Chapter 48: Approaching the End

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"Release," Naruto said. The battlefield lit up with a bright light, causing the others to stare. His sealing eye swirled and morphed quickly as the light started fading. The light was all absorbed into the sword and Naruto's rinnegan and every other dojutsu he'd ever attained slowly moved into his sealing eye. The eye than was put in both eyes. The eyes were like eternal mangekyou Sharingan, but with element seals for tomoe instead. The outer edges were rimmed with rings and the inside of the eye, which was the empty circle every mangekyou Sharingan had, turned pure white. Naruto opened his eyes, revealing the power behind the lids, as obvious by the glowing from the power they contained. His weapon that had absorbed the light also changed. Instead of the original katana, it still was the same but had a faint gold, blue, and kyuubi chakra red glow surrounding it, extending its reach to a wider area. It also meant the result was similar to the scythe on his coin, the same coin that the katana was a part of. 

Naruto smirked. "I've been holding this in for a long time. It's many things, the main one being that no one can copy it," only for Mito to come diving at him. He shrunk his sword and it became a coin. He punched Mito with it and flipped it, turning it into its scythe form. The scythe glowed with a power that covered the field. He also noticed that the scythe changed. It pulsed with the different colors of chakra and Naruto grinned. He slammed his scythe down on Mito, who raised her Tanto to block. The two weapons collided and she was sent flying. Naruto then appeared in front of her, only for a blade to come down onto him. He twisted in mid-air and blocked, only to meet the eyes of Satsuki's Mangekyou Sharingan. His eyes swirled and his body flickered as he shunshinned away from a deadly kick by Mito. 

Naruto landed in a clearing, exhaustion seeping into his limbs slowly. Mito and Satsuki were both panting heavily while he stood there, allowing his chakra to heal him. His eyes opened, revealing his sealing eyes at level six, which simply added an extra tomoe and space. He glared at the two and they were blown back immediately. He teleported in front of them and kicked them high into the air. He then appeared behind them and kicked them both into the floor with one well-placed strike. The two landed, Satsuki spitting out blood due to the sudden shock of the blows. Mito was prepared, as Naruto and her were fighting head-on slightly longer. Naruto sighed in boredom when he suddenly felt a kick nearly break his arm, which he had raised confidently. He skidded to a halt and grimaced, only to realize what happened. 

Satsuki had kicked him with a chakra-infused kick, nearly breaking his arm. He quickly dashed at the two, and they instantly both punched him. Suddenly, Naruto felt a punch to his ribs, which he deflected with the side of his hands. He noticed it was Mito. He used his kunai and dashed at her. Mito barely had the reaction time to raise her own kunai and block, only for Naruto to twist and sweep her legs. He then dashed at her and kicked her in the chin, sending her flying backward. His sealing eyes swirled around, placing seals of all forms around him as he fought Mito. He teleported to one of the seals and grinned. The other seals lit up and Mito quickly activated a jutsu. "Fuinjutsu art, barrier breaker!" Naruto yelled as the barrier flaring around Mito broke. 

Mito grinned as Naruto stared in confusion. "Fuinjutsu art, yin-yang seal!" Mito yelled. Naruto's eyes widened as he registered what was about to happen. Quickly, he shunshinned away as he continued moving. "RASENGAN!" Naruto yelled as he moved behind Mito, only to get kicked at by Satsuki. He moved the Rasengan in his hand to hit her leg, making her scream in pain and go flying. "SATSUKI!" Mito yelled. Satsuki threw a kunai and teleported next to Mito. "D-Don't worry. Remember what we worked on," Satsuki stuttered in pain. The two both made tiger symbols. "KAI!" the two yelled. Large flares of chakra flared out from around them and ten tails formed between each of them. "HUMAN BIJU CHAKRA MODE!" The two yelled. Satsuki had a purple aura and Mito had a yellow aura. Naruto grinned and truthseeker orbs formed behind him as his full power activated. "I think it's time you learned your place in this world and the food chain of this fight," Naruto spoke with a grin as he cloaked in light and teleported. 

Mito raised her tanto behind her and blocked a strike from Naruto, who grinned and went into his full manifestation mode. Mito and Satsuki did the same as they all moved into full form. Naruto made nine clones that each transformed into the human form of the tailed beasts. "Satsuki. I'll take Naruto. I trust you to fight those... things," Mito said. Satsuki's eyes widened. "N-No..." She said as tears began to form. "We're sisters... comrades. When the time comes, just remember to honor me," Mito said with a smile, tears in her eyes. Suddenly, a loud clapping was heard. "Just get on with it already. Your little moment is disgusting," Kurama stated with disdain obvious in her voice. "GO!" Mito yelled and the two separated. 

Satsuki began fighting the tailed beasts, anger evident in her eyes. She fought so hard and fiercely that her left eye turned into a rinnegan as she fought, shocking most of the tailed beasts. However, they fought her, knowing their goal was to pretend to fight in order to help unite the nations. A large rod made of pure chakra began twirling and hitting the tailed beasts, as Satsuki was wielding it. Her right eye swirled even faster, creating a large armor around her. A large katana formed in her other hand as she fought even faster. Eventually, she whittled it down to Kurama, who was panting in exhaustion as she held a truthseeker katana. The two then dashed at each other and Satsuki's Sharingan evolved into a rinnesharingan. Satsuki unintentionally used the rinnegan's scaring ability. Kurama stumbled back and fell, causing Satsuki to impale her in the chest, making her vanish.

Mito and Naruto fought fiercely, though Naruto looked like he wasn't trying. Mito gritted her teeth and started slashing faster, causing Naruto to deflect and parry faster than before, though now it looked like he was contributing to the fight. "Release," Mito muttered. Her arm seals enhanced her movement speed with antigravity, making her faster. Naruto grinned as he actually struggled. Mito looked like she was immensely focused while Naruto looked relaxed, only for an unexpected elbow to hit him in between the eyes. Satsuki stood there, which he registered before being punched in the stomach with a chakra-enhanced fist, before being kicked further into the sky before Mito and Satsuki both hit him in the neck, knocking him out. Naruto fell over, having finally lost.

As Naruto fell, Mito and Satsuki stood in front of Naruto, exhausted and bleeding in several places. "Let's take him back for execution," Satsuki said. Mito nodded, though she didn't want to. In all honesty, the two loved him. but didn't want to be pursued all their lives. 

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