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Chapter 7
Primal Fear
As soon as he could, Sasuke sat up and glared at the masked figure that stood before him. Sasuke glared not bothering to hide his rage. "Just what exactly are you..." Before the avenger could launch his verbal attack, Sasuke felt his body stiffened and he slumped back onto the bed.
Seeing Sasuke suffering, made the purple-clad smirk under his new white mask. "This shouldn't come as much as a surprise to you, from the very beginning, I always planned to use you to get to the nine-tails. Originally, I intended to have you fight Naruto with your new eyes. But since you intended to kill Naruto, I needed a back-up plan." He revealed.
Knowing how perspective his young accomplice could be, Madara didn't bother explaining too many details. "I think you've already guessed was Kabuto the one who came up with a new strategy." The masked-man, failed to mention the medic blackmailing him first. "We both knew the Jinchuriki cared for you, so Kabuto decided to use that bond to tip him over the edge." He said. "At first I was reluctant to use you as my pawn but now that I've seen the results I'm pleased."
Sasuke's jaw clenched with rage as the Akatsuki leader revealed the lengths the pair had gone to.
With the Uchiha unable to speak, Madara was able to continue. "Well done Sasuke without you this wouldn't have been possible." Capturing Naruto wasn't his only reason for using Sasuke. "With the Kyuubi contained, that just leaves only the eight-tails to capture. With you standing by my side nothing will stop me from obtaining it. Then once I cast the infinite Tsukuyomi you'll be reunited with you clan." He said.
After hearing this revelation Sasuke cursed at himself. "I've been such a fool," he told himself, wondering how he could be so naïve. "There was no way he'd just let me kill Naruto while he had the nine-tails inside him." Of course, the clever raven always suspected the Akatsuki leader using him as a pawn. Warped up in his own goals, that the raven never thought to ask why Madara wanted to capture all the tailed-beats in the first place.
Assuming Sasuke was considering his offer, the purple-clad bid the teen farewell. "I'll leave you to think about my offer, it will take a while for that poison to wear off." Before leaving, the Rinnegan-user wanted to give Sasuke one last piece of advice. "Oh and Sasuke don't interfere with my plans, or I won't show mercy towards a traitor even if you're an Uchiha." He warned, before walking away.
So much happened so quickly, Sasuke sat on his bed and tried to make sense of everything. While Madara's plot explained most, it still didn't explain his dreams. "All that time you loved me, why didn't he say something?" Now that Sasuke knew how Naruto truly felt; Sasuke began to reassess his feeling towards the boy. As a child, his quest for revenge left little time to think about relationships- let alone his sexuality. Nearly every girl in Konoha wanted to go out with him, but he'd never paid these school girl crushes any attention. He'd always told himself they'd be time for girls after he'd got his revenge.
Not even Sakura's heart-felt plea for him to stay in the village. But when Naruto confessed that he considered him a brother it had more of an impact.
Growing up as a child, he'd heard about the trouble making prankster, Sasuke never understood why Naruto pulled silly pranks. It wasn't until he lost his own family. The lonely nights alone, no family to comfort him, it didn't take long for Sasuke to understand Naruto's desire for attention. As the days dragged into months the grieving boy, began to wonder how Naruto found the strength to go on, let alone smile everyday.
Even though they were both orphans, the stubborn raven didn't like comparing himself to the class clown. Sasuke's to only option was distance himself as much as possible from Naruto. Even before his clans massacre, Sasuke kept to himself and barley associated with his classmates. After his parents death, the boy became even more of a loner. For the remainder of his childhood, Sasuke poured himself into his studies and trained alone, using the physical pain to block out his loneliness.
At the time, Sasuke hoped his life would stay that way. But then the day formation of team-7. It wasn't a secret that Sasuke resented the idea of working in a three man squad. That day, Sasuke couldn't imagine just how quickly his life would change. Once they passed Kakashi's test, the raven still hoped he could still keep his new comrades at arms length. But unlike his academy days, Sasuke couldn't just ignore his team-mates and was required to work with them.
Dealing with his laid back Sensei wasn't too much of a challenge. Like himself, Kakashi didn't really with them unless it was to do with the mission. just barely able to tolerate Sakura's obsessive fan-girl, but he found giving her the cold shoulder the most effective way to ignore her constant advances. Yet Again, he was faced with Naruto, just like before Sasuke thought if he just ignored the boy's antics.
Against all odds, the hyper-active blond succeed where others had failed. Slowly, Naruto broke through his walls and without noticing it became the avengers closest friend. Whenever he fought side-by-side with Naruto, Sasuke always felt confident. Even when the odds were against them, his stubborn team-mate could give him the strength to keep going. He'd become afraid of this new bond, for the briefest of moments revenge more importantly he stared to fear losing his new team.
Now it appeared that his departure from the village had only strengthened his bond. Until today Sasuke never consider Naruto anything more as a comrade. But now things were different, did he feel the same? When thought back to their fight during the valley at the end, Sasuke could recall feeling something. Lying on the ground, rain falling from the sky, nothing to stop him from killing Naruto. yet he just couldn't kill his rival. Then there was the disappointment Sasuke felt when he thought Naruto had been pretended to care. All these emotions the raven buried his head into his hands. "Naruto, what exactly are you doing to me?"
Wanting to avoid another close call, the diligent medic kept a close eye on the Kyuubi host's condition. The sedative he'd administered before hadn't worn off just yet. looked down at Naruto covered in seals painted on his stomach that Kabuto had painted on to his bare chest and abdomen. Throughout the preparation Naruto didn't stir. No close to his goal Kabuto started at the sleeping boy with a murderous intent. "I can't wait to hear you scream again," Kabuto purred. "All in good time, it appears are guest finally arrived.
"I see you stared without me." The Akatsuki leader said as he walked into the large room.
Surprised to see Madara alone, Kabuto wondered if something happened to the younger shinobi. "Will Sasuke be joining us?" He asked.
White masked leader shook his head. "I thought it would be best if Sasuke stayed out of this." He said, turning his attention to the sleeping Jinchuirki. "How is the Kyuubi's host?" He asked.
Grinning a little snake-like shinboi reassured his new master that every step was in place. "I can assure you that the nine-tails is very much alive. None of my experiments seemed to harmed the demon," he reassured. Although he wasn't lying, Kabuto failed to mention the impact his experiments had on the foxes vessel.
When both the men heard the blond moaning. "Sasuke," he called. "Where are you?" The teen cried.
Hearing to those cries made the moment even better for Kabuto. "Well how wonderful for you to join us." The sadistic ninja licked his lips. "I was beginning to think you were about to miss the show, what a disappointment that would be." He mocked.
The medic looked at Madara who nodded. "Right let's do this then."
Knowing what was coming Naruto braced himself when Kabuto's began twisting his seal. Just like before the red chakra quickly enveloped him. In no time at all The burning started again. Writhing in agony, Naruto struggled and screamed for the torture to end. What the teen didn't know was someone could hear his painful cries.
From the safety of his room although unable to hear screams. Sasuke this feeling tore at the ravens conscience, in an instant he made up he mind. Reaching for his sword making his mind up once and for all. "There's no way I'm letting you die, not until I get my answers. You just better hold on until I get there Naruto," he declared breaking down out of his prison with ease.
Unaware of Sasuke's escape, Kabuto relished the pain his was causing the Kyuubi host. Each scream gave the cruel man perverse pleasure. "I haven't heard you scream like that for a while." in agony blood was coming from his wound and dripping onto the floor. Madara looked at the struggling boy on the slab his breathing became harsh and laboured.
At first all Naruto's skin felt like it been set on fire, but after a couple of minutes the blue-eyed teen started to going numb. To begin with Naruto felt terrified but as warm and pleasant feeling engulfed him, Naruto felt very calm and relaxed. A few seconds later the room began to get dark. "I think I'm dying again." He thought to himself. Giving up trying to get free instead he went still and focused on the ceiling. "Sas...s...uk..e" The blond rasped.
Both the criminals noticed when the boy's body went limp the sudden absence of the boys painful screams and struggles. Thinking that Kabuto had killed his precious Bijuu Madara turned sharply to Kabuto.
The serpent didn't seem at all worried he quickly glanced at the boy and quickly saw he was still alive. "Don't worry, its still alive, the host has just gone into shock. It appears he's body and mind are finally giving up." He looked down at. "Its amazing how a easy it is to break a heart."
Satisfied with the man's answer, the Uchiha decided it was time to extract the foxes chakra. "I'll take over from here. All I need to to do is keep the seal open be careful the boy has to be alive just a little, to fully have the fox."
Kabuto hardly heard what Madara said, the medic let out a cold laugh. "Do you seriously think I would let you have this power to yourself?" "With the power of the nine-tails at my side I'll finally be able to discover my true self. I only used you so I could have Sasuke in my plan now stand back or neither of us will have what we want." Kabuto twisted his hand inside Naruto's stomach Naruto jolted in pain. As he stared across to Madara who didn't look surprised at all at Kabuto's betrayal in fact he looked cheerful.
Kabuto's sudden betrayal didn't come as a surprise to him. "I allowed you to carry out your experiments on the boy, and yet you still think you're in control. But once again you've underestimated the power of Madara Uchiha." The Akatsuki leader bent over and looked directly into Naruto's eyes.
Unfazed by Madara's actions Kabuto. "Don't bother, even if he hears you he won't care." Kabuto stated. So sure of his diagnoses, the medic didn't even try to stop the masked-man.
The man looked deep into Naruto's eyes and preformed the genjutsu. Met with no resistance a pair of sharingan eye's appeared over Naruto's blue ones. "Now let's see how well you obey me." He said.
Even Kabuto was shocked he hadn't expected the genjutsu to work. "Like that's going to help you now, the Kyuubi's host is weak." Kabuto looked back at Naruto unsure. The Kyuubi host continued remained comatose for a few seconds. was silent for a moment when all at once. The red chakra erupted from the seal much faster than before. enveloping him all at once.
Unlike the last time Kabuto needed to take his hand away when the evil substance began to burn his white flesh. Stumbling backwards the former leaf shinobi While Kabuto tried to in-vain to heal his horrific wounds Naruto broke free of his chains and sat up. "With him under now under his control the Uchiha set about claiming his prize.
Less than a few meters away, the Uchiha continued to run with inhuman speed. As soon as Sasuke sensed the tailed beast's chakra, the raven's pace increased. "I need to hurry if I stand any sort of chance of saving that idiot." He told himself. Thanks to his Mangkyo-Sharingan, Sasuke easily able to find Naruto's chakra. As Sasuke got closer to the source, two people blocked his path. He stopped dead in front of two villagers. Normally the raven wouldn't have bothered to stop, until Sasuke saw something on one of the boys forehead.
Both of the teenagers seemed delighted to see the boy. "Oh, Uchiha Sasuke." They greeted the last Uchiha warmly. "It's good to see you out and about. If you wanted to watch, you better hurry or you'll miss the show. They just stared, you missed all the screaming though, it was the best sound of all." As the adolescent bragged, he failed to notice Sasuke's piercing glare.
Their comments were bad enough, but it was the object that one of the teenagers was wearing that angered the Uchiha the most. from a metal plate across one of them was wearing an object that shouldn't have been in his possession. "Where did you get that headband?" The raven demanded, giving him one of his infamous glares.
Someone that knew Sasuke well would normally coward in fear. But since the teen wasn't familiar with the Uchiha's deadly stare, the teenager proudly to admitted how he'd obtained his prized possession. "I took it from that monster when we first caught him." That smile quickly vanished when the teen when he felt something sharp in his face, delivered a shift punch to the man's face. "You have no business wearing that, I'm going to give you exactly five seconds to hand it over before I decapitate you." He ordered.
Not waiting for a second warning, the young male quickly untied the forehead protector and throw it at Sasuke. "I'm done with these crazy ninja's." He said running off down the tunnels.
As Sasuke stared at the forehead-protector. Even thought it wasn't the same one, It still brought back memories from their fight at the valley of the end. Naruto wouldn't fight him unless he wore his own.
The flashback abruptly ended by more of Naruto's pain filled screams. More of the villagers ran past him fleeing from whatever they'd seen. Now all the separated him from Naruto was a corridor. looked down the pitch black corridor unsure what lay at the end of the tunnel. He Could he get his answers.
he could hear the fight that was going on at the other end. Sasuke clenched his fist that was still holding his head band as he clenched he felt the cold metal pressing against his palm. Placing his sword inside the holder he tied it around his head and activated his Sharingan and stepped into the long he could see a bright light at the end of the tunnel and dashed towards it at full speed the sight that lay before him shocked him to the core.
Across the room he could see Naruto pinned to a slab held down by Madara who wasn't even holding a
The tailed-beat's host lay down With the jinchuriki finally subdued
Angered to see the likes of Madara controlling Naruto with his birth right. Sasuke watched as Madara forced Naruto's chakra to increase the fox's chakra had already forced the second tail disappeared. Sasuke could hardly feel his friends chakra anymore. "Naruto must still be in there somewhere, if I can free him from Madara's genjutsu then maybe he can suppress the fox." He thought. "Madara, let him go," the raven ordered pointing his sword at the Akatsuki leader.
Unfazed by the teenagers threat Madara ignored his demand and continued to take more of Naruto's power. As the purple-clad glared across the room at Sasuke. "Don't be foolish Sasuke. This power rightly belongs to your ancestors. Countless lives have been lost so we could control it again."
couldn't stop himself from scowling at. "I don't care about my ancestors, let him go!" he demanded.
Seeing that Sasuke wasn't going to back down, the leader of the Akatsuki decided to put his new weapon to the test. "Perhaps you need a demonstration. I've got time to spear. Now witness the true awesome power of the nine-tailed fox." Madara placed his hand over the seal, as he did this the jinchuriki's body stiffened as if anticipating what was to come.
Sasuke watched in horror as more red chakra poured out of Naruto's stomach. The raven observed as the rest of Naruto's flesh peeled away like a snake shedding its skin.
quickly deduced that Naruto's blood was mixing with the Kyuubi's chakra. When a fourth tail appeared, everything changed quickly. When the smoke finally cleared the creature standing in front of him didn't look like Naruto at all. Unlike the last time, blood-red chakra surrounded Naruto's body. Everyone of his muscles were tensed as if he were a predator about to pounce on it's prey. Even Naruto's face didn't look human, instead he looked primal almost animal like his ears were pointed and claws sharpened.
Madara proudly stood beside his new weapon. "It doesn't matter what you do now, thanks to Kabuto's experiments, I can control the Kyuubi's host easily. It's barely alive." When he saw Sasuke's eye twitch he sensed his subordinate wasn't pleased. "Don't worry too much Sasuke. In my experience, dealing with Uzumaki's there's a good chance Naruto will survive the extraction. I'll let you strike the final blow." He promised.
Naruto let out a roar that nearly blew Sasuke off his feet. "Now you go play with your new toy." He ordered, pointing at Kabuto.
A chakra surge wasn't an option. His own Sharingan to break the casters hold. "If I can get Naruto to look at me, perhaps I can undo the genjutsu." To get into Naruto's line of sight, Sasuke blocked Naruto's path. In order to attract Naruto's attention, the raven called out to Naruto. "Oi, Naruto. It's me you can't let that Kyuubi take over."
The jinchuriki just snarled and tried to attack Kabuto again.
Undeterred, Sasuke tried again-only this time he blocked the Kyuubi's path. Before he got a chance to call out again, battered aside with one of the tails; he was thrown across the room and slammed into the wall. The raven winced and rubbed the back of his head his whole body ached from the blow. When an idea to came to him. "You call that an attack," Sasuke teased. "I've seen cats hit harder than you. If that's the kind of power my family wanted, I would have just assembled an army of cats." Naruto feel for the taunt and charged at Sasuke.
The Uchiha underestimated just how fast Naruto could be. In a fraction of a second, the Kyuubi host Pinned to the ground. everything went gin slow motion as his claws stretched out towards him. With his eyes covered, Sasuke braced himself for the final death blow. After a few seconds he still felt nothing, no painful scratches or sickening sound of bones splintering and cracking. When Sasuke dared to open his eyes to see the red claws inches from his face.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed as stared at Naruto. Somehow the blond's face seemed different from a second ago. The murderous gaze seemed to disappear, the beast seemed both confused and curios. Kyuubi host bent down and sniffed the raven's face, recognition dawned on the Jinchiuriki's face.
Sasuke froze when the smiling figure started buffing against his face. Once he was sure Naruto wasn't going to eat him, Sasuke found Naruto's behaviour rather amusing to say the least. "Awww, did my Dobe miss me?" the raven cooed softly, petting Naruto's head. Naruto responded to his words, by pulling Sasuke into his arms. Every so often, the blond let out a whimper, Sasuke suspected these little sounds were the equivalent of Naruto crying tears of joy.
Meanwhile, Madara stood and watched the unfolding scene with fury. "That's impossible, my genjutsu is perfect. No one can resist its power." It just didn't make sense couldn't understand what just happened. One moment he had the Kyuubi under his control, then suddenly it started behaving like a pet. His first suspicion was Sasuke had somehow undone the genjutsu. But the Kyuubi's host seemed completely in control of his actions. "How can this happen?" To find out for sure, the Akatsuki leader decided to try one last time. "Kyuubi, I order you to kill Sasuke." He ordered.
Naruto didn't even flinch at the words and continued to snuggle into Sasuke's chest. As the Uchiha sat up he winced, attracting Naruto's attention. Knowing the blond would just blame himself, Sasuke played down his injuries. Just as he thought, the blond seemed to stare at every cut and bruise he'd inflicted. To ease the Kyuubi host's concerns, Sasuke ruffled the blond's hair shook off his injuries. "Don't fuss, it's only a small scratch."
Despite his instance, Naruto didn't seem to agree and continued to brush against the raven apologetically. "Hey, cut that out." Sasuke ordered.
Embarrassed by Naruto's display of affection, the Uchiha scrunched up his face, and used his free arm to push Naruto off him. "Hey, stop that. In case you've forgotten, we're in the middle of a battle." Sasuke reminded. Naruto seemed to laugh at Sasuke's struggles, But the laughter abruptly stopped. Naruto spun round whatever he'd seen Naruto threw himself in front of Sasuke before letting out an painful ear splitting roar as a of a fireball jutsu hit hi in the back.
Meanwhile
Now led by Saburo the remainder of team Kakashi charged through the forest as fast as possible. Their journey was slowed because of Saburo's slow pace.
Despite his old age, Saburo was still able to maintain a decent pace. They ran through different passes as they travelled further into the mountains. As much as the group hated to admit it, they'd never of found Naruto on their own. and was now leading them towards Naruto's prison it was deeper in the mountains than he had been bargaining for it was no wonder they hadn't found him sooner.
As they travelled Yamato remained silent for most of the time. Apart from the occasional order, Kakashi had barely spoken to him. Ever since that day they had found Naruto had been kidnapped Kakashi suspected that Yamato felt guilty for letting Naruto out of his sight. Not only that "If I'd killed that we would of lost our only lead to Naruto." The ANBU thought.
When the man heard Kakashi's cool voice. "Yamato, it's time for you to stop blaming yourself." Yamato looked up suddenly. "Senpai?"
With his subordinate listening, Kakashi went on to explain. "The village planned to take Naruto before we even got here. I am just as responsible as you. I'm the one who made a promise to Tsunade to keep an eye on Naruto it's my fault." He said.
Yamato stared at Kakashi wide-eye, it wasn't like him to express his emotions like this. Before Yamato could thank him, an ear splitting roar broke though the mountain echoing. The roar was so loud that some snow fell from the mountain. across the land everyone instantly stopped Yamato listened intently. "If Naruto's in the Kyuubi mode, there's no telling what could happen. If we engage he could bring the mountain down on top of us."
When a second roar the ANBU noticed this wasn't the usual roar that Naruto let out when the Kyuubi had taken over this one sounded different.
Kakashi also noticed the difference in Naruto screams more worryingly his chakra didn't feel right. Usually if Naruto accessed the nine tails chakra you could feel the evil in the air. "Naruto's chakra shouldn't feel this weak." He thought
Sakura and Sai looked at Kakashi who was also worried for her team-mate. "Let's not waste time, I can see the compound from here we have to hurry. Is there a different way inside?" As he was asking he was addressing there guide who was shaking with fear. "Yes there is it will lead directly to your friend." Kakashi nodded showing his acknowledgement. "I need you to back to your village and evacuate everyone. We've no idea what we'll be facing." He instructed.
They were just about to jump down the snow bank when a voice boomed down on them "I'm not letting you have all the fun."
Kakashi turned and smiled at the sight that greeted him.
After shielding Sasuke from the fireball, Naruto lay on the floor screaming in pain from the burns.
Sasuke looked on in shock, "He protected me." had just taken the full blow of a fire jutsu and shielding him from the worst of it.
When Madara continued firing more fireballs in their direction, The Kyuubi vessel moved away from Sasuke. Naruto tried to block the flames away with his tails. But he the too fast and powerful. to defend himself. After one more well aimed Naruto lost his balance and fell to the ground. When the next attack landed the Kyuubi vessel let out a painful cry.
The cry tore at Sasuke's couldn't watch Naruto suffer anymore as his struggles seemed to lessen. "Stop it leave him alone!" The raven charged at Madara's robes and begged him to stop hurting Naruto who was now lying still on the ground.
When Madara looked into Sasuke's eyes, the masked man could see the how much the cries bothered Sasuke. Madara looked at the raven then at Naruto suddenly it made sense. "You mean to tell me that you actually have feelings for him?" His question was answered when Sasuke didn't deny it. Shaking his head Madara continued to punish Naruto and Sasuke for disobeying him. "You're not fit to share the name Uchiha. I can use you one last time. The least you can do now is serve your clan."
Sasuke felt a painful stabbing sensation in his abdomen, as the raven fell away from the kunai leaving the weapon bloody.
When Naruto heard a scream, he turned and saw Sasuke falling to the floor in slow motion. From the distance he could see the blood coming from Sasuke's chest. Naruto stopped screaming as he saw what Madara walked up to the raven ready to deliver the final blow. Before the Akatsuki leader could In the blink on an eye Naruto sprinted towards, using only one of his tails Naruto, sending his foe flying into the opposite wall.
With the masked man out of the way, Naruto rushed towards Sasuke and crouched over him protectively. Now that he was closer, the teen could see just how badly injured Sasuke really was. It appeared that Madara's attack had reopened Sasuke's chest wounds. They looked even deeper than before and bleeding heavily. To the blond's horror, he could see the raven growing paler by the second, a pool of blood was starting to from on the ground around his feet. It was clear to both of them that Sasuke was dying.
The raven knew this, and looked up at Naruto. "Idiot, don't..waste your time over me," he panted. "You need t..to run." he rasped before the raven's body slumped. Naruto didn't even see Madara get up he was coming back towards them, Naruto kept nuzzling the lifeless body in his arms, desperately trying to rose him from his sleep.
The purple-clad couldn't help but chuckle as he watched the Kyuubi vessels attempts to wake Sasuke. "Such a waste," he said. "Sasuke won't last much longer, I am pretty sure that I did the job good enough. If you surrender now, I'll let you join him." he offered.
Naruto responded by a snarling at Madara's offer. Before he gently laid Sasuke's limp body on the floor. Next Kyuubi host placed his hands over the stab wound. A few seconds later Naruto's hands began to glow a faint red. In a few moments Sasuke's wound began to heal before everyone's eyes.
From the other end of the room; Kabuto watched in awe, not only could he see the skin repairing, but he also noticed the blood reseeded back inside as if time was reversing. As the Kyuubi vessel The cloak seemed to be fading, one-by-one he tails started to vanish.
As amazing as this was, all Madara saw was an opening. He quietly pulled out a Kuina. Before Madara charged at Naruto, he noticed something odd about the Kyuubi vessel. He put the knife away. "Looks like I don't need to do anything."
Death was far more painful than Sasuke ever imagined. But he was more scared, but not for himself, but for Naruto. For the first time in years revenge didn't matter. He'd left Naruto alone and unprotected. "Even in that Kyuubi mode, Naruto doesn't stand a chance against Madara." After witnessing first hand how Naruto would react, He doubted the blond had his last request. "Knowing That idiot, he'll probably just sit there and do nothing."
But after a few minutes the pain lessened it was a cool sensation that spread through his body. After a few more seconds the raven felt something heavy lying on his chest. It took a few more moments before Sasuke felt strong enough to open his eyes. He could see it was Naruto lying on top of him. Sasuke hardly recognised the blond without his Kyuubi form. The few patches of skin that remained.
he had reverted back to his normal self he as smiling at him with his toothy grin."So you're awake then that's good." The blond teased quietly, going back to resting his head on Sasuke's chest, enjoying hearing the sound of his heartbeat.
As good as this felt, Sasuke remembered Madara and Kabuto. The Uchiha sat up letting Sasuke get off the ground stand up. feeling vulnerable. Sasuke looked around the room anxiously searching for his attacker only to find Madara embedded inside a wall. The raven inspected his stomach surprised that there wasn't even a scar. ried understand how in the world he'd survived, the wound had defiantly been fatal no doubt about it, in his mind he could only come to one conclusion. "Naruto, did you heal me?" He asked surprised he was even asking this say the least.
Exhausted Naruto could barley nod his head. "You did, but somehow I was able to use the Kyuu..I mean Kurama's chakra to heal you." He said quickly corrected himself from using the nine-tails real name.
Sasuke nodded not completely sure if understood exactly. All he knew for certain is he was alive because of Naruto. Before the raven could even thank him, Naruto grabbed Sasuke and hugged the boy tightly. He could feel the blond's body trembling. "Jerk! I thought I lost you. What happened anyway, I woke up and found you...lying there...I...thought you were...?" Naruto just couldn't bring himself to say it.
Caught off guard, it took the raven a moment. Then Sasuke hesitantly put his arm around the teen. He allowed Naruto to cry for a moment before explaining what really happened in the night. "While I was standing guard Kabuto, came into the cell last night you were unwell. He gave me a strong sedative that put me into a seemingly dead state. Madara came into the cell after Kabuto took you away and gave me the antidote. The blood and scratches where nothing more than cheap trick, you would never have been able to get close to me let only inflict any damage" Sasuke teased.
When the blond at his actions, Naruto felt his heart skip a beat. "What the hell am I doing?" He asked himself. "Sasuke doesn't want me hugging him like this." In a blink of an eye Naruto furiously dried his eyes and pulled away from Sasuke. "I don't care if you couldn't move, if you ever let your guard down like that again, I'll paralyse you myself!" He sniffed.
Kabuto started chuckling. "Oh, Naruto, you're not the only one who suffered." He chuckled.
Puzzled by the missing-ninja's comment Naruto turned to Sasuke for answers. "What is he talking about Sasuke?"
At first Sasuke wondered how the blond didn't understand, then the raven recalled Naruto passing out just before Kabuto returned. "That's right, Naruto doesn't know I heard everything he said."
Their reunion was ruined by a quiet voice in the corner "I wouldn't celebrate too quickly if I was you Naruto. I can still take the fox from you."
Sasuke glared at Madara. Kabuto's incapacitation improved their chances, "With Naruto here, then maybe we can fight our way out." Already Sasuke started coming up with a battle strategy.
While Sasuke planned their next move. Naruto hit by a wave of pain, the teen began clutching his belly with his hand, the blond started vomiting. Brining up blood like before. The teen stared at the red fluid with annoyance."No, not again." He mumbled. Feeling dizzy, Naruto tried to steady himself only to lose his balance and fall to the floor.
Sasuke's sharp reflexes ran to his side and caught him before the blond hit touched ground. "Oi you need to get up." The raven ordered.
This was one of those rare occasions when Naruto agreed with his rival. As the Kyuubi host tried to sit up his body wouldn't co-operate. "It's no use, I can't move," He breathed tiredly.
Masked his concern by insulting him. "Well at least you can't get in my way." He waited for the blond to say something back, but Naruto just leaned into him more. but this time something felt wrong. "What's wrong with you?" Sasuke asked frantic with worry. The more Sasuke thought about it, the reason for his sudden collapse became obvious. "He's still sick."
Sure enough Naruto's next answer confirmed his worst fear. "I don't know, but I feel really cold and sleepy." The blond rasped.
When the raven Sasuke studied the defenceless bundle in his arms. he looked so tired and when the blond's eyes threatened to close his fear grew worse."Oi, don't you dare fall asleep on me." His voice laced with worry.
The sickly blond could only utter a small moan before using whatever energy his body could muster to look up at the raven. It was getting very hard to keep his eyes open. "At least I got to see you one last time." He thought. Even in his state he didn't want to see Sasuke hurt again. "Sasuke, just leave me here and go. I'll be fine it doesn't hurt anymore. I just want to sleep." He said softly letting his his eyes shut at last.
Seconds after the blond closed his eyes, Sasuke felt Naruto go limp in his arms. The raven could feel as his blood turning to ice in his veins. "Naruto, wake up!" Sasuke demanded slapping his rival's cheek. When he got no response, the raven started to shake Naruto's body. "Oi, you better not die, I still need you to answer my questions!" He said.
"That's it Sasuke." Madara picked himself up and regained his composure before pulling out a Kunia blade. "You just hold him still while I rip the nine tails from him."
A purple chakra surrounded him and the sleeping teen. The chakra formed the shape of two arms and a rib cage. "I'm not letting you touch him," Sasuke growled. declared with his new sharingan activated.
Activating his new eye's didn't seem to faze his masked foe at all. "Impressive, but I highly doubt your brothers eyes will save you now. It's too bad your efforts are wasted. The Jinchuriki is pretty much dead. As for you, well let's just say your very lucky I'm in a hurry." again before charging again at the two of them. Sasuke knew that Naruto was unable to stand and placed his body over Naruto to protect him from the incoming knife. Madara came charging at the two of them yelling as he came "SHINU"
Sasuke stayed perfectly still as he waited for the blow. A loud crashing sound came from above their heads before the ceiling caved in a figure stood between Sasuke and Madara. She was blonde and wearing the usual green attire.
It seemed to take forever for the woman to speak. When the blond did her voice boomed around the room with a power that was unmatched. "Madara, you have exactly three seconds to hand Naruto over before I bring this whole mountain down on top of you!" the fifth Hokage was here for vengeance.
I made major changes to this one.
Apologises to from Sasuke's lament.
Let me know what you think I hope this one is good Thank you to all who will read this. I think Ill add two more chapters to this, before moving on I have some other stories I would like to do after I have finished this one. If you enjoyed reading this chapter please review.
