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The cries of agony and screams of battle echoed in my ears as I lay crumpled on the ground, holding my side. I scrunched my eyes closed and bit my lower lip as I waited for the dizziness in my head to pass. I could feel the warm blood run down the side of my eye brow from a laceration I got when I landed on the ground. That last hit I received from the ten-tails had left two ribs on my left side broken. I didn't have much chakra to spare but I had to heal them enough so I wouldn't puncture a lung. Another blow like that, healing the injury wouldn't even matter.

Killer B distracted the ten-tails, along with other long-range style shinobi, while Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino devised another plan to take out the ten-tails. Focusing my chakra to my ribs, I checked to see how the battles are going for Naruto and Kakashi.

Naruto took on Madara by himself. He was in Sage Mode again but it didn't appear that he was making much progress. He took a few blows but for the most part Madara couldn't touch him either, especially since he was using his father's flash technique.

The sound of a thousand birds and electricity filled the air as I watched Kakashi run toward Tobi, or should I say Obito. The Chidori passed right through him. Kakashi turned around and faced Obito when he reappeared. I couldn't hear what my former sensei said to him but I could tell the distress and anguish on Sensei's face.

I don't understand what could have caused a loyal shinobi, like Obito, to turn into what he was now. Kakashi never really shared with us anything about his past team, only the story of how Obito gave him the Sharingan. Perhaps it had something to deal with Rin. I'm not sure, but if we made it out of this war alive, I was definitely going to ask.

With I ribs mended enough, I stood and stretched a little, to make sure there would be no other discomfort. I then readied myself to rock the ten-tails world. We needed to immobilize him, at least until we could come up with another plan to seal it somehow.

I gathered as much chakra in my right fist as I could, and added just a little to my feet and sped off towards the beast. Once I was close enough, I rocketed my fist into the ground and watched the fissure make its way to the base of the ten-tails. The ground crumbled and opened up like a mouth about to swallow food, and the beast dropped into the earth about 12 feet, solidly immobilizing him for at least a short time. A large cloud of dirt blocked my view of the ten-tails, so I hunched down and waited for the dust to settle.

"What are you doing here Teme?" I heard Naruto yell.

I quickly turned to see what was happening and was completely shocked to see Sasuke standing near Naruto. He wasn't alone though. There were two other men as well. I knew I had never met either of them, but they both looked familiar. One had long, black hair and the other had spiky, white hair, and both dressed for battle.

I also noticed two men join Kakashi Sensei. I was completely surprised at who I saw. The last time I had seen the third Hokage I was only 12. He had died sealing Orochimaru's arms. There was also a spiky-haired blond who looked like an older version of Naruto.

My Kami!

It was the former Hokages of the Hidden Left. How was that even possible? The only people who could revive the Hokages were Kabuto and Orochimaru. Someone had already taken out Kabuto, I was sure of it, especially since there were no more revived shinobi or Zetsus attacking.

No way!

Orochimaru was dead! It's impossible! Then of course, the impossible just strides right on up and places a hand of Sasuke's shoulder.

Dear Kami, take me now!

Without hesitation, Sasuke pushed his hand away. I can see his lips move but I heard nothing. I saw Orochimaru chuckle and then his eyes turned and peered at me. He smiled and gave me a small wave. This caught Sasuke's eye, he turned and looked at me as well. I'm immediately struck breathless. His eyes, they're different somehow, no longer dark and empty but softer and burning with conviction. They suddenly change though. Is that fear I see reflected in his eyes?

"Look out! Behind you!"

I darted my eyes to see a huge, orange haired man running towards me. It was hard to describe him. He had the face of a gentle child, full of worry and concern, but yet it was like his body was transforming and was almost…monstrous. He was still a good bit away from me.

I turned to see what he was yelling about. The ten-tails was back into fighting mode and gathering a large amount of energy into his mouth. He had his gaze sat on me.

Kami, when I said take me now I wasn't serious! At this point, I had no way of getting out of his range. So this was it. I was out of moves. This really wasn't the time for me to try something new but if I was going to die anyway, what would it hurt?

I gathered every last ounce of my chakra and pushed it out in front of my body, almost like a half sphere. For the first time in my life I could see the chakra manifest itself. It moved like emerald waves but at the same time it was solid. I really hoped this worked.

If all goes right, once the energy from the ten-tails' orb hits my sphere, they'll bounce right off each other. Effectively sending the orb on another path as well as launching me off somewhere into the distance, which was the unpredictable part. With all of my chakra tied into my last-ditch effort, I would lose consciousness. There was also no telling how far I would be thrown, and with no way to protect myself, I will more than likely die anyway.

With my steel resolve I looked toward my teammates one last time. Finally, Naruto was making progress with Sasuke's help. I was glad to see them fighting side by side again. If that was the last memory I would have of the both of them, I'll gladly accept it. Their rekindled bond has only made Naruto stronger and more determined than ever to win this battle.

Kakashi was still holding his own, but Obito looked a little worse for the wear. I really hoped Kakashi didn't have to kill his last teammate. Sasuke came back, so perhaps there was still time for redemption.

I would miss them, and the worst part of it all wasn't that I was about to die, but that I wouldn't be able to say goodbye.

I heard a shrill shriek in the air coming from the energy orb, so I turned to face my fate. The dark mass was hurdling right towards me. I rested my weight on the balls of my feet and readied myself to jump as the two forces collide. It was about to hit my chakra field when the man from earlier steps in front of me.

It all happened so quickly. He wrapped his monstrous arms around me, shielding me with his body, and jumped as the two energies collided. The light created by the collision blinded me. I felt the force of it push our bodies into space. It was a remarkable, weightless flight. My body was giving in and going limp against his. I tried my best to stay awake, but I was drowning in the light that was quickly becoming black. Before I fell into complete darkness though, I whispered my goodbye wish.

"Naruto…live."

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