Chapter 57

They watched Obito rise a bit more before stopping. Sasuke was now holding up Aceso. He pulled out the eye strainer dropper, and put some in her eyes, Aceso did the same to him. 

"Shinobi are all done for," Obito declared. "There's no need to keep going. If you don't resist, I won't kill you." Naruto was growling angrily, tears of anger brimmed in his eyes. Regret will fill you unless you stip and do nothing."

"If we just do nothing then we'll all be saved?" a cloud shinobi asked. 

"That's right," Obito confirmed. "No more fearing death or enduring pain. You'll be entering a dream." All the shinobi remained quiet.

"Don't give up!" Hashirama ordered. "If you're put under genjutsu, you're as good as dead."

"This enormous tree is very closely connected to Obito like an extra limb for extracting chakra," Lord 3rd stated. "We mustn't be careless."

"Such words of weakness," a  voice said, they looked back to Orochimaru, landing with Karin and Suigetsu. "How unlike you, Sarutobi Sensei."

"Orochimaru," Sarutobi said. "You're quite late! And the Five Kage?"

"I saw to their healing," Orochimaru answered. Aceso's eyes went wide, for once she was happy to see Orochimaru. 

"So they are going to be alright?" Aceso asked.

"Yes," Orochimaru smiled at her. "If they don't chicken out, they should be becoming."

"You're still as sarcastic as ever, I see," Sarutobi stated. 

"Sorry I'm late, Jugo!" Suigetsu apologized. "Sasuke! Aceso! Nice to see you again."

"Same to you," Aceso stated. 

"You've come..." Jugo said. 

"Oh, man that tree really is giant, seeing it up close like this," Sugiestu said putting his hand above his eyes, to get a better look. " I wonder how long it's gonna take to cut that huge thing down?"

"Ugh, who cares about that, Suigetsu?" Karin asked. She started laughing and daydreaming.

"Is to heal the Allied Forces shinobi, right?" Suigetsu brought up. 

"Yeah! Yeah, I know!" Karin responded. "Shut your trap! I know already, damn it!"

"Karin," Aceso breathed. "Reach into my pack." 

"Why do you want me to do that?" Karin asked appearing behind her.

"It's essential, pull out a chakra and healing patch," Aceso instructed. Karin did as she was told. "Not put it on the red chakra surrounding Sasuke."

"What is that going to do?" Karin asked. Her eyes were filled with joy. 

"Not sure, but it's worth a try," Aceso stated. Karin put the patches on Sasuke, Aceso looked back to see the patches popping up on all the other shinobi behind them. She saw it starting to form back on Shikamaru, but only at his right thumb. Aceso frowned. 

'I need to get my blood to Shikamaru,' Aceso thought to herself. 'Then I can perform the chakra-healing transfer technique.'

Suddenly Hashirama's voice appeared in her head, along with the rest of the alliance.

"Listen, carefully," Hashirama ordered. He explained the giant tree and infinite tsuykumoi to everyone as Obito raised a hand. 

"So, we're all just nourishment for that tree?" a shinobi asked. 

"That's it?" another asked. "That's what shinobi are?!"

"Then how are we supposed to fight ?!"

"Plus we only have about fifteen minutes?! We can't even get near it!"

"And yet, doing nothing will yield the same result," Hashirama said. We must either cut down that tree or defeat the caster within the remaining time."

"But--" a shinobi began.

"I told you not to give up hope!" Hashirama reminded them. 

"Easy for you to say!" a shinobi exclaimed. "You're a Reanimation from the past brought back to life! We're still alive!

"It's all over," a shinobi stated. Another branched stretched out, to go retrieve more chakra. Aceso's eyes glowed green, it went up against the barrier, and the branch struggled to move forward as Aceso struggled to keep it from moving anymore. Obito narrowed his eyes at her. Sasuke started to form his Susanoo. He took off towards a branch, he took Jugo with him. 

"If it's going to end like this, we shouldn't have started it all," a shinobi said. 

"The rest of just stay like that while I get rid of one pesty red bug," Obito said. "I'll take you to a world where there's no regrets." Suddenly, the branch Aceso was holding back was cut off by Sasuke's Susanoo; Aceso's eyes went back to normal.

"Naruto," Sasuke breathed. "You throwing in the towel? 'Cause I'm not." He landed on the ground. "Let's go, Jugo."

"Right," Jugo responded. Naruto entered Nine-Tails chakra mode. Suddenly, Aceso was able to feel the same feelings Naruto felt in his heart. They all saw a kid Naruto wanting to reach out to Sasuke as the young Uchiha walked into eh forset.

"Back then I kept thinking that I should've called out to him," Naruto said. "I've thought about it over and over. " They saw Naruto on a swing; staring at his graduating class. "That's why..." He battled Sasuke right when they were trying to get Sasuke from going to Orochimaru.

"This from that day," Kiba stated They all saw the day that the funeral was held for Lord 3rd and a few others. They all saw the night before Aceso was leaving to go on Doctor Mission, she didn't have a scar on her eye, then the moment Naruto ran into her on their way to the sand village with a scar, she was with Mico and Nico. Then Asuma Sensei, then his funeral. They saw him laughing with Master Jiraya, then the memorial spot held for him in the village. "I..." They saw a reanimated Itachi helping a very worn-out Nagato. They saw Sakura holding a passed away Granny Chiyo from when they saved Gaara. "I..." They all saw the moment Neji passed away, being held up by Naruto. "I don't wanna regret anything, I never want to think, 'I should've!"

"Naruto," Hinata breathed. They all saw Naruto's parents, Minato and Kusihina. 

"Plus, I can't just make everything..."Naruto continued as he grabbed his sister. He leaped up, he was now covered in Kurama's chakra body. "That we've done up until this point meaningless!" He looked over. "Sasuke! I'm coming with you!" Sasuke chuckled. Everyone was finding the strength to fight again.

"Naruto Uzumaki," Obito breathed. One Kurama's tails were attached to Minato. Moments later, Minato went back to normal. 

"Hey Sasuke, you do remember that only Sage Jutsu works on him, don't you?" Naruto asked. 

"I'm aware of that," Sasuke said. "I'm not you." Jugo started to spread curse mark symbols across the Susanoo. 

"Karin! Look right there! Isn't that Sasuke's Curse Mark patterning?" Suigetsu asked. 

"But wait, I thought that he lost the Curse Mark power?" Karin recalled. 

"Sage Jutsu Power's the source of Jugo's Curse Mark," Orochimaru said. "And with regard to Sasuke...when I experimentally injected Jugo's chakra into him, he immediately unleashed the Curse Mark. So it's not surprising Sasuke's Susanoo would respond to Jugo's chakra similarly. I suppose you could call it a Sage Jutsu Susano'o.

"Maybe, I'll go join them," Karin said,

"You'll trip 'em up and get stabbed again!" Suigetsu pointed out. Karin angrily punched Suigetsu, his body turned to water like normal. 

"Let's go!" Sasuke declared as they took off.

"Right!" Naruto responded. 

"It'll be too late for regrets," Obito said. "Not that either one of you has a future." Obito used one of the black balls and jumped down to him. They were all then shown the memories of Lord Hashirama, Madara speaking about a true dream, the distribution of the Tailed Beasts among the great nations. They all saw the very first Kage summit. Naruto and Sasuke both collided with Obito. They clashed, then Obito started to go away from them, and they followed. Naruto started to form a tailed beast, while Sasuke had his Susano draw an arrow.

"Sasuke!" Naruto called out.

"I'll synch up!" Sasuke shouted. They shot their attacks, Obito threw out the black balls, it blocked the attack creating an explosion, around the explosion, shot two green kunai, with actual kunai attached to ropes in them, the green disappeared as the kunai skidded past the sides of Obito creating two cuts.

"Incredible..." Kiba breathed

"But what just happened," Sai asked.

"Naruto, Sasuke, and Aceso are attacking as one," Hinata answered. Two ropes attached to the kunai, popped out blades, and the kunai was pulled back; they created a deeper cut into Obito, as the kunai landed back into the hands of Sasuke and Naruto, the ropes went back to Aceso. 

"Did they do it?" Shino asked. The Susanoo and Kurama landed on the ground; they all stared at the debris clouds. Obito emerged bleeding but still standing. 

"You better be prepared," Obito warned looking down at them. Kurama let out a roar, and they continued to fight. Down below the Nine-Tails chakra formed over Shikamaru again, along with a healing and chakra tag. 

"This is!" Sakura noticed. 

"You don't understand, Sakura," Ino spoke up. "He's doing this unconsciously."

"Huh?" Sakura asked.

"His chakra is acting on its own, merely from his deep desire to help Shikamaru," Ino explained. "With my Mind Transmission Jutsu, I can sense it!" 

"I'm sorry, Dad," Shikamaru breathed. "Naruto doesn't want me to join you yet."

"Shikamaru, stop talking right now!" Sakura ordered. "I am not going to let you die! Naruto! No, everybody needs you!" Shikamaru put his hand on the ground, he started to get up.

"He's back," Sai nodded with a smile. 

"Thank you, Aceso and Sakura," Ino smiled. "And thank you, Naruto."

"Don't go overboard, Shikamaru," Kiba advised. "You just might become my advisor instead!" Akamaru whined anxiously.

"No need to fret, Akamaru," Shino assured. "That's because A Kage can have up to three advisors."

"Shikamaru!" Choji cried out happily, hugging him. Tsunade landed in between them, she put her hand on Shikamaru's s head. 

"Lady Tsunade," Sakura breathed. Tsunade put a hand on her head.

"You did well," Tsunade complimented, Sakura smiled up at her. Tsunade walked over to her Hashirama. "Forgive me, Grandfather."

"Don't apologize, Tsuna," Hashirama said. "I dragged this mess into my grandchildren's era. My cowardice is to blame."

"However, your heart and dreams have been passed down even beyond your grandchildren's era!" Tsunade stated, she smiled up at where Naruto was fighting. "Yes! Your Will of Fire!" Naruto went to attack, and Obito dodged.

"You get back here!" Naruto demanded. 

"All right! Now let's get this giant tree cut down while he's distracted by his battle!" Hashirama ordered. 

"No matter how tall or thick this tree may be, it's still quite tiny compared to the great earth itself!" Onoki said. "And this earth, this entire land is on our side!" Everyone yelled in eagerness. 

"Let's go, everyone!" Lord A ordered. 

"Okay! That means it's Double Lariat time, brother of mine!" Killer B rapped. Everyone cheered.

"As a woman, I mustn't start late on battle like I have marriage!" Lady Mizukage said. "All right then! Let's move out!" There was more cheering. Naruto shout out a giant-tailed beast bomb, it slammed into the shield created by Obito, and two ropes snaked around; and jabbed Obito into the sides with kunai. 

"Did you get him?" Naruto asked as they landed. 

"Yes," Aceso said as her ropes came back with the kunai drenched in blood. "But no many how many times I jab him, it doesn't seem to really affect him."

"Come on!" Naruto raged as the smoke cleared; they went back to attacking. 

"Follow me, everyone!" Gaara shouted, and more shinobi cheered. 

"The springtime of my youth has not faded just yet!" Gai shouted. "Tenten! Lee! Let's go!"

Right!" Tenten responded.

"Yes!" Lee responded. 

"For our future! Come on!" Hashirama encouraged. All the shinobi continued cheering. 

"Let's go!" Gaara ordered, he started charging towards the tree, everyone else joined in. The shinobi started to cut down branches of the tree, aiming for its trunk. Sasuke went to go strike Obito with his Susanoo sword, but Obito dodged Naruto and Aceso's attacks. They all went to go strike, they got all got blocked by two of the black shields.

'I can't keep aiming for his sides,' Aceso thought to herself. 'Getting to the back and front are going to be difficult.'

"It's about time for you to sleep," Obito said. "Now I'll guide you into the dream." They all grunted. "There's no time left!" The black rods shot out, and Aceso's eyes glowed green, it grabbed onto the green barriers instead of the Susanoo and Nine-Tails, Kurama let out a roar. It started to crush the barriers, and Aceso put up many more. 

"You keep getting my way," Obito grunted, he threw out his hands, and the black ball hands, slammed right through the barriers, grabbing onto Kurama and the Susano, both Sasuke and Naruto looked as if they were being squeezed. Obito then jumped down, slamming them into the ground. Aceso put up green barriers to protect everyone from debris and flying rocks coming from the impact. 

"What happened just now--?" Kiba asked.

"Naruto and Sasuke are--!" Hinata began. "Wait!" Kurama's mode and the Susanno all disappeared, the four inside those now laid on the ground in a deep hole that was created from the impact. Naruto got on his knees.

"Why do you get up?!" Obito demanded. "And what exactly are you fighting for, anyway?! For your comrades? Or do you fight for this world?" Naruto panted heavily. "Listen...Comrades eventually betray you. And this world transforms love into hatred. You should know! You've experienced it! The people of the Leaf and Sasuke betrayed you in the past...and Jiraiya's love conferred hate upon you. You and I are both the same. Cumulating anguish and pain will change you in time. And very soon, even more pain and suffering shall assault you. How can you claim you will never change because of it?! You don't know when comrades might betray you again. Or if the Allied Forces will go back to fighting each other. You don't even know if you can defeat me right now! There should be no reason to keep fighting for a world like this. No matter, it's coming to an end in a few minutes. So why do you keep on fighting ?!" There was an ominous silence. 

"Because it's my Ninja Way," Naruto answered as he slowly got up. The other three got back onto their feet. "No matter what, I never go back on my word! That is and always will be my NInja Way."

"I thought I told you to go sleep," Obito glared at him. Naruto went back into Nine-Tails chakra mode. 

"Let's end it with our next move, Naruto," Sasuke said stepping next to him. "Aceso."

"Yeah," Aceso agreed as Sasuke's Susanoo formed, it forged into part of the Kurama's chakra form. 

"We'll sleep tomorrow and we'll dream our own dreams!" Naruto stated. The Susanoo then covered Kurama's chakra form in Susanoo armor. 

"Wait, that's," Madara breathed.

"I believe this is what Madara did once before, didn't he?" Sasuke recalled. Green barrier chest plate and back plates appeared, there were also knee and elbow coverings. In one hand was a purple and green sword, that glowed purple, and a green shield attached to the backplate. Everything glowed purple.  Sasuke encased him. Naruto, and Aceso in a case right between the eyes, that went over a green barrier. "This time it's going to be much stronger." Obito slowly rose off the ground, he created a DNA-shaped staff and a giant shield. 

"Nothing you try now will change anything," Obito declared. "Look above you. What do you see through the hole at the top?" They looked up to see the red moon. "The moon. The time to enter the area world draws near. It'll finally be time for the dreams of the moon to completely bury this gaping hole of hell! This sword is of the Sage of Six Paths' Divine Blade, the Nunoboko. You can no longer defeat me. Your strong emotions dwell within it, this sword of the soul. The Sage created the world using his blade." They stared at Obito.

"Hey guys, did you feel that?" Kiba asked. 

"Yeah," Shino breathed.

"Hold on!" Lee breathed. "Tenten, is this-?"

"Yeah," Tenten nodded. "Let's go, Lee!"

" I think he's calling us," Shikamaru said.

"Mm-hmm," everyone nodded. 

"I will vanquish all of you," Obito threatened. "No matter how much you resist, it's useless. The power of Sage will stop you."

"Sasuke, little sister, let's focus everything on a single blow," Naruto said. "I think we'll only have a small window to strike. Let's not miss it." Sasuke made an affirmative grunt as Aceso nodded. In all Nine-Tails, a Rasengan was formed. 

"And I'll use this sword to obliterate this whole world!" Obito threatened. Kurama let out a defiant roar. Lee, Tenten, Sai, Choji, Shikamaru, Ino, Hinara, Shino, and Kiba all landed inside a tail, claiming a rasengan. A Nine-Tails cloak was formed on everyone. 

"I'm giving a Rasengan to each of you! Use them to blast through and wreck his shield!" Naruto instructed everyone. 

"This, huh?" Tenten asked. 

"Can I really do this?" Lee asked himself, Aceso looked back at him, he looked at her, and she nodded in affirmation; and she looked back at Obito. 

"You can!" Naruto assured. All of them left the tail of the Kurama, they took the Rasengan, going right for the shield. Naruto and Sasuke reached forward, and they used the sword, slicing through the shield. The sword collided with Obito's sword, breaking it piece by piece. The sword slammed right through Obito, creating a large cut. All the tailed beast started to be extracted from Obito's back. All of them roared in freedom and anger. 

"Go now!"Naruto shouted. The tailed beast's chakra from Naruto shot out and collided with Obito. They started to reconnect with their chakra. "Little Sister!"

"On it!" Aceso shouted, her ropes shout out, it far down wrapping around the middle of the tail beasts extracted from Obito as two of the tails got smacked by away from by one and eight tails. 

"Originally One Tail was linked to me," Gaara announced flying in on his sand. " I can get him!"

"Gaara!" Aceso smiled in surprise. His sand shot out latching onto the One-Tails. 

"We finally found a weakness, this is key!" Killer B wrapped. "You can leave Eight-o's chakra to me!" Two tentacles shot out, latching on to Eight-Tails. 

"Nice, Octopops!" Naruto cheered. They all started to pull and the tree stopped attacking people, meaning Obito no longer had control over the Divine Tree.  

"Don't underestimate me!" Obito ordered. "My power's equal to the Sage of Six Paths'!" Obito started to play tug-a-war, pulling the tailed beast back towards him.  A hand came out of the Susanoo grabbing onto a tail; Naruto gasped.

"Just keep pulling, Naruto and Aceso," Sasuke ordered. The others landed on the tail. 

"Naruto, you're the one who asked us to help lend a hand!" Kiba reminded him. "So we're helping out till the very end!"

"You guys!" Naruto cheered. Shikamaru chuckled. 

"And that isn't all," Shikamaru smiled. "Aceso lend out some rope."

"Huh?" Aceso asked as she looked back, all the other shinobi all jumped in to help. 

"All right everyone! Now grab on to my chakra line with a  rope!" Minato shouted, he was back Nine-Tails form, he stretched out a hand, grabbing onto a tail. "Aceso!"

"Uh, right!" Aceso responded as she made a few hand signs. The ropes tied around Obito's half shot out nine different sections; they went back to the allied forces. Minato covered his charka over it. It shot past a ton of shinobi in many different directions. 

"It's this, right?" a shinobi asked as two grabbed on. 

"All right, on my mark, everyone pull hard, okay?!" Naruto instructed. "Now pull!"

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