Chapter 93 - 86: He Shines So Bright (1/2)

Itachi led the great shinobi alliance along with the other kages against the 10-tailed beast, Madara, and Obito. The war was nowhere near its end, yet the great shinobi alliance was almost brought down by its knees by both Madara and Obito. Even Itachi could barely go against the combination of the two and the 10-tailed beast.

The rest of the shinobi alliance are fighting against the minions summoned by the gigantic tree in the middle of the wide, open battlefield.

After the five kage summit, Itachi was declared by Mifune to be the leader of the great shinobi alliance. The other four agreed, since Itachi is the smartest and the strongest out of all of them. Even the Raikage had to agree that Itachi is stronger than him.

But even then, they've lost too much. If it wasn't for the sacrifice of Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza, they wouldn't be here. The new generation of shinobis are fighting against this great enemy with some of the old generation, but they were still in a disadvantage.

Itachi had to 1v1 Madara because the others are too busy with Obito and the 10-tailed beast. He was barely winning, even with all his strength. If only Hikaru was here, the war would've been over in an instant.

Itachi had his Susanoo activated but it was still far too inferior against Madara's full bodied and armored Susanoo. Only with great difficulty would he be able to block an attack from Madara, and he could barely damage Madara's Susanoo.

Even though Hikaru stated that Itachi was as strong as Madara, he only meant the past Madara. But this Madara has the rinnegan, mokuton, and the sage mode of Hashirama Senju. To be honest, it's almost unfair for Itachi. He's already low on chakra, his eyes are hurting from overuse, and this is all because of his Susanoo and his use of Amaterasu countless times against Madara.

Bang! Crack!

Itachi blocked another slash from Madara's giant Susanoo swords with his Yata Mirror and counterattacked with his Sword of Totsuka, thus creating a crack on Madara's Susanoo!

”Ho, you're strong for someone your age. You're as strong as I was back then, 100 years ago. But do you think you can beat me at that state!?” Madara then slashed at Itachi again with his Susanoo at full strength, but he managed to block it again.

'I can't beat him, he's too strong for me right now. Damn it, if only I had a few strong shinobis by my side, we could've taken him down. We are at our weakest state; I need to create a way to defeat them!' Itachi said in his thoughts, trying not to panic.

Barrage after barrage of Madara's Susanoo almost brought him down to his knees. He's stuck on defense mode, unless there's someone who could turn the tides of the battlefield, it's going to be difficult to stop them.

”Are you tired, huh!? C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, you bastard! You awakened my battle l.u.s.t, don't stop now! Hahahahaha!!” Madara laughed as he continued his barrage of attacks onto Itachi's Susanoo.

'Tch, this battle freak. For now, I'll retreat. If I can regroup with Azumi and Sasuke, I'm sure we can figure something out.' Itachi planned.

The a.d.u.l.t Sasuke from another dimension has already left a week ago after Boruto was finished with his training with Toneri. He would've been useful here, but he cannot keep them here any longer. They have their own war to fight, and we have our own.

The moment Madara stopped his attacks, Itachi canceled his Susanoo and ran towards the main battlefield, where Sasuke and Azumi are. He needs to preserve his chakra and his stamina, or he won't be able to fight any longer.

And as he expected, Madara followed him from behind, yelling at him to get back. He's really a battle crazed person. If it was any other shinobi, they would've lost a long time ago from that monster. Well, Madara cannot be compared to Hikaru, who's in a complete league of his own.

He kept running until he managed to get reunited with his younger brother and Azumi. They were fighting Obito, who's on top of the 10-tailed beast. Though, he can see that the situation is dire.

Even though they expected that the war will be hard fought, they forgot one single variable. The Edo Tensei technique.

Kabuto revived almost all of the strongest shinobis to exist. Even the Akatsuki was revived!

Itachi could see that they were fighting a losing war, but they still have to try, or the deaths of all those people would be in vain! Itachi then fired an Amaterasu on Madara, who's behind him. Madara dodged it, but by the time he turned his head towards Itachi, he was gone.

Seeing that he's opponent has retreated, Madara just decided to accompany Obito, destroying the wills and hopes of the shinobi alliance.

His plan is near its completion, only those small fries are getting in his way but that would be fixed soon. His body is still in Edo Tensei, so he needs return his mortal body again and make himself the 10-tails' jinchuuriki. After that, he will cast the Eye-of-the- Moon plan.

Once his goal has been achieved, all the pain and suffering would finally be gone. None of that shall remain in his illusionary world, only bliss will remain. The unending dream of peace that he and Hashirama dreamt of, is not that far away now. It is now within his grasp, the ultimate peace.