Naruto Manga Chapter 570: The Ultimate Rebellion
by: silenceofthelambsNaruto performs his Frog Smash, and Son Goku cries out in pain for a brief moment. Naruto surveys the effect of his attack, and can no longer see the chakra receiver.
After a few seconds, the chakra chains dissipate. Son Goku moves his arms, and finds that he is truly free. An unbridled freedom he hasn't experienced in many years.
Naruto (smiling): It looks like that's it...
Son Goku stares at Naruto, and contemplates his action not on a physical level, but an emotional one.
Son Goku: Kid, just when I thought this world was hopeless...you come along and show me it isn't. I think all the bijuu are very much indebted to you at this moment...
Naruto gives Son Goku the thumbs-up sign.
Naruto: You don't need to thank me, Son! Right now all my other clones are trying to do the same thing I just did for you.
Son Goku (thinking): Perhaps...I was wrong in refusing his friendship. His motives are genuine, and he has every reason for defeating that masked man...his will is blazing a new trail for all of us...
Son Goku: Naruto, was it? I accept...your proposal. I will work with you. I will become your ally.
Naruto's face lights up, and he realizes the friend he has just made. His resolve grows stronger, and the bijuu sense it. The Kyuubi, however, remains apprehensive.
Kurama: As much as I want to grant him that acceptance, he's just another human. It was never about good will or benevolent intentions...it's all about pride. He's only doing this to convince himself...to believe that Sasuke is still redeemable. He isn't, and neither am I!
Tobi looks on from a distance. He is lost in thought.
Tobi: Damn you, Konan...that left eye was never supposed to be used. Madara's eye was the one capable of controlling bijuu, and now it's gone forever. Shisui's eye was intended to be the other one, to act as the replacement for my right, but that rat Danzo destroyed it right before dying. Those two would have won this war in a heartbeat...as it stands, I have neither.
Tobi: It looks like I'll have to take a more direct approach now...
Kakashi and Gai, meanwhile, carry out their struggle against the remaining, partially transformed Pain Rikudou.
Kakashi: Gai, we're in a bad situation here. Can't you see what he's doing?
Gai: There's no time to talk, Kakashi! They're going to be coming again at any second!
Kakashi: We can't keep going like this! He's wearing us down by sending them at us every few seconds. Soon enough, we'll be dead from exhaustion. It was foolish of us to think we could fight them all at once! We're going to lose if those reinforcements don't arrive.
Gai, despite trying to maintain a sturdy exterior, allows his fatigue to show. He realizes Kakashi's words are correct, and breathes heavily.
Kakashi looks solemnly in his direction.
Kakashi: Gai, I think you understand what I'm trying to say here. Before they transform into their tailed beast states, we've got to...
Gai: Can't Naruto-
Kakashi: It will take too long. Didn't you see how long it took for Naruto to gain the Four-Tails' trust? By the time he allies with every bijuu out here, we'll all be six feet under. There's no other alternative. We should never have expected reinforcements; they've got their hands full with other things.
Gai: So what are you suggesting?
Kakashi: You always spoke of that Eighth Gate like it's the ultimate power. The ultimate rebellion against human limitations. I think now is the time to use it. I, meanwhile, will prepare a final Kamui, bigger than ever before, and take down all these jinchuuriki with me. But they must be weakened enough for me to have enough time to prepare it. They can't move, and neither can I!
Killer Bee, however, sees what Kakashi and Gai plan to do, and tries to intervene.
Killer Bee: You crazy muthhafuckas, I'm not going to let you do it! You know I can run instead of sit!
Kakashi: No...you have to stay with Naruto. As much as I believe in you and him, you're both very tired, and I don't think you can defeat Tobi, someone who's barely exerted himself in this battle. In your current states alone you won't be able to pull it off...but together I know you can!
Killer Bee (contemplative): ...
Gai: Kakashi, this is going to take some time. The Eighth Gate is not only the gate of death, it's also the gate of realization and tranquility. You have to be at peace with yourself in order to pass from the insubstantial and unimportant, the first seven gates, to the eternal and enduring.
Kakashi: Then make that peace. It's your determination we're counting on!
Gai closes his eyes, and removes all his inner limits, one by one. Chakra envelops him, and Kakashi notices that this time the power of the Gates are truly different.
However...
Tobi walks up to the real Naruto, trying to free all bijuu, and looks at him.
Naruto notices a menacing presence behind him, and tries to attack, but is swiftly kicked in the face by Tobi. He is sent flying. Tobi jumps towards him.
Kakashi/Gai/Killer Bee: Naruto!
But their injuries prevent them from moving as they should.
Tobi: You just don't get it, do you? No one, not a single person, shares your enthusiasm for peace, love, and friendship. Those are false ideals. After all this time, you subsist with the same trash that got all of your friends and loved ones killed.
Naruto tries retaliating, but Tobi pins him down.
Tobi: I've taken away everyone you care about just so you would learn a very painful lesson. But apparently I didn't get through to you, so let me try one last time. Your parents were failures of the worst kind.
Tobi: They thought they were strong, they thought their pathetic "Will of Fire" would guide them through their darkest hours, but where was it when I ripped the Nine-Tails out of your mother's body? Where was it when she begged for mercy? Where was it when I flattened your village with the same beast residing within you?
Tobi: Do you think the Shinigami even cares about such a thing like the "Will of Fire?" Your foolish, ignorant father tried to summon a god to the human plane, and as a result has been damned eternally by forces worlds greater than him. Just a cog in a vast, infinite machine.
Naruto's face contorts with an expression of concentrated malevolence, but he still cannot move. His Kyuubi Chakra Mode has reached its absolute limits.
Tobi: Nagato, who you tried to convince there was still "goodness" and "benevolence" in the world. Where was your "Will of Fire" when I killed his parents, and made him believe your village was actually responsible? Where was your "Will of Fire" when I sent him on a misguided journey of hatred that ruined his life?
Naruto's anger grows.
Tobi: Itachi, who tried to love his brother, but could only express that love through torture and slaughter. Where was your "Will of Fire" when I manipulated Konoha's Elders, and forced him to murder those closest to him? Where was it when he died for a crime he never willingly committed?
Tobi: Konan, who tried protecting her innocent, frail Nagato. Where was your "Will of Fire" when I killed her, and took the eyes you see now?
Tobi stops speaking for a moment, to look at Naruto's countenance. Unspeakable loathing.
Tobi: And Sasuke...where...where was your "Will of Fire" when I robbed him of everything he held dear, and turned him against himself?
Silence.
Kakashi: Gai, why is it taking so long?!
Gai: Kakashi, this isn't your regular attack! I need more time. Find a way to distract that guy!
Kakashi summons not willpower, but that crippling exhaustion which has defeated him. He can't make a proper move.
The scene switches to Naruto.
Naruto tries to block out Tobi's words, but they cut far deeper than any physical wound. Instead of remembering the hope his friends and parents had placed within him, he only recalls their sadness and inability to act.
Minato: The Pains of the world will always be with us. And as long as they are, the hatred permeating the Shinobi system will always be with us too...
Nagato: There is nothing to be found in war, except death and hatred. Just by the property of being, you hurt others without realizing it.
Itachi: But I failed...where Sasuke needed me most...I let him down.
Konan: Nagato, don't listen to his words! Just hurry and up finish him off.
Jiraiya: Lately I've begun to notice...hatred is spreading, and it's spreading fast. I want to do something about it, but I don't know what...
But in that hopelessness, in that boundless world of pessimism, Naruto finds an unlikely savior.
Kurama: Naruto...I've watched everything you've done up to this point...and...
Kurama: You've proved yourself. You really are different. I give up on making you give up...
And Naruto senses it. Tobi still has an amused expression.
Gai: Kakashi, just a few more seconds!
Kurama realizes that throughout all these centuries of existence, he has missed one key tenet. You don't need a human to unlock your seal...it's well within your power to do it. But no bijuu has utilized the one weapon necessary to do it...
Kurama: It's faith, isn't it, Sage?
Naruto's Rikudou seal crumbles. The Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra rushes out, and Naruto feels a new strength rising up within his body, one that is peerless, unparalleled. That of Kurama.
Character Limit.
And suddenly Naruto remembers...
Minato: But I believe in you. I know you will find the answer.
Nagato: Perhaps...this is the hand of the real God...Naruto...you can really-
Itachi: I'm glad my brother has a friend in you. You will succeed where I failed.
Jiraiya: Naruto, if I don't succeed, it'll be up to you to find peace! As my student, I entrust this wish to you.
Naruto's figure begins growing exponentially.
Gai: Kakashi, I'm finished!
The aura around Gai augments to an entirely new level.
Kakashi: As am I. The final Kamui is ready.
Killer Bee: Muthafuckas, let's roll! It's time we steamroll!
Tobi is blasted back by an enormous power, and looks up in shock at the four individuals in front of him.
Naruto, who has completely transformed into the Nine-Tailed Fox. Gai, who has unleashed the Eighth Gate. Kakashi, who has taken his Mangekyou Sharingan to its final level. And Killer Bee, with his largest Tailed Beast Bomb yet.
Gai: This is not the gate of death, Kakashi! It's the gate of peace!
Appearing as gods amongst men, they attack.
Naruto: This ends here!!
END
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