Chapter 7: And The Battle Goes On...
Awesomoisawesome does not own Naruto
A raging fire was the only way to describe his eyes, even if his bloodline wasn't activated was what Naruto thought as he started to walk towards the open field. Naruto was having second thoughts about this match as he stared down the Uchiha. Sasuke wasn't a pushover and if he used his full evolved Sharingan, Naruto would have to rely on his no tail Kyuubi form to win, something he really didn't want to do in front of Hinata and Hanabi. Plus he was still a little peeved at the demon from the night before.
"Are you ready, Naruto?" asked Sasuke as he got into his battle stance. Normally Naruto wouldn't of mind this, if Sasuke was calmer. But he had a feeling that this spar would be extremely painful. Hopefully his new training with Jiraiya would give him a slight advantage.
"Let's go!" cried Naruto as he rush towards Sasuke. Sasuke was slightly surprised by Naruto's new speed, but it still wasn't even in the same league as his or Lee's. He blocked Naruto's punch and returned with a ground sweep. Naruto flipped up and delivered a devastating heel kick to the back of Sasuke's head.
The ground shook from the impact of Sasuke's face slamming into it. Naruto jumped back and smiled, 'Good he underestimated me, but that won't happen again.' Sasuke picked himself off the ground, 'His fighting skills have improved too, nothing compared to mine though' thought Sasuke as he smirked. That one little smirk irritated the hell out of Naruto, he was about to should Sasuke something he could smirk at.
Sasuke knew he should take Naruto seriously now, his skills had improved greatly even if he would never admit it to the blond. He looked Naruto straight in the eye, and activated his bloodline limit. Normally he wouldn't of, since both of them agreed that it seemed to give Sasuke a unfair advantage. But at that moment Sasuke didn't really care about what was fair and what wasn't.
Naruto sighed, this spar had turned ugly. He prepared himself as he ran towards Sasuke with his dullest kunai, and starting was a thrust he stabbed at Sasuke like a mad man, over and over again. But Sasuke's eyes never lost track of his moments, he dodged every blow and waited for an opening in Naruto's defenses. Finally after a few minutes of this on slaughter, Naruto striked a little too low and Sasuke jumped clean over the poor blond. As Sasuke landed he punched Naruto hard in the back, launching him quite a ways. The moment Naruto's body landed, however he exploded into a cloud of smoke. His eyes had been too focus on the kunai then Naruto himself.
"Kage Bunshin? Then where's Naruto..." whispered Sasuke to himself as he ran his eyes across the training ground. 'Where is he hiding...' he wondered.Suddenly the ground underneath Sasuke split apart with two Narutos crying out "U! Zu!" and delivering two strong kicks to Sasuke's stomach, sending him flying in the air. Another two Narutos appeared in the air, both screaming out "Ma! Ki!" and connecting two kicks at the same spot as the others hit. Sasuke was high in the sky and his stomach was throbbing in pain, he notice a shadow over head. The original Naruto was falling from the sky at an alarming rate, his heel aiming towards the back of Sasuke's head. He tried to spin but wasn't quick enough, the foot connected with the back of Sasuke's head and sent him barreling towards the ground as Naruto cried out "Uzumaki Naruto Rendan (Naruto Uzumaki Barrage)."
Sasuke's face slammed straight into the ground, creating a small crater. The attack surprised him more than it hurt him, but getting your face smashed into the ground still hurts. Naruto seemed to be using one of the Sharingan weaknesses, if you can not see your opponent what good are super eyes then.
It took a moment for Sasuke to regain consciousness, that last kick had knocked out all the anger out of him and filled him with the strange mixture of excitement and ecstasy, only the challenge of a worthy rival could give him that.
"That's more like it..." said Sasuke as he reach into his kunai bag to pull out some wire. It was time to show Naruto what a real technique could do. He looked up and saw Naruto a few yards away from him. Hinata was there and she could heal any burns on Naruto, probably.
Naruto landed hard on the ground after driving Sasuke's face into the ground, he was ecstatic at his new level of power and how easy it was to make Sasuke eat some dirt. 'Did I over do it?' pondered Naruto when it took a few moments for Sasuke to get up. But Sasuke had a strange grin on his face, that must mean he wasn't that badly hurt. He was about to run at Sasuke and deliver the final blow when he notice a bunch of wires tying around him.
Sasuke smirked, as he launch his Sofushasan no Tachi (Manipulating Windmill Triple Blades). The three shurikens with wires tied to them, flew straight towards Naruto and spun around him tightly. Finally, Sasuke went through a bunch of hand seals and drew in a deep breath and called out, "Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu (Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu)!" as he unleashed a powerful dragon made of pure fire, out of his mouth and towards Naruto.
Naruto knew what was going to happen next after being wrapped in Sasuke's wires, since he had previously experienced this technique before hand. Normally he didn't mind fire ninjutsus too much because the Kyuubi prevented most burns. Still, Hinata and Hanabi would wonder why he didn't receive any burns from such a devastating fire jutsu.
He didn't have very much time to think of a way to block it, the flame moved very quickly down the wires. As the fire engulfed him, he started to use one of his rarely seen jutsus. Naruto also notice a high pitch screen as he disappeared within the deep inferno.
It took a minute for the fire to settle down, the grass around the pillar of fire was completely destroyed and the earth looked like it was turned to glass. 'A little overkill but that should put him in his place.' thought Sasuke as he tried to see through the smoke and see what was left of Naruto. As the smoked clear however, in the middle of the crater of glass, there stood a strange bush of spiky blond hair.
"Hari Jizo (Needle Guardian)! Now prepare for my Hari Jizo: Shigure (Needle Guardian: Drizzle)!" cried out the bush as it started to shake slightly. After the shaking stopped, it unleashed thousand upon thousands of small sharp needles everywhere.
Even with the Sharingan, it became nearly impossible to dodge all of the small needles that Naruto was producing. It almost looked like a mist, a mist of very pointy spikes, as the field slowly filled with the small needles. After about five minutes of this deadly rain, it finally stopped. Sasuke looked as if he slept with a catus and Hinata and Hanabi had a few pins in them too. They weren't very painful, about the same as a needle prick and were easy to pull out.
Once the bush of blond hair slowly started to shrink, Naruto finally reappeared. The entire field was covered with the yellow colored spikes. 'I might of over did it...' thought Naruto but he was happy nevertheless.
Sasuke stepped out from behind a tree, he was still covered in needles though. He was also a little furious that Naruto had another powerful technique in his arsenal. The last new jutsu that Sasuke had learned was the Chidori. Enough was enough for Sasuke.
"NARUTO! It's time to finish this..." Sasuke started to do quite a few hand seals and then thrust his hand down, with that lightning started to appeared and the sound of bird's chirping filled the air. "You better be ready for this!" screamed Sasuke as he ran towards Naruto.
Once Naruto saw the lightning he knew what was coming next. He summoned a clone to his side and started to create his spiraling orb of destruction. In less than a moment, Naruto had is spinning orb ready. The clone then grabbed Naruto and tossed him towards Sasuke, right before his poofed out of existence.
Both shinobi were moving at incredible speeds, as they slammed their attacks into each others'. "RASENGAN!" "CHIDORI!" cried both of them as they were engulfed in light. For a few moments it looked as if the bright light of their combined attacks would never go out, suddenly there was a loud bang as the light disappeared and Naruto and Sasuke were sent flying away from each other.
They crashed several feet away from each other, each one sore and low on chakra. It took a moment to get on their feet, but both of them weren't ready to call it quits yet. Starting as a crawl and gradually turning into a jog, Naruto and Sasuke ran towards each other and raised their arms, preparing for a punch.
After what seemed like hours they finally collided with each other and delivered two very weak punches to both of their faces. They came crashing down next to each other, in the middle of the field.
They laided there, silently at first, both unable to move. "Who... won?" asked Naruto, who was breathing hard and trying to get up. "I think it was a tie..." coughed Sasuke, he was trying to see if he had any energy left to get up. "Good spar Dobe/Teme." both of them said as they gave up on trying to get up. "Naruto... your so lucky. You know that right? With such a great family, who could ask for more?" said Sasuke as he laid right next to Naruto.
"I know, they both mean the world to me. I don't think I could live without them." said Naruto and it was true. They were his reasons to keep going and fight on, they gave he strength when he need it, they were there when he needed them and they were the only ones who would always and truly accept him no matter what.
"Dobe you need to get over the guilt..." Sasuke had seen their little problem, it was just like his parents except he didn't know what feel got in his parents way. Maybe it was all the stress or something like that. All he knew was that a family wouldn't survive if it couldn't flow the way it should, it would end up like a shame or worse, loveless. He never wanted his best friend to feel that.
"I can't get over it, you didn't see how much pain Hanabi was in." Naruto didn't know were that was coming from. He never knew were the guilt came from, all he knew was it stopped him from feeling the warmth of Hinata's touch, something he dearly missed.
"But Hinata doesn't need to suffer because of that, does she?" For a moment Naruto was silent, he never figured that Hinata was hurting because of it. That just caused more suffering and pain. But how could he forget the look on Hanabi's face, that type of pain no one deserved. It just wasn't right. He was in a pickle and needed to talk to Hinata about this, the next time he got a chance too. After few moments of silent later, Hinata and Hanabi walked over to the two boys, one worried to near death and the other completely amazed at the boys' powers.
Hinata and Hanabi sat to the side on a giant hill, as the Naruto and Sasuke got ready to attack. Hanabi was excited to be there, she loved when Naruto and Sasuke sparred. It was so unpredictable and awesome to her, they both were incredibly strong and usually didn't hold back much. Her sister on the other hand, looked like she was about to have a heart attack. Even with her newly acquired healing jutsus, there were limits to how much she could heal them.
"Who do you think is going to win? Nee-chan, Naruto or Sasuke?" asked Hanabi, not once taking her eyes off of Naruto as he ran towards Sasuke.
"I'm not to sure, but I believe Naruto-kun will win." said Hinata. She honestly had no idea who would win this match. They both were powerful, a great deal more so than herself.
"Shame on you, you should have more faith in the man you love... Naruto is going to win, no questions about it." whispered Hanabi just loud enough for Hinata to hear. It took the older sibling a few moments get over what her sister had just said.
"Hanabi, is there something y-you want to say to me?" What was with this girl? How could she just say that without meaning something? Was she finally ready to confess her true feelings for Naruto? Hinata didn't think so, but she had to make sure.
"I don't think so, Nee-chan. Do you want to talk about something though?" Hanabi was a sneaky person, she hated to reveal everything at once. Usually Hinata wouldn't of mind since she did the same thing, but this situation was different.
"We need to talk about Naruto..." This was the worst possible conversation that Hanabi could have with Hinata. She couldn't tell her big sis that she was so deeply in love with him that it nearly hurt, she just didn't want to put that on her sister, was that so wrong.
"Did he tell you yet?" Hanabi might be hurting with the newest news and that must of cause her to snap. That must of been the reason, it is the only logical choice.
"Yeah I know he's leaving, but that's nothing. He's going to be gone only for a few years and then he'll be back. I can last that long without him... can you?" This reply shocked her just as much as the first. What was with Hanabi today and what was with her responses too. Naruto had just slammed Sasuke's head into the ground for the second time.
"I'm not too sure... I love him so much, but you understand don't you Hana-chan." What was her sister implying with that comment. Did she know her secret? No, no one could have known, she had hided it so well. Maybe she meant something else, she probably was talking about the past, yes the past.
"Sure I loved him once... but he's all yours now right?" Hinata almost laughed, Hanabi sure loved to beat around the bush. It would be difficult to crack her and Hinata wasn't the most forceful person. She would have to rely on something else. But now wasn't the time to poke and prod in her young sister's life, she had all the time in the world for that.
"Of course, he's all mine, but if there's something on your mind you can tell me. We are sisters and if you have anything you need me to know I'll be here for you, no matter what it is. I promise I won't get mad because I love you too." 'But who do you love more sis, Naruto or me...' Hanabi wondered and put on a fake smile towards her sister. Hinata took it as a postive gesture and smiled back. "I know I can tell you anything Nee-chan and I love you..." she was interrupted by a loud cracking sound, almost like a bonfire.
They both turned their heads towards the boys' spar and saw a giant fire dragon heading for the person that meant the most to them. Hanabi was frozen, she couldn't move a single muscle. Hinata let out a shriek as she watch her beloved get engulfed in flames. They both knew that they could do nothing, all they could do was pray and it seemed a little late for that.
"Naruto... Oh no... no no no no... he can't he can't..." stuttered Hinata as she watched the blazing inferno that once was her boyfriend. Hanabi stayed stunned, it was too hard for her to believe that Naruto would die that easy. "No, Naruto is too strong. He wouldn't die that easily... Right." That was all Hanabi could say as she watch the fire die down. They were both surprised when they saw the strange colored bush instead of the charred remains of their one and only.
'Thank goodness, I don't know what I would of done without him.' smiled Hinata as she fought the urge to run down there and give him a kiss. She knew he wouldn't want her to get in the way of their spar.
'I knew Naruto wouldn't lose like that, he's invincible!' And Hanabi did think Naruto was invincible and without doubt the most powerful ninja in the world. It just wasn't possible for Naruto to lose to anyone. "Pessh as if Naruto would lose." Hanabi was now completely confident in Naruto's strength. However they had little time to talk as the bush of blond hair released a torrent of sharpened needles towards them.
With Hinata's more developed reflexes, she grabbed Hanabi and slung both of them behind a tree as the spikes filled the area. Only a few needles pricked them, they were quite a deal luckier than Sasuke, who looked like a pin cushion. After a few minutes of Naruto's onslaughter, he finally slowed downed and stopped with his hair retracting back to it's normal size.
Both girls were surprised at the sudden attack, it was obvious that Naruto hadn't plan on attacking them but the jutsu must of been unstable or at least that was what Hinata figured. Hanabi was nearly foaming at the mouth from seeing Naruto's newest jutsu, it seemed like a defensive technique that could turn to offensive in the blink of an eye. Hanabi wanted Naruto to teach her the move next time they had together.
It was then that Naruto's leaving really got to her, she finally realized that Naruto was leaving for a few years and that meant he wouldn't be there at all. Of course she knew that was going to happen, but it really hadn't settled in yet. Now she felt the horrible hollowness of the situation as she glanced at the one that brought her so much happiness in her life. How could she bare it if he left her. She couldn't take the feelings inside of her anymore as she collapsed into her sister's warm embrace and started to cry.
Hinata wasn't surprised by Hanabi when she collapsed into her arms, she had done the exact same thing with Naruto the moment she had realize that he would be gone. It hurt to see her precious baby sister crying like that, she knew the pain all too well and how it could feel like your soul being ripped from your body, leaving only emptiness and sadness behind. No one needed to feel like that, it just wasn't right. She knew she needed to comfort her some how, but for the life of her, she didn't know how. A year ago she knew exactly how to deal with Hanabi no matter what feelings she had, it wasn't hard. Now that Hanabi had grown and seemed more mature, it was becoming obvious that they were growing apart.
"Hana-chan, it's okay... it's going to be okay..." Hinata didn't know what she was saying, she didn't think it was going to be okay without Naruto ether, but figure Hanabi didn't need to know that. Hanabi just buried her face deeper into her sister's bosom, her way of hiding from the pain that plagued her. The hug was working to calm her down and Hinata's sweet words were slowly relaxing her. She was lucky to have Hinata as a sister, she felt like she could truly trust her at that very moment. All the warmth she was feeling was starting to get to her head though.
"Nee-chan... I still love him..." whispered Hanabi into Hinata's chest. However Hinata had stop paying attention to Hanabi the moment she saw what was going on in the spar, Naruto and Sasuke were charging at each other with some strange jutsus. However Hanabi just kept on whispering about how much she missed him and could finally understand the pain, the pain of not having Naruto, Hinata had felt her entire life.
As the two boys collided, an explosion of light came towards the girls. Hinata tightened her grip on Hanabi and turned to take the full blast of energy for her sister. Hanabi was surprised by the action and felt the power slowly coming towards them. She tried her best to break free and help Hinata, but she wasn't strong enough. It wasn't long until they were engulfed in the light.
There wasn't any pain or the feeling of being dissolved, it wasn't at all bad ether. It felt almost like they were covered in chakra, Naruto and Sasuke's chakras, in a way it felt very nice and warm. Hinata and Hanabi didn't know what was going on, until they were launched with a giant bang and sent flying away from the battle that was going on.
They crashed a few feet away, with all the wind knocked out of them. Hanabi was laying on top of Hinata and Hinata was out of it. It was amazing how powerful Naruto and Sasuke was, she had finally seen what happens when you combined their signature jutsu. She always thought that Naruto exaggerated about the aftermath of the combined attacks but now she knew.
Hanabi was at a lose of words, she never knew that Naruto and Sasuke were that powerful it was almost as if they were on a completely different level than Hinata or herself. The bright light had erase most of her intense negative feelings, Hinata had help too in her own way, but she was now feeling a mixture of happiness, excitement, jealousy, anticipation, and a little love.
It took a minute for Hinata and Hanabi to get up, they weren't seriously hurt, just a little bruised and sore. Once they were up though the spar was over, both Sasuke and Naruto were just laying in the field right next to each other and it looked as if the bad blood between them was nearly gone.
As Hinata walk towards her boyfriend to see if he was okay, Hanabi grabbed her arm and tugged her to get her attention. Hinata was shocked as she turned her face around and saw the strange look on Hanabi's face.
"Your lucky you know... you have him all to yourself. You should take advantaged of the time you have, and not let silly feelings of awkwardness stop you from enjoying him." The look in Hanabi's eyes as she said that, stunned Hinata. Was it that obvious that they were having problems in the intimate department, did everyone know.
"It's not that easy. I do love and enjoy every moment I'm with him, but I still feel guilty about... well you know..." Hanabi knew what she was talking about, she had thought about that day for quite some time. That day had completely changed her life, never had she ever felt such joy and acceptance but at the same time such pain and self loathing. It wasn't a healthy mixture at all, but she loved it no matter what. Because of that day she felt like she had matured and could see the world in a different light.
"Don't, don't ever feel guilty about that. It was bound to happen and I have gotten over it. I think it's time for you guys to do the same. I can't be responsible for breaking you guys up do you hear me!" At the end, Hanabi screamed. She wasn't going to be the one who ruined her sister's life or Naruto's, she loved them too much to do that and knew that the only way both of them would be happy would be if they stayed together. It hurt to realize that, but it was the only way.
Hinata knew she was right, but what could she do. No matter what she did, the feelings still pushed them away and she didn't have the courage to talk to Naruto about it. It was a touchy subject and she was afraid that she was the only one that felt that way. The only way this problem would be resolved though was to talk to Naruto and she knew it.
"Thanks, Hanabi-chan." smiled Hinata.
"Don't mention it." smiled Hanabi, " Let's go and see if you need to bring them back from the dead." Hanabi joked as they walked towards the boys.
It didn't take Hinata long to heal both of them, it was mostly a few bruises and sore muscles. Sasuke was the worse, mostly because he had a lot of pins in him. They didn't have time to relax for long though, a new chakra signature appeared on the field.
"HI NARUTO!" screamed out the pink haired girl as she walked towards them. Sakura had decided to check and see if Sasuke had completed his mission, if he hadn't well lets just say she wasn't going to leave a corpse behind.
"Hi there, Sakura... is there something you want?" Naruto was confused, Sakura never came around on Fridays. Maybe it had something to do with how badly Hinata had kicked her ass or how spiteful Hanabi got, probably it was both, and Fridays he spent the whole day with the both of them. They didn't get along very well anymore that was for sure.
"Yes, I'm here to see if Sasuke mentioned my little proposal." Sasuke froze, he could feel Sakura's blazing eyes on him. He knew he was in for a beating and wasn't looking forward to it, even if he could beat her with both hands tied behind his back, it was just that Sasuke could not harm Sakura no matter what happen. That was just the way it was for them.
"What are you..." Sasuke's hand covered Naruto's mouth just in the nick of time and boy was Naruto pissed, no one put there hands on him. Well except for Hinata, she was the only one allowed to.
"Of course I asked them, they said they needed more time to think." Sasuke knew this was a bad idea and he was only burying himself deeper, but he acted more on instinct than anything else. "Mmmummm mumm mmuumm mmuum." was all Naruto had to say and Hinata wasn't paying attention, she was more focus on Sakura than what was coming from Sasuke's mouth. She had promised herself that should would never get sucker punched again and she meant it.
"Oh really, well I guess I will see you guys later, especially you Naru-kun." Sakura winked in that whoreish way she only knew how to do. Hinata and Hanabi jumped at her but Sakura was already high tailing it out of there. She sure was fast when it involved her getting her ass kicked. 'That stupid...' both Hinata and Hanabi thought as they waved their fist towards her retreating back.
Naruto had enough of Sasuke's hand on his mouth, so he took a big bite out of it. Sasuke almost screamed in pain. He smacked Naruto in the head for that, probably not the best way to convince him to give up his last date night for an entire three years.
"OUCH!" Cried Naruto as he grabbed his head, sometimes Sasuke could be really mean.
"Sorry Dobe, just don't bite me again." Sasuke actually felt bad and his hand hurt too, "The thing is... I've got a favor to ask you."
"You didn't need to hit me that hard..." He was probably going to have a little bump on his head the whole day now.
"Okay, Okay my bad. But can I have a favor." Sasuke thought that if Naruto would just agree with it and not know what he is agreeing with then he would be force to keep his word, no matter what the situation was. That was how he got his way most of the time.
"Mmm... Hinata told me not to agree with things unless I know what they are." Naruto had to learn the hard way with that lesson. Sakura, the whore that she is, had made him agree to go on a date with her by asking for just one simple favor. Hinata had been right next to him when he said he had to do it, he did give her his word. She ended up kicking both of their asses even though she knew that he always keep his word no matter who it was. That was one of the reasons way she loved him.
'Damn Hinata...' His perfect plan ruined, maybe he should just get it over with before Sakura came back and started to ask more questions.
"Fine, I sort of told Sakura it was okay for us to go on a double date." Sasuke looked down for a moment. He wasn't sure how Naruto would react to this, he was hoping that Naruto would just go with it. But only a idiot would do that.
Naruto smiled and laughed, " That's great! You have like Sakura for so long and now she is giving you a chance." Sometimes Naruto was just too stupid for his own good.
"No Naruto you don't understand, I... I... damn it. Hinata-chan come here." For some reason it was easier to deal with her than Naruto at times. Maybe it was his stupidity, or it could always be something else, best chances were though on the first.
"Mmm, what do you need Sasuke-kun?" She didn't know why he would need her for some reason, if Naruto couldn't handle it must of been too hard to explain or too embarrassing.
"Well you two, I was going to ask if you guys wouldn't mind changing your date to a..." Sasuke swallowed, "double date." Now that wasn't as hard as Sasuke had figured, in fact it was down right easy. Boy did he surprise himself sometimes.
"Who would be coming on this double date of ours?" asked Hinata. It wouldn't be right to just say no after all the trouble he went through to ask them or at least that was what Hinata believed.
"Me and... and..." Sasuke knew Hinata didn't enjoy Sakura's company, it was common knowledge between all of them. It wasn't that Hinata didn't like Sakura, it was just the fact that Sakura wouldn't keep her hands to herself.
"Sakura." Naruto replied plain and simple, he didn't understand what the problem was. If Sakura wanted to date Sasuke, it was their business and Hinata and his opinions shouldn't matter.
"WHAT!" Hinata nearly raised her voice to loud. Sakura in the same room with Naruto was bad enough, but a double date. What weird plan did Sakura have in store for them.
"What's the problem Hinata, I don't see anything wrong with Sasuke and Sakura dating. In fact I thought you were hoping for that." Naruto still didn't see a problem with this. He was just too happy because it seem as though Sakura had finally given up on him. Now all the hostilities between them would be solved and he would finally have his sister back.
"No Naru-kun, don't you understand, Sakura is planning something... evil." She knew Naruto could be dense, but really it was painfully obvious that something was wrong with this little setup.
"Come on, Sakura wouldn't do that to Sasuke. No one is that heartless." Sasuke nearly choked on the air he was breathing, "I really believe she's finally over me that's all that matters and I'm sure this date will prove it." Naruto shined his smile at both of them. Hinata was unsure about this, mostly because it was hard to trust Sakura in the first place. Sasuke felt terrible, he knew this was a deception but couldn't get over the fact that it still meant a date between him and Sakura.
"If you say so... I guess it would be okay for you guys to join us..." Hinata felt that this day was about to get a whole lot worse. "Great, Now Sasuke, you go tell Sakura to meet us at the top of the Hokage monument at Six?" He looked over at Hinata, she nodded yes, "Okay, Six o'clock and me and Hinata will go drop off Hanabi, pick up the stuff and meet you guys there." Sasuke just nodded and left, Hinata and Hanabi just stood there. Naruto was please with himself, he had shown excellent leadership skills. Nothing could go wrong with the day right...
Sorry guys, I know I took too long to update and such and I know that this chapter is too short. I just couldn't wait any longer. I'll be honest with you guys though, most of the last month or two I have just been sitting around doing nothing except go to work and hang with friends. I wrote most of this chapter (5000 words of a 5900 word chapter) in about two days. I will try to focus more on my writing and come up with more chapters and updates but in return I hope for more reviews, I want to get to the 200 mark as soon as possible. I thought that last chapter would do it but I was wrong. Has my writing gone down hill. Please tell me so if it has.
I'm also sorry about this chapter, it was practically all just one scene, the spar between Naruto and Sasuke. Don't worry I will make the next chapter even better hopefully.
Another thing, people are getting the wrong idea about the sequal, Naruto won't be obsess with her, he will just have strong feelings for her and he will be trying to get rid of them and focus on Hinata.
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