Senshiyu ichizoku no botsuraku
-千手一族の没落-
(The Fall of the Senju Clan)
Part 8 : Tobirama Senju Vs Madara Uchiha
— Madara Uchiha...»
The man's gaze intensified as he looked at Tobirama. He smiled slightly, as if satisfied.
— Now... You know what will become of you... Don't you?» Madara whispered.
— I'll dig your grave and bury you there again.» replied Tobirama.
— Oh... You seem very confident. I'm looking forward to it.» Madara laughs.
— I don't want your partner getting in our way. Neutralize him. We'll fight alone.»
Madara raised his head slightly, pretending to think.
— Why would I neutralize my "partner"?»
— You want revenge on me, don't you? At the very least, you should beat me fairly. If you act like a coward, your desire for revenge will not be fully satisfied.» Tobirama explained.
— Good reasoning... I expected nothing less from you. That's what I was planning to do, actually. But I won't neuralize my subordinate; he's still useful to me for the moment. Don't worry, he's obedient. He won't cause us any trouble.»
— You'd better...»
Madara then turned to his henchman, whom he was still holding by the collar. The henchman hadn't moved and wasn't plugging in.
— Ginma... Will you leave us alone, please? Go back to the battlefield.» Madara ordered him.
He released him, and the man named Ginma turned away toward the fighting, reactivating his Sharingan.
— No way!» Tobirama growled loudly.
Suddenly, he appeared behind Ginma and slashed him across the chest with his sword. He had created the Hiraishin specifically to counter the Uchiha, and even with his Sharingan, Ginma was unable to react.
— Gwargh!» he moans, surprised.
Ginma collapsed to the ground, defeated. Tobirama had automatically killed him on the spot.
— Tsss... You've just ruined one of my most precious items...» Madara cried.
— I'm the perfect person to counter the Uchiha, it's a shame... You're dealing with the wrong person.»
— If you say so... By the way, isn't your big brother here?» Madara asked.
Tobirama frowned. This didn't look good... If Hashirama faced Madara, even if he seemed to have lost one of his pupils... Defeat was assured.
Even ill, Hashirama was overpowered, but at any moment he could find himself unable to move and could easily be defeated.
— Hashirama has better things to do than deal with you.» Tobirama replied.
— You think so? And yet... There's no one more dangerous than me, is there?»
— You needed to tame Kyûbi to stand up to him, you've got to be kidding... I should be enough to bring you back to your grave.»
— As kind as ever... Well, in that case, let's get started.» Madara shouted «Normally, no one should bother me. My subordinates know not to bother me when I'm having fun.»
— Ah...? You really think you're going to have fun? Well, I hope so. Unfortunately, I don't think Hell is a very friendly place.»
Madara didn't answer. He crouched down and took up a fighting stance, ready to face his opponent.
Then Tobirama charged at him. Madara reacted with his Sharingan and ducked. Tobirama's arm, firmly holding his sword, passed over him.
Tobirama somersaulted backwards and landed on the ground. At the same moment, Madara counter-attacked. He toppled backwards, gonglaed his cheeks with air, and a huge fireball burst from his mouth.
«Katon! Ultimate fireball!»
The fireball was gigantic, totalling a size of around 10 meters. It consumed Tobirama and other nearby ninjas.
Suddenly, behind Madara, Tobirama appeared. He in turn bulged his air mouth to launch a technique. A huge wave of water shot out.
«Suiton! Rising tide!»
All around was flooded. The waves drowned out the flames and engulfed Tobirama and the various surrounding ninjas who had previously been consumed by the flame attack.
With surprising speed, Madara extricated himself from the enormous area of water. He was now in the air, hurtling towards Tobirama at full speed.
— I see! So the one before was just a clone?! Impressive!» he shouted, satisfied.
Tobirama prepared for the arrival of his adversary. Just as Madara was getting close to him, he disappeared.
«Permutation technique!»
A cloud of smoke formed, and in Tobirama's place appeared a log of wood. It was now at the top of a building to the right of where it had been before.
— Tsss... You've got a real gift for escaping!» Madara sighed as he recovered himself on the ground.
Tobirama then leapt towards Madara. He performed a mudra and, with a wave of his hand, conjured up one of several rocky peaks that plunged towards Madara.
«Doton! Earth spike salvo!»
Madara dodged the spikes, which were all heading in different directions. To do this, he had to zigzag quickly and successively.
At the same time, Tobirama teleported onto Madara's back.
«Shunshin!»
Then, his hand was seized by an enormous surge of electricity, and he hurled it at Madara.
«Raiton! Lightning bolt!»
This time, the attack was so fast that Madara didn't even have time to react. Lightning struck him, coursing through his entire body until he was paralyzed.
— Bastard!» Madara growled, barely able to move his tongue to speak.
— You're just a shadow of your former self.» Tobirama said ironically.
Suddenly, as Tobirama lunged at Madara, his sword clenched tightly between his two hands, with lightning speed, Madara opened his one free eye wide. The tomoe of his Sharingan spun to form a large circle with three smaller circles inside it.
The circles began spinning at breakneck speed, and just as Tobirama was about to deliver the final blow to Madara, all of space and time twisted.
All the events that had taken place during their fight played out in reverse, then everything stopped and moved more slowly toward the future, until the moment Tobirama activated his Raiton technique.
So Madara dodged his attack, then suddenly grabbed Tobirama by the collar and threw him to the ground with incredible force.
Tobirama quickly recovered and raised his head to face his opponent.
— Damn Mangekyou Sharingan!» he growled.
— Hu... Hu... Hu...» Madara laughed «You're really strong... Without my right pupil, I probably would have lost. It's a shame I don't have my left one anymore...»
— I wonder how that happened... What could have caused the loss of your pupil?»
Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Tobirama. Of course! That was it! It was obvious! A technique that involved the loss of one of the Uchiha's pupils...
If we assume that Madara had used Izanagi, with this technique, he could have altered reality, which could have undone his death at the hands of Hashirama.
— Oh... Looks like you get it.» Madara exclaimed.
But as the two adversaries faced each other, suddenly a voice rang out in Tobirama's head
«Ninjas of Konoha! This is the First Hokage speaking! I ask you all to jump and take up high positions. I will try to neutralize as many enemies as possible at once to ensure our victory.»
Tobirama didn't know what to think. It was normal for Hashirama to do everything he could to help the villagers; he would do the same. But this... He was clearly putting his life in danger. He was worried about his brother.
«Now!»
Then Tobirama jumped onto the roof of a tall building, followed by all the other Konoha fighters.
— What is this charade?» Madara exclaimed.
Various enemy ninjas had followed those from Konoha to continue their confrontation, but none had reacted appropriately. They must have believed that this was a retreat, symbolizing defeat. However, Konoha had the advantage in this battle, so this conclusion was not credible.
Suddenly, a thunderous noise echoed throughout the village center.
«Mokuton! Nativity of World of Trees!»
A phenomenal number of trees sprouted up all over the center of the village. They impaled, covered, or propelled Konoha's enemies. Screams echoed across the battlefield.
Madara, sensing Hashirama's chakra, had jumped at the very moment the trees had grown, landing cleanly on one of them, as if nothing had happened.
— Hun! Hun! Hun!» Madara sneered. «Hashirama!!!»
Tobirama's eyes widened. At the same moment, Madara leaped up and ran in the direction from which the attack had come.
— No!!» Tobirama cried out, rushing after him.
Suddenly, a man appeared behind Tobirama. Lightning flashed across the sky. Everything went black. It was chaos.
*****
It was the end.
📖To be Continued...📖