It roared in anger ending in a rampage. A scream was heard from the top of it. Everyone looked up to see Obito fall on his knees screaming out in pain.

"Stop the jutsu of the person on top of the Juubi, now!" Hashirama screamed up to Sasuke and Naruto.

Mariah slashed more and more clones. She looked up to see Sasuke heading for the Juubi. More clones came her way; she needed more help. Focusing her chakra she did a summoning seal and summoned Kurayami.

"Kurayami, transform." She ordered.

She nodded and got into position. Mariah did the necessary hand signs as the wind picked up. Within seconds she and Kurayami were conjoined. She felt overwhelmed by her new beast self as usual. She felt more powerful but needed more.

"Tadashi!" She called in a beastly voice.

Tadashi looked towards her knowing automatically what she wanted. He stopped what he was doing and ran towards her. He focused his energy and soon merged with Mariah giving her all of his power. Once she was done transforming, Mariah closed her eyes focusing her chakra. Power flowed through her veins and ended it with a final transformation. She activated her curse mark as the final step. Every possible thing that she could do was done. She was now ready for battle. She opened her eyes revealing all the powerful ocular jutsu feeling powerful.

The first thing she saw was Sasuke's Susano shooting an arrow towards Obito. Seeing an opening, Minato attacked him head on hoping to end it. He got back up but Mariah appeared in front of him punching him in the face. Obito fell to the ground as blood splattered everywhere. Sasuke stopped before the body looking down at it.

"It was pretty quick in the end, now we only have to seal that zombie and the war will be over." Minato said.

"We'll take care of this giant too." Sasuke said.

"It isn't over yet." Mariah added appearing behind them.

Both Sasuke and Minato were overwhelmed by her immense chakra. Before they could say anything two hands grabbed them pulling them back. Naruto grabbed Minato while Mariah grabbed Sasuke pulling them from the Juubi's grasp.

"He blocked Madara's attempt at controlling him because this is what he wanted to become from the start!" Naruto shouted.

"The Juubi's Jinchuuriki." Mariah finished.

Suddenly the Juubi vanished along with its clones. Obito rises as the pieces of the Juubi were being absorbed into him. Everyone jumped onto Gamakichi's head.

"That is creepy." Naruto commented.

 "Are you saying that my eyes are creepy right now Naruto?" Mariah questioned.

"N-noo,"

" Naruto, how do you tell?" Sasuke questioned.

"I became friends with the Bijuus! That time I received chakra from them, that's why I understand! I sensed the Bijuus' chakra enter Obito and I've also seen Rikudo's resurrection jutsu once! The seal are different! Anyway, he was doing a jutsu to become a Jinchuuriki from the start."  Naruto explained.

"I see,"

In a flash, Hashirama's Myou Jinmon fell onto Obito. At first it seemed to work but soon it shattered. Obito sent out his Juubi arms grabbing the barrier making it disperse.

"This is bad," Mariah said.

"Everyone, be careful! We don't know what that man's going to do now that he got hold of the Juubi's power! He destroyed the barrier!" Hashirama shouted.

Obito then appeared near Gamakichi.

"Stop Obito. It's enough.."

"O...bi...to?" Obito replied.

Suddenly the three Hokage appeared in front of him

"I'll say it frankly. This man..is stronger than me." Hashirama said.

"It's rude to say it but it's true. Even if we cancel the remaining clones we still can't make it."

"I know but..."

Without hesitation, Obito ran towards the Hokage splitting the two brothers in half.

"What?!" Naruto gasped.

"Saru, Fourth! Jump!" Tobirama ordered.

Tobirama then constricted Obito making hand signs.

"I created the Edo Tensei and fighting techniques for it. Though it's the first time I used them with my own body. I reckoned this wouldn't be enough to kill you."

A flash appeared blinding everyone followed by explosions. Debris flew everywhere blowing everyone back.

"Everyone! Don't get close to it yet!"

Everyone opened their eyes seeing that Obito was still standing unscratched. Sarutobi sent giant shuriken his way but he merely cut them in half. Getting close to Sarutobi he sent out black energy similar to the Jinchuuriki bomb cutting Sarutobi in half destroying his upper body. The blast still continued heading towards the others but Mariah got in front of them. She held her arms out which started to glow black. She shot out black chakra which protected everyone from the blast.

"Dad! Couldn't you make the third jump too with your jutsu?" Naruto questioned.

"It only works on something that either I or my chakra are touching in some way."

"Stop whining, Naruto. The Hokages are just Edo Tensei. They know they can't die, that's why they're purposely getting close to the enemy..to study his actions and skills. You should analyze the fight instead of worrying." Sasuke said.

"Though it takes some time for Edo Tensei to recover. I'll go and create an opening." Minato said.

"At this point I should go too." Hashirama said running towards Obito.

As he was running he was stopped when Madara jumped in his path.

"I'm not gonna wait anymore Hashirama!"

Obito then jumped into the air and started to bloat and fell to the ground.

"He's not use to that form." Mariah said.

"Gamakichi, below you!"

Gamakichi jumped just as Obito emerged from under the ground. Mariah jumped next to Naruto ready to protect him but Sasuke got in front of both of them shielding them from any harm with his Susano.

" Not you.. I will delete the past." Sasuke said.

In a split second, Obito grabbed Naruto and Sasuke's heads with the intention of sending the dark energy into their skulls. Mariah reacted quickly sending out her cat like paws grabbing them both and pulling them to safety.

"I thought I was gonna die!" Naruto shouted.

Obito moved out of the ground with his body stretched.

"Just like a snake," Gamakichi said.

"We must defeat him while he still can't control his body!" Minato said.

Obito reached out his hand while his body was swelling up. His bomb shot out passing over them.

"Was he aiming at dad's clone?" Naruto questioned.

"No! It didn't look like that!"

"He's hitting himself...." Sasuke concluded.

"He missed the target! It seems like Obito's mind is just barely standing the Juubi's power; like he can't control it!"

"We're lucky he missed, otherwise we'd be dead. We really have to be careful." Gamakichi said.

"I'll create an opening, use a combined attack on him without leaving him time to react!"

Obito roared as he was being absorbed by the Juubi. Minato threw his special kunai towards Obito and ran towards him.

"I'm coming Obito!"

"Who...are you...?"

A poof of smoke emerged. Once it cleared Obito was standing on his two feet holding a staff.

"He looks like the Sage of Six Paths." Mariah said.

"How do you know?" Naruto asked.

"When I died, I saw him but only for a moment."

"Finally, sensei."

Minato ran towards Obito attempting to stab him but it was blocked by the staff. Obito swung the staff destroying Minato's arm just before he was able to disappear. Mariah rushed in aiming a kick to his back but it was also blocked by the staff. She sent out her cat like paw and slashed his body. Obito growled in rage and punched Mariah's stomach making her fly back towards the others.

"Gah!"

"Dad! Mariah!" Naruto and Sasuke screamed.

Sasuke looked towards Mariah but looked away. There was no time to be worried, she was fine and Sasuke had to focus on the battle.

"Get ready!" Sasuke shouted.

Minato then appeared in front of them.

"He got me, but I'm fine. I jumped with Hiraishin."

"Are you sure?"

A black ball of energy was where Minato's arm would be. It then illuminated the field. Sasuke activated Susano while Mariah activated her shield. As it was ready to explode Tobirama appeared grabbing it and brought it back to Obito just before it exploded.

"Don't worry... I just used my clone. The last time I touched him I put a mark on him."

"Wow! You can copy my dad! Old man with the face of the Second Hokage!"

"It's the fourth that is copying me. Also you should address me as second with respect."

Obito then appeared again out of the smoke.

"He just won't die." Mariah said.

"I think I'll have to create an opening with my rasen senkou chourinbukousanshiki." Minato said.

"You act funny sometimes. I'd laugh at such a technique name. But now is no time for laughing.

Naruto and Sasuke then ran forward despite Minato's plan. Sasuke used his Amaterasu against him which he easily blocked.

"Sasuke Naruto! I said I'd create an opening!"

"I will do that!"

"No! We will! We'll leave the main part to Dad's team!"

"I sensed that you were focusing chakra in your left eye. You surprise attack won't work on me."

"Naruto, I'll adjust to your chakra percentage with my Sharingan."

"This guy has no intention to lose!"

The two ran side by side. Sasuke held out his hand wielding Amaterasu while Naruto held out his Rasenshuriken. They combined making a swirl of black. Tobirama appeared behind Obito and Minato appeared in front of Naruto's and Sasuke's attack. Minato flew towards Obito which set him on fire.  Minato then appeared next to Tobirama unharmed.

"We hit him before he could shield himself with those black things. This time it should've worked."

"It didn't," Mariah said.

As she predicted, Obito was unharmed.

"It didn't work at all. We can't touch those shape shifting black balls...but it doesn't work even if we hit him. His attack and defense are both fast."

"It's like he obtained the power of his dreams." Minato said.

"Weird..it should already be starting to recover.. If he only ripped off one of your arms."

"I now have  the power of the ancestor of all shinobi, you can't judge me with your usual standards." Obito said.

"Mariah! Can't you copy everything he's doing?" Naruto questioned.

"No, my kekkai genkai only lets me copy other blood lines. This is no blood line. It's impossible to copy."

"Fourth, be careful not to be wounded seriously...even if your body is edo tensei. That man is probably using techniques based on onmyoudon..which turns all ninjutsu to nothing. In other words, even if it hits your edo tensei body..you won't be able to recover and you'll die. Your right arm will probably never regenerate."

"In that case, we must be even more careful.."

"Sasuke, Mariah. We'll have to fight ourselves... can you guys keep up?"

"Don't underestimate Uchiha."

"Or a Kira,"

"Ooook! I'll enter Kurama mode and turn into a Bijuu!"

With that said, Naruto tried to focus his chakra but his cloak only disappeared.

"Dumbass," Mariah sighed.

"You father and son can be really dumb sometimes. Ever that man is appalled." Tobirama said.

"I-I'm sorry."

Obito was about to launch another attack but was blocked by Gamakichi's attack.

"A toad from Myoubokuzan?"

"Gamakichi, what are you doing? We should fight using diversions or combination attacks."

"Sorry, but the kuchiyose time is almost over! I want to try and do something before that!"

"I appreciate your spirit! Have a nice rest!"

"I guess it's up to Sasuke and I." Mariah said.

"Obito, didn't you want to become Hokage? Why are you doing this?!"

"Are you trying to lecture me now? Isn't it a bit too late sensei? You're always too late when it's important. I'm glad that my teacher was the Hokage. It helped me give up on my dream to become the same. You didn't realize it was me despite being my teacher. In the end you're not that great. I pity you. You died a hero and you're now showing your own son how shameful your life was.  Yes...Hokages just look pathetic compared to what I am now."

"Don't badmouth Hokage just cus you couldn't become one." Naruto said forming his Rasengan. " And more importantly.." He then disappeared. "Don't badmouth my dad who became Hokage!" He finished appearing behind Obito hitting him.

Obito was on his knees has his wound was trying to heal. Naruto and Tobirama appeared next to Minato.

"The Hermit mode is working!"

"The hermit power..."

"The toads' attack are called sejutsu, in other words they use natural energy. Now that I think about it, when I sensed the Juubi's power it felt like natural energy. Maybe you can right natural energy using natural energy..though I don't really know how it works. I'm so glad I learned Senjutsu! I'll use the Toad Kumite next!"

"It seems that it worked...he recovered and is guarding his back."

Out of nowhere a huge tree emerged soaring to the sky.

"There is nothing worth leaving in this reality. This world is already dead."

A barrier then appeared around the battle field.

"It's the end of the war. Do you want to take everything outside? As if I'll let you. You won't be able to save anyone."

"Dad..I have an idea. Can you join fists with me?"

They then joined fists combining their bijuu.

"Naruto..that guy can't do anything. He couldn't even protect your mother and his subordinates. Do you know what day it is tomorrow? It's the anniversary of Minato and Kushina's death. The day they died. If you die it's the end ...in this world...do you.."

"You're right. Then it also means that...tomorrow is the day I was born. You k now..it's not the end. I'm here in this world! Let's go dad!"

"Yeah!"

Suddenly a clone appeared behind Mariah. The clone had the black energy in his hand prepared to kill. Mariah turned around sensing him and activated her shield blocking the attack. She wasn't quick enough so part of his attack still got through injuring her leg. She winced in pain but stood her ground.

"Mariah!" Naruto and Sasuke shouted.

"He wants me dead. I'll handle the clone, you go after the real one. I'll be fine." Mariah shouted.

"Hmph, you couldn't even defeat me in my original form back in the Akatsuki. You're weak compared to me." Obito said.

"Let's see about that." 

Mariah jumped in the air as did Obito getting away from everyone else.  He formed a sword and swung it at Mariah but she easily dodged. She grabbed some kunai from her pockets and started to throw them at him but was easily deflected. She jumped into the air at the right time when Obito came from behind and tried to stab her. Mariah pulled her sword out of its sheath on her back and started to swing at him. She did some hand signs making giant hands came out of the ground and were heading in Obito's direction.

He got caught in one of the hands grasp. The hand turned into spikes and started to slowly go through his skin. No emotion passed on his face. It didn't seem to faze him at all. Black balls surrounded him and destroyed the hands easily.

"Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu!" Mariah shouted.

She disappeared into the ground and tried to pull him under with her but he jumped out of the way. She reappeared in front of him and tried to punch him but he dodged it. Mariah reached into her weapons pouch and pulled out some Senbon.

"Jouro Senbon!" She shouted as Senbon started to fall from the sky.

He disappeared into the ground and appeared behind her.

"Kokuangyo no Jutsu!"

"Pathetic. You're so predictable Mariah. Using the same jutsu over and over again." Obito said as the area around them darkened.

 "Katon Karyuu Endan" I shouted.

A huge fire dragon appeared and attacked Obito. He kicked my back and countered my jutsu making it bright.

"You're never successful with that jutsu."

Mariah turned around and saw a kunai heading straight for her. She quickly dodged but it grazed her arm. She held out my hand and a sword appeared in it. Obito got his sword thing and lunged towards her.

She jumped out of the way as he was trying to stab her heart. Mariah attempted to slash him but he deflected it. She felt him behind her but it was too late; his sword went through her back and out her stomach. Blood spewed from her mouth. Obito came towards her and kicked her in the stomach. Blood came out of her mouth causing her to have trouble breathing.

 "Lightning style: Lightning edge!"  

He jumped out of the way and kicked her head down to the ground. She started to get dizzy and everything was moving. Mariah sent chakra to her hands and disappeared under soil. She then appeared to where Obito was standing and attempted to use her chakra scalpel on him but she was kicked away.

 "Wind style, barrage tornado!" She shouted.

Mini tornados came onto the field and headed towards Obito. He  jumped high enough over the tornados.

"Earth style, earth spikes!" I shouted.

The ground started to shake. Then out of the ground came huge spikes and they were going towards Obito. He effortlessly kicked the spikes away.

 "Lightning style, lightning storm!" Mariah shouted putting my arm in the air.

Storm clouds then came over the area and lightning came down from them and went for Obito.  As he dodged more and more bolts came at him. Nothing was working. She summoned chakra to her sword and now there was lightning surrounding it. She pulled her arm back and threw the sword, but lightning came out and went towards him. He made some hand signs and made a fire ball which deflected the sword. 

"Sorry Sasuke, stealing your move."

She lifted her arm up making lighting go to it making a huge lighting dragon. The dragon came down onto the field hitting Obito. Mariah knew better and sensed Obito behind her. 

"Water style: Water bullet no jutsu!" She shouted sucking in my breath.

 As she released my breath the water bullet shot out hitting Obito sending him back. He fell to the ground but he wouldn't be down for long. 

 "Water style: Tidal wave no jutsu!" She shouted.

 A huge tidal wave headed towards him but he dodged it.

"He's not even doing anything, only dodging." Mariah growled irritated.

 "Ice element: Ice piercing dragon fierce tiger!"

 A giant ice tiger formed and attacked Obito. Once again he was able to dodge but grabbing the tiger and throwing it, 

 "Ninja art: Black tornado!"

 Soon a huge black tornado came and sucked up Obito. As soon as it sucked him up, it dissipated.  Obito grabbed her and stabbed her stomach. Mariah ignored the pain and spread her wings to get out of his grasp. Her wings pulled them apart and she flew a few feet from him. She held out her hand and lightning bolts formed in them. She through them all at Obito but he repelled them back at her. She quickly dodged them and rushed towards Obito. She then felt pain in her back and plummeted to the ground. Her wing had been cut.

"He's only toying with me." She thought.

She landed on her feet and got out her bags full with clay and made clay birds.  She shot an army towards Obito and once they were in position she made them explode 

 "Ninja art: Raining Needles!" she shouted. 

"You're still weak Mariah," He said hitting her back sending herflying towards the ground. 

"Wind Style: Wind blade!"

 A whirlwind blade formed around Mariah's arm and she aimed right for Obito. Right before she hit him he appeared behind her stabbing her in the arm with a kunai. The blade disappeared and she fell to the ground grunting in pain clutching her wound.

 "Damn that hurt." She muttered.

 "Ninja Art: Seneitajashu!"

 Mariah held her arms out as a barrage of snakes came out from her sleeves but Obito instantly killed them. She then jumped into the air leaning back then released lava out of her mouth but Obito grabbed her throat choking her.

"I knew I should've killed you when you were a child." He said bringing her close.

 "Dark style: Black flames!" She shouted escaping his grip.

Obito watched as flames shot out from Tadashi's hands heading towards him. He made no effort to move as the flames neared. Once they were close enough Obito started to suck up the fire.

 "Devil style: Hell Fire!"

"Kinda glad Akuma took over so I could learn this." She thought.

The ground began to quiver causing Obito to lose his balance but caught himself. The ground then began to diverge sending fire out of its depths. The fire shot out towards Obito; the gaping hole spit out the flames as Obito evaded them as best as he could. Seeing that it wasn't working she made more hand signs.

 "Devil style: Skeletal army!"

Once again the ground began to shake this time violently but then came to a halt. Out of the ground black skeletal hands started to pop out. Soon black skeletons started to rise from the ground. In one swift move, the skeletons were gone.

"Impossible." Mariah breathed.

"Well I had fun Mariah, but I must leave. My job was only to weaken you."

"Wha?"

Obito disappeared. She thought he had gone but she was stabbed through the stomach. Mariah hunched forwards in pain seeing a blade through her abdomen. She heard Obito laugh then disappeared. Mariah was left alone gasping for breath. Pain was felt all through her body, blood dripping from her wounds. She was badly wounded. There were wounds that she didn't even know she had gotten. Painfully she rose to her feet and looked over to the battle field where she saw that the tree had grown. As fast as she could, she ran towards where she left Sasuke and Naruto. She then fell to her knees in exhaustion. Her chakra was fine but she was losing too much blood.

"I can't walk, I have to fly."

Using one of the techniques Konan taught her she summoned wings by using origami and flew as fast as she could towards the boys. Once she got there she saw that the branches from the tree was sucking the chakra from the shinobi. They were aiming for where Sasuke and Naruto were. When she reached them the branches were targeting Naruto and Sasuke. She could feel Naruto's chakra draining.

Mariah swooped down grabbing Naruto and pulled him out of the tree's grasp. Once she placed him down she saw that Sasuke was in danger. He was surrounded by the branches.

"No!"

Despite the pain, Mariah ran towards Sasuke. She couldn't lose him, this time is forever. Before the branches could grab him, she pushed him out of the way taking his place. They squeezed her sucking her chakra dry.

"Ack!" She gasped.

She looked down at Sasuke seeing his bewildered expression.

"Why?" He whispered.

"Get going Sasuke, forget about me." She ordered.

He couldn't help but stare. Why did she save him? Her energy was fading. Her life force was being sucked out of her. If it weren't for all the power ups then she'd be dead by now. She was losing all hope. This was it. Just as she was preparing her fate the pain stopped and her chakra wasn't being sucked out anymore. She was falling. Mariah opened her eyes to see that the branches had been shattered and she was falling towards the ground. Before she could hit the ground someone caught her. She looked up to see Sarutobi.

"Sorry for being late!"

A weak smile appeared on her face as she looked up at the man. Once again, he had saved her life. He was the one who fought for her and let er stay in the village. He gave er a home, and eventually a family. She knew he assigned her to team 7 for a reason. He saved her life assigning her to that team and now he's doing it again.

"Here Sasuke, take care of her."

He then put Mariah into Sasuke's arms. Sasuke then looked down at Mariah seeing her in  a weakened state. She look frail, easy to break. He's never seen her so vulnerable before. Her face was pale and her skin looked shriveled up as if she was old. Mariah looked up at Sasuke with her eyes staring in his. The look in her eyes surprised him. He saw that she was clinging on to life and also, deep inside, was love. He could see that she protected him because she still loved him. Sasuke ran over towards where everyone else was.

"Sakura," Sasuke called.

Sakura looked up at Sasuke then saw Mariah's condition.

"What happened?!"

"She protected me from the tree."

Sakura then tried to heal her but it wasn't working.

"Why isn't it working?!" She screamed frustrated.

"It's because she's three different people." Naruto said.

"What?"

"You're only healing Mariah but there's also Tadashi and Kurayami. You'd have to heal all of them at once."

"I can't, can't she unfuse?"

"No, she'll then die. She's using all their chakra and she only has a little bit left which means that they'll all die." Someone hissed.

Everyone looked behind them seeing Orochimaru.

"So what then? Either way she's going to die?!" Sakura shouted.

"No, let her recover naturally."

"Orochimaru, you're late! What about the kages?" Sarutobi shouted.

"I helped them recover, if they're not cowards too they'll be here soon."

"Heh, always the usual cynic."

Sasuke looked down at Mariah wanting to do more but knows he can't. His fists tightened in rage.

"Is anyone from the Yamanaka clan here!?"  Hashirama called out.

"Yes!" Ino answered.

"Can you use the shindenshin no jutsu?"

"Yes I can!"

"Please, connect me to everyone! There is something I need to explain about that tree and the infinite Tsukuyomi!"

Hashirama then explained everything he knows about the tree how it feeds on chakra and that they need to destroy it. Sasuke activated his Susano and turned to Juugo.

"Let's go, Juugo."

"Yeah."

"Naruto...over already? I'm going."

"Sasuke! I'm going too!!"

"Protect Mariah," Sasuke said to Sakura.

"So Sasuke, do you understand that only senjutsu works on the enemy?"

"Now bring together your pain, sufferings, discouragements, and bring them together! To show me our real dream!" Hashirama shouted to everyone.

Every shinobi stood together ready to put their lives on the line with the five Kage standing before them.