Wish Upon the Night Sky (Naruto Fanfic)

Chapter 91

Usagi 91

>>>>CHAPTER 91<<<<

>>>>To Protect Him<<<<

"Where is he?"

A deep, unforgivable voice echoed atop the sound of pattering rain.

The two were standing opposite one another, the Rain village in sight but not too close by. Whatever was going to happen, Konan needed to keep this man out of her home. "... Madara..." She frowned as the name escaped her lips. "I knew you'd come find me."

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way." The masked man said. "You can hand over the rinnegan, Nagato, or I can find it myself."

Konan's answer was firm. "I'll never hand him over to the likes of you."

"Well then." The open space ahead of them was filled with water, making for not the best battle conditions. It was pouring down with rain, too... if Konan used water style ninjutsu, he might not have stood a chance. "Don't expect me to go easy on you just because you're a former member."

The blue haired woman readied herself for battle, expecting Madara to attack. She wasn't expecting him to ask a question.

"One question..." He began. "What is it that convinced you to betray me? Do you really believe Naruto Uzumaki is that special, or is it that girl, Usagi?"

"Everyone Naruto meets is given the flower called 'hope'." The woman explained. His warmth, his kindness... Naruto really had a way of bringing out the best in people. Of course Konan had quit for Usagi too. She needed to help the girl, to teach her some responsibility so that one day she could rule Ame on her own. But the time for that wasn't now, Ame still needed Konan. That's why, she had to win this fight.

Holding her arm out, paper started to fly off her skin, the little sheets rustling as they formed the shape of shuriken and flew at Madara.

He of course made use of his time-space ninjutsu to dodge the deadly paper attacks.

"I won't let you have Nagato's eyes!! They don't belong to you!!"

"That seems rather selfish." Madara smirked from under his mask. "The Hidden Rain is now in possession of two rinnegan users... and well, I'll explain this quickly. I was the one who made Yahiko form the group called Akatsuki."

Konan had suspected such a thing. Her features remained sharp as she glared at the man before her. "... And?"

"I was the one who gave the rinnegan to Nagato."

Those were words she never thought she would hear. It couldn't be true... Nagato's eyes were his and his alone, weren't they?

"I'm only taking back what's mine." He continued. "In all of this, you were just a foolish little girl who knew nothing. And now, you're a foolish little girl who knows where Nagato's rinnegan is. All I need to do is capture you. Your little red haired friend isn't here to save you, either."

"Don't underestimate me." Konan warned under her breath. She acted calm, but in truth, she was terrified. She knew she wasn't strong enough to defeat him, and Usagi hadn't been in the village for a full week thanks to all the war planning.

If only Konan was inside the village... then the Rainmaker jutsu would pick up on Madara's unwanted presence and send Usagi running.

But for now, Konan had to fight. This was something she had to do alone.

Flying upwards thanks to her origami sheets forming angel wings on her back, she sent out even more attacks at even quicker speeds.

If she surrounded him with paper when he stopped using his space-time ninjutsu and was stuck with his physical body in this world, she could hit him with her attack.