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And here is the "Part Two" of the battle between Naruto and Sasuke. I got some really good reviews about the first part and I hope that this part is at the same level as the first part. I had to rewrite a few of these parts a couple of times. PLEASE let me know what you think… as always!!

And if you are wondering… there are like two chapters left. So… who knows what will happen in the next chapters… hahah… dun dun duuuun! – laydee kai

A Son's Path: the Last Namikaze

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Naruto vs. Sasuke

Part Two

Naruto ran in to Sasuke's zone in order to engage him. His mind racing the entire time. He knew that just a blade was dangerous enough, but the way that his foe was able to wield it, made it all the worse. Naruto was well aware of the fact that Sasuke could use the sword as an extension of himself while producing the chidori. And he had to face facts; there wasn't much that could actually stop a chidori, Kakashi made sure of that when he invented it.

Naruto not only had to attack, but he had to get away from a blade and a possible blade while conducting the chidori at the same time. It was not going to be an easy feat. But, it was like what he told the Uchiha earlier, one more challenge wouldn't kill him.

Naruto charged the metal plates on his hands and forearms. He might not be able to utilize them while attacking, but he was going to put them to damn good use defending.

Sasuke smirked as Naruto ran into range of his beloved blade. He looked at his former teammate with contempt burning in his eyes. How could he even think that he would be able to go up against the Kusanagi? The nerve that this man had drove him insane and he was aching to prove to him how wrong he was.

"You are no match for my Kusanagi!" he boasted.

"And you are still overly confident… you have no idea what I am capable of."

Sasuke twirled the blade in his sickly pale hand and the grasped it with both hands. He launched himself in the air at the oncoming ninja. With all the might that he could muster, he brought the blade down hard.

Clank.

Sasuke's blood red eyes widened. Something had stopped his blade. But what? He used almost all of his natural strength in that swing. He looked down to see a fox like grin beaming from Naruto.

Naruto was on the ground with one knee supporting his weight. His arms locked together over his head. Sasuke eyed the metal plates on the blond's arms and scoffed.

"What is that? Metal plates? How can metal plates defend against my Kusanagi?" he demanded.

Naruto funneled more chakra into them. As the blue glow increased, so did his smile. He flung both arms open while pushing the blade away from him. His arms settled at his sides and the fin-like chakra blades radiated from the sides.

"They aren't just metal plates. They are charka plates… come on now… give me some credit. I'm not stupid after all." Naruto chided.

"That is still up for debate." The raven hair man said.

He held his sword out in front of him and charged it with a chidori. Naruto's eyes widened slightly. This next move was something that he would have to see whether or not it worked. His plan for countering the chidori blade was still untested. He inhaled deeply and thought that now was as good a time as any. Sasuke watched Naruto's eyes and felt confident that this would be the deciding blow.

"Let's see your plates block this." Sasuke said as he repeated the same move before.

He gripped the sword tightly once more and flew through the air at Naruto. The blond watched nervously as the blade began it's decent to him. He took another breath. "Please Kami let this work." He thought to himself.

Ever so slightly, Naruto accessed the massive reserves of chakra that he had. But he didn't use his normal chakra; instead he used some of the fox's chakra. He felt the fox's momentary victory surge, but ignored it. He had trained hard so he wouldn't have to rely on or even use the damn fox's chakra anymore. He sent the red charka to the left chakra plate on his arm and braced himself.

This time there was no noise. The two forces seemed to battle for dominance. Naruto saw his window. With his free hand, he channeled chakra. The small ball quickly grew in size until it was ready.

"Rasengan!" Naruto yelled at he drove the spiraling chakra into his enemy's belly.

The force of impact sent Sasuke flying back into several trees yet again. Naruto watched carefully to see if Sasuke would get up again. The Namikaze knew in the back of his mind that this wasn't the end. There would be more to this battle.

- - xXxXx - -

The group heading towards the battle had now increased. It consisted of Yuri, Sakura, Kakashi, Anko and Jugo. They flew through the trees heading to the location of where the massive summons were towering above the trees. The all hoped that they would make it in time to see Naruto finish off Sasuke.

- - xXxXx - -

The colossal creatures stood locked in a starring battle. Neither really wanted to fight the other, but their summoners were engaging in a fight to the death, so they were technically enemies.

"Look, Dokueki... for once I don't have a problem with the snakes. And I really don't want to fight you; however, if you support that bastard that holds your contract…then we have serious issues. That boy is scum." Bunta stated without fear.

"Lord Bunta, I completely agree. I was actually contemplating revoking his contract before he summoned me to this battle… but now it is a guarantee. He is clearly not worthy." The large snaked hissed in reply.

"I am glad that we see eye to eye on this Dokueki." Gama Bunta nodded his large head in apology."Lord Dokueki."He corrected.

"Thank you, Lord Bunta. The Toads and Snakes have been enemies for far too long. I wish to patch up our damaged relationship. There is another who holds our contract, a Konoha kunoichi."

"Ahh. I know who you speak of."

"With her help, maybe Konoha will once again have her three Sannin to protect her."

"Hai, I look forward to our meeting again, Lord Dokueki. Maybe this time around things will be better."

"Hai… I hope so. I will send word to you soon at Mount Myobokuzan. Till we meet again Lord Bunta." The giant snake nodded. "I'll take my leave."

"Till then."

Both massive summons vanished from sight, leaving nothing behind but a large cloud of white smoke and two old teammates finishing what began years before.

- - xXxXx - -

The five ninja finally made it to the scene of the battle. They noticed that they were locked in an intense fight and thought that it would be best if they just watched from behind the scenes. There was no reason to intrude if things were turning out favorable for them.

All eyes were firmly locked on the proceedings. Yuri watched with pride as her husband had watched and detected all of the movements from his attacker. He had learned well, something he always managed to do.

Kakashi watched on as his two former students fought. It was a bittersweet moment. He watched as these two men engaged each other, noticing how they both had grown. Even though they had taken two different paths, these two men were indeed a force to be reckoned with.

Sakura and Anko watched in awe as Naruto and Sasuke exchanged blows. They both had power that neither had really expected. Jugo was pleasantly pleased with Naruto's level. He was confident that he could hold his own against Sasuke and in the end, he would be able to keep his own demons in check if they were to ever get out of hand.

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Sasuke had made it through the blow of the Rasengan and stood out in the open. He looked up at the lingering smoke left from their summons. He shrugged and turned to Naruto.

"It seems that out summons have grown tired of us."

"Or just your arrogance." Naruto said in response.

Naruto could feel other eyes on him. He could sense the others that were watching from safe cover behind him. He silently cursed that Yuri was so close. He knew that she could be used as a weakness and he didn't need that right now. He needed to be able to focus on this and not worry about her safety. He knew why she was there but really wished that she would have just stayed away.

Naruto tried very hard to act like he hadn't noticed the newcomers' presence. He hoped that he would just overlook them and that would be that.

However, Sasuke had indeed sensed their signatures when they have arrived. He knew Kakashi's and of course, Jugo's. He knew that Naruto knew they were there, he could see the tension radiating through Naruto's body. This would clearly leave him with an untapped advantage if need be.

"It seems that our little audience is making you lose focus." Sasuke sneered.

Naruto watched on as Sasuke started to walk around in a pacing manner. It was as if were contemplating his next move and that made Naruto a little nervous because of those around them.

Sasuke walked straight at Naruto. His eyes set firmly on his target. Sasuke stretched out his free arm when he closed the distance. Several snakes shot out of his sleeve and headed towards Naruto fangs bared.

Naruto slightly tensed as he side stepped the onslaught of serpents only to find himself face to face with Sasuke. His eyes widened when he realized that Sasuke was gathering chakra. Sasuke grasped Naruto's shirt and forced him to look into his eyes. Naruto latched on to his arm trying to get away because he knew that Sasuke was planning on using the Mangekyou. Naruto's mind raced. He had to get away because this was one thing that he had not really trained against. There really was no way too.

Sasuke closed his eyes and was about to open them. Naruto gripped his foe's arm tighter and focused his chakra into his hands. There was no space to make a Rasengan but he could try. Much to Naruto's relief, the chakra burned the Uchiha's pale skin causing him to relinquish his hold on Naruto just as his eyes opened.

Naruto stumbled backwards away from the dark haired man when he picked up something in his peripheral vision. He slowly turned his head to see a malicious looking Uchiha holding his wife. He glanced back at the man behind him only to see him smirk, wiggle his fingers and then vanish from existence.

"You aren't the only one who can use a damn clone!" The Uchiha stated in a mix of glee and spite.

The traitor's laughed echoed through the clearing sending chills down everyone's spines. The others couldn't even follow his speed when he snatched Yuri. Naruto turned to face Sasuke. The bloodlust that he was emitting was immense. Naruto watched as the poisonous vipers slithered around Yuri's neck, threatening to sink their fangs into her skin. The Uchiha had just crossed a major line.

"This is between you and me… leave her be. She has nothing to do with this."

"Oh I don't think so… you see you are starting to lose your drive. You need some motivation."

Sasuke reached behind Yuri and grabbed her short sword's hilt. He leisurely unsheathed it, the light glistening off of the blade. He held it up to her eyes and let her look into the reflection. Sasuke kept his eyes locked on Naruto, smirking the whole time. He held the blade evenly so Yuri could see focused, red eyes. In an instant his eyes burned with the Mangekyou trapping her in the world of Tsukuyomi. Yuri screamed out in pain, reliving some dreaded event over and over. Her body started to shiver but she remained standing.

"Uchiha!" Naruto growled.

"Eh? Not enough motivation? How's this?" he questioned.

Sasuke rammed the sword into her side, turning it to cause more damage. Yuri was unable to scream because of the damage of the Tsukuyomi had done. Satisfied with the carnage he had committed, he let her spiritless body fall to the ground.

In a yellow flash Naruto was by her side, carrying her away to the others. He brought her to Kakashi and laid her at his feet. He looked to Sakura, not having to ask for her help, she was at her side. He picked up her short sword and turned away from his dying wife.

"You know Uchiha… I didn't want to use the Hirashin to kill you… I thought that you might have deserved a little more than that, however I was wrong. You die now!" Naruto roared.

Naruto flashed out of sight and appeared behind Sasuke. Using Yuri's blade, Naruto sliced Sasuke's back. In another yellow blur, he sliced the front of his chest.

"Ha! You think that will kill me?" Sasuke taunted.

Naruto stopped and looked at Sasuke with contempt. "No…that won't kill you." He vanished and reappeared behind Sasuke. "But this will." He said as he twirled the blade before impaling him with Yuri's sword. He drove it in at an angle piercing Sasuke's heart.

"And just for good measure…" Naruto said as he twisted the blade backwards and forwards.

Sasuke tried to gasp for air but could not. He coughed and blood sprayed the air.

"You won't hurt anyone else again."

Naruto closed his eyes, briefly remembering the past he shared with the man he had just killed. He looked up at Yuri's body, not moving, while Sakura hovered over her trying to stop the blood and heal what she could. That sight made any remorse that he might be feeling disappear. He gripped the sword again and violently tore it away from his body.

Sasuke fell to his knees and from there fell flat on his face. He lay there not moving. Naruto looked down at his body one more time and sighed. It was over; Sasuke Uchiha would no longer bother anyone. The world had one less psychopath to worry about.

Naruto stepped over his lifeless body and hurried to Yuri's side.

"Naruto-san? Are you sure that he is dead?" Jugo asked.

"Hai." Naruto replied monotone.

Naruto fell to his knees and looked at his wife. "How is she?" Naruto asked worriedly.

"Well… she has lost a lot of blood." Sakura looked up at him, pale and panting from using so much chakra. It was clear that she was worried and couldn't be certain of her condition at this time. "I think we should get her back to Konoha… she needs the hospital."

"We have to get her to Baa-chan." Naruto said seriously.

He gently scooped up his wife's limp body. Her head tucked under his chin. He inhaled and exhaled before starting to walk away.

Sakura looked over at Sasuke's dead body. She was trying her hardest to not remember the past that she had with Sasuke. She didn't want to think about how she had thought that she loved him, not about the days of their genin days. She looked back up at her other teammate, the one who holding the woman that he loved while she was slowly dying. Sasuke didn't deserve her attention now, Naruto did.

"Let's go." She agreed, knowing how worried he was. She glanced back at Sasuke's dead body, knowing she should check to make sure, but Yuri really needed her help.

Anko and Kakashi started to follow Naruto and Sakura when Jugo placed a hand on Anko's shoulder.

"Please, make sure." Jugo pleaded.

"Okay." Anko said reassuringly.

"I'll help." Kakashi said. "Continue on with the others, Jugo. Help Naruto if he needs it, he fought hard today."

"Hai. Hurry up." Jugo said as he turned to catch up.

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