Senshiyu ichizoku no botsuraku
-千手一族の没落-
(The Fall of the Senju Clan)
Part 6 : Assault on the Senju clan camp
BRAOOOM
BROOO...
KRAAASH
FRAAA...
BRAAAOOOM!
Everywhere in the centre of Konoha village, the sound of explosions was heard. Buildings were smoking, flames dancing from the roofs. The Hokage's office was now nothing but a shapeless pile of debris.
Civilians ran screaming in fear. Some fled while burning, throwing themselves into the first wells they could find. A mother and son tried to flee towards the Akimichi Clan camp to the west, but in vain, as the mother was killed by a sword throw from an attacking ninja.
Screams mingled with the crackling of the flames. It sounded like a dramatic, chaotic symphony. Coupled with the dull thud of the explosions, it was as if we were witnessing a spectacle of music without harmony, the sound of which was so unbearable to listen to that it would kill you.
That was the terror of war. A terror that Konoha had not had to experience for many years, which had now caught her unawares.
Black-clad ninjas appeared from all sides. With no headbands or distinctive signs revealing their identity, they gave the impression of not belonging to any category or social group, like beings without souls. In the flames, they were like monsters.
Similarly, Konoha ninjas were appearing on every side of the town to extinguish the flames, rescue civilians or confront the enemy. They were dressed in traditional ninja outfits, wearing a green jacket with the symbol of the Uzumaki Clan on the back.
This symbol on their backs was a sign of union and honour. It was a tribute to the Uzumaki Clan, who had died not so long ago, but who had died in unity and with honour, as they always had. This symbol inspired the ninjas of Konoha to have the confidence to defeat their opponents together.
The sky had turned black, tinged with light from the white flashes that suddenly appeared at various times, scorching the wooden buildings built by the Senju.
In the darkness, the ninjas of Konoha advanced courageously in the face of the enemy. They drew strength from the only light they had left, their hearts. Their hearts beat in unison. They meant that they would not abandon tAt the centre of all this intense fighting, a man was laughing. He was surrounded by a mass of blue chakra, protecting his back. It engulfed the surrounding flames and crushed everything around him.
Various ninjas were attacking him, trying to neutralise him, but the blue armour surrounding him mowed them down as soon as they got close.heir comrades.
The situation seemed desperate. The opponents besieging the centre of Konoha were all elite ninjas, at least Jonin level.
The Senju alone, faced with opponents who were taking advantage of the element of surprise, were in a delicate situation, one that risked defeat. The most powerful ninja clan of all time... Was about to suffer defeat.
Just as despair was beginning to grip the troops, warlike howls suddenly rang out. Without warning, a huge mass of ninja sprang up from all sides and attacked the enemy.
Members of various Konoha clans whose territories were close to the centre could be identified, including the three united clans of Yamanaka, Akimichi and Nara, and the Namikaze, Kukyô and Kazamatsuri clans.
The fighting intensified. Ninjutsu attacks flew in all directions, creating a melee of colour. It could have been a beautiful sight if we didn't know what was really going on right now.
— Oh... Now we're getting somewhere...» murmured the man in the centre, delighted.
The enemy was losing the lead it had held until then. The Senju, with the help of the other clans, now dominated the fighting.
Suddenly, everything changed. The man in the centre increased the power of his blue aura. The aura, which until now had only been a few metres high, grew to form an enormous suit of armour.
A long-nosed man in armour appeared, equipped with two large flaming wings and proudly brandishing a broad, long sword. It was the ultimate form of the legendary Susano of the Uchiha... Until now, only Madara Uchiha had managed to attain it.
The fighting stopped abruptly for a moment. Everyone was stunned by the power emanating from this man.
— I'm going to reduce you all to nothing... For that is your destiny!!» he shouted, sneering.
With a single sweep of his Susano's arm, he whaleballed a ninja orde. Then, with his sabre, he struck a violent blow against the ground, cracking it and killing a good number of ninjas. In just a few moments, and thanks to just one person, the balance of power had shifted.
Suddenly, like a bolt of lightning, a sabre pierced the Susano's barrier and planted itself in the ground beside the man. Then a hand appeared and rested on the sword. Behind the man, another hand grabbed him by the neck.
The hand closed again and tightened on the enemy's neck
— Aaargh!» he moans.
The hand was clamped so tightly around his neck that he started coughing up blood. But suddenly he managed to free himself and turned around, jumping out of his Susano.
— Oh... Tobirama Senju...» exclaimed the man as he saw the opponent facing him.
As soon as he heard the explosion, Tobirama rushed straight to the centre of the village. He had already placed a mark on the Hokage's office, where he had automatically teleported to.
Then, after rescuing a few ninjas along the way, he set off in the direction of the most powerful mass of chakra in the area. He then threw his sabre in its direction, coupling it with his raiton so that it would transverse the Susano and he could teleport to it using the Hiraishin.
— Surrender immediately.» Tobirama ordered.
— Mh? And why would I do that?» laughs the other.
Suddenly, Tobirama reappeared behind his opponent and pulled out a lightning-quick kunai, placing it against his neck.
— Oh... Just now... When you strangled me... You put a mark on me... Didn't you?» surprised the man.
— Obviously. Now, order your henchmen to surrender or I'll kill you.»
— And why... Would I do that...?»
Suddenly, the scenery changed. Everything around Tobirama had gone black. It was as if... the world had disappeared. In the surrounding darkness, only his opponent's pupils glowed scarlet.
— Where are we?!» Tobirama growled.
The man was no longer a prisoner of his Kunai, but was now standing upright in front of him. Tobirama understood...
— All that.... is the effect of your pupil.... Isn't it?»
— Oh... You catch on quick.»
Tobirama's opponent's eyes then moved. He was on the move. Tobirama could feel his chakra shifting continuously. He manipulated the space-time of his world to perfection...
— You're so stupid... You should have attacked me directly.»
— Such a powerful technique can't be executed so easily...» replied the other.
— True, yes. But you gave me time to understand it.»
Instantly after Tobirama said this, an immense blue chakra aura sprang up all around him and enveloped all the darkness. Then it disappeared, and they found each other again.
They were now back in the same positions as before, with Tobirama dominating his enemy. The latter opened his eyes wide in amazement.
— How did you know?!» he exclaimed.
— It's very simple... You were using your dôjutsu, weren't you? I could feel it in your chakra flow. And the form of your chakra was concentrated on me, which is exactly how genjutsu works. But you'd consumed too much chakra, so you needed to take time to recover for a while.» Tobirama explained.
— And so you emitted a huge mass of chakra to counter the hold of mine? Interesting...»
— Well... Now, speak!» Tobirama ordered.
At the same time, a ninja appeared behind Tobirama. He turned around, but the other was quick to reappear behind Tobirama, grabbing the man Tobirama had neutralized by the collar.
— You disgust me... Ginma... You've failed miserably.» grumbled the newcomer.
Tobirama then turned again to face his new enemy. This time, the latter did not move. Tobirama's eyes widened in astonishment.
— No... It's simply impossible... It can't be you...» he exclaimed.
The man, who was now looking at his subordinate with disgust, turned to Tobirama. He smiled slightly when he saw him.
— Hun... Hun... Hun... Tobirama Senju... I've been waiting for this moment for so long...» he laughed.
— It can't be... I was there... I saw your corpse... you're dead.» Tobirama said, taken aback.
— But... Did you even check if it was still there?»
— We've done a lot of checking since...»
— "We" or "the others"? Did you check if I was still there? Would you have been unable to detect the substitute who was in my place in my grave?»
Tobirama growled, annoyed. He should have taken care of these tasks himself... But since Hashirama's illness, he'd been far too busy with his job as interim Hokage.
— And yet... I checked... You were dead.» he replied.
— It was, indeed... But not anymore.»
The enemy suddenly opened his previously closed eyes. One of his eyes was blind, but the other clearly showed the tomoe of the Sharingan.
— The world I dreamed of... Is near.» he laughs.
Tobirama watched in horror as the man in front of him laughed. His worst nightmare had become reality.
*****
The storm intensified in the sky. The man was now out in the open. Soon... He would show the world his comeback. But patience... All in good time.
At last, he would be able to take the revenge he had always dreamed of. And, at the same time, realize the dream of peace that had submerged him since childhood. It was time.
— The Senju era... Will soon be over. And... Finally... It will be the turn of the shinobi era.»
The storm disappeared. Or so we thought. In reality, it had simply changed color. It had taken on a jet-black hue, the color of darkness, but also the color of death.
Death and darkness suited him. You had to go through that to create renewal. The era of the shinobi was over, but a new era was about to begin.
Without shinobis, there are no wars.
Without war...
There is peace.
That was the dream he cherished.
The peace.
📖To be Continued...📖