Chapter 73
HIKARI HYUGA
As a parting gift, the four Hokage had left him with a portion of their chakras, while the Yondaime had also left behind the portion of the Kyubi he had sealed into himself. Accommodating such a massive influx of chakra was nearly impossible to do under such circumstances, but his training at Ryuichi cave made it possible.
Still, assimilating all that chakra came with a rather strange consequence, for just as he was about to finish the consolidation, he found himself pulled into his mindscape, where he stood facing a being thought to be nothing more than a legend.
His presence was humbling enough, and authority and power oozed from him as he found himself staring at the progenitor of ninshu himself.
"You are the Sage of Six Paths," Hikari gasped, as the aged legend nodded.
"Indeed, and you are an anomaly in the fates," and so he could sense his truth of it.
"For centuries, the fates of my two sons have found and battled against one another for dominance, but you have broken that cycle," and Hikari shrugged.
"I can assure you there was no deliberation here," and the man smiled.
"I know, but this is a dangerous game that you play. There are forces at work here, forces that have been pulling the strings from behind for centuries. With Indra and Ashura's fates cut off, the future of the world has become uncertain," and he shrugged.
"Humans are resilient creatures. We will figure it out," and he smiled.
"That you will," and with that, he raised his hand.
"The enemy you face right now is not much different than yourself. He has interfered with the fates as well and possesses vestiges of both Indra and Asura's chakra," and Hikari shrugged.
"He will not be easily defeated," but that did not matter.
"Easy or not, I am not going to let him destroy the world," and with that, he felt a strange chakra fill him up.
"Then let me give you my blessings," and suddenly, he felt his entire body heal up.
"I leave the fate of the world in your hands now," and with a blink, he was gone, and in his place stood a mighty beast. It was a fox with nine tails, and those red slit-like eyes narrowed down at him.
"Are you ready, boy?" the nine tails asked, as Hikari nodded and closed his eyes.
"As ready as I will ever be....."
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And as he opened his eyes, he found himself staring at nothing but destruction, and once he had pushed himself out of the rubble, he saw Madara holding up Kakashi Hatake by his neck as the grey-haired shinobi crushed his sharingan, robbing the man of any chance at retrieving the bijuu again.
The act infuriated the Uchiha legend, who made to snap his neck, but Hikari was on the move already.
"Hiken!" and green flames burst forth from all his body, as he appeared infront of him and before the man could react, he had sent him flying as he tore through pieces of rubble as Kakashi-san fell to the ground.
He took a deep breath, and he could sense the very emotions of the people around him now.
He could sense Kakashi-san's shame and rage. He could feel Sasuke's fear, and in the distance, he could feel Jiraiya-san's longing, along with Lady Tsunade's pain.
He could feel it all, just as he could feel Madara's excitement.
"Everyone, you can rest easy now," he assured them as his own eyes narrowed at the Uchiha man.
"I will deal with him now," and the man wiped away the blood from his chin.
"Deal with me! Do you really think you stand a chance against a God! A God!" he roared, and Hikari was infront of him in the fraction of a second, and he could sense his surprise now as well as he kicked him in the air.
"You are not a God!" and much to his surprise, the man was able to erect his Susanoo to shield him from the brunt of the attack as he was sent flying into the air.
BOOOM!
"AGHHH!" and yet before the entire skeletal structure could materialize, Hikari was up in the air following him as he appeared behind the Uchiha legend, who could barely react in time as he punched him once more.
"AGHHHH!"
BOOOOOOOM!
Madara hit the ground hard, and the ground exploded but Hikari did not relent as he raised his hand, and gathered his chakra into a massive green fiery spear, and with the nine tails' chakra backing him up, his reserves allowed him to use multiple of these attacks, while without them just using one of them was enough to half his chakra reserves.
"Senpo:..." he whispered as the massive green fiery spear took form.
"....HELL'S TRUMPET!" and he shot it down at Madara, and the technique had cut through the Shodaime's Five Layered Rashomon, and yet before it could butn through the Uchiha legend a blue spark appeared in the air, and Hikari saw a massive shift as a massive blade cut through the air and met his jutsu in the air.
BOOOOOM!
CLING!
And the spear was split in half, and as the pieces hit the ground, they tore it up, causing a massive dust cloud to rage up.
"Did you really think that this would be enough to defeat me!" Madara roared, as a blade cut through the cloud, as he revealed his ultimate Susanoo.
"I am Madara Uchiha! You cannot defeat me!" and the giant blue samurai shaped Susanoo swung his blade at him, and Hikari took a deep breath, as wings of fire on his back grew larger.
"Rengoku!" and just as the blade was able to touch him, he raised his hand and stopped it with his bare hand.
THUNK!
"Impossible!" Madara gasped, but it was not.
His hand ached, and blood dripped down his hand as he roared.
"AGHHHH!" and pulled at the blade, and yanked it out of the Susannoo's hand, and threw it up into the air as he reached for it, and pushed his massive chakra into it.
"Mokuton:..." Madara roared as Hikari grabbed the chakra blade and pushed his chakra through it.
"Senpo:..."
And suddenly the ground tore up once more, as a thousand statues appeared once more, as Madara's susanoo coated it up.
"...Veritable 1000-Armed Kan'on!" and Hikari pushed his katon chakra into the blade, and saw it turn green from blue, and cracks began to appear on it as the man aimed all thousand arms at him.
"LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS!" and Hikari simply pushed down the blade as a thousand Susanoo-coated Mokuton fists rushed towards him.
"KYOSITSUJIN!"
BOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOOM!
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MADARA UCHIHA
Pain.
How long had it been since Madara had felt pain?
Hashirama. The answer came quickly. Even against the Five Kage, he had felt nothing, and yet now, for the first time since he had come back to this body, he found himself feeling the foreign sensation.
"GUGH!" he coughed up blood, as he staggered slightly and gazed to the side. His entire arm was gone. Burnt to a crisp, and the land besides him had been torn apart in a schism that cut through a mountain some miles back.
Such power.
The only person who could compare to this was Hashirama himself. Madara was certain that if he had been the same Madara who had faced Hashirama years ago in that valley, then this attack would have been his end.
"HAAAHAHAAAA!" and yet he found himself laughing as excitement filled him up.
"Rejoice!" he roared as he turned his eyes to the cloud of dust infront of him, as the Hyuga boy tried to push himself off of the ground.
"Rejoice for you have done the impossible. You have managed to draw blood from a God!" and the boy spat out blood, as he huffed weakly. The greenish fires that had been coating him had died down.
"You...," he whispered weakly.
"You are not a god!" and then he burst forward, and he was now slower than before as Madara raised his hand.
His own reserves were down to half, and his armor had been torn apart.
"Almighty Push!" But just before the attack could hit him, the boy vanished.
"Hiken!" and Madara sensed him appear behind him, as he swung his heel at him, and their legs hit one another as they both spun in the air, as he made a hand sign.
"Katon: Fireball jutsu!" and he quickly spat out a fireball at him. But the boy simply used his own momentum to spin.
"NINPO: KAITEN!" and the giant fireball was simply fired back at him as Madara once more used his Rinnegan.
"Almighty Push!" but just as the fire vanished, the boy appeared through them, and he had rushed into the fire itself, as he aimed a strike at his face.
And Madara avoided the attack, but with only one hand, he was unable to stop the barrage that came next, as he found himself flying back as he blocked a kick to his chest.
"AGHHH!" and before he could think of a counter, the boy appeared behind him, faster than he could react, as he held a small green orb in his hand.
"NINPO: CRUEL SUN!" and Madara bit his lip in frustration.
"Know your place, mongrel!" and the Susanoo rose around him, as it blocked the attack and then punched him, and though he saw a rib crack because of the attack, the boy itself was sent flying back as Madara raised his hand.
"ALMIGHTY PULLL!" and suddenly the boy was pulled towards him again.
"You think you can defeat me!" and the Susanoo roared as it coiled back its fist.
"You are a thousand years too young to even think about that," and then it uncorked its fist as it hit the boy, and then he attacked him, but rather than trying to resist the pull, suddenly he saw the boy spin as a fire rushed out of his soles.
"HIKEN!" and he came at him with increased speed, and tore through the Susaoo's ribs as Madara was hit in the face.
"AGHHH!" and was sent flying back, but he blocked the next attack, and suddenly he remembered his fight against Hashirama, and with a few seconds of contemplation, his shoulder shifted as he used Mokuton to make himself a new arm.
"DIE!" and then he spun in the air as he appeared above him and punched the boy into the ground.
BOOOOM!
He hit the ground.
And as his feet tore through the ground, he stopped himself as he wiped away the blood from his face.
"Powerful as you may be, you are not yet ready to take on me," and then he brought together his hands, for he was getting tired of this.
"It's time to end this," and with that, he gathered up all his chakra as the boy pushed himself back up in a show of extreme resilience.
"I am not done yet!" he roared, but Madara smirked.
"But you will be soon," and so he closed his eyes.
"MOKUTON:..." and this move was going to end it all.
"DEEP FOREST EMERGENCE!"
And the ground ripped open, as a forest tore through the surroundings as Madara poured in all of his chakra into the technique, and then in but a few seconds, the Hyuga boy was buried under a thick forest which spread over miles and miles.
"HAAA! HAAAAA!" Madara huffed as he felt the chakra drain hit him, but with this, the battle was over.
"Be honored, for I Madara declared you the strongest since Hashirama himself," he complimented, and just as he was about to turn around, suddenly he smelled char.
"Wha..."
"NINPO:..." and he could not believe his ears as he heard a whisper, and saw embers appear over the forest wood.
"....RENGOKU!"
BOOOOOOOOM!
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