Valley of the End

Naruto stumbled around, aimlessly, he coughed several times. "Heh... Sasuke.... I made a promise to Sakura-san, I never go back on my word, because that is my Nin-do; My Ninja way!" After several moments Naruto dashed forward, as his feet slammed onto the water's surface, sending ripples outward. Sasuke was around 10 meters in front of Naruto, just standing there, with no emtion in his face, nor any signs of sorrow or pain.

Naruto quickly dug his hand into his thigh pouch and brought out 5 shuriken, each shuriken placed in the slot in-between his fingers. Naruto brought his hand back and then lunged it forth, releasing the shuriken towards Sasuke. The shurkien looked like little small, black blurs that shot across the waters surface. As Naruto came ever more closer to Sasuke, there was a clash of metal. Sasuke had disposed of the shuriken with great ease, not even shedding a single sweat from his brow. "Naruto." With immense speed, Sasuke dashed forward, drawing his kanata and clashing with a quickly drawn kunai by Naruto, from his thigh pouch. "You've not grown stronger, have you? You're still that same loser." Sasuke said, again showing no emotion.

Naruto's kunai and Sasuke's kanata clashed, embers flew from the friction created by the metal. "Sasuke! I promised to Sakura-san!" Naruto pushed forward with a hidden will to fight, from somewhere deep inside his body he was able too summon up this strength. Was it the Kyuubi? It didn't matter to Naruto, his mind was clouded with the will to drag Sasuke back to Konohagakure. Naruto pushed off from the waters surface and soared into the air, then returned to the water, skidding across the surface. "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" Naruto slammed his hands together, and performing the necessary hand seals. There was noises of Kage Bunshin appearing at the scene, but this couldn't be saw due to the massive cloud of smoke.

"Sasuke..."

The smoke slowly faded, the wing carrying it further away. "SASUKE!!" Over 1,000 Naruto clones yelled out Sasuke's name, their fists clenched and hearts pumped with adrenaline. One by one the clones charged forward, most armed with kunai, but they were still no match for Sasuke's taijutsu. The sounds of Kage Bunshin exploding echoed throughout the valley. In a few minutes the Kage Bunshin were disposed of, the smoke once again filled the valley.

Naruto remained hidden in the smoke, but Sasuke could still sense Naruto. "You're still a loser, Naruto." Bubbles raised up from the valley's deep, the water became disturbed in some way. Sasuke remained still, patient. Naruto's body shot up from the waters surface, his fist was the fist thing to break free of the water and come into contact with Sasuke. With a strong, powerful grip Naruto held on to Sasuke's leg and swung him around in a full 360. As Sasuke was being swung around, he had time to make the necessary hand seal for his next jutsu; Great Fireball Technique. Sasuke inhaled a large volume of air, and then with one mighty exhale, a massive burst of heat, and fire belched out from Sasuke's mouth. This technique caused Naruto to let go of Sasuke's leg, and in-turn be severally burned, his body was tossed across the valley's water like a rag doll. "Bastard...."

Naruto said as his smoking body lay on the waters surface, his hands trying to stabilize his body from collapsing. His outfit was ruined, his skin burned. "Naruto.... You need my power, Naruto." A demonic voice called out from inside Naruto, taunting Naruto to take this unholy power.

In the Mind of Naruto

Naruto stood in front of a large metal gate, with a paper seal firmly in place on the lock. "Naruto, release me...." Naruto stepped forward, being tempted by the voice. You see, it was at this point Naruto's mind was easily influenced and so the Fox struck at the time Naruto was most weakest. "I can't... I can't!" He stopped moving and shook his head, remembering the pain that was caused when he used this power. "I can't use this...!" The Fox's voice let out a mighty roar, powerful enough to cause Naruto to fall onto his butt. "RELEASE ME FROM MY PRISON, AND I SHALL GRANT YOU YOUR REVENGE! I SHALL RIP THAT UCHIHA TO PIECES!" Naruto lowered his head and then stumbled to his feet. "No." He said with a firm tone.

Back at the Valley

Naruto had blacked out, and Sasuke had disappeared. Instead of Sasuke in front of him, it was Kakashi and Sakura. Sakura leaned over Naruto, healing him with her Mystic Palm technique. The burns were bad, Sakura tried her hardest. "Kakashi, we'll need to take him to the Konohagakure Hospital, at once!" The blurred figures moved around slightly, their voices sounding as if they were getting further away. "Naruto! Naruto!~"

.... "I failed to bring Sasuke back.... Again."