41 Final Battle (2/2)
”Is that so? Then, my part here is almost done. Now, let me show you how bright it is a firework at the moment of its end. Ah, I really want to do these flashing things for a long time.” Rafi said lightly as he flashed to the ground using Hiraishin Technique. While Madara was connecting himself to Gedo Statue, Rafi looked around the battlefield. There were no more Edo Tensei shinobi, no more White Zetsu army, his army were all killed. It left only he and Madara alone that were still facing with all of the Alliance's shinobi.
He could also see Hinata and Konan looked at his direction with complicated gazes each, though it quickly changed to a determination. Because, when the war were still going on before, they knew that Rafi intentionally kept them from life-threatening dangers. As only Edo Tensei shinobi and White Zetsu's attacks that they could handle, that they faced in the war. As when their situation were critical enough, somehow the enemies that attacked them suddenly changed their targets, thus allowing them chances for taking breathers.
There were many moments like that happened to both of them, although not much for Konan as she was stronger than Hinata. Konan herself knew that Rafi went easy on her in the previous fight in Fourth Company's battlefield and Second Company's battlefield. Hinata even noticed that not only her, but her friends from Konoha also sometimes faced with the same situations. At those moments, they could sometimes catch glimpses of a masked man in a distance, stood alone undetected by nearby shinobi. With their intuition, it didn't take long for them to realize what happened, as they knew only one man would be using such mask in the ongoing war.
Rafi took note of their gazes as he sighed softly inside his mask. With his doppelgangers that he left as precaution, he could keep them safe from any life-threatening situations as the war were going on. He did it secretly as he didn't want to disturb the war's situations at large. He only needed them to stay alive, survived the war safely, as his current wish. Because, even if he might have feeling for them, but the path that he chose didn't allow for it. As he already chose to resurrect Kaguya, despite knowing many people would be sacrificed in its path.
After he scanned the battlefield, his eyes changed to Rinnegan as he created two Wood Style doppelganger beside him. He and his doppelgangers flashed in three direction.
”Susano'o.” One of his doppelganger had Byaku-Mangekyo as his eyes, and manifested a Complete-Body Susano'o. He sealed the east side of battlefield.
”Tenseigan Chakra Mode.” His other doppelganger had Tenseigan as his eyes, and donned a cyan-coloured chakra cloak with four Gudoudama behind him. He sealed the west side of battlefield.
”Sage Art: Wood Style: Shinsu Senju, Veritable 1000-Armed Kan'on.” Rafi's original body summoned the thousand-armed wood golem as he stood atop its head. His original body sealed the south of battlefield. Together with Madara in front of Alliance's shinobi, north side, they sealed the four directions with the Alliance's shinobi in their middle.
His three bodies's actions were done simultaneously as he shocked and frightened the Alliance's shinobi with each of it. Despair started to spread among them as the enemy they had defeated before, were back with more power now.
”Is this a joke....??!!”
”Hey, hey, are you for real?!! One of them is enough to create many casualties before. And now, we MUST face four of them?!!”
”This...is...impossible!! How can we win the war with opponents like that?!!”
”Ended...just as I think we will finally win the war...why is this happening...?!”
Shouts of denial and despairing whispers started to spread among the Alliance's shinobi as they saw Rafi's actions. They already understood the destructive power of the three from previous fights. From Madara and Hashirama's previous battle, they could see how dreadful the Complete-Body Susano'o and Thousand-armed Kan'on were. As each of their attacks were earth-shattering, and could easily changed the landscape.
And the one with cyan-coloured chakra cloak, even if it looked less eye-catching, but its ability were not to be belittled. Although Rafi previously didn't use the Tenseigan's Silver or Golden Wheel of Reincarnation Technique, only his battling skills. But even with only his battle skills, it left many casualties on the Alliance's shinobi before it was finally taken down by many Kage-level shinobi.
”So this is your firework, huh. Sure is interesting.” Madara raised his mouth upward in a light smile as his fighing intent was aroused once more. Even Madara, who was still stabilizing his connection with Gedo Statue, was surprised after seeing the abilities of his 'collaborator'. Especially when he saw the one with chakra cloak, as it bore similarities with Sage of Six-path that he deciphered from Uchiha Stone Tablet, yet it was also different from the description he knew.
”Now, let's start the round two don't we.” Rafi said softly inside his mask as he faced the Kage-level and elites shinobi in front of him. Hashirama and the others became tensed as they saw their opponents. They choose to split themselves in group, to deal with Madara and Rafi in each four directions.