Mistakes
"That…..was a mistake." He uttered in a low growl. His growing rage evident in his voice.
He glared at the raven-haired man in front of him. The man he had once considered a brother. The man he knew now he would have to kill.
"Why did you do it Sasuke? I would have forgiven you anything, even trying to kill me again, but you crossed the line. You should never, EVER, have even tried to hurt her."
"Like I care Dobe. I came to kill you. She got in my way. This is where it got her. Now I'm sick of waiting. Let's go."
Just as he finished speaking an orange blur hurdled itself at him. It struck him fiercely in the chest, propelling him backwards into the cliff face the Hokage murals were carved upon.
"Complain all you want you're going to have to wait a while longer."
Naruto quickly dashed back to the woman he loved who lay broken and bleeding behind him. His speed had increased by massive amounts over the past few years, partially because of the development of his own body, and partially because of his training with the green spandex-wearing freak known as Gai. After returning from his training trip with Jiraiya, Naruto had begun to train with anyone in the village who would teach him, and since it was the Hokage's orders that they train him that meant just about everyone. Everyone from Hyuuga Hiashi and Yuuhi Kurenai to Sarutobi Asuma and even the Hokage herself had trained him. It was fortunate he had such massive amounts of stamina and chakra, because there were days when he trained with three teachers in a row. Any time he spent away from his many teachers was used creating new techniques. It was time to use one of those techniques now. Gently he placed his hands over the right side of her forehead.
"I hope this works."
Using skills he had learned from Gai and Hiashi he began to slowly force chakra out of his hands and into her head. The goal was to forcibly open Hinata's heal gate from the outside. This was a highly dangerous technique to attempt however. Far more dangerous than opening your own Hachimontonkou (Eight Celestial Gates). The problem arose from the fact that if he used too much chakra he would probably kill her and if he used too little nothing would happen. It was obvious she would die if he didn't do something, so he decided he had no other choice. Gradually he increased the amount of chakra flowing from his hands until he felt something akin to a snap. A flare of chakra erupted from the unconscious girl and he quickly backed away hoping he hadn't used too much. He watched, amazed, as the wounds all over her body began to heal but after a few moments the healing began to slow.
"Kuso! She doesn't have enough chakra to heal completely."
Kneeling beside her again, he placed his hands over her stomach and closed his eyes. Chakra again began to flow from his palms and into her body. It takes far more chakra to heal one's self if you are using someone else's chakra as opposed to your own so it was lucky for her that her love had plenty to spare.
"Are you quite done Dobe?"
Whirling around to face his opponent, Naruto rapidly raised his hands to a defensive stance.
"Dare I ask why you didn't attack me while my back was turned?"
"Ku ku ku ku ku. Sure I could have killed you while you healed your woman but that wouldn't accomplish anything. I want you to know when you die that you never stood a chance against me.
"How noble." Naruto spat, sarcasm dripping from his words.
"I do what I can. Now what say we get this over with."
He didn't wait for an answer before the cursed seal began to spread over his body. His hair turned white as his skin turned brown and large hand like wings sprouted from his back.
"Heh. Decided to take me seriously this time did you?"
"Don't flatter yourself. I just don't feel like wasting anymore time than I already have waiting for you to fix up your little whore."
Naruto's eyes flashed red and his pupils narrowed into vertical slits. Clenching his fists his eyes slowly returned to normal.
"That….was mistake number two."
"You say that like I should care." The newly demonic in appearance Sasuke scoffed.
"You should. If you hadn't said anything you might have made it out of here alive. I'm afraid there's no chance of that now."
"You're all talk as usual Dobe, now shut up and fight."
Rapidly the sharingan wielder began to form seals. Finishing, he gripped his left wrist and lightning like chakra began to glow around his hand. Suddenly, he lunged towards his opponent, his speed making him appear to be a blur of light. Naruto was ready for him though. Spinning quickly out of the way he grabbed Sasuke's arm just behind the wildly chirping chidori. He continued to pull his arm past him and proceeded to smash his elbow into the cross-shaped patch of white that had formed in the center of his former friend's face. He released his arm, and watched as the bat-like human again flew into the side of the cliff.
Painfully Sasuke extracted himself from the rock he was embedded in. In a flash Naruto was in front of him again, and after spinning rapidly he slammed his heel into the side of the traitor's head. The follow through from the kick sent Sasuke careening into the woods, smashing clean through a few trees in the process.
Slowly the owner of one of the few remaining sharingan in the world emerged from the forest.
"Hey Sasuke-teme! Do you remember what Lee said to you before the chuunin exams way back when? 'It doesn't matter if you can see my moves if your body is too slow to keep up.'"
"I'm far from done Dobe. You will die at my hands."
"I don't know how you can say that even now, or haven't you noticed that I haven't even begun to use Kyuubi's chakra?"
Sasuke's jaw dropped.
"K-Kyuubi? What the hell are you talking about dobe?"
"Ehhhh? So you killed Orochimaru before he told you about me did you? Even so, I think you would have figured it out during our fight at the Valley of the End. Geez, and they called you a genius. Fine, I'll tell you. The fourth sealed Kyuubi inside me, now I get a little chakra help when I need it."
It would be hard to say who was more surprised at that point, Sasuke at finding out about the Kyuubi, or Naruto for Sasuke not knowing about him in the first place.
"Ku ku ku ku ku. So that's it is it? Then I will succeed where your precious Yondaime failed. I will kill the Kyuubi as I kill you."
Naruto let loose a frustrated sigh.
'Apparently he didn't get the point. Well I guess I'll just have to show him then.'
"Yes, we will." A dark voice from Naruto's consciousness chuckled.
"You're staying out of this one Kyuubi. I'll tell you if I need help."
"Aww, You're no fun kid. Whatever, tear him a new one for me."
"You've got it bastard fox."
In an instant the blond disappeared from view, reappearing in front the man who had hurt his precious Hinata an instant later.
"Boo." He whispered as Sasuke reeled back from surprise.
Naruto was quick to help in his backwards motion by thrusting his foot into Sasuke's midsection. Not allowing him to escape, Naruto seized his shirt and flung him over his head back towards the cliff. Continuing to press his advantage, the Kyuubi container followed the air born demon-boy towards the rock wall. When he made contact, Naruto was there. With a series of movement to fast for even the sharingan to follow the orange-clad shinobi proceeded to pummel his opponent deep into the wall. By the time he was done Sasuke found himself unable to move. The only reason he was still standing was the grip Naruto had on his neck. Clearly seething with anger the Kyuubi vessel moved his face next to Sasuke's ear.
"Did you know that over the past few years I've received training from Hyuuga Hiashi? He taught me how to use the Jyuuken (gentle fist). Sure I don't have the byakugan so I can't see your inner coils or anything like that, but I find that if I pump enough chakra into it it doesn't much matter. Now this next hit is either going to close every tenketsu in your head or liquefy your brain. It doesn't much matter, you'll die either way."
Slowly he drew his arm back and prepared to deliver the final blow.
"Oh, and one more thing. I assume you're wondering where you went wrong and why you're going to lose. Well I'll tell you. It was when you came back at all. Now if you'll recall I said you wouldn't make it out of here alive after you insulted my Hina-chan and as you know I never go back on my word."
In the blink of an eye Naruto threw his open palm forward. As it came in contact there was a bright blue flash as he forced out a massive amount of chakra, so much, in fact, that it could not be contained by Sasuke's head and passed through, slamming into the rock behind him and incinerating part of it in an instant.
"Because that's my ninja way."
A/N: And there we have my first attempt at a fight scene. Hopefully you aren't disappointed by it and maybe some of you think its awesome(I can dream can't I?) Frankly, I don't really have a problem with Sasuke and enjoy his non-yaoi(which is just plain wrong. This coming from someone who actually supports gay marriage and the whole lot.) relationships with Naruto. Actually, I like his character and think he adds quite a bit to the story. He's easily in my top 10 favorite characters. I personally think he'll be back someday in the actual series and good times will be had by all. I can honestly say that I did not have Sasuke's death planned from the beginning of the story. I just had this scene pictured in my head and I liked it too much to not write it.
lil-dragon-blue: I'm glad you appreciate the fixes. If you have anything else you think needs fixing be sure too tell me. I'm certainly glad you liked the end of their wedding. I loved writing their vows. It's the little girly man in me I suppose. And one-shots are the plan. I don't have the focus to try to make a long interconnected story (As is quickly becoming evident in my non fanfic story I'm writing.)
Rogue Destiny (): It's not exactly the romance you were expecting but I hope you liked it anyways. Don't worry the romance will return. Probably in the next chapter. Thanks for the compliment too I can feel my ego inflating as I type.
lunarangel (): YAY more insanity! As for the questions he was asking, even Naruto's confidence can waver sometimes. The questions were just his way of searching for the answer to the final question before he even asked it. Don't worry too much about the editing for me. I trust the grammar and everything isn't too terrible seeing as how people are reading it (I personally can't read stories once they reach a certain level of ungodly grammar) Long reviews are awesome. They earn you long responses and make me feel all special so keep up the good work.
Danny-171984: Darn right they're the best pairing ever. Keep reviewing and I'll keep writing. Sounds fair ne?
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