Chapter 46
While Hinata, Sakura, Ino and Chiyo fight a half broken Sasori, Deidara was fighting Naruto, s.h.i.+kamaru, s.h.i.+no, Choji and Kakas.h.i.+. Guy, Neji, Lee, Kiba, Sasuke and I were fighting Itachi and Obito. I took on Obito by myself seeing as Itachi was afraid of facing me again. Sasuke was mad because he was going to face Itachi with others backing him up. Sasuke wanted to kill his brother on his own so with others helping him didn't help his att.i.tude. Before I took Obito to fight him elsewhere, I called out to Itachi.
Sage: You should tell your little brother the truth before you regret it. The person who forced to kill your clan is already dead and I have exposed his secrects to Konoha. All you are going to do is erase your remaining blood relative.
Itachi didn't say anything and simply nodded. After saying my piece I cared less if he or Sasuke dies. I walked towards my opponent.
Sage: Now then, what was your name again?
???(Obito): Hahaha, I never got a chance to introduce myself. You don't need my name anyway.
Sage: I just wanted to know what to put on your tombstone. Since you don't wanna give your name then I will just put Obito on the slab then. Oh and don't worry, you won't be late for your death.
I couldn't tell what his facial expression was because of his mask but I knew he was surprised. In that moment I grabbed Obito by the shoulder and flashed toward a further location. Once we were far enough away, Obito finally said something.
Obito: (In a menacing voice). Who the h.e.l.l are you?
Sage: Me? Your executioner, I thought I made that clear.
Obito: Don't play the fool. How do you know that name?
Sage: So now you wanna talk. Here I was, trying to act all mysterious, but then you get emotional because of a name I said in pa.s.sing. Lame, man.
Obito: Who would say someones name in pa.s.sing. If you won't tell me I will make you.
Sage: Really? I hope you can at least last longer than Kisame and Itachi when they tried.
Obito began his attack with shuriken and kunai. I exhaled through my nose and blew them away. To have fun, I moved slowly enough for Obito react to my movements. I tried punching him so I could see for myself how his "intangibility" works. I already knew that if I can pa.s.s through
Sage: You took a doozy there little guy. Are you ok?
Obito: s.h.i.+t! (In a low voice) He is just playing with me.
Sage: I thought you liked playing games. Come on, let's see what Kakas.h.i.+-senpai's old teammate can do.
Because of my tail slap I broke the mask he was wearing, so the look of surprise was hard to miss. As I said before, Dojutsu, eye techniques, work through the chakra if one is overwhelmed mentally and spiritually. Considering my race and current strength, Obito or an Otsutsuki can't do jack s.h.i.+t to me. I grabbed a few pebbles and flicked them at Obito. When the pebbles came at him he was only able to catch a glimpse but it was enough for him to use Kamui.
Obito: How can your strength surpa.s.s Madaras'?
Sage: (In a sarcastic tone). Oh, so you are not Madara? If I remember correctly, you didn't confirm or deny that you were Madara when you let the Kyuubi loose 15 years ago.
Obito: (With widened eyes). So you were the one who stopped the Kyuubi so quickly?
Sage: Ding ding ding! (In a game show voice). Was I the one that stopped the Kyuubi? Survey says, Ding! Correct, I was the one. (In a menacing tone). Your strength that has parts of Has.h.i.+rama in them, Madara's strength and Has.h.i.+rama's strength pale in comparison to mine. If the rest of your Akatsuki were to join together and fight me maybe you can actually catch a sliver of my real power.
I flashed behind Obito. I grabbed his shoulder and told him…
Sage: Give up on Madara's poisonous dream. Madara's and now your plans are led by someone else yet the people with the better eyesight fail to see your true enemy, how ironic.
Obito: What are you talking about? What do you know?
Sage: Hmmm. Give me Madara's eyes and I will tell you what you need to know. Deal?
Obito: I can not do that.
Sage: Awww, why not? Because you can't control Nagato like you wanted?
Obito: (Grinding his teeth) b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Who are you?!
Sage: Dude, seriously? Sarunokami Sage, the Demon of the leaf, your "executioner" and all that. Wait wait, how about this, (In a deep voice) "I am your father".
Obito jumped away from me, I couldn't hold my laughter at the last one. Obito was furious and started to make hand seals at me. I couldn't care less. Obito used every element in succession but I was just holding my stomach laughing at my lame joke, his weak jutsu and the futility of his efforts to hurt me. The bigger the jutsu the harder I laughed. I walked through his attacks in a normal calm pace, unscathed. Obito was visibly shaking, fear, an emotion I know well since growing up in this world. With power so absolute that makes any other forms outmoded, fear is the most common feeling. A person like Obito who took up Madara's misguided mantle, feeling this disturbed and fearful of me caused me to have a smile on my face. His fear was so thick I could practically taste it. Before Obito snapped out of it I grabbed him by the shoulder again.
Sage: Beware of your companion, the black and white one. (Snaps fingers)
Obito: Zetsu.
Sage: Yeah, that thing. If you really wish for peace, I am peace, if you are looking for chaos I am the chaos. If you are looking for a fight, all you will find is death (Pointing at myself). Didn't you have your own dream or plans for the future before being brainwashed by an antique?