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7. Hiroshi's Bold Move!

As Sasuke walked towards Hiroshi, Shiro, Himawari and Shibuki, Shibuki got in front of them with a Kunai in hand even though he knew he was no match for the Uchiha. He sighed and swallowed all fear he had in his body and went into a defense stance. Shibuki wasn't about to let the three Genin become part of a battle that was supposed to be just between the Leaf Ninja and the Missing-nin. Sasuke got closer.

"Stay away!" yelled Shibuki. Sasuke just smirked and appeared behind him, in front of the three Genin. Hiroshi's eyes widened.

"Wh-what?" stuttered Hiroshi. Shiro stood beside Hiroshi, though he was just as scared. Himawari was standing behind them, she couldn't move, she was frozen with fear. Sasuke smirked and picked up the kid by the neck.

"H-hey, let me go!" protested Hiroshi. Sasuke just stared. He wasn't going to hurt the kid, for reasons unknown to him, he couldn't really harm people he never met before, but he wanted Naruto out of hiding, so he was going to use the boy as a way to get Naruto out of hiding. Soon his grip on Hiroshi tightened a bit. What Sasuke didn't see coming was when Hiroshi pulled out a Kunai and stabbed Sasuke in the hand that was holding him up by the neck. This caused Sasuke to let go and focus on stopping the bleeding. Taking this advantage, Hiroshi went through some seals.

"Doton: Doryudan!" yelled Hiroshi. A dragon head made of earth rose from the ground and opened its mouth and fired out balls of earth. Sasuke quickly looked up after hearing Hiroshi yell to see the earth flying at him.

'How does this kid know a advance Jutsu as this?' Thought Sasuke as he maneuvered to dodge the attack and land perfectly back on the ground in the same spot he stood just seconds before.

"Damn it, he dodged it." Hiroshi said to himself, "I can't do another one."

"I'll give you the fact you know an advance Jutsu." Sasuke spoke up, "But you were a fool."

Up in the huge tree looking at, a blond ninja had watched what had take place.

'Damn it Hiroshi, you had the advantage but you had to yell out the attack.' Thought Naruto and sighed; 'Now I've got to come out of hiding to save you.'

Sasuke walked over to Hiroshi who couldn't think of anything to do now. He used his most powerful Jutsu, but his limit already reached. Sasuke grabbed him by the throat again with his other hand.

"I dare you to stab me again." Sasuke taunted. Hiroshi stared, he knew if he did, the man holding him would be able to see it coming and be able to stop it. Hiroshi struggled but it was no use.

"Naruto-sensei, where are you?" he said to himself.

"Naruto, I'll kill the kid if you don't get out her." Sasuke lied, but said it in a believable tone. He turned his head to the left just for a second and Naruto appeared and stabbed the arm holding Hiroshi with several Kunai. Sasuke yelled out in pain and dropped the kid instantly. Sasuke painfully pulled out the Kunai that were sticking out of his arm. He held it while trying to figure out how Naruto just appeared without him sensing it.

"Don't bring the kid in this fight." Naruto stated, "It's just between you and me."

Sasuke chuckled, "I had to find a way to bring you out of hiding. I had no intention of hurting the kid. It would be a waste of my time."

If Naruto was the same knucklehead ninja he was years ago, he would of snapped in anger, but that Naruto had grown into the Jounin he was today. Sure the comment was still appalling, but he wasn't going to get bent out of shape like he used back when he was a Genin, instead he just stared at Sasuke with the same expression he held at him through the fight.

"At a loss of words, dobe?" taunted Sasuke as he activated his Sharingan once more.

Naruto smirked, "Your Sharingan won't help you know."

"Don't make me laugh." Sasuke replied, "With my Sharingan, you won't even lay another fi.." Naruto disappeared and reappeared right behind Sasuke without him even able to see.

"What the fuck?" Sauske stated plainly.

"I told you, your Sharingan won't help you know." Naruto said boldy as he gathered Chakra into his hand.

"How the hell did you do that?" asked Sasuke who was still in a state of shock.

"I'm not telling you that, teme." Naruto replied as handing Sasuke his attack into his back.

"Rasengan!" Naruto yelled slamming his palm into Sasuke's back. The pain was intense as the Chakra burned through his shirt. Sasuke was engulfed in a bright blue light and sent flying through the air hundreds of feet.

"N-Naruto-sensei." Hiroshi finally muttered out.

"It's alright, he did good taking the advantage that you did." Naruto praised him, "But later, I'll have to tell you something important about attacking."

Hiroshi just simply nodded as Naruto turned his attention back to the Uchiha. While Naruto was talking to Hiroshi, he didn't notice Sasuke got up and disappeared.

'Damn it, he shouldn't have gotten up from that one.' Naruto thought scanning the area for any trace of Sasuke. 'Where the hell did he go?'

"Calm down. Let me take over, and I'll sniff him out." Kyuubi spoke up listening to Naruto's thoughts.

'Not yet, it's too soon.' Naruto told Kyuubi.

Kyuubi sighed in disgust, "Baka, you're going to need me."

After that statement, Naruto just started to ignore the Kyuubi and put focus back on finding Sasuke. Before Naruto could continue, Sasuke appeared in front of him with a lightning Chakra induced sword and stabbed Naruto through the chest.

"Naruto-sensei!" cried Himawari watching the horror unfolding. Hiroshi and Shiro's eyes widened but could find no words to say.

"My god." was all Shibuki could mutter out. A wave a relief hit team seven when Naruto dispersed into a cloud of smoke revealing a log. Sasuke just stood there.

'What? He used the Kamawari Jutsu. How did the Sharingan not see that coming?' Sasuke contemplated. Naruto appeared behind Sasuke and slammed a kick on the wound left by the Rasengan with the pain bringing Sasuke to his knees.

"For years I've been working on a technique that could move me at the speed of light." Naruto spoke, "I call it Kousoku no Jutsu."

Sasuke struggled to get back up and Naruto continued.

"It's so fast that Sharingan can't trace the movement nor copy it." Sasuke finally got to his feet as Naruto continued.

"That's why your Sharingan won't work."

Sasuke just turned around to land a blow to Naruto's face but Naruto disappeared and reappeared behind Sasuke again and kicked under his feet to make Sasuke fall face first into the dirt. Sasuke then quickly struck a blow into Naruto's stomach with his right foot, jumped up quickly and punched Naruto in the face. Naruto fell back the ground. Sasuke took his sword and pointed it down at Naruto and tried to stab him, Naruto rolled over and tried to trip Sasuke again but he jumped and tried to stab Naruto once more. Naruto quickly took out a Kunai to hold off the sword. Sasuke was slowly winning as Naruto's strength in keep the sword back was failing.

"I will kill you." Sasuke said coldly. Naruto just looked up, with his strength about at its limit to holding a sword with a mere Kunai, he was actually accepting the fact death was on its way. Hiroshi, Shiro, Himawari and Shibuki just stood there, helpless until Hiroshi got in front of everyone and went through seals.

'I have to try to save Naruto-sensei, so here we go, Doton: Doryudan,' Hiroshi thought. To everyone's surprise, a dragon head surfaced from the ground and began shooting out balls of solid earth. Naruto saw it from the side.

"Any last words before I kill you, dobe?" asked Sasuke. Naruto waited a bit longer until the attack was close enough that Sasuke couldn't dodge. "Well?"

"Yes, I do." Naruto started, "This next one's going to hurt."

Sasuke just look at him with confusion, "Huh?" and the solid earth hit Sasuke, pushing him into a stone structure nearby. Naruto proceeded to get up as Hiroshi collapsed from exhaustion of using too much Chakra, Naruto looked over.

"Hiroshi, you took a big risk of Chakra depletion by doing that Jutsu twice."

"S-sorry Naruto-sensei, but I had to do something." Hiroshi replied.

"And I thank you, but next time, don't over do it." Naruto said with a slight smile.

'Now the kid can use the technique twice.' Naruto then turned his attention back to Sasuke.

"Sasuke, let's end this here and now." Naruto stated. Sasuke just stood up and stared at Naruto. He couldn't comprehend the fact that Naruto had become so much stronger than he since the last time the battled. And he couldn't even let the fact that Naruto created a Jutsu that was inferior to the Sharingan sink in. Naruto has surpassed him though he almost had Naruto right where he wanted him but if it wasn't for his pesky Genin, he would of finished what he tried to do so long ago.

'Damn it, I'm getting exhausted. If I don't end this soon, I'll have to retreat.' Sasuke thought to himself. He was literally backed into the corner now. He had no clue what to do now, and if he did anything to bring out Kyuubi, he would be done for. He already took a chance on that one by using the kid that had just caught him off gone to force the real Naruto out of hiding. Sasuke was out of options, he was going to be defeated if he didn't think of something quickly.

"What the hell am I going to do now?" Sasuke whispered to himself.


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