Author notes: For this fanfic I went to research terms and names about kicks, strikes, gripping, etc. and man…I got interested about using all that…(cue to evil laugh)

I'm so happy that you guys liked Kasumi-chan! Usually, people don't appreciate OCs (myself included) but I'm glad that you guys didn't complain at all…:D

This chapter, at least the first part of it, makes me seriously doubt if Naruto really does love Sasuke, I mean, he keeps bad-mouthing him and taunt him all the time! In battle! How they managed to mock each other while fighting is something far too weird even for my brain. Ah, the strange forms of love…XD

Oh yeah, answering the anonymous review:

Cfox: Thanks for appreciating the explanations. Well, here's a new chapta for all of you! :D


Chapter 07


The devastating numbers of enemies against them would probably intimidate a normal shinobi, but both of them were efficient on their job. Naruto usually would call clones to render every opponent immobile, as being the one with huge tank of chakra. Sasuke, on the other hand, was the one who eliminated nearby adversaries with his Kusanagi or utilizing taijutsu, keeping his chakra in check and using only strictly against stronger enemies.

"So…? You're sure that she's in the basement?" The brunet asked while he jumped and hooked a gigantic man's neck with his knee and threw the foe to the ground. Naruto finished by throwing shuriken on his spine, jumping across the corpse and took the piece of cloth and sniffed it once more.

"No…but her scent is getting stronger and according to the map, we're moving towards downstairs, so everything adds up." He swiftly dodged a small ball of fire while Sasuke smoothly cut down the enemy's arms. A shrill scream could be heard through the narrow corridor, though the invaders keened their senses to defeat another row in front of them.

"Suiton: Mizu no Muchi." A swift water whip created from Naruto's hand and entrapping several nins and squeezed their bodies until they fainted. Sasuke prepared another row of Chidori while his companion released the jutsu by lashing and splashing all the front row of enemies, the brunet finished their life by electrocuting them with the natural conductor.

"7 o'clock, wind nins, 3 o'clock, genjutsu type." Naruto made another roll of clones who occupied themselves by throwing shurikens against weaker shinobis while Naruto quickly attached his chakras lines to the genjutsu shinobi limbs and brought him to his tanned fists. Sasuke waited until his opponent would do his wind ninjutsu:

"Fuuton: Reppushou!" A violent gust of wind shoved their targets forward until:

"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" The Uchiha user expelled a mass of fire from his mouth and, driven by the airstream from the enemy, it reinforced until the whole room went ablaze, defeating another great number of ninjas.

"Ow! Are you crazy you asshole!" The blond man yelped while he fled from the extra flames dancing around. Sasuke only snorted back.

"Don't lag behind." The ivory face lifted an arrogant smirk, dodging another stray hand and grappling the enemy from behind, wringing the neck. Another line of opponents tried to throw their kunais, though Sasuke was swifter and dug a shuriken in each of their jugular.

"Bla bla bla…don't lag behind, I'm the chicken ass Uchiha, my stupid oversized ego is bigger then Chouji using his Baika no Jutsu, meh meh meh…" Naruto muttered annoyed, using an uppercut on the enemy's jaw before the foe could spit another fireball while the clone hammered at the opponent's head with his fist closed. However, two ninjas were moving closer to each of Naruto's side with their kodachis in hands, until other two bunshins slashed cleanly through their hearts.

"Stop with this monkey donkey attitude on mimicking my words. Dumbass." The dark-haired nin lunged another sets of airborne kicks in a circular motion towards a sturdy type of earth shinobi, throwing the body towards the blonde…

Naruto just mouthed noiselessly "Mooooo…rooooo…nnnnnn" while he grabbed the arms of the gigantic unconscious foe and threw it towards a dozen of startled ninjas, effectively squashing them down. The Konoha ninja made a set of one hand signals with his left hand at the same time his right arm and leg locked another victim and twisted their limbs and the spine.

Sasuke knew that it was his cue to call some snakes and many of the animals trapped adversaries that were around Naruto and the Uchiha smirked: "Maybe it's a good opportunity to learn a few basic things with me, dobe."

The so-called 'dobe' glowered at the smug graphite eyes when he jumped and made an Oodama Rasengan to the entrapped adversaries as he repeated: "Ble ble ble, learn a few things with me, like being the conceited bastard that everybody loves to hate, la la la…"

Sasuke continued while he pierced a curvy line of enemies with his Chidori as a Naruto clone defended the brunet's still motion: "Though I doubt that your eyes would be fast enough to follow my movements…"

"Though I doubt that my eyes would want to see your moronic face right now…" The ANBU shinobi called other bunshins to his aid.

Three ninjas prepared an earth based ninjutsu.

"You should be careful with your surroundings…" Sasuke declared while he prepared another row of Thunder ninjutsu.

"Miiiiii…mi mi mi…mimimimimi…" His companion muttered as he deflected some kunais directed to his arms, span a kick around him. "Move forward!" His enemies were already aware that Sasuke was the one who used Raiton techniques.

The brunet curved slightly his spine and escaped from another directed blow when Naruto grabbed the sword alongside with the arm and twisted rapidly, using the momentum to rob the weapon and dug the katana inside the previous owner's chest. Sasuke finished his hand signs in time and killed the ninjas before they used their technique.

"Such unrefined taijutsu like yours still needs some training…" The pale-skinned man threw kunais towards Naruto's direction…

"Nya nya nya…I'm a cold bastard with megalomaniac tendencies…" The blond shinobi redirected his partner's kunais with his own, and its knives burrowed accurately in the enemies located in the air. Naruto used a reverse flying kick behind him, choking another foe…

"Always the brash, crazy dobe…" Sasuke finished with his Kusanagi, lacerating few limbs around another set of shinobis.

"Always the stoic moronic Teme…" The clones made again the water whip ninjutsu and ensnared a lot of ninjas forming a perfect circle around them…

"Dirty mouthed, rude…" The brunet wrapped Naruto's waist and jumped high before throwing another electrical ball downwards, destroying everyone in vicinity.

"Bla…bla…bla…blo blo blo…" As soon as Sasuke freed the blond, the latter made more bunshins who protected the duo from shurikens. One spare was flying dangerously towards the tanned face…

Until an ivory hand caught the whiskered cheek and moved near to Sasuke's face. The Uchiha smirked and whispered closely to Naruto's ear:

"Watch it." The leaf ninja still had the guts to glare back even though his sun-kissed complexion acquired a crimson color. They landed together throwing shurikens and senbons, the numbers of adversaries decreasing rapidly.

"Be careful next time." A flash of haughty Uchiha grin.

"Hmph…stupid Teme…" A seething mumble.

"Who knows if I'll always be able to protect your dumb head…" The oldest nin elbowjabbed someone behind him.

"Everybody knows that I'm an uptight jerk moron…" The youngest one killed the spare ones with needles.

"Just hope that your carelessness won't follow all over your ninja career…" Sasuke made a middle roundhouse kick targeting the shinobis' stomach.

"Bla bli blo, I'm an arrogant Uchiha and I have an icicle …" Naruto applied a wristlock against another nin and twisted it.

"Feathered brain…" The last poor victims were either punched down.

"Lodged on my…" Or kicked up.

"Doooobeeee…" Sasuke finished with a succession of clean cuts with his Kusanagi.

"Aaaassssss…" And Naruto with his standard kunai, slashing through the throat.

"Usuratonkachi." His friend sighed amusedly while he cleaned the blood on his sword with the cloth of one of the corpses around.

Naruto blew him a raspberry.


"It really looks like that Kasumi-chan's mother is going to be in the basement in the end…" The tanned hand made another rasengan and destroyed a counterfeit wall in front of them.

"But something is fishy. Mostly of the enemies we defeated now were Chuunin level. So I'm already expecting that we'll meet Jounins levels—" Sasuke couldn't continue when a explosive tag suddenly lodged on the ground and both of them jumped backwards.

"Right now." The brunet grumbled annoyed.

There were twenty ninjas around them, already preparing their ninjutsus and airborne weapons.

Five of them threw several Fuuma shurikens towards the invaders, another ten started to make hand signs each of them surrounding Sasuke and Naruto with their specific ninjutsus:

"Doton: Gansetsukon!" Rocks with spear shape were molded and they threw towards the blond ANBU direction.

"Raiton: Raikyuu!" Spheres of electrical current were driving dangerously at the Uchiha.

"Senbon Chidori!" Sasuke destroyed the Earth ninjutsu with Lightning needles.

Naruto finally used a demonic arm which enlarged greatly and encased around his companion's body, protecting the Uchiha from the Raiton ninjutsu. The bubbly red arm grabbed two opponents and the brunet finished them off with a swift cut using his Kusanagi. The other tanned arm created five clones and they were already pouring wind element inside their kunais.

"What a son of a bitches." Naruto muttered.

"What?" Sasuke asked as he dodged a strong jab that was covered with earth substance.

"They sacrificed the weaker teammates so they could gather accurate information about us. Now I'm sure that most of them will use mostly Water and wind jutsu against you while they'll use Fire and Earth jutsu against me." The normal blue colored eyes fused into crimson ones. "Those types of trash…I hate the most."

"Dobe, stay focused." Sasuke warned, making hand signs to a Fire ninjutsu.

"Feh, don't worry about it Teme. I won't stay unfocused until I beat those assholes into a pulp." The Kyuubi-vessel clawed the previous Sasuke's earth attacker while he threw shurikens towards three foes, though they evaded by cartwheeling on the sides.

"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" Balls of fire spat from the Uchiha's mouth, projecting towards the three foes that escaped from Naruto's shuriken, though it damaged only one, other protected himself with an earth element though the last one declared with a sly smirk:

"Suiton: Mizurappa!" This time, orbs of water extinguished some of the fireballs and were flying towards the brunet though…

"Fuuton Ninpou: Kamikaze!" Naruto created a cyclone of wind and mixed with Sasuke's fireballs, it gained potency and moved dangerously fast towards the water shinobi. Before the latter was eliminated, his eyes widened incredulous from the unexpected turn of events.

They were moving so perfectly. Sasuke had the strange epiphany on how his style fit too well with Naruto's one. They didn't need to use a lot of verbal commands, their bodies just instinctively knew where someone lacked, how the other one would fill up. One would start any kind of movement or blow…the other one will complete it. Both of them were synched to each other with fluid motions.

It was a strange sensation, considering that they didn't team up for over five years. However, their souls quickly filled the gap that they lost and the familiar impressions patched them up, erasing the peripheral edges of their styles.

Two ninjas were positioned on the house's roof and prepared another hand signs.

"Oh no…they're preparing a combo…" The tanned shinobi frowned with apprehension and his Kyuubi arm dug on the ground, flexing the transparent elbow before straightening, propelling Naruto's body upwards while he made another sphere of Rasengan.

"Katon: Kasumi—" The ninja adversary didn't finish since he was eliminated from the ANBU's blow.

"Doton: Kanban Kyuu!" Though the other foe succeeded on raising two earth plaques; which it ran towards the brunet ninja and crushed the body.

"Sasuke!" Naruto screamed towards the motionlessness corpse as he squeezed the earth ninja with his Kyuubi arm and his clones moved towards the wounded Uchiha.

Suddenly, Sasuke's body disappeared like a heat illusion in the desert and the real body reappeared cutting three more unguarded shinobis around him. His friend wheezed a relieved sigh.

"Suiton: Baku Suishouha!" They heard a ninja shout far away from them, a gigantic fountain of water appeared between them.

"Katon: Endan!" Another one shot another fireball directed to the fountain, spilling boiling water and creating vapors that spread throughout the room.

"They are trying to separate us…" Naruto 'tsc'ed when he evaded another huge ball of fire coming towards his chest though it slightly burned his arm. He landed haphazardly on the ground and, using the remnants of the suiton ninjutsu, the Konoha shinobi made another watered whip around one foe and encased another one with his extra red arm.

"Mizu bunshin no jutsu." Both of the blond's enemies dissolved into a mass of water and suddenly the real ones appeared from the foggy scenario, one with glove with extended claws in the fingertips and were embebbed with lightning element while the other prepared to expel another fireball from his mouth.

Two of the Naruto's bunshins came to his aid, one threw senbons to distract them while the other quickly sauntered to the fire ninja's side, grabbing his neck and strangling him. However, they weren't in due time to interrupt the opponent with his gloved hand slashing into Naruto's torso. The Kyuubi-vessel gasped, feeling the numbing pain, followed after with the adversary's hand digging deeply in his skin, ready to gauge his heart out.

"Goodbye." The enemy nin curled a sickening smile as the tanned man panted breathlessly and growled back.

"Whatever. Rasengan!" A clone appeared from behind and used the ball of energy to strike accurately.

One more fire nin already tossed another gigantic fireball, but the original Naruto grabbed the clone and morphed the latter into a couple of Fuumas shurikens, enhanced with water based element and threw towards his foe, cutting the body in two.

Sasuke, however, had a larger disadvantage compared to Naruto's opponents. They knew that maintaining the invaders together would make them unstoppable, so after succeeding to divide them, the Uchiha could barely use any ninjutsu. Water was soaking his legs, so he couldn't use Raiton attacks or he'd wound himself altogether. The enemies obviously already knew that he also used Katon techniques, so they'd prefer calling water ninjutsus.

"Suiton: Mizu no Mushi!" It was so ironic that they were using Naruto's same water technique to their favor…Sasuke ducked using his rapid body movement and threw shurikens towards his attacker. However, it dissolved into a pond of water bunshin.

"Suiton: Mizu Kuri no Yaiba!" Two nins formed a solidified water sword, and speared towards the Uchiha, who instantly parried with his Kusanagi. A flurry of kunai aimed to his head though he dodged, however, he couldn't sense, from Naruto's side, another enemy prepared to throw senbons…

"Too fast…no time for bunshin!" The cerulean eyes widened alarmed and pushed his opponent to the ground hurriedly, trying to warn his friend…but it wouldn't be enough, Sasuke was cornered…

There was only one thing left to do…

He felt warm drops dampening his alabaster skin, with the horrible realization that someone was wounded. From the trembled exhales next to him, the onyx hue confirmed what his mind wanted to scream in denial…

"Naruto!" He shouted, but his hands were still occupied, another earth nin punched hard towards the tanned shoulder, the blond man collapsed to the ground with a deafening crack.

In fury, the Uchiha cut through the water based sword and pierced his opponent's heart, while he slashed unevenly the other one and ran towards the blond shinobi.

"His shoulder is positioned with a strange angle now…a lot of needles punctuated his vital points…fuck!" His ivory hand cupped the golden hair while Sasuke pleaded:

"Naruto, please be alright, I—"

The unharmed tanned hand made fast hand signals and Naruto garbled:

"Sasuke, concentrate!" Lines of chakras snapped in the air and each of them got attached on the surrounding enemies. The ANBU shinobi pulled them towards the source as the brunet cursed:

"Fuck!" From the tattoos on his wrists, he summoned a dozen of shurikens and lunged in each of their throats. As four corpses fell with an opaque thud, the last alive enemy tried to stab Naruto's back…

Though Sasuke sensed him, jumped high and before he set down to the wooden carpet, the Uchiha separated the opponent's head from the rest of the body with his Kusanagi.

"Naruto, you can't faint now…" Both of the fighters only knew essential medical ninjutsu so their minimal knowledge in this field wouldn't help the situation now. "Why do you have to be so stupid and throw yourself in front of the enemy?!" Sasuke barked out.

"Wow, you welcome, Sasu-dear, I appreciate your gratitude everyday!" Naruto sarcastically remarked as he removed the needles from his body. "My arm got dislocated, push it back for me." He asked with a neutral tone.

"Are you crazy?! Do you have any idea on how much it'll hurt?!" However, they couldn't waste any time, another malicious chakras approached rapidly to their positions.

"Do it now. Lend me your shirt so I can gnaw it while you do it." The cerulean eyes stared with serene seriousness that left no space for discussion. The Uchiha wordlessly grabbed the injured arm and Naruto prepared himself for it.

"His hands…are trembling…" The blond nin contemplated while the sweated fingertips gripped tighter his clothed shoulder blades and impulsioned forward.

CRACK

An excruciating pain filled his nerves though Naruto kept reminding to himself that they didn't have the time to dwindle about it.

After a sigh, the blond muttered:

"Sasuke, we won't be able to make it."

The brunet couldn't believe in his ears, especially since those words were coming from the obstinate usuratonkachi that had never given up once before.

"I mean…we won't be able to make it intact. I have to return to the main hall, the clone was dispatched." Naruto supplied with shallow breaths. "And my injured arm will drag you down."

"Whatever, we'll walk faster then. I'll go with you, capture that damn lord and then I'll go towards the basement."

"No. Sasuke, you use your Shunshin no jutsu to free the prisoners while I continue to do diversion." Naruto reasoned out. "I'll be fine, Kyuubi will heal me in due time afterwards."

"I won't leave you. Especially now that you're injured, dobe." Another batch of ninjas slowly surrounded them, their battle stances ready.

"This is not the time to be a stubborn jerk, teme." The blond nin growled.

"It is. Do you think that I'll let you do all the Messiah job, usuratonkachi?" Sasuke curled up his lips. "After all, I'm the masked hero, right? Even though you're the one who uses the stupid porcelain mask."

"Dammit Sasuke, this is not the time to crack bastard's jokes! Get out! I'll be fine!" They started to run faster towards their goal, fleeing and dodging flying weapons around.

"No. They'll be able to capture you." After a set of hand signs, Sasuke blew a gigantic wall of fire, combusting their foes in front of them.

"I'll be fine, I was trained for this. I'll find my way out."

"No." The Kusanagi sang again through the air, eliminating and severing everyone in the vicinity.

"Asshole, look at the moment and time before your thick skull decides to be a martyr. It's time to go, bastard, you have to help Kasumi-chan, right? I want to help her too." However, the Konoha ninja slightly stumbled on his feet, injury caused by the needles before.

"Yes, I want to, but I don't want to wound you in the process because of that. We'll figure a way to escape alive and free her mother. I don't like your methods." Luckily, Sasuke protected him by throwing a shuriken towards Naruto's nearby adversaries.

"Because they're the most positive scenario presented now! Can you stop being a prissy ass for just a few seconds?!" Their speed was decreasing.

"Can you stop being a dumbass moron then?!" The Uchiha growled.

"Hey, you're the one who kept fleeing from me for over five years! Here's the chance to escape it once more! Bye bye, see ya and remember to bring some souvenirs!" His friend 'kindly' recalled while he evaded some punches.

"Are you really going through such extent, just to guarantee my life?" Sasuke brought two skulls together, crushed them with his bare hands and then gripped hard the golden locks. "So let me give you some interesting news, idiot, I-won't-go-anywhere this time. Not now and not ever."

If they weren't positioned in such hazard situation, Naruto would feel deeply touched from Sasuke's words. Nevertheless, the bronze skinned hand slapped away the creamy one and grumbled:

"Idiot! Why do you have to be the helpful and totally out of character moronic bastard right now?! Go away!" Two transparent red arms enveloped the solid tanned one and restarted to attack around.

"I'm tired." Sasuke declared.

"What?"

"I said that I'm tired. I already lost many dear persons next to me; I won't tolerate it to happen twice. Dobe!" Sasuke gritted his teeth, his eyes flaring in uncontained anger. "Do you have any idea on how much it stung me when I saw you stupidly throwing yourself to protect me at that time?! Stop doing those kinds of things!" He turned his back to slash another couple of ninjas. Naruto's jaw hanged agape.

Sasuke…the old Sasuke…was back.

Even inside such dangerous and hasty moment, Naruto's heart thumped warmly at the comprehension that his old friend was back. Not the Orochimaru's apprentice, not the Avenger stupid Uchiha…just Sasuke.

But suddenly, two handcuffs crawled around the Kyuubi's immaterial arms and Naruto's wrists and clunked shut.

"Wha—" The blond nin gasped out from the abrupt interruption when his stomach started to make strange twists, folding and unfolding in deep soreness until the trembled legs couldn't sustain his body anymore.

"What the fuc—" Several water shaped whips snaked towards the Uchiha though the Kyuubi-vessel evaporated with his ki.

"Run…" Naruto whispered before passing out.

"Naruto! Naru…" His friend was out of cold. The brunet quickly flung the unconscious body to his back and began to dash rapidly.

Dammit…exit, exit…where's the exit!

Sasuke recalled the plant of the house and ran to the right, moving towards a window.

However, just when he was reaching near it, dozen of shinobis landed next to him, with their Suiton ninjutsus and finally trapped Sasuke down.

"NO!" His irises were almost activating a crimson color when he felt something hard colliding to his head.

His world went black.


Author notes: I ASK TO MYSELF……WHY THE HELL DOES MY CHAPTERS ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SOOOOO GIGANTIC?!

Err…most of this chapter was action filled…(hey people, I wrote that this was going to be adventure, after all…:P) I hope you guys wouldn't mind about it…And huh…could someone write your opinion about it? I want to know if the way I'm writing is too confusing or not…

So, huh…yeah. Guh. Sorry, I was going to put more things in this chap, but the fighting part became too huge…etoooo…(flees)

And…err…NO, they're not DEAD. I am a sadist, but I wouldn't go through such huge extents. Aaaand…there'll be a good reason on why Sasuke didn't use his Sharingan.

And that's all…

Errr…reviews please? (sheepish smile)