1). Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or it's characters, I only own the storyline and my characters.

2). Two chapters in one day, it's a miracle!

3). This is the last chapter in the Hidden Waterfall Village Arc, so enjoy.

10. Aftermath: What Have I Done?

Naruto looked around at the devastation his little rampage actually caused. It wasn't like he totaled the village, but there was extent damage to the buildings he paraded through just looking for Sasuke. He didn't remember much, just bits here and there. Naruto just stared out into the space, contemplating, cursing himself for letting the Kyuubi out.

"Hey don't blame me kid, you let…" Kyuubi was cut off.

'Shut up, just shut up.' Naruto yelled in his mind at the Kyuubi.

Naruto just continued to stare, his guilt was far more than anything he was feeling. He turned around to see his students. Shiro and Himawari were standing over Hiroshi who layed on the ground. The pain had receded but he still didn't want to get up. More guilt entered Naruto as he attacked his own student in all his rage. He slowly walked towards his students and just stared. Shiro looked up followed by Himawari and last Hiroshi. There was a long, suffocating silence in the air between Naruto and his students, finally he decided to speak up.

"I-I'm sorry. You weren't supposed to see that." Naruto said in a sad, apologetic voice. "And I'm most sorry to you Hiroshi."

Silence again. Naruto knew his students were quite afraid of him now, seeing as what they had just witnessed. Hiroshi was probably more scared then Shiro and Himawari as he was the one Naruto attacked. Naruto sighed and lowered his head, there was no excuse to what he had done. Finally Shiro spoke up.

"It's okay Naruto-sensei, you were not yourself." Naruto looked up at his students. Himawari nodded to what Shiro had just said. Naruto looked at Hiroshi again, this time he spoke.

"I should of known better." Hiroshi smiled a bit. Naruto was releaved, but he could still sense the slight fear in them.

"Don't worry guys, that won't happen again." Naruto said forcing a slight smile. Naruto reached out his hand and helped Hiroshi back to his feet.

"Naruto-sensei?" Hiroshi spoke up.

"What is it?" Naruto answered.

"What are you going to do about all this?" Hiroshi asked pointing at all the damage he caused in the village. A sweat drop appeared on the back of his head and he began rubbing the back of his head with his right hand and then chuckled nervously.

"I don't know."

Tsunade was standing behind her desk while two ANBU members in front of her spoke of the situation that was occurring in the Hidden Waterfall, finally anger hit Tsunade like a ton of bricks.

"You idiots!" She began yelling, "You should have stayed there and helped Naruto. He might have been winning the fight before you left, but surely now he could be dead or about to be killed."

Sakura, who was listening behind the door, winced at the thought of that.

"I can't believe you could be so stupid!" Tsunade yelled once more. The two ANBU bowed their heads.

"We're sorry, Tsunade-sama." They said in unison, "We weren't thinking."

"You're right, you weren't! No go back there and retrieve Naruto and his team, NOW!"

"Yes ma'am."

The two ANBU disappeared in a cloud of smoke and Tsunade sat back down in her chair at her desk. She slammed her fist down on the table with sheer anger.

"God I need a drink." Tsunade said to herself.

A woman with black hair and a black kimono approached and saw Sakura by the Hokage's office.

"Sakura-san, what are you doing?" asked the woman as she approached the door.

Sakura turned around quickly and saw the woman standing there.

"Oh, Shizune-san, you scared me." Sakura replied.

"Sorry, but what are you doing?" Shizune asked again.

"Well I, uh…" Sakura was cut off as the door to the Hokage's office opened and Tsunade entered the hall way.

"Sakura, what are you still doing here? I thought you left by now." Tsunade asked. "You heard the conversation with the ANBU, didn't you?"

Sakura just nodded and Tsunade sighed

Naruto walked over to the woman that was still holding onto Shibuki. He, Himawari, Shiro and Hiroshi gathered around staring at the body in the womans hand as she sobbed a little here and there. Naruto placed his hand on her shoulder which startled the woman a bit.

"Oh, Naruto-san." She said then looking back down at Shibuki. That's when Naruto noticed something. There was no blood, and not even a cut at Shibuki's throat here Sasuke used his sword to slash Shibuki.

"I didn't ask your name." Naruto spoke up.

"My name's Kawa."

"Well Kawa, Shibuki's not dead." Naruto said.

"Yes he is, just look at him!" she yelled. Naruto then pumped some of his Chakra into the woman.

"Now look at him." The woman complied and noticed the slash, the blood had all disappeared and saw his chest rise and fall.

"H-how?" Kawa aksed in disbelief.

"It was a Genjutsu." Naruto answered. "I'm surprised he learned some sort of Genjutsu, but then again since he has Sharingan, it is possible."

"So, you're telling me it was all an illusion?" Kama asked.

"Yes." Naruto answered. "Shibuki needs rest, he's going to be okay."

Naruto, with the help of Kawa, place Shibuki on a bed in a nearby house. Kawa's house to be exact, it was one of the houses Naruto didn't rampage through, luckily for her. Naruto and his team went outside to leave the two alone for now.

"You know, you weren't supposed to hear all that." Tsunade spoke up. Sakura just nodded.

"If you're concerned about Naruto, I'm sure he'll be fine." Tsunade reassured her, but even those words Tsunade didn't believe so much herself. The two times Naruto encountered Sasuke, he was almost killed. Sakura just nodded, she was just couldn't find any words to say. Tsunade began to walk away.

"Shizune, I'm going for a drink. Keep an eye on things while I'm gone, okay?" Tsunade asked as she walked away.

"Sure thing, Tsunade-sama." Shizune replied and entered the Hokage's office.

Sakura just stood there; she didn't really know what to do. Sakura could tell when Tsunade told her Naruto would be alright that Tsunade didn't believe the words herself. It was Sakura's turn to leave the Hokage building and she did. She walked the streets slowly with her head down, deep in thought.

'I really hope Naruto is okay. The baka won't give up though since this is Sasuke we're talking about.' Sakura thought, 'Naruto just come home in one piece, please.'

Night fell over the Hidden Waterfall as Naruto and his Genin just sat at the banks of the green lake. Naruto heard footsteps and turned around to see who it was. It was Kawa and Shibuki. Naruto stood up to face the two.

"I see the battle is over." Shibuki finally said.

"Yeah, the bastard escaped." Naruto replied.

"And I see that there is some destruction to my village." Shibuki said with slight anger in his voice. This caused Naruto to stiffen up and begin to sweat out of pure nervousness this time.

"Y-yeah, well y-you see," Naruto began as he stuttered, "I, uh."

Kama then stepped in, "It was all that Sasuke."

Naruto was hit with a wave of relief, she had blamed Naruto's little rampage on the Uchiha so he nor Konoha would be liable for the damage.

"I figured as much." Shibuki said with the anger gone from his voice. "You and your team could use a rest, why not sleep here before heading back?"

"Sure, arigato." Naruto said. Shibuki guided them to a nearby house.

"The woman who lived here died a few weeks ago, it used to our inn for lost travelers, who weren't ninja." Shibuki said and Naruto and his team entered the building and quickly found a bed. Shibuki left but Kama stayed behind for a bit. Naruto walked up to her.

"Arigato, for saving my ass back there." Naruto said.

"Don't mention it, it was the best I could do for running off that Uchiha fellow." Kama said with a smile. "Sleep well."

Naruto returned to his bed and got into it.

"Tomorrow we'll be heading back home."

Sakura just lied in her bed. She couldn't sleep as thoughts of Naruto coming home dead or severly injured replayed in her mind. Then the image of Naruto after fighting Sasuke for the first time came to her head. She remembered that Naruto was wrapped up in so many bandages, he looked like a mummy. That thought made her giggle a bit, but still, she still worried. The light of the moon began to infiltrate her room and she sighed and turned over to face in the opposite direction. Sakura was not going to sleep very well tonight, and hopefully Naruto would come home tomorrow in one piece.
Morning had come just as fast as Naruto fell asleep. He didn't want to get up; he just wanted to lay in bed as much as he could. The events that took place yesterday really tired him out, but if he wanted to get back home to Konoha today, he'd have to get up now. Naruto forced himself out of bed and put on his orange and black jumpsuit back up. He stretched and yawned finally walking over to his students and shook them slightly.

"Alright you three, get up, we're leaving." Naruto said firmly. The three Genin stirred and groaned.

"It's early, Naruto-sensei." groaned Himawari.

"I know, but if we're going to get home today, we got to leave now." Naruto said.

Shiro and Himawari finally got out of their beds. Hiroshi, well he was a different story. He still laid in bed fast asleep. Naruto sighed and shook Hiroshi harder.

"Come on, get up damn it." Naruto said slightly annoyed, "We don't have all day."

Hiroshi groaned and turned over and began snoring slightly again. A vain popped out in Naruto's head.

"Wake up!" Naruto yelled forcing Hiroshi up.

"What's going on?" said a slightly disorientated Hiroshi.

"We're leaving." Naruto said and Hiroshi got out of bed. The three approached the lake to find Shibuki and Kama standing there.

"Leaving alright, Naruto-san?" asked Kawa.

"Yep, if we leave now, we'll make it back to Konoha by evening." Naruto said. Shibuki approached them.

"Naruto, I thank you for what you've done for us yesterday."

"Sure thing." Naruto said with his trademark grin.

"Come back anytime you feel like." Shibuki said. Naruto and his team dived into the lake and entered the cave at the bottom and swam up into the cave that was behind the waterfall. They exited the waterfall and climbed down. Naruto stopped and looked back at the waterfall.

'This isn't over Sasuke, when we meet again, I'll truly defeat you.' Naruto thought and turned back to his students and smiled.

"Alright, let's go home."

Sakura woke up in mid-morning. Her night of bad sleep showed as she was very tired. She groaned as she got up and got ready to meet her team to get their mission for the day. Sakura left her house and headed to their usual meeting spot when a silver-haired man approached her. Sakura instantly recognized him.

"Oh, hello Kakashi-sensei." she greeted him.

"Good morning Sakura." Kakashi said, "Tsunade-sama told me to tell you not to worry about Naruto."

Sakura looked at Kakashi with hopeful eyes, hoping Tsunade told him something about Naruto. "What she say?"

"Tsunade-sama told me that the two ANBU she sent out after Naruto reported he and his team left the Hidden Waterfall Village early this morning and they'll be back by evening."

"Arigato, Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said smiling. Kakashi just waved and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Thank Kami he's alright." Sakura said to herself.

I might update with another chapter today. It's my day off from work and I'm just relaxing so I might write up another chapter, but until next time, see ya.

Oh and the summary to the next arc is now on my profile, so if you want a small sneek peek, just look at that.