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Chapter 12: I'm coming home


'Italic' - Thoughts

"…" – Talking

'Bold Italic' – Kurama talking


General POV

After so many months away they were so close. There were only ten minutes between them and Konoha if they kept up their current pace flying through the trees.

Before anyone could comprehend what had happened Naruto who was leading them was suddenly behind them flashing through hand signs.

Tiger, Ox, Dog, Rabbit, Snake…

"Wind style: Great Breakthrough"

As the devastating stream of wind was expelled from Naruto's mouth, his ANBU team surrounded him waiting for further orders.

Without speaking aloud with one hand Naruto signed behind his back "Nezumi, Ookami take the left. Neko, Raion take the right. Set up a death circle around the enemy while I keep them busy here and buy the others time to get away. Now go"

Feeling his squad members leave his side Naruto addressed Sasuke, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, Shino, Hinata, Kiba and Akamaru who were stationed behind him in defensive stances.

"I want all you to run. Get out of here now!"

"We can't leave you behind Naruto, we're ninja let us fight"

"For fuck sake Kiba don't argue with me. All of you need to get out of here immediately and go back to the village. I'm your captain right now so what I say goes, besides I can't lose any more people that are precious to me. My ANBU team and I will handle this, now run"

Seeing the enemy begin to emerge from the trees and engage Naruto in combat, Shikamaru knew that as second in command it was now his job to get everyone back home.

"Come on we need to leave this area. Naruto's an ANBU Block Ops member, he's the best of the best he won't die easily. We just have to put out trust in him"

Knowing Shikamaru was right everyone started to head back to the village no matter how hard it was and how wrong it felt to leave Naruto behind.


Naruto POV

'Damn it… this wasn't meant to happen…"

As my kunai clashed with my opponents I couldn't help but ask the one question that had been bugging me since I felt these ninja's chakra signatures.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Your worst nightmare you damn Kitsune. You think you can just come along and destroy all the work our master created in a matter of hours and get away with it?"

"The doesn't answer my fucken question idiot"

"We're from 'The Dead Rogue'… I'm hurt, I thought you would have remembered some of us after our last little encounter. Please do tell me how you managed to survive, by all means, you should be dead"

As I pushed back against his kunai my last comment to him was "Wouldn't you like to know" before I jumped away to prepare my next jutsu.

Tiger, Rabbit, Dog, Ram, Dragon…

"Wind style: Art of the gust blade"

Out of the several blades of wind that were produced only three managed to hit their mark.

'Damn there are still so many… even in sage mode, there are too many for me to take on my own. Let's see there are still another twelve to take down, but there are none facing my squad members. Perfect, I just have to keep buying them more time…'

Rat, Snake, Horse, Dog…

"Wind style: Vacuum wave"

While taking a deep breath and spinning as I exhaled it, those that were closest to me and preparing their own attacks were sliced through as my jutsu hit them over a substantial area.

'Four more down, eight to go… shit, where did he come from?'

As I was coming out of the spin the same ninja that I confronted earlier teleported in front of me and the only warning I got was the whisper "Wind Sword".

In this same moment, a number of things happened.

My team jumped into the man-made clearing and began to attack the enemy ninja. However, they managed it the enemy knew they were coming and managed to cut down Neko with a deep slice to her back and stab Raion through the stomach.

'Fucken damn it…'

No matter how hard I tried I couldn't avoid the blade of wind that kept leaving big gashes all over my body. My right shoulder and forearm, the left side of my chest and abdomen, right thigh and shin…

'If I don't find a way out of this situation now Neko and Raion are going to die and I will join them from my excessive blood loss before Kurama can heal me… I can't die yet. The day I married Sasuke we promised each other we would always return home, and I don't break my promises…'

Yelling over the battle I ordered Ookami and Nezumi to grab their injured teammates and run. They knew I was going to set our plan into action so did what they were told fast and cleared the area. With a shallow cut to the side of my neck, I looked my opponent straight in the eyes and mumbled "Release" while forming the Snake seal.

As the first explosion in the chain reaction went off I made a run for it while everyone looked towards the first detonation.


Sasuke POV

When the seven of us burst through the tree line and emerged in front of the villages main gates a huge explosion rocked the forest that made us stop in our tracks. An immense plume of smoke could be seen rising from the forest as we all turned around and were joined by other leaf shinobi that were concerned for the village's safety.

'Shit, I knew I shouldn't have left Naruto alone back there…'

"Shikamaru, where the hell is Naruto and his team?"

"We were ambushed when we were ten minutes away from here and told to run back to the village while Naruto bought us some time. I don't know what he told them but his team shunshined away before we left. Whatever that explosion was I would dare say it was caused by Naruto Kakashi"

"Hinata use your byakugan to see what caused the explosion"

"Yes Hokage-sama. From what I can see Shikamaru was correct, it was Naruto and his team that caused the explosion. There are close to fifteen lifeless bodies where the explosion resonated from and two of the ANBU members have been fatally wounded and are being brought back to the village. As for Naruto he's injured as well and is some way behind his four teammates but is being pursued by the enemy. For whatever reason Naruto is leading them back here"

"Everyone stay one guard. If the ANBU team reaches us and is unable to defeat the enemy it will become our responsibility. I also want all medics on hand as well so be prepared for the casualties"

'Damn it Kakashi… you have close to thirty ninja surrounding you right now and that's not including all the ANBU that are stationed above the village gates and you can't send anyone to help Naruto and his team? What the hell is wrong with you?'


Naruto POV

Whilst I could sense my squad ahead of me only minutes away from the village I could also sense the chakra of the arsehole behind me that I was dealing with a few minutes ago.

'How the hell did he manage to survive that explosion? Nobody else did so why did it have to be him of all people? Damn it come on legs work, I have to get back to the village now before he catches up to me again'

Forcing the small amount of chakra I had remaining into my legs, I managed to catch up with my team. At that moment all I could think about was my promise to Sasuke as one verse of a song kept repeating in my head…

"I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Tell the world I'm coming home
Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Tell the world I'm coming…"

'I'm coming home… Sasuke' was my only thought as we finally dashed through the trees into the open. As we appeared my eyes locked on to the large crowd of shinobi that were waiting at the village entrance and knew I had to end this once and for all.

While my team kept running to the gates seeking medical help I did a summersault in mid-air, landing so I faced the forest that was originally behind me.

Rat, Tiger, Dog, Ox, Rabbit, Tiger, Monkey…

As I finally caught sight of my enemy coming towards me I unleashed a volley of shuriken with one hand and shouted "Fire style: Phoenix flower jutsu" as I exhaled fire infused chakra onto the weapons. Having no time to react my victim found himself caught within the shurikens trajectory. With many cuts and burns, I quickly shunshined in front of the rogue shinobi and in one clean movement removed his head from the rest of his body using a kunai enhanced with wind chakra.

Finally feeling the exhaustion hit me from the chakra depletion and blood loss, I found the ground greeting me before my mind could even register what was going on.

'I'm home Sasuke… just like I promised' and with that, I was plunged into darkness.