Naruto Shippuden: Swan Song
Chapter Ten
Naruto and Sakura V.S Sasuke;
The battle of Team Seven!!
They broke it off the kiss after awhile, the two adolescents still bewildered from what had just happened. The fricking euphoria surrounded the two's souls. Still staring deeply at each other's, smiling very intimately at each other. Kakashi came out of his hiding place, and appeared in front of the two.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Ah, young love." Kakashi said to embarrass the hell out of the two who where still blushing like there's no tomorrow.
"Why are you here Kakashi-Sensei?" Sakura asked the silver-haired Jounin.
"Well,"
"Sakura-Chan, he spies on us." Naruto said to answer Sakura's question.
"WHAT, IS THIS TRUE?!" Sakura asked at the top of her lungs.
'Damm you Naruto.' Kakashi thought to himself, he knew he was now toast. He knew that it's never a good idea to piss off Sakura, especially now since she can break skulls because of Tsunade's training.
"Yes, it's true, but it's for research.." Kakashi said to explain himself.
"Kakashi-Sensei, you could've been toast if you weren't our sensei." Sakura said to the perverted Kakashi. Kakashi gave a sigh of relief; he just barely dodged a bullet there.
"So, how was it?" Kakashi asked the both of them.
"NONE OF YOUR BUSSINESS!!" Naruto and Sakura said in unison. While these three are bickering, someone came running from the distance, it was Naruto's and Sakura's other leader; Yamato. Everybody gasped when they see Yamato all bloodied up, one of his ears was partially gone, and he was suffering a mortal wound in his chest.
"WHAT HAPPENED!?" Naruto yelled.
"They're here.. Akatsuki is here…" Yamato said as he collapsed to the ground. Sakura ran to Yamato to see what Yamato's condition was. She examined him quickly, and it was bad.. in fact Yamato only has a few minutes left.
"He's dying, he suffered too much blood loss, and his heart is failing.. and for some reason he's suffering severe brain trauma." Sakura said to the other two. Sakura can actually feel Yamato shaking erratically. What ever happened to Yamato, it was something that really can destroy the most fearless man's mind.
"N, Naruto.. listen up.. Sasuke is here….. Those eyes… whatever you do, do not look into those eyes.. Kakashi.." Yamato said. Kakashi went over to Yamato to what Yamato has to say.
"Roots, it's true.. they betrayed Konoha… and Sai… he's dead. He sacrificed himself in order to kill off most of Sasuke's team.. actually Sasuke is the only one left besides the Akatsuki and Roots.. You must not let Akatsuki or Sasuke get their hands on Naruto.. no matter what…." Yamato said with his last breath and after that.. he finally died. Naruto's rage started to show.
"GOD DAMMIT!!" Naruto said with a slight demonic voice.
"Naruto, you must control yourself, don't give in to the Nine tailed fox." Kakashi said to calm Naruto down. Naruto calm himself down.
"So dobe, is it true that Sakura-San doesn't like me anymore.."
Everybody turned around to the front of the building to see a familiar face. The figure jumped down, he smiled evilly at the three.
"Sasuke.." Naruto said.
"ANSWER MY QUESTION MONSTER!! DOES SHE NOT LIKE ME ANYMORE!?" Sasuke roared at Naruto.
"No. She doesn't." Naruto said with a serious smirk. In a blink of an eye, Sasuke appeared in back of Sakura with his sword behind her back.
"If any of you moves, she's dead. I've came back for two things, destroy Konoha and to revive the Uchiha clan." Sasuke stated. Naruto's anger started to burst again, but then suddenly disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Sasuke said. Then out of nowhere, Naruto appeared in back of Sasuke and decked the living day lights out of Sasuke. Sasuke flew a few feet, blood was dripping from his mouth. Naruto held Sakura, he looked at her.. Trying to figure out what Sasuke meant by reviving the Uchiha clan.
"So, I guess you've learned a few new moves.. and as for you Sakura-San.. you're coming with me.." Sasuke said with a menacing face, his eyes were fierce. He got up, and was ready for battle.
"Kakashi-Sensei, get Sakura-Chan out of here.. and get far away from here." Naruto said to Kakashi.
"Naruto, you know that you can't handle Sasuke by yourself.. and besides…" Sakura said to console Naruto.
"BESIDES NOTHING! I KNOW I CAN'T HANDLE HIM BY MYSELF!!" Naruto yelled at Sakura. Sakura's face suddenly turn into complete concern. It was only a matter of time before Naruto was going to explode.
"They want me.. if I let them take me, Konoha will be unharmed." Naruto said to Sakura.
"Yeah, but only for a short time, don't you even know how much more powerful Akatsuki will become if they got you.. let us help you, you need us." Kakashi said to Naruto. Naruto smiled at his teammates.
"Thanks guys." Naruto said to Kakashi and Sakura. They all got in formation, and stared at the raven haired boy.
"Kakashi, tell everybody to get ready to fight.. me and Sakura can handle him" Naruto said to Kakashi. Kakashi knew he shouldn't defy orders from Tsunade, but nobody was even sure that a battle was about to commence.
"Okay, be careful you two." Kakashi said as he ran to tell everybody to get ready.
"You guys, this time I won't hold back. I will kill you Naruto, and Sakura-San is coming with me as planned." Sasuke said as if he was a madman.
"If you surrender right now, we will not kill you Sasuke. Please come back with us." Sakura said to persuade Sasuke.
"I already told you guys, I'm not coming back, not after what I found out about Konoha being involved killing my family and my clan. Never!!" Sasuke said seriously.
"What do you mean by that? It was Itachi that killed your clan, not Konoha!" Naruto told Sasuke. Sasuke sinisterly laughed at Naruto's ignorant comment.
"That's what Konoha said to us, but it isn't true… Itachi was a spy for Konoha; he was forced to see if the Uchiha clan planned anything, The Uchiha clan was always under subject of wrong doing.. the Uchiha clan were isolated to the furthest corner in the village and always closely watched by the black ops. Eventually the Uchiha clan formed a coup d'etat.. they were planning to take over Konoha, but Konoha stopped that and sent my brother to kill them all." Sasuke said coldly. Naruto's and Sakura's eye's widened; they couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"And the worst thing about it is, I killed him.. my brother.. because I was brainwashed by this god forsaken village to make me believe that this was all my brother's fault, he was forced to do it, he had no choice.. And" Sasuke said with little emotion.
"And now… I'm going to complete my revenge tonight by destroying this village." Sasuke said as he drew his sword. Naruto walked towards to Sasuke a little, and stopped.
"I can't let you do that. Friend or not, I will protect this village with my life." Naruto said as he got into battle position.
"Fine.. then I guess this will be our final encounter.. Naruto." Sasuke said as he got into battle position.
"I'm sorry that it had to come to this Sasuke, but I can't let you destroy the village.." Sakura said as she put on her black leather gloves.
"You turn on me? I thought you loved me? No matter, you're still going to come with me whet ever you like it or not." Sasuke sneered at Sakura.
"That was back then, your chance was gone when you left me out cold that night 3 and a half years ago.. I'm with Naruto now, and nothing's going to change that fact." Sakura said to Sasuke with seriousness.
"Like I said, you're going to come with me whatever you like it or not. PREPARE YOURSELF!" Sasuke said as he charged straight at Naruto. Naruto teleported, he was about to strike behind Sasuke, but Sasuke kicked him, Naruto quickly recovered, and side kicked Sasuke to make Sasuke land on the ground.
'Looks like I have to take this battle seriously here.. wha,' Sasuke thought as he sensed someone coming from the air, it was Sakura as she filled her chakra onto her fist.. Sasuke only had a split second to dodge the blow; he did as he just got out of there.. but Sakura's punch sent shockwaves to make Sasuke lose his balance;
"RASENGAN!" Naruto yelled as he landed his blue orbed attack on Sasuke's stomach. He sent Sasuke flying to the building, Sasuke's landing on the building made a huge crater.
"It's now time to get serious.." Sasuke said as he closed his eyes. When Sasuke closed his eyes, the ground started to shake, whatever Sasuke was doing, it was something most powerful to make the ground shake like that..
"Naruto! Don't look into his eyes!" Sakura said to Naruto. Naruto nodded and stood ready..
"It's complete, brace yourselves!"
Kakashi got in Tsunade's office as soon as he could. He barged through the door, and surprised Tsunade. Tsunade gave him a displeased look towards Kakashi.
"Why are you here? I thought you were with Naruto?" Tsunade asked Kakashi. Kakashi was all panicky, and nervous.
"It's Akatsuki! There here!" Kakashi said to Tsunade, Tsunade got up from her desk and a surprised face came across to her face.
"Where are Naruto and Sakura?!" Tsunade asked.
"They're, they're fighting off Sasuke,"
"WHAT!? I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO NEVER LET NARUTO FIGHT SASUKE WITHOUT PROPER BACKUP!" Tsunade roared at the top of her lungs, Kakashi gave an angry face to Tsunade.
"That's why I came here for. Send out all the Anbu ninja you got because we got more enemies beside Akatsuki, because Roots really did betray us!" Kakashi demanded Tsunade. Tsunade pounded her fist onto her desk and broke it in half.
"I KNEW IT! THAT RAT BASTARD! Okay I will send out all our defenses, but you need to get back to Naruto as soon as possible!" Tsunade demanded Kakashi. Kakashi obeyed and ran out of the office and rush to come back to Naruto as soon as possible. But then Kakashi stopped, his eyes met an orange masked Akatsuki member. Kakashi knew the member almost immediately.
"So, it is true.. you're still alive; Madara Uchiha." Kakashi said.
"Oh ho, it seems you know me.. so it seems you met Sasuke earlier am I not correct?" Madara asked Kakashi with a sinister voice.
"Correct, what business you have here?" Kakashi asked.
"To claim the Nine tailed fox.. well that's what Akatsuki wants.. me; I want my village back. For too long the Senju clan had a vice grip on Konoha." Madara said. Kakashi removed his headband from his hidden eye; his Mangekyou Sharingan appeared.
"Well, well, it seems like you mastered the Sharingan quite well, but how did you obtain a Sharingan without being a member of the Uchiha clan?" Madara asked.
"That doesn't matter at the moment, I can't let you take over the village, you are the reason why so many wars erupted in the land of fire, and I know for a fact that it was you who summoned the Nine tailed fox 16 years ago." Kakashi said.
"Hmph, typical Konoha ninja blaming the Uchiha clan. That was a natural disaster and I had no part of it.. it was people's malice that summoned that monster." Madara said.
"Bull, someone had that demon before, and that someone was you. You were the container of that foul beast, and that Sharingan of yours can extract that beast from within you without dying, and you were planning to take over Konoha that night weren't you? But the 4th Hokage stopped you, he defeated you that night and you forgot to bring the beast back into you. So don't give me that crap." Kakashi said to Madara cunningly.
"My, my, you sure are the smart one. But either way, I will have this village back." Madara said.
"So, tell me something Madara. Why is Sasuke with you? And I know that it isn't because your teammates." Kakashi said to Madara. Madara sinisterly laughed to himself, and gave Kakashi a round of applause.
"You're right, we are not teammates. The only reason why Sasuke is here tonight is because I'm too weak now to deal with Jinchuuriki's. He's only doing the dirty work for me, and once his purpose is complete I won't have further use for him. And after tonight, he will be dead, but before he dies, I must obtain something from him.." Madara said. Kakashi tried to think what Madara wants from Sasuke, a few seconds past by when realization hit him;
"You mean,"
"You got it, his eyes."
"Wha, what is this? It's like the whole village is shaking!" Sakura said. The shaking got so horrible that boulders from the mountain started to fall down and crashing into buildings. Naruto never felt such a strong force in his life. Sasuke got up and opened his eyes, and almost immediately a blinding flash entered Naruto's and Sakura's eyes.
"I can't see!" Naruto said.
"That's the point, it's part of my new Sharingan, once activated you can't see for a few minutes, and that's all I need to finish you." Sasuke said while hidden in the blinding flash.
"Now die!" Sasuke said as he slashed Naruto in half.. then poof went throughout Naruto's body.
"A shadow clone?!" Sasuke said as he got out of the smoke. Sasuke looked around to search for Naruto, but Naruto was nowhere to be seen.
'Oh I see, he hidden himself in his little teleportation technique. Well I know where you're going to be dobe!' Sasuke thought to himself.
"Oh really?" Naruto said to Sasuke, Sasuke looked around again, still not there.
"Hey teme, I'm right here." Sasuke looked again and suddenly Naruto was part of Sasuke's body.
"WHAT THE HE,"
"RASENSHURIKEN!!"
Then the whole place exploded, Sakura braced herself to try to not get hit by the explosion. The explosion lasted a couple of seconds, but when it was over; Sasuke and Naruto were gone. Sakura got up to see where Naruto went.
"Naruto.." Sakura said as tears were beginning to well up. Then a yellow flash came, Naruto appeared.
"Sakura-Chan, why were you beginning to cry?" Naruto asked the almost crying pink-haired Kunochi. She came to Naruto and embraced him.
"Because I thought, I thought you were gone." Sakura said.
"Phssh, I'm never going to die Sakura-Chan, not until I become Hokage."
"Naruto, how did you do that? First you were somehow a part of Sasuke's body, and then you used the Rasenshuriken, and.. and,"
"It's all because of your training, you see.. since I can teleport anywhere I want, why not become a part of something.. it all came so fast.. It was a spur of the moment kind of tactic. Thank god I used a shadow clone or else I would've been dead." Naruto said with a million dollar smile.
"So, is Sasuke dead?" Sakura asked Naruto. Naruto nodded.
"No but badly hurt, but he's in a far away place now.." Naruto said.
"Naruto, thank you for not killing him.. I still think he can change his ways." Sakura said gratefully to Naruto.
"I think so as well.. but there's no time to talk, we must help the others from the Akatsuki." Naruto said as he started to run towards the battlefield. Sakura went as well.
But for some reason, Naruto stopped.
"We aren't done yet.." Naruto said to Sakura.
"What do you mean.. you mean,"
"Yes, this is all an illusion.. Sasuke isn't gone, but still hurt badly." Naruto said under his breath.
'Since when Naruto can notice genjutsus?' Sakura thought to herself.
Well, it happened back when Naruto met Itachi during Naruto's and Sakura's last mission they were on. Naruto met Itachi by himself; Itachi had given some of his power by sticking a crow into Naruto's mouth. After that, nothing else happened. That day reminded Naruto of his lifetime promise.. I think it is about time to reinstate that promise he made to not only Sakura but also to himself.
"Sakura-Chan, I promised he will come back even if it meant getting myself killed over for." Naruto said directly to Sakura.
"I thought we broke that promise off?" Sakura asked Naruto.
"We did, but I don't like going against my ninja way, it's my nindo. I'm doing it not only for you, but I'm doing it for us. Please let me do this." Naruto begged Sakura. Sakura's earlier doubt was now erased, and was replaced with confidence and a smile across her face.
"Okay, let's finish what we started." Sakura said to Naruto. The both of them now have all the confidence in the world with each other's abilities, but mostly with each other. The illusion broke off, and Sasuke reappeared.
"Sasuke, we are not giving up on you, you're coming back to Konoha and we don't care if we have to put you in a coma in the process." Naruto said to his old comrade. Sasuke smirked and tried to reactivate his Sharingan, but it was futile.
"What?" Sasuke said to himself. All of a sudden he couldn't use it, Sasuke was now getting frustrated. What the heck was going on?
"What's the matter Teme? Can't use your Sharingan all of a sudden?" Naruto said to Sasuke obnoxiously. Sasuke glared at the blonde.
"WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO MY EYES?!" Sasuke yelled in almighty anger.
"I used the Rasenshuriken on you, remember? It destroys nerves and cells in your body, I only used half of its power. Sorry Sasuke, but you're not going to be able to use your Sharingan now. Now I have the advantage!" Naruto said with a smile. Sakura was surprised that Naruto knows what the Rasenshuriken can do to the body.
"Naruto, you should be careful.. you hurt yourself as well with that technique." Sakura said to give Naruto a heads up. Naruto acknowledged her with a sly smile.
"Don't worry about me; remember that I can heal myself now?" Naruto said to Sakura while shocking her. Naruto's amazingly rapid growth sometimes scares Sakura.
"I may not have the Sharingan right now, but I can still kick your ass!" Sasuke said while grimacing with pain. Sasuke was barely standing up; it's going to take nothing short of a miracle to still fight. Naruto made a couple of hand signs, then Sasuke slowly made hand signs, but Naruto already got out his clones while Sasuke began to make them. Naruto and his five-hundred clone army charged straight at Sasuke.
"It's time to end this!" Naruto said. Sasuke smirked as he finished his jutsu.
"Chidori Nagashi!!" Sasuke said as his body is now covered in lighting bolts. He pulled out his sword as his sword is now enveloped with his Chidori.
'That moron doesn't know who he's dealing with. My technique will numb him to the point of him not being able to move.' Sasuke thought to him as he charged to the five-hundred man army.
"Heh. It's time to show a new original Naruto Ninja handbook technique. Get ready Sasuke!" Naruto said. Sasuke kept charging at Naruto, but then he stopped as he felt something coming from the ground. Sasuke made a quick jump as one of Naruto's clone's emerged from the ground trying to uppercut Sasuke.
"It's going to take more than parlor tricks to fool me!" Sasuke said. Then suddenly two clones came from behind to kick Sasuke up to the air.
"What the?"
"Take this!" A bunch of clones said as they came from teleportation to kick Sasuke some more from the air. Then another bunch of clones uppercut Sasuke from the back, everything else was a blur just because everything Naruto and his clones were doing to Sasuke was all going so fast that no human eyes can see it. Eventually when you can see Sasuke was when Sasuke was up a hundred and twenty yards in the sky. Sasuke opened his eyes to see Naruto and another clone holding an extra large Rasengan.
'Sonuva'
"ODAMA RASENGAN!!" Naruto yelled.
Then a mini explosion followed, when it was over, Sasuke was falling unconscious from the air. He landed hard, and never woke up.
"I DID IT!!" Naruto screamed from the air with the biggest smile he could muster.
"We finally did it!!" Sakura screamed for joy. Naruto landed on his feet, and was instantly tackled by Sakura. They both were on the ground as Sakura kissed Naruto repeatedly on the face.
"Sakura-Chan, you're making me blush. C'mon, let's get Sasuke to a hospital." Naruto said as he and she got up.
"Naruto-Kun, thank you. For everything." Sakura said with a smile. Naruto smiled at her as he scratched the back of his head.
"Anytime." Naruto replied. They walk towards their unconscious friend. Then all of a sudden, a menacing figure appeared, Madara appeared.
"Who the he-" Naruto tried to say as he got knocked out unconscious, Sakura got kicked to the opposite side of the building. Madara picked up Naruto and Sasuke, and left with out a trace. Sakura woke up a few hours from the kick. Sakura noticed she was in a hospital, Then it hit her, Naruto was gone.
"Naruto?! Naruto?!" Sakura said as she looked around. Naruto was nowhere to be seen, Sakura had to accept the cold hard reality; he was gone. Tears started to fall down from her face. Fear and despair filled her mind.
"NARUTO!!"
-End Of Chapter 10-