This is a work of fan fiction using characters from the Naruto series, which is trademarked by Masashi Kishimoto. Everything aside from the original characters are created from the wonderful mind of Kishimoto.

Most of the following unrecognizable are original characters of mine.

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Chapter 35 :

"I knew it" the real Misaki who was still with the real Naruto and Killer Bee muttered as they continued to strut through the forest.

"What is?" Naruto asked.

"An edo tensei of Madara appeared before Gaara's regimen, I'm deactivating my other shadow clones to focus my strength to the battling Madara" Misaki informed Naruto.

"Shouldn't we go there?" Naruto asked.

"No, for now, we have to focus on looking for this fake Madara, he's the one that wages this war" Misaki said.

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Gaara was first to move, attempting to stealthily capture the two remaining edo tensei in his sand, but as expected for men who lived in the warring period they were always on their feet. Madara was a man of action, it did not take him long to attack them, confident in his fighting prowess, the invincibility of the edo tensei notwithstanding. He took his time building his momentum before coming at their ranks at full speed, countless men falling to his feet, and he has yet to even begin.

Their small group watched in anticipation, plotting their next possible move, with the kages and clone Naruto at their limit, Temari had to hold them back from fighting, meanwhile Ayako turned to Misaki who was wordlessly unsheathed her katana,

"I can buy you some time, but first Temari, can you do something for me?" Misaki looked to the older kunoichi with a smile on her face.

"I'll go with you" Ayako loosened her bandages and stepped next to Misaki who shook her head.

"I'm a shadow clone Ayako, I won't be a casualty when I go down, plus with Gaara down, it's only going to be you or Temari who can defend the others" Misaki smiled sincerely at Ayako.

And despite every single tissue of Ayako's body telling her to fight with Misaki, despite being a clone, she stood her ground, she knew that it was the most logical way to buy time for the key players to recuperate and to measure this seemingly immeasurable foe.

"Let's do this," Temari stood next to her eye on the price.

"I just need him away from the others" Misaki asked of Temari, which made her double take, in all the years she has known Misaki, she had never once doubted the smaller woman, but this was Madara they were facing, and Misaki wanted to face him alone, but putting their faith in her is the best option they have right now. Pinpointing Madara within the crowd, Temari released a gush of wind from her fan hurling towards the late Uchiha, effectively separating him from the great many.

"Don't you dare underestimate us" Temari yelled at Madara.

This one has guts, Madara thought to himself, but it was time that he showed her her place, it was a known fact that the Uchiha are avid flame users, it was pretty naive of her to go against him with her wind technique.

"Katon: Majestic Flame Destroyer" Madara blew his technique, that stayed true to its name, destroyer.

"Water Users on me!" Ayako ran, whilst she completed her hand signs.

"Futon: Suffocating Great Winds of Death: Reverse Tornado" Around her giant twisters formed and challenged the great Uchiha fire, strangling the fire, suffocating it from the wind that feed them whilst the water wall created by numbers of water users protected the others, leaving a thick fog of steam and dust.

Madara merely watched from his position, it was impressive that they managed to survive his onslaught without anyone getting hurt, but it was mediocre to think that it took him too many of them to stop a single attack. His eyes caught sight of someone moving through the steam and dust, a small lone figure walking towards him, a single sword drawn on her right hand.

Madara remembered her standing next to the Uzumaki jinchuriki, as she was the one who bared the clan's trademark more prominently, the rich long locks that bare a unique shade of red standing out amongst the crowd. Tiny as she maybe Madara wanted to see just how good she is for the caster of the edo tensei to want her back alive.

Wanting to see just how good this child is, he made another series of hand signs and directed them towards the alliance once more, he wanted to see if the red haired child can still keep a calm face as he targeted her allies, who did not have the time to recover or even see his attack coming, Madara inhaled deeply and blew several humongous fireballs at them.

Misaki smirked, wondering for herself if it was bad that she was impressed with Madara's fighting prowess. Without batting an eyelash, Misaki release her chakra into the ground and from there brusts of giant hands made out of her golden chakra caught the fireballs, and as they were caught, the hands closed in on the fireballs and covered the fireball in a layer of chakra cage, depriving it from its much needed air. The smoke and steam and dust have finally settled down and the other finally saw the danger that never hit them, slowly die within Misaki's chakra.

Continuing on her tracks to Madara, Misaki made a couple of hand signs and from there, six of her, one identical to each other, not only in appearance but also action, mimicking each other in a flawless synchronized movements.

"It's going to take a lot more than numbers to defeat me little girl" Madara warned Misaki who smiled genuinely at him.

"I know" in that very instant, her pace slowed, and her movements became dead silent, the band of identical red heads simultaneously swung their swords several times, movements, equal precise and calculated, then it happened.

Madara observed as Misaki multiplied once again, this time without the use of hand signs, but before his sharingan eyes can predetermine her actions, the army of Misakis began attacking. One after the other, the blades of her katana, like a horde of insolent mosquito feasting upon him, try as he might his eyes could not keep up with her speed, to the point wherein he cannot trust his vision to keep up with him. He did not know whether she was leaving after image with her speed, but at times she was moving just enough to trick the eyes.

Fed up, Madara activates his mangekyou, and uses Tsukiyomi on Misaki, but none of her versions were affected, then he realized one thing, Misaki was fighting with her eyes firmly shut. This girl not only knew how to fight with an Uchiha, but she moved as if this was not the first time she fought against one. Impatiently, Madara released his incomplete susanoo, swatting the Misakis like pesky mosquitoes, and though he managed to take out the illusion and replicas.

The root clone of Misaki flew several feet back, but she stabbed the ground and planted her feet to keep her from going any further.

"Impressive, but you're going to have to try harder than that" Madara stood arms crossed, as he deactivated his susanoo.

"I should, but I don't have to" Misaki smirked back at him disappearing in front of him to make way for Gaara's sand. It then sank to Madara, the girl had no intention of doing anything but to buy everybody else the time they needed to recuperate.

Misaki reappeared to root clone Naruto who was concentrating on building his sage mode.

"Naruto," Misaki called to her twin, as Madara once more activated his susanoo and began attacking the others despite the kages resistance.

"Sorry," Naruto immediately activated his rasenshuriken, Misaki stabbed her sword on the ground and began forming as much natural chakra as she could, her display with the chakra arms and the shadow clone nearly cost her the presence of her root shadow clone here.

Their efforts however turned to null when Madara simply absorbed the rasenshurinken awakening his rinnegan, not only did he stop his display there, but he used his rinnegan to do something unmanly, in fact the act was closer to God than anything else. The meteor's decent upon them accompanied the morals of everybody, some might say that had accepted their fates then and there.

"Everybody brace yourselves!" in the midst of silence it was Misaki, her voice modified by her sage mode, eyes glowing, the usually quiet Misaki's voice who rang throughout the ranks, enough to jolt some awake, especially the two kages, taking back the control of command.

"Gaara!"

"Naruto take Ayako away from here" Misaki told Naruto as she perched next to Gaara, watching as the third tsuchikage flew towards the meteorite, slowing it down and doing everything in his might to stop it.

Gaara and Misaki nodded to each other and with joined effort, sand and chakra sprung from the ground, like hands, letting out something between a yell and a growl to force themselves to push further, until it just stopped. Unfortunately for them, Madara wasn't finished yet, and rewarded them a second meteorite for stopping the first one.

"Not on my WATCH" Misaki said the last part on the top of her lungs. Her body engulfed in a swirling mass of yellow and blue, the static of lightning and the sturdiness of her own unique chakra and jumped from her perch. As her body traipsed the air, Misaki concentrated the chakra that covered her on her fist, creating a singularity of pure lightning and chakra.

Her fist collided with the second meteorite, then silence, followed by a blinding light before everything crumbled and shook. Large masses of debris began falling, smaller but still fatale.

Desolation.

That was the only word they can use after the collision, it was only when everything has settled did they realize the blanket of gold snuggling the entire company in a warm safe embrace, until it died down.

"Misaki!" Naruto looked for his twin, as her chakra was prematurely deactivated.

"This brings back memories" Madara said as they were reanimated, watching as the band of survivors formed clusters and clusters.

"The tsuchikage and the kazekage are especially persistent" Kabuto, through Mu sighted.

"If it wasn't for the girl, there wouldn't be survivors" Madara countered.

"Ah yes, her name is Misaki, she is, as a matter of fact the twin of the kyuubi's host, not that it matters, because apparently those are only clones" Kabuto continued smirking in his own little dark corner.

"So, what should we do?" Kabuto asked, curious to see what Madara still has in store.

"Mukton: Deep Forest Emergence" Madara executed the technique that he usually is on the receiving end. Roots and roots of wood swarmed the whole area like a wave of water during a tsunami.

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"Natsume" Yoko approached her hot headed friend, nearly scaring the girl out of her wits at her sudden materialization out of water.

"Yoko! What are you doing here?" Natsume asked as soon as she regained control of her mind, not that she was complaining, Yoko was a huge help in the battlefield, but with her extensive talent as a sensory nin, the experience fighting the enemy, the information she has on them and her natural leadership skills and tactical prowess, she is of better use to the headquarters, which gives Natsume the idea of whatever reason she is not there, there must be something going out here.

"The real Madara has joined the battle, as an edo tensei" Yoko began.

"So we were right, the masked man wasn't Madara at all" Natsume added.

"That's just it, fake Madara has also made an appearance, and with him is the small group of special reanimated ones" Yoko said,

"Special? You mean even more special than the ones already out here?" Natsume snickered.

"Natsume, he reanimated the fallen jinchurikis"

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"Wait stop" Kazumi suddenly jumped down from the line of trees they were traveling on.

"What is it" Itachi followed her suit to see her approaching a puddle.

Kazumi reached down plunging her hand within the puddle that went way way deeper than it actually looks like, in fact it was so deep that Kazumi had to submerge most of her arm and as she held onto something, the water began to fade, the scroll absorbing the water.

"It's from Yoko, she says that the real Madara appeared on the battlefield, reanimated, and that she left HQ to join the others to confront the fake one, who has a band of reanimated jinchuriki behind him" Kazumi relayed the message as the scroll was beginning to get eaten away by the very water that hid it.

Flashes of her uncle and their moments together took over Kazumi's mind and to that time when he wasn't there and in his place was the remnants of the forest and a battle.

Itachi enveloped Kazumi's much smaller hands within his own, words weren't exchanged, but she felt what Itachi was trying to say.

"No, my mission is here, with you, and right now, that's what's important" Kazumi gripped Itachi's hand tight and the two resumed their journey towards the troublesome genius that is Kabuto.

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Hate…

It was hate that saved them, the kyuubi's overwhelming hate towards Madara, the man who so many times controlled him and made him hurt people against his will, and though it saved them, their enemy did not show any sign of stopping as they physically jumped from their perch to attack them.

Thankfully another stroke of fate saved them, this time it was timing. Both the raikage, and hokage stood before their tiny band of exhausted fighters.

Clone Misaki finally regained consciousness by the time the mizukage arrived, completing the kages of the villages of the five great nations fighting against Madara and Mu.

"Misaki!" Ayako exclaimed.

"What happened?" Misaki looked around and frowned, the vast valley they had fought in was now surrounded by giant roots that seem to go on forever, she read about this technique, and how there was only one person who is capable of using a technique of this calibre…

And that person is not here. Ayako recapped on what was happening and as much as the three of them hated it, they needed to follow through the kage's requests, to let them protect against the real Madara so they can defend against the fake Madara.

"We entrust you with the message from us the five kage…" Tsunade began.

"We will WIN!" they all said in unison, and with them is the strength of five nations working together.

Clone Misaki nodded to Naruto who disappeared on ahead of them, for her clone had one mission she has yet to accomplish, to transport Ayako to another battlefield, clone Misaki waited solemnly for her.

"Gaara," Ayako wrapped her arms around his neck, before giving him a quick and chaste kiss.

"See you later" Ayako said breaking apart from him, a statement Gaara nodded firmly too. Misaki nodded towards the five kage before holding on to Ayako and disappearing away.

Meanwhile, Yoko and Natsume were going as fast as they can, when something red appeared before them before disappearing.

"Ayako! Where is Misaki?" Yoko asked the Sunagakure kunoichi.

"Here clone was just here, we were supposed to transport back to her and Naruto's location, but the clone barely had enough chakra to get here" Ayako explained.

"It's up to us then, let's go" Yoko concluded.

"How about Kazumi?" Ayako asked.

"Her assignment is much more important right now, she's with Itachi to confront Kabuto" Ypko said beginning to lead them

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"The others won't be able to make it in time" Misaki said simultaneously as her clone disappeared with Ayako. They can see Tobi and his band of risen jinchuriki within their sights, and they would have no choice but to make contact without the others.

Gritting his teeth, Naruto advanced towards Tobi, and banged his head against his masked face, a brashness only unique in Naruto. However his efforts were all in null to reveal this fake Madara as he was unable to even scratch the mask's surface, flying backwards towards Killer Bee who caught him with ease. Tobi just kept his posture as he commanded his little army of deceased jinchuriki to do his bidding, simultaneously.

Misaki kept her eyes peeled as the two remaining jinchuriki recklessly attacked Tobi and his forced allies, and as they were both engulfed in seemingly one jutsu after another, Misaki grabbed Naruto by the back of his collar and Killer Bee by his scarf, blinding her enemies with a flash of lightning before disappearing above the battle coverage.

Misaki sat on top of the tree branch Naruto clung to as he observed Tobi who was perched across them. She noted how shocked he was behind his mask when Naruto mentioned the similarities and differences between him and the other Madara.

"You didn't know did you? Shame, you should have expected nothing less from Kabuto, I'm surprised you didn't even put him under some form of genjutsu unique only to bearers of the sharingan. Judging from your actions, the one fighting the kages is the real deal he was able to unleash feats and make decisions for himself, such as taking on the execution of the kages of hidden villages of the five great nations, which makes you a fake," Misaki told him began jumping down a branch lower to level with the other.

"Just who the hell are you" Naruto questioned.

""Now that the war's begun, names don't matter, Madara, Tobi call me what you like, I am no one, I don't want to be anyone" Tobi insisted, as if he is avoiding the fact that he completely fooled everyone into thinking that he was someone he was not.

"Yet there is a certain level of confidence why you took on the guise of Madara, you're not stupid, a fraud, but that doesn't change the fact that your objectives are one and the same" Misaki deduced. Tobi's eyes went slicker with each word Misaki uttered. The child was infuriating, even more so as she mirrored her father as if it was Minato himself talking to him.

"I don't care about your presumptions of me, all I want is the success of Project Tsuki no Me, that's all, existing in this world that knows no true value. You jinchurikis, forced with the bijuu, all your life you've known nothing but pain and suffering, you know a little of my own" Tobi shot down Misaki before she can reveal more of her deductions.

"And you do, know the measure of true value I mean" Misaki countered.

"Who the hell are you to decided that having a tailed beast inside me makes me unhappy! And even if this world means nothing to you, do you think you could get away with starting a war and trying to say that you're a nobody? You piss me off! I'm going to rip that mask off of you!" Naruto pronounced. Looking at the sibling before him, the very twins he used against their own parents when they were just barely born, one grew up as an orphan hated by the village and one raised away from the village, desolated by gossip as they returned to the village, apart, yet as they stood before him, an extreme likelihood to their parents they didn't have the fortune to group up with.

"You can try, but taking this mask off...will be difficult" Tobi melancholized.

"That won't be a problem" Misaki smirked at him.

"Because there's plenty of us to go around!" A familiar roguish voice of a female joined in and with it, stood Natsume, Yoko and Ayako standing proudly and ready to fight for their loved ones.

"You claim that no one understands how great your pain is, yet neglect to acknowledge the pain you so continuously brought upon others, upon us" Yoko chastised Tobi's proclamation, trying to reign in her emotions, upon seeing her little brother like that.

Ayako placed a hand on the older woman's shoulder nodding encouragingly.

"We will win, we promised to"

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Chapter 35:

No words literally!

All I can say is hope you liked it