his stomach. The orb surrounded Naruto like his father and he fell to the ground with a thud.
' And finally the hopeless case.' Naruto Uzumaki, that immature brat full of illusions about life and how it works. He was a similar version of his younger self but his desire to be accepted by others was ridiculous. Only a few hours ago he had sworn not to let any of his friends die and soon after one of them died in his arms. Hyuga Neji if he was not mistaken. His will was finally broken and the rest of the alliance's morale was going to fall with him. Then suddenly the heiress Hyuga gave him a ridiculous speech on which Naruto had in fact sworn to protect the will of his comrades and not their lives. The worst part was that it was enough to put him back on his feet and face him. The absurdity of the scene had pissed him off so much that he attempted to bombard the area with Juubi much to Madara's chagrin who still wanted to have fun with the biju. Now he would take the opportunity to absorb the two halves of Kyubi which will speed up the flowering process of the divine tree. The sooner the infinite Tsukoyomi launch the better.
He approached Naruto's form and was about to extract Kyubi when a 'poof' was heard inside.
'A clone.'
He turned his gaze to Sasuke but only saw the black bar on the bloodstained floor.
'Of course…' Obito turned around and unsurprisingly saw that Tobirama had also disappeared.
' He sent a clone to hit me and took the opportunity to free the other two. At least I still had Minato.'
He looked around and tried to feel their chakras but unfortunately he was not a good sensor and could barely feel them. Becoming Juubi's jinchuriki didn't solve all the problems.
But no matter, he had marked Tobirama with his seal, he only had to teleport on him and capture them.
Obito turned to Minato and approached him. He retracted his truth-seeking ball and Minato reappeared pinned to the ground, his arms and legs bound by dark matter.
« Obito... »
“It's over sensei. If you're going to be a hindrance to my plans then I'll work to keep you out of the picture. » He put his hand on Minato's stomach and started tugging. A red chakra emerged and engulfed Obito.
“What are you doing Obito? Stop that ! » Minato tried to pull away but couldn't move an inch. His Hiraishin didn't work either because of the dark matter. He was at Obito's mercy.
“I warned you during our last fight. I told you Kyubi would be mine. After getting rid of you I will go after Naruto and Hachibi. After which all will be over. »
"Do you really want to perform this genjutsu? Who gave you the right to decide for others how their lives should be lived? »
Obito looked at Minato for a long time and stopped the chakra extraction.
"Why do you think I'm doing all this sensei?"
Minato looked at him in surprise and thought about what he knew. From what they had said to each other earlier, he assumed it had to do with Rin's death.
“To see Rin again. You want to create a new reality where you can be with her. »
Obito stared at him without moving before smirking, amused by Minato's answer.
“If it was only that, I would have placed myself in the Tsukoyomi all by myself. No, although Rin's death itself was one of the reason, it was mainly the circumstances of her death that made me decide to follow this path. »
" What do you mean ? »
"Why did Rin die?" He asked. « What was the purpose of her death ? She pounced on Kakashi's chidori to protect the village from the Sanbi that was sealed within her. To prevent lives from being endangered by the deceitful plans of other villages. If Kiri's plan had worked a fourth great war would have started much sooner, and without my help. After you died at Kyubi's clutches, the village elders suspected the Uchiha of controlling the fox. The Uchiha clan were exiled to the outskirts of the village and treated as outcasts. What resulted was a coup plan by Fugaku and the rest of the Uchiha to overthrow the Hokage. Again, if the plan had worked a civil war would have started and another war would have resulted. It's a bit like everyone secretly wants war. Kiri threatened the fragile peace with Konoha. The village elders accused the Uchiha without any evidence and the clan maintained its coup plan being fully aware of the consequences it could have. »
Minato's expression darkened at his explanation before he answered.
“I will not defend Kiri's actions because there was none. They have always denied plotting against Konoha and making Rin a jinchuriki. On the other hand, the village elders were right to suspect the Uchiha and the sharingan. I do not approve of the method but it was in order to protect the village. »
“Oh yes, are you sure? » Obito asked unconvinced of his answer.
"It is true that it was the Sharingan that controlled Kyubi, therefore it would be logical to suspect the clan. But only you and Kushina were aware of my presence. The ancients had no proof that an Uchiha was guilty and should never have taken such action without having one. It was pure speculation. But anyway that was just an excuse. » Obito stood up and looked at Minato facing the ground much like he had earlier facing his corpse.
“The coup could have been avoided. Sarutobi had instructed Shisui to place Fugaku under Kotoamatsukami so that he would call off the plan against the village, but Danzo intercepted him and stole one of his eye. The death of the Uchiha suited him so he purposely pushed to let the situation escalate so he could collect sharingans. » He walked around Minato looking around.
“If Danzo was asked why he did this, he would say in the name of protecting the village. If one asks whoever launched the mission to make Rin a jinchuriki he will surely say that it was in the name of protecting his village for the future. If you ask Rin she will say it was to protect the her loved ones. In this world we kill and we kill ourself in the name of protecting what is dear to us. This killing system is endless. This shinobi alliance was also born out of a desire to protect their loved one from me. If they were to win what would happen? There would be another era of peace, but gradually quarrels would resume and alliances would be forgotten. We don't evolve, we don't learn. Then other Rin will die, other massacres will take place and other Naruto will become sacrifices for the 'greater good'. » The reproach was present in his last words. Making Minato realize that in his mind he was part of all of this as well.
“I want to change reality. For me. For Kakashi. For anyone who has lost loved ones. It doesn't matter if this reality is just a lie. Nobody will realize it and be happy about it. The rest of you are fighting for the suffering to continue, what do you have to answer for this reality to be worth it? »
Minato looked at Obito silently and thought about his answer.
“This genjutsu...equates to an extinction of life. If we all fall under the Infinite Tsukoyomi's power. We will all die bit by bit and there will be nothing left. This perfect world will mark the end of all of us. »
Obito knew that. Prisoner of Tsukoyomi, no more humans will reproduce and even if the divine tree will be able to feed the victims of genjutsu to keep them alive, one day or another the human race will disappear.
“Then it will be the sweetest of endings. »
Obito wasted no more time and thrust his arm into Minato's stomach. This time Kyubi's chakra came in waves and was absorbed by Obito. Soon the entire biju was extracted and mixed with the rest of Juubi's chakra. He felt his already immense chakra reserves increase exponentially.
Minato now without chakra could only watch as Obito reached out his hand and a truth-seeking ball rose in front of him ready to strike. He gave Obito a sad look and spoke.
"I hope it will be worth it..."
Obito threw the orb and Minato's body was disintegrated never to be able to regenerate again.
“I'll make sure it would. »