Naruto: Mind over matter

Pov: 'Madara'

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I wait and watch the tailed beasts line up their shots... the chakra condenses and everyone can feel that deep change in the air... the currents all flow and the animals all run...

This power... all of it.... I will wield it for myself one day...

I take in the sight as I get ready for phasing.

"Are you gay?" Almighty tilts his head.

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What?

"What?" I ask.

"It is a simple question. Answer" Almighty insists.

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I look around and check that this isn't a trap or some genjutsu...

What?

"No" I deny.

"Then why did you say that you were going to come out after this?" Almighty asks curiously.

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What?

"I repeat myself. What are you talking about?" I utter coldly and grip my weapon.

"We were having a conversation and you said 'I can come out just fine after this'... are you not referring to coming out of the closet?" Almighty asks in that egotistic tone.

"Are you insane-" My exclamation is cut off by a thunderous boom.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!'

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I phase back out of my kamui dimension and see the devastation from after the explosion... six tailed beasts power... all this might under my grasp.

I clench my fist.

"So are you going to come out now or later?" A voice asks behind me and I turn.

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"You all lived? Shame... I thought you might die easy" I mock.

Before me is everyone unharmed- they stand behind Itachi who wields a giant shield... that seemingly could hold back the tailed beast bomb- so many tricks Itachi... what more could you hide from me.

I turn to the tailed beasts and see they have stopped rampaging and my control has started to hold again- but not for long.

"Goodbye. This war will be more fun this way" I turn and vanish... only to reappear behind the tailed beasts and have their chains pulled...

I see Kabuto undo his Edo-Tensei as well... I suppose he is not THAT interested in testing the terrors immortality.

We successfully got everyone's attention though- and got the eight tails.

Now all we need is one more... and finding the man everyone is guarding... is much more easier than this.

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Pov: Gaara

"Raikage! Shit- we were too late" The Mizukage swears.

Temari helps A up and the Tsuchikage's bodyguard helps the other bodyguard up as well- both dont look so well and both have burn marks on them.

"How dull... I didn't notice that explosion... that shark was eating at our chakra and we didn't sense the clay below..." The bodygaurd coughs up some blood.

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No killer B... we were too late.

I turn to the fog behind us.

"We failed to get here in time- and we failed to help the Hokage keep others at bay" I declare and everyone sighs in annoyance.

"Is he still going strong?" Mifune asks in bewilderment.

"Wasn't selected for this meeting for nothing I suppose" The Tsuchikage mumbles.

"We need to get back to our villages- war is on the horizon and if they can mass produce these... ninja as well as summoning our strongest dead- we need to be prepared" The Mizukage declares.

"Correct- but where and when will they attack? We have no information on the places we should cover" The Tsuchikage asks in a serious tone.

"... We need to get the last Jinchurikii away from the fight... and protect the daimyo's of our lands-" We all nod at Mifune and agree.

*BOOM!*

A small shockwave passes by us and we all turn to see that the fog is blasted away from the sheer force of... multiple tailed beasts rampaging.

"Are they aiming at us?" Temari asks.

"No- a little lower, they are aiming at the Hokage" The Mizukage's bodyguard tells us.

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*BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!*

The sound of the explosion is heard from all the way over here... and we see the horizon light up.

"Our Tailed beast combative plans weren't just other tailed beasts were they?" Temari groans and the silence is deafening.

"Did the un killable kage manage to live past that?" The Tsuchikage raises his brow.

I sigh and start running towards them.

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Everyone soon follows.

I carry the two injured on my sand as we run forward, through snow and dust we rush and I can see everyone's alarmed faces... some more annoyed than alarmed really.

But all of our worry is wiped away when we arrive at the lip of the now crater.

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What we see is Sasuke Uchiha giving medical aid to the heavily injured Riku who seems to have incurred many injuries.

A few bones piercing his body and many broken or burnt pieces of flesh- luckily Sasuke knows the bare minimum of medical techniques and that Konoha has one of the best hospitals... his terrors on the other hand seem fine, and any injury seems to be removed and slowly regenerated.

Ace is practically Riku but can take any amount of damage, doesn't rely on breathing or blood... cannot be poisoned and while having vulnerability to flames is most likely resistant to most other elements... that is terrifying.

Almighty seems like he didn't even fight and yet he sharpens and cares for his blade.

I watch the others piece themselves together and talk about mundane subjects after fighting what seemed to be an impossible battle.

"so you are alive?" The Tsuchikage asks.

"Pretty much" The Hokage says.

"When did you arrive?" Temari asks Sasuke.

In which Sasuke tightens the last bandage before standing up and smirking arrogantly.

"I was always here... it seems that one of us is a better ninja then others, and knows how to keep quiet and stay to the shadows" Sasuke mocks.

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Why now? Cant you be arrogant in any other situation?

Haaa-

"Enough small talk- we need to prepare our villages. We will have to continue our meeting in a more secure location" The Raikage declares.

We nod our heads and think.

We cannot meet here... a village would be the safest place but who would trust the other Kage to not try anything?

"You can all eat at my place if you want, Raikage you can get some treatment from Konoha's best and our village is on maximum security for a few weeks now" Riku says casually and I smile.

Of course Riku wouldn't be thinking about trouble, he probably doesn't see any threat from any of us right now- especially after his showcase of expertise in living.

"Oh- probably want to send messengers to your villages to let them know what is up and all that" Riku says and gets up.

"Woah- aren't you a little injured to be walking back home?" Temari asks.

He shrugs his shoulders and smirks.

"Walk? That's a little slow considering our situation no?" Riku says.

He then flickers away.

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"I suppose we will be following the Hokage to the village hidden in the leaves... unless anyone else has a better option?" I ask.

They all nod their heads.

Almighty approaches the Raikage and opens up a hole.

"Get in, it will be faster" He coldly states.

"What!? I am not getting in-" The Raikage is cut off as Anchor and Ace grab him and try to stuff the Raikage inside.

"Hey get your hands off me! We still need to find B before they extract his tailed Beast!!" The Raikage snaps and tears off Almighty's arm.

*Sizzle*

Sparks fly and Almighty starts growing a new one.

"Shut up. Our Lord is already helping you. Rock sage is within the Jinchurikii's pocket" Almighty helps the other two and pushes the Raikage inside himself.

"You are far too injured to complain" Anchor mumbles and the Raikage is stuffed inside.

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Ignoring that Ace walks over to my other sand pile and grips the clothes of the Raikage's Bodyguard and places him on his back.

"Adios amigos" Ace says something that I cant quite understand the meaning of... but then he flickers away.

We all follow after the not-puppets... or I suppose terrors as they should now be referred to as.

"You said that your sage has the location of the jinchurkii we should save him before the enemy can get another power" The Tsuchikage yells.

Anchor matches pace with the kage.

"The Sage can handle himself- in fact the Sage is conversing with Killer B right now and they have a plan to escape and leave a decoy behind... buying them time" Anchor explains.

"They are all the way in the northern parts of Stone right now" Ace adds.

"That teleportation is an annoyance..." The Tsuchikage mutters.

"But now that we know about it- we can better prepare for it" The Mizukage declares and we all nod seriously.

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Pov: Itachi Uchiha

I rush past the snow and enter past the border into the land of fire- I have rushed ahead of the Kage and Jaunt is helping me rush to Konoha.

I need to let Lady Tsunade know about the events that transpired and that the Kage are all running to Konoha immediately for a better meeting.

Why did the Terror summon all of his crew to him? Why not leave one behind?

I believe that he knew no one would agree to this decision... that the meeting would be held later. So he made sure to hold every last bit of authority in that moment and take away Konoha from the equation so only he could answer in this meeting as a Kage.

He cares more about facing 'Madara' then facing four other Kage and leading them right into the village.

He sees the bigger picture and I can respect that.

Nonetheless we have me, team Kakashi, Riku and his terrors, Gai, Tsunade and the village is on high alert... they would not be capable of doing us any harm.

Jaunt is incredibly fast as well.

He can leap hundreds of feet like it is nothing and runs almost as fast.

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Pov: Rock Sage

We are in a cave... no exits.

Killer B has been 'unconscious' for a while and I have been conversing with the tailed beast by sending my chakra within him.

Killer B while unconscious is capable of speech within the mindscape area.

Deidara who is somehow still alive guards over us, he keeps creating tiny explosions the size of his fingers and sighs... it seems he is quite bored.

'Madara' left Kisame here as well before leaving to go talk to Kabuto... it seems that they work together but are not entirely on the same side.

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Two Akatsuki and I am one rock... Kisame pried Samehada back onto him and he seems relatively fine, maybe a few bruises or a broken rib.

The second I expand myself into the caves around us is the second combat starts.

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'We need to distract them somehow... after that we can leave a tentacle here and disguise it as ourselves' Gyuki as I have been acquainted to says.

'Lets make mince of this fool~ one with the temper is certainly our tool-' Killer B adds.

Temper? I look over to both... I can see that they are both agitated for various reasons... but I can use Deidara's explosive temper right now.

How to trigger it is the question.

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Pov: Tsunade

"Kakashi hatake has found Jaunt carrying Itachi Uchiha to Konoha, they are on route now and apparently have a whole load of news to deliver" Shizune reports and I take another swig of my drink before stamping down on one of the papers before me.

I slide another forward and I look up.

"Nothing they could deliver through the message?" I ask and look back down to my papers and reading through them... a lot of essential buildings are waiting for a confirmation from me to be built.

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Maybe I should improve the council so it can handle basics like this... no wonder every Hokage is swamped with work... I just thought sensei was lazy considering how clean the fourths desk was.

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How did he do it? I have to know...

"There was nothing else described in the letter, they just said that they will be back soon and prepare for an immediate meeting" Shizune says and I nod.

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Was he really that fast? I am not that slow am I? Did he outsource his work to others? Should I do that? Maybe I should ask his bodyguards to see how they handled it...

Maybe its the circumstances... yes that has to be it... I mean... he was in peace times after all the big paperwork had to be sorted by sensei... and he was only Hokage for a small amount of time... so nothing ever stacked up...

No that cant be it? I have so much to do and we aren't in war... probably wont be for ages considering how every nation is recovering right now.

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Thanks for reading :) sorry for small chapter, I woke up terribly sick :/