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Chapter 1

The war was over and finally there was peace. But not for Naru Uzumaki - Namikaze. She had lost too much in the war and then the fight with Sasuke. She was tired of fighting and hoped that she could finally get to feel the peace and quiet that she so rightfully deserved.

Naru could finally be with the one she loved.

If only fate weren't so cruel.

(Break line)

In a bid to save everyone she had tried to seal both Kaguya and The juubi inside of herself. The seal did that and more.

During the sealing Kaguya had made a desperate attempt to attack Naru, but was blocked by Gaara and Shikamaru. This created a shield for Naru but at the cost of their lives. She had cried out in despair when her mind had finally caught up with what was happening in front of her as her best friend and lover sacrificed themselves so that she could complete the sealing and end the war.

When it was over Sasuske tried to take control of her so that he could destroy the juubi once and for all by killing her, but when she was protected by everyone else he knocked them out so that he could dispose of them. By doing this he released his grip on Naru who transported them somewhere else to protect the others from the fighting.

As the fight grew more and more dangerous to their surroundings they themselves only grew more and more tired.

As they prepared for their last attack something happened.

Naru started to change.

She started to grow and shine as her colors seemed to almost disappear. Her hair became white and her skin paled to an almost porcelain or even marble texture, her chest grew bigger as her body grew taller, she gained horns and something resembling fox/wolf ears grew on top of her head. She also gained ten swishing tails at her back as her hands gained claws. The only thing that stayed the same were her Safire blue eyes, but even they changed somewhat. Her pupil became a feral slit instead of her normal round ones or even the rectangular toad eyes that she usually gained during her time in sage-mode.

As this happened Sasuke also started to change.

Instead of becoming white as Naru was, Sasuke became dark, an almost black aura surrounded him as he started to grow wings and his feet became talons instead. His skin darkened and his eyes gained a hawk-like look to them as his hair started to gain some feathers poking out here and there. He also grew taller and gained a more muscular build.

When the changes were complete they had finally reached each other with their last attack in hand.

As they clashed the attacks melded together and started to expand into a giant vortex that transported them somewhere else.

(Break line)

As Naru slowly awoke to the sound of beeping and the feeling of being weightless she started to notice that she was being watched by multiple spectators as she was floating in some kind of tank filled with some kind of liquid that she did not recognize.

As she finally became completely aware of her situation she saw that she was surrounded by strange creatures and that Sasuke was in a tank just like hers on the opposite end of the room. He too was starting to come to awareness again and was just as shocked as her at their situation.

After a while of just staring at each other Naru started to get irritated at the silence and was about to start voicing her displeasure out loud to the creatures when there appeared a new creature in some kind of automatic sliding door or whatever.

The creature saw that they where awake and started talking to them.

- Ah, you're awake.

-…

They just stared at him in shock.

-Don't look so surprised, you are after all highly evolved, powerful beings. I hope that you are feeling better now that you have rested for a couple of days.

Naru finally regained her ability to talk after a few seconds of silence.

-… Excuse me, but who are you? And where are we?

-Oh, forgive me for being so rude. My name is Satis and I am the Avatars asistant. And this, my dear is Oban the mother planet of the universe, and the place where the finals of "The great race of Oban" is going to take place.

-…

Again it was quiet.

-And what is that?

(Queue face fault)

As Satis was getting up again he explained to them what the race was and what it entailed. As he was explaining the grand price Sasuke and Naru perked up in interest. A wish that could fulfill your greatest desire.

As they started to imagine what they could do with that Naru activated a mind link between the two transformed former ninjas.

-I think that we should participate in this race Sasuke. It might just be our ticket home, and we could use the wish to make everything as it should be again. What do you think?

-Maybe we should. But don't you think this all sounds a bit farfetched? There has to be some kind of catch.

-I'll ask.

Naru opened her mouth to ask Satis but was interrupted by him answering without the question being asked.

-He is right I'm afraid. But there is not much that I can tell you. It will become clear in time.

They were stumped. How could he know what they had said/thought?

-I am something of a mind reader.

He answered their thoughts again.

-…

-Well what am I supposed to do when you practically "scream" your thoughts right in front of me?

-…

Naru couldn't take it anymore and had a temporary mental collapse and started chuckling and then it evolved to an almost mad laughter that echoed in the tank before it escaped into the room. Sasuke almost became scared of her strange behavior.

-Naru, are you alright?

Sasuke asked his companion as she started to calm down. When she had stopped laughing like a maniac she started crying instead. Sasuke was really starting to get worried now and tried to reopen their mental connection to find out what was wrong with his partner.

What he saw in her mind almost broke his hart as he watched her become surrounded by memories of different people and things and all the information that she had tried to process was about to drown her.

He was about to break free of his binds in the tank that he was floating in to be able to go and comfort her when he felt something strange. He turned to Satis and saw him do something that put Naru to sleep. As Naru lost her consciousness Sasuke felt how her thoughts started to ebb out and separate from her.

As Sasuke felt her disappear into her dreams he could feel himself slipping away too. He just hoped that Naru would be better in the morning.

TBC