Madra gets back in the cave
The cave lay in heavy silence. Rain thrummed against the stone roof like a drumbeat of anticipation. Madara Uchiha stood at the center, chest rising and falling with true life for the first time in ages. His right eye blazed with the Eternal 16-Tomoe Rinnegan, spinning endlessly, black and crimson. His left eye, the familiar Rinnegan, pulsed faintly—deadly yet incomplete.
Shadows moved in the circle of seals before him. Shapes formed into figures both feared and remembered.
Pain emerged first, calm and unnerving, his new eyes glowing with terrible power. Konan followed, ethereal as ever, scanning the cave with sharp precision.
Itachi's crimson Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan burned like a distant sun. Kisame stepped forward, water dripping, obeying his will. Hidan twirled his scythe with a manic grin. Finally, Obito appeared, one Rinnegan and one Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan glowing with the Eternal Eyes' energy.
For a moment, silence ruled.
Neya, hidden in the shadows, clutched the stone wall, her eyes wide. "What… are they?" she whispered.
Madara's voice echoed, low and commanding. "You are not as you were. Each of you now carries the Eternal Eyes. Powers the world has not seen since the age of gods. Trust is optional. Obedience… inevitable."
Obito's eyes narrowed. "And if we refuse?"
Madara's smile was cold. "You cannot refuse what your eyes already demand. The shinobi world has grown complacent. It is a cage. Together, we will break it."
Pain's lips curved faintly. "A cage must be shattered. Order through pain… now order through eternity."
Itachi's voice was quiet but sharp. "Power without purpose is chaos. What you're offering us… is a path only through blood."
Madara's eyes gleamed. "Blood builds empires. And we are gods reborn."
The cave trembled. Outside, rain cascaded harder, as if the heavens themselves recognized the weight of what had awoken. The Akatsuki, reborn with power beyond imagination, rose fully into the light.
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Days later, the Rain Village awoke to chaos. Walls splintered as Akatsuki forces moved like shadows in the storm. Konan's paper bombs, imbued with dark chakra, exploded with surgical precision. Pain hovered above, dark chakra orbs pulsing in tandem with his Rinnegan, obliterating defenses.
Tsunade, Konohamaru, and Sakura coordinated counterattacks, but every strike was anticipated. Itachi's genjutsu circle formed above the battlefield, bending reality itself. Kakashi dashed through illusions, Raikiri cracking through phantom enemies, trying to pierce the air of dread.
"None of this is real… or is it?" Kakashi muttered, eyes darting, sweat dripping as illusions layered over reality.
Kisame's waves surged, forming spiked walls and dragging shinobi into watery prisons where their own chakra betrayed them. Hidan's scythe sliced the air, spreading his curse, turning attacks against their wielders.
Boruto, Jōgan flaring uncontrollably, rushed to intercept Madara, Kawaki at his side, Karma shielding them. "We're not letting you take him!"
Naruto, golden cloak blazing, moved like a storm, protecting Boruto. "You'll have to get through me first, Madara!"
Sasuke's blue Susanoo whirled around them, shielding allies. Sarada struck with precision, Sharingan predicting chaos. "Dad, stay sharp! They're bending the battlefield itself!"
Despite their efforts, the Akatsuki were unstoppable. Madara moved with godlike precision, his one-eyed Eternal 16-Tomoe Rinnegan glowing ominously.
Hook: The next move could decide the fate of the village.
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In the newly formed realm, Madara established the city of Budekan. Walls rose impossibly high, made of hardened Eternal Prison—a city only Eternal Eyes could enter. The Sukuyumi people, freed from Kaguya's ancient chains, watched in awe. Neya, wide-eyed and silent, observed the towering architecture.
"Madara-sama," she whispered, almost in prayer. "Is this… salvation?"
Madara did not answer. His gaze was fixed skyward, where destiny was already shifting.
Peace was brief. From the skies, the Ōtsutsuki named Joyu descended, energy crackling around him, cosmic power bending reality. The Akatsuki formed lines like blades: Obito with chakra weapons, Itachi and Pain forming tactical pairs, Konan and Hidan ready to strike, Kisame controlling torrents of water.
Joyu unleashed a beam of raw energy at the city walls. Konan countered with paper shields. Hidan launched spikes of Eternal Prison into the ground. Pain's orbs redirected attacks skyward. Obito's chakra weapons struck from multiple angles.
Boruto, Kawaki, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sarada joined the fray. Boruto's Jōgan flared. Kawaki's Karma shield expanded. Naruto's Rasenshuriken clashed with cosmic energy. Sasuke's Susanoo blades tore through dimensional rifts. Sarada disrupted Joyu's momentum with precision strikes.
"Don't falter!" Naruto shouted, his voice booming across the battlefield. "Protect the people, no matter what!"
"Protect?" Joyu laughed, his voice alien, vibrating through the skies. "You protect cages. I bring freedom through annihilation!"
Madara stepped forward, Rinnegan transforming into double Eternal 16-Tomoe Rinnegan. His voice rose, thundering: "I… AM… MONARCH!"
Waves of raw, untamed power shook the city and battlefield. Joyu faltered.
Monarch's presence overtook Madara. With a devastating release, Joyu's attacks were absorbed and redirected. His body collapsed as dark energy consumed him.
The Akatsuki regrouped, exhausted but alive. Budekan stood, walls shimmering with Eternal Prison.
Madara fell to his knees, semi-conscious. The Rinnegan returned to its original form: one-eyed Eternal 16-Tomoe and the other Rinnegan. The battle was won, but the Sukuyumi people now lived under walls of eternal power. Rain Village remained behind reinforced structures, isolated but secure.
Boruto clenched his fists, breathing heavily. "We defended them… but the real fight isn't over."
Kawaki put a hand on his shoulder. "Not while Monarch breathes through him."
Obito's eyes glimmered. "The world has changed again… and we are at the center."
Naruto, exhausted but firm, nodded. "As long as I breathe, I'll protect it. No matter what comes."
Sasuke's Susanoo slowly faded, his blade planted firmly. "And we will face whatever comes next. Together."
Itachi glanced at Madara's trembling form, whispering almost to himself: "And when gods fall… who will judge them?"
The Akatsuki, the heroes, the new kingdom, and the Eternal Eyes stood amidst the rain and lingering storm. The world had shifted, but the threads of war, power, and destiny had only begun to tighten.
Above, the sky cracked with lightning, as if even the heavens feared the age of gods reborn.
Hook: The Akatsuki rise, Budekan thrives, and the Eternal Eyes dictate the fate of worlds—but when Monarch stirs, even Madara himself may lose control.