Chapter 37
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Sasuke winced as his knuckles began pulsing in pain. "Aah-damnit..." He cursed, forcing them back into place with one deafening crunch.
Tobi began to laugh hysterically, as if madness had plagued his thoughts and could not control this burst of emotion. His hair was a shock of black spikes, a long ponytail hanging down to reach the bottom of his back. His bangs were near identical with Sasuke's and his face was quite similar also. The Konoha headband was now visible, the scar through the leaf. One eye had sharingan but the other half his face had one scar carved into where his eye had once been. His mouth drew into a smile.
"Don't be fooled by one sharingan eye Sasuke..." He appeared from behind the young Uchiha. "I'm still above you..." Sending a one-knuckled punch in his spine, Sasuke was forced forwards, rolling across the roof, causing tiles to shatter through with him. He halted to a painful stop, half the roof tangled in his fall.
Sakura jumped up onto the roof to Sasuke's side. "Sit up," she ordered.
"Mm..." Sasuke grunted. "Only interfere when it's necessary Sakura, I can take this..." Sasuke told her.
"I'm not interfering, I'm healing your spine so you can fight this freak without increasing the crack in your spine." She placed a palm on his back and surged green chakra within the injury. It healed in a matter of seconds.
Sasuke bowed his head in a way of thanks, before continuing the fight with Tobi.
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Tsunade dodged a kunai as she ran as fast as she could to the apartments. It was only up ahead now. She forced herself to skid to a stop, causing Shizune to stop also.
"Shizune...I cannot allow to continue..." Tsunade decided. "She looked after you frequently and you two were quite close...I don't want your memories of her to change..."
Shizune widened her eyes. "But you need help."
"No, I can do this alone...please, do not follow. Go find Sakura and help her stop the beast. That is all I can ask of you now..." Tsunade told her sternly, not facing her.
"But-" Shizune sighed. "Be careful..."
Tsunade gave one nod before dashing off.
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Hinata's body crashed through the table, forcing it to split in half, the wood slicing her arm. She winced.
Naruto ran ot Kushina, slid under her and punched her from the back. "Okay, let's get serious!" He created a shadow clone jutsu and started his rasengan.
"Jaraiya's rasengan, ne?" Kushina asked him. "I see your godfather wanted to you to follow in your father's footsteps rather than mine..."
Naruto eye's widened, as the blue orb began forming in his hand. "My-my what?"
Kushina smirked. "Don't get me wrong, I did not ask for him to die, it just...happened..." She lowered her eyes before doing a hand sign. "Gouben no jutsu!" A large whirlpool suddenly erupted from the apartment and went straight for Naruto when the jutsu was stopped by Tsunade.
Kushina turned to face her old friend. "Tsunade."
Tsunade gazed into the eyes who killed the man she loved secretly. "Kushina...I had one day feared..."
Kushina closed her eyes.
Flashes of images went in her mind...but her final memory of Konoha was all she could think about...
Kushina ran towards the cliff. "No! Minato-san stop!" She screamed, running past the jonin. Her hand was outstretched, she could just reach him now, only one second away from grasping him and begging him not to do what he was about to do.
Hands pulled her away and kept her steady. She desperately fought against the hands that stopped her from reaching him. "Why are you doing this!" She turned to face the man she was about to punch. "Kuh...Jaraiya-san? What are you doing?"
"Naruto can be the hero...like the one in the book...remember?" Jaraiya told her.
"Why does Minato have to die?" Kushina demanded. "I can't raise Naruto alone!"
Jaraiya closed his eyes. "Turn away Kushina..." He placed a hand against her cheek and forced her face away as tears streamed down her face.
Anger was boiling within her. And the jutsu was done.
Kushina shook of the painful memory as she shoved Tsunade away. "Damnit-stay away Tsunade, this isn't your fight..."
Tsunade glared. "Kushina, you will not get away with this."
"Hey granny Tsunade..." Naruto held a rasengan in his hand, but this was like one Tsunade had never seen. It was blue but red crackles danced around the orb as if his kyuubi was infused within his rasengan. "Don't..." His eyes glowed red. "Get..." His fangs began to lenghthen, until they hung over his bottom set of teeth like a vampire. "Involved." He shoved rasengan into Kushina, sending her through several apartment walls. Her long red hair circled around her as she rolled onto several floors. The sound was immense. As if a tornado was ripping the place apart. The sheer power of Naruto's jutsu was enough for everyone to feel the earth rumble.
Naruto ran straight to her, threw her body against the wall and squeezed down on her neck. "Why did you kill Jaraiya? What did he do to you?" He demanded, the kyuubi's voice heard in his own.
Kushina glared back at her son who was the same height as she was. "He stopped me from stopping Minato. If Jaraiya hadn't have grabbed me then Minato would still be alive!" Kushina screamed, grabbing her son's hand and then throwing him against the wall so that now they had switched positions. "I don't care about anything anymore! You're all dead to me!"
Naruto's teeth lessened slightly. "If that's the case, then why are there tears in your eyes?"
Kushina paused as she placed her finger to her eye. She shut them tight. "No! I'm supposed to be a shinobi! I can't love him anymore!" She did several hand signs, her eyes glowing with rinnegan. "Tsunami no jutsu."
Naruto's eyes widened as he heard a sound...more terrifying than the kyuubi itself...
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Sasuke did another fire jutsu, Tobi dodged it. Sasuke watched his opponent's moves closely.
Sakura had already gathered ANBU and they were placing a barrier jutsu against the beast who stayed in the ditch. Suddenly, the earth began to shake. "What's going on? An earthquake?"
"Sakura!" Shizune said. "Is the beast's chakra being compressed?"
"Only his body!" Sakura answered, pointing to the creature as a jutsu was sealed over it. "Is there an earthquake?"
Shizune shrugged as she gazed ahead of her. Her eyes widened. "Oh my goodness!"
Sakura gazed ahead also, her heart dropping. "Oh my-" Sakura ran to Sasuke as fast as she could. He was in the middle of fighting, but that did not stop her from landing in front of him and holding his body in desperation. She clutched onto his clothing as tightly as possible and shut her eyes. Threads of his hair passed through her fingers as she placed her hand against his head.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke demanded.
Sakura only held on tighter.
Tobi turned round. He saw a large tsunami not meters away. He did not react. He trusted the leader's jutsu. The water seemed to began controlling itself, like threads of watery vines passing through Konoha, not causing as much damage as the real thing could have done. A small wave of water hit Sasuke and Sakura, sending them cold and wet, but alive.
Sakura spluttered as she rolled off of Sasuke, wringing her hair.
Sasuke sat up and coughed once. "Why...?"
Sakura gazed at him.
"You saw that Tsunami and your first instinct was to protect me," Saskue said to her.
"You were too gormless to realise the giant thing coming at you so I..." She paused. "I couldn't help but hold on to you."
Sasuke lowered his eyes. But before he could reply, Tobi appeared from behind Sakura, a kunai raised. With immense speed he plunged into her back, but before it could reach, Sasuke's hand blocked it and the kunai was sent between his fingers, slicing them. He winced as blood began to seep from the gaps in his hands.
Sakura barely had time to turn around. 'His speed was-'
Sasuke took the kunai from Tobi's grasp and began fighting with him.
Sakura stood, watching the powerful jutsu as it turned into thin streaks of water and went for its direct target.
"Naruto," Sakura whispered. "Tsunade...please look after him."
Sorry this chapter was short but it's only going to get better (the story i mean woooooooo) What is Kushina going to do with that tsunami jutsu? aaah!