Hashiramas Heir

Chapter 31: The End I

Those moments where you thought something was hard to do, so difficult at the time, then something comes along later and makes that 'hard' task seem like a cakewalk. Those moments in life could come often or at a seldom pace, but they usually turn up one way or another. That was pretty much what Naruto was going through at the current moment.

"You know how I said Rubik's cubes were hard to solve?" questioned Naruto as he turned his head to Yugito, who stood right next to him battered and bruised just like he was. "This makes them look pretty damn easy."

"I don't know. Rubik's cubes are still ridiculously hard." said Yugito as the third member of their team chipped in his own two cents.

"Not really. There's this algorithm to em. Can solve any Rubik's Cube in the world." said Ay as Naruto and Yugito both turned to him with shocked faces. Naruto's head then jolted up when he felt the three's adversary build up chakra.

"Senpo: Suiton: Kyodai Tsunami (Sage Mode: Water Style: Giant Tsunami)" said Naruto turning and spewing a massive amount of water from his mouth. The water splashed out into a huge wave that not only blocked the fire jutsu fired at him, Ay, and Yugito, but continued on to crash into the man who sent out the fire. The water continued to pile off the mountain they were on before the blue silhouette of Madara's Susanno came back into view.

"That was pretty impressive. Managed to even knock my Susanno back a few steps." said Madara, still with his arms crossed and completely unharmed inside his Susanno. "That Sage Mode is rather daunting. Just like Hashirama's. Even though I harm you, your wounds regenerate almost immediately. Faster than Hashirama's did, most likely due to that pet inside of you."

Naruto didn't answer, instead choosing to turn and look at Yugito and Ay, who were both running low on stamina and not able to heal their injuries like he could. Ay was more worst off than Yugito though as his lightning cloak, while powerful and boosts his speed, doesn't offer much protection compared to Yugito's Jinchuriki Cloak. And Madara knew it.

"They can't keep up with the likes of us Senju. We are both breed from the original user of chakra, you can't expect them to be able to stay in this fight. The girl maybe with her Bijuu but that beast inside her isn't close in comparison to yours." said Madara as Naruto turned his eyes back to him. "You can't possibly keep fighting me when you also have to protect them both. They are nothing but a hindrance to you at this point."

"He's kind of right Naruto-kun." came the voice of Yugito as she strained to stand 30 minutes into their fight with Madara. She still had her Jinchuriki cloak flowing around her but it wasn't as bright as it used to be and she was running low on chakra. "Maybe me and Ay should leave and let you continue fighting."

"Yugito's right, sort of." said Ay, with bruises aligning his body. His hair was in disarray and his lightning cloak had long since fizzled out. "But you should keep Yugito in your sight. She can't leave but I can. It'll make it easier on you to just have to protect one of us. Still kind of mad I let him absorb my chakra and ensnare me in that pesky Genjutsu. Whip his ass for me will you?"

Naruto just nodded his head as Ay then stood and began a retreat from the battlefield.

"Wait.." said Naruto as Ay stopped and turned to the young Jinchuriki. Naruto held a fist out to Ay, who looked at it quizzically before fist bumping with the boy all but confirmed as Minato's child. A second passed and Ay nearly jolted when his body got covered in a bubbly red Jinchuriki cloak. "I may not be able to transfer as much to you as I'd like..but I can at least do that. Keep B safe."

Ay nodded his head before he charged up another lightning cloak from the chakra and vanished from the battlefield, leaving Naruto and Yugito there alone to fend against Madara.