You can do it Naruto, I believe in you. We all believe in you!

If it is you, I can know for sure that we will all come out okay!

Naruto everyone believes in you!

You better not die on us!

You've already gone this far, now kick his ass and bring Sasuke back to us!

Naruto-kun, come back alive okay?

A blond-haired ninja coughed blood onto the floor as he remembered his sensei's words. With that, he was flooded with the words of his comrades and friends said to him before he went through the door.

"What's the matter? Is that the extent of your power?" a sinister voice asked a distance from the boy as he struggled to get up.

"Naruto, you okay?" another voice staggered from beside him.

Sasuke was on his knees beside his friend. His long midnight-blue bangs obscuring his face failed to hide a long trail of blood that trickled down it. Naruto gritted his teeth and struggled to his knees. His clothing as well as his friend's were tattered and torn from battle, and their bodies fared no better. Naruto was sure a few of his ribs were broken, and a slight difficulty in breathing meant that one of his lungs were probably punctured. Glancing over at Sasuke, the blond hoped the Uchiha was better off--although he doubted that any of them were in a condition to fight a prolonged battle. His katana was shattered in two, only leaving a short splinter of a blade protruding from the guard. The blade itself was still crackling with electricity from his signature jutsu, the bolts singing the Uchiha slightly as his exhaustion began to take its toll on his chakra control.

Madara Uchiha stood across a ways from them. His body was also somewhat battered but the man still stood tall and as strong as ever. His Akatsuki uniform was barely recognizable and the utility vest he wore underneath was was tattered and torn. The legendary Uchiha was breathing heavily but had on his face a serious and chilling glare. There was a small trickle of blood from his lips as he frowned slightly. Despite being an individual with powers to rival if not surpass the Kage, his body was beginning to give out in the battle against the two Sanin apprentices. After all, he doubted that even god or the devil himself would not be able to walk away unharmed from the powers of the toad and the snake. To make things even more difficult, the two leaf shinobi were wielding their elemental chakras in their most powerful forms: the Chidori and Rasengan.

Naruto looked into his partner's eyes with a confident grin. The young Uchiha returned the grin, his Sharingan barely managing to manifest as it ate at the last morsels of his chakra. Despite his shot of confidence, Naruto also realized the direness of their situation. His toad sage mode exhausted, the Kyuubi was even beginning to give up on him. He could feel the once infinite red chakra beginning to empty even as he struggled to stand up. His legs felt like they were about to give out if he took another step.

"C'mon Sasuke!" he called his soul-brother confidently. "Lets kick this guy's ass and get back home!"

"I thought you'd never ask..." Sasuke said with a confident grin. Tossing away his broken sword, gripped his left wrist with his right hand. Within moments, energy surged through his left hand and began to chirp like a thousand birds. Sasuke flinched for a moment as he felt a stab of pain throughout his body. He had already fired eight chidori, the Uchiha boy was beyond his limits.

But if Naruto could endure, so would he.

As the lightning collected within Sasuke's hand, its now uncontrolable power surged across his left arm, disintigrating whatever of his sleeve he had left on his arm.

The blond's clone was already forming a ball of pure wind chakra as Sasuke stood at his side, his blade of lightning at the ready as his companion's clone swirled the chakra into a spinning vortex of energy.

"So you think you can kill me?" Madara said with a laugh. "I'll crush your little dream right here and now!"

With a cry, both Konoha ninja charged the demon Uchiha.

"THIS IS FOR EVERYONE!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs. "RASENGAN!"

"CHIDORI!"

Madara responded by summoning numerous blade-like shadows around him. Even the most powerful shinobi had been felled by this almost inpenetrable defense.

Both leaf shinobi felt hot blades rip across their bodies as their attacks broke through the man's weakened defenses. Naruto watched as two large blade-like shadows appeared between Madara and themselves.

"YOU THINK I'LL BE KILLED BY YOU FOOLS THAT EASILY!" Madara was now crying with desperation.

With a final cry, Naruto pushed farther and felth his attack break. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sasuke's blade slice through Madara's shoulder. If his Rasengan broke through then they'd be able to finish him. As the shadow blocking his attack began to shatter, the blond heard the man cry out in pain as Sasuke overcharged his blade. The energy from the Chidori burst in a brilliant flash that obliterated the man's shoulders and severed the his arm.

With a final push, Naruto felt the shadow break and his attack push through. He felt something heavy being swirled by his hand as he pressed deeper. It was getting hard to see and his body was beginning to go numb. He knew what this meant, his body was running on willpower alone.

He would most likely die after this.

His thoughts went to the village of Konoha. How would they fare without him? He knew that everyone was waiting for him and Sasuke to return to the village. It was supposed to be a happy ending. He was already well on his way to becoming the eighth Hokage, and on top of that he was looking forward to a beautiful life with the woman he loved.

Everything suddenly began to slow down as his thoughts drifted to that one girl. That is, everything except for the blond ninja himself. Looking around him, Naruto saw the world around him sinking into darkness and silence. Even Sasuke who was beside him was being swallowed up by the darkness.

He suddenly felt very sleepy.

The world had now ground to a halt.

It was quiet. There was no chirping from the Chidori, no whirling from even his own Rasengan. Naruto couldn't even hear his own voice.

Naruto suddenly found himself standing in darkness, alone. His tattered and torn clothes were gone, with his own unmarked, naked body giving off a soft glow in the pitch blackness. He couldn't even feel the headband on his forehead.

"Am I dead?" he asked the darkness.

After he recieved no answer, a sudden fear crept up inside him.

"Wait! I can't die yet! You can't do this to me! I have a village to return to! We still gotta beat Madara! I can't... Iruka-sensei... Hinata-chan... everyone..."

Naruto suddenly felt someone call his name. It was faint at first, but it grew more steady with each passing moment. It sounded so nice, like a mother calling to her child. It was then that he noticed a light in front of him. It seemed to be far off in the distance, almost like a door. Even though it was just a faint distant light, it felt warm compared the cold blackness that surrounded him.

If I go there, Naruto thought, will I be able to see everyone again?

Out of desperation he ran towards the light as fast as his shinobi legs could carry him. The feeling of pain and soreness in his legs was gone as was throughout his body. As he ran towards that dot of light, he saw that it began to get bigger and bigger until it was almost like an enormous door. Moving closer, he could feel the warmth and feelings of belonging that he had felt when he was with his friends. It was almost as if he could feel them beyond that door.

He also felt the feeling of being loved.

"Just like when Hinata..."

Was this the will of all his friends and loved ones calling him back?

There was only one way of finding out.

And with that, Naruto Uzumaki burst into the light.

The uncertainty of what world he was going to be in laying heavy within his soul.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Gah!!! I don't know much about Madara or his attacks, so alot of his moves might have been BS-ed. I'm sorry for that. Anyways the next chapter will be up in a day or two...