Chapter 9: Return
Sasuke Uchiha felt as though he was losing the grasp on his fragile mind. He tried to kill his best friend and his master! All for that silver haired bastard. He felt he should help his former friends before he felt an extreme burn in the back of his head. A deep inhuman voice commanded him to obey. The twin blade of flame vibrated lightly in his hand.
Kakashi's life was fleeting as Hinata tried ever technique she new of to save him. She had managed to halt the bleeding but he was suffering from extreme burns. Her thoughts were plagued by the worry she held for Naruto. The wounds he had were worse then any she's seen but he refused her healing. Even further the way he looked at her hurt her deeply. She saw nothing but sorrow in his normally cheerful eyes. His constant smile was absent. As she remembered the broken look he bore she silently swore to protect him for as long as she lived.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the now recovering Kakashi. As he opened his eyes a flash of brown momentarily replaced his normally deep red sharingan eye. He took raspy breath before he spoke.
"Where's Naruto?" he asked the young girl before him.
"He's in his room master. Why?" Hinata replied quietly
"I need to speak to him, help me get there," he demanded. The plead went unanswered as Chiyoko appeared.
"I'll take him Hinata. You need to get your rest," The Darkness Dragoon stated. She picked Kakashi up bridal style (despite his many protests) and slowly moved to Naruto's room. Hinata, ignoring Chiyoko's advice, moved to the spot Mirage once laid. She picked up the tiny note and read it.
-Letter-
I have killed the dragon of wind as I was required. For now I have business to attend to. You may continue to use PM if you need but I'd advice against it given the Dragoon of Cosmos knows its location. When the time is right you will find me at the Dragoon temple.
MIRAGE
-End-
She reread the note out of shock. Turning, she rushed inside to find the others.
Naruto stood in the middle of his room. He thought of his battles with Sasuke. Sasuke and he had relied very heavily on their new dragon powers. He felt like a fool for this. He held up his hand and formed a blue orb of his chakra. The Rasengan held a slight red glow to it due to his new fire affinity. During his time in the chamber he saw a world very similar to this one but the blood moon never occurred. Hinata had not been put into his squad. He saw as he was trained by Jiraiya in his father's techniques. He watched the betrayal of Sasuke. He saw his reaction to the apparent death of Hinata and the release of his six tailed form. And the Ninja training from this vision was retained as he is now. His thoughts were broken by the approach of Chiyoko and Kakashi.
"Master! Your ok!" Naruto yelled excitedly. Kakashi looked to his pupil and could sense a change in him. Naruto's normally nonstop cheerfulness was gone.
"Naruto, it's good to see you're alive. Sakura is hiding with most of the leaf's survivors in a temple near the village's remains," Kakashi told him as he sat himself in a chair near the room's entrance. Naruto looked relieved.
"We need to get them out of there," Chiyoko stated, "that temple's not safe right now."
"What? Why?" asked the copy ninja just before the roof of PM exploded.
"I wouldn't worry about Sakura, Master." Sasuke stated as he drew the twin dragon blades. Naruto and Hinata stared at Sasuke before Naruto spoke.
"Oh God D***IT!" Naruto yelled as he performed hand seals. Before Sasuke could respond thirty Narutos were flying towards him. Hinata used this distraction to activate her Byakugan. Zabuza appeared with his blade drawn. As the last Naruto clone disappeared from Sasuke's barrage Naruto, Hinata, and Zabuza took a ready position
"GO!" Naruto yelled throwing himself into the air quickly followed by the others. Zabuza was quickly blown away by Sasuke. Hinata soon fallowed but she did manage to stop the chakra flow to Sasuke's left arm. The lack of feeling in his left arm left him distracted long enough for Naruto to perform another shadow clone jutsu bringing even more than fifty clones this time. The real Naruto was pushed back as his clones fought Sasuke. Calling upon the Kyuubi's Chakra Naruto created a crimson red orb in his hands. He once again threw himself into the air. His remaining clones held Sasuke down for him as he rammed the blood red Rasengan into his former friend's chest. However before Sasuke went flying he managed to stab Naruto threw his shoulder.
Naruto fell to the earth unconscious just barely being caught by Chiyoko. Hinata rushed to his side and began to heal his mangled shoulder.
A wounded Sasuke kneeled before a tall hooded figure, the twin blade of flame on the floor beside his numb limb.
"Weak Sasuke, you are pathetic," the figure hissed at Sasuke, who lowered his head in shame.
"I'm sorry master; I will do better next time."
"What next time? You've outlived your usefulness," the figure stated as he pulled his own blade out. As the figure swiftly swung the blade down towards Sasuke's lowered head the Twin Dragon Blade of Flame vibrated uncontrollably. Sasuke was engulfed in flames. All that was left as the flames died down was the blades of flame and cosmos. Sasuke had disappeared. However, the hooded figure cared little for his former servant's disappearance. The figure picked up the fallen blades.
"Interesting…" the figure said as he forced the two blades together. They fused to create one mighty blade. It had jagged blades through the side of the blade itself. Its hilt was a skull with a small bone like handle.
"Ragnorok…. Beautiful."
