Marsal: 4000
Joseph: 4000
"I don't know what's going on here, but this guy better not screw this up." Sasuke thought looking on to this duel.
"I'll be the one taking the first move. I'll start off by summoning my Marauding Captain to the field." Marsal said while bringing out a knight with two swords in his hands.
Marauding Captain
ATK: 1200
DEF: 400
"Now, I'll use my Captain's special ability. Since I Normal Summoned him, I can Special Summon any Level 4 or lower monster from my hand. I think I'll choose my Dark Tinker." Marsal said as he brings out a little six-armed creature to the field.
Dark Tinker
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1300
"And as you can see, Joseph, he happens to be a tuner monster." Marsal explained with a smirk,
"Synchro Summoning on the first turn? This should be interesting." Joseph thought.
"Now, I'll tune my Level 3 Marauding Captain with my Level 2 Dark Tinker in order to Synchro Summon Samsara, Dragon of Rebirth in defense mode." Marsal said as a dark dragon with the rebirth symbol on it's chest is called forth.
Samsara, Dragon of Rebirth
ATK: 100
DEF: 2600
"What the hell is all this? Synchro Summon? Special Summon? I don't get any of this. Ugh! I don't have time to think about that right now. I need to get of these chains and help that Joseph guy out. " Sasuke thought as he continues to struggle to break free of the chains that binds him.
"Next, I'll use Dark Tinker's ability. Since he got sent from the field to the graveyard, I can take a look at the top card of my deck and choose to place it on the top or the bottom of my deck." Marsal said as he looks at his top card. "I think I'll put this back on top." Marsal said as he puts the card back where it was before.
"If he's putting a card back on top of his deck, then it must be something he would want to have on his next turn." Joseph thought with suspicion.
"I'll end my turn by placing one card face down." Marsal said as he sets a card.
"Okay. My move! Draw a card!" Joseph said as he drew his next card and looks at his hand. "None of these cards are strong enough to deal with that Samsara. But, maybe I can at least fill up some defenses until I can get something that can take it out." Joseph thought. "I activate the effect of Zeradias, Herald of Heaven. By sending him from my hand to the graveyard, I can retrieve The Sanctuary in the Sky field spell from my deck to my hand, which I will activate." Joseph said as an ancient looking building descends from the sky.
"Woah! That looks impressive." Sasuke thought as he looks at the floating building.
"Next, I'll activate the continuous spell Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen. This will allow me to Special Summon a Fairy-Type from my hand while I control no other monsters. I'll use it's effect to Special Summon The Agent of Wisdom - Mercury." Joseph said as he brings out a male fairy with greenish-blue skin.
The Agent of Wisdom - Mercury
ATK: 0
DEF: 1700
"You summoned a monster that has no attack points at all? How is that gonna help you?" Marsal wondered while thinking that this is some sort of a joke.
"You're about to find out. Now, I'll Normal Summon my Shining Angel." Joseph said as another fairy comes out. This time, he has yellow wings and normal-colored skin.
Shining Angel
ATK: 1400
DEF: 800
"None of those things are strong enough to take out that dragon. So, what is he doing?" Sasuke wondered while looking on.
"What, exactly, are you trying to gain out of this? They can't break through Samsara's defense." Marsal said.
"True. But, that's not my plan right now." Joseph said.
"Excuse me?" Marsal asked in confusion.
Sasuke doesn't seem to understand what Joseph means either.
"Take a look at these two monsters. They happened to be Level 4 monsters." Joseph said with a smile.
"Wait a minute. Does that mean?!" Marsal wondered as he figured out what gonna happen next.
"You guessed it. With these two monsters, I construct the Overlay Network." Joseph said as his two monsters turned into bright yellow lights and they shoot up into a vortex. "I Xyz Summon! Let's dance our way to victory, Fairy Cheer Girl!" Joseph said as a cheerleader with butterfly wings appears on the field.
Fairy Cheer Girl
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1500
"Not bad. However, I don't see how she's any help to you with her only having 1900 attack points." Marsal said.
"You'll know soon enough. For now, I'm activating Fairy Cheer Girl's effect. By using one of her Overlay Units. I can draw an additional card from my deck." Joseph said as he drew his next card. "I'll set two cards face down and I'll end my turn." Joseph said setting his two cards down.
"Sasuke!"
Everyone turned to see a pink-haired girl and a white-haired masked man coming towards them.
"Sakura! Kakashi-Sensei! How did you two find me?" Sasuke asked his team.
"We heard a commotion over here and we came to see what it is. Are you alright?" Kakashi asked his student.
"Not really. I'm stuck in these chains and I can't seem to break out of this." Sasuke said.
"Hang on, Sasuke. We'll get you down." Sakura said as she and Kakashi starts pulling on the chains.
"Where's Naruto?" Sasuke wondered.
"I'm afraid he went missing. We don't know where he is. But right now, we just need to worry about getting you down." Kakashi said as he tries to break the chains.
"Sasuke? Any idea what's going on here? Who are these guys?" Sakura asked as she looked at the duel.
"I don't know. But, that guy over there. He calls himself Marsal and he said he was sent here to eliminate me. However, this guy here, Joseph, came in the nick of time to save me." Sasuke explained.
"Too bad he won't be here long enough to protect you." Marsal said with an evil smirk.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Kakashi asked.
"You'll see for yourself soon enough. It's my turn. I draw!" Marsal said as he drew his next card. "I activate the spell card, Graceful Charity. I draw three cards and then discard two of them to the graveyard." Marsal said as he drew three extra cards and send two away. He chuckled evilly as he looks at one of the cards in his hand. "Well, Joseph. I think it's time we raise the stakes in this duel a little bit. Especially, with this card right here." Marsal said holding a card out.
"Oh no! Not "that" card!" Joseph thought in a state of panic.
"Now, I activate The Seal of Orichalcos!" Marsal said as he puts the card in the field spell slot and a green circle with symbols around it and a six-pointed star in the middle formed underneath him before it expanded.
"Wh-what is that?!" Sakura asked in shock as she sees the seal before her and her teammates.
"A problem." Kakashi said not liking what's going on.
The seal then formed on Marsal's forehead as his eyes had a tint of red in them. Samsara then got the same thing as the seal came on it's forehead along with a power boost.
Samsara, Dragon of Rebirth
ATK: 100 - 600
"I'm no stranger to this card." Joseph said standing his ground.
"Allow me to give you a memory refresher. Thanks to The Seal of Orichalcos, any monster I put down will gain an additional 500 attack points. But, the best part is that when you lose this duel, your soul will belong to my master." Marsal explained evilly.
"His soul?! So, that's what you meant by eliminating me?!" Sasuke wondered.
"That's right and once I'm done with him, your soul will be next on my list." Marsal said.
"No way! We've got to help him, guys!" Sakura said as she walks to the seal, but she was pushed back by it.
"A barrier?" Kakashi figured.
"Once the seal is activated, no one enters and no one leaves until the duel is over. The winner leaves freely while the loser becomes a prisoner." Marsal said.
"Look. Sakura, right? I'll be fine on my own. Just go save your friend." Joseph said to Sakura before she turns back to his team.
"Now with that annoyance out of the way, let's continue our duel, shall we? It's your turn." Marsal asked.
"Here I go. I draw." Joseph said as he draw his card. "I'll use the effect of Fairy Cheer Girl again to draw another card." Joseph said as he drew another card from his deck. "This card should do the trick. I activate the spell card, Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force. This will allow my Fairy Cheer Girl to evolve into an Xyz monster that's one rank higher than her." Joseph explained as Fairy Cheer Girl glowed into a violet light and she shoots up into the sky. "With this one monster, I rebuild the Overlay Network! Go Rank-Up Xyz Evolution! Show yourself, CXyz Dark Fairy Cheer Girl!" Joseph said as a darker version of his previous Xyz monster makes her presence known.
CXyz Dark Fairy Cheer Girl
ATK: 2500
DEF: 1900
"Very Good, Joseph. Very good, indeed. Too bad she's 100 points short on Samsara." Marsal said.
"Perhaps. But lucky for me, I happen to have this. I activate Smashing Ground to destroy Samsara." Joseph said as a giant fist comes from the sky and smashes Samsara to the ground. "Now, you have no monsters left to protect you." Joseph said.
"Don't I?" Marsal asked with an evil smile.
"What?" Joseph asked in confusion
"When Samsara is sent from the field to the graveyard by battle or by one of your card effects, I can use it's effect to resurrect one monster from either player's graveyard." Marsal explained.
"No!" Joseph gasped.
"I'm afraid so. Now revive, Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" Marsal said as a dark dragon with red ruby eyes shows up on the battlefield along with the mark of the Orichalcos on it's head.
Red-Eyes B. Dragon
ATK: 2400 - 2900
DEF: 2000
"Red-Eyes?!" Joseph gasped as he thought of the time Marsal used Graceful Charity. "He must've send it to the graveyard with Graceful Charity." Joseph thought.
"I should thank you for bringing him out, Joseph. Hope you're happy now." Marsal said while smiling evilly.
"Because of the seal, Dark Fairy Cheer Girl's too weak to beat it. I've got no choice. I end my turn." Joseph said.
"That's what I thought. My move." Marsal said as he drew his next card and chuckled evilly when he looked at it. "Well, Joseph. It looks like this duel is just about over. First, I'll use Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy one of your face downs." Marsal said as a strong wind storm destroyed one of Joseph's cards.
"No! My Draining Shield!" Joseph said as he sent his card to the graveyard.
"That's the least of your problems. Next, I'll summon The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion to the field." Marsal said as a fiendish rock-like creature reveals itself.
The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion
ATK: 1000 - 1500
DEF: 1600
"The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion?! Then that means!" Joseph catched on to Marsal's plan.
"That's right. With The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion's effect, it can count as a substitute for any fusion material monster of my choice. Not to mention that I can sacrifice it and any other monster on the field to perform a Fusion Summon without the need of Polymerization as long I plan to summon a DARK Fusion monster. So, I'll have it to be treated as the Summoned Skull as I send him and Red-Eyes to the graveyard to create the last monster you'll ever see." Marsal said as his two monster began to merge together. "I Fusion Summon! Deliver his downfall, Black Skull Dragon!" Marsal said as a dark skeleton dragon comes forth.
B. Skull Dragon
ATK: 3200 - 3700
DEF: 2500
"Black Skull Dragon?!" Joseph gasped with widened eyes.
"That can't be good!" Sasuke thought as he feels the chains getting loose.
"There! That should do it." Kakashi said as the chains came down and Sasuke was now free, but feeling a bit woozy.
"We've got you Sasuke. Are you okay?" Sakura said as she holds on to Sasuke.
"I am now. Thanks guys." Sasuke said as he regained his strength back.
"So, you're free from my Fiendish Chains now. Fine by me, because you're now gonna see your future up close and personal. It's still my turn and I activate the continuous trap card, Call of the Haunted. This will bring back a monster from my graveyard in attack position. And the one I choose is Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" Marsal said as the dark dragon rises from the grave once again.
Red-Eyes B. Dragon
ATK: 2400 - 2900
DEF: 2000
"This had just gone from bad to worse." Joseph said knowing that he's in a heap of trouble.
"And it's only gonna get much more worse. Next, I'll equip my Black Skull Dragon with Gravity Axe - Grarl. This will give him an additional 500 attack points." Marsal said as he gives one of his dragons the very weapon he used on Sasuke before.
B. Skull Dragon
ATK: 3700 - 4200
"Oh no! What am I gonna do now?!" Joseph thought while believing this could be the end.
"Time to put you away. First, my Red-Eyes will attack Dark Fairy Cheer Girl! Inferno Fire Blast!" Marsal commanded as Red-Eyes unleashes his attack on Dark Fairy Cheer Girl and blasted her to pieces.
Joseph: 4000
"Because of The Sanctuary in the Sky, I took no Battle Damage from that attack since Dark Fairy Cheer Girl is a Fairy-Type monster. Also, since she was sent from the field to the graveyard, her effect allows me to draw one card from my deck." Joseph explains as he draws his next card.
"No matter. Because, there's no escape from this next attack. But, before I bring in my second attack, I'll use the quick-play spell card, Ego Boost. This will give Black Skull Dragon another 1000 attack points until the end of the turn." Marsal said as his strongest monster just got more stronger.
B. Skull Dragon
ATK: 4200 - 5200
"But, it doesn't end there because I happen to have another quick-play spell card. This time, it's Rush Recklessly. This will give my dragon 700 more attack points until the end of the turn." Marsal said as his dragon continues to grow stronger.
B. Skull Dragon
ATK: 5200 - 5900
"5900 attack points?!" Joseph gasped in horror at what could be his fate.
"It's-it's too powerful." Sakura said looking at the power Marsal's dragon got.
"With that sort of power, he won't be able to withstand it's coming attack." Kakashi thought.
"This duel is over and you, Joseph, are about to lose your soul. Farewell and good riddance! Black Skull Dragon! Attack him directly and destroy all of his life points! Molten Fireball Attack!" Marsal comamded as his strongest dragon unleashes his attack and it lands hard on Joseph.
"No!" Sasuke yelled as he, Kakashi and Sakura looked on with widened eyes.
"Now that you've lost the duel, the Orichalcos will now take your soul! It's been nice knowing you. Not!" Marsal said as he laughed evilly at his accomplishment.
But, when the smoke cleared, they all see that Joseph's on his knees. However, he doesn't seem to be out of this duel just yet.
"You didn't think I was going down like that, did you?" Joseph said as he gets back on his feet.
Joseph: 4000 - 1050
"What?! Impossible!" Marsal gasped in shock that his opponent survived.
"I-I don't believe it! He's okay!" Sakura thought in both shock and relief.
"Amazing! He was able to survive that attack!" Kakashi thought in amazement.
"How was he able to do that?!" Sasuke wondered in his mind.
"That attack should've finished you off! Why didn't your life points reached 0?" Marsal asked in frustration.
"Simple. It was because of this trap card. Recognize it?" Joseph asked as he revealed his trap card.
"Damage diet?!" Marsal said as he sees what his trap card was.
"That's right. And with the effect of Damage Diet, the damage I would've taken from Black Skull Dragon was cut in half. So, the 5900 points of battle damage was cut down to 2950. Nice try, though." Joseph said with a small smile.
"Alright!" Sakura cheered on.
"Excellent work!" Kakashi complemented.
"That was close." Sasuke sighed in relief.
"This makes no difference. On my next turn, my dragons will finish you off for good. Good luck surviving another turn, Joseph. I'm done for now." Marsal said ending his turn. Meaning, his Black Skull Dragon loses it's power boost.
B. Skull Dragon
ATK: 5900 - 4200
"As much I hate to admit it, he maybe right. I don't have anything in my hand that can take on his dragons and I'm all out of defenses. The outcome of this duel will be determined on the next card I draw. If I don't draw something that can help me, it's over. But, I can't lose. I won't lose. Because, I have a promise to keep." Joseph thought as he ready himself to draw what could be his last card. "This is where it all ends, Marsal! I draw!" Joseph said as he picks up his next card and looks at it. Once he does, he gave out a confident smile. "Marsal, I win!" Joseph said.
"Ha! That's a bluff! Because, there's no way you've picked up something that can go against my two powerful beasts. Face it! It's all over for you!" Marsal said not believing what Joseph said.
"Not in the slightest! Let me prove it to you! First, with the effect of Valhalla still in play, while I've got no monsters on the field, I can use it's effect to Special Summon my Agent of Creation - Venus from my hand" Joseph said as a female fairy with three different colored orbs floating around her descends.
The Agent of Creation - Venus
ATK: 1600
DEF: 0
"You're kidding me, right?" Marsal wondered if this is a joke.
"I'm not finished yet. Now, I'll used Venus's ability. By sacrificing 500 of my life points, I can Special Summon a Mystical Shine Ball from my hand or deck. I'll do so right now to bring one out from my deck." Joseph said as he pays up to allow Venus to call forth a glowing crystal ball to the field.
Mystical Shine Ball
ATK: 500
DEF: 500
Joseph: 1050 - 550
"So, you've given up almost the rest of your life points to summon an even weaker monster? Is the stress getting to you?" Marsal wondered.
"Let me show you. Next, I Normal Summon my Agent of Mystery - Earth." Joseph said as another female fairy with the colors representing his home world reveals herself on to the field.
The Agent of Mystery - Earth
ATK: 1000
DEF: 800
"What does he think he's planning? His monsters are not strong enough." Kakashi wondered in his head.
"Now, I activate Earth's effect. When I Normal Summoned her to the field, I can add one monster with "The Agent" in it's name from my deck to my hand. But, since The Sanctuary in the Sky is still out, I can add this monster to my hand instead. Master Hyperion." Joseph said revealing the monster he just added.
"Oh no! Not that monster!" Marsal gasped.
"Yes. And I'm not done yet. In case you haven't noticed, Earth happens to be a tuner monster." Joseph explained.
"So, you're gonna Synchro Summon as well?" Marsal wondered.
"That's right. Now, I tune my Level 2 Agent of Mystery - Earth with my Level 2 Mystical Shine Ball and my Level 3 Agent of Creation- Venus." Joseph said as Earth turned into two green rings and his other monsters turned into white orbs and they all joined together and added their levels together. "I Synchro Summon! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" Joseph said as a white, black and blue colored dragon with greenish glowing wings flies down to the battle and let's out a roar.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2000
"Not bad. It's a shame that you've still got the weakest monster out." Marsal said.
"Not for long. You seem to have forgotten about my Master Hyperion. Now, it's time to bring him out. First, to do so, I need to banish on of my "The Agent" monsters from my hand, field or graveyard. So, I'll banish my Agent of Wisdom - Mercury from my graveyard to summon my ace in the hole. Let's finish this together, Master Hyperion!" Joseph said as a black and golden fairy with flaming wings shows up in all of it's glory.
Master Hyperion
ATK: 2700
DEF: 2100
"Woah!" Sakura said looking at the flaming fairy monster in astonishment.
"Incredible." Kakashi said with the same amazement.
"It's amazing!" Sasuke gasped as he actually sense Hyperion's power.
"Now, it's time to end this once and for all! First, I'll use Master Hyperion's effect. By banishing a LIGHT Fairy-Type monster from my graveyard, he can destroy a card on the field." Joseph explained.
"No!" Marsal gasped.
"Yes. Now, I'll have Hyperion to destroy Call of the Haunted. And, as you know, once it leaves the field, so does your Red-Eyes!" Joseph said as his ace monster destroyed the trap card and it takes the dragon down with it.
"My Red-Eyes Black Dragon! Ugh! Whatever! I've still got my Black Skull Dragon out and he's way too strong for either of your monsters to take on." Marsal said.
"Not quite. You see, under normal circumstances, Master Hyperion's effect is only once per turn. However, since I've still got The Sanctuary in the Sky out, he can use it's effect twice." Joseph explained.
"But, then that means!" Marsal gasped again.
"Once your dragon's gone, so will you. Master Hyperion! Use your effect again to destroy Black Skull Dragon!" Joseph commanded as his ace uses it's effect to destroy Marsal's strongest monster.
"All my monsters are destroyed?! Just like that?! No! I can't lose here! I won't let someone like you defeat me! Do you here me?!" Marsal yelled out as he might know that it's over for him.
"Do us all a favor and shut up." Sasuke said from the background.
"Tell him, kid. Now, Clear Wing and Master Hyperion, let's finish this duel. Attack his life points directly!" Joseph commanded as both of his strong monsters delivered this finishing blow on Marsal.
Marsal: 4000 - 0
"Cha! He did it! He won!" Sakura cheered.
"Well done." Kakashi complimented on Joseph's victory.
Joseph turns around and looked at Sasuke, who gives him a thumbs-up. Joseph nodded in appreciation before he noticed the seal started to shrink.
"What's going on?" Kakashi wondered.
"I don't know." Sasuke said.
"No! Please, Master! Spare me! I can defeat him! Give me another chance! Don't this to me, please!" Marsal pleaded. But, it was no use as the Orichalcos beams up a pillar of green light and it was taking Marsal's soul before he went limp on the ground.
Joseph took on last look at Marsal before he turns to Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi.
"Are you okay, kid?" Joseph asked Sasuke.
"I'm fine. Thanks for saving me back there." Sasuke said.
"No problem." Joseph said.
"Is he going to be okay?" Sakura asked looking at Marsal's body on the ground.
"I'm afraid not." Joseph said.
"I'll take him to the hospital. After that, we're going to see the Hokage about this." Kakashi said as he carries Marsal's body on his shoulder.
"Very well. By the way, I know your name is Sasuke, but I didn't get you two." Joseph said to both Sakura and Kakashi.
"Oh! I'm Kakashi and this is Sakura." Kakashi said as Sakura waves to Joseph.
"I'm Joseph. Now, with that out of the way, let's get going." Joseph said as he follows the others.
Kakashi dropped off Marsal's body at the hospital before they all go to the Hokage Mansion, where they meet Tsunade and Shizune in the office.
"Would you mind explaining something to me, Kakashi?" Tsunade asked.
"About what, Lady Tsunade?" Kakashi wondered.
"About how I'm getting reports about a giant green beam of light being shot into the sky and about some sort of battle between monsters taking place." Tsunade wondered.
"That would be me, ma'am." Joseph said walking into the office.
"Uh, excuse me, but who are you?" Tsunade's assistant, Shizune wondered.
"My name is Joseph Richards." Joseph introduced.
"That light and battle you said was done by another man named Marsal. He was targeting Sasuke, but Joseph here managed to stop him before he could do anything to him." Kakashi explained.
"I see. Where is this Marsal person now?" Tsunade wondered.
"He's in the hospital. After the fight, he was sent into some sort of coma by that green light." Sakura explained.
"How does a green light put him into a coma?" Shizune wondered.
"Because, his soul was taken by The Seal of Orichalcos." Joseph explained.
"The Seal of Orichalcos? What's that?" Tsunade wondered.
"It's beyond the darkest power in history. It has the ability to seal the souls of humans." Joseph explained further.
"So, Marsal's been defeated. Problem solved." Sasuke said.
"Not quite. Defeating Marsal doesn't mean it's over. He was working for someone else. He's the true mastermind behind the Orichalcos and he's already has gathered up a huge collection of souls. His name is Valtor. He's an enemy my friends and I have been trying to catch for years back in my world." Joseph explained.
"Wait. "Your world"? Are you saying that you're not from here?" Tsunade wondered surprised of this information.
"That's right, Tsunade. You see, the reason why I'm here is because Valtor recently opened a portal to come here. For what? I don't know. So, I came here to find out what it is and that's when I see Marsal trying to take Sasuke's soul. But, like Kakashi said, I managed to prevent that from happening." Joseph said.
"Well then, thank you. Now, one more thing. Any idea where Naruto is?" Tsunade wondered.
"No, Tsunade. I went to his apartment earlier today and he wasn't home. I looked around and can't find him anywhere in the village." Kakashi explained.
"I think I might have a theory." Joseph said.
"What do you mean?" Shizune wondered.
"Well, I don't know if this will help, but I found this. Marsal was carrying this in his pocket and it looked like it could be made from here. So, I figured that it could belonged to anyone that lives here." Joseph said while holding a necklace with a tiny green shard of stone on it.
Tsunade widened her eyes as she recognised that necklace from anywhere. She then took it out from Joseph's hand to bring it closer to her face.
"Is something wrong, Lady Tsunade?" Sakura asked with worry.
"This-This is the necklace I gave to Naruto. Why does Marsal have it?" Tsunade wondered as she looks at the necklace.
"He must've faced one of Valtor's minions and lost. Both the duel and his soul." Joseph said.
"You mean?" Kakashi asked with his own eye widened.
"I'm afraid so. He's gone." Joseph said with regret of telling them.
The ninja can't believe what they just heard. Naruto, the most unpredictable ninja of Konoha, has lost a battle and the Orichalcos took him away?! They know that he had survived worse. So, there's no way that could be true.
"Naruto. No." Tsunade thought with sadness.
"I-I don't believe this. It can't be true." Kakashi though in disbelief.
"It's a lie! It has to be a lie! Naruto can't be gone!" Sasuke thought with both sadness and anger.
The one that took the news hard the most was Sakura. She remembered what she said to Naruto that made her feel so much guilt and regret.
"Go away and never come back, you worthless demon!"
That same sentence keeps on playing in her head and Sakura can't take it anymore as she ran out of the office crying her eyes out.
"Sakura!" Sasuke called out her.
"Let her go." Kakashi said.
"But!" Sasuke said.
"He's right, kid. Your friend's taking this much harder than any of you. She needs some time for herself right now." Joseph said.
"Sakura." Sasuke said in his head.
Sakura kept on running with tears in her eyes as the events of her argument with Naruto kept on running through her mind. The more she thinks about it, the more guilty and the more regretful she became when she heard the news of Naruto's demise. She then thinks back on the times where Naruto had protected her. She never thanked him for those good things he's done for her and it made her feel more bad. The guilt continues to rise as she remembers the times she rejected him of his date offers and it must've broke his heart. She then stopped running to sit down on the bench and cried more. How can she be so idiotic? Why did she had to say all of those horrible things to someone as nice and caring as Naruto? Those were the questions going into her head right as she continues to bring more tears out her eyes.
"This is all my fault! I didn't mean for this to happen to Naruto! It's not fair! I'm so sorry, Naruto! Please come back! Come back to me, Naruto!" Sakura thought with tons of sadness and guilt as she wished she could take back those horrible words she said to Naruto.
(With Naruto)
Meanwhile, back at Valtor's base, Naruto was alive and well and he was doing some Duel Monsters training that his new master provided for him. He seems to be doing a terrific work with the game and how it works. Naruto delivers one more blow to a clone to signal the end of training.
"Well done, Naruto. Your training is now complete. Come and meet me in the council room for I have your very first mission." Valtor said from a microphone from the outside of the training room.
"About time. Time for me to show everyone that Naruto Uzumaki won't be pushed around anymore." Naruto thought as he goes to see Valtor with a grin on his face.
To be continued