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As the downed, and unconscious Mifune lied on the ground, the pool of blood began to expand greatly. The Kages looked at Naruto, their bodies tensed at the sight of the obliteration of Mifune.
That could've happened to them, but it didn't. And even now, the exact same thing could still happen to them if Naruto wanted to end them. But that was not his goal at all.
To destroy their morale would mean their advancements in both preparation for war and the evolution of their power would falter greatly. It would halt their growth to the point where they'd die in seconds the moment the war began.
Naruto stood still, his question digging down a burrow inside their minds.
"So... Who is Next?"
Only time will tell if their lives will continue. The lightning that had clad Naruto's blade was dangerous; maybe admirable to some; but dangerous nonetheless. As they all stood still, both parties wanted to see who would make the first move.
Up to this point Naruto had yet to gain a single injury and he was fighting the Kages for God's sake. Enough of waiting, Naruto moved his leg, now making the move.
The Kages had their guard up considerably - even Onoki had his guard up in front of someone so young, but so overwhelmingly strong. Naruto bent his knees a tiny bit, entering a stance before disappearing from their sight, leaving a large crater once leaving.
Each time he reappeared, a noise was made by his blade channeled with lightning chakra, making them flicker and twist their heads towards the cause it, but Naruto would disappear the moment they registered the noise.
Finally, Naruto appeared from behind, leaving another crater that was even more larger than the last once he jumped up, entering the air as the moonlight engulfed him.
Naruto looked down, the blade that was still coated in lightning chakra grew wildly as he imbued limitless amounts of it into the blade. The Kages looked up to the sky. Seeing what was hurling towards them, they quickly dodged the attack that would've cleanly ended their life.
As Naruto brought forth the lightning imbued blade downwards, the ground shook, the attack piercing meters underground and travel miles above surface.
Onoki appeared flying himself towards him. He went through a series of hand seals before he unleashed the jutsu that he was about to use. Once finishing, the snow on the ground began to rumble in anticipation.
As Naruto continued falling, spikes that sprouted from earth began to target Naruto at the speed of sound. Bits and pieces of snow and ice were attached to it due to the cold weather.
"Now!" Yelled Onoki, gesturing for the other Kages to make their move. They all nodded, all attaching themselves onto the spikes by channeling chakra to their feet to stick on to the pillars of spikes.
The Kages followed the trail that the spikes were leading them, the spikes growing in length every second. Naruto sighed lightly as the Kages jumped off the spikes.
Looked at the snowy ground for a moment before immediately deciding on his next course of action. His eyes looking directly at the ground, Naruto outstretched his hand.
"Banshou Tenin!"
The invisible force pulled a platform of snow-covered ground towards Naruto. Just before the Kages could connect their fist to his face, the platform of earth appeared below Naruto's foot.
"Too slow," taunted Naruto, jumping off of the platform of dirt and snow. They completely missed their attack as Naruto was now on the air once again.
"Is this everything that you have to offer? I guess this war will be easier than I thought." Naruto spun in the air elegantly as he saw the future once again through the use of Shinsekai.
Onoki once again came hurling towards Naruto, his fist building force as he reeled it back while flying. The resulting force would certainly be great. Naruto didn't falter, his Juden flaring to life once more.
His perception heightened to a degree that was unrivaled.
Earth vs Lightning. Naruto still had lightning coursing through the glistering blade that was as beautiful as the sun light rays. Twisting his body, Naruto had narrowly missed the speeding punch that came his way.
Summoning a clone to assist him, Naruto was thrown out the way. He was in an aerial disadvantage if he continued fighting in the air - the territory of Onoki. Although it would've been fixed if he had used Susano'o.
Naruto landed back on the ground, the snow separating upon Naruto's descent. He looked back above and saw the Kages jumping off of the spikes of earth laced with snow and ice. With them all attacking together, Naruto increased the output of the lightning that he was wielding.
The lightning was wild as held the blade with two hands, elevating it to be slightly above his shoulder. It was like holding a back and getting ready to hit a ball entering the atmosphere at inhuman speeds.
Swinging the blade, the Kage disappeared as a result as the crackling lightning being flung towards them. Naruto narrowed his eyes, the Kage appearing right in front of him.
Naruto step back, separating his legs as he saw them come close in on him. Sealing his blade, the Uchiha decided to handle this in style. As the Kage quickened their pace, Naruto got ready to clash fists.
Closing his eyes for just a split second, Naruto felt everything around him; the wind; the snow; branches of tree tearing off; and even the spikes of earth were quickly breaking into pieces. He pulled his hand back, forming a fist.
His mind going quick, Naruto ingrained his fist with nigh-limitless amounts of lightning chakra The ground shook, being torn from the raw power being displayed.
His eyes resembling that of a dragon, Naruto dashed forward, his fist leaving trails of barbs of lightning that was left behind. His mind went blank as he ran through the battlefield, the ground becoming something like a web due to the numerous cracks being enforced onto the ground.
"Can you..." Naruto muttered, his eyes glowing through the series of tendrils that obscured his vision only a tiny bit. "Handle this?" Naruto finished, throwing his fist as the Kage stopped in front of him and threw theirs as well.
Their fists clashed.
In that single moment, it was as if time had stopped. Naruto's lightning had disappeared and no equal reaction was made when they clashed - well, everything had stopped.
For exactly 4.53 seconds.
As if time had moved forward once again, a loud sound reverberated through the field as a shockwave was formed out of complete nothingness. Coils of lightning stirred through the air, making a loud shriek moment.
On the other side of the spectrum was their fist plowing passed the wind. A shield of wind was almost present around them as the clashed continued.
Naruto grinned as he saw the Kages struggling.
"Still not enough to break you? Well, then I'll go even further." Almost like a knife slicing through butter, Naruto easily pushed more lightning chakra into his fist. Like a parasite, the lightning began to move, shimmer as the tendrils strode violently.
Flashes of lightning grew bigger, the fears inside each of the Kage's heart resonating as they felt their strength sapped every second. Naruto was barely even trying against them.
"Is this all? And here I thought I had to go all out of break every single one of you. Seems I've overestimated you all." His fist pushed through, the lightning enveloping the Kages from above. In a flash, an explosion occurred, terraforming the battlefield that they all fought on.
Naruto was in a state of excitement, the blood from within rushing through his body, as adrenaline fueled him even more. This was a fight that, while not worth much to him, has been satisfying.
Naruto jumped back, the explosion slowly clearing. He had been mostly safe from any injuries and only had a few debris on his clothing. He looked around, unsealing his blade once more to imbue it with wind chakra.
"Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique!"
Naruto saw the dust tear as mist that came from Mei now was illuminating around him. He huffed, swinging his blade once to rid of bit of the snow; he didn't want to be vaporized by the acidic nature of the Kekkei Genkai.
Naruto jumped back, the air pressing against his cloak. It was unexpected, but a pillar of sand formed over him, transforming into that of a fist. Another veil of sand risen from the snowy ground, the sand erupting into a hand.
I see. Naruto thought, knowing what Gaara was up to. Wind rushed from behind, the air ever-so shifting as Tsunade a fist of chakra at the back of his ribcage. Just before Naruto got hit, an etheric aura now clad the middle-part of his body. forming a skeletal ribcage that wrapped around.
Although maintained no injuries, Naruto was pushed towards the hand of sand; and the fist of sand following from behind. The Uchiha maintained a calm expression.
"Something as trivial as this won't even defeat me," announced Naruto, his sword flaring to life with flames of tomorrow. The temperatures quickly reaching abnormal degrees, Naruto spun in a 360, the sword cast in flames leaving trails of fiery ascension behind.
Cutting through the hand of sand, two surprised Ay and Onoki had their eyes widened as their location was revealed right behind the sand hand. Expanding the flames, Naruto elegantly slashed down, the heat automatically turning the sand into hot glass.
The glass emitted a sound as it shattered upon contact. As Naruto destroyed the fist of sand from behind, the boy's entire being was being reflected from glass to glass. As another batch of sand threatened to take hold of Naruto, he used Shinra Tensei to push everything away.
Landing back on the snow, Naruto saw the Kages get up from the ground, now covered in snow. They glared at him. In their minds came numerous thoughts.
In all times they fought an opponent, they have never fought someone who clearly overpowered them effortlessly - they were Kages for goodness sake!
The ones who oversaw their village as both their leader and as their greatest protector. But the man in front of them could not only destroy a village in a single second, but is capable of destroying the world without exerting too much power.
The way they were now - their hopes of crushing him were impossible. Tactics didn't work on someone who was not only is intelligent enough to pick up on obvious clues, but also being able to repel them so easily that he made them look like twigs.
"Let's take this up a notch again," said Naruto, sealing his blade once more. Once sealing the blade in the late night sky, he disappeared, leaving sparks of electricity behind. Appearing behind Mei, Naruto curled up his hand, forming another fist.
Reeling it back, Naruto punched her from the side, sending her crashing towards the countless trees covered in snow. Ignoring the shouts from the other Kages, Naruto disappeared once again, quickly following the flying Mei that was sent hurling from tree to tree.
His eyes flashing with a dangerous gleam, Naruto reappeared on a tree trunk just a bit ahead of Mei. Taking a kunai, Naruto leaped off the tree trunk, his eyes sparkling with killing intent. before Mei could regain control, Naruto passed by her, leaving numerous slashed all across her body.
AGHH! Mei thought, screaming internally to not show her pain to the world. Blood dripped from her wounds as he fell on the ground. Once landing, her knees were on the ground alongside her hands. The blood that dripped from her body had dyed parts of the snow a crimson color.
Naruto landed just a bit behind her, before disappearing.
She'll be back in action in a few minutes. If she can shake off the wound I dealt to her through my Susano'o, then she can handle the damage a simple kunai had done. Naruto mused to himself, appearing back at the battlefield.
Oh? They've disappeared. Naruto heard a shrieking of electricity from behind. Reacting quickly Naruto saw Ay taking a stride from behind. Jumping to the side, Naruto had dodged the lightning-fast attack from Ay.
Tsunade appeared from behind as her fist descending down toward Naruto ripped through the air, shredding it as it moved a constant speed. Ay, who had originally missed his attack, came back around, his body once again being shrouded in lightning.
"You're trapped, Naruto!" Yelled Ay, gritting his teeth tightly as he projected his fist towards Naruto's face. He saw what he meant by this once sand started to erupted from all around, encasing them 3 in a dome of sand.
"How funny," muttered Naruto, obviously taking this as a joke. If he was any other person, then this would've been a serious problem. "but you continue to overestimate yourselves." But he was Uchiha Naruto.
This was merely a cakewalk to him.
"Banshou Tenin!"
He spread his arms out, his hand entering a claw-like motion as the Kage were pushed back alongside the dome of sand that towered over them. Screams of displeasure reached his ears as he cracked parts of his body.
Hm? Naruto thought as he saw Onoki weave through a series of hand seals. As soon as the hand seals were finished, a three dimensional shape formed around the palms of Onoki's hand.
"Dust Release: Twin Javelin of the Prehistoric!"
The three dimensional shape split apart, soon forming and resembling that of a Javelin that floated just a few inches above.
"Can you dodge this?! Uchiha!" Onoki yelled, throwing both of the Javelins at Naruto. The Uchiha observed the speeds that it was capable of going. If he wasn't careful his whole body would go missing.
The Javelins started to sprout smaller needles - almost like a senbon needle. Naruto now knew why Onoki asked him if he could dodge. The threat wasn't exactly the Javelins, but the most dangerous were the senbon-like needles that sprout from the Dust Release jutsu.
"How childsplay. This... is... NOTHING." Naruto used both Juden and Shinsekai to assist him. He was normally able to memorize many things in the 10 seconds that he could see the future, but it seemed as though Juden was needed to increase his perception, thinking, and capacity.
Now knowing where the exact spots of the needles going his way were, Naruto executed his plan into action. Naruto jumped, dodging a needle that pierced through the snow and the ground.
Continued dodging the senbon needles until they began to slowly drain in numbers. A smirk grew on Naruto's face, his eyes glowing furiously as he kept on dodging the senbon needles.
"Now, how about you go away." Naruto disappeared and reappeared in front of the floating Onoki and punched him away. Once landing back on the ground, Naruto ducked down slightly to avoid the sand that nearly hit his head.
Tsunade appeared right next to Naruto, lifting her leg as he attempted to kick him. Reacting quickly Naruto raised his foot up to the air, blocking the strike with a kick of his own. As their foot fought for dominance, Naruto jumped in the air using his other leg, retreating the leg that clashed with Tsunades, and instead used his other leg to knock Tsunade's foot away.
His fist tearing through the air, Naruto sent Tsunade flying. Once landing the hit, Naruto sensed two individuals coming after him at quick speeds.
Looking back, Naruto saw Ay shrouded in electricity and Gaara riding on top of his sand. Naruto stayed focused, dashing towards their way.
"Get ready!" Yelled Gaara, preparing his sand. Ay nodded, the lightning surrounding him become more wild as he poured more chara into his Lightning Chakra Mode. Naruto twisted his head to the side, dodging the punch from Ay.
Without missing a beat, Naruto looked back at Gaara as kept dodging the punches from Ay. Sand around Gaara began taking form into a spiky weapon, twirling as it dove towards Naruto at great speeds.
Naruto waited. And waited. And waited; until the right time. Ducking down, Naruto avoided a roundhouse kick from Ay. More and more punches entered Naruto's view and he kept dodging it without much effort being put into it.
And... Naruto thought, the spiky sand quickly closing in on Naruto. As Ay threw another fist of death to Naruto, the Uchiha took grasp of his forearm, pulling him closer as the spike of sand pierced Ay's skin.
Blood splattered, the sand digging into the skin that was coated in lightning chakra. Jumping back, Naruto saw ground crack below him, separating as a bottomless pit of darkness enveloped his vision. He summoned a clone, getting him out of the tight position.
Unsealing his blade, Naruto held it tightly around his fingers, flames erupting from the crystal blade, the exquisite nature shining even future as it reflected off of the brilliant flames. With the Kage slowly regrouping back, the final touches were nearing.
Mei appeared, becoming fully visible once she jumped out of the trees covered in the platinum-colored snow that covered the land around them. Tsunade appeared, her bruised and battered body dripping in blood as she clenched her fist, an etheric aura of chakra cladding her fist.
Ay slowly walked from behind, his white haori no longer attached to his body; now being bare-chested and his golden vambraces visible with marks of scratching as blood leaked from his forearm.
Gaara used his sand to float from above, sand sitting behind him. Onoki flew beside him, using his Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique to stay afloat in the air. He prepared to initiate a jutsu.
Naruto looked at them, their efforts on their attempts to defeat him as clear as day. Naruto smirked, slowly walking towards them as the blade of fire melted the snow that they walked on.
His face feeling the heat of the fire, Naruto took off his cloak, letting it burn away into ashes. He had outgrown the cloak that he had used for a few years. The scars on his forearms became more vibrant once the cloak had been worn off.
"I respect your bravery for fighting me" -- Naruto paused, his eyes shimmering from one Kage to another-- "but you can't beat me once I take this more seriously." He dashed, the flames of youth burning brightly behind him as he appeared in front of them all.
Thrusting his blade, the flames scattered as he moved to destroy them all. Gaara, reacting to this gesture quickly, a barrier of sand blocked the sword just barely before it could make contact.
Tsunade and Ay appeared from the sides, their curled fists tearing through the air as it was aimed towards him. Naruto had reacted quick enough to stab the ground with the blade, evaporating the water from the melted snow on the ground.
The ground cracked, pillars of fire erupting from the ground. Spinning a 360 as trails of flames as burns appeared on parts of Tsunade's and Ay's bodies. Grimacing from pain, they shook it off and backed away to avoid any more burns from appearing on his body.
Looking into the future, Naruto foresaw Onoki activating a jutsu. Narrowing his eyes, Naruto looked at the direction of Onoki, seeing him weaving through hand seals.
Onoki widened his eyes.
There it is again! It's as if he already knew I was preparing for a jutsu! Onoki mused internally, shaking off this thought as he pursued using the jutsu. A three-dimensional shape formed above him.
The form of the three-dimensional shape quickly changed as it finally formed into a sword. Sweat slithering down his face, Onoki was expending much of his reserves performing these jutsus.
He spread his arms out, the blade enlarging to frightening degrees.
"Dust Release: Sword of the Former Times!"
Naruto knew that he couldn't deactivate the jutsu that Onoki had performed due to his lack of knowledge and understanding of the jutsu and that the jutsu was a high-caliber. Don't forget that the jutsu was also stemmed from the Kekkei Tota that Onoki wielded.
He had to admit... for someone like Onoki to be able to perform something like this was quite outstanding. Naruto grinned darkly.
Just because my Mangekyou needs me to have a certain understanding before the jutsu can be safely deactivated, doesn't mean I don't have other methods of deactivating them. Naruto thought, holding his hand out.
The Kages got out of the way to avoid getting killed by the sword formed from the Dust Release. Naruto looked back, his Rinnegan shivering in overflowing power.
"Preta Path: Blocking Technique Absorption Seal," muttered Naruto, his voice sounding deadly as the technique of the Rinnegan completely absorbed the deadly jutsu that could vaporize beings in a split second.
Naruto held the sword covered in flames tightly, disappearing and reappearing above Onoki he sliced him down, leaving a large gash across his body as Naruto kicked him back on the ground.
Still in the air, Gaara progressed towards him, his sand acting as a device to keep him in the air, floating. Naruto looked down, A missile of mist being aimed towards him.
The soon started to separate, having the intention to envelope Naruto's body once and melt him alive. Gaining an idea, Naruto pulled out the good old fashioned wired strings.
The strings were practically invisible as it wrapped around Gaara. His eyes widening in realization, Naruto pulled him to him. As the killer mist approached his back, Naruto took hold of Gaara as he positioned him under him, his back being pierced by the mist.
"AGHHH!" Blood sputtered from his mouth, his back bleeding continuously. Every cell on the back of his body etched in pain. Gaara gasped for air as he was dropped on the ground, writhing in pain as he squirmed around.
Naruto sighed, spikes of earth rousing from the ground as the other Kages trailed from behind. The Uchiha ushered his arm out, his hand straightening as a deadly look appeared on Naruto's face.
"It seems my final attack shall now be enforced. SHINRA TENSEI!" The invisible force once again awakening, pushing everything back so many meters away from him. Everyone writhed in pain, blood seeping from their wound.
Naruto crouched slightly, stretching parts of body as he prepared to unleash one last jutsu from his arsenal. He saw the Kages limping towards him, trying to conserve energy for anything that Naruto would dish out.
"My grandfather once told me the possibility of using the Rinnegan in a rather unorthodox way." He stopped channeling flames to his sword, and stabbed the ground with his blade, leaving it there as he prepared for the use of the jutsu.
"He never tried it himself, but I have come to test out this theory of his," The gray aura surrounded Naruto once more, his Susano'o immediately evolving into one that had bones, flesh, and skin wrapped around it.
He made a ram seal, two faces appeared on the right and left side of Susano'o, alongside two pairs of arms on both sides.
The one on the right made a snake seal.
The one on the left performed a bird seal.
"Can you beat the power that is wielded by the Man Who is Untouchable?!" Naruto yelled, the ground cracking as an eerie presence shadowed over them, letting no room for breathing.
Naruto grinned madly.
Could they handle the heavens falling on top of them?
"TENGAI SHINSEI!!"
Naruto roared loudly, his voice reverberating across the field. Nothing happened at first, but it wasn't until they saw a shadow slowly form above them that they finally felt the presence of heaven crashing down to the mortal realm.
Naruto's eyes glistened as he saw what fell on top of the Land of Iron in that singular moment in time. They lifted their heads, their eyes widening at what was happening - It was something that destroyed their images of the world.
A meteor that threatened to dismantle the core foundation of the Shinobi World.
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Satsuki and her group of Shinobi sat in a cafe in the Land of Fire, drinking a fresh cup of coffee while in their disguise. They were getting closer to the whereabouts of Itachi.
They only needed a little bit more time.
"Everyone! There's something falling down the sky!" A middle-aged man entered the cafe screaming as look of disbelief was on his face. This caught interest of many people as they ran out of the cafe, wanting to see it for themselves.
"Wait! Isn't that all the way in the Land of Iron?! That's where the 5 Kage Summit is being held!" Another man yelled, now wondering what the hell was happening in that section of the nations.
Satsuki walked outside, everyone else following behind. It was difficult to see the horizon due to the countless people crowding, so they jumped on top of the building, now gaining a clear view of what was truly happening.
"What the hell? Is that the work of God or something?" Karin asked, in disbelief that something like a meteor falling down on earth was humanly possible.
Satsuki looked at the large meteor falling down in shock.
What in the world are you up to, Naruto? Satsuki asked internally, her heart fluttering at the sight in front of her. The people couldn't see it, but she could see it very clearly.
A man was running on the coarse-textured meteor. Satsuki couldn't help but smirk at the work made by God.
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"You see that Kakashi? Kurenai?" Asked Guy, the sun slowly rising as they saw the meteor that could be seen many countries away. He was bandaged and walked around with no arms, having to rely on his feet.
The sunlight hit their faces as they saw another catastrophe quickly moving through the air. An immediate thought ran through their mind.
"That damn Naruto," said Kurenai, clenching her hands into a fist as he felt anger surge through her body. It was obvious that it was Naruto.
Only someone like him would dare to do something this grand in front of people revered as the strongest in their nation.
They too saw a man running along the side of the meteor from afar.
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Naruto felt the fresh breeze brush his skin delicately as he sat on the meteor that made humans look like mere ants when compared to itself.
Naruto spread his arms outwards as the meteor was about 10 or so miles above the ground. He had used numerous clones and made them throw him up to the very side of the meteor.
"Now! How will you fare against a meteor?!" Naruto asked, his voice not reaching the Kage's ears due to their fears of facing a meteor that seems to have a lot of volume etched into it.
"Kazekage-dono! Use your sand to slow it down! I'll conjure a jutsu to destroy it!" Yelled Onoki, veins bulging from the side of his neck as he began weaving through hand seals. The heavily injured Gaara nodded, standing as blood slithered from his body frame.
"I'll assist with my strongest Boil Release attack!" Yelled Mei, knowing this will push her passed her limits when it comes to strength. Tsunade and Ay knew they couldn't do much.
Their specialties shined when they were in close combat, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't conjure an attack that could reach places that were far.
Naruto grinned, seeing them ensue their attempts to destroy the falling meteor. Onoki gritted his teeth, almost finished with the set of hand seals. Mei weaved through a series of hand seals as well. Gaara, although heavily wounded, elevated an ocean of sand to the air, the sand covering the entire bottom of the meteor.
Tsunade had sent so much chakra to both her fist that an aura of chakra started to ravage her surroundings. Ay used his Lightning Chakra Mode to its maximum output, his entire forearms being covered in lightning.
Onoki and Mei finished their jutsu, simultaneously yelling it out.
"Dust Release: The Trident of the Primordial Deity!" Onoki yelled, a trident with 3 prongs formed from a cube that hovered over Onoki's head. The size of it began to increase, soon becoming the quarter of the length of the meteor that was crashing down to the ground.
"Boil Release: Strings of the Eroded Heavenly Body!" Mist started to erupt from her mouth. It soon began to strengthen as it expanded in size. It was time for them to retaliate.
"Do it!" Gaara yelled, his voice strained as he struggled to keep himself conscious while the meteor repeatedly pushed down on his sand. Following Mei, Onoki sent his Dust Release jutsu towards the meteor.
Tsunade and Ay started throwing punches upwards, shockwaves of chakra and lightning reaching to the meteor, making contact. Their fists were disappearing as they begun pushing passed their limits as Kages.
Onoki's heart rate skyrocketed as his Trident had touched the bottom of the rocky meteor, exploding from within as the Boil helped erode the entire bottom of the meteor.
Once their jutsus were finished they fell on their knees, tiredness attempting to take over their bodies. Gaara looked over at Tsunade and Ay.
"You guys are our last hope in destroying the meteor! I can only handle this for a little longer! NO MATTER WHAT... DON'T GIVE IN TO FATIGUE!!" Gaara yelled, his knees crashing down to the ground as he managed to keep the sand afloat. Their eyes hardened, their fists begun going faster.
Motivation surged through them as their pace quickened tremendously. They became so immersed that their heart beats became the only sound that they could heard.
Their eyes were wide; the outcome of their lives depended on this one moment. It was a live or die situation that they must simply survive from.
As they continued to send shockwaves of chakra and lightning - it was only for a moment as...
Their fists became a blur.
"GRAHHHHHHHH!!!" They let out an anguish scream, blurs of punches rapidly sending shockwaves to the meteor. Quickly, bits and pieces of the meteor came off.
Gaara's body ached as he held up his arms up high, the meteor now only about a mile off the ground. Their punches became more potent, their arms tiring out quickly as the numerous amount of punches sent waves of energy.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on! They yelled internally as more pieces came fell down. Clenching their teeth, the outcome of the battle hadn't been decided just yet.
The two Kages - Tsunade and Ay had surpassed their limits!
A smile graced their faces as the last of the meteor has been destroyed. They felt to the ground, steam coming from their bodies as soreness washed over their body.
The Kage's looked up, wanting to know where Naruto was at. Their smiles disappeared, now seeing where Naruto was located.
"No matter how much you try, your efforts will be blow away," grinned Naruto madly, looking down on them from 12 miles above the ground.
There he stood on the bottom of another meteor.
Naruto jumped off of the meteor, his body gracefully falling down to the ground. He breathed calmly, his back facing the eyes of the Kage as he stared back at the meteor that he had pulled down to the ground.
As Naruto's brushed passed the winds of the earth, all he could feel was, not the hatred being directed towards him, but the pleasantness of the world.
Everything seemed to come forth on the Kages as Naruto disappeared in the air. Their bodies couldn't budge even an inch.
The bodies they inhabited refused to listen to them, as reality finally revealed themselves to them. There was no sand to slow the rate that the meteor came down. No Dust Release nor Boil Release to be used.
No punches that could be served.
All they felt was the cruelness that reality gave to them on a silver platter. As the heavens came crashing down they closed their eyes peacefully, seemingly accepting what was happening.
And, just like that, an explosion occurred. Everything around them was destroyed, the meteor digging a burrow on the ground. In this singular moment, an otherworldly feat had been accomplished.
The whole Land of Iron had been destroyed with a single attack.
As limitless amounts of smoke dissipated, the Kages could be seen scattered around, just barely avoiding direct contact with the meteor. But even then, the damaged that they sustained had terrorized their bodies greatly.
The amount of time healing they could need could take up to a month or two. Their bodies aching, they turned themselves around, a pool of blood seeping from their bodies.
Their eyes caught sight of Naruto at the bottom of the massive crater as they crawled to get a good look at him.
He stood there in the middle of the massive crater with absolutely no type of injury. Their attacks dealt no type of damage; and even the meteor that he pulled from outer space had failed to damage him.
"It seems the battle has been settled," said Naruto, holding his blade tightly. "I must say, I was surprise to see you manage to destroy the first meteor. I had simultaneously brought down both meteors, but the second one was a bit further away so it took longer for it to get down." Naruto held his blade to the air, a smirk appearing.
"And remember what I said: you all have a full year to prepare for the war! By then, I want to see you and every single one of your allies at their strongest that they have ever been! If you ever hope to defeat me anyway." Fire appeared around his blade, burning brightly as it reflected off their faces from afar.
"And once you're ready"— Naruto smirked, looking from one Kage to another— "come and face me! Now and then, I don't care if you attack me during the year preparation in attempts to stop my reign! I'll gladly take the challenge!" He declared daringly.
He did this because there seemed to be something that held undeniable when it came to Naruto.
He feared no one.
Who else would you fear when you held power that could only keep on growing. And with that Naruto left, leaving behind a battle that would be told centuries even after his death.
The man who fought against the 5 Kage's and and became victorious unscathed. A man who didn't even bring out his full power to completely destroy their morales.
He was the boy chosen by the rulers of Heaven and Earth, to bring judgement and retribution that the people of the Shinobi World would never truly understand.
And the world will now face the final act that he had been planning since the days of his youth. While he lost sight of it, he soon came to realize it once again when he had talked to his younger self in his mindscape.
But no matter how many layers that stood behind him, never unveiling. There's something that is absolutely certain to everyone, including himself.
That Throughout The Heavens and Earth, He Alone is The Honored One.
Uchiha Naruto!
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Done! Holy shit. I have created 3 chapters this week alone lol. I'm quite surprised that I have managed to create this many this whole week. I'm currently trying something new. In the weekends I won't be updating and will use that time to relax.
I'll now be updating on the weekdays only. Whether it's 1 chapter or more, it'll be on the weekdays and no longer be on the weekends.
The ending of the chapter is something I'd only do for the ending of the book, but I decided to do something rather different. This is the final chapter for the second act of Grace.
The first act was pretty much the start of Grace up until the chapter 54 - the chapter before the 2.5 year timeskip. The second act was the start of the timeskip up until this chapter.
The third act will now be starting from the next chapter all the way to the ending of the book. Do expect this fanfic to be lasting for about 30-40 more chapters left.
Or maybe less. As you can see, I've been putting more words into each chapters lately, and it will probably be like this from now on. With this chapter ending, I have reached 5900+ words this chapter.
Thank you for reading Grace up until this point. The next chapter will prolly be on Monday. You should vote too.
But until next time.
CYA!