This is a new fic that I'll be writing alongside my other story, Bring Me Hope. This is my take on what would happen if Sasuke returned to the Hidden Leaf after learning the truth about his brother. Enjoy!
Sasuke
"Karin! Jugo! Suigetsu! Take him alive!" I ordered. I watched as my team, known as Taka, advanced on the rapping Jinchuuriki of the Eight Tails, Killer Bee. Bee swung two of his swords, cutting Jugo and Suigetsu while Karin lay unconscious, undone by a single strike to the head.
I didn't enjoy watching my team suffer like this as they were oblivious to my hidden intentions, however, I just needed the three of them incapacitated so that I could explain the situation to Killer Bee, though he didn't have to try to kill them. Supposedly, the Eight Tails is the second strongest Tailed Beast, surpassed only by the Nine Tails, of course, which happened to be sealed inside my former best friend, Naruto Uzumaki. Of course, Naruto was nowhere near as strong as Killer Bee right now since Bee was completely in sync with his Tailed Beast. It seemed odd that I was thinking about this while we were in the middle of a fight, seeing as how there was an incredibly strong opponent in front of me.
Naruto and I had formed a bond, one so strong that he almost died trying to save me from Orochimaru, to bring me back to the Hidden Leaf. To be honest, I think he would've been ok with dying if it meant bringing me back to my senses. To this day I'm still relieved that I didn't kill him in our fight. If I had, I would've killed two of my brothers, Itachi and Naruto.
I snapped back to reality as Bee kicked Suigetsu right in the jaw. He kept spitting his rhymes out while kicking the collective asses of my team.
I probably needed a new team.
Though they were good hearted people, they weren't exactly the best at fighting, they were nowhere near as good as Team 7, as expected of course. Killer Bee finally finished off Jugo by whacking him with the hilt of his sword while Suigetsu looked ready to collapse from exhaustion. But then, Killer Bee rose one of his swords, ready to actually kill Suigetsu, which was definitely NOT part of my plan.
I acted quickly, drawing my own sword and deflecting all of Killer Bee's strikes.
"Thanks Sas-" Suigetsu began but I hit him right on the forehead with the hilt of my blade, silencing the cerulean-haired man's words.
"What the-" Killer Bee said, startled at my actions. "You interrupted my flow, yo! For that imma have to glow, yo!"
I sighed and shook my head.
His raps were so...bad.
It pained me to hear him, but antagonizing him wouldn't be the best move if I wanted him to hear me out. However, before I could speak, Killer Bee surrounded himself with a cloak of chakra, similar to the one Naruto had back in our fight at Final Valley.
"Wheeeeee!" He yelled before charging at me with an arm raised at blinding speed aimed at my chest. I activated my Mangekyou Sharingan and saw his movements quickly enough to avoid them. I ducked underneath and sidestepped in a split-second, avoiding the Jinchuuriki's fatal blow. "Whoa! No one's ever evaded my lariat other than my brother!" the man exclaimed without following up with a rhyme, thankfully.
"Bee," I called out, "I'm not here to hurt you, I just want to talk."
"Talk is weak! Let's see if I can keep up my hot streak!"
"That really doesn't make a whole lot of sense," I mumbled before clashing swords with him. He swung at me with his numerous swords, and I couldn't help but appreciate his swordsmanship, to use 8 blades with such efficiency at one time is impressive.
However, that's not enough to beat me.
I parried each of his swift strikes, predicting his movements with my Sharingan before backing away from him.
"Bee! Just listen will you? I'm not a part of the Akatsuki!" I called out, silently begging for the insufferable man to listen.
"But your cloak-" he began, ready to dish out another rhyme, but I wasn't about to let him.
"Goddamn it, I'm a spy for the Hidden Leaf!"
"Huh?"
"I'm posing as a member, you ignorant fuck!"
"Whoa, hey there, no need for name-calling!"
"Sorry…" I muttered, still a little aggravated as to why this man was so annoying. "Listen to me, Bee, the man who sent me is Madara Uchiha, he wants you because of the Eight-Tails, obviously. I'm telling you this so that you're cautious, the Akatsuki are relentless, and they won't stop until they have you, that's why they sent me."
"So you're just going to let me go? So I can continue my rapping flow?" I resisted the urge to smack myself on the forehead and forced my voice to stay calm.
"I know you can use your tails to pose as yourself, just give me a fake you and I can continue my spying on Madara, deal?"
"You drive a hard bargain, and I'm starving, deal!"
My left eye twitched slightly and I started to consider using my Amaterasu to kill Bee right here so that no other poor human being could hear his atrocious raps. One of his tails popped out from behind and he quickly detached a limb. He formed a hand sign and before me lay an unconscious clone of Bee, all that I needed.
"Thank you, Bee, remember to be careful," I said to him. He started rapping again but this time I just tuned his voice out. I summoned three shadow clones and had them carry the other three members of Taka, who were still unconscious. Killer Bee was still rapping but waved to me as I left, regardless. I nodded as a farewell to him before running full stride to the Mountain Graveyard, where Madara had me stay. I made my way inside the bone structure and proceeded to enter the cave where Madara was. I walked in with my shadow clones and team members as well as the fake Killer Bee slung over my back. I had formulated a plan on the way back for making my escape and returning to the Leaf, where Tsunade was awaiting my return.
I had met with her a couple of days after I learned the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre from Madara. I thought long and hard before reaching out to her and cutting a deal. She would pardon me and restore my status as a Hidden Leaf Shinobi once I had gathered enough information on Madara to figure out his plans. She actually laughed at the suggestion because she would've already pardoned me for the killing of two S-rank criminals, but I felt like I had to do more for my home.
So I told the masked man who claimed to be Madara that I wanted nothing more than to destroy the Leaf for what the village had done to my brother. I gave him one hell of a performance too, one good enough to convince the other three members of Taka as well. He told me about a week ago that I was to capture Killer Bee in order to collect it for the Gedo Statue, a huge monument with 9 eyes, each reserved for a Tailed Beast. I basically had figured out the main goal of his plan, 'Project Tsuki No Me'. He wanted to gather the Tailed Beasts to summon the Ten Tails, a creature that was chakra personified. Using it, he would cast a genjutsu using the moon, the Infinite Tsukuyomi. It sort of resembled Itachi's jutsu, but this one was magnified by the moon, and it would last forever, hence why it was referred to as Infinite.
I planned to inform Tsunade and the Leaf of this as soon as I got what I came back to the hideout for: Itachi's eyes. His last gift to me. I smiled to myself as my clones and I walked through the dark corridor which led to the hideout, even in death, Itachi was taking care of me. My smile soon faded at the thought of my deceased older brother, I had hated him for so long, but now, I missed him so much it pained me. He'd do anything for me, and he didn't want anything in return.
"Thinking about your brother?" A voice sounded ahead of me. Madara warped in front of me, eyeing the body of Killer Bee that was over my shoulder.
"Yeah," I answered.
"Well now we have the Eight Tails, once the Nine Tails is acquired, I can cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then you can see your brother, your entire family, anyone you want," Madara said.
"Hn," I answered, handing him the body of Killer Bee before swiftly making my way to Taka's quarters. What he said was true. Under the guise of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, I could have my entire family back with me. All I had to do was go along with Madara's plan.
Yet, I didn't want this, I didn't want to cast the entire world under a genjutsu. Madara thinks he can create a world that is perfect for everyone, but there's no such thing as a perfect world. Life was never meant to give you everything you desired. That's why I didn't want to bring my family back to life, not even Itachi. It wasn't because I didn't miss them, it was because I had come to terms that they were gone. They were resting in peace, watching over me. I wasn't going to let the burden of my past hold me down any longer. I've been selfish, causing Team 7 so much pain because I couldn't let my revenge go. I wouldn't let them suffer anymore. Naruto almost died, Kakashi tried to use his past to set an example for me, and Sakura...my heart just wrenches whenever I think of everything I've done to the girl who only wanted what was best for me, all she wanted was for me to forget my revenge.
It was time I stopped living in the past.
It was time to return home.
I quickly laid down the unconscious bodies of my comrades and grabbed a jar that I kept near me at all times. The jar contained Itachi's eyes, the same eyes that would grant me an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. I hated using Itachi to gain more power, and I wouldn't until it was necessary. Before I only gained power for vengeance, but this time, I would use my power to protect the Hidden Leaf from whatever Madara had in store, I refused to squander Itachi's sacrifice. His goal was now mine, and I intend to fulfill that goal.
I quickly removed my Akatsuki cloak and slipped on a black shirt with the sleeves cut off, pretty much a tank top designed for battle. I removed the purple rope that was custom for Orochimaru's followers and slipped on black camo pants. I sighed in pleasure, all these bad guys had the most uncomfortable clothing, it felt so nice to be able to wear a good, old, all-black, badass outfit that was tailored to my style. I quickly grabbed my sword and slipped the holster over my head and secured it onto my back.
Now this, this was all me.
Hopefully the Leaf Village would appreciate my style. I would be lying if I said that reuniting with Team 7 didn't excite me, I had missed them all in my absence. So I resolved not to waste any more time than I already had.
I was already about 3 years late.
I grabbed Itachi's eyes and glanced at my sleeping team with a hint of sadness in my eyes. I bid them a silent farewell and exited the room, making my way into the dark corridor. I activated my Sharingan and scanned the cave, searching for any signs of Madara or Zetsu, but I didn't see anyone else, it was just me. I silently walked through the dark atmosphere, remaining as quiet as possible while concealing my chakra, making sure that the other inhabitants of the Mountain Graveyard wouldn't notice me. I could see light at the end of the tunnel, I could see the exit, I could see freedom. However, I remained cautious, this was not the time to lose my cool and get caught, there was still a distance between me and freedom. I swiftly, yet, silently walked towards the exit, half-expecting Madara to warp in front of me and figure out what I was doing.
If he did, my excuse was training, if he noticed Itachi's eyes, then I'm fucking booking it. However, none of that happened, I just walked out and the sunlight's rays hit my face. I jumped towards the nearest tree and looked back at the hideout suspiciously, wondering if anyone had noticed my escape. It appeared that no one did, but I was still cautious, carefully moving through the forest and making my way to Konoha, my old home. This was it, I was getting my life back, after so many years of pain and hatred, I can live again. I smiled slightly as my feet carried me towards the village, as long as I kept my current pace, I should reach the village in a couple of hours, then I can report to Tsunade and be a part of Team 7 again.
I wondered how they'll react to me being back, seeing as how its been so long. Kakashi-sensei will probably smile and ruffle my hair like he used to, Naruto will probably demand a rematch from me, and Sakura...well, I don't know. Sakura's grown, I noticed that when I saw her at Orochimaru's hideout, she was beautiful, I couldn't deny that fact. As much as girls annoyed me with their clingy attitudes, Sakura was different. Back then, she used to be weak in battle, but she had a good heart, and always cared about me and Naruto. Now, well I haven't seen her in action, but over the years she must've grown a little stronger at least. I thought back to how she looked at Orochimaru's hideout, her hair had grown a little longer, her face had lost any excess baby fat and was now elegant. Her green eyes were still one of her best features, and her body had filled out with curves highlighting it.
I shook my head, what was I doing thinking about girls and stuff? Sure she was pretty and all, but right now wasn't the time to focus on girls and all of that stuff, there was still many threats looming about, and that should have my full attention. But the truth was, it didn't, not when the pink-haired girl from Team 7 was on my mind. The truth was, I thought about her more than anyone else while I was away.
Sakura
I walked through the streets of Konoha, enjoying the beautiful day and savoring my off day. Training and helping out at the hospital kept me busy most of the time, but I enjoyed my work. However, I also loved my days off when I could relax. It kept me at peace, most of the time. I loved the daytime, seeing my friends, having a good time, it was great. Life was good. At least, that's what I told people. I told them I loved walking around and breathing fresh air, I told them I loved getting home at night and making myself some nice home-cooked food. I told them I loved sleeping in, because when I slept, I dreamed. I told them I loved my little apartment, where I could do whatever I wanted with no one watching me. People that I meant I was glad to be free of my parents' watchful eyes, people thought I meant everything that I told them.
It was all lies.
I liked walking around and doing my job as well as training, but that was the extent of the truth.
I hated my days off, because it gave me too much time to think, think about him. I hated going home and cooking because it would usually be just for myself. I didn't have to be alone, I was 17, and guys were starting to ask me on dates, but I rejected them all. Naruto had asked me out a couple times, but I denied him every time. He stopped after a bit because he knew who my heart belonged to.
When I told people I could do whatever I wanted in my apartment, they never assumed that I would spend most nights crying myself to sleep at the loss of the man I love. I didn't need an alarm to wake me, because my nightmares usually did the job just fine. It was always him leaving, my nightmares were always either about him leaving or seeing him dead at the hands of his older brother. Either way, they always haunted me and shook me to my core.
Yet, after I woke up screaming, I would get ready and prepare myself to lie to everyone.
Today was no different. I put on a fake smile as I greeted Ino and Hinata, who were talking inside the Yamanaka's flower shop.
"Forehead! What's up?"
"Nothing, Pig. Hey, Hinata."
"Hi, Sakura."
I joined their conversation about some local gossip, trying hard to forget about him.
"...so I was thinking-wait what the hell is that?"
Ino pointed to the sky and I followed her gaze, spotting a man falling to the ground. Some villagers stopped and gazed at the mysterious man before noticing that he was going to land right near them. They scattered and the man landed on his feet, glancing around, as if he was looking for something. I recognized his flowing black coat, I recognized the red clouds covering his jacket.
Akatsuki.
"Ino, Hinata, get the others!" They raced off, calling for the rest of us. I faced the man, noting how his eyes were purple and his face was...weird. It looked like he had multiple piercings on his face, which was odd to say the least. He had orange hair as well, making him a truly odd-looking creature. I didn't recognize the man from any of the bingo books Konoha had, maybe he was a new member of the Akatsuki? Nevertheless, he was in Konoha, looking for someone, I had to do something while the citizens got clear.
I charged at the mystery man with my right fist aimed right for his head. I concentrated my chakra onto my fist and swung as hard as I could, ready to break this man's skull into pieces. However, instead of contacting his head, my fist met some sort of strange barrier, which deflected my blow.
"What the-" I began, but the man raised his leg and attempted to kick me. I blocked his leg and jumped back, putting a distance between us. This guy had some sort of barrier protecting him from my hits, so how can I bypass them? I launched another chakra-filled punch at him, but was met with the same barrier. The man countered and kicked me in the stomach, launching me into a wall. I rolled away when he attempted to stomp on my head and leaped to my feet. I lifted my leg off of the ground and kicked him across the face, sending him a couple of yards back. I had connected, but how? Did he have a limit to how much abuse he could absorb? I didn't have enough time to come up with a solution because the man launched himself at me. I avoided his fists as he swung at me. I ducked underneath as his right hand sailed over my head and punched at his stomach with a chakra-fueled fist, but my hand met the same barrier as before. He kicked out and hit me into the flower shop.
My head hit the counter, causing my vision to go hazy for a second. When my vision cleared, I saw two little Academy students throw some shuriken at the man. He easily avoided them and turned his attention to the children. I leapt to my feet and punched the ground, causing the area around the man to fall apart. He fell into the crevice I created, but emerged only a second later, launching himself towards the students. I grabbed them both and threw them out of harm's away, but I had given the man an opening. That was all this man needed, because when I turned my head, he was standing over me with a metal rod in hand, ready to stab me with it.
"Sakura!" I heard a voice shout. Naruto jumped into action, grabbing the man and throwing him away from me. "Are you ok?" He asked as he knelt down and helped me up. I nodded and looked at him, noticing how odd he looked. His eyes had some weird horizontal lines in place of his pupils, and it looked like he put on orange eyeshadow or something.
"Naruto? Why do you look like...that?" "Its my Sage Mode, and I'm about to put it to good use!" I smirked and nodded, this was what he went and worked so hard to master with the toads. With his new power, Naruto and I could take this guy.
"I'm going to hit him with Rasengan, when he's distracted, hit him from behind," Naruto said. I nodded and waited for Naruto to start his attack. A few seconds later, he was charging at the man with a rasengan in his hand. I moved quickly, seeing the man activate the same barrier he had against me, however, he seemed to be struggling with the Rasengan, like it pained him to deflect it. I ran around and swung for the back of his head, connecting as my fist cracked his skull. He stumbled but swung back wildly, forcing me and Naruto to back off. The man seemed to be breathing heavily, and his skin started to become a brownish color, almost like wood.
"Naruto, keep hitting him with rasengans, I think your attacks have some sort of special effect on him, I'll go in first as a distraction, then you hit him after me."
"Yeah!" I charged my fist with chakra again, delivering a series of strikes to the man, who used his barrier to absorb them, unsurprisingly. However, I ducked midway through and Naruto leaped over me, hitting the man with another rasengan, making his skin go even more of a brownish color. "Naruto, if you can hit him with a Rasenshuriken, I think you can take him out. I'm not sure as to why, but you're attacks are hurting him, it might be because you're in Sage Mode."
"Ok, Sakura! Think you can send him underground?"
I smirked.
"With pleasure."
I charged my fist with chakra and punched the ground as hard as I could, causing the earth to move and shatter, just like before, only this time, the area that I affected was much larger. The man fell into the large cracks I made, stunned at my strength and trapped in a hole.
"True Wind Style! Rasenshuriken!" Naruto sent his attack right down at the man, who used his barrier to block it. It caused a minor explosion to sound. Once the attack dissipated, I looked and saw the man frozen and completely brown, wooden to be exact.
"My attacks turned him into...wood?"
"Guess so."
"Sweet!"
"Naruto, look!" I pointed at another part of the village, where the rest of the Konoha 11 seemed to be fighting 5 other men just like the one we fought. Tenten and Shikamaru were unconscious already, and the rest of us weren't faring too well. Ino tried her mind-transfer jutsu, but it had no effect on any of the 5 Akatsuki members. Instead, one of the men summoned a giant rhino that attacked her, effectively knocking her unconscious. Naruto jumped into action, still in Sage Mode, trying to help Neji and Lee, who were battling with one of the members. The giant rhino turned its attention to Hinata, who was staring at it, her pale eyes widening with fear as the monster charged at her. I leaped into action, landing in front of Hinata, who snapped out of her stupor.
"S-Sakura!"
"Keep it together, Hinata," I told her before catching the giant rhino's huge horn and flipping it over. I charged my fist with chakra and planted it into the rhino's exposed stomach. It screeched in agony before disappearing with a puff of smoke. I turned around and saw one of the men catch Kiba and Akamaru's Wolf Fang Over Fang and throw them aside like they were nothing. The man's arms transformed then, his hands morphing into missiles, like actual missiles. He fired one at Kiba and Akamaru, blasting them away and knocking them out of the battle. I saw the man Naruto, Neji, and Lee were fighting blast them away with some sort of gravitational force, sending them into a pile of rubble.
"No…" I thought, if Naruto couldn't get these guys, then we were screwed. I scanned the battlefield and saw more unconscious Shinobi laying on the ground, some buried under destroyed buildings. Kakashi and Tsunade lay next to each other, incapacitated. However, right next to them I saw another woman, who was wearing an Akatsuki cloak. She had purplish-blue hair and was unconscious and bleeding from a nasty gash on her head, probably from fighting my two teachers, so we wouldn't have to worry about her for now. Unfortunately, there were still 5 guys kicking the crap out of the Konoha 11 right in front of me. The man who had knocked away Naruto turned on me, and I saw the same purple eyes on him as the one I fought earlier with Naruto. It must be some new type of dojutsu, one I had never seen before. I watched as he moved with great speed to me, ready to strike me down, but I wouldn't be that easy. I swung a chakra-infused fist at him, barely missing before following up with a kick to the stomach, which he also avoided.
"Very good," He said before taking a step back and raising his arms. I prepared myself to defend against whatever he was doing, assuming that I could. That was a mistake. "Almighty Push!" He yelled before an enormous force emerged from his body and pushed back everyone, including me.
I landed and hit my head against the ground, clouding my vision and dazing me. I put my hand against my throbbing head and felt something wet, my blood. I quickly healed myself before moving to the other members of the Konoha 11. Hinata was knocked out with blood coming out of her mouth, probably a broken rib or two. I put my hands on her stomach and my chakra glowed green, healing her injuries, and returning her to a state of consciousness. I was about to move to heal Neji, but an earth-shaking roar filled the air, drawing every conscious human's attention to the source. It was Naruto, and he had changed. He was surrounded by an orange cloak of chakra, and his eyes turned red, the pupils becoming slits. His teeth grew into fangs and he roared again before glaring at the 5 men before him.
"Capture him," I heard the man who used Almighty Push say to the others. They converged on Naruto, but Naruto was ready. He attacked them ferociously, swinging his claws and using his tails to strangle the men, brutally abusing them. It filled me with hope, if Naruto could keep pummeling the men, then he could stop this invasion, he can stop the destruction!
"Come on, Naruto," I pleaded before getting back to healing the rest of us. I healed the head trauma Neji had suffered and healed the fracture in Shikamaru's leg. Unfortunately, doing that took a lot of chakra, healing broken bones took a lot out of me. I was almost out of chakra by the time I nursed Kiba and Akamaru back to health. I had managed to heal Ino as well, returning her to consciousness, but that was the extent of what I could do for now. Now it was all up to Naruto, who knocked back all the men who had attacked him, sending them to the ground.
"Did he do it?" Neji wondered aloud, as only one of the men remained standing. But then I saw him smirk, and that told me all I needed to know. All of the sudden, he clapped his hands together and a small ball rose into the air.
"Well, Naruto Uzumaki, I'm afraid this is as far as you go," the man said, "Planetary Devastation!" The ground started to fall apart and numerous buildings were uprooted, all of them flying towards the small ball in the air. I saw Naruto being pulled into the same ball that the ground was flying towards, powerless to escape.
"No," I whispered, he was going to take him. The man smirked again as the ground formed a small planetoid in the sky, but then his smirk faded into a look of confusion. I looked at the planetoid and saw it cracking apart, as if something on the inside was breaking free. It could only be one person doing all this damage.
"Holy crap its Naruto!" Ino gasped as an orange-black creature with 8 tails and some bones on his back burst from the planetoid and landed on the ground before letting out an ear-splitting roar. I sighed in relief as he assaulted the man, tearing through him and powering through his Almighty Pushes using his sheer power. The Tailed Beast was too much for this man to handle, there was no surviving this, he was done, and the other members of the Konoha 11 who were awake were probably thinking the same thing. Naruto punched the man into the ground before unleashing a beam of energy from his mouth straight onto the man, burrowing him further into the ground. He jumped off and landed a few yards in front of us, snarling at the 5 fallen men in front of them, as if he was daring them to get up. It had to be done now, there's no way anyone can survive an attack of that magnitude, it was just impossible.
But then I saw possibly the strangest thing I had ever seen. Some gate with a face covering the surface emerged from the ground, sort of like Orochimaru's Triple Rashomon. But this one wasn't as big, and the design was different, though I had no idea of what it could do. Then the gate opened, and immediately all 5 men were sucked inside the gate before it closed. A few moments later, all of them emerged without a scratch on their bodies, as if Naruto had done absolutely NOTHING to them. That's when I started trembling with fear, if these guys could heal that easily from an 8-tailed Naruto's attack, then what could we do against them? They had taken out the Hokage and any able-bodied Jonin, as well as most of us, there was nothing we could do at this point, but I wasn't giving up yet, not while Naruto was still in that form. If I could find out how to get rid of that gate that healed the men, then we stood a shot.
"Guys! Can you see who's controlling that gate?" I asked everyone around me.
"It has to be one of their abilities," Shikamaru deduced, "Neji, Hinata, use your Byakugan and see who's chakra flow is different from the rest."
The two Hyuuga's activated their eyes and scanned the men, who were standing there, waiting for Naruto to make a move.
"Him!" Neji exclaimed, pointing to a man with three spikes protruding out of each ear.
"Naruto!" I yelled, hoping he could comprehend what I would say to him, "Get him!" I pointed to the man Neji had said was controlling that gate thing. Naruto turned and roared at the man, which I took as confirmation as he knew who to aim for. He charged up his chakra and let loose an enormous blast of energy, directed straight for the man, who couldn't dodge the ferocious attack in time. He was obliterated completely, his body must've disintegrated from the sheer energy Naruto sent his way. The gate slowly crumbled and fell apart, meaning we had done it right.
"Yes!" I said while pumping my fist in the air. Neji smirked behind me and Shikamaru let out a sigh, but Hinata was quiet. She was gazing ahead, and I saw exactly what she was looking at. There was a great amount of smoke coming from in front of Naruto as a result from his attack, and at almost blinding speed, 4 figures jumped out of the smoke with rods in their hands. Before anyone could notice what happened, the 4 men stabbed Naruto simultaneously. Naruto roared loudly in agony, releasing one last beam of energy but hitting nothing. I watched in horror as his tails and chakra vanished, leaving a normal and powerless Naruto lying there, barely conscious. He coughed out blood and I saw his eyes roll back.
"Sorry guys," he muttered to us before closing his eyes.
"No!" I heard Hinata say from behind me.
She got up on wobbly feet, and the rest of us with her. We had one chance to save Naruto and the village, one shot.
Time to work.
All the characters are the same, there won't be on new ones or anything like that. Only change I made is to the age in that everyone will be 17 and Team Guy would be 18. Also the story will be told from mainly Sasuke and Sakura's perspectives, though I might write from Naruto or Kakashi's perspective a little. Hope y'all liked it and any feedback is appreciated!
