Reborn in Naruto As Madara's Grandson

Kabuto's massive dragon body with a crown horn flies out of the giant pit.

Itachi's and Sasuke's expressions turn ugly. Both of them get into a combat stance to fight Kabuto.

"It's alright! He won't attack you." Izuna's calm voice soothes their mind.

"Or should I say he isn't capable of attacking you?" Izuna adds.

"Izuna Nii-san!" Both of them exclaim.

Kabuto's massive dragon body falls to the ground.

Hmm…

The duo frowns as they sense the weak fluctuations in Kabuto's chakra.

"W-what happened to him?" They ask after inspecting Kabuto's still body.

"The True 'Six Paths Sage Mode' requires a powerful body and mastery of all chakra natures. He bypassed the first requirement through several body modifications. As for the second requirement, he acquired it by forcefully infusing several conflicting powers into the body. Initially, he planned to stabilize all these powers through nature energy since nature balance all life and energy in harmony." Izuna explains.

"His giant snake body with nine heads represented the several types of powers he mastered. Five elemental natures, two non-elemental chakra natures, bloodline, and finally the Sage Mode. By fusing all these powers and in turns the nine snake heads, Kabuto would evolve into a 'True White Dragon Sage'- the pinnacle of all life forms in the world."

The two brothers glance at the white dragon in front of them.

"Then didn't he meet his goal?" Sasuke asks while pointing at the white dragon.

"Well, it's a bit complicated!" Izuna's sigh echoes in their mind.

"Sasuke, your attack was quite wonderful. You surpassed my expectation and created such a powerful technique. I am impressed." Izuna praises Sasuke.

"And you too, Itachi. Both of you have grown beyond my expectations." Izuna showers them with praises.

"Now, let's talk about Kabuto's current state! He perfectly harmonized all elements and his body evolved into a True Dragon. However, just when his consciousness was about to ascend further, your nature energy-infused lightning attack disrupted the elemental balance in his chakra, which in turn affected his spirit. As a backlash, his mind collapsed, and he could not complete the perfect harmonization of man and nature. So, now his mind is in a vegetative state. Poor guy!" Izuna chuckles slightly.

The white scales of the giant dragon slowly crumble apart and fade away to reveal Kabuto's body.

Crack… crack…

Cracks appear on Kabuto's white snake body and the curse marks around his body disperse. All of his scales fall apart and disperse into tiny chakra fragments, leaving behind an unconscious Kabuto.

"Then, Nii-san about the 'Edo Tensei'. How should we release it?" Itachi inquires.contemporary romance

"Don't worry, Kabuto's mental defenses are like paper now. You can easily influence his mind with a simple genjutsu and here are the hand signs to release the Edo Tensei." Izuna relays the information.

The hand seals to dispel the Edo Tensei aren't a secret to him. During the 'Konoha Crush' event a few years ago. The Second Hokage Tobirama Senju revealed the hand seals to him. There is no change in the hand seal even for Kabuto's modified version since the base of both techniques is the same.

Itachi places his hand on top of Kabuto's head.

"Genjutsu: Sharingan,"

He activates his Sharingan and casts the most basic Sharingan genjutsu. Itachi controls Kabuto's mind and makes the hand signs to dispel the Edo Tensei.

Suddenly, multiple white pillars of light shine across all the battlefields. With the release of the 'Edo Tensei', the several summoned souls lose the anchor to the shinobi world. One by one, their soul escapes the confinement of their vessel and return to the pure land.

"Damn that Kabuto!"

Obito, who was fighting against Mei, stops.

"They did it!" Mei also exclaims in surprise as several pillars of light rise from all over the battlefield.

Inside a purple barrier, Tsunade also hears a sigh of relief.

"Tsuna, looks like our time to part has come once again. I didn't expect to meet you again in this life." Dan's chuckle echoes in Tsunade's mind.

"Back then, when we started dating, you gave me your most precious thing- the necklace of the Lord First, which was so dear to you. I wasn't able to give anything in return to you since I had to return to the battlefield. But now, I will reciprocate my love for you through this secret technique of my clan."

Whoosh…

Dan's soul flies out of Tsunade's body. He glances at the 'Senjutsu Seal' on Tsunade's hand and makes a series of hand signs.

"Secret Technique: Yin-Yang Release: Ryūjin Tensei" (Dragon God Reincarnation)

A smile appears on Dan's face as he transfers all of his chakra, spirit power, and soul power to Tsunade.

"I can only perform this technique once in my life since the cost of this technique is my life. Since I am already dead, it doesn't matter anymore." Dan chuckles as tears flow from Tsunade's eyes.

Dan's soul wipes Tsunade's tears and continues.

"This technique of mine is so powerful that it can even resurrect the dead back to life with all their souls intact. However, this technique, if used on a living being, it will awaken their latent potential, and their bloodline and enhance it to the next level. This is my gift to you."

Tsunade extends her hands to kiss Dan. Dan also wraps his hands around Tsunade's head and both of their lips touch. Dan's souls vanish into motes of light and return to the pure land.

Sniff…

Tsunade wipes her tears. With Dan's gift, 'The Hyakugou Seal' on her forehead evolves further. It merges with Izuna's 'Senjutsu Seal' to form a much stronger seal.

Tsunade returns to her original appearance with wrinkles and a haggard appearance.

Crack… crack…

Numerous cracks spread all across her slightly withered body. The dead cells on her skin slowly peel off to reveal smooth white skin.

However, Tsunade pays no attention to it. She closes her eyes and recalls the final parting words of Dan.

'Should I really?'

Meanwhile, Izuna also observes the exchange between Dan and Tsunade.

"There are indeed a few forbidden techniques that are close to 'Divine Technique' to resurrect a dead person. One of these techniques is the 'Rinne Rebirth' Cast using the Rinnegan in exchange for a portion of the caster's chakra and life force. The caster won't die through this method but will lose a substantial amount of their life span in exchange.

The other such technique is 'Kishō Tensei' or One's own life Reincarnation. In this technique, the user exchanges his life for someone's else life. It can be used both as a resurrection technique and an ultimate killing curse technique. The caster can either choose to kill someone or revive someone at the price of their life.

Then there is also the 'Ryumei Tensei' or the 'Dragon Life Reincarnation'. Using this technique, the user can resurrect someone else by trading their life span. The caster won't die after using this technique unless they are already close to death or at the end of their life span. So, this technique can be used multiple times to revive people, with the only condition being that the caster should have enough lifespan to sacrifice for multiple uses.

Now, the last technique 'Ryujin Tensei' or the Dragon God Reincarnation. This technique is similar to Dragon Life Reincarnation except for the fact that it's much more potent and can't be used again by the caster since the caster will die after single usage. This technique is so potent that it can not only bring the dead person back to life but also rejuvenate their body and turn them young or even add a few extra years to their lifespan.

Since all these techniques disrupt the normal balance of nature, they are forbidden techniques and are extremely difficult to master. The mortal laws have to follow the principle of a life for life, hence the cost.

Once any of these techniques are used on a dead person, it will manipulate the laws of nature and collect all the dispersed 'Secondary Souls' of the dead being and harmonize them with the 'True Soul' for a perfect resurrection.

Out of all these techniques, the Rinne Rebirth has the least price to pay since 'Rinnegan' is already a 'Divine Eye' and it can bear the burden of a 'Divine Technique'.

As for why Nagato died after using this technique, there are a few reasons. First, he resurrected a lot of people with this technique. Second, he was low on chakra and paid the price with his remaining life force. Third, his body was already on the verge of failure after the constant leeching of life force by 'the Gedo Statue' for several years.

Nagato lived a miserable life. Madara and Obito, not only planned their resurrection with Nagato's eyes; but also used his body as a vessel to nurture the Gedo Statue.

Izuna shakes his head and sighs.

'Such is life. You either use others or get used by others.'

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