They had been fighting since before sunrise. Blood and screams of the wounded and dying the shouts of the fighting and the clash of weapons filled the air.

A flash of gold in the corner of his eye. It was him. Iruka smiled 'Naruto' his favorite student, the Rokundaime.

Konoha was on its last legs but as long as he would fight they would fight with him, any and all who considered themselves a true leaf ninja. And Iruka would be right in the thick of it. What kid of father would leave his son to fight alone? Not him. Naruto was the closest thing he had to family and he would never leave him if he could help it.

Iruka dodged a strike from an Iwa Nin, and then slashed the man's throat with a kunai. He went on like this for what seemed like hours until he found an opponent that gave him trouble. He was panting and his right arm was numb from a lightning jutsu. The cloud Nin got in a good hit and knocked him to the ground Iruka rolled to his feet. But a chakra flare behind him warned him that he was still in danger.

A shout of: Final Light: told him just how much danger. A shout of "NO!" caused him to turn and see something that made his heart freeze and his blood boil. Naruto had taken the hit.

Naruto was dying.

"Naruto!"

"You ok tou-san?"

"Idiot, why did you do that?"

"Because, you're family. We take care of each other."

"Naruto"

And the boy closed his eyes.

"No, come back, please, don't leave me here alone."

He took the boy in his arms.

"Don't go."

Time stopped.

'Ningen, Dolphin'

"Who?"

'You wish to save him'

"Who are you? What do you want?"

'I am the boy's burden, his curse and his gift. I want to live.'

"Demon, why should I trust you? You're the reason for all this. His life was hell because of you!"

'No his life was hell because of fools who could not see past their own fear, of which, I will remind you, you where once one. And as much as I detest my imprisonment, the kit has grown on me. But that matters little. Our time is short; we must hurry if you wish to save him.'

"Tell me how"

'Put your hand on the seal and flare your chakra I will do the rest.'

"What will it do?"

'The boy will die…'

"But!"

'Let me finish Ningen! The boy will die but you will live, you will be sent back to the past'

"The past, I can fix this. I can change it."

'Perhaps. A Hope.'

"It is worth the chance"

Iruka put his hand on the seal and flared his chakra well Kyubbi activated the jutsu.

Suddenly the Chunin's body was protesting in agony and Iruka almost let go.

'Stay with it Ningen, I'm almost done'

There was a flash of light and then darkness.

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This thing has been on my flash drive for over a month and I forgot until the damn plot bunny kept bugging me and would not die until I posted it. This is a story that will be worked on mainly as a cure for my chronic writer's block I owe people updates on my other stories first.

Also anyone wanting to do there own version of this or of the challenge on my profile is welcome to it…Just tell me because I want to read it.