I DON"T OWN NARUTO
Madara Uchiha was dead, Sasuke's chidori charged hand sticking out through his back. Naruto Uzumaki stood inches from them, his sage cloak flapping in the wind.
"Sasuke." Naruto couldn't believe his eyes. Three minutes ago, Sasuke was Madara's faithful servant, but here the young Uchiha was with his hand through his master's chest, just to save Naruto.
Sasuke slowly brought his bloody hand out of the dead Uchiha, he turned to Naruto.
"No one will kill you...until I can beat you." Sasuke drew his sword, and charged it with the chidori.
"Dammit," Naruto was wasted from his fight with Madara, one he would have lost, if not for the interference of his once friend.
"C'mon..." Sasuke swung his sword, hitting the ground with it's crackling energy, "Don't you have a promise to keep?"
Naruto drew his kunai from it's side holster, and charged it with futon chakra.
"Sasuke...this time, I will bring you back!" Naruto twirled his kunai, the chakra rippleing the air around it. "Thats a promise."
Sasuke smirked.
Naruto swung his kunai down on Sasuke. Sasuke easily blocked it, creating an small explosion of wind and lightning. The blast forced Sasuke to look away, his sharingan's sensitivity to light temporarily blinding him. Naruto brought his fist up while Sasuke was distracted, slamming into his jaw.
Sasuke was thrown backwards, and Naruto charged at him.
Rock Lee stared down into a giant rocky crater, two men were moving at incredible speeds, wind and lightning clashed together with their every move.
"It's incredible." Lee turned to Neji Hyuga, "Can you read their chakra, who is fighting down there?"
Neji stared down at the battle, his Byakugan eyes scanning the battle.
"It's Naruto and Sasuke...the other one...he's as good as dead, his chakra is barely pulsing...he's dead now."
Lee nodded.
"So, what do we do now." Tenten spoke up, "Should we stop the fight?"
Neji shook his head.
"I don't think we should interfere unless Naruto needs desperate help, we don't want to risk letting Sasuke escape."
Lee and Tenten nodded.
Naruto took a blow to the stomach, then one to the head, throwing up his kunai just in time to block Sasuke's chidori-charged katana.
'Damn!'
Sasuke swung his sword at Naruto's legs. As Naruto jumped to avoid it, he slammed his elbow into Naruto's nose, breaking it.
'Damn!'
Naruto grabbed at Sasuke, but he stepped back and Naruto fell of balance. Sasuke slammed his knee into Naruto's ribs, breaking several.
'Damn!'
Naruto had long sinced used up his reserves, and couldn't re-enter sage mode. As he fell to his knees, Sasuke landed another well placed kick to the side of Naruto's head.
Naruto bit through his tongue, and his ears began to ring as a massive amount of pain washed over him.
'Sakura...I'm sorry.'
Sasuke stared at Naruto.
"I can't say I'm impressed." He formed a chidori in his free hand and thrust it at Naruto's face.
The sound of moving fingers broke through the song of a thousand birds, and Sasuke's hand stood frozen inches from Naruto's face.
Naruto's vision went white, and then faded to black. He opened his eyes, and then closed them, and then opened them again...but his world remained dark.
"Am I dead?" Naruto yelled out.
"No you aren't dead!" Lee's voice echoed in Naruto's head, "Why would you think that?"
"Lee, I can't see anything."
"That's not good."
Neji stared at the blind Toad-sage.
"The chidori's extreme light that close to his open eye's must've blinded him, Naruto, do your eyes hurt?"
Naruto made a face at where he believed Neji to be.
"Now that you mention it...OW!"
Naruto rubbed his eyes frantically, but Neji grabbed his hands.
"Don't do that Naruto...now I'm no medic, but I think if they hurt, that means your blindness won't last forever."
Naruto waved his arms.
"How the hell does that work!"
Tenten put her hands on the frantic Naruto's shoulders.
"Think about it Naruto...If your arm wasn't attatched to your body, and some one stabbed it, would you feel the pain?"
Naruto scratched his head, but after a while he got the analogy.
"I think I get it...I can feel my eyes, so that means they aren't dead."
Neji nodded, then realized Naruto couldn't see him.
"Yes Naruto."
Naruto nodded.
"Wait a minute...what happened to Sasuke."
"I'm right here, Neji used his damned gentle fist to paralyze me."
Naruto laughed through the pain.
"Yes, we can finally bring you back!"
Lee moved forward and kneeled before Naruto.
"Naruto, I'll carry you back to the village."
Naruto nodded, and Lee pulled him over his shoulder.
"And I will carry Sasuke." Neji picked Sasuke up, but after using the gentle fist on his eyes. "Now you won't be able to use the sharingan to escape."
"Damn you all."
Naruto stuck his tongue out.
"Don't be such a sore loser Sasuke."
"Shut up! If this bastard hadn't interfered I would've killed you! You're the loser!"
Naruto smiled at his old friend and rival. Sasuke smirked.
"You know what, going back may not be that bad...after all I'm sure Sakura will be glad to see me."
Naruto's flew off of Lee, knocking Sasuke off of Neji's back, he slammed punch after blind punch into Sasuke's chest and face, until Lee pulled him away.
"Naruto, control yourself."
Naruto ripped free of Lee's grip, and fell down on who he thought was Sasuke, only to bash his head on a rock.
"Damn!" Naruto rubbed his head in pain, and Lee bent over and picked him up.
"Yeah, your a big man...beating the shit out of someone who can't defend himself!" Sasuke yelled as Neji picked him up.
"Shut up, or I will knock you out." Neji stated coldly.
Sasuke silenced himself, not willing to be unconscious in case an oppurtunity to escape presented itself.
Naruto brooded as Lee took the lead out of the crater, and the ninja began their long journey home.
Three hours later, and the five childhood friends were almost home, only a half-a-days journey was left.
Naruto's eyes were killing him. He could see light, like when someone turns on a light while your eyes are closed, but he was still blind...and in pain.
"GAHH! When will we be home!" Naruto yelled, Tenten turned and smiled at the blind Naruto.
"Don't worry buddy, just a few hundred more miles."
Naruto's face fell.
"Oh...only a few hundred more miles...thats awesome..."
Tenten laughed.
Lee stopped walking.
"Shh...did you guys here that?" As Lee spoke, a bladed chain whipped around Tenten's legs, pulling her off into the forest.
"TENTEN!" Lee took off after her, dropping Naruto behind him.
"Lee get back here!" Neji yelled into the forest. He dropped Sasuke, "Dammit Lee."
Several punches and groans echoed through the forest, and after several minutes a large battered human flew out of the forest, landing in front of Neji.
Neji nudged the dead man with his foot, from the looks of it, every bone in his body was broken.
"You over did it Lee!"
Naruto stood up slowly. Lee walked out of the forest, carrying Tenten.
"She's hurt..." He set her down and kneeled beside her. "He didn't know that we were shinobi...but he still managed to catch her off guard. We need to get her back home."
"Both of you go...I'll take Sasuke back." Neji and Lee stared at Naruto.
"Naruto you're blind, what happens if Sasuke's chakra passageways reopen? I won't be here to reseal them."
Naruto shook his head.
"You need to travel unburdened as possible. Me and Sasuke would only slow you down...and besides, my vision's returning...I can feel it."
The two shinobi stared doubtfully.
"C'mon guys I can do this..." Naruto turned to Lee, "Don't you care about Ten-"
In a flash Lee and Tenten were gone.
"Dammit Lee!" Neji turned to Naruto. "I can't let him go alone...If you're not home in three days, we'll come back for you."
Naruto gave him a thumbs up, and Neji leaped after Lee.
Naruto walked toward the forest, and blindly picked up some fallen wood, he felt his way over to Sasuke, and lit a small fire.
"We'll looks like it's just you and me buddy...just like old times."
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