The Story of Hagami III [Naruto Fanfic | Uchiha] [Completed]

21 | Kage

Two of the five Kage were already at the site. Naruto, though a Clone, struggled to keep himself "alive". Temari supported his brother, and hoped that Madara wouldn't attack at this instance. Hagami watched with a calculative eye. A silence had passed over them, but Hagami's eye flickered in between both Madara and Mū. Kabuto's presence hadn't left the Second Tsuchikage yet, and frankly, Hagami didn't think he'd leave unless he had a good reason.

Suddenly, Madara and Mū lunged for them. Hagami's eyes widened but none of them had the ability to move. She tried to think fast but a blinding light engulfed the area in front of them. Then, the sound of someone being kicked backward, or possibly punched, and the light finally died down. Hagami had shielded her head with her arms, her eyes shut tight. When she opened them, two more shinobi stood in front of her. One the Raikage, A, and the other the Hokage, Tsunade.

"I've relayed our coordinates to HQ!" The Kumogakure nin announced. It explained why the Kage had arrived to suddenly, Hagami thought, since they're in a rather arbitrary area.

"Ninpō, Sōzō Saisei (Ninja Art, Mitotic Regeneration)!" Tsunade clasped her hands together in a hand seal and Hagami felt an overwhelming amount of chakra spread throughout the area. Tsunade was a Senju after all. She, like the Uzumaki, had extremely large reservoirs of chakra and an extensive lifespan compared to others. Hagami realized that Tsunade was probably healing wounds she achieved on her way here, the flash suggested that the jutsu wasn't meant for transporting people or fragile objects.

"Are you alright?!" A asked when he felt the release of chakra.

"Yeah..." Tsunade responded as she concentrated on healing herself.

"Granny Tsunade?!" Naruto's shock wasn't concealed at all, and he didn't seem too worried about that fact either.

Suddenly, beside Hagami, a group of four shinobi also appeared, one of which the Mizukage and then the other three, shinobi from Konohagakure. A knot formed in Hagami's stomach thinking about how they'd react if they saw her amongst them.

"Since everyone is alive, I guess we weren't late." Mei mused but there was relief in her voice. Hagami breathed in relief when Genma flashed her a glance of acceptance.

"Finally, I'll get to see some action. I've been bored stiff..." A seemed overjoyed at the thought of a fight. He cracked his neck to further emphasize his point.

"All right! I'm ready!" Tsunade added as she released her hands from the hand seal.

"Living long was well worth it." Ōnoki almost joked even in their situation. "Imagine...being about to see the day when the Five Kage would be united and fight side-by-side."

"This is perfect." Even Madara seemed excited to fight against the Five Kage. "This will make my test worthwhile."

"Arigato (Thank you), Tsunade-hime." Hagami looked over her right shoulder to see the Medical Nin at work healing both the Tsuchikage and Kazekage at once.

"I'll heal the two of you but only if you stop talking." Tsunade snapped at them. "Raikage! Mizukage! Buy me some time!" She shouted and then her eyes caught Hagami. They widened in recognition for the young Uchiha. "And you, you're Hagami. I thought I recognized your chakra amidst this place."

Hagami froze. She thought for a moment that she'd be killed on the spot. It wouldn't be hard right now, she was weak and barely had any chakra despite having a portion of Sasuke's. It wouldn't be enough if she were to go up against three Jōnin unless she tried to run away. But she'd need to leave now if that was the case.

"Hai." Hagami spoke with a fluent tone but she didn't seem very comfortable.

"Buy me as much time as you can as well." Tsunade's lips pressed into a small grin and Hagami stared shocked at her for a moment. "Go fight along the Raikage and Mizukage. We all know you've been fighting for this side for a while now."

"Since when?" Hagami blurted.

"Since Shisui returned from the mission to try to take back your corpse. He said you're alive and that no other chakra signature was present in the room when they searched it. Shisui figured you used the Izanagi." Tsunade answered but there was an edge of urgency for Hagami to get onto the battlefield at this moment.

"Hai." Hagami repeated again but this time her voice held confidence and she leapt onto the roots.

"Yōton: Yōkai no Jutsu (Lava Style, Lava Monster Jutsu)!" Mei shouted and she expertly avoided Hagami as she weaved around. Madara may of been the strongest Uchiha, but he also lacked some attributes. He relied on his Sharingan too often and then the Mangekyō Sharingan, and then finally the Rinnegan.

Hagami's eye became alight with the Sharingan the instant she closed in on Madara. The two ran along the roots whilst avoiding the lava.

"Raiton, Raikou Hitofuki no Jutsu (Lightning Style, Lightning Blast Jutsu)!" Hagami easily kept pace right now and their forearms suddenly clashed.

Madara's eyes widened when he saw the Sharingan in Hagami's eyes. She kept equal with his strength but only because of the lightning sparking along her arms. When Madara threw her back roughly, she barely received any major damage hence she used the momentum to her advantage. She flipped in the air as the Raikage lunged at Madara. Using his right arm, he knocked Madara back into the lava with an impressive strength Hagami didn't have. Mei was next, shooting another stream of lava straight at Madara.

Hope flickered in Hagami's eyes for the war to be over at that instance. But that was just naïvety as something blue started glowing within the lava. Hagami landed on a broken root, and she immediately knew what jutsu it was. Hagami used to possess the Susanoo but now that she didn't have both eyes, she wouldn't be able to use it again.

The Raikage struck again, using speed in oppose to strength to deal with the matter. Hagami couldn't help in this situation. Without a jutsu to assist either of them, she had to leave it up to the Kage. Hagami saw Mei shot another stream of lava on top of Madara again but she knew the Susanoo would be able to withstand it.

Even if the lava were to harden in this matter, it wouldn't make much of a difference. This, Hagami knew. She waited tensely for Madara to pop out of the lava like nothing had happened.

"How much longer, Hokage?!" A snapped Hagami from her daze amongst the lava.

"Almost done." Tsunade retorted.

"Are you okay, Granny Tsunade?!" Naruto spoke for perhaps the second time. "Whenever you use that forehead-mark jutsu, you get old and fall down!" He put it rather insensitively.

"This is different from the time with Pein." Tsunade assured. "I only healed myself... And besides, it wasn't much of an injury. I have more than enough chakra!"

"Then heal me too'ttebayo!" Naruto urged because he wanted to be of help to the Kage, or more specifically the Hokage. "I may be a clone, but I can't afford to disappear yet! I'll join you and-"

"That's not necessary." Tsunade cut Naruto off but Hagami heard the confidence in her voice.

"Why?!" Naruto shrieked.

"This is no longer a war just to protect you." Ōnoki said.

Before anyone else could speak, a large explosion went off in front of them. Hagami was taken by surprise but she managed to use the shock of it to flip backward and land beside the Kage, though she kept her distance if any changed their minds.

Madara arose from the rubble of wood with his Susanoo gleaming brightly around him. The lava that still stuck to the Susanoo proceeded to slide off as if it were just water. However, he looked rather amused or perhaps impressed at their abilities.

"Taijutsu and Lightning Style, Lightning Style teleportation, and Lava Style Kekkei Genkai." He murmured to himself. "Impressive attacks." He noted with a smirk.

"I usually like men who're hard to melt." Mei chuckled. "But you, I want to avoid." She made light of the situation.

"He counters me even with my speed." A growled.

And on top of his strength, he managed to leave a bruise already on my arm just from us clashing. Hagami looked down to see the flesh becoming black and blue. It wasn't a major injury, but her arm still shook from the minor, dull pain that was present. If it had been anyone else, it wouldn't of resulted in this. But he's... I'm no match for Madara.