Minato: Keyote doesn't own Naruto
Kushina: We do and know one can prove otherwise.
The next chapter of Precious Bonds will be out Sunday. The current poll will close at midnight Saturday and the results will be revealed in the next chapter as well as the final poll for Precious Bonds will be revealed.
Next week, we'll see two chapters of Spiral Traversed, chpt.3 of Impulse (Witch Impulse) and possibly Rave it, Hinata which is meant to prepare you all for Rave Master Naruto which will start May 1. Also, May will see new chapters for Minato and Your Not Alone act 1 being released and the final part of the Our Secret trilogy. So, be prepared for some craziness.
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Chpt.26: The Demon vs the Avenger
"Only one of use will leave this valley alive, huh Sasuke? Big words considering that in all our previous fights that we've had since becoming genin have seen me winning" said Naruto as he looked across the great divide that separated the two of them. "Perhaps, but things change Naruto. I can feel the power that the seal contains flowing thru me now. That weird power of your will not aid you this time." Naruto shakes his head and sighs. "So, this is really going to end in a fight. Fine, but I promise that I won't hold back this time. I'm taking you off your high horse once and for all."
Sasuke gives him a grin before saying "If you really think you can do that. Then do it and let this rivalry between us be done forever." With that, no more words needed to be said for their actions would become their words. They both lept from atop the statues and began to race down the sides of them as they raced towards the ground. as they rush downwards, Sasuke unleashes a flurry of fire balls at Naruto as he counters with a powerful blast of wind that's strong enough to divert the flames away from him. They hit the water and rush in an arch like formation as they head towards each other.
Bringing their fist to the ready and pumping as much chakra into them as possible, the two fights slam their fist into each others faces,sending both flying back as the water around them explodes from the force of the combined hits. Naruto recovers and looks around, trying to see where Sasuke was, but couldn't find nothing. He turns and see Sasuke send a power punch into his gut which causes Naruto to stumble back. As Naruto tries to recover, Sasuke shoots in and delivers a kick to his lower jaw that send Naruto airborne.
Sasuke jumps up and grabs Naruto as he prepares to unleash his Lion's Barrage. But before he can connect with the water, Naruto twist his body around and grabs Sasuke legs and uses a blast of wind from his mouth to send them spinning. Caught off guard by this, Sasuke isn't able to recover in time as Naruto slams him into the water. As Sasuke regains himself from hitting the water hard, Naruto picks him up and send him skyward with a powerful uppercut.
Sasuke finally comes to his senses and sees Naruto appear in the air next to him. Making several handsigns in rapid succession, Sasuke tries to unleash a massive fire ball but Naruto beats him by unleashing anpther powerful wind blast from his mouth that sends Sasuke flying back in slamming him into the rocky cliff side. Using another blast of wind to send him at Sasuke, Naruto readies a punch when Sasuke finally fires his fire ball at Naruto when he's to close to dodge. The blast envelpoes them both as Naruto is sent skipping across the lake like a stone at a fast speed.
Sasuke pulls himself free from the rock face as he looks at were Naruto crashed into the water. Seeing Naruto pulling himself up from the water as well angers Sasuke as he thinks to himself 'Damn, what do I have to do to take him out. Well, I guess I can use this.' With that, he begins to power up the Chidori as he prepares to make his move. Naruto looks up and sees this and realizes that he has only one weapon at his disposal right now that will work here. Taking a breath to clear his mind, the focus's on forming the Rasengan.
With both attacks fully powered up, Naruto and Sasuke charged each other as they both thought the same thing. 'Now we can what would happen when these two attacks collide with no one to stop them now.' The Rasengan nad Chidori collide, releasing a massive blast of chakra energy ripping across the water. For just a moment, the two attacks appear to meld together, then the counter reaction of this occurs and both Naruto and Sasuke are sent flying apart to the far sides of the canyon as the collected energy of their attacks explodes in a violent detention of energy.
As Naruto picks himself up from where he was slammed into the rock cliffs, he looks to where he had just been and said to himself "Damn that was brutal. Just imagine if we had collide up on top of the hospital, we probably would've destroyed most of it. So I better becareful as I doubt even I can handle to many of those explosions." Meanwhile, Sasuke has alos managed to stand up while coughing up a small amount of blood. He scan's the area and sees Naruto also on his feet and curses inwardly to himself.
"That son of a..., how and when did he learn something like that? I need to be careful. I've already used one Chidori and that means I got just two more left with my current chakra levels. I need to think of a way to catch him off guard and get him when he's open to an attack." Sasuke quickly thinks and comes up with an idea. 'Hm, it's a big risk but I really don't have any other choice. I can't afford to lose this one, no matter what.' Sasuke reaches out and draws upon the power of the curse mark as his body begins to be covered in the black lines born of Orochimaru's power.
From his spot, Naruto notices something going on and decides to get a better look. "Reikigan" he says as he activates his blood limit. Though still a distance away, he can see Sasuke's aura begin to warp and twist in on itself. 'Sasuke? He must be using the curse mark's power. His aura is starting to distort just as badly as Orochimaru's was. OK, I better finish this now before both of us end up dead.' Naruto charges up another Rasengan before shooting forward and rushes Sasuke as fast as he can move. Sasuke smirks as he himself once more charges Naruto with his curse power now fully activated.
The two approach each other quickly as Naruto realizes that Sasuke isn't using his Chidori, thus causing him to wonder what he's planning. Just as they're about to collide again, Sasuke suddenly jumps back while making some hand signs and unleashing a large fireball into the water. The result of the fire hitting the water creates a dense field of smoke that completely evelopes Naruto. 'Damn, I can't see anything in this. I better stay alert so Sasuke can't catch me off guard.' As Naruto carefully observes his surroundings, he suddenly hears the sound of lightning surging and realizes that Sasuke has just created his second Chidori.
He turns to where the sound is coming from and is able to make out a small hint of blue/white light coming from his left. "Found you" he shouts as he unleashes a powerful air blast that blows the smoke away as he simultaneously charges in and thrust his Rasengan towards where the light was coming from. But all he gets is empty air. "Wha...? Where is..." Naruto suddenly hears the sound of lightning coming from behind his as he curses while spinning around only to see Sasuke coming at him fast with a big grin on his face.
Naruto tries to jump away so as to avoid the attack, but he's not fast enough as Sasuke slams the attack into his chest along the right. The lightning blade pierces thru him easily as Naruto cries out in pain. "Hah, not quite as good as you thought, Naruto? I will admit that you did manage to keep me from hitting my intended target; your heart. But at least with this, I made further resistance from you meaningless. After all, I've taken out your right lung with my attack as well as rendered your right arm useless. I can kill you at my own leisure now and enjoy it too."
Naruto, despite the pain he's feeling from the hit, manages to look up and gives Sasuke a weak smile. "Don't think this is over yet. After all, I'm still alive and that means i can still fight." Sasuke laughs as he pulls his hand from out of Naruto's body and says "Then by all means Naruto, show me what you got left and I'll show you the true power of the curse mark." Naruto can feel the energy of the fox building up with in him. "Before that Sasuke, answer one thing. Why take the easy way out with Orochimaru. If you really want to beat Itachi, wouldn't going the slow wayt be better in the long run?"
Sasuke gets a serious look on him as he says "Of course the slow way is the best, but I don't want to waste my entire life pursuing him. Even if the power I gain from Orochimaru will ultimately fail me in the end, if it can last long enough to beat Itachi, then anything beyond that won't matter. Now, it's time for you to die.....Naruto." Sasuke prepares to activate his final Chidori as Naruto laughs and says "Your almost right. I think it's time I put you down once and for all." Before Sasuke can even ask what he means, Naruto's body erupts with red chakra that sends Sasuke flying back away from him.
As he recovers, he looks to see Naruto glowing with red chakra, his Reikigan having changed into blood red irises and slit like pupils. His whole appearance having become more feral. 'So, he's finally using THAT power again. I don't know what it is or where he obtained it, but I will defeat both it and him this time. I swear it.' Sasuke calls upon as much of the stage one curse marks powers as possible as he takes up a fighting stance. Naruto takes up his Frog-fu stance as he says "Sasuke, you pushed me to do this. So prepare yourself cause I'm taking you back to the village...one way or another."
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Kakashi races thru the tree line as he and Pakun head towards the location Naruto's scent is leading them. "How are we doing?" asked Kakashi. Pakun takes another whiff from the air before saying "Not far now. At our current speed, we should catch up with them with in the hour, assuming they don't start moving again that is." Kakashi nods as he picks up the pace and hopes that he's not to late from preventing a disaster from happening.
(back at the fight)
Naruto gave off a deafening roar that created a shock wave that nearly sent Saskue flying, but he managed to remain in his spot somehow as he braced himself for what was to come. Naruto suddenly disappeared and for just a moment, Sasuke looked around frantically as he tried to locate him. Naruto reappeared right in front of Sasuke, his right hand balled into a fist that was heading right for Sasuke's face. Frozen by this, Sasuke just stood there as the attack came at him, but stopped just a half inch from his face.
For what felt like an eternity, Sasuke just looked at Naruto as he remained motionless, wondering why he stopped his attack. After a moment, Naruto gave him a grin before pulling his fist away, then kicking Sasuke hard in the stomach that sent him flying back and hitting the water hard. Sasuke coughed up blood as he tried to recover from the hit only to see Naruto come upon him again and proceed to punch the hell out of him as if he was a punching bag. After several quick hits, Naruto hit Sasuke hard enough to send him airborne again, but then grabbed him by his ankle and brought him back down again and slammed his elbow into Sasuke's nose before swinging him around and letting him fly off.
Sasuke hit land and for a moment, he laid there as blood gushed from his broken nose. After a moment, he was able to focus enough chakra from the curse marks power to stop the blood from flowing out as he looked back at Naruto. 'Dammit, what the hell can I do to win this?' Just then, Naruto launched himself into the air and maneuvered over Sasuke as he planned to finish him with one final hit. Sasuke launched a large fireball at Naruto, hoping it would catch him by surprise. But Naruto unleashed another feral roar that reversed the attack and sent it right back at Sasuke with a little wind jutsu added to it.
The explosion sent Naruto flying back and he landed several meters away. "Did that work?" he asked himself as he looked to were the attack had hit. Just then, he heard what sounded like laughter coming from the smoke. He then heard Sasuke's voice come from the smoke as well. "Thank you Naruto. You actually did something to help me out for a change." Naruto looked to where he felt Sasuke was and asked "And what did I do for you?" Just then, Sasuke emerged and Naruto saw that he was now different.
First, were as before the curse mark only covered half his body, it now fully covered him. And then he saw Sasuke's eyes, there were three comma marks now instead of two in each eye. "You helped me bring my Sharigan to it's full power. With it, I can now defeat you with ease. So come at me if you dare." Naruto gave him a menacing look as he said "Fine, but know this. My next attack will end this fight between us, forever." Naruto shot towards Sasuke faster than he's ever moved before, his fist raised and ready to take him out. Sasuke smirked as he could now see Naruto's attack coming and knows how to counter it.
Sasuke dodged the attack and sent his own punch at Naruto, which caused him to stumble back. Now Sasuke went on the offensive and started landing attack after attack against Naruto while dodging his attacks in the process. Sasuke sent Naruto into the nearby cliffs with a devastating punch to the face that broke Naruto's nose and rushed at him and landed before him before sending him crashing into the lake with an explosive blast from a fireball jutsu at point blank range.
Beneath the water, Naruto reset his nose as he thought about this unexpected change. 'OK, his Sharigan can now predict my movements, but it has to have a weakness. Wait, that's it. It will only work if he can see me. As long as my attacks come in a way that he can't see till it's to late, he won't be able to counter them. Sasuke continued to look around him while wondering where Naruto's next attempt at attacking him will come from. The sound of bubbling turns him around as he prepares his next attack, but the attack comes from behind as dozen's of Shadow clones shoot up and fly at him like missiles.
Sasuke manages to dodge them while hitting several, but most get more chances along with even more clones, which forces Sasuke to keep moving and dodging. Suddenly, Sasuke's movements stop as he realizes that his feet are being grabbed from under the water. This distraction allows several clones to finally land hits against him before he finds himself being launched into the air and being swung around rapidly before both he and the clones go slamming against the cliff face. Managing to recover quickly, he unleashes his strongest fire jutsu "Dragon King Fire jutsu."
The blood red flame envelopes the Naruto's and rushes down into the water, creating a powerful blast of steam to shoot into the air. Sasuke watches as all the Naruto's fade out except the one holding him. The remaining Naruto has a look of shock and mind numbing pain on his face. Unable to move, Naruto just remains motionless as Sasuke pushes him off the side and he begins to free fall. "NARUTO, NOW I WILL END THIS" he hears Sasuke yell before he feels something grab him and his decent towards the ground quickens.
The impact of Naruto and Sasuke into the ground creates a small quake and a booming sound that can be heard for miles. As Sasuke pulls away from Naruto and begins to vomit from his own injuries sustained during that stunt, Naruto falls to the ground and slides into the water as blood leaks from his head injury. As Naruto floats there, he finds himself being drawn into his inner world. "So, it would appear that the RAGE mode is no longer enough for you to be strong" came the voice of the fox as he approached Naruto.
"Then, how do I...win then?" asked Naruto in a raspy voice. Kyu smiled and said "Simple, the time has now come for you to awaken your next level of power." Lying there, Naruto looked up and asked him with confusion in his voice "What do you mean?" Instead of answering him, Kyu began to glow as he sunk down and merged with Naruto, filling him with a new power. Naruto's eyes bulged as he felt the change coming over him. Sasuke, suddenly sensing the danger, looks at Naruto warily as he moves to check on him.
Sasuke finds himself coming to a stand still as a thick ooze of chakra begins to emerge from Naruto's body and completely surround him. Naruto is lifted into the air as Sasuke gets even closer. Without warning, Sasuke suddenly finds himself flying back and hitting the water hard. He winces from the blow he had just received from Naruto to his cheek and finds himself wondering when the hit had come as his Sharigan never detected it. He looks to see Naruto with his right fist drawn and a look of pain on his face. "Hey dope, what's happening to you?" asked Sasuke who found himself feeling afraid for the first time in years.
Naruto hunches over onto all fours as the chakra ooze finishes solidifying around him. From where he stands, Sasuke can see that Naruto is now covered in this reddish/orange chakra ooze like a shroud, the area around his fingers and feet looking like claws, chakra ears that resemble the ears of a fox on his head, and a chakra tail swinging around behind him. Sasuke finds himself wary of approaching Naruto at the moment when Naruto shoots at him with a speed that the Sharigan can barely match. I f it wasn't for the fact that Sasuke was already good at making a quick response, he would be suffering from Naruto's attacks.
Sasuke manages to avoid the first series of attacks and is dodging the latest when a chakra claw shoots from Naruto's hand and sends him flying from the powerful contact with it. As Sasuke recovers, he sees the one tailed Naruto racing towards him fast. Making the neccessary handsigns, Sasuke unleashes a fireball at Naruto who immediately stops his moving and allows the attack to hit. For a moment, Sasuke allows himself to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking its over till the fireball suddenly starts to shrink in on itself.
He then sees the reason why; Naruto is actually sucking it into his mouth as if eating it. Upon finishing his meal, Naruto gives off a powerful roar that causes the whole valley to shake as multiple chakra claws explode from his body and come at Sasuke from every angle. Sasuke tries to dodge them, but he fails to notice one coming from directly under him till it's too late. The claw latches on to him as he finds himself being drawn quickly towards Naruto. Sasuke tries to break free but can't find anything to use against Naruto who fires off another claw that slams into Sasuke and sends him flying into the shoreline.
As Sasuke gets up and then barely manages to catch himself from falling again, he looks to see Naruto slowly walk onto the shoreline and approach him. "I see, even with the power of the curse mark, I can't defeat you like this. So, I guess I'll have to go to your level." And with that, Sasuke calls forth the power of the second stage of the curse mark. His skin turns a grayish brown color while his hair goes completely gray. Naruto looks at Sasuke and thinks "What? What's happening to him?" Sasuke laughs as he feels this new power surging thru him as he says "I think I understand now why my brother wants you. It's because your special, Naruto. However, it's time I showed you that I'm even more special."
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Naruto snorts as he looks at Sasuke and says "Who ever said I was special? If your talking about what you see here now, I can assure you that this is more of a curse than a blessing. But I will use this power to protect everyone, no matter what happens to me in the end. What about you? Is the borrowed power of Orochimaru something so big that it's the only thing that can make you feel special?"Sasuke laughs and then says "Maybe, maybe not? Who can really say, huh Naruto. But this I do know; this power I now have will crush you completely."
Naruto launches himself at Sasuke so he can finish this here and now, but finds a weird organic shell blocking his path. "What the..." he says before the shell pushes out and sends Naruto flying back and slamming him into the stone feet of the 1rst Hokage's statue. As he picks himself up, he sees what blocked him. A giant wing that is growing from Sasuke's back which is quickly joined by another. 'OK, that can't be good' thinks Naruto as he looks at Sasuke, who suddenly doubles over in pain. 'Damn, Sakon was right. This second form does eat away at your body. I need to end this quickly before I'm over run by it.'
Sasuke picks himself up and says "Naruto, did you know that this is the Final Valley? It was here that my ancestor, Madara Uchiha battled the 1rst Hokage in a duel to the death over the leadership of the village. It seems fitting that we have our final fight here in this place. So come at me Naruto and let us see who's power is absolute and who is destined to taste defeat this day." Focusing his thoughts completely onto the fight, Naruto feels the fox chakra increasing in strength as he yells "Fine, lets end this now....once and for all." And with that, the two lunge at each other for the final round of the fight.
(cue Final Fantasy 7: Sephiroth's theme music "One Winged Angel"...now)
Naruto and Sasuke collide in mid air, sending them into a spin as the both struggle against each others hold. Sasuke manages to us his wings to send Naruto slamming into the ground with him on top, his fist smashing against Naruto's face over and over which causes some blood to spatter about. Naruto, slowly fading from the punches, raises his chakra tail up and wraps it around Sasuke's throat and flips him off. Sasuke now struggles to free himself from Naruto's hold as Naruto begins to race around the rocky area, dragging Sasuke against the ground; his face being smashed against the rocks and dirt as Narto moves.
Digging both wings into the ground to stop the movement, Sasuke jerks back which sends Naruto flying and frees Sasuke from the embrace of the chakra tail. Naruto quickly rights himself as he lands on the ground and looks to see Sasuke take to the air. Naruto jumps up to grab him, but Sasuke fires off the spikes from his winds. The spikes hit Naruto and sends himm back into the ground; effectively pinning him there as Sasuke begins to charge up a Chidori attack.
"Now, say goodbye....NARUTO" screams Sasuke as he shoots down and slams the Chidori into Naruto's stomach. Naruto coughs up a large amount of blood as Sasuke looks at him and smirks. He's about to respond when he hears a familiar sound. He turns around only to see a Rasengan at the tip of the chakra tail moving at him. Unable to dodge in time, Sasuke simply braces himself as the attack slams into his back and sends Sasuke spinning rapidly into the feet of Madara Uchiha's statue. Sasuke manages to pull himself up, coughing up blood himself, and looks back to Naruto.
Naruto is back on his feet, the wound on his stomach already closing as he looks at Sasuke and says "Don't think I can be killed so easily. If you think that false power of yours will end my life, then your even more ignorant than I originally thought, SASUKE." Naruto then unleashes a wave of chakra claws at Sasuke who launches high into the air and begins to dodge them easily. 'Hm, even Naruto can't jump this high and at this range, I can easily dodge those claws of him' thinks Sasuke as he continues to dodge and think of another strategy.
Naruto stops his attacks and thinks up an idea. 'Hm, I could try that. After all, it did work against Gaara....sort of' thinks Naruto as he begins to build up his chakra. Sasuke comes to a stop as he looks at Naruto and yells "So dope, are you giving up or do I have to repeat myself to you again?" Sasuke knew he had to hurry as he wouldn't be able to stay like this for much longer. He's drawn from his thoughts as Naruto roars for a moment before he launches into the air like a missile and shoots straight at Sasuke.
Sasuke is so surprised by this, he fails to move as Naruto slams into him and the both of them go flying into the face of the statue of Madara. The impact causes the statue's head to explode as Naruto slams Sasuke into the ground, then lifts him up and slams him back into the ground again. He sends a chakra claw at Sasuke and starts to crush him into the upper body of the statue. Unable to stand the pressure, Sasuke unleashes a massive blast of curse chakra that causes Naruto to break off his attack and sends him stumbling back.
Sasuke jumps into the air and rams back down into Naruto with such force that they both go crashing thru the rest of Madara's statue, sending both crashing into the ground violently. Naruto's chakra tail slams into Sasuke's gut and sends him flying back several yards. Both opponents pick themselves up and start to breath and pant heavily as they both find it hard to maintain consciousness. Sasuke looks at Naruto and says "Well, I can see that your power has it's limits. You must be reaching the end of what you can do in that form, am I right?"
Naruto looks to see his left arm hanging limp, the chakra cloak starting to fizzle out a little. Naruto then looks back and sees a part of Sasuke's legs also starting to reverse as he says "Look who's talking. i think we're both ready for a break from this." Sasuke nods and says "I agree, so let me propose a final solution." Naruto gives him a serious look and says "I'm listening." Clearing his throat, which has become dry all of a sudden, says "Lets put all we have left into one last attack and let the winner be decided by who's the stronger between us as of right now."
"Agreed" says Naruto as he begins to form a Rasengan in his hand. Suddenly, Naruto is pulled into his mind scape and he sees Kyu walk up to him. "Hey, what's going on?" "Listen Naruto, as things currently stand, Sasuke's attack is slightly stronger than yours and we need to win this, for both his sakes and ours as well." Naruto thinks for a moment, then ask "So, what do we do then?" "Simple, I will go against my better judgment and grant you the power of two tails."
Naruto looks surprised and ask "Are your sure, I can barely handle one right now. I think two might do more harm than good." Kyu nods before saying "I know, but we have no choice here. I will grant you that power and you will be able to handle it for 1 minute, no longer than that. Once that minute is up, you will return to normal and will not be able to move for 24 hours total. Well, are you ready?" Naruto nods as Kyu sends more power into Naruto as he begins to change. Sasuke is building up his power when he sees a second tail emerge from Naruto to join the first.
'What the hell, another one? No matter, I will win this clash, no matter what I have to do.' The Chidori around Sasuke's left arm starts off as blue/white, but it suddenly shifts into black/white which surprises Sasuke. "How....I see. The power off the curse has evolved the Chidori into a new form. With this...Ominous Chidori, I will win this fight." Seeing the new Chidori worries Naruto for a moment before he focuses and forms the Rasengan. For a moment, the Rasengan appears normal, but then it suddenly shifts and doubles in size as it suddenly morphs to look like a miniature version of the sun.
'What the...?' thinks Naruto as he sees this new Rasengan. He hears Kyu call to him and say "Interesting, it would appear my fire elemental chakra has influenced your Rasengan and made go from being made of neutral chakra to being fire chakra based.' Naruto nods his understanding as he prepares his new weapon. Both Naruto and Sasuke nod at their readiness as they launch into the air and head straight at each other. "Ominous Chidori" yells Sasuke. "Fire style Rasengan, Rasen-Nova yells Naruto as they fast approach each other.
It was then that something happened that changed everything. One second, they only see each other; then the next, they see a red and pink blur shoot between them. Naruto feels a tug on his right arm and then sees a chain hooked onto his wrist which pulls his arm off target. His eyes widen in the realization that he's now open, exposed, and vulnerable to being hit by Sasuke and can't get his own attack back in place on time. Sasuke smirks as he plants the black Chidori into the center of Naruto's chest, where his previous wound had been an was already healed.
Naruto screams in absolute pain as the black lightning explodes thru his entire body; blasting out at various spots along his person. The Rasen-Nova fades out as the chakra cloak shrinks and fades away. Sasuke grins at seeing Naruto go limp, his eyes now lifeless from what he can tell as he lands on the ground. Sasuke looks to see the new arrival and says "Sakura, what are you doing here?" She looks at horror at what she sees. She had meant to divert both attacks, but she had missed Sasuke's arm while snagging Naruto's with the battle chain, resulting in Naruto being killed before her.
Deciding to deal with it later, she says "I know Sasuke, but things have a changed." He looks at her confused as he ask "What do you mean, Sakura? Explain yourself now." She looks at him and says "I can't, we don't have the time. Kakashi-sensei will be hear soon so we need to leave. I will say this now; I needed to leave the village because of what I learned. And I will tell you everything once we're safe at the Sound Village."
Sasuke sighs before saying "Fine, but if what you have to say doesn't work for me, then you won't have the honor of helping me revive my clan." He then removes his arm from Naruto's body and tosses him into the water and watches him sink away. "OK, lets go." And with that Sasuke begins to walk towards the nearby forest. Sakura follows, but stops once and looks back to where Naruto sink and allows a tear to fall. Shaking it off, she turns to continue after Saskue as she says.
"I'm sorry Naruto. I swear I will get revenge against the village for what they took from us. I will see you again some day...my brother."
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next chapter: truths and departure
A/N: Well, I'm sure you have many questions now and they will all be answered next chapter (unless I forget one, of course). There are two chapters left in Precious Bonds. The next one will be the last for Naruto and Hinata and the last will be...well, you'll find out next chapter. Till then, wig out.