Kaguya's ethereal features contorted with an emotion that few had ever seen cross her face—pure, undiluted rage. The serene mask of divine indifference that had characterized her since resurrection was cracking, revealing something far more dangerous beneath. Her white eyes blazed with fury as she witnessed yet another failure of her spatial techniques against Minato's tactical awareness.
The repeated frustration of her attacks was clearly taking its toll on the mother of chakra's composure. For someone accustomed to absolute dominion over reality itself, the existence of opponents who could consistently evade her techniques represented an intolerable challenge to her fundamental nature.
At that moment, Naruto had already closed the distance to Minato's position, his golden form streaking through the air with renewed determination. The young jinchuriki's earlier grief had transformed into focused resolve, his Six Paths chakra crackling with barely contained power.
Minato moved simultaneously, positioning himself on the opposite side of Kaguya from his son. Their coordination was seamless, born from both familial bond and strategic necessity. Each movement was calculated to maintain optimal positioning for their sealing technique while keeping their opponent off-balance.
Not far away, Sasuke's evolved Sharingan tracked every subtle shift in Minato's position with predatory intensity. His left eye blazed with the power of Amenotejikara, waiting for the perfect moment to activate his spatial displacement technique and create the opening they desperately needed.
"Mother's chakra reserves..." Black Zetsu's voice carried genuine concern as it struggled against the Truth-Seeking Ball restraints that pinned it to the frozen ground.
The parasitic entity's millennial perspective allowed it to assess their situation with terrifying clarity. Every activation of Kaguya's dimensional manipulation techniques—what Black Zetsu referred to as "Heavenly Hand Power"—consumed massive amounts of chakra to alter the fundamental structure of reality.
The recent use of the All-Killing Ash Bones against Minato's clone had drained her further, requiring significant energy to manifest and guide those deadly projectiles through dimensional space. While Kaguya had absorbed considerable chakra from the victims of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the continuous expenditure was rapidly depleting those reserves.
"If this battle continues much longer, we risk being sealed again," Black Zetsu realized with growing alarm.
Buzz!
The blood-red Rinne Sharingan on Kaguya's forehead began to rotate with ominous intensity, its power building toward another massive technique. The divine eye pulsed with energy that made the very air shimmer with potential.
Space transformation—Heavenly Hand Power activated!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ground beneath their feet erupted into violent motion, tremors that felt like earthquakes rolling across the dimensional landscape. But these weren't natural seismic events—they were the result of something far more significant occurring beneath the surface.
Streams of dense, substantial chakra began erupting from the earth like geysers. Each fountain of energy was so concentrated that it appeared almost solid, rising in pillars that reached hundreds of feet into the air before dispersing into the atmosphere.
The sudden chakra eruptions disrupted the coordinated assault that Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato had been preparing. They were forced to break off their approach as the energy geysers created an impassable barrier between them and their target.
Kaguya seized the opportunity immediately, opening a spatial portal and ascending into the air above the chaotic energy field. From her elevated position, she could observe the battlefield while remaining safely beyond their immediate reach.
"Another dimensional space?" Minato muttered, his analytical mind immediately beginning to catalog the properties of their new environment.
At first glance, this dimension appeared less immediately threatening than the previous spaces they had encountered. There were no pools of molten lava, no oceans of corrosive acid, no fields of supernaturally sharp ice. The ground beneath their feet was composed entirely of red matter—a substance unlike anything that existed in the ninja world.
The material felt solid underfoot but possessed an almost organic quality, as if it were alive in some fundamental way. Its surface rippled occasionally with patterns that suggested flowing blood or pulsing flesh, creating an unsettling impression that they were standing on the body of some impossibly vast creature.
But what concerned Minato far more than the alien landscape was the chakra continuously erupting from beneath them. His enhanced perception allowed him to analyze the energy signatures in detail, and what he discovered sent chills down his spine.
These weren't random chakra emissions—they were the life forces of every person in the ninja world who had been caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Thousands upon thousands of individual signatures, all flowing upward toward Kaguya's position with inexorable purpose.
"This is where she absorbs the chakra from the ninja world," Minato realized, his voice tight with alarm.
The previous dimensional spaces had each possessed unique properties designed to eliminate specific types of threats—environmental hazards that could kill through temperature, corrosion, or physical trauma. But this space served a different function entirely: it was Kaguya's power source, the conduit through which she could replenish her depleted energy reserves.
Streams of rich, concentrated chakra continued to flow toward Kaguya's floating form, her body glowing with increasing intensity as she absorbed the stolen life force of an entire world. The process was visible to the naked eye, brilliant streams of energy that curved through the air like aurora before merging with her ethereal form.
"We can't let her recover her chakra!" Minato called out, his voice carrying the urgency of someone who understood the tactical implications.
If Kaguya managed to fully replenish her energy reserves, their brief advantages would evaporate instantly. The mother of chakra at full power would be utterly beyond their ability to challenge, regardless of their coordination or strategic thinking.
Sasuke responded immediately to the crisis. His complete Susanoo materialized around him with explosive force, the ethereal shinobi's massive form streaking upward toward Kaguya's position. The construct's enormous blade swept in a devastating arc, aimed at interrupting her chakra absorption process.
But Kaguya's power was already increasing exponentially. She raised her remaining hand with casual grace, and amazing amounts of chakra gathered before her palm with a density that made the air itself seem to thicken.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The energy transformed into a series of massive fists, each one crackling with power that dwarfed her earlier attacks. The chakra constructs slammed into Sasuke's complete Susanoo with devastating force, shattering the supposedly impenetrable defense like glass.
Sasuke was sent flying backward, his body tumbling through the air as the backlash from his technique's destruction wracked him with pain. The young Uchiha's eyes widened with shock—his complete Susanoo represented the pinnacle of his clan's power, yet Kaguya had destroyed it with apparent ease.
"Now!" Naruto shouted, launching himself into the air with renewed determination.
Eight shadow clones materialized around him, each one crackling with Six Paths chakra as they began forming a coordinated technique. This wasn't a standard attack—it was something far more sophisticated, born from Naruto's unique connection to all nine tailed beasts.
In the hands of Naruto and his shadow clones, chakra began taking the form of specialized shuriken. Each projectile was infused with the power of a different tailed beast—sand, blue flames, water, magma, and other elemental forces that represented the full spectrum of bijuu abilities.
Minato's eyes widened with amazement as he sensed the technique's true nature. "I can feel different wills within each of those attacks," he realized. "Those are the consciousnesses of the nine tailed beasts themselves!"
The technique represented something unprecedented—not just the use of tailed beast chakra, but actual cooperation between Naruto and the bijuu consciousnesses that had been sealed within the Divine Tree. Despite their imprisonment, the tailed beasts were lending their will and intelligence to the attack.
"Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken!" Naruto and his clones called out in unison.
Nine specialized projectiles launched simultaneously, each one spinning with incredible velocity as they streaked toward Kaguya from multiple angles. The attacks weren't just powerful—they were intelligent, guided by the ancient wisdom and combat experience of the tailed beasts themselves.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
A series of massive explosions erupted around Kaguya's position, each detonation carrying the full force of a different bijuu's power. The combined assault created a light show that illuminated the entire dimensional space, energy releases so intense that they temporarily blinded anyone looking directly at the impacts.
Throughout the battle, Minato had provided the initial tactical framework and strategic direction. But warfare was fluid, dynamic, requiring constant adaptation to changing circumstances. The offensive momentum and split-second opportunities that defined high-level combat couldn't be micromanaged from a distance.
Watching his son and Sasuke coordinate their attacks with such precision, Minato felt a surge of pride mixed with tactical satisfaction. These two young shinobi had grown into excellent shinobis, capable of perfect cooperation without explicit instruction. Their natural synergy was allowing them to adapt and respond to battlefield developments faster than any centralized command structure could manage.
As the explosions gradually subsided, it became clear that Kaguya had not escaped the barrage unscathed. Her ethereal form was visible through the dissipating energy clouds, but something fundamental had changed about her condition.
The chakra absorption process that had been restoring her power was now completely disrupted. Instead of flowing smoothly into her body, the energy streams from the earth below were chaotic and unstable, unable to integrate with her systems.
"It's working!" Naruto exclaimed, his face bright with satisfaction.
His original intention hadn't been to cause significant physical damage to Kaguya—the mother of chakra was too resilient for conventional attacks to have lasting effect. Instead, the technique had been designed to disrupt her internal chakra systems using the familiar signatures of the tailed beasts.
ROAR!
Suddenly, multiple bestial roars erupted from within Kaguya's body. The sounds were unmistakably those of the nine tailed beasts, their voices carrying pain and rage as they responded to Naruto's call.
The chakra flowing from the earth, instead of being absorbed into Kaguya's form, began to rebel against her control. The energy that should have been replenishing her reserves was now fighting against her, creating internal chaos that her regenerative abilities couldn't immediately suppress.
Her body began to swell and distort in irregular patterns. White flesh and blood writhed at the location where Naruto had severed her arm, and multiple heads began emerging from the expanding mass. The transformation was grotesque and disturbing, suggesting that her control over her own physical form was breaking down.
"The tailed beasts within Kaguya have responded to Naruto's power and are staging a revolt," the Nine-Tails' voice echoed from within Minato's consciousness, carrying both amazement and grudging respect.
Kurama's tone carried its characteristic mixture of sarcasm and genuine approval. "Although this brat isn't usually the sharpest kunai in the pouch, he occasionally shows flashes of real intelligence!"
"Haha," Minato chuckled, his pride in his son's tactical innovation evident despite their desperate circumstances.
This was the perfect opportunity they had been waiting for. While the tailed beasts' chakra was running wild within Kaguya's body, disrupting her defenses and overwhelming her control systems, she would be vulnerable to their sealing technique.
Minato launched himself into the air with explosive force, his Six Paths chakra propelling him toward Kaguya's distorting form. Every second counted—the window of opportunity would be brief, and they needed to capitalize on Naruto's brilliant tactical stroke while its effects lasted.
But the transformation was far from over. The tailed beast power rampaging within Kaguya's body continued to intensify, causing her form to swell exponentially. What had begun as subtle distortions rapidly evolved into something far more dramatic and terrifying.
Her body expanded into a massive white creature with an irregular, unsettling posture. The thing's head resembled that of a gigantic rabbit, but the familiar features were twisted into something alien and menacing. On its forehead blazed the same blood-red Rinne Sharingan that had marked Kaguya's original form.
The transformation revealed a fundamental truth about the mother of chakra's nature. Although she was the originator of chakra itself, the nine tailed beasts had been created by the Sage of Six Paths after her original sealing. The Ten-Tails that existed in the current era was different from the primordial beast of Kaguya's time, possessing characteristics and limitations that she couldn't completely control.
This discrepancy in the tailed beasts' nature was preventing her from immediately suppressing their rebellion. The chakra systems she was trying to dominate had been modified by Hagoromo's techniques, creating incompatibilities that her ancient knowledge couldn't instantly overcome.
Sasuke and Naruto recognized the tactical opportunity immediately. Kaguya's transformed state was much larger than her normal form, presenting a significantly bigger target for their sealing technique. The increased surface area dramatically improved their chances of making the simultaneous contact required for the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei.
Whoosh!
But even in her transformed state, Kaguya remained incredibly dangerous. The massive white creature's body began to writhe and shift, growing elongated white claws that stretched out toward Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato with deadly intent.
The lesson of the All-Killing Ash Bones was fresh in all their minds. None of the three dared to risk direct contact with any of Kaguya's attacks, regardless of their current form. They dodged and weaved through the air, using their enhanced mobility to avoid the grasping claws while steadily closing the distance to their target.
"Is it finally going to work?" Obito wondered aloud, standing guard over the immobilized Black Zetsu.
The masked shinobi watched the aerial battle with intense focus, his unique perspective allowing him to observe developments that the active combatants might miss. As Minato and the others approached Kaguya's transformed state, the chakra riot within her body was gradually beginning to subside.
At the critical moment, Kaguya's original form emerged from beneath the massive white creature's bulk. Her regenerative abilities had been working continuously during the transformation, and the arm that Naruto had severed was now completely restored.
She raised her eyes to survey Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato as they closed in on her position. The expression on her ethereal features had evolved beyond simple anger into something far more dangerous—cold, calculating hatred mixed with the absolute determination to eliminate threats to her existence.
Initially, Kaguya had wanted to reclaim the chakra these three possessed. The Nine-Tails power within father and son, the Sage's gifts that enhanced Sasuke's abilities—all of it represented energy that rightfully belonged to her.
But the repeated near-successes of their sealing attempts had forced a fundamental change in her priorities. Rather than risk being sealed again, she would choose to eliminate Minato, Naruto, and Sasuke completely, even if it meant sacrificing the chakra they carried.
Buzz!
Every ounce of power within Kaguya's restored body suddenly exploded outward, the energy coalescing into a perfectly spherical black orb that appeared before her. The sphere began expanding immediately, its dark surface seeming to absorb light itself as it grew larger and larger.
"Truth-Seeking Ball?" Minato breathed, his pupils contracting with recognition and alarm.
After dodging clear of the expanding sphere's immediate range, he stared at the massive black orb with growing dread. This wasn't like the limited Truth-Seeking Balls that Naruto could create—this was something orders of magnitude more powerful and destructive.
The orb continued to grow exponentially, its expansion accompanied by waves of terrifying pressure that swept across the entire dimensional space. The very air seemed to compress and distort around its edges, suggesting forces that operated beyond normal physical laws.
Minato's tactical mind raced through the implications as understanding dawned. "Is she planning to destroy this entire dimensional space?"
"Is she planning to destroy the entire space?"