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Chapter twenty-one – The last fight… My life or yours?

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Suddenly, Sasuke and Naruto ran at full speed toward Madara on each side of him. Thinking they were too predictable, the older Uchiha punched them away in on swift move, destroying the two clones easily. But as his attention was focus on them, Suigetsu sneak up on him in his water form and grab him by the ankles. Slowly creeping up and retransforming in his usual self, the shark boy tackled him on the ground, holding him in place. As planned, one of Naruto's clone and Sasuke created a rasengan and a chidori and ran at the other two at full speed. As the two collide, Madara use a time travel jutsu and escaped with Suigetsu on the other side of the field. As the pressure of the attack was release, Sasuke jump away as Naruto's clone disappear.

"How pathetic… Now if I were you I would let go of me now…" spoke the older Uchiha with venom as the shark like boy shift uncomfortably.

"Unfortunately, I can't do that yet." replied Suigetsu with a toothy grin.

"What?"

"Naruto, it's your chance. Do it now." ordered Sasuke.

"Yes." added Naruto as he tried to stay calm.

'No need to worry. I practice this with Killerbee. I can do this. I have to do this.' thought the blond-haired boy as he prepares himself for his next technique.

Once ready, Naruto did the signs he needed, focus his chakra and start running toward Madara, the huge dark sphere spinning in his hand.

"RASENGAN KYUBI!" yelled the boy in fury as his palm start burning.

"Oh my fucking god…" whispered Suigetsu as the infamous dark sphere collide with them.

The power of this technique was outrageously powerful. Suigetsu disintegrated in a second as Madara took the full blow of it, his clothes burning on him as his skin get exposed. Even if he was a little away, Sasuke fall to his knees under the powerful wind that was coming from the rasengan kyubi. His skin ripped under his clothes as he receive a considerable amount of rocks and debris. If it continues any longer, he would surely die. He was still wondering if Suigetsu had the time to save his ass. Even Naruto wasn't sure he was going to endure his own technique. The wind was so powerful; it made him back away from Madara. On the other side of the barrier, Sakura crawled under a rocky cliff as pieces of earth pass at each side of her.

'What the hell is this Naruto? This technique is crazy…' thought the girl.

"SASUKE NOW!" yelled the blond-haired boy.

"Yes." whispered the dark-haired boy as he activates his sharingan despise the pain.

As soon as the tomoes start spinning, Madara got suck in the vortex create by the sharingan as well as Naruto's technique.

"Ha, ha, ha! Well, seems like the little Sasuke had finally chosen his destiny. You're doing a mistake. It was the last chance for us to prove the supremacy of the Uchiha clan once and for all."

"My clan is dead. They are my family now." replied Sasuke.

"Pathetic."

As the last trace of Madara disappear, Sasuke end his sharingan before the blond-haired boy got suck too in another dimension. Then Naruto's technique finally touches ground. At that moment, a terrible explosion erupted and destroyed the entire field with it. The dome succumbed under the pressure and exploded in millions shards sending all the allies ninjas 30 meters away and disintegrated a fair amount of replicas of the first Hokage. After a good five minutes of wait, the dust, in what used to be the dome, finally vanished. Sakura, slowly but surely, emerged from her hiding spot, reopening some of her wounds on the way. As some debris fall around her, the pink haired girl looks around her in astonishment. In front of her, an immense hole took place.

"Suigetsu? Naruto? Sasuke?" whispered Sakura as panic took over her.

Getting up on her feet, the girl start running toward the hole, despise the pain she was feeling from her wounds. Her dishevelled appearance stop dead in her track as nothing came into view. There was nothing left. No toothy grin, no death glare, no friendly male hug, no survivors... No Naruto… No Sasuke. She was alone.

"It-it can't be…" stuttered the girl as she tried to look further in the mess of ground and rocks.

Suddenly, a movement caught her eyes. A yellow mess of grass ruffled in the dusty wind down the hole. As she gets closer to see what it was, Sakura realize that Naruto was indeed the yellow grass. Ignoring the pain, the kunoichi jump in the hole and ran down the cliff toward him.

"NARUTO!" yelled the girl in panic as she approaches him.

Reaching him, Sakura fall to her knees and begin to cry lightly. He was in a terrible state. Pushing the rocks away, the pink haired girl took the boy by his shoulders and pulls him out of his hole and laid him on the ground.

"Naruto… Please Naruto *sobs* wake up! Pl-please!" said Sakura as she looks at him with worry.

As she was about to check if he was alright, some of his scars begin to heal. The Kyubbi chakra was working its magic. Scanning his body, the heartbeat and breathing were normal. Realizing he was going to be fine, Sakura let go of the breath she was holding and try to calm down, when she spot a puddle of red not too far away from them. She turns around completely and immediately saw Sasuke lying on his back, covered in blood.

"Oh my god! SASUKE! Sasuke…" spoke the girl as she once again walk toward her friend.

Grabbing him by the arms, she slides him toward Naruto and lays him next to the blond-haired boy. Putting her ear on his chest to check his heart rate, Sakura listen closely for any signs of life. Fortunately, his heart was beating, but it was slow, it was a matter of minutes before he would die from his injuries. The blow of Naruto's technique had hit him hard. And here she was left with two choices. Should she heal him or let him die?

'If I don't do anything, he'll die and if I heal him, I'll die.' thought sadly Sakura, 'But if he dies, we'll have done everything for nothing… All the sacrifices, the tears and the blood… All for nothing? No, no, no, I can't do that! Naruto would die of it. And despise my anger and resentment toward him, there's a part of me that is still in love with Sasuke. I wouldn't be able to live in a world where I could have save him and did not. Therefore, I made my choice.'

Taking her last strength, the pink haired girl focuses her chakra in her hands and allowed the healing force into the young man lying unconscious. As the time passed, Sakura start breathing with difficulties and to sweat profusely. And in less than a minute she fall flat on Sasuke, a single tear rolling down her face, her right hand hanging over his chest, her legs glued to his side.

"I swear on Naruto's head that I would never say this again as long as I would be alive. But now, I think it doesn't count anymore… And at least now, you can't knock me down on a bench… Ha, ha! *cough*cough* I loved you Sasuke… and I still do. I hope you'll take that second chance and be the friend Naruto have been waiting for. I love… you." spoke Sakura as she let go of her last breath and fall unconscious.

At the same moment, the blond-haired boy regains consciousness and open one blurry eye. Scanning his surrounding, Naruto immediately spot Sakura and Sasuke and smile.

"Finally… It was about time." whispered the boy as he closes his eyes once again and drift to sleep.

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On Suigetsu's side.

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"Haaa… Awww… Oh man! That hurt like hell…" spoke the shark boy as he push a rock away from him, "Where the hell am I? Where's the dome?"

"SUIGETSU!" yelled a feminine voice through the smoke.

"Huh!"

"Oh my god! Suigetsu are you alright?" asked the dark-haired girl as she reaches him.

"Yes, not bad Karin…" answered Suigetsu.

"I'm glad you made it." added Juugo as he join them.

"Yeah, me too. That blond-haired boy sure is impressive." answered Suigetsu as he stands up, "How was your battle?"

"Good! It took them at least ten minutes to thrust us, but we've been able to get rid of a bunch of clones." explained Karin, replacing her glasses.

"Great." concluded Suigetsu.

Suddenly, a huge group of ninjas and Kages made their appearance and surround them, weapons pointed in their directions.

"You? You're supposed to be locked up in jail!" spoke Mifune as he looks at the three missing ninjas.

"Yeah, supposed is the word!" replied Suigetsu with a grin.

"Don't play smart with me!"

"Enough. We don't have time for this." interrupted the Raikage.

"Does any of you know where the others are?" asked Gaara.

"No, we got separated during the battle." answered Suigetsu now serious.

"Damn… If we have to search blindly it will take us days!" spoke Kiba, already exhausted.

"We need to find them and fast." said Shikamaru.

"I can help you with that." interrupted Karin.

Looking strangely at the girl, Kakashi studied her a bit before turning his glance toward Tsunade for a sign of approbation. The woman nod once in a clearly doubtful look before the grey haired man spoke.

"I don't know who you are, neither why you want to help us, but as long as you can help us find them, I will thrust you."

"You won't regret it." said the girl.

Getting into business, Karin focuses her chakra and begins to scan her surrounding for any signs of the dark-haired boy chakra. Immediately, she found it. Letting her feet carry her out, Karin start running toward the huge hole and didn't stop until she spot them.

"Here they are!" spoke Karin as she guides the group toward them.

"Naruto!" yelled Hinata as she ran in the hole, followed by the rest of the group.

At the same time, the blond-haired boy wake up and tried to sit when the dark-haired girl jump in his arms and kiss him full on the mouth, before covering him with butterfly kisses.

"Hey Hinata!" said the boy between two kisses, "Ha, ha! Are you alright?"

"Of course Naruto and you?" asked Hinata on the verge of crying.

"Perfectly fine!" answered Naruto.

"Naruto, you sure? This technique could have killed you?" asked Tsunade as she puts her hand on his forehead to check for any fatal injuries.

"I swear Tsunade, I'm fine!"

"Man that was awesome!" yelled Kiba

As everyone congratulated the blond-haired boy, Sasuke finally wakes up and try to focus on something, when he realise that something heavy was resting on him.

"What the…?"

Slowly sitting up, the dark-haired boy looked at the weight on him with wide eyes. The pink haired girl was lying on his laps, clearly not awake. Thinking she might have been hit by something when the dome explodes, the Uchiha slowly shake her to awaken her. But nothing worked.

"Sakura?" whispered Sasuke as he tried to push her harder.

When she didn't respond, the boy panic and activate the sharingan at the same time. He took her in his arms and threw his head on her chest toward her heart and listen closely. Nothing… Looking at the girl with a horrified expression as he slowly let her fall on his legs, keeping his hand at the nape of her neck. Upon seeing this, Naruto thought the two of them were about to kiss and immediately thought of a joke.

"Come on Sasuke, hold it 'til we're back to the village! Ha, ha!"

When Sasuke didn't respond, Naruto knew something was off. Sasuke's head was hanging low; his bangs were covering his eyes. As the sharingan begin to fade away, a single tear roll down his face before falling on the girl's face. Upon saying this, everyone around them stops talking and looked at the two ninjas.

"She's not breathing…" stated the Uchiha in a stern voice.

"What?" asked Naruto in disbelief as he tried to stand up.

Beating him to it, Tsunade ran at Sasuke and look at her student with worry. There was blood everywhere on both the Uchiha and the girl. Putting her ear to her heart, the Gondaime check the heartbeat and the vital signs of the pink haired girl.

"There's a light beat and ragging breath. Move Sasuke, I'll need some space." spoke the blond-haired woman.

"She told me she couldn't heal herself and that she had to see a med nin or she would die. I think she use her last forces to heal me. Despise the fact that I'm covered in blood, I don't have any wounds left…" explained Sasuke as he reluctantly moves away from the girl.

"The jutsu?" asked Tsunade.

"Yes." answered the boy.

"Damn." replied the woman before turning around, "Kakashi..."

"Sigh, yes." said the grey haired man.

Walking toward the Uchiha, Kakashi stop in front of him and look at him dead in the eye before turning him around and handcuffed him. At the same moment a bunch of other ninjas, did the same thing with Karin, Juugo and Suigetsu.

"Sasuke, you are now under arrest for a series of infractions against the ninja world." spoke Kakashi.

"What? Kakashi what are you doing?" interrupted Naruto clearly surprised by all this.

"You will be put on trial to judge you on those crimes." continued the grey haired man as if nothing happened.

"What is the meaning of this?" asked again Naruto as he stands up.

"I have to face what I have done Naruto. We can go." concluded Sasuke as he looks at his ex sensei with dull eyes.

"Hold on." stated Kakashi as he looks at the pink haired girl.

"Hn?"

"Even if I have resentment towards you, you're still an important person for me. As much as she is for the both of us." stated the grey haired man.

Relaxing a bit, Sasuke look at Kakashi with comprehensive eyes and remain by his side while the members of team 7 look at the only girl of their team with worries. And as suspected everyone around them had the same look on their face. On the other side, Tsunade was starting to freak out while scanning the pink haired girl.

"God dammit Sakura… What have you done to yourself?" whispered the Gondaime as she stops her examination to think.

"Is it that bad?" asked the Mizukage with worry as she bend toward the young woman to brush a strand of her pink hair out of her face, "She just seems unconscious…"

"She's on the verge of death." answered Tsunade.

"Can you do something?" asked Gaara as he too approaches.

"That's what we're going to see." answered the Gondaime while barking orders, "Okay. INO! Get back here now. Bring me two teams of med nins and someone, please find me Sumi from Iwagakure."

"Sumi? Why?" asked the Tsuchikage.

"She's a specialist with the chakra system."

"That's true." replied the old man as he motioned one of his companions to fetch the girl.

"Hinata, Neji, come here please." said the Gondaime.

"Yes Hokage sama?" replied the two Hyugas.

"I'll need your eyes for this." explained the blond-haired woman.

"Of course." answered Neji.

"What do we do Tsunade?" asked Ino as she reached them, panic all over her face even if she tried to stay calm.

"Yes?" added Sumi as she joins the group.

"Sumi and I are going to take care of the chakra system with Hinata and Neji. All of the medic, I want you to heal those wounds. Ino you'll have the most important task of them all…" begin the woman.

"Gulp. What is it?" asked Ino, afraid.

"Make sure she stays alive."