Naruto : Saga of Tanya the Kunoichi

Few commands were sent into her head, to alter her doctrine. Itachi knew what kind of person Tsuyu was, she was never evil. She wanted to end the war by show of power.

But she didn't have to kill anyone. This was the best solution he could come up with.

You don't need to kill them. You only need to make them believe you could.

The second command was to change her belief.

Peace through fear wasn't true peace.

But Tsuyu would still showcase her power, because there was no other choice to save Konoha and end the war. This doctrine would make her use them only as a last resort, and would be aware it wasn't the ideal outcome.

Tsuyu stood there with closed eyes, her body still, as if frozen in time as her mind was altered.

***

"You need to control 9 tails, at least until she does it. Just a day would be enough." Jiraiya reminded Itachi.

Itachi nodded. Kurama was still assessing the situation, it was only a seconds after Tsuyu was hit. 

Kurama sent chakra to Tsuyu, but her chakra was not disturbed at all to begin with.

All of a sudden, Itachi appeared in front of his cage. Kurama's anger rose, his evil chakra leaking.

"Damned Uchiha!"

Mangekyo Sharingan! The 3-pointed windmill spun, his eyes bled as he attempted to control the 9 tails. Kurama's red eyes turned into a 3-tomoe pattern, losing his freewill.

"Damned Uchiha!" A monstrous voice made of many appeared, a snake like being slithering out of Kurama's thick fur and passing through the seal. A four legged creature also appeared.

Reibi and Nue were about to pounce on Itachi, but he was already gone.

***

Dark and purple chakra emanated from Tsuyu. Both of them come out of her body, and directly launch an attack towards Jiraiya and Itachi.

"Jiraiya, stand back."

Jiraiya looked solemn seeing the two giant beasts in front of him. Their sizes were close to half of that of Gamabunta. The forests around them were destroyed from each of their movements. He flashed distances away, and sat down to enter a meditative state.

Itachi looked at the two beings. Without their host, their strength was limited.

Susanoo!

A giant orange chakra construct covered his entire body. Nue roared, slapping its giant tail towards Itachi.

But his tail did nothing to it. Itachi swung his sword, cutting them down easily.

Reibi roared, multiple limbs spread out from his body, punching onto Susanoo. Nue's tail regenerated and split into multiple smaller snake heads, also launching an attack.

Their attack was blocked easily, but Susanoo was being eaten away.

These two can absorb chakra… Then… Can you absorb this?

Amaterasu!

"Roar!!" Both of them were burned alive, struggling in pain. Itachi coughed out blood from overusing his dojutsu, but it needed to be done.

The two creatures became very weak, unable to defend against the flames of Amaterasu. Itachi erased the fire before it could kill them, as their deaths would create too much of a big change that Tsuyu would notice her mind and memories were altered.

"I will seal them both!" Jiraiya appeared in Sage Mode. He didn't expect Itachi could solve them easily, so his Sage Mode wasn't needed. Itachi took a step back, observing as Jiraiya used 4 Symbol Seals to seal Reibi back into Tsuyu's body.

A new cage was created right next to Kurama, sealing Reibi inside her. While he used the Evil Sealing Method to seal and lock Nue inside the Gozu Tenno Seal.

"Genjutsu! Genjutsu!" Reibi screamed to wake up Kurama next to him. He felt stupid. He should have woken up Kurama first, only then he went out to kill the Uchiha. But he's too angry! He's a young bijuu without much experience and made such a mistake.

***

Tsuyu opened her eyes. She had always been a peace-loving person. But in this shinobi world, unfortunately fear has always been the reason for keeping peace and preventing fights from breaking out.

"There's no choice. We only need to show them, I am capable of destroying them all."

Tsuyu understood once she showed the jutsu, her strength, it would deter them. It was not ideal, but there was no other choice. There would be an arm race, that once they had a new benchmark of power, they would chase them. But this was fine, because if there were more than just her, much like modern Earth era, they call it nuclear deterrence from fear of mutual annihilation. 

She didn't need to actually kill civilians to make a point. It was a senseless waste of human resources. Peace can be achieved without any killing, an example can be made to strike fear into them without any death.

"Jiraiya-sama, I would like to notify all hidden villages that I am capable of destroying their villages in one fell swoop. I would like to do a demonstration, invite the Kages of hidden villages to witness it, and stop the current war."

Jiraiya looked at Itachi. Itachi looked at Jiraiya. This was the only way her thoughts could be diverted. Although peace would still be earned through fear, innocent lives wouldn't be lost, and war wouldn't be escalated if she really went through with it.

Kurama inside of Tsuyu was unresponsive. His eyes still bore the 3-tomoe mark in them. Reibi and Nue weren't able to make a ruckus to notify her. The only hope was for Tsuyu to actually come down to her own subconscious space herself. But it had been such a long time, as in weeks, that she hadn't since it was never necessary. There was a high chance that today, she wouldn't either. 

Itachi altered her memories so that it was as if she had always sealed them inside of her and only opened them if she permitted.

Tsuyu wrote her plans in detail, supported by Jiraiya. Tsunade read the plans sent to her by Tsuyu. That she would want to end the war through absolute show of power.

Seeing the details… she felt it might work. But caution was necessary.

"Approved."

A day before the full all out war, letters were reaching directly to the tables of Rasa, Onoki, A, and Yagura.

***

To the Honorable Leaders of the Four Great Shinobi Villages:

The Hidden Leaf hereby issues a formal declaration:

Konoha has strength enough to annihilate the entirety of a Hidden Village, killing a hundred thousand with a single technique.

We have no desire to use them.

But we will if you insist on destroying Konoha and continuing the war. You are invited to bear witness on what we could do. Be prepared to sign the treaty, otherwise, we cannot show mercy.

9 pm, Valley of the Barren, Land of River.

***

Onoki felt his heart beating fast seeing the letter. Power capable of destroying a hidden village completely, killing 100,000?

A part of him wouldn't want to believe it. Even 9 tails, Madara or Hashirama in the past couldn't do that in a single technique. They would take effort to do it, even if they could.

As a fencesitter, he had to back away this time. If Konoha truly has that power, then…

"We will stop the attack temporarily, order them to return to camp until further notice!" Onoki told his assistant.

Deidara pops his head from behind Onoki, reading the letter without permission. His eyes shining seeing there's a technique capable of killing 100,000! Maybe his C0 can do it too? No, he felt it still would fall short! Maybe his technique could kill just 20 thousand! It must be Tsuyu right? Who else was an artist of explosion like him! He needed to see this masterpiece!

"Brat! Who told you to read!"

"Sensei! I want to see it too!"

"Hmph. I already planned to bring you."

"Sensei you da best!"

Onoki's eyes turned sharp. He would be bringing all his elites. Akatsuki should be invited to be prepared. This might be the only chance to kill her once and for all.

***

Rasa read the letter, his hands shaking. He had to stop the attack, he could at least delay them for a few days. He needed to witness if this was true.

I will bring my son with me. The Sealing Technique I developed to disrupt chakra connection in space through chakra-magnetic waves should also be prepared. This might be a chance… 

Tsuyu had left her chakra signature whenever she marked someone with Flying Raijin. Rasa, with his genius, developed a countermeasure silently to disrupt the specific chakra signature.

***

A read the letter, smashing the table into pieces.

"Damned Konoha… Do they really have such a weapon?!"

I have to cancel the plan. I need to see it. Konoha, you are too dangerous. But if everyone was gathered, this might be an opportunity.

***

Yagura read the letter. As someone controlled by Obito, he ordered his men to stop the attacks and planned to attend.

But in mere hours, Kirigakure was in turmoil as rebellion happened, led by Zabuza and Mei Terumi.

Yagura was unable to attend due to the chaos in Kirigakure.

***

Tsunade felt it was a dangerous demonstration. Her instinct told her something would go wrong. Because the 4 Kages and their elites would be gathered together. But she had to put faith in Tsuyu's strength, and Konoha was not a weakling. They had such a powerful deterrence, they wouldn't dare.

She called Jiraiya, Kakashi, Might Guy, and decided to invite Yamato's squad, bringing Naruto their own jinchuriki so they wouldn't have ideas.

***

8.54 pm, Valley of the Barren located at the edge of Land of River. It was a desolate place, with only cracked dried earth and no sign of living beings.

The full moon and stars hung above, lighting the barren land. The 4 Kages stood meters away from each other, each standing on a very tall earth platform Tsuyu had made to give a better view.

"Where is the Mizukage?" Tsunade asked, but she knew no one knew.

"He either doesn't believe it, or doesn't care!" A huffed.

Tsunade turned her gaze forward.

"If you have ideas, Konoha would make their last stance." 

Tsunade said loud enough for them to hear. She could see the elites they brought with them. The letter she sent had details on not bringing more than 10 personnel. But she herself brought a hundred.

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were waiting with apprehension.

"Tsuyu…" Naruto gazed forward, towards where Tsuyu was supposed to be at the moment. She wanted to display a power that only a God could possess.

His eyes were bleak and empty, tired from fighting and the cruel reality of war. And perhaps, also cruelty of his own little sister. He had grown numb, and detached.

***

9.00 pm sharp.

Tsuyu looked at her wristwatch. It's time.

She took a deep breath. Cursed Mark, Unseal!

The 6 tomoe pattern on her shoulder flared up like flames, the demonic pattern covered her completely, eventually dissolving and turning her figure into something akin to a deity.

Two twisted horns grew out of her head, her skin turned pale, her blonde hair swayed in the air, turning silvery blonde as it reached down to her knee. A red eyeshadow covered the corner of her eyes.

She floated high in the night sky, bathed under the moonlight. Looking down on the world, akin to a God.

All the 4 Kages, the hundreds of witnesses, could feel she was different, and had surpassed her previous strength.

Tobi, Pain, Konan, Zetsu, Hidan, Kakuzu, and Sasori were in attendance, hiding in a shadow.

Zetsu felt the chakra fluctuating from Tsuyu. He almost thought she was a close kin to Hagoromo. The only thing missing was she had neither Indra's nor Ashura's chakra. 

You will become an obstacle for me to resurrect Mother… Zetsu already felt wary of her.

Pain looked up at her figure, feeling his position as God threatened. There couldn't be two Gods in this world. But…

If you achieve it, I wouldn't need to act… Let me see if my plan of creating an ultimate weapon would have worked. Because right now, in my eyes you are that ultimate weapon I am trying to create.

"What kind of power is that…?" People whispered and murmured, seeing her looking like a deity, untouched by the ground below.

She mustered 9 tails chakra from inside of her. The sharingan pattern in Kurama's eyes spun, as if her action of taking his chakra was about to wake him up.

Reibi screamed right next to Kurama and shook the gates holding him.

"Wake up! Kurama! Quick!"

Dark red chakra cloak covered her entire body, turning into something akin to a dark red chakra robe. Bones grew out of the dark chakra robe, the spine on her back, the rib cage around her body, the bone frames covering her limbs.

A fox skull formed and covered her entire head. Her twisted horns grew longer and bigger, her silvery blonde hair coated with dark-red chakra, swaying in the air behind her back representing 8 tails. The fox's skull jaw snapped, revealing her blackened eyes with a red slitted pupil, yet her expression serene, like a God of Death truly descending on Earth.

The air vibrated with her power. The 4 Kages felt their hearts palpitating, even Tsunade's own.

"How come she had the power of 9 tails…" Rasa muttered, realising this. The other Kages realised the obvious by now, their head snapped to Tsunade, as if wanting an explanation. But she remained silent.

"Tsunade… to think you hide so deeply!" A said with anger in his heart.

"What kind of power is this…" Onoki said shakily. He already believed Konoha's claim. In fact, they don't need to use whatever technique they planned. This Tsuyu, alone, had become the very weapon of deterrence.

Rasa and Onoki remained quiet, they felt fear in their heart. Onoki especially realised she had held back a lot when they fought days before. He was such a fool…

"Tsuyu…" Naruto muttered, shock also filled his heart. Even Kurama inside of Naruto felt 'fear'. That Tsuyu at this moment, had reached Hashirama or Madara level that could trash other Bijuu easily. Or perhaps more.

Ha… 

The sigh, or breath from her echoed in the air. The soft voice was as if it was a sigh of a God tired of seeing blood.

She didn't use shadow clones, instead, the 8 tails represented by her hair formed into a claw arc, her hand raised as powerful concentrated chakra constantly gathered. The 8 tails were used to stabilise them. The level of power she exuded causes their scalps to tingle, their backs to sweat.

Suddenly, while it was at a critical moment, Kurama finally woke up from the genjutsu. He quickly called out to her.

***

"Kurama? What's the matter?" She crossed her arms, frowning as Kurama was disturbing her when she's having an important conversation.

"Brat! You are being controlled! You are under a genjutsu!"

"What?" She frowned and tried to use the normal method to break the genjutsu. No, in fact, Kurama here should have broken her free too. 

"What genjutsu are you talking about?"

"You want to reform the world! Konoha as the overlord! Free all bijuu!" Kurama screamed in her face. Reibi made his appearance known and crashed onto his own gates, nodding multiple times.

"Huh? What are you talking about…" She felt her ears buzzing. She wouldn't dare think of trying to make Konoha a tyrant. Kurama didn't know how to communicate properly and made Tsuyu unable to realise it still.

"Kurama… my jutsu is already going off, I can't focus on you or I am going to die from it! I need to go!"

"RAHH! Wait! Reibi and Nue! They are sealed completely! It wasn't-" 

***

The moonlit sky suddenly turned dark, as if light was being taken away. The stars as if moving, shifting in place in their view due the distortion of light.

The dark sphere of chakra in her hands turned into an endless void, growing bigger until it was a meter radius in size above her head.

Red chakra burst out of her body. Ring of light surrounded the spherical void, creating an image of magnificence, the very power of nature.

Everyone stopped breathing, unable to look away as the entire sky turned dark, only the ring of light surrounding the void visible in their eyes.

Deidara had his mouth wide open. This is… art… it's… really beautiful… Tears fell from his eyes.

Hidan fell to his knees.

"Goddess…" He clasped his hands together, as if making a prayer towards the black sun. He no longer believes in Jashin. What is He compared to Her?

___

Collapse Release: Spiralling Abyss.

___

Tsuyu threw the miniature black hole to the ground, using Flying Raijin to reappear in front of the Kages, levitating in air in front of them.

Their eyes locked onto the ring of light surrounding a void fell into the earth. All of their vision turned darker. They felt their chakra was slowly drained toward the direction of the void minutely, sending ripples in their hearts further.

The rock and plantations lifted off the ground, the earth crumbled and cracked, all going towards the void.

Hidan stood, overlooking the black sun, as if it was a new god he worshiped.

"Goddess… I am coming…!" Hidan ran towards the black sun, his eyes filled with insanity as he ran towards it at fast speed, trying to reach the kilometers distance to be with the goddess. Kakuzu and Sasori next to him couldn't care at the moment.

"Ah…! I am reaching heaven…!" Hidan screamed as his body was in the affected area, being pulled by the force. His chakra drained out of his body fast, turning him into a dry withered corpse. And as he came closer, his tissues were turning into long strips as if they were being torn apart, and eventually turning his entire body into dust.

Everyone gasped, their hearts trembled. Destruction spread as more of the ground, rocks, soils, living things, were sucked into it. As a hundred meter area was devoured completely, a sudden explosion followed by bright light blinded and deafened everyone.

All of them had to close their eyes, the shockwave and wind blasting towards them caused hundreds of people to be sent flying meters away even at tens of kilometres distance. Only the Kage remain standing.

As their vision and hearing recovered.

What they could see was… utter annihilation. An area of 30 kilometer radius completely annihilated into nothingness. A huge hole was left in its place, changing the landscape in its entirety. It could destroy almost two of Konoha, the biggest hidden village completely, turning them into nothingness.

Onoki's feet wobbled, almost falling to his knees. But he was caught by Deidara quickly.

"Beautiful it's so… so…" Deidara shed tears seeing it. It wasn't just a masterpiece. It was as if it was art made by God. He fell to his knees, unable to hold himself.

Silence filled the air for seconds.

But it was broken by a cough.

Cough- Tsuyu's body in the air swayed as she came down to the ground. Blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. The dark red robe swayed and disappeared, her twisted horns dwindled. The use of such a large amount of chakra caused a great burden to her body.

I… overdid it? She felt something was wrong with her calculations. She felt it wasn't supposed to injure her like this, and she had presumption that her body should be able to withstand it. The absence of Reibi's and Nue's chakra to support her body was erased from her calculations subtly because of Kotoamatsukami. An unintended consequence.

A mistake.

"Tsuyu…!" Tsunade accidentally shouted in worry. No! This would be bad!

A unleash his chakra, Lightning Release: Lightning Chakra Mode! 

Onoki prepared his jutsu, Dust Release: Particle Dismantling Style!

Rasa made hand seals, gold sands covering their surroundings, into a cubic hundreds meter space. Magnet Release: Chakra-magnetic Dissonance!

Tsuyu's pupil shrinked. Her heart trembled. 

What… What is wrong with me?! No, these damned people! They don't want peace!

She quickly made a hand seal to escape. Flying Raijin…! Huh? I… I couldn't find the Flying Raijin markings anywhere outside!

"Die!" A used two fingers, wanting to end her in one instance. She quickly stepped aside, but the momentary lapse of reaction caused her right eye to be destroyed.

Blood spurted out of half of her face.

"Ha… Damn you…!" 

She looked at herself inwardly, reaching her mindscape feeling something off with her thinking.

She saw Kurama and Reibi in their seals screaming. But it had always been like this, the normal.

She turned to a corner, an isolated corner, a safe of black steel. Unseal! This was her failsafe in case she was caught in a genjutsu.

As the black safe opened, a mirror version of herself walked out of the safe. It was a part of her own consciousness, kept alive with her own chakra feeding into the seal. It was the exact same method Kushina and Minato had done, inspired by Orochimaru's consciousness trying to take over her body previously. 

She faced her own self, a mirror of her consciousness that should have been protected by whatever influencing her mind. 

"You finally wake up." The other Tsuyu said, walking towards her and touching her forehead. The two chakra reunited, her memories returned.

Her eyes opened, turning bloodshot. 

"Damned you… ITACHI! JIRAIYA!" HOW DARE YOU VIOLATE MY WILL!

***