DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO. NOT NOW, NOT EVER.
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9. Confessions and Mock Fights
The next day, the Civilian Council requested a meeting with Danzo leading the charge. The Hokage was getting tired and would personally want to end this whole thing if he could. He didn't want to burden Naruto with these complaints. Danzo wanted Naruto to be a weapon for the village, Hiruzen just wouldn't let it. It wasn't right because Naruto shouldn't be even seen as such. He was a loving and caring young boy who has sacrificed a lot for the village as it is. Turning him into a weapon was just saying that the Yondaime's sacrifice was for nothing.
When he reached the meeting room, the Shinobi councilmen were already there as well.
"Let this session begin. Civilian Council, state your purpose for this meeting." Hiruzen said and all eyes turned to the Civilian Council side of the room.
"Earlier yesterday, a few members of this council were witness to an attack by a new member of this village. And when the attack was done, the member wasn't even of Konoha yet." Danzo began his speech and Hiruzen already knew where this was going. He sighed and groaned mentally. Naruto wouldn't like this at all.
"The new Team 7 replacement genin, Fu attacked a civilian out of nowhere. And as a member of this council I demand she be punished for her actions." He said and got nods from the whole Civilian Council.
"And while we're at it, genin Uzumaki Naruto has to be questioned as well. The death of genin Haruno Sakura had happened just after her parents burial. The whole time spent for the preparations, she was residing with the boy. We have to know what happened before the poor girl killed herself. He obviously had something to do with it." Danzo added some more and the Civilians agreed with him again.
The Shinobi Councilmen were looking at each other before to the Hokage. They knew better than to dip their hands into matters concerning Uzumaki Naruto.
"Very well. However, if Naruto-kun pressed charges on you, I will not deny him his rights since your bringing him into this, Danzo." Hiruzen warned them and turned to an ANBU, signing him to get Naruto here.
Ten minutes later, a knock came and Naruto entered the room with the other jinchuurikis and not just Fu.
"So, why was I called here, Jiji?" Naruto asked as he looked up at the Hokage who was smiling at him.
"Well Naruto, the Civilian Council has concerns with Fu and yourself. Fu because she harmed a civilian yesterday and you because they think that you had something to do with Haruno Sakura's death." Hiruzen said and leaned back when Naruto smiled.
"Really? Very well then." Naruto turned to Fu and extended his hand to her and she took it, moving to stand next to Naruto.
"Yesterday, just before I greeted Naru-sama, the civilian who I beat up was about to throw a stone at him when Naru-sama had his back on the civilian. Did you really think that I would just let that civilian harm Naru-sama? Of course not. So I defended and taught that idiot what happens to those who even think of harming Naru-sama with us here to protect him." Fu said and eyed the Civilians.
"Before any of you ask, the others are here because they don't trust any of you, except the Hokage of course, with my health. Since they are like me, they took it upon themselves to tag along and make sure that I arrive and leave safely. Before you are: Sabaku no Gaara of Suna, jinchuuriki of the One Tailed Tanuki; Nii Yugito of Kumo, jinchuuriki of the Two Tailed Cat; Yagura of Kiri, jinchuuriki of the Three Tailed Turtle; Utakata of Kiri as well, jinchuuriki of the Six Tailed Slug; Fu formerly of Taki but now a Konoha Shinobi and my teammate, Seven Tailed Rhino Beetle; and lastly, Killer Bee, also from Kumo as Yugito, jinchuuriki of the Eight Tailed Ox- Cephalopod." Naruto introduced everyone and all elegantly bowed while the whole room sans the Hokage paled in fear.
They all had realized that very moment that the blond boy had control over all the other jinchuurikis.
Danzo took this as an opportunity to use against the boy. Or at least he thought it would end in his favor.
"And as I had warned everyone before, one day he would turn on all of us. And that day has come! He brought all of them here to destroy us!" Danzo yelled which the Civilian members stood up to yell in agreement too.
However, Naruto merely smirked and a reddish aura come out of him and took form of a human female with nine tails.
"Have fun, Kurama." Naruto said as Kurama smirked back and walked towards the paling Danzo.
"Tell me all your secrets…" she whispered as she touched his lips.
"I have not disbanded ROOT when I was ordered too. I was the one behind the plot to have the Uchiha Clan be killed if they all had not been burned to death by enemy nins. I plan to have Sarutobi Hiruzen assassinated because I think he is incompetent as a Hokage. Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane are behind my decisions as well as Haruno Kizashi when he was still alive." Danzo confessed and the two others mentioned began to pale in fear as the Hokage, the Shinobi Councilmen, and the ANBU's appeared and ready to have them executed where they stood.
"I also know that the demon brat is the son of the late Yondaime and was behind his horrible treatment in the orphanage. I bribed the caretakers to treat him poorly and told the villagers what he was before the law of forbidding the story of the brat was passed. I planned to have everything that belong to the Namikaze be seized and be put to my use for my ROOT. I also know that if he wanted to, which he could, the brat would be able to build the Land of Whirlpool since he is from the royal Uzumaki line. He is technically the Daimyo already." Danzo revealed all the secrets he had been keeping close to his soul.
"Any more?" Kurama purred.
"Yes. Homura and Koharu had ordered Hatake Kakashi to only train the Uchiha and Haruno, not giving the boy attention so that he would not gain strength at all." Danzo added once more and just turned to the others who were looking at him with either hatred, disgusted, or fear of what will happen to him and the Civilian Council.
"I have heard enough. Take him and the two others to the center of town and execute them for treason not only to me but also to the village." Hiruzen commanded with a cold and hard tone that the ANBU had no trouble doing so.
Then the Hokage turned to Naruto and the other jinchuurikis when the female fox disappeared after he spoke.
"Do you know where the ROOT hide out is?" he asked Naruto who nodded.
"Good. I command you and Fu, your first SSS-rank mission: destroy all ROOT members and leave none alive. If your friends wish to help, they may do so." He said coldly and got smirks from the jinchuurikis.
Naruto bowed and the others followed.
"As you wish, Hokage-sama." Naruto said and with a huge red flame, all seven were gone and the three traitors were being dragged out the meeting room.
"Anymore betrayal revealed, the traitors will be caught and tortured before being killed." Hiruzen commanded and left the room.
Itachi who was there for the Uchiha seat was trying to process everything that just happened. He knew that his family were already planning to revolt but to have heard Danzo planning to have them assassinated and the Hokage as well, Itachi was just glad that Danzo didn't get to push his plans. Because he had a horrible feeling that it would have been him who would have been ordered to kill his whole clan if Danzo had his way.
~Never Again~
Naruto and the others appeared inside Danzo's office and without having to think it, they all went into different directions except for Gaara who remained with Naruto. The ROOT army didn't stand a chance at all. The jinchuurikis had total control of their bijuus and had all of the members killed before anyone of them could have even attack them.
Gaara saw one familiar ninja who he knew was the replacement of Uchiha Sasuke when the boy deflected the first time.
Sai.
He turned to Naruto who looked at him.
"Kill him. He was the one Danzo used to infiltrate the Shinobi ranks during our first lives." Naruto explained and Gaara nodded.
The sand captured Sai with no problem and enclosed on the boy like a coffin. Not even a scream was heard since ROOT where trained more harshly than the regular shinobis. The whole exercise lasted for half an hour before the others returned to where they all came from. Naruto and Gaara stood outside Danzo's office and had watched the whole thing from the second floor of the ROOT HQ.
Without any more delays, they returned to Konoha just in time to see Danzo beheaded. The other two were already tortured and kill and Danzo had been the last one since he was the leader of them. He obviously had been forced to watch as his two accomplices were being tortured and killed. Danzo saw Naruto and the jinchuurikis and the smirk they had on their faces. He knew they had killed every member of his ROOT and that was the last thing that ran through his head when it was still attached to his body.
Naruto and his group them went to the Hokage's office to report and were not at all surprised when the ANBU, Kakashi, Itachi, Shikamaru, and Neji were there too.
Kakashi held Naruto quietly and then gave way for the others to check on him while the said blond chuckled and tell them he was alright.
"The mission was a success, Hokage-sama. ROOT has been extinguished and no trace of them are left. We also burned the HQ and everything inside it, leaving no trace or indication of what used to be there." Fu reported as her Naru-sama was being fussed over by his lovers which made her giggle and Yugito laugh.
"Glad to hear it." He said with a smile and handed her a medium sized pouch, obviously containing the payment for the mission they had just finished. It looked heavy and it really was.
"Naruto, I would like to ask you a personal question. You can choose to answer or not to. I will respect your decisions." Hiruzen said and all eyes were on him.
"Depends on the question, Jiji." Naruto said and got a nod from the old man.
"Will you rebuild Whirlpool?" he asked and all eyes turned from the Hokage to Naruto.
It took a while for the blond to answer which made the whole room worried a bit before Naruto sighed.
"I might… in the future. I don't know. I'm not sure really. I have no idea about politics as it is. Rebuilding a village is not the same as building up a wooden house, Jiji. But I have time still. I'm still young and who knows… I might just do so." Naruto said with a soft smile that made everyone in the room smile back at him, even the ANBU smiled behind their masks.
"Very well then, Naruto. Your all dismissed and good luck on the Chuunin Exams to all of you." Hiruzen said and everyone left. The ANBU went back to their posts and the Hokage to his work.
~Never Again~
A week had passed since the death of the traitors and all the civilians knew that they no longer could harm the jinchuuriki and get away with it. Not only was Danzo dead, two other powerful members of the Civilian Council died along with Danzo. Aside from that, there were those ninjas with the boy as well. One wrong move and whoever harmed the blond one would have a dozen or more ninjas at them, seeking retribution for the deed done.
No, the civilians knew they no longer had power and were now paying for their wrong deeds as they watched ninjas who do D-rank missions glare at them.
"Such wastes of space these people are." Neji muttered under his breath which he knew was heard by his two members and the old lady who used to hit Naruto with a rolling pin.
"I know. But if we kill them off, it'll be too troublesome." Tenten replied which made the old lady pale as she passed by.
Asuma could also here them but didn't say anything. They were all entitled to their opinions.
The old lady turned to Asuma and glared at him.
"Aren't you going to discipline your team?" she hissed at him which made Asuma raise a brow at her.
"For what? Voicing out their opinion? If I remember correctly, you and a few others would say the same thing about a certain blond genin not to long ago. And you weren't 'disciplined' were you? So why should I punish my team for saying what they have to say?" Asuma told her and walked away, his team smirking at the old lady who paled as she watched them all leave, their mission finished within ten minutes.
The couple who lived across from the her, Nami and Zorro, were smirking at her. Old man Sanji was with them too.
"Wow… Karma does bite harder when one gets older." Sanji commented and got chuckled from the other two.
"Do be careful Hitomi-san… Your time might just end while you're sleeping." Nami joked and ushered the two men inside for a cup of tea, leaving the woman paling even more.
~Never Again~
The next day, Itachi was sparring with Shisui when Sasuke returned home from a team meeting. He was pale from his introduction with his new teammate, Namikaze Fu, a jinchuuriki like Naruto. Sasuke knew he was screwed when Sakura's parents died. He got deeper when Sakura died as well. But what was the worse for him was when the other rookies turned the whole revenge on him into a game. He was alone in all of this. And when he tried to talk to Itachi, his own brother glared at him and told him that he wouldn't lift a finger.
Sasuke wanted to kill himself when Itachi said that he was seeing Naruto and that the only reason he was not joining in was because even if Itachi ought to punish him for what he tried to do to Naruto, Sasuke was still his younger brother. So instead, he wasn't going to do anything and have Sasuke fend for himself.
It was a tough decision for Itachi as he loved his brother so much. He would have done anything for Sasuke. If only it didn't involve harming Naruto who he was starting to love as someone special to him.
Shisui also heard from Itachi and was also torn. He wanted to comfort his younger cousin but he remembered what the boy had planned to do to the cheerful blonde. How was he going to be comforting to him when every time Shisui looked at Sasuke, he would remember the plan against Naruto? He could only shake his head and look away.
Sasuke locked himself in his room, fell back on his bed, and stare at the ceiling. The only thing that registered in his mind was that of the day's events.
#FLASHBACK#
He was waiting for Kakashi to arrive in training ground fourteen. In front of him were the blond and their new teammate who was also a jinchuuriki. They both were sparring with each other and from the looks of it, they both were holding back. But despite 'holding back', they were creating craters as they land a hit on each other. Sasuke was stunned as he watched them spar. He could feel the heavy blows even if it wasn't him receiving them.
The redhead temporary member still was sitting and watching the two spar while chuckling from time to time when one of the two would say something. Sasuke was getting worried that he was the only one there that wasn't a jinchuuriki. All three of them were and one of them could kill him using sand!
Kakashi finally appeared, which did not really reassure Sasuke at all. He already knew that their jounin knew about the thing with Naruto and the 'game' the others were 'playing'.
However, his attention was diverted to the other teams who appeared just behind the one eyes jounin.
"Sorry we're late Kakashi." Kurenai apologized.
"Yeah, sorry Kakashi-sensei. Hinata had to run back to their compound when Kurenai-sensei said that we would be having a joint training session with your team." Kiba said as he smirked when he turned to Sasuke.
"Yo, dead man." He greeted Sasuke who was eyed by Hinata and Shino as well.
"Really? We were late because Neji did the same as well." Tenten added with a huge smile on her face, knowing well what would be happening soon.
Neji had walked over to Naruto and gave the blond a quick kiss on the forehead and ruffled Fu's hair. She giggled and gave Neji a hug.
The other jinchuurikis weren't around for some reason which made Sasuke feel just a little bit better.
"Well, we were late because Shikamaru and I had to pick up Chouji from their restaurant. He insisted on bringing food for everyone since training would be very entertaining for a few others." Ino shared with a perky smile on her face which sent shivers down Sasuke's spine.
He knew he was the 'entertainment'.
Chouji and Ino placed the huge picnic basket next to Gaara who greeted the other two and both smiled at him but glared at Sasuke for a second.
"Now that we're all here, time to pick who will spar with who." Asuma suggested and saw that five of the genins looked hopeful for some reason.
Then the drawing of lots began and it was Shino who got to spar with Sasuke.
The jounins saw Neji, Hinata, Shikamaru, Gaara, and Fu cursed while Shino looked passive as he always did. Only Kakashi knew why and he chuckled when all five were cursing.
"How about this, we turn this into a small mock competition. We pair you all off and then battle the next until there would only be one winner left. Winner gets to choose their prize. Something reasonable of course." Kakashi added the last one when he saw Ino's excited look which then she pouted.
The genins all thought it sounded alright and began to draw lots again to see who they would be sparring with. Kiba got Naruto who promised to hold back. Fu got Tenten who pulled out a Bo staff which excited Fu. Fu also promised to hold back. Lee got Chouji and both smiled at each other. Ino got Hinata who smiled shyly at the blond girl. Ino knew better than to underestimate the Hyuuga heiress so she made a mental note to herself to be careful. The only two who didn't seem to like their partner were Neji and Shikamaru. They were hoping to have gotten Sasuke but not they were to be with each other.
"Since there is an odd number of you guys, Gaara will be sparring the during the semi-finals of this mock competition." Kurenai suggested and the redhead seemed alright with it.
They all agreed and settled themselves on the sides, leaving the clearing free of people.
"YOSH! FIRST MATCH IS ABURAME SHINO VS. UCHIHA SASUKE! LET YOUR FLAMES BURN!" Gai spoke up and the others sighed.
"Don't weaken him too much Shino. I wouldn't want to have to give him a handicap because he was tired from sparring with you." Shikamaru said and smirked.
"Like hell you'll beat me, Shikamaru. I'll be having that spar with Uchiha after I beat you." Neji said confidently.
"Shut up both of you. Like you'll stand a chance. I'll be having Uchiha on his knees begging for mercy before any of you get a chance." Fu added and Gaara raised his brow.
"Not likely Fu. You'll have to beat me if you want that match with Uchiha." Gaara added.
Hinata chuckled.
"Seems like I have a lot of people to beat before I have Uchiha Sasuke as sparring partner, ne?" Hinata voiced out with a sweet smile on her face that made everyone sans Naruto, gape a bit.
A shiver ran Sasuke's back as the shy girl looked like she'd kill him if he spoke one offensive word against Naruto.
"A~lright! Now let's get the fight match going." Asuma broke the trance and everyone was now looking at Sasuke and Shino who were in the middle of the clearing.
"Even if you win against me, Uchiha… there is no way you'll be leaving this training ground unscratched." Shino told him calmly and got into his stance and his bugs were ready inside him as well.
Sasuke knew what Shino meant and couldn't help but agree with him too.
Chouji opened his basket and Gaara help served the others who were watching. Well the red head was serving Naruto alone while the others got food for themselves.
The match already began when they all turned to look from their food to the two in the clearing. Sasuke was having a taijutsu spar with Shino who was blocking his blows and silently having his bugs pour into Sasuke, draining his chakra slowly. Three minutes into the match, Sasuke had finally noticed that there was something wrong. He saw one bug in his arm and jumped away from Shino and sent electricity all over his skin, killing all the bugs that Shino had on him.
Sasuke was stunned to see how many bugs fell off him and Shino raised his hand to surrender.
"I forfeit. My arms and legs already hurt. I'm no taijutsu master so Uchiha's blows took away my chakra as well." Shino said as he made his way to the food basket and accepted a bottled water from Lee.
Sasuke cursed as he knew he was only being played at but it didn't look that way at all to others.
"Next match, Naruto and Kiba." Kakashi said, making Kiba and Akamaru groaned. They were still eating their slice of apple pie.
"If you like your pie so much Kiba, you can forfeit. I like my chocolate cake slice as well." Naruto joke and Kiba laughed.
"And miss the chance to spar with you? I don't think so, Naruto." Kiba said and jumped up and ran towards the clearing.
Naruto had chuckled and handed his plate to Gaara before standing up and walking over to Kiba and Akamaru. Sasuke merely watched as everyone seemed so relaxed apart from him.
Of course he couldn't relax! Not when Two Hyuuga's, a Nara, and two jinchuurikis were after his head. He was just relieved that the others wouldn't make moves to harm him since this 'game' they were 'playing' was only for the Hyuuga's, the Nara, and the red headed jinchuuriki to play.
He watched as the Dobe sparred against the dog duo. There was a clear difference of power between them and the blond was holding back more than he did earlier when he was sparring with the green haired teammate. But five minutes into the match, the blond curled and held his stomach.
"I give! Stomach cramps!" Naruto had called out in a whine voice.
Gaara was by his side instantly, bringing him to the side and trying to ease out the pain.
"Naruto! You suck!" Kiba whined as he pouted and sat down.
"I can't believe I won through forfeit! Naruto you owe me a match!" he demanded and the rest chuckled.
"Anytime Kiba. Just not after a meal or a snack." Naruto said as he was painfully chuckling along with the rest.
"That is why you don't eat before a training session." Kurenai reminded them and sighed, shaking her head as the other three jounins chuckled.
Sasuke remained quiet the whole time. Green haired girl won against twin bun haired girl of course. Hinata won easily against Ino, blocking her chakra points and having rendered the blond girl useless. That match had not even lasted five minutes! The mini Gai and the fat one ended in a tie when both forfeited after throwing everything they had to throw. The male Hyuuga and Nara knocked each other out which made the female Hyuuga and two jinchuurikis happy.
"And there goes their chances." Ino pointed out and giggled along with Hinata, Tenten, and Fu.
The ones who remained were Sasuke himself, the femal Hyuuga, the dog duo, and the two jinchuurikis.
"Again, there is an odd number out so, Naruto will be brought in to fight Kiba once more as the last match. It'll be Sasuke and Hinata, Gaara and Fu, and Kiba vs. Naruto." Asuma called out.
"Yes!" Hinata cheered and smiled at Neji and Shikamaru.
"It looks like I get to play first." She teased the two who were pouting already (which they would deny if asked later on).
Sasuke had enough time to get some of his strength back. But he wondered if it would be enough. The look on the female Hyuuga's face was not reassuring Sasuke that he'd be able to win this spar pain free.
"Start!" Kakashi called and Hinata lunged towards the Uchiha using her clan's famous move: Hakke Rokkujuuyonshou (Eight Divination Signs, Sixty-Four Palms of the Hand). Neji recognized it immediately and knew that Hinata was serious since this was her chance to avenge Naruto.
With the help of the jyuuken move and the Byakugan, Hinata was aiming at the Uchiha who was doing his damn best to not get hit by her. He knew that if she landed a hit on him, he'd be screwed. She might 'accidentally' kill him and it will appear as an accident.
Sasuke could see her smirking.
"Dodge as best as you can Uchiha-san. I won't be so merciful to you." She told him in a volume only he could hear.
As he was dodging, his concentration faltered for a moment which enabled the girl to hit his arms and seal his tenketsu. Sasuke instantly jumped away as far as he could. He hissed at the fact that he was now fighting handicapped.
He knew he had to think of something but at the moment, his couldn't focus on a single thought since there were so many thoughts and plans floating about his mind that very moment. Then the next thing he knew, the Hyuuga bitch had jumped back and smirked as she fell on her knees.
"I forfeit, senseis. I used up a lot of chakra from my reserves." She said as she was helped up by Ino and Neji who were smiling at her.
"You were great, Hinata." Neji complimented and got a sweet smile from her.
"Thank you. I knew I wouldn't last but at least I got to disarm him." She said and Sasuke glared at her.
That was what she was after from the beginning and he now knew that they were all playing him to the fullest. Sasuke nursed his aching arm as Neji was forced to return Sasuke's arm the way it had been. Neji did so since he knew that it would not be best if the Uchiha would permanently lose his arm.
The spar between the two jinchuurikis was something Sasuke never thought he'd see. They brought out their bijuus and it was the bijuus fighting for their vessels.
"You suck, Chōmei!" Shukaku taunted as the Tanuki used its sand to attack the huge beetle.
"No, that's you Shukaku-chan!" Chōmei replied back which made the others chuckle and Shukaku lung forward herself.
The two were so serious that Naruto chuckle when Kurama came out, silently calling the others to them. It didn't take long for Utakata, Yagura, Yugito, and Bee to arrive and watch the battle as well. They also brought out their bijuus to watch and laughed whenever Chōmei or Shukaku said anything.
Sasuke, who was recovering as best as he could on the side, started to sweat a bit. The jinchuurikis were there which was not really reassuring him at all. He knew that Kurenai-sensei and Gai-sensei didn't know about what he and Sakura had planned to do. But if a battle erupted, there was no way that those two and himself would win against the jinchuurikis alone. There was just no way.
Then ten more minutes had passed and the girl's bijuu actually lost. Sasuke was stunned.
"Your pinned!" Shukaku said as she then moved back and chuckled when Chōmei looked disappointed.
"You and your sand!" the other whined but accepted that she lost.
"Gaara wins." Kakashi said and then Kiba cheered as he got up.
"You better do your best Naruto." He said cheekily.
"Then I won't hold back then, Kiba." Naruto replied with a smile.
Sasuke didn't know if the blond was really going to fight all out or not. Was the Dobe even strong enough? Sasuke knew the blond was. Thanks to the crazy chakra from the demon with him of course.
He watched as both got ready and took their stance. But when female jounin signaled the beginning of the match, the blond vanished and attacked Kiba by hitting his neck. Then the guy was out. His dog dropped his head at the defeat of his master. Naruto belt down and picked up the dog who wagged his tail.
"He did say not to hold back." Naruto told the dog with a smile who barked once and wagged his tail again as if he was agreeing with the blond.
Lee and Chouji stood up to carry the unconscious Kiba to the side with the two other jounins minus Kakashi stared in shock. Even Sasuke himself stared in shock. It all happened under ten seconds. And Sasuke had a feeling that if he pushed the blond, he wouldn't get off so lightly as the dog boy did.
"Naru-sama! You won! You won!" Fu cheered and hugged the blond who smiled at her.
Sasuke then realized that the only ones left in the mock tournament were himself, the red head, and the Dobe. He wondered who he had to fight but found out just the next moment.
"Sasuke vs. Gaara. Whoever wins will then fight Naruto for the win." Kakashi spoke up before anyone else could say anything.
Sasuke turned to look at the jinchuurikis who had arrived and they all were smirking. He shivered a bit when he turned to look at the red head who was glaring at him coldly. Sasuke suddenly saw his life flash before his eyes. Was he going to die?
"Prepare yourself, Uchiha." Was all the red head said before Sasuke moved to face his opponent.
He turned one last time to the blond who looked like he wasn't worried for the red head. The Dobe was even smiling as he ate his cake once more.
Sasuke was a bit pissed so he lunged forward, attacking as best as he could. However, every blow was stopped and shielded by sand. He jumped away and blew out fire which was still stopped by sand. Sasuke was starting to panic in his mind and had not noticed that he was being attacked by the sand of his opponent. The last thing he saw was being engulfed by sand. He recognized it a bit as it was the sand coffin move that the red head had done once before.
"Gaara." Sasuke heard the Dobe's voice and the sand coffin then dropped instantly.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Sasuke instantly yelled at the calm looking blond who looked back at him with hard and cold eyes.
"Sparing your life. If I didn't stop him, Gaara would have killed you and it would look like an accident for sure. He could do that and I highly doubt you wish die this young? Besides, looking for a new replacement to replace you would be a hassle. The Chuunin Exams are just around the corner if you recall. So having you die in a mock battle won't really look well on your tombstone." Naruto explained as he then stood up.
"In any case, you are no longer able to continue your match anyway. Not only are you physically exhausted, your knees are about to give in. So just surrender now of Gaara might just turn a deaf ear and do away with you if you really do wish an early grave." He added with a smile on his face that Sasuke hated so much.
Every bit of Naruto at the moment, Sasuke loathed with every fiber of his being.
"I give." Was all Sasuke said as he fell on his knees.
#END OF FLASHBACK#
Sasuke sighed at the thought that the red head then gave up when Kurenai ask if he was going to face Naruto.
#Mini FLASHBACK#
"There is no way I would win against Naruto so I shall for forfeit before we even begin." The red head said.
#End of Mini FLASHBACK#
Sasuke had to admit, even if only to himself that he wasn't strong enough. He was nowhere near the strength as the blond Dobe or even the red head. He wondered also how far the others would go as to break him. Truth be told, Sasuke was starting to worry at the thought of him breaking down the way Sakura did and succumbed to the temptation of death instead of living the life she had. She had lost her parents and one week under the care of the blond had changed everything.
He closed his eyes, now regretting his actions but knowing well that even if he did regret them, there was nothing he could do to change his fate. He was going to be tortured and possibly killed by people of the person who he had wronged. And they were more ruthless that the blond himself.
Possibly…
A/N: And that's another wrap! So? What do you guys think? I hope you all like it. Well, till next time! ^_^
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