Revelations

Sakura walked through the doorway to her home announced her being back to her parents. She unpacked and went down to mingle with her parents. After being gone for a few weeks, they cooked her a special dinner and bugged her about mission details. She told them everything they needed to know. They didn't need to know her teammate went crazy and killed a guy. After she was done being interrogated, she went upstairs to her room and was surprised to see Kakashi in her window, reading his book.

"Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?" She asked, throwing herself onto her bed.

"Well, I couldn't exactly give you special treatment in front of Sasuke and Naruto, could I? They'd bug me until I told them what I did with you."

"Oh. So, are we going to see Hokage-sama?"

"Yup. See you there." And with that, Kakashi poofed out of Sakura's bedroom, leaving the pink haired girl to glare at the now empty window.

Of course he can't just walk, no. He's got to show off. Sakura started towards the Hokage tower, wishing evil things on her sensei all the way.

She arrived at the Hokage's office to find Kakashi squatting in an open window to the Hokage's left. Does he ever just sit in a chair? Sakura sat down in front of the Hokage's desk, which she noticed was piled high with paperwork.

"So, Miss Haruno, Kakashi tells me you have an… ability, shall we call it?" The old man said, smoking his pipe.

"Yes Hokage-sama."

"Would you mind if I saw it for myself, Sakura?"

"All right, Hokage-sama. Um, do you have anything sharp I could use?" She asked, already bracing herself for the sharp sting.

"A Kage always has something sharp handy, Miss Haruno." Sarutobi said, tossing her a kunai.

Sakura was caught off guard by the tossed knife, not a good thing for a ninja. She blocked it with her arms, cutting her left one. She winced in pain, and pulled the kunai out. "Gah!" She yelled in pain, and flung the knife to the floor. "See?"Her arm stitched itself together as she held up her arm to the Hokage, "My wounds heal without so much as a scratch."

"That is strange. What do you think of this, Kakashi?"

"I think that it is an invaluable tool for a ninja. However, we need to test this… ability… to see what she can and can't heal."

"There's no need for that." Said a male voice to Sakura's left. He was mostly encased in shadows, giving him an air of mystery. "She can't die."

Sarutobi looked taken aback, and Kakashi's eye widened. "How do you know that?" The Hokage asked.

"Because, where I'm from, there was a girl that could do it as well. A cheerleader, Claire Bennet."

"Where exactly are you from…" Kakashi trailed off, silently probing for the man's name.

The man stepped forward into the light. His short black hair was slicked back, and his thick eyebrows loomed over his dark brown eyes. He was wearing a strange black shirt, one that buttoned up and had long sleeves. He wore similarly colored pants and shoes. "Please," he said, "call me Sylar."

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"Oi, Naruto, the Hokage wants to see Team 7. Now." Kakashi said, waking the blonde kid.

"Ugh. Kakashi-sensei, I just went to sleep, datteybayo! Can't I talk to the old man tomorrow?" Naruto said, burying his face in his pillow.

"Alright, but that means Sakura and Sasuke will know something that you don't."

"Fine, sensei. I'll be there in a minute." Naruto got out of bed slowly, waiting for Kakashi to leave.

"Nice try Naruto. I'm going with you. Hurry up, we don't want to be late." Kakashi said, pulling out his book.

Five minutes later, they were walking out the door, Naruto with cup ramen in hand. "So sensei," He said in between bites, "what's the old man want?"

"Patience, Naruto. You'll find out when you get there." He flipped a page in his book, "Of course, if we didn't have to wait on water to boil, we could already be there."

"You expected me to eat cold ramen?"

Kakashi sighed, "I expect you to not eat when there's an urgent meeting with one of the most powerful ninja in the world."

The rest of the short trip was in near silence, only Naruto's slurping being the only sound in the cool night. He cried out once in pain, the hot water scaling his mouth. Naruto burst through the door to find Sakura and Sasuke already there, dressed in their ninja gear. Naruto realized he probably shouldn't have shown up in his pajamas.

"Glad you could join us, Naruto." Sarutobi said from behind his desk.

"Can we just make this quick old man? I want to go back to sleep, datteybayo." This earned a punch from Sakura.

"Bakana! He's the Hokage! Talk with more respect!" Naruto just cowered and begged for Sakura to forgive him.

Kakashi once again sighed at their actions.

Sarutobi cleared his throat, stopping them and getting them to stand at attention. "This meeting is pertaining to your teammate, Sakura Haruno. She seems to have developed a unique ability. Kakashi mentioned something about Naruto doing something abnormal," Well, abnormal for Naruto "and since two thirds of Team 7 are going through… changes, I assembled all of you. Sasuke Uchiha, have you noticed anything strange recently?" The Hokage looked at the boy in question.

Did Sakura get Akarai too?? No! If SHE can get it, Itachi can too! "Hokage-sama, is it so wise to show each other our… abilities?" Sasuke asked, not willing to reveal his secret yet.

"So you admit you have ability, then?" Sarutobi asked, trapping the last Uchiha.

Damn it. "Hai, Hokage-sama."

"What the hell??? Why does SASUKE get something special?? He's already special enough!" Naruto protested loudly.

"Naruto!" The Hokage said in a firm tone, "Not now!" Naruto bit back his retort, and crossed his arms dramatically. "Now, Sasuke, would you please show us this ability of yours?"

"Hokage-sama, could Sakura show us hers, instead?" Sasuke wasn't willing to part with his secret yet.

"Of course Sasuke-kun! I'd love-" Sakura started, quite fangirlisticly.

"No, Sasuke. I've seen her ability, as has Kakashi. This demonstration isn't for you; it's for Kakashi and me."

Sasuke suppressed a glare at the old man. "Fine. This is my Akarai." He held up one hand and let lightning jump from finger to finger. "I discovered it when I hit a tree after our fight with Zabuza and Haku." He quickly stopped the flow and lowered his hand, not too happy about letting them observe his special strength.

"Interesting." Sarutobi said, touching the tips of his fingers together. He turned his attention to Naruto, "Do you have anything strange happening to you, Naruto?"

"Nothing I can use consistently."

Sarutobi raised an eyebrow, "Explain please."

Naruto explained about freezing the bandit and how he tried on the trip back to freeze a pebble. "I couldn't think of anything that would let me freeze a person, but not a rock. I think it's stupid, datteybayo."

"Odd. Sakura, you may tell them what you can do now."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." She turned towards Sasuke, "I… can heal from any wound." She demonstrated this point by picking up the kunai that had been thrown at her earlier and cutting her hand with it, spewing blood. A few seconds later, the wound healed seamlessly, leaving only a blood smeared hand.

Naruto quickly ran up and grabbed her hand, obnoxiously searching it for something. Sakura's rage started to build, and moments later, Naruto got an amazingly hard punch to the face, sending Naruto sprawling and probably breaking his nose. "Get away from me Naruto! You're so annoying!" She only gawked at the sight before her, as did everyone else.

"What?" Naruto said. He didn't notice his face starting to heal, but winced when a loud crack told everyone his nose had re-set itself. "Ah! What the hell??"

"Naruto… you can do what I can do…?" Sakura said, marveling at him.

"But… I couldn't do it a while ago… I burned myself on ramen, datteybayo." As he spoke, he could feel his light burn fading.

"What's going on?" Kakashi was as confused as everyone else. Well, almost everyone.

"I believe I know what's going on." A voice said from behind Sarutobi.

"Sylar, what is Naruto's… ability?"

"I believe Naruto can absorb whomever's ability he touches."

"Who the hell is this, old man?" Naruto said, not happy at the idea of someone knowing something about him he himself didn't.

"This," The Hokage gestured towards Sylar, "Is Sylar. He's an expert on abilities, and arrived a few days ago."

"How does he know so much about things that only just emerged?" Kakashi asked.

"Where I'm from, these abilities had been around for years. I was a connoisseur of sorts with them. Trust me; I'm very familiar with them."

"What ability did you have?" Sasuke demanded.

Sylar was staring into space now, as if remembering fond times. "I had the ability to understand exactly how things work. For example, I understand that your power," he gestured towards Sasuke, "isn't control over lightning."

"What!? What is it then??" Sasuke was angry at this man who knew so much about him he didn't know.

"It's a supercharger. You boost other people's powers. Although, if you shocked the pink girl," Sakura 'hmph'ed at her nickname, "nothing would happen. You can't supercharge something like that. But if you shocked someone who could read minds, it would temporarily increase the range in which he could read minds, possibly extending the reach to an entire city."

"Amazing. Sasuke, your ability would be of great value to the village."

"Hn." How can I become strong when I'm busy making others stronger??

"Well I believe this is enough for one day. Team Seven, you are dismissed." Sarutobi said. I need to speak with Sylar and Kakashi alone about this.

"See you later old man!" Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura walked out the front door of the Hokage Tower together. "Bye Sakura-chan! See you tomorrow, datteybayo!"

Sakura rolled her eyes and turned towards Sasuke, "Good night Sasuke-kun! See you tomorrow!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes and just walked away. Idiots…

Naruto collapsed onto his bed, thankful he hadn't needed to change clothes. He was asleep seconds after he hit his pillow. The young ninja didn't even notice the pale eyes hovering outside his window.

Naruto was awoken by the sun glaring at his face. He grunted into his pillow. "Damn Kakashi-sensei. Making us set our alarms this early when he won't be there for hours…"

After realizing what woke him up, Naruto bolted through his morning routine, gulping down a glass of milk and skipping his ramen, much to his dismay. He arrived at Training Ground 7 at 9:58 am and let out a sigh of relief when he didn't see Kakashi.

"Narutoooo!" Sakura's voice pierced the air.

"Sakura-chan! I didn't mean to be late, honest! Datteybayo!" Naruto clenched his eyes shut in anticipation of pain. Instead, he got a pat on the head.

"Good job, Naruto! You actually did something right!"

Naruto looked at her confusedly. "…What?"

"You left me alone with Sasuke for two hours!" Naruto looked over to Sasuke, who looked like he wanted Naruto dead.

Before Naruto could respond, Kakashi showed up. He had Sylar behind him.

"Good morning team! The chunin exams are in a week, so I asked Hokage-sama if we could borrow Sylar-san."

"Um sensei, how would that help us?" Sakua asked timidly.

"Sylar-san is the most experienced person with these new abilities you have. He could tell you how to use yours most effectively."

"For example, you, the black haired one," Sylar said, referring to Sasuke, "can turn your ability into an attack force, as you've seen. You can also shoot your "Akarai" at a target from a distance."

"So that means Sasuke will train his Akarai over there, "Kakashi poked his thumb behind his back , "by those trees." Sasuke grunted in acknowledgement, and started to walk over by the trees.

"How can I train my ability, Sylar-san?" asked Saukra.

"You? You can't. Your power doesn't develop. It's just there." Sylar seemed condescending to Kakashi, but he didn't say anything.

"Sakura, you're going to do exercises with me. Your physical stamina… is pretty nonexistent."

Sakura looked dejected, "Hai sensei."

"Hey, hey, what about me? What do I do??" Naruto was shaking with excitement.

"You, come with me. I'm going to show you how your power works." Sylar turned and walked towards the memorial stone, not looking back to see if Naruto followed.

Naruto looked at Kakashi, who nodded. "All right!" Naruto bolted after Sylar, pestering him with questions.

"Shut up. Now," Sylar leaned against the middle of three wooden posts sticking out of the ground, "your power makes you like a sponge. You soak up all the powers of people around you. To access these powers, you have to think about how that person made you feel. Now, I'm going to cut you, then, you're going to think about pinky over there and how she makes you feel. If you succeed, you heal. Got it?"

Naruto nodded his head vigorously, and held out his arm. "Gotchya. You've got to cut me deep, though, because I heal pretty quickly on my own."

"I'll keep that in mind." Sylar grabbed Naruto's arm and pointed his finger in it. Naruto cringed in pain as his blood suddenly oozed out of a cut that suddenly appeared on his arm.

"How did-"

"Think about her, not this. Go." Sylar said, letting go of Naruto's arm.

Naruto nodded and thought about Sakura, closing his eyes in concentration. The way she looked, the way she walked; everything about her. He opened his eyes expectedly, and noticed his wound was still there, albeit a fraction smaller. "Sylar-sensei, it didn't work."

"So it would seem. You did something wrong. What were you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about Sakura-chan, of course! That's what you told me to do, datteybayo."

"Specifically, what did you think about?"

"The way Sakura-chan walked, how she looked, her eyes… that kind of stuff."

"God you're stupid. I said how she made you FEEL, not her."

Naruto "ahh"ed in understanding. He closed his eyes again, thinking about how Sakura made him feel. She makes me feel warm and accepted. Naruto's mind flashed to the incident earlier that morning. Sometimes she kind of scares me, though. It hurts when she begs for Sasuke and doesn't want anything to do with me. Naruto's thoughts were interrupted as Syalr's voice broke through.

"You're doing something wrong. You're not activating her power. Come with me."

Naruto's eyes snapped open and Sylar was already on the move. "Naruto, wasn't it? I need to see your power in action. Then I can understand it."

"Is that your power? Understanding how things work?" Naruto asked. He didn't get a response, however, as Sylar walked up to Sasuke and told him something.

"What?? Why would I want to help the dobe?" Sasuke snarled.

"You will because I told you to, and I'll cut your arm off if you don't."

"You can try!" Sasuke jumped back and pulled out a kunai, sharingan flaring. He was stopped in midair, however, by an invisible force. His head jerked as if he was trying to break free, but nothing else moved. The sleeves on his shirt started to tear away, and he screamed as his shoulder started to be cut in a straight line. Somewhere in the background, Sakura was screaming.

Kakashi held a kunai to Sylar's throat in an instant. "Let my student go, or I'll cut off your head."

Sylar smirked. "Relax Kakashi; I wouldn't really cut off his arm. I was just proving a point."

Sasuke fell to the ground, clutching his arm and glaring at Sylar.

"Sylar, never again are you to do that to any of our allies. Understood?"

"No promises, Kakashi." Sylar smirked. "I need this kid" he jerked his finger at Sasuke, "to charge Naruto so I can understand his power."

Kakashi eyed Sylar suspiciously, and then told Sasuke to do it. "Fine Kakashi, but you owe be for this." Sasuke stood up, as his bleeding had slowed a little. He walked over to Naruto and charged his hand to the point where red lightning was crackling along his hand. He pushed Naruto forcefully, and Naruto stumbled back. "There. Can I go now?" Sylar's gaze was glued to Naruto, so Kakashi nodded. "Good." So Sasuke walked back to his trees.

Naruto was trembling slightly. "Now, think about the girl. Hurry, before it wears off." Sylar said, sounding excited.

Naruto nodded slowly, and closed his eyes. Sylar watched as his wound healed, albeit slowly. "Good job kid. You healed- "Sylar trailed off, as the grass around Naruto's feet was frozen solid. In an increasing radius, everything was slowly frozen. "Naruto, stop." The radius kept increasing, however, so Sylar held out his hand and pushed Naruto, breaking his concentration.

Naruto seemed terrified and out of breath. Sweat was beading across his forehead. He looked around confusedly, and told Sylar thank you.

"Why?"

Naruto looked around to make sure Sasuke and Sakura were out of earshot. "I was talking to something every big and very evil. It was… terrifying."

"Is that how the person who gave you freezing made you feel?"

Naruto thought about that. Haku did scare him when he was about to die, but he really enjoyed his company when they were picking herbs together. "Yeah, I guess so." Naruto shrugged.

"Good. Come with me." Sylar started back towards the memorial stone, again not looking to see if Naruto would follow.

Naruto stood up shakily, and trotted after Sylar. "So what do I do now?"

"Now? You practice some more. Try to freeze this pebble." Sylar tossed a small rock over to Naruto, who caught it.

"All right, I can do this!" Naruto squeezed his eyes shut in concentration. He was interrupted by a loud explosion, however, in Sasuke's general direction. Naruto opened his eyes and looked over to see Sasuke laid out flat, and a large charred spot on the ground. He barely contained his laughter.

"Hey, focus on the rock, not him." Sylar reprimanded.

"Right. Rock. Freeze it. Gotchya." Naruto's determination showed in his eyes before he shut them again. He did exactly as he did before, thinking about the fear that Haku made him experience. He opened his eyes expectedly, dejected when he saw the not frozen rock. "Damn it! I did the same thing as I did earlier! Why isn't it working??" Naruto screamed at the rock.

What's wrong with this kid? He just froze a ten foot radius solid, but he can't use this power? I don't remember Peter ever having this problem… Unless… Sylar had a sudden epiphany. "Naruto, look at me."

Naruto opened his eyes to find Sylar staring expectedly at him. He freaked out a bit, however, and put up his arms in defense. "Why are you that close to me??"

Sylar didn't answer, and grabbed Naruto's wrist. "Naruto, think about me; about how I make you feel."

"Could you let go of me first? You're kind of creepy."

He did.

"Okay, here I go." Naruto closed his eyes again, thinking about how Sylar made him feel. Kind of uncomfortable, a little freaked out, but sort of good for training me. "What now?"

Sylar unstrapped something from his wrist and held it out to Naruto. "A watch? Why would that help me?" Naruto asked, slightly put off from his break in training.

"Try and fix it."

"I don't know a thing about watches!"

"If you wanna learn how to access my ability - FIX... the watch. Listen to it. Like a symphony, every piece has its part, all coming together in perfect harmony. If you can understand the complexities of a watch, you can understand anything - everything. Cause, effect... action, reaction..." Sylar trailed off, hoping Naruto would get the point.

"Fine, but I don't see how this helps." Naruto held the watch up to his ear, listening and trying to understand how it works. Something suddenly clicked in Naruto's head. That piece seems like it's hitting that one… so if I bend it just a bit, it should work… "I know how to fix it." Naruto said, astonished. "You just have to move-" he popped off the face of the watch and pointed at a piece, "that piece just a little and all the pieces flow together." The pieces floated out of the watch and spread out in front of Naruto.

"Good job. Now, put it together."

For the next ten minutes, Naruto tapped and poked the pieces into place, marveling at this understanding he possessed on something he had never studied. Finally, the pieces clicked together and as a unit, fell into the case of the watch, and the face after it. The second hand gave a jolt, and then started ticking.

"I'm sorry." Sylar said, sounding sad.

"Ne, for what? You showed me how to do this stuff! I can even understand why ramen tastes so good!" Naruto exclaimed, astounded at this newfound ability.

"Nothing, just focus here with me. Your power isn't as strong as I thought."

"What do you mean my power isn't strong?? I'm gonna be Hokage! My power's got to be strong, datteybayo!" Naruto was suddenly angry with this guy. Who was he to say Naruto wasn't strong??

"Calm down kid. I never said your power wasn't strong. It's just not as strong as I thought."

"What do you mean?"

"I thought your power was the same as an…. acquaintance of mine was. It kind of is, actually. Peter's power made him like a sponge. He soaked up everyone's ability around him, and could access them anytime he wanted. You, on the other hand, can only use one power at a time."

"Oh… but I used Haku's ability earlier!" Naruto protested.

Sylar looked at Naruto like he was an idiot. "You mean after he SUPERCHARGED your ability? Wow. Didn't notice that."

Naruto stuck his hand behind his head. Then he looked at Sylar accursedly. "Why didn't I understand that since I have your ability?"

"You need to think about what you want to understand. God you're stupid."

Naruto laughed nervously. "So what now?"

"Now, you know how to use any ability you come across. You might not be able to use their ability so well, but you can use it." Sylar stood up from his spot on the memorial stone. "I think that's enough for today."

"But that only took an hour!"

"Don't worry, I've got something for you later, too."

"But can't we do that now?"

"No. I don't have the right… materials for that." And so Sylar started walking back to the village.

"Ok then! See you tomorrow Sylar-sensei!" Maybe I'll go see what's up with Sasuke…

Sasuke was having a bad day. First, the dobe didn't show up so he had to listen to Sakura rant about something for nearly two hours. Then he gets told to work on his AIM. He was an UCHIHA. Their aim was always perfect. Well, that's what he thought. Then he tried shooting his Akarai.

Damn it! Sasuke screamed in his head. So far, he was failing to hit his target. Anytime I put too much into the attack, it arcs off somewhere I don't want it to go. Anytime I put less into the attack, the Akarai hardly makes it halfway to the target. Sasuke was just too frustrated at the moment. When that Sylar guy came over, and had the audacity to tell him to supercharge the damn dobe, he snapped.

"What?? Why would I want to help the dobe?" Sasuke yelled at Sylar.

""You will because I told you to, and I'll cut your arm off if you don't."

"You can try!" Sasuke jumped back and activated his Sharingan, only to be caught in midair by some invisible force. He tried jerking around, but could only move his head. What is this? Sasuke froze as he heard a rip. He jerked his head to his left and his eyes widened as his skin was sliced by an invisible knife and let out a scream in pain. Sakura screamed something in the background, and then the pain suddenly stopped. Sasuke opened his eyes and saw Kakashi with a kunai to Sylar's throat. Damn bastard deserves it. Sasuke was suddenly dropped and Kakashi told him to do as Sylar said. "Fine. But you owe me, Kakashi."

Sasuke walked over and powered his Akarai to his hand. He pushed Naruto a bit harder than was needed, but it did the job. He abruptly turned and went back to his trees. Naruto could burn for all he cared.

Sasuke was just about ready to explode. He didn't care anymore. He pushed as much Akarai as he could into his hand and just let it go. He found himself partially deaf and flown back a few feet. How is this supposed to work??

Sasuke slowly went through the hand seals for his Great Fireball Jutsu. He inhaled deeply, and infused his breath with chakra. He breathed out, the fire curling up for a moment and then blasting its way to his target tree. For some reason, the explosion calmed him. He sat down and watched his Akarai arc around his fingers. Why won't you work…? He curled his hand into a fist and pushed more Akarai into it. Sasuke slowly dispersed the lightning until it withered away to nothing.

"Want some help?" Naruto's voice was behind Sasuke.

"No." Sasuke didn't even look at Naruto as he stood up and took his stance for another round of target practice.

Naruto seemed to ignore him and walked to his side, about five feet away. Sasuke ignored him in turn and charged up his Akarai. "Ha!" Sasuke yelled in concentration, trying to blast the tree in front of him.

The lightning had different plans, however, and arced downward into the ground. Sasuke let out a low growl in frustration. "Oh I get it!" Naruto said, turning towards Sasuke. He smirked, "Too bad you don't want my help."

Sasuke grunted and turned to Naruto. "What could a Dobe know about my ability?"

"I'll give you a hint. Use chakra." Naruto turned to walk away and Sasuke leapt and put his hand on Naruto's shoulder.

Kakashi was suddenly by their side, "Naruto, why don't you get Sasuke's ability and practice with him? You two seemed to do much better when you were against each other."

"Hn. Like the dobe could figure this out."

If anything would get Naruto riled up, it was being underestimated. Or having his precious people threatened. Or having his ramen taken away. "Oh yeah?" Naruto spun and slapped Sasuke's wrist away. "Watch me Teme!"

Naruto took a bit of a wider stance than Sasuke did, and drew his hands to his side. The Akarai was crackling in a ball between Naruto's hands. Naruto thrust his hands forward and the Akarai blast from his hands and formed a small cylinder of pure lightning that made it about three quarters of the way to the tree. "Beat THAT Teme!"

Kakashi's one visible eye widened slightly. Well, that didn't work as well as I had hoped… Kakashi had planned on Naruto struggling to catch up with Sasuke and then finally mastering it at the same time as Sasuke, as had happened with the Tree Climbing exercise. Oh well, back to Sakura. Kakashi pulled out his book and lazily walked back to where Sakura was trying to run back and forth between two points.

Sasuke glared at Naruto. "How the HELL did you do that on your first try??"

"Sylar-sensei's ability is to understand how things work. When I absorbed his, I wondered how your ability could get to the tree. Something just… clicked in my head. If you'd use some chakra to direct it, the power behind it would be more concentrated and your aim would be much better." Naruto took his stance again, pulling his hands to his side.

"Hn." Sasuke grunted, and took his stance again. He hoped Naruto wouldn't notice it was a bit wider than before. He tried to get his chakra to form a long cylinder, the width of his fist. Sasuke activated his Sharingan, pleased to see his chakra had taken the desired shape. Let's see the Dobe beat me now… Sasuke charged his Akarai the let it explode down the funnel of chakra. While the result was better than what he had been doing, the lightning broke the funnel of chakra about fifteen feet away from the tree. Sasuke looked shocked. I get it now… The chakra has to be thick enough so the Akarai doesn't break it… Sasuke reformed his chakra cylinder around his fist and was sure to put some more into it. As he started to charge up his attack, he took a glance over to Naruto.

Naruto had a chakra tube as well, though his was much larger; it was about a foot in diameter.

Both boys released their attacks at the same time. Sasuke glanced over to Naruto's to see how it did. Sasuke's attack died out after Naruto's did, but Naruto's was had more power to it. Is his stronger than mine or not??

And so the race began.