The Willow Maiden [Naruto]

{54} The Maidens, Madara, and 5 Kage's

The Ultimate Maiden and Madara stared at each other. The Ultimate Maiden protected everyone from Madara's wood style jutsu, and now she had a new opponent to deal with. Madara and the Ultimate Maiden were equally matched. 

"Madara Uchiha. . . You were brought back to life by somebody, were you not?" The Ultimate Maiden questioned Madara. "The man who started the first shinobi war. . ." 

"And the Maiden who has the ability over the Greens, trees, plants, roots, and also contains the Wood Style Jutsu." Madara said back with his arms crossed. 

"Observant. Or did somebody tell you that?" The Maiden glared. "I know you would you just woke up, but I will not allow you to kill anymore Shinobi." 

"You think you have the power to defeat me, girl?" Madara glares back. 

"I do not. But, it will be a start. I will not allow you to kill anymore shinobi. Your fight is with me, and me alone. Leave them out of this." 

"Big words for someone so fragile. Don't hold back." 

"I will not." The Maiden jumped up to where Madara was and began fighting him, only using Taijutsu. But, being the maiden that she was, she used the vines and thorns from her body to attack Madara while blocking his attacks. 

"Ruka. . ." Naruto watched The Ultimate Maiden and Madara fight. 'How long can she keep up that form?' He thought. 

"She is not going to last long in that form, if that is what you are wondering." Shinsuke walked over to Naruto, entering the battlefield with a playful smirk on his face. 

"Who are you!?" 

"I am Shinsuke. The 3rd Willow Maiden, but I am actually Ruka's copy. Created by Tatsuya himself." Shinsuke bowed, followed by a chuckle. 

"Tatsuya? . . . You're that guy Ruka's been talking about!" 

"How amazing! Ruka has talked about me? I never thought she would actually mention me." Shinsuke smiles. "But, enough about me. Ruka has taken her Ultimate Form." Shinsuke looks back Ruka. "How long has she been in that form?" 

"I'm not sure." Naruto shakes his head. 

"Well, we Willow Maidens are triggered by something tragic, which allows us to transform into our ultimate form. After all, we are one with nature and the earth. But, we have a time limit. If you are not sure when Ruka transformed, and how long she has been in this, then she will be at a disadvantage once she transforms back." 

"What do you mean?" 

"The last time you saw her like this was when she was kidnaped by Obito. She was triggered when she was impaled, and that brought back a lot of painful memories of when she was treated so horribly. Her only goal was to kill humans, but, seeing how she is not killing any of you, I take it you had something to do with it, Naruto Uzuamki." Shinsuke smirked. "You were somehow able to bring her back to her senses and back to her original form. That must mean she must really adore you." 

"Will Ruka be alright?" 

"There is no telling. As long as she remains in that form, she will be unstoppable. Or, at least I think. I have never seen Ruka go up against somebody so strong." Shinsuke looks back at her sister and smiles. 

"She can't fight that guy all on her own! She could die!" 

"That is why I brought help with me. They should be arriving right about now." Shinsuke smirks and the 5 Kage's appear, interrupting Ruka's fight. 

The Raikage punched Madara away from Ruka as the Mizukage, Mei, used her Lava Style Jutsu to strike him down. But, Madara moved out the way. 

The Ultimate Maiden stepped back and glared at the Kage's. "What do you think you are doing!?" 

"We were trying to help you- Ruka? Is that you?" Tsunade questioned. 

"Wait, Grandma Tsunade! Don't attack her!" Naruto stops her and explains to her the situation. He even introduced Shinsuke to Tsunade. "You see? That's Ruka's ultimate form." 

"Ultimate form? And he knew this whole time." Tsuande glared at Shinsuke. 

"I thought it would be best if you found out yourself. But, now is not the time to be pointing blame and glaring. We have a human to destroy and send back to the after life." Shinsuke smiled. 

"He's right. We have to put an end to this." Tsuchikage said. 

"Here he comes!" Ruka informs the Kage's, Naruto, and Shinsuke, pointing at Madara. 

"And he is using his Susano." Shinsuke added. "Ruka. Be a dear and restrain the Susano with your wood style." He smirked at her. 

"Do not tell me what to do." The Maiden scoffed and rose the wood from beneath the ground and had it attack the Susano. 

"Lord Tsuchikage. Lord Raikage. Hit him with everything you got! He will not be able to defend himself if the Susano is under restraints." 

"Got it!" Raikage and Tsuchikage said in unison and went for Madara. 

"Naruto, you sit this one out. After all, you are just a clone. Anymore hits and you might disappear." Shinsuke smiles at Naruto. 

"Okay." Naruto nodded his head. Even though he didn't trust Shinsuke, he went along with it since Shinsuke had this under control. He knew everything about Madara, based on his files. 

Ruka kept using her wood style, vines, thorns, and the green to defeat Madara, but Madara coudl see right through her attacks. 

"Your attacks are weak and child's play." Madara told her. 

"And your attacks are no match for me. I have dealt with stronger attacks far more than yours." Ruka glares back and summons huge flowers from the ground, creating a green mist. 

"Flowers?" He questioned before dropping to his knees. 

"These flowers carry out a poisonous fog. You do not have to breathe it, or anything. It will travel through your skin and into your body, infusing your cells. Reanimated or not, it still has effect on the human body. Also, it creates an illusion. As you humans call it. Genjutsu." Ruka explains. 

"Foolish girl. Is this what you call a Genjutsu? Even with my reanimated body, it won't work." 

"Yet you are on your knees. Let me see many body parts I can rip from your body." Ruka waved her hand in front of her and thorns wrapped around his wrists, and ankles. 

Raikage and Tsunade hit Madara with everything they had, blasting him away from the battlefield. 

Ruka ran ahead of them to fight Madara on her own, but she didn't know that time was running out for her. Using her wood style, she pushes Madara further back into the wall. 

As Madara was pushed back, The Maiden's eyes widened and her body stiffened. Her green hair slowly turned brown as her skin returned fair. 'I am. . .out of time. . .?!' She thought and fell had first. 

"Ruka!" Naruto ran to her and caught her before she could hit the ground. "She transformed back." 

"Her time ran out. There is a time limit once we use our ultimate forms. She used too much of her energy on Madara." Shinsuke explained. "She will have to recover, so right now she is unconscious. The original Ruka will return shortly. For now, we have to leave it to the Kage's." Shinsuke looked back at the 5 Kage's still fighting Madara. 

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