Yami: The Gamer Kage

Sept. 3, 2022, 5:24 p.m.

Chapter 24 Journey of the Best
Chapter 26 The End 1

Chapter 25 1, 2, 4 and Darkness

The next day:

"I'm so fucking bored!" Tayuya cried out.

Puma grumbled, "then do something about it instead of fucking complaining all the time!"

"You want a piece of me you bitch?!" Tayuya growled.

"Sigh, kids," Anko rolled her eyes.

"What did you say you purple headed bitch?! You want a piece of me?!" Tayuya growled.

Anko's eyebrow twitched, "what was that you brat? Did you say something?" a wave of deadly killing intent flew off off Anko as several snakes came out of her sleeves and wrapped around her body flicking her tongue dangerously.

"N-nothing," Tayuya gulped before whispering, "crazy bitch is scary."

"And you damn well remember that!"Anko grumbled before turning to me, "how much longer? As much as I hate to agree with the flat chested midget," que a loud protest from Tayuya that prompted another row with Puma, "we are burning daylight here."

I sat in an open tent with Yagura by the entrance standing gaurd while Kimimaro laid ont he ground, his eyes resting as five of my wood clones surrounded him, using the Mystical Health palm jutsu to slowly manipulate the cells I had injected into him to heal his body on a cellular level.

"I'm almost done here," I replied as I finished healing the rest of Kimimaro's body, "how are you feeling Kimimaro?"

The green eyed man blinked, "I….I'm feeling much better. How is that possible?"

"My method of healing is much more...thorough," I smiled as I canceled the jutsus and dismissed the clowns, "there we go, stand up."

Kimimaro nodded as he did so. He stretched his hands, blinking in surprise, "I feel...perfect."

"Good," I nodded as I got up and patted him on the back, "there we go, good as new." just then the clones I had scouring Orochimaru's library and base started to dispel. I stopped and began assimilating the knowledge they gathered.

"You okay there Light?" Anko asked using my code name instead of my real one, as we were still in the company of people we couldn't really trust.

"I'm good," I sighed as the rest of the information poured into my head. He had very detailed notes, they were...very graphic. But useful, maybe later I could apply a few of them. "Right, anyway, Tayuya, come over, it's your turn."

"What the fuck are you on about?" the red head snorted, "I ain't fucking sick."

"The curse mark," I motioned over, "I need to remove it."

"What?!" Tayuya cried out, "why the fuck do you need to do that?!"

"I told you didn't I?" Anko snorted, "our goal is to remove every single trace of that snake bastard from this planet. That mark is one of them."

"B-but why didn't you remove the mark on the bone bitch?!" Tayuya pointed at the mark under Kimimaro's neck.

I shrugged, "that's the seal of Heaven, which much more powerful than your seal of Earth, it does have it's limitations. It seems it was the first version of the curse mark Orochimaru made before he used it on everyone else….plus it doesn't have a piece of Orochimaru's soul inside of it eating away at his body. Yours does."

"What the fuck?!"

I sighed, "that's right, he didn't tell you did he? Didn't you wonder why the curse mark made you act so differently?"

"I-I...fuck! His soul is inside of me?!"

I nodded, "yes, I believe that's how Orochimaru controlled people, making sure they were 'loyal' to him. Sick bastard."

"What the fuck are you waiting for you shit fucker! Get it off off me!" Tayuya screamed pulling down her collar, revealing the curse mark.

I sighed, in the beginning she was scared of me, making her more respectful, but now...sheesh, I think I prefered her afraid and scared.

I sat her down and began to experiment on the seal, getting ready to remove it. But as I was halfway down trying to pry it's personal chakra #network form Tayuya's, I realised something vital.

"Fuck!" I spat.

"What happened?" Kimimaro asked.

"The second stage," I spat as I pushed Tayuya's collar up, "I never saw a seal with the second stage active."

"What the fuck are you on about?" Tayuya asked, "can you get this fucking thing off of me or not?!"

"I...I don't think I can," I hummed, "the only experience with this curse seal I've had is with...a certain person who was the earliest victims of Orochimaru's. Since then his seal work has only gotten better, and since you have access to the second stage of the curse mark...it's like the chakra network the seal posses and yours has become one. I can't remove it without killing you as well."

"Then what are we going to do?!" Tayuya screamed, "I don't want to become like the snake bastard!"

I sighed, "I need more of Orochimaru's notes...hm, Kimimaro, that friend of yours, one of my clones found a document inside the base that related Orochimaru's work on the curse seal with Jugo's own DNA. Where exactly is he?"

"He's in the Northern base," the green eyed man replied, "it's prison filled with Orochimaru's experiments and ruthless bandits. It's a dangerous place."

"Fuck that!" Tayuya cried out as she jumped to her feet, "if it means turning into the snake face then I'll kill them all myself!"

Kimimaro narrowed his eyes, "you should feel honoured to be able to become like lord Orochimaru."

"You might be his little cock sleeve bone boy, but not me! I'm too fucking sexy to become that pale skinned bitch!"

"Why you healthiness who-"

"-Enough," Yagura poke, silencing them both with a bit of concentrated killing intent that stunned everyone around them. The killing intent of a jinchuriki was something else….especially one that could use his biju effectively. The only reason I wasn't effected was thanks to Gamer's mind, and the fact that I took on a lot more the last time Yagura and I fought.

"Thank you Turtle," I nodded, "he's right. Fighting will get us nowhere. Tayuya, I promise you I'll do everything I can to stop Orochimaru's mark from taking over. Kimimaro, Orochimaru is dead, he has right over the living, robbing someone of their life is the worst crime anyone can do, it's like clipping the wings of a butterfly. Do you understand."

He closed his eyes and slowly nodded, "yes...I understand. I am sorry Tayuya...I did not realise how my words were being implied."

Tayuya snorted, "whatever."

I grinned "good, now that we're all friends let's," a clone popped, this one had stayed behind had gone deeper into the files and scrolls Orochimaru left behind.

Ping!

You have learnt a new jutsu!

Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation jutsu (Imperfected), S rank

This jutsu binds the soul of a deceased person to a living vessel, restoring them as they were when they were alive in order to do their summoner's bidding.

Cost- a live human body as sacrifice

CP cost- 0

Limit- 5

Holy shit. Hidden behind a wall in Orochimaru's chamber was the scroll listing out this jutsu. It required no chakra to use, only a human body to be prepared as sacrifice. This was perhaps the sickest, but the most amazing power I have ever learnt.

And that's not all, after my clone learnt this jutsu, he kept searching and found three coffins, 'One', 'Two' and 'Four'. The bodies of the previous Hokages, that's right Orochimaru wanted to use them to kill Sarutobi, but I killed him before he could. And right now, all three coffins were in my inventory.

If I could somehow find a human sacrifice, a scumbag so fucking shitty that they deserve a fate worse than death, then….then I could learn wood release from the man who first controlled, from the man who could bring down the nine tails by himself.

Ping!

Quest Alert!

Learn from the greatest!

First Hokage- Incomplete

Second Hokage- Incomplete

Fourth Hokage- Incomplete

Rewards:

Duh.

Failure:

Nothing

Do you accept?

Y/N?

Of course I damn well accept! But not right now...no, for now, I'll keep these two coffins a secert. I'll wait for sometime until-

"-Oye! Light boy!" Tayuya's yells pierced my thoughts, "you in there?"

I blinked, "what? Oh, right, yeah, I'm here. Sorry about that, a group of clones just popped out, took me a moment to gather and arrange the info then gave me."

"Right...are you okay now?" Puma asked worried.

I nodded, "peachy. Now then," I grinned, "let's crack on! From what we know the Norther base is about a day's run away. Let's move on!"

My team nodded as we set off, Puma, being the slowest, set the pace. I didn't want to use my summons, not just yet, and judging from the fact none of my allies asked for them, they understood why. Tayuya and Kimimaro might be temporary allies now, but that could change fast.

The next day:

"Please don't-"

"I'll kill you!"

I sighed as I leaped away from Jugo's weaponised axe arm, "I just want to talk!"

"I'll ripe you limb from limb!"

I grabbed his arm and activated my increased strength, holding him in place, "that's enough Jugo, I'm not here to fight, just to talk. A friend of yours wants to talk to you."

"I have no friends!" Jugo cried out.

"Yes Jugo, you do," the orange haired young man with greying skin turned around and gasped as Kimimaro walked up to him.

"K-Kimimaro?"

"Finally!" I threw Jugo's arm aside, cracking my wrist, "what took you so damn long?!"

"We were controlling the situation downstairs," Puma informed me, "Sexy had gone ahead and released everyone inside thinking they were all...victims."

"Hey! They were!" Anko cried out.

"They were also ruthless killers," Turtle corrected.

Anko puffed, "I know that now..."

I sighed, "whatever," I formed a hundred clones and sent them off to control the riot in the prison/secret base, "they'll handle the...cleaning up."

"Are you just going to kill them all?" Tayuya asked.

"No," I shook my head, "they'll be given a choice, surrender and live peacefully, or die."

"And suppose a serial killer chooses to come peacefully?" Puma asked.

"I'm having several clones access the hideout records, if there is someone out of the people who I spared who is a monster like Orochimaru, then he won't be spared."

"Alright then! Now that that's settled and these two gaylords are back together," Tayuya pointed at a happily chatting Kimimaro and Jugo, "can we please fucking get this damn curse seal off of me now?!"

I smiled, "alright, just let me get settled in."

Three days later:

"All the prisoners and experiments who remain have been set free," Turtle reported in as we gather in the main lab which I now called as my own. The floor was littered with scrolls upon scrolls, I had gone through all the research Orochimaru had kept on site, all of which was related to Jugo in some way.

"That's perfect Turtle, thanks," I nodded as I put down a book filled with my personal notes and observations and looked down at a strapped down Tayuya, "are you sure you want to do this Red?"

"Fuck yeah," she growled, "I am not becoming like him. Never like him."

I nodded, "right...from what I can tell Orochimaru used a piece of Jugo's DNA to create your seal, but infused it with his own chakra. Now, what I'm going to do is...odd. Since your chakra network is fused with the cure seal, I can't just cut it out, so instead, I'm going to have to use a jutsu I've been practising. You ready?"

Tayuya nodded, "do it Light."

I smirked, she didn't even know my true name or real face, but she still trusts me. Either she really hates Orochimaru...or maybe she might realise I'm a halfway decent guy.

"Are you just going to keep staring at me or what shit head?! Come on! Let's go!" I sighed, definitely the former.

"Right," I turned round and nodded. Turtle vanished from the room, I put Tayuya under an artificial coma and channeled chakra into my Rinnegan, "Human path!" I felt the powers kick into overdrive as I reached out and grabbed Tayuya's shoulder.

I felt two souls inside of her, two powerful souls. One was smaller than the other, but it made up for size with raw energy. I knew this was the one I wanted, so I pulled on the spiritual chain around it and I found a purple hued vapour come pouring out of Tayuya's sweating body.

-1,000 CP!

I saw the King of Hell summon appear automatically behind me. It's zipped opened up as the soul flew into his mouth.

Ping!

You have absorbed a soul! Please select one piece of information you wish to learn from it!

You can learn:

Binding Snake Glare Spell

Casualty Puppet

Chakra Scalpel

Dead Demon Consuming Seal: Release

….

And the list went on and on. I honestly was amazed at the list of jutsus Orochimaru could perform, but then again what could one expect from the man who set out to learn every jutsu in creation?

I had every single piece of information Orochimaru knew, but I could only pick one. It was sad, but true.

And right now, I only had one goal, knowledge on how he grafted various kekkai genkai DNA into his own body. So I looked for it:

Body modification techniques

I selected it as suddenly a rush of information came into my head from the soul absorbed into the King of Hell figure. I saw Orochimaru's soul being consumed, hm, so it worked like Skyrim's Dragon souls, only this time I learnt one thing what the soul knew.

I filled all the knowledge Orochimaru had on body modification and put it away for latter. I turned to Tayuya and woke her up using a medical jutsu.

She blinked, "is it over?" she asked, worry in her voice.

I nodded, "it's over."

"Hell yeah," she sighed, laying down, "damn...it feels like I got his by a bus! What the hell fuck head?!" I chuckled, at least she didn't call me a shit fucker.

A week Later:

"Keep your gaurd up Monster," Sexy instructed as she managed to kick Jugo across the face, "and if you don't, I'll slice your dick off!"

"And the call me a cursor!" Tayuya laughed as she and Anko double teamed Jugo, the orange haired man doing his best to keep up. Understandably, Anko and Tayuya, who now went by Flute, got along great.

"Are you sure you do not wish to join in?" Kimimaro asked me, turning around. I sat on a tree with Turtle by my side. I was currently reading through a few files I had found in Orochimaru's base, the man was a genius, but also fuckign crazy.

"No," I shook my head, "I'm fine. Why don't you go though? I'm sure your skills could use a refresher."

Kimimaro smiled, "is that a challenge?"

I chuckled, "baiting me won't help Bones."

"Whatever you say...Light," the man shrugged, turning back to see Tayuya activate her curse seal, allowing her to transform into her sage form, which was exactly like her demon form, only now she wasn't at the risk of eventually turning into Orochimaru.

One day later:

"But what are we supposed to do?!" the leader of the band of Oto ninja that attacked us asked. He was bound and kneeling before us, he and the rest of his men, "we don't have a village! We don't have a Kage! We are alone!"

I turned to Kimimaro, "well?"

The man raised an eyebrow, "why ask me?"

"Because out of all of us here, you and Tayuya are the closest thing to being a person in charge. And well Tayuya..."

"-Hey! Did you fuckers call me?!"

I sighed, "so obviously, you're their only hope."

The man looked at the bound ninja, his brain slowly processing several ideas at once before he sighed, "get up," the leader did so, "I am the equivalent of a jonin commander, seeing as lord Orochimaru placed me as the leader of the Sound Five, the greatest attack force of Oto. As such, I'm issuing you an order, take all your men and return to the main base. Perform missions to gain revenue...I'll tell you what to do then."

"H-hai!" the man nodded, his eyes sparkling, he once again had purpose in his life. It took us three days to arrange all that Kimimaro asked for, but in the end it was worth it.

"You really did a fine job leading these men," I told the white haired man as we looked down at the mass exodus of people returning to the main base temporarily.

"I did what was logical," he simply replied.

"No Kimimaro, you did what was right," I patted him on the shoulder, "maybe this is your purpose huh? Who knows, you do look good in purple," from the look on his face, I'm guessing that idea terrified him.

A month later:

We attacked the Eastern hideout and destroyed it, burning it to the ground. But, before that happened, I happened upon a secret lab where a scroll was being stored away in secret. A secret which I can't believe I was stupid enough to forget.

The Fourth Hokage's body was ready for the impure resurrection jutsu, but that didn't mean his soul was.

By using Death itself to seal away part of the nine tails chakra Minato condemned himself to a life of misery and pain in the bowels of the Shinigami. So even if Orochimaru had summoned him, he wouldn't have appeared.

But according to this scroll, there was a way to bring him back, meaning my month long quest could finally end.

We decided to take a break from hunting down evil shit heads all month and spend a few days relaxing. We were now spending a few days at an abandoned castle, each person gaining more than wing to themselves.

And I needed that privacy.

I had set everything up. I had the human sacrifices needed for the Resurrection jutsu, three rapists who would never be missed. All over the age of 50, so they didn't have anything to live for anyway.

I had them stored away inside my inventory, I had sent a wood clone away a few days ago to infiltrate Konoha and bring back the last thing I would require to free from Fourth Hokage from his prison inside the Shinigami's belly, the Shinigami mask.

I was just waiting for the clone to send it over via our shared inventory system when I heard a knock on my door.

"Come in," I replied as I placed my oni mask back in place. I turned to see Tayuya enter, her face split wide in a shit eating grin.

I blinked "hey Red, what's up?"

"Did you know this place has a cellar?!" she grinned wider as she held up a large bottle of sake, "we hit the jackpot with this place!"

I chuckled, "nice. Did you share?"

"Sexy and Puma already got shit faced and are asleep," Tayuya hiccupped as she walked inside, her movements wobbly, her speed patterns slurred, she was drunk, I could smell it from here, "Turtle, the Bone bitch and that Orange shit are too pruney to get wasted. So, that just leaves you! So what do you say shit fucker?! You in for a drink?!"

I chuckled, "sorry Tayuya, but last time I got drunk with a pretty woman we ended up having sex."

"What?! No way!" Tayuya popped on my bed and poured two cups pushing one into my hands, "come on! Tell me all about it!"

I sighed, "alright," I sat down next to her, Tayuya grinned as she snuggled closer, our feet touching. I raised my mask slightly to the left and sipped the drink, "woah, this isn't half bad."

"Damn straight it is!" Tayuya laughed, "now tell me about this chick you banged!"

"Well, she was older than me, by a lot. But I think she was too happy that day to care, she kind of put her gaurd down. She was fucking amazing to look at, huge tits and a spanking nice ass," I chuckled, "damn, I just realised that I'm starting to pick up on your language."

Tayuya snorted, "is that a bad thing?"

"No, I guess-MPHF!" my eyes widened as Tayuya jumped on me, throwing her cup away and grabbing my face, kissing my lips, attacking it with her tongue. I felt her pushing up against me, pushing me onto the bed, lying down on top of me.

I pushed her back gently, she looked down at me with wondering eyes, "what's wrong shit head? Ain't I good enough for you?"

I smiled, "no, it's not that. It's just I would rather not do this when you're drunk. I would prefer if you actually remembered what happened tomorrow morning."

"Oh believe me fucker, you'll remember for the both of-ACK!" I hit a nerve in the back of her neck that sent her unconscious. I sighed and pulled her into bed, I really didn't want to have sex with another drunk woman, I'm starting to think that being drunk is the only way women would ever sleep with me!

Also...I don't do anything less than a C-cup. Was that shallow? Yes. Did I care? No.

Just then my clone dispelled, I looked into my inventory and there it was, the mask of the shinigami.

I tucked Tayuya in, the girl was already drooling onto my sheets. I then left, heading downstairs into the cellar. I locked the cellar and had seals put up all over the place preventing anyone from entering.

I opened my inventory and took out the three coffins Orochimaru had prepared. I opened them up and then took out the three rapists that I had kidnapped, they were unconscious, hopefully they wouldn't wake up mid way, from what I heard about this process it will be very painful for the sacrifice.

And now, it was time to prepare. I took out the shinigami mask and created a wood clone. I then activated my mystical palm healing jutsu and started manipulating the cells inside the clones body.

Wood clones were special. They are perhaps the best type of clone in the world of ninjutsu. This was because they were basically human, not only did they have a physical body that wouldn't dispel if you hit them hard, they were made up of cells that I could manipulate.

An hour later and the wood clone now stood no longer made of wood, but rather flesh and blood. I manipulated the wood cells in his body, turning them real making him real.

"Well? How do you feel Pinocchio?" I asked as I stepped back with a grin.

"Really? Pinocchio?" the clone snorted.

"Hey, it fits!"

He took out a kunai and pricked his finger, blood slowly coming out, "yeah I guess it does...in way."

"Are you going to be okay with this?" I asked.

The clone nodded, "yeah...I know you would do the same for me," he took the Shinigami mask, "you remember the plan right?"

I nodded, "You release Minato's soul and I'll anchor it into the body, summoning all three hokages."

"Do you need help controlling them?" the clone as as he removed the oni mask and placed the shinigami one.

"No...Minato and Hashirama will be fine with it. Tobirama might be a problem though," I sighed.

"You should use the control talismen, just in case."

"Maybe….alright," I began the hand seals, "let's begin!"

"Right, dead demon consuming seal: Release!" the clone stiffened as suddenly the shadow of the shinigami appeared behind him.

I gasped, it was horrifying to look at. It had long, shaggy, white hair, from which two red horns protrude, as well as purple-coloured skin. It was draped in a large white kimono and carries a set of prayer beads. In it's mouth was a tantō, it's very princess scaring the shit out of me.

Shinigami (Specter)

Lv- Incalculable

REP- X

The clone however didn't stop, he moved, the shinigami mimicking his movements. He took out the tanto from his mouth and then sliced it's stomach, causing a single soul to come out.

"Summoning jutsu: Impure World Ressurection!" I drew the soul into the coffin of the Fourth, as slowly the three corps were covered with ash that slowly changed their physical form into something else entirely.

I watched as my clone bleeded out, dying within seconds as the mask fell off, the shinigami vanishing. The clones body didn't vanish though, since it was now real...it had no place to go.

I quickly put the clone's body in my inventory, a proper burial will have to wait. Because right now, right in front of me, the body of three rapists was being converted into three legendary heroes.

(Reincarnated) Hashirama Senju, The First Hokage

Lv- ?

REP- 0

(Reincarnated) Tobirama Senju, The Second Hokage

Lv- ?

REP- 0

(Reincarnated) Minato Namikaze, The Fourth Hokage

Lv- 120

REP- 0

They stepped out of their corpse as the last of the ash fell off. They looked up, the hite of their eyes now black. They looked up at me, Minato was the first to speak with narrowed eyes, "are the same one who threatened my son?"

I blinked, "why would you think that?"

"The mask," he pointed.

I chuckled, "no lord Hokage, I'm not," I threw back my hood and removed my mask, pulling down my face mask, "though I understand why you would think that."

"M-Madara?!" Hashirama gasped in shock.

"You're still alive?" Tobirama drew a kunai, ready to attack.

"Woah there!" I held up my hands, "I'm not Madara! Please don't kill me!"

The second's eyes widened, "who are you?"

"I'm a leaf shinobi," I tapped my headband, "my name is Yami."

"No last name?" Hashirama blinked.

"I...no, I chose not to have one," I shrugged, "I was born an orphan, so I never had one."

"You look awfully lot Uchiha Madara," Hashirama noted, "but younger...much younger. How old are you?"

"I...I don't remember," I blinked, "what day is it today?"

"Are you seriously asking us?" Minato raised an eyebrow, "we have been dead all this time!"

I blinked, "oh...right. Well then I think I'm fourteen, though I'm not really sure. Usually Naruto and I just shared a birthday, but being an orphan and all I don't know my real birthday."

"N-Naruto?" Minato's eyes widened.

I nodded, "yeah, your son. Nice meeting you by the way."

"How do you know my son?" Minato asked eagerly.

"We grew up together," I smiled, "I consider him a brother in all but blood."

"A brother?" Minato blinked, "h-how is he? Where are we? How did you even bring me here? I'm assuming you used the Second's Impure World Resurrection jutsu but how did you summon me?"

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Hashirama asked.

"Yes, I would very much like to know the same thing," Tobirama narrowed his eyes at Minato, and then me.

"Oh, I'm the Fourth," Minato turned around and showed his cloak.

"Woah! A Fourth! That's so amazing!" the First cheered, "how has the village been doing since we died! Wait, since you're dead does that mean there's a Fifth now?"

"Not really," I pulled out four chairs and spread them out, "please sit, this will take some time."

"Did you really summon us here to have a conversation?" Tobirama snorted as Hashirama and Minato sat down without issue.

"Yes," I nodded, "there is no Fifth, at least not yet. Hiruzen took up the hat once more after Minato died," I pointed at the Fourth, "the old man has been wearing it till this date."

"Impressive," Hashirama whistled, "I'm amazed the old monkey lasted as long as he did."

"He was our chosen successor," Tobirama shrugged, choosing to remain standing instead of sitting down.

I nodded, "exactly. Now, the reason I summoned you three is simple," I took out a seed and tossed it down. I then made the snake seal out of the seed grew a shrub as big as my face.

"Amazing!" Hashirama smiled, "so you're my descended are you?!"

I shrugged, "I honestly don't know. I told you, I'm an orphan," I sighed.

"Oh...I'm sorry," Hashirama hanged his head as he began to leak depression, "I'm such a horrible person. Please forgive me."

Tobirama snorted, "please brother, show some spine."

Fourth gave a nervous chuckle, "what a unique guy."

I rolled my eyes, "I'm sure," I patted his shoulder, "it's fine, please don't be so depressed lord First, it's sad to see one of my heroes looking so defeated."

"Oh? I'm your hero am I?" he chuckled throwing his head back and laughing.

I shrugged, "one of them. My favorite however is the fourth," I nodded at Minato, "but then again I'm best friends with his son, so that opinion is kind of jaded."

"D-does Naruto know-"

"-No, he doesn't," I shook my head, "he's too young...and too weak. He's barely learnt how to control the nine tails. Though we did find out about Kushina, so he knows about her at least."

"I-I see...thank you," the man smiled.

"So you brought me back to teach you the wood release yes?" Hashirama asked.

I nodded, "yes."

"Hm, I see. But then why did you bring back the Second and the Fourth?"

I shrugged, "why not? I might as well learn something from them. Orochimaru had already prepared your bodies, I figured since he's dead I might as well use them."

"Orochimaru is dead?!" Minato's eyes widened.

I nodded, "yup, I killed him."

"Why did you do that?!"

"Who is Orochimaru?" Tobirama asked.

"A leaf ninja, the Third's favorite disciple," Fourth informed him, causing Tobirama to glare, he charged up his chakra. I saw him getting ready to attack when a look from the First shut him down.

The first turned to me and smiled, "Yami, why did you kill this Orochimaru fellow?"

"Because he was a traitor and planned to kill Hiruzen and destroy the leaf by starting a war between us and Suna," I turned to Tobirama and glared, "and if you even think about flaring that pathetic amount of Killing Intent again at me, you better be damn sure to finish the job."

Tobirama snorted, "you think too much of yourself boy."

"Hm, I think I can take you," I smirked as I vanished in a puff of smoke and another form reappeared right behind Tobirama so quickly, the second fastest man in Konoha history couldn't even react in time before a kunai was placed on his neck, "and I'm much faster than you will ever be."

"Fast," Minato gasped.

Tobirama grunted, "you made your point...boy."

Hashirama laughed, "looks like you found your match brother!" For which Tobirama just snorted as I removed the kunai and stepped away from him, "I see...very well, I see no reason to deny you this. If you went through such lengths to protect Konoha, it will be foolish not to teach you how to control your power. Is there anything specific you wish to learn?"

I nodded, "well...could you teach me how to defeat Madara?"

Hashirama blinked, "why is that?"

"Because while I am not Madara, he is still alive and kicking," I turned to Minato, "that's the masked man who attacked you and Kushina, forcing you to seal the Kyuubi away inside Naruto."

"What do you mean?" Tobirama asked his interest peaked due to the mere mention of Madara.

"It's a long story," Minato explained, "it involves my death. On the day I died...there was a masked man that attacked my birthing wife, who was the jinchuriki for the nine tails."

"It was during childbirth?" Tobirama asked, "the seal would have been weak then."

Minato nodded, "exactly. And that was why he attacked. He knew...everything, where it was happening, what was happening...Kushina and I kept everything a secret, the fact that we were even married was a secret. But he knew..and he threatened my son. I fought him and barely managed to win, but by then he managed to release the Kyuubi onto the village. I sacrificed myself to seal him away, putting half of him inside me and the other half inside my son. And the man who attacked me, was an Uchiha."

I nodded, "and this happened again. The Fourth Mizukage was the jinchuriki of the three tails. He was attacked and put under the control of a masked Uchiha, this man claimed to be Madara Uchiha."

"So he's still alive even after all so long," Hashirama hummned.

"We don't know that for sure," I replied.

"Why is that?" Minato asked.

"It's simple, why the mask? If he was Madara, as he claimed, his face would scare people away. Maybe he's trying to keep a low profile but the only time anyone ever heard of him, was when he was planning something big. He didn't plan on me freeing the Mizukage or you living. So his secret would have been kept. So why the mask?"

"So you don't believe this masked Uchiha is indeed Madara?" Tobirama asked.

I shook my head, "no, I don't. But he does claim to be Madara and he's powerfull..,

Chapter 24 Journey of the Best
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