A/N: Okay, I forgot to put this in the last chapter, but just so you know, this isn't shippuden. Naruto stopped Sasuke. There! : D Anyway, things are going to heat up in this chappie! I don't want to rush into what I have planned to quickly though.
Disclaimer: -flees- noooo!!
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Tsunade walked into Sasuke and Naruto's hospital room. They've been there for about 2 days now.
"I think you two are about ready to be released." She said with a tiny smile
"Yata!" Naruto exclaimed, pumping his right arm in the air. But when he did, a sharp pain shot through his right shoulder. He drew him arm back down quickly, wincing at the pain.
"But first, we need to talk." She said, eyeing Uchiha.
Sasuke sighed. He knew it wasn't going to be that easy. He wasn't just going to let in like that.
"Sasuke, you will be off duty for a few weeks and will be watched by hidden ANBU. And we will need to monitor that seal." She said.
Sasuke nodded. It wasn't as bad as he had expected but still. Not being able to see any action for a while sucked.
Tsunade then turned to Naruto. "And you." She said.
Naruto looked at her strangely.
"Before you go, I want to check the wound on your shoulder." She said
Naruto sighed in relief. He thought it was something serious.
"I'm not done. Kakashi said that when he got there and found you both unconscious, one of his dogs was also sniffing out the area. He said that he sensed abnormal chakra. Demonic chakra." Tsunade sat on the bed next to Naruto and gave him a comforting look.
"The seal is……..starting to break." She said sadly.
"What?!" Naruto exclaimed
"But don't worry; we have some seal experts coming to help out. It'll be fine." She smiled
Naruto sighed. "Okay."
"Now, Sasuke, you can go. Naruto, let's see that shoulder."
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Naruto walked down the street of his neighbor hood to his apartment. His jacket was tied around his waist and he hung his t-shirt over his left shoulder due to the heat of the evening. He had a new bandage that wound around his right shoulder to the bottom of his right bicep, protecting the wound caused by Sasuke's Chidori a few days earlier. Tsunade had told him that he needed to take it easy for a while because he wasn't completely healed yet.
In the time he had been home, he hadn't found much time to reflect on the things that had happened recently. Namely, the fight. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get Sasuke's words out of his head. He knew it was the seal that made him do that…. But still. It was hard. Before He knew it, he was at the door to his apartment. He opened the door and set his bag down near his bed and sighed. He looked around his apartment. His eyes rested on the picture of team 7. He walked over to it and smiled. He knew it very well. There was no going back to that time. Suddenly he heard a knock on the door. He walked away from his trip down memory lane and over towards the impatient visitor on the other side who kept knocking furiously.
"Yeah, Yeah I'm coming!" he shouted.
Naruto reached for the door handle. But the second he touched it, he felt an all too familiar chakra. He back up from the door just as it was knocked down. Naruto's eyes widened. Standing before him were Itachi Kisame and Deidara.
"W-What are you doing here?" he asked. He knew perfectly well what they wanted, he just couldn't think of anything else to say.
"It's time you come with us Naruto-kun." Itachi said with no emotion in his voice.
"No way!" Naruto said as he tried to bolt out the door and past them. But to no avail. He was simply punched in the stomach by Itachi…. HARD. Naruto fell back a few feet and hit the ground hard. He clutched his stomach and weakly looked up at them.
He stood up. "I'm not just going to go along with your plans." He said. With that, he back flipped and broke through the window behind him, landing swiftly on the street 3 stories below. He winced at the strain it took on his legs. He looked up just in time to see the three of them jumping out. He took out 10 churikan and threw them at the Akatsuki members before running away.
Naruto ran as fast as his legs would carry them. Pushing what chakra he had into his legs to increase speed. But they were catching up. He glances behind him for a second and saw Itachi turn on his Mangekyo Sharingan. Naruto's eyes widened.
"Noooo!!" he ran around a corner near the market place. People were going about their business when they saw a young boy running away from THE Itachi Uchiha and two other Akatsuki members.
"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME! PLEASE!" he screamed. But the people just looked away. Most backed out of the way, not wanting to get in the way of Akatsuki. Some people even had the nerve to yell.
"Who would want to help the Demon boy?!"
Tears flied through the air trailing behind Naruto. He looked up the street. He wasn't far from the Hokage tour now. Maybe he would make it and get help. That was all the hope he needed. But then out of the blue Itachi appeared in front of naruto with a small glowing sword in hand. He slashed across his chest, leaving a deep gash.
"Arrrggggghhhh!!" he cried as he fell to the ground, clutching the bleeding wound.
Kisame delivered a hard kick to Naruto's throat. He hit the ground again. He tried to lift himself off the ground with his right arm but the pain and his lack of strength caused him to collapse. He lay there in the streets. His body was weak and going numb quickly.
Is this what dying is like?
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Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi walked towards Naruto's apartment. They were planning on all going out to Ramen just like old times. They knew they couldn't go back, but they could try. As they neared his home, they heard a loud commotion down the road. They could have sworn hey heard naruto yelling something.
"Oh man. What did Naruto do this time?" Sasuke asked, slightly irritated.
Kakashi looked up at Naruto's apartment window. "No, Sasuke. I think he's in REAL trouble." He said, pointing to the shattered glass.
A loud and painful scream echoed in the air. There was no doubting. That was Naruto. They bolted off, with Sasuke falling slightly behind due to his injuries.
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Itachi sensed Sasuke's chakra coming closer and so he turned to Kisame and Deidara. "We have to go." He said. The images of the three slowly disappeared, leaving Naruto laying in the street.
Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke skipped to a stop and they turned a corner. All they saw was naruto, laying still in the middle of the streets, wounded badly and bleeding. All the villagers had now retreated to their homes. Time seemed to stop. Sasuke was the first to snap out of it.
"NARUTOOOOOO!!" he screamed, running to his brother like friend. Kakashi and Sakura didn't take a second more of hesitation and ran at top speed toward the boy.
"Naruto!" Kakashi yelled as he knelt down next to him along with his students.
Naruto was gasping for air. "K-k-kaka-shi s-en-sei?" he asked
"Yes, Naruto. Sasuke and Sakura too." Kakashi said gently.
"Can't…. b-breathe." He choked.
"Naruto, you're going to be fine." Sakura said with tears rapidly dripping down her face.
"Don't…. want.. t-to die yet." He whispered
"Damn it! She said you're going to be fine dobe!" Sasuke yelled
Naruto's eyes slowly started to droop closed.
"No Naruto!" Sakura exclaimed
Naruto coughed up a lot of blood.
"I-I'm sorry. I want t-t-o st-stay here with y-you. B-but………" He tried to open his eyes more. "Guys like m-me are t-to an-noying to l-leave. I w-won't b-be gone 'ttebayo." His body went limp and his eyes closed shut. Uzumaci Naruto was dead.
Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs and clung onto the body of her former lively team-mate and best friend. It took Sasuke about 1 more second before he lost it. He shoved his face into his hands.
"NOOOOO!!" he screamed
Kakashi just stared wide eyed at his student. No feeling could express the way he felt. Tears silently dampened his mask.
Itachi, Kisame and Deidara were watching the scene through a genjutsu. Itachi dropped it and they all became visible to the mourning shinobi.
"I am sorry. But we will need to take the body." He said coldly. Kakashi gave them a death glare that would rival…nay… destroy the infamous Uchiha death glare.
"NOT ANY WAY IN HELL!" he yelled. Kakashi charged at them. Deidara threw a few of his clay birds at him, sending Kakashi to the side. Itachi ran threw the smoke Deidara had created and took the body from under Sakura.
"NOOOOOOO!!" She screamed as the Akatsuki men disappeared.
Kakashi stood up and looked around. That was it. They were gone. And naruto was dead. He walked over to his crying students. He got Sakura to her feet and then went to Sasuke. When he offered a hand Sasuke merely slapped it away.
"No! Don't touch me!" he said not looking up. Kakashi picked up the struggling Uchiha and hung him over his shoulder. Sasuke was kick furiously but it was doing no good and only tiring the boy.
-sniffles-….wow….. That's um…. Sad. I didn't think it would come out like that. –thinks- Anyway, the next chappie won't be as…. Depressing. Here comes the funny stuff! : D Comment plz!