Team Z Chapter 94: Determination!, a Dragon Ball Z + Naruto Crossover fanfic

Bru-Sensei: Hey everyone, Bru-Sensei here! I just wanted to apologize for taking so long to edit this chapter…I had to edit this while in the middle of moving to my new house. Mainly, I am sorry to Muderdeath21 for delaying his story. Also…I probably have pissed off Vegeta for taking so long too…since they are still stuck on that planet. Anyway, if Jerry gets this up as soon as I send it to him, you will find this to be a good chapter for today, and so enjoy the chapter, and have a Happy Halloween! :)

A/N: Finally! I've been waiting for you to complete it!

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Me: Hey, don't call him a useless, Vegeta! More importantly, we still need to go to the lake to give an assistance to these weirdo aliens.

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Chapter 94: Determination!

(Mt. Myoboku- With Naruto)

An enormous blue energy wave shot towards a large stack of bricks, causing a small explosion that kicked up a decent amount of dust.

A few moments passed and the dust cleared, revealing Naruto as he panted heavily. He had been hard at work training here, and knew it had been about a month. As the jinchuuriki gathered his breath, he wondered if this was finally the end of his training. He wanted to go back to Konoha to see Sakura-chan and Sasuke again.

Jiraiya smiled in acknowledgement. "Good. You've combined both Ki and Chakra. Now if you balance them often, you will be able to train and get stronger quickly. Do you remember everything I told you about Ki and Chakra?"

Naruto stared at Jiraiya and deadpanned, "Quit pretending that you're the one who taught me, Ero-Sennin."

Jiraiya clobbered him on the head and scowled, "I told you to stop calling me Ero-Sennin! I have a name! It's Jiraiya…! And … I'm training you, so treat me with respect!"

"First of all, you're training me… and Dad taught me. You just happened to pick up from his training methods. Second, if you will stop peeping on women, I will start calling you Jiraiya-sensei from that time onwards. You can redeem yourself from your bad aspect."

"I told you I'm not a pervert! I'm a super pervert!" Jiraiya giggled and drooled at his own comment.

Naruto sighed, "Whatever…"

"Anyway… do you remember what Minato taught you?" continued the Toad Sage.

Naruto nodded, "Yeah… I remember." He recollected a flashback when he was transported to Mt. Myoboku from jail.

(Flashback Begins)

Naruto magically appeared somewhere, and was very confused. He looked at his surroundings and recognized the place. He spotted a large toad statue and just realized that he was at Mount Myoboku right now.

'WAIT! What am I doing here?!' wondered Naruto.

"I was asked to summon you here," said a voice.

Naruto looked around and saw Fukasaku. "Huh? Pa? Why did you summon me?"

"Because I asked him to," replied another familiar voice.

Naruto looked behind him, and saw that the voice was Jiraiya. "Huh? Ero-Sennin?!"

Jiraiya twitched his eyes and growled in annoyance.

Fukasaku snickered at that nickname. "Ero-Sennin, huh? What a fitting nickname for him! Hehe!"

"Shut up!" muttered Jiraiya as a vein throbbed on his forehead. He hated that nickname. 'I have to get used to this nickname! Come to think of it, I wonder what he calls Tsunade.'

"Yeah! I call him Ero-Sennin because he usually peeps on woman!" exclaimed Naruto.

Jiraiya shook his head at Naruto's manners, and then decided to move on to the more important things, as he said, "You're here because Tsunade asked me to summon you so I can train you."

"Oh… that pretty Hokage lady?" responded Naruto after a moment of thought.

'So he calls her pretty Hokage lady, huh?' Jiraiya thought. Then he chuckled as another thought came to mind. 'I wonder what his reaction will be when he finds out the 'pretty lady' he calls is actually about my age.'

"Ero-Sennin?! What's so funny to you?!" Naruto growled in annoyance when he noticed the Toad Sage's devious grin.

"You want to know a secret about Tsunade my boy?" asked Jiraiya in a tone that had just enough mystery behind it to set the hook.

"R-really! What secret?" asked the jinchuuriki.

"Well…" began Jiraiya as he sneaked closer to Naruto's ear for more effect, "The truth about Tsunade is that she…" He paused for dramatic effect, then continued, "…is my age. She's in her fifties."

"WHAT?!" Exclaimed Naruto incredulously as he stumbled away from Jiraiya. "She's fifty?! You've got to be kidding me, right?! She looks so young and hot!"

Jiraiya let out a light chuckle and felt smug. "I know right? You've seen the diamond-like shape on her forehead, right?"

Naruto nodded, and scratched his chin. "Yeah… I thought it was weird, though."

"The rhombus-like shape on her forehead is called Byakugo no In (Strength of a Hundred Seals)." Jiraiya began as he explained what it is, and how it works. "It is a seal that was developed by Tsunade which requires one to possess the pinnacle of chakra control. By storing a vast amounts of chakra over an extended period of time into a specific point on her body—usually the forehead—she created this seal, which manifested in the form of a rhombus-like marking. Once the seal is formed, she can use her impressive chakra control to use her stored chakra so she doesn't have to draw on her own, which allows her to perform techniques without any consuming much energy."

Jiraiya paused from his lengthy explanation to catch his breath before summing it up.

"So, she basically used a portion of the seal's chakra to maintain her youthful appearance. Got it now, brat?"

Naruto looked and felt completely lost as he scratched his head in confusion. "Huh? I don't get it, and why are you reading that scroll?" began Naruto as he questioned his teacher, "Don't tell me you're copying the contents from that scroll! Why bother trying to explain it to me if you didn't even know what it was in the first place!"

Jiraiya balled his fists and raised his eyes comically, before retorting, "Shut up! I know what it is, but it's hard to explain, hence the scroll!"

Naruto folded his arms and pouted his mouth, which visibly showed his stubbornness. "Hmph! Whatever! I still don't get it anyways."

"Did… you… just… give me… attitude?!" Jiraiya growled in a clipped tone.

"Don't worry about him. He won't understand you if you elaborate like that." said a voice.

Naruto widened his eyes, and stared at the direction of the voice in shock. "D-dad?"

His assumptions were correct as Minato walked towards them and smiled, "What he means was that she created the seal to have better chakra control without wasting any energy. As long as she has the seal, she can keep her youthful look."

Naruto made an "OH!" face as he finally understood the concept of the seal that Jiraiya had attempted to explain to him. The jinchuuriki nodded, "Oh, I got it! So, in other words, she's just a granny, but despite that, she used the jutsu to make her look youthful?"

Minato nodded and smiled, "That's right."

Another thought came to Naruto's mind which made him pause, "Wait…! Dad?! What're you doing here?" asked Naruto.

Minato smiled and said, "After finding out that Coola's already on this planet terrorizing Elementians, I decided to come here to help shape you into the best fighter possible, but unfortunately… I won't be the one training you…Jiraiya-sama will."

"Then why are you here if you're not training me?" asked a confused Naruto.

"That's because Jiraiya-sama needs proper instructions to train you. I'm here for a particular reason, but first I will teach you the way of the training method. I will tell you the real reason why I'm here after you understand the concept," said Minato.

Naruto got pumped up, and grinned excitedly, "All right! What's the training method?"

"Listen carefully, you guys." Minato began, referring to Naruto and Jiraiya. "First of all, which energy source do you use the most? Ki or Chakra?"

Through all of his battles with every enemy since they were transported to Earth, Naruto always used Ki more than Chakra, excluding with the fight against Raditz. Perhaps, because Ki became his second nature, and Chakra became useless to him, as seeing that Chakra won't harm an enemy too much, although, only a little. He only used Chakra for the purpose of combination, strategy, pulling a trick such as Kage Bunshin no Jutsu or when his Ki was about to run out.

"Ki. It's the energy source I use the most." Naruto finally answered, though he was wondering why Minato suddenly asked him that question. What was so important about using Chakra when it comes to a powerful opponent like Coola?

"Why do you use Ki the most, rather than Chakra?" Minato asked again.

It was out of the blue now. Naruto was confused as to what his father was trying to say. Why did he ask such a question when it was an obvious answer. Minato should realize by now that Chakra was useless. Even though, Sasuke performed Chakra techniques more than he did Ki techniques. Most of times, Sasuke used a Chakra technique, it never did any harm to his opponent. He knew it was useless to fight that way, but he was still wondering why Sasuke kept doing that.

"Because…" Naruto began, "Chakra is pretty much useless against someone that powerful like Freeza. I only used Chakra when I really need it, although it won't hurt them. That's why I used Ki a lot. Sometimes, I would combine Chakra and Ki altogether, but not that frequently."

It should be understandable. There were reasons why he had chosen not to use Chakra very much after all. Was there a reason why he should use it more? If it couldn't harm any enemies besides Elementians, then there should be no point in using it against them. Is Chakra important when Ki is more powerful?

From his experience, he had battled Goku with his Chakra and Ki at the same time during their time at Kaio's place, it didn't work against Goku, as it barely damaged him at all. Most of times, when he used his Rasengan, he had intended to add Ki into it in order to make it more powerful.

Minato nodded. "I see… Then you probably did not realize it yet."

Naruto raised his eyebrows in a puzzled expression, "What do you mean?! Is there something I missed?"

"Sasuke and Sakura have probably realized it since then. Haven't you ever wondered why Sasuke occasionally uses his signature Chakra jutsu, despite knowing that it won't possibly affect stronger enemies?" He paused while Naruto widened his eyes in realization. "Although adding a little bit of Ki with Chakra won't even affect an enemy like Freeza. Do you know why that is?"

"No, I don't know…"

"He used Chakra, with a little bit of Ki to attack his enemy, even though it did not harm him… It did have another result. Sasuke's Chakra had improved slightly. In other words, his training was very exceptional."

"Huh? What does improved Chakra have to do with training?"

"Remember what I told you about our Elementian traits…We get stronger every time we train with our Ki?" Naruto nodded in understanding as he recalled the teachings. "Right now, since you've only trained with your Ki every day, your training progress becomes very passive. It's not as rapid as it used to be because you don't train with your Chakra. You must have noticed this a while ago... that your training progress has significantly slowed, right?"

Naruto nodded. His Dad was right. His training progress had begun to slow since their conflict with Orochimaru. While his training had slowed down, Sasuke and Sakura were progressing rapidly. He was trying to get stronger, but no matter how many times he tried, the progress was few and far between, allowing Sasuke to surpass him, and Sakura to catch up to him.

"That's because you did not train with your Chakra!" Minato said, noticing that Naruto finally got it. "You only used your Ki to train. While your Ki has improved greatly, your Chakra has started to decrease slightly. You've become so accustomed to Ki, that it is becoming second nature to you, but the more you use your Ki, the less your Chakra becomes. In other words, as long as you don't use your Chakra that had been used as much as you used Ki, it will diminish."

"Not using Chakra very much may lead you to dissipate it, leaving you with only Ki. Once the Chakra is dissipated, it will be very difficult to use them together and develop it. Without Chakra, you'll be the same as an Earthling—No, probably the same as a Namekian. It is the same concept when you don't have very much Ki, but just Chakra, you will be about the same as an Earthling. You will just be useless…"

"But—" Naruto began before Minato interrupted him.

"However… If you don't want to become weaker, then you must learn to balance both of your energy sources and train with them frequently!"

"Then… how do I balance them? It's pretty difficult since you have to control an equal amount of both Ki and Chakra!"

Minato nodded and chuckled, "You're right. All you need to do is to control the same amount of Ki and Chakra, even though Ki is more powerful…For example, think of yin and yang. There's a balance of yin and yang."

Naruto nodded, as he continued to listen to Minato.

"Take a look at this." Minato put his palm upward, as a large blue sphere suddenly hovered about his palm.

"Is that a Rasengan?" asked Naruto, curious.

"No, it's not a Rasengan," Jiraiya finally spoke up.

Minato nodded in agreement then continued, "Correct… It's the combination of Ki and Chakra technique, which is more powerful than just Ki or Chakra themselves."

Minato was not just a genius, but just simply amazing! He was able to invent a Ki-Chakra combination, which was indeed way more powerful than just Ki or Chakra themselves. Naruto couldn't wait to perform the technique soon! He was practically shaking from excitement.

"However, it is a very lethal technique. If you performed a technique like this one, you have to use extreme caution, or you'll be caught in the blast too. Take a look…"

Minato crouched down, as he balled his energy sphere into his fist, and pulled his arm back.

Naruto, Jiraiya, and Fukasaku watched very closely as the ball disappeared inside Minato's fist. They gulped in anticipation, as Minato began to move his arm forward.

"Mienai Nami Batsu! (Invisible Wave Attack)" Minato shouted, as he threw his fist around, emanating a large shockwave from his palm creating a gust of wind that breezed over Naruto and Jiraiya.

Fortunately, it was just a soft wind, and didn't affect Naruto, Jiraiya, and Fukasaku. The technique seemingly affected everything in the path of Mienai Nami Batsu.

Naruto could tell by just looking at the path of damaged land in front of Jiraiya. But nothing else had happened. No explosion or anything.

Time went by as he wondered why nothing had happened yet. Eventually, two minutes passed since Minato had released that so-called Mienai Nami Batsu technique.

Minato smiled and said, "Prepare yourself. It will be there in a few seconds."

Naruto looked rather confused, scratching his hair. "I-in a few seconds–?!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Naruto had to shield his eyes from the massive explosion, light, and debris.

Jiraiya and Fukasaku were considerably aghast, as they stood there, their mouths agape.

Minato seemed to be proud of himself and grinned exuberantly, "Well… How about it?"

It's so…so…" Naruto began as his blood pumped up with excitement, and immediately gave him a thumbs-up and grinned, "AWESOME!"

"Amazing… Though it is very slow, but, it's very powerful at the same time." Jiraiya said proudly.

"My, my… Look at you. You've become much more powerful than you were already," praised Fukasaku.

Minato nodded, "A technique that uses a combination of both Ki and Chakra does have a side-effect though. It drains a lot of both energy sources, so you can only use it once."

"Eh?" uttered the gaping Naruto.

"As you can see when I demonstrated this technique to you, it drains a lot of my energy, but not only that. A technique is limited to one person, and no one can mimic this technique, not even I can pass this on to you. The technique is born from the combination of that one person's own chakra and Ki, so it is unique to the user. Which is also why I was the only able to see the technique itself."

Naruto nodded.

"It is invisible to anyone but the user, but it is much slower, but it will follow the target anywhere unless it hits any substance or a target. In order to perform this technique, I must sense a certain Ki or Chakra, and the technique will follow that specific signature, creating a target."

"What? A target?"

"Yeah…" Minato pointed over the yonder where he released his unique technique before. "The target I picked before was one of Coola's men. Apparently, the target came in a group on way to here. Though it's slower, they never knew what hit them. The technique is very useful, because it is so accurate. However…"

Of course, Naruto did realize that every technique has a side-effect, with some being more detrimental than others. For example, a Genki Dama requires the gathering of energy from all chosen surrounding life forms and inanimate objects and mold that energy into a massive sphere of destructive power. It is an extremely risky technique. If you're not too careful about it, it may result in the destruction of a planet. Conditions for the attack exist too, as it requires a person to be pure of heart in order to perform it. If a user is not pure of heart, it could backfire and kill the person with the impure heart, and not only that, it takes a large amount of time needed to complete the attack.

Another example is the Kaio-ken technique, which will increase the user's base power level, strength, speed, and senses for an instant. However, if the user ascends to a higher level Kaio-ken, the more drawbacks that user would receive. If they used it too much, it would start damaging his body more and more. In the worst scenario, it may result in death if said user was not careful.

"It has a side effect…" Naruto cut his dad off, "I haven't seen an attack that doesn't have a side-effect or weakness, so that's what I'm assuming you were going to say, Dad?"

Minato smiled and continued, "Very observant…You're right…It does have some side-effects, since this is supposed to be an assassination technique. No enemies can see me performing this, otherwise, an opponent will be able to see the technique at the very last minute. For example, if I were to launch an attack at you, you would only be able to see it when it is two feet away from you. It leaves little reaction time, but it is still enough time for someone to dodge it or swat it easily."

Jiraiya frowned with disappointment then added "Although it may seem as if it is, the technique's not invisible entirely."

Minato noticed Jiraiya's disappointment and chuckled, "Heh… Well, I never said that it's entirely invisible."

"I bet that I can make a better version of that attack!" shouted Naruto.

Minato sighed, "You can't. Remember that I said a combination of Ki and Chakra can only apply to each individual inventor…For example, my Mienai Nami Batsu applies only to me, since I invented it."

"Then how can I invent new attack?" Naruto asked in shock.

"Hmm… Every user can combine their Ki and Chakra together, and create an affiliated elemental attack. You must balance your Ki and Chakra, and then manifest them both at the same time…"Minato explained.

Naruto jumped and cheered, "All right! It should be easy! All I need to do is balance them and perform them at the same time… Just like how you enchant Chakra or Ki into each other!"

The jinchuuriki held his right palm upward and focused his Ki and Chakra. Since it was very hard to focus them both at the same time, he immediately closed his eyes to help himself concentrate. He had begun to picture molding them together in his mind.

He pictured a dark blue flame and light blue flame and assumed that the dark blue flame was Chakra and the light blue flame was Ki. Since he knew how to identify them, he began to attempt to connect them together, causing the dark blue flame to move towards the light blue flame…and

They began to connect…

Both flames turned into a sphere…

And suddenly, it expanded bigger and bigger…

Then for some reason, he started to feel the thump inside of his chest. 'W-What is this familiar feeling?'

His heart suddenly began to beat at a rapid rate…

It kept beating faster and faster… and faster!

His chest clenched tighter…he couldn't catch his breath…

He started to feel anxious. 'I-It was like this back then…'

It was almost as if his chest was going to blow up! 'N-NO!'

He quickly opened his eyes, as his cold sweat beaded and dropped on the ground. He was hyperventilating in panic, as his whole body trembled. He then realized that his hands and knees were already on the grass.

What was this fear he felt?

That fear had come back to him… Why did it come back? It was supposed to be gone, because he thought that he had already overcome it a long time ago!

"Naruto…" As a hand was placed on his shoulder, causing him to look up and see that Minato kneeled before him. "You're not ready for this anyways."

"W-what? T-this fear…" Naruto gritted this teeth, still rattled from the feeling as a tear dropped from his eyes, "…it's coming back! I feel like I'm going to explode! It's Freeza all over again!"

"I see…" Minato already understood what Naruto was talking about. He had seen Naruto's fear back then, it wasn't easy watching your son be killed after all. "That fear came back to you because you just made an attempt to perform the combination of Ki and Chakra."

"What does that mean?" asked Naruto as he continued to collect himself.

"In order to perform that technique…" Minato paused before he spoke the words that he knew might shock Naruto. "You must overcome your fear before you can perform the technique! In other words, you cannot have that kind of fear. Fear of yourself being blown up. With this kind of fear, you will never be able to perform it. Combining your both Ki and Chakra is not as easy as you first thought. Your fear of body destruction will not allow you to achieve this combination, causing you to make a mistake. For example, when you were combining Ki and Chakra, the fear started to develop inside of yourself. It caused you to think that you were going to blow up. You started to feel the fear, and you lost a control of it, letting it begin to increase the flow of your both Ki and Chakra."

"Are you saying that a Ki and Chakra combination is very dangerous?!" asked a shocked Naruto.

"Well, it's very dangerous at first, but after you successfully develop your own Ki and Chakra combination, you are guaranteed to have no fear, and it won't be dangerous anymore."

Naruto nodded in understanding. "Oh, I get it!"

"However… I'd recommend you not to try and overcome your fear while the flow of your combination is expanding, otherwise… your body will literally explode and you will die."

Naruto widened his eyes in a mix of shock and fear. "W-WHAAAAAAT! Y-You c-can't be serious, Dad?!"

"Yes…I am very serious, son…Every person will have a worst fear, and they must overcome that worst fear. Your worst fear is body destruction. You fear it because you've experienced Freeza's Body Destruction technique."

Naruto gulped as he recollected being blown up by Freeza back on Namek. He never wanted to feel that sensation…he never wanted to have his body explode again!

"T-then how do I overcome my fear?" wondered Naruto.

"Sorry. If you think there's some other, special way to overcome your fear, you're wrong." Minato said bluntly. "You can do nothing but overcome your fear. By overcoming your fear, you attempt to perform that technique as much as possible. However, if you think you're about to blow up, withdraw it immediately! Rest for about five minutes, since it will take some time for your Ki and Chakra to return to their original position, and then repeat. Once you get used to it, you will be able to perform it."

"What happens if I attempt to perform that technique immediately after I withdraw it?" asked the young blond shinobi.

"Well, this I don't know. But I can assume that if you do it before the five minutes are up, you will explode before you even realize it. Even though I'm not sure about that, I'd recommend that you don't try to do that," warned Minato.

(Flashback Ends)

Naruto smiled, "Thanks to him, I've finally been able to overcome my fear, but it's still hard to perform this. Even though I can balance Chakra and Ki, it's still hard. You see, I just realized that you have to concentrate both of them to the center of your body at the same time. By the same time, I mean you cannot move an individual energy source to the center first, not even a spilt-second away from your other energy source. It has to be ABSOULETLY precise! I can't wait to see what my super-duper technique of awesomeness will look like." He pumped his fist. "Dattebayo!"

Jiraiya nodded and smiled proudly, "Good job! You did indeed overcome your fear, so now I'm going to tell you the next method for your training."

Naruto was filled with excitement, and once again hopped on the balls of his feet, unable to contain it. "Oh! Tell me! Tell me! What is my next training method? Tell me!"

Jiraiya folded his arms and grinned deviously, followed by his face turning crimson red, which was very peculiar. Even Naruto suspected something was not right before the Toad Sage finally said, "If you want me to tell you the training method, then you must transform into the female version of you, Naruko, but with the sexy clothes on, though."

The perverted sage exhaled exuberantly, as a wave of excitement washed over him.

Naruto face faulted, and pointed at the perverted sage in annoyance. "YOU PERVERT! Why should I transform when you haven't earned the right to see me like that!?"

"Listen, brat!" Jiraiya growled, "If you're not going to use it, then I won't tell you what your next training method will be!"

Naruto muttered to himself, "That perverted bastard…"

"I heard that, you brat!" Jiraiya retorted.

"Hmph! Fine! I'll only do it because I want to know what the next training method is!" Naruto clasped his index and middle fingers together. "Oiroke no Jutsu!" Naruto uttered thus turning himself into the most beautiful girl in the world after a brief puff of smoke.

The female blond girl was dressed in a similar outfit that her counterpart was wearing, except she showed a lot of cleavage. She had a long twin ponytail down to her thighs. She had B-cup breasts and a nice curve of her body, as well. She also had beautiful blue eyes and neat whiskers on her cheeks. She measured 152.4 cm (5 feet and 0 inches) which was 13.6 cm shorter than her counterpart.

If she was born like that, she would have to compete against Ino for the most beautiful girl in the village at their age.

"My name is Naruko…" The girl scowled in annoyance. "…and now I am here. Tell me the training method!"

Jiraiya immediately fell in love with her and exclaimed, "Perfect! You have such a nice body! Perfect curve. Perfect eyes. Perfect hair. Perfect lips! Perfect ass! Perfect boobs!" He gave her a thumbs-up with the large grin on his mouth and a gleam in his eye.

It was too awkward for him/her because the fact that she was a male who performed a jutsu to transform into the girl.

"Just tell me the freaking training method already!" She yelled as she managed to cover the embarrassment on her face. She could not believe it. She began to debate mentally:

'Who is the worst pervert? Muten Roshi or Jiraiya?'

"All right. As I promised, I will tell you the training method as long as you stay in that form!" stated Jiraiya as he grinned with all of his excitement.

He was so happy that he was able to train the most beautiful girl in the world. In fact, he had not seen any girls here whom he could peep on or interact with. Now he's finally being able to see a girl here again. There are no girls here because Mt. Myoboku is limited only to toads and their summoners.

Naruko glared at him and snorted while folding 'her' arms. "Hmph! Whatever! Just hurry up and tell me my next training method."

"Oh, no need to be impatient. Patience is a virtue, kid." Jiraiya sighed, shaking his head at her impatient behavior. "Anyways… your next training method is very simple." He noticed that she was very serious immediately and prepared to listen to him carefully. "So eager to hear me out, huh? Well, it's very simple. This training method is also other one of your father's methods. This is the second stage of your training."

"Second stage? You mean to tell me that this is not the final stage?" asked a shocked Naruko.

"Yes, it's not the final stage, and during your second stage of training, you will need a sparring partner."

"What?! Why will I need a sparring partner when I am done with my new Ki and Chakra combination?! And who is my sparring partner anyways?!" Jiraiya grinned deviously at her. "Huh?! No way! Are you going to be my sparring partner?"

"That's right!" Jiraiya still grinned at her.

Naruko scoffed. "Absolutely not! I'm not going to have you as my sparring partner especially when I'm in this form! You expect me to have a pervert as my sparring partner in this form, but noooo, I'm not going to do that shit! Besides, you're not strong enough to handle me!"

"Who are you calling a weakling?!" Jiraiya shouted back. "I'll have you know that I've been training in the art of Ki for a year since I found out from your Father that you're on different planet, and that you learned how to use a very powerful energy source!"

Naruko scoffed, "One year is not enough, Ero-Sennin! Now I'm going back to my original form!" She clasped both her index and middle fingers together.

'One year is not enough, huh? Then he doesn't know that there's more to our traits than just that,' thought Jiraiya.

Naruko widened her eyes and turned pale, almost as if she completely forgot about her homework. "OH, SHIT!"

"What's wrong?" asked Jiraiya.

"AHHH! I can't turn back to my original form!" screamed a panicked Naruko.

Jiraiya's mouth suddenly turned into an excited grin. "Oh, really?! This is so great. You can stay in this form forever!"

Naruko's eyes twitched in annoyance and pointed at Jiraiya, accusingly. "It's all your fault! What've you done to me?! What will Sakura do if she sees me in this form?!"

Jiraiya raised his hand defensively and chuckled nervously, "It's not my fault. You must have accidentally performed new technique for your Oiroke no Jutsu!" That was actually a lie. He already knew why she could not transform into her male counterpart after all.

Suddenly, Guure materialized out of nowhere before their very own eyes, which forced Naruko and Jiraiya to shift into their respective defensive stance. He examined them both very carefully and simply asked, "Where is Naruto?"

Naruko and Jiraiya widened their eyes in shock as soon as they noticed that Guure was dressed in their armor. They realized he was one of Coola's men! But what's more, how did Guure know where Naruto was? This place should've been an anti-sensory place!

Naruko was about to speak, but Jiraiya beat him to it first. "Sorry, but Naruto is not here."

Guure knew it was a lie. He wasn't dumb. If Paradox were here instead of him, he would have believed him immediately. After all, he had identified the blonde female as Naruto. He speculated that it was Naruto who transformed into the female. He was sure of it.

"Really? I'm inclined to believe that there was a very powerful Ki which is higher than Sasuke's, indeed. However, what about that girl? She certainly looks like Naruto, because of her whiskers."

'Damn! He's so smart!' thought Naruto.

Jiraiya chuckled, "That's what I thought at first. But actually, this girl is actually Naruto's twin sister, Naruko!"

"Very well." Guure sighed. He knew that old man was lying to him, and he hated it when others lied to him, but it didn't matter and he would have to find out anyways. "Then I'll have to kill you…"

Without moving any muscle at all, Guure's aura began to power up which caused a strong wind that bellowed strong enough to knock Jiraiya away, but Naruko held her ground.

She managed to shield her face with her arms and skidded her feet back on the ground in order to stand firm. 'What?! How could he power up when he's not moving a muscle?! I'll be damned if he's stronger than me! I'm not ready! Dammit!'

(With Lime- Somewhere)

Lime ventured through the forest towards his destination. A while ago, he had finally picked up the scent of Sasuke and Karin, thanks to his blind power. His mouth twitched into a smirk as he closed in on his destination. Even though he couldn't see anything, he could tell that Sasuke and Karin were either in a deep cave or underground because of their scent.

One, it was because he could smell laboratories which are most likely to be inside caves, underground, or science labs. But this is a forest. Most likely it would be either a cave or underground.

Two, there were scents of many dead people there. It was too obvious! Most dead people could be inside the cave or underground especially when there's forest around. After all, he did not detect any graveyard anywhere nearby whatsoever.

Suddenly, the two scents were getting closer and closer, as if the two people were on to him.

He smirked, wanting to know how things would unfold, and exclaimed, "Stupendous! I never thought that you would just yield your life to me!"

Finally, a shirtless male and a fully dressed female emerged from the shadow of the cave.

"Ah, Sasuke. I see, you didn't bring yourself here alone, but a girl? Who would think such a girl would capitulate to me as well?" He then let out a dark chuckle, and droned on. "I've earned a reward for discovering you, don't you agree?"

"You talk as if you've won?" Sasuke scoffed, as he lifted up his right fist up almost as if he was proclaiming his victory. "Get real!" His eyes evolved into the Sharingan as his fist began to gather some power, materializing an energy sphere.

"I can sense that you're raising your arm up. Surprising…How did you find the cure for the lethal poison in your internal orgasm?" asked Lime politely.

Sasuke said nothing, as he hunched his back in and pulled his charged fist to his side.

"Well, aren't you the stubborn one? What about you, little girl…?" Lime pointed at Karin who leaned her back against a rocky wall and placed her hands on her hips.

"You're going to die, bastard!" Karin said bluntly with a scowl.

Lime was taken aback for a moment, but quickly regained his composure, and snorted. "I'm going to die, you say? You know, you're quite a funny girl. My offer still stands for you. There's a job opening for you if you want to be a comedian."

"Shut up," growled Sasuke.

"Ahh, don't mind me." Lime shook his head in joy. "More importantly, I recommend that you submit yourself to me. There's nothing fun when you can't even touch me. Trust me…it won't be painful if I perform the Touch of Death on you. You won't feel any pain. It will just be instant death for you both. No matter how much you're struggling, you will never win. Because your fate has already been sealed… I've already won.

Sasuke, remaining his stoic self asked, "Will you dodge if I throw this attack at you?"

"Heh… No matter what kind of technique you perform, the chance of you killing me is next to ZERO! I am untouchable! You will never be able to kill me! After all, my lifespan still contains a worth of FIVE planet busting!" Lime cackled loudly, and then he heard the laughter of Sasuke. "Huh? Does my comment amuse you that much?"

Sasuke chuckled. "That's good to hear. It is much more fun for me when my opponent is so foolish!" He opened his palm as the energy sphere grew slightly bigger as it emitted a mix of blue and white light.

Then he rotated his body a 360 degrees and thrust his palm forward with the small energy sphere, and then shot out the enormous wave towards Lime. "Hono Bakuhatsu! (Flame Explosion)"

Karin was dumbfounded to witness such a technique. 'I-Incredible…!' she thought to herself.

Lime displayed his evil smirk as he could feel the technique hurtling towards him. 'It's a very powerful technique, indeed. It could have destroyed a single body easily, but…'

The powerful energy wave hit Lime head-on and caused a massive explosion.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

There was a large bright yellow explosion dome that destroyed about half of the forest around them. Karin was just lucky enough to stay on the wall. Otherwise, she would have been knocked away.

She widened her eyes and was speechless. 'This is madness! The amount of power Sasuke possesses is inconceivable. It's even stronger than a biju! Most of all, it literally destroyed half of the forest! It's not equal to five planet bustings, but… did he get him this time?'

Sasuke stood tall and examined the massive cloud of smoke with his Sharingan. He said nothing, but simply stared at it. 'I've come this far and have succeeded in mastering this technique. I'm one step closer to my goal…killing my brother!'

A sound of maniacal cackle inside the massive smoke baffled Karin, but not Sasuke. "But it's still futile!"

'N-No way! Not even Sasuke can beat him with his new technique! No matter how many times Sasuke tries to kill that blind guy, he cannot die at all!' anticipated Karin.

The massive cloud of dust finally receded, as Lime stood there unharmed, scraps of his armor had collapsed on the ground. "Don't you get it? It all takes five planet bustings to kill me! Your technique is useless to me! But it's powerful, nonetheless!" Only if he would be able to see, he would have loved to see Sasuke and Karin's expression with fear. "Your appearance is a nuisance to me. I assume it is time for your death!"

Sasuke's mouth slowly formed an arrogant smirk.

"What?!" Lime cried.

"Huh?" Said the confused Karin. She had no idea why Lime was in shock. She thought he was going to kill them for sure this time.

"Heh… Have you realized it, Mr. Vision Impaired?" asked Sasuke.

"H-How is this p-possible?! Why can't I move?!" Said the aghast Lime.

Sasuke chuckled. "Do you remember when I fired a blast at you back then?"

"What? You were just throwing a barrage of Ki blasts at me!"

"Do you remember when I fired a blast at you after you told me that I no longer have faith in myself?" reminded Sasuke.

(Flashback Begins)

Lime began to walk, despite Sasuke being in mid-air. "You can do nothing now. You no longer have faith in yourself. You could no longer be able to fight me more. I am untouchable, if not unbeatable. Because of that, you shall die now."

Sasuke snarled, "Shut up! I won't die!" Enraged, he launched small energy sphere and hit Lime head-on again. However, for some reason, Lime stopped for a second when it hit him, but he was able to move again in split-second after the armor shattered.

(Flashback Ends)

"Of course, you have a weakness. You tried to make me think that you absolutely have no weakness, but as expected, everyone always has a weakness. If I were to hit you with a blast, then you'd be temporarily paralyzed. That's how I noticed it," Elaborated Sasuke.

Lime snarled, "Grr… What? What does it have to do with this? Your attack already hit me and my armor just finished shattering, so I'm supposed to be able to walk again!"

"Maybe I will help you realize it." Sasuke rejoiced, pointing at the splinters of the broken armor. "Why don't you take a look at it?"

"In case if you have forgotten, I'm blind!" scowled Lime.

"Oh, that's right. I forgot." Sasuke sighed. "Then, why don't you just feel it? I'm sure you have this unusual feeling."

Karin widened her eyes in shock.

'W-What's that?'

What she was seeing was that Lime's broken armor was in shambles, and it was engulfed with flames. The armor continued to shatter as it constantly dropped on the ground.

Lime could feel the heat emanating. Not to mention he could also hear the armor splinters dropping on the ground. "W-What?! H-How?! W-When did it happen?"

"That's when I attacked you with my technique…" Sasuke began to elaborate with a smirk, indicating his victory. "It's a combination of Ki and Chakra. It's a very deadly technique, because it can erase every existence in its path, it even may live on for years and years until it touches any life form. Since your armor is not a form of life, it will remain on your armor and will keep eradicating it until it gets to you. Once it touches a life form, it will cause a massive explosion for 100 yards radius."

"W-What?!" Lime and Karin cried in shock.

"You heard it right. Because of your arrogance, it will only lead to your death. Due to your weakness, you cannot move anymore. As long as the armor is shattering, you'll be paralyzed!" Sasuke said with a smirk.

"Damn it all!" yelled Lime. It was all over the moment he was unable to move thanks to his weakness.

"Who knew how big of a fool you were, underestimating me like that?!" mocked Sasuke. "Even though you are going to die, at least you're still untouchable. You should be grateful for that." Sasuke then spun around his heel and trotted over to Karin.

"This is madness! How could I lose to someone weaker than me!?" cried the seething Lime.

Sasuke stopped walking to Karin and scoffed, "Weaker than you? Get real. I was never weaker than you, but you were!"

"What did you say!?" Lime growled with a threatening tone, while the armor continuously collapsed on the ground as it became thinner and thinner.

"I knew from the start that I would defeat you. While you were fighting me, I tried to spot your weakness… and I found it." Sasuke glanced over his shoulder at the astounded Lime. "What's more…Even someone like me can find a way to kill you, even Naruto! What a tragic death for you, isn't it?"

Finally, the last scrap of the armor collapsed to the ground, revealing Lime's bare chest. Since his armor was gone, the flame was able to move forward as it entered Lime's body. It would proceed to expand its flame inside his body.

Lime instantly felt the expansion of the flame inside his body and yelled, "NOOOOO!"

"And one more thing… I called this Hono Bakuhatsu for a reason. It did not start with a flame when I threw it. It starts with an energy sphere as you can see. Then again, you're blind anyway." Sasuke said with a smirk.

"Why, you!" hissed Lime. It was very insulting to him that Sasuke mocked blind people! If he would stay alive, he would kill Sasuke instantly!

"The flame will appear when it touches anything, even if it's not a life form. However it will remain until it touches one. Basically, when the flame entered your body, it will only take a minute to finally explode!" stated Sasuke.

Lime started to become angrier and angrier with every minute. He hated Sasuke's guts and how the raven haired teen managed to outsmart him. He thought he could win! He clenched his fists and hissed louder by every minute as well!

"Let's go…" Sasuke simply said as he wrapped his arms around Karin's waist and immediately flew away in order to escape the massive explosion.

However, while the flame was expanding inside his body, Lime began to realize that his armors were gone, which means his armor was gone already.

He screamed outrageously, "OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER YET…!" then skyrocketed towards Sasuke and Karin with all of his anger.

"Sasuke-kun, watch out!" cried Karin.

Sasuke looked over his shoulder at Lime, his face lighting up with shock.

"WHAT?!"

He tried to gain more speed, but it was futile because the blind guy swooped past them, which caused Sasuke to unintentionally drop Karin.

"Karin!"

"Sasuke-kun!" Karin yelled while still falling down from very high up. She put her hand up, telling him to grab her hand.

Sasuke tried to grab her hand, but Lime managed to grab his ankle to prevent him from grabbing her hand. He tried to shake him off, but Lime refused to let go. He screamed, "Let me go, you blind bastard!"

As Sasuke's foot began to morph into stone, Lime laughed manically, "No way you're getting away! The girl will die by plummeting into the ground, while you and I will end up with the same fate!" His body finally began to expand very slowly. "Only five seconds left! Enjoy your last five seconds while you can! HAHA!"

Enraged, Sasuke yelled, "Shut up…!" as he twisted his body around and slammed his other foot onto Lime's face harder, which forced him to release Sasuke, while also knocking him away. He knew his other foot had begun to morph into stone, but he did not care. He needed to save Karin. When he looked down, he realized that Karin was about to hit the ground. "Shit!"

Three seconds left…

He needed to catch Karin before she hit and before the explosion too. He immediately flew down towards Karin.

Two seconds left…

Karin widened her eyes in fear of death right now, while Sasuke closed in on her. "S-Sasuke-kun!"

"Karin!" cried Sasuke.

One second left…

Sasuke finally managed to reach for her and caught her right hand just before she hit, then immediately hugged her tightly, as he formed a Ki barrier around them both.

"Sasuke-kun," stammered a baffled Karin.

Lime's body expanded even more, making him look like an obese guy, his eyes bulged up, his face and legs had swollen up, and his entire body almost looked like it was a balloon or something as he unleashed a final, pain-filled scream. "AHHHHHHH!"

Finally, his body exploded into a million of pieces, which resulted in a huge explosion.

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Sasuke braced himself for the impact, as the yellow dome of the explosion clashed with his own barrier to protect Karin and his own life. It was holding, but not without Sasuke having to put more of his own energy into it just to maintain it as he shut one of his eyes and groaned in pain.

Even Karin noticed this. "Sasuke-kun!"

However, it was hard for Sasuke to stop the explosion because it still pushed through and became even stronger. Between the massive explosion and Sasuke's Ki barrier, both still struggled to overcome each other.

Sasuke and Karin then had to shut their eyes because the light suddenly became bright as it flashed in front of their eyes. The ground shook intensely as the other half of the forest was destroyed, the cave collapsed, and the river flowed like crazy. The ground collapsed because of the explosion. It would become a crater soon.

The intense struggle between the explosion and Sasuke's barrier continued on, however, the dome of the massive explosion began to push through Sasuke's barrier.

"Damn! Just a little more…" pleaded Sasuke. He knew that the massive explosion he created would not stop until it would expand into a radius of 100 yards. He was planning to weaken it, so he could survive this while protecting Karin.

Unfortunately, the dome of massive explosion beat his barrier, as it passed through the explosion wave.

Sasuke widened his eyes in panic. 'Damn! Even if I manage to protect her, I might not be able to survive after this!' He wrapped his arms around her head tighter.

He screamed in pain as he shielded Karin, which only worried her further. She slowly opened her eyes and realized that the explosion had knocked them away through the air, "Sasuke-kun…'

Just when she looked around, she widened her eyes in shock. They were flying towards two giant statues. The two giant statues were Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama between the large waterfalls.

She realized if they were going to hit the statue, that she would be crushed instead of Sasuke.

Sasuke realized it as well, but immediately turned around, and smashed through the Hashirama statue's head, knocking it into the river.

Since smashing through the first statue certainly slowed them down, the Madara statue's head was strong enough to stop Sasuke's knock back. However, the impact dealt a lot of damage to Sasuke's back. He kept his arms around Karin and brought her down with him through the waterfall, as they plunged into the river below.

He finally released her, as his world began to whirl due to exhaustion. Fortunately, Karin immediately dragged him up to the surface and placed him down on the shore.

She gently tapped Sasuke's cheek, trying to wake him up. "Sasuke-kun… It's over." She smiled.

Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and sighed, "Y-You're still a-alive?" Then he smiled. "Good… A-At least I defeated that b-blind guy…"

"That's right. Come to think of it, that blind guy touched you, didn't he?" asked Karin.

"Y-Yeah…" Sasuke weakly nodded.

Karin looked down to his legs and widened her eyes in shock. "Hey! Your legs are back to normal!"

"O-Obviously… Lime is dead… M-my legs should be n-normal…" Sasuke said weakly with a smirk. "T-To think I would have taken this much d-damage… U-Unless there's a w-way to heal me e-entirely like a medical ninja or healer like Dende, I-I'm not g-going to do that other ritual with you… O-One ritual is e-enough… I-I'd rather to remain injured than do that other stupid r-ritual with y-you…"

Karin's eyes drooped and she frowned, "H-Hey, that's not true!" Suddenly, she rolled her sleeves up to her shoulder and put her arm near Sasuke's mouth. "Here!"

Sasuke raised his eyebrows and puzzled, "W-What're you doing…?"

"Bite my arm!" said Karin.

"W-What?"

"See the marks all over my arm?" Karin pointed at the marks on her arm. Sasuke widened his eyes in astonishment. "These are bite marks… Actually, it's all over my body. By biting and consuming my chakra, I can heal the injuries of others as well as myself. This ability can heal even life threatening injuries in a short period of time, and is capable of quickly reenergizing those heals. Every time I use it, I'm left with a permanent bite mark. I have many bite marks spread throughout my arms, chest, and neck, because I have used this ability repeatedly in the past. However, I cannot use it more than once a day due to its depletion of chakra."

"Do you understand? If you're biting me, you will be healed in no time. It's better than doing that ritual right?" explained Karin.

"Hn…" Sasuke grunted. Then he bit Karin's arm and she gasped in pain. A green aura consumed over his body, as it began to heal him. It only took a few seconds to heal him, as he removed his mouth from her arm and sat up.

Karin smiled happily, "Well, you're lucky to have me! If you never saved me, you wouldn't have survived the poison and this as well."

"Hn…" Sasuke grunted again as he gawked up at two large statues, one with the removed head and other one with some damage on the nose.

"You know… A thank you would be appreciated!" Karin scowled, but quickly replaced it with a smile. "But I'm glad you're fine! At least I can be with you forever, Sasuke-kun!" She crawled towards him and clung to his arms almost as if he was her boyfriend.

Sasuke did not mind that she was clinging to his arm. He had to admit that he really liked her, but he did not know why.

He decided to change the subject. "This place…"

"What?" confused Karin.

"This is the Valley of the End… where Uchiha Madara fought Senju Hashirama. They used to be best friend and rivals in the past, and they are the ones who founded Konohagakure," said Sasuke.

"So?" Karin was still confused. "What about it?"

Sasuke looked down as his hair shadowed his face. "Every time I think about the Uchiha…I want to kill my brother to avenge my clan. That's why I have no time to think about girls."

"What?!" exclaimed the aghast Karin, because the fact that he had no time to think about girls. That's why he wanted to turn her down for doing that ritual with him. She frowned. She was saddened that he had to do the ritual in order to survive. She wondered why his brother would do this such a thing to his clan.

"Until I kill my brother, I will not have the time for you or even that child that we will have in next nine months, thanks to your stupid ritual!" Sasuke spat out with the last words.

Karin looked down and frowned, "I'm sorry that you had to do this. Otherwise, you would've died." She did not know what to do. If there was another way, she would have been able to cure the poison instead of resorting to the ritual.

Sasuke got up on his feet and shrugged, "But at least it's good that I survived."

Karin might consider an abortion soon, because she feared that Sasuke didn't want a baby, since he mentioned that he could not take care of their future child.

Sasuke glared down at her. "Don't."

Karin snapped out of her thought and looked up at him in confusion. "What?"

"No abortion," demanded Sasuke.

"Ehh?! Why?"

Sasuke grabbed her wrist, so she could get up. "Because I say so." He would need retrieval of his clan after all. He did not think he would have time for Itachi, because he could die against Coola again. At least, he could pass on what he knew to his future child and that child would be able to take a revenge on Itachi, unless everyone was wiped out on this planet. Also, saving the world from Coola was the top priority over avenging his clan.

"Ehh? Okay. If that's because you say so, I will do anything for you, Sasuke-kun!" flattered Karin.

Sasuke sighed, "Let's go…" Karin and he walked away on way back to his training ground to continue his training.

(Fye vs Gai- Land of Wind)

Fye and Gai charged toward each other and clashed their fists, as they went past them. Just as they skidded their feet through the sand, Fye immediately zoomed towards him in a supersonic boom. Gai widened his eyes in shock and was forced to raise his arms to block his opponent's super kick.

Gai felt a tingle on his arm. That proved Fayre strong enough to bypass his defense, if he was not too careful! To think Fayre could be this strong and fast at the same time. With the Sharingan activated, he now became faster than ever before! No matter how much Gai was using his speed, there was no way he could touch him at all, due to Sharingan being activated!

Then Fye delivered a flurry of ferocious punches and kicks to Gai – who tried his best to dodge and block them, but struggled with him. Although with Fye's speed, it was impossible to counter it with his own speed, and he would have to be cautious about that.

When he caught the moment that Fye was about to deliver a straight jab, he ducked his head down to dodge. In this moment, he found the opening in Fye's defense, so he immediately delivered a roundhouse kick to him.

However, Fye disappeared with a blur, much to Gai's amazement. "What?!"

Fye then appeared behind his opponent and threw a punch, only to be blocked by Gai immediately. He was surprised that Gai had managed to block him even though he was behind him. His fist remained still on Gai's arm, as they exchanged glances at each other.

He smirked at the stunned Gai. "Very good. You did a great job of defending yourself. I never thought you would be able to fight on par with me, even at my speed." He remembered how a brief moment ago when he appeared behind him, Gai quickly turned around to block his punch. "I got to say I'm impressed with your taijutsu. However…"

Suddenly, Fye spun around to make another roundhouse kick, but Gai noticed this and immediately raised his both arms in attempt to block an upcoming kick.

Unfortunately, it did not work out as Gai thought it would. Fye spotted another opening in Gai's defensive stance, and slammed his foot onto his chin under the arms, knocking him away. Before Gai could have a time to stop himself from being knocked away, Fye appeared beside him and delivered a powerful double ax handle onto the stomach, plummeting his former comrade down to the ground harder.

As Gai bounced up from the ground, Konoha's nuke-kin gave him no chance and delivered a punt kick on the head – almost as if it was soccer, to send him plummeting onto the ground again.

Fye watched as Gai staggered to his feet, and chuckled, "My taijutsu is far superior to yours!"

Gai slowly rose to his feet as he moved his head up, revealing the blood seeping down from his face and shortly gained some oxygen back in him. 'He's too strong! It is hardly compared between his Sharingan activated and not activated. Now with its activated, he had gotten too strong. But…I will not give up like this!'

"Heads up!"

Gai snapped out of his thought, only to receive a punch in the face, bowling him over. That punch dealt quite a bit of damage to his face, as more blood streamed down his forehead.

"What's the matter? Have you reached your limit? Or have you finally realized you're no match for me, Bushy-bushy?"

"Fayre…" Gai stood up once again and looked at his former rival with sympathy. "I don't know what changed you… I don't understand what made you the man you are now! Why are you being so un-youthful and betraying us like this?"

Fye scowled, "How many times do I have to tell you?! Get it through your damn thickhead! There was a person I always looked up to, and that was Uchiha Obito! He was my big brother! He's the only person I had in our whole family until a person killed him and that was Hatake Kakashi!"

"But—"

"Be quiet!" Fye snapped. He knew Gai probably did not know much about his family, since he was an idiot after all, but everyone else knew what happened to his family. Then, he sighed. "Fine… I will tell you all about my family, and what my relationship was with my family, especially my older brother."

That peaked Gai's curiosity and he immediately payed attention to Fye who was about to explain what happened to his family.

"When I was five years old, my parents enrolled me into the academy." Fye began, "Our parents were having high expectations for me…much more than my older brother, because he was an idiot back then…"

(Flashback Begins- Uchiha Compound)

A five year old boy genuflected with respect along with his parents before the head of the Uchiha clan and his pregnant wife. He had an amicable look on his face while in front of his parents and the head clansman.

"Fugaku-sama…" Fye's Father began, "I would like you to enroll my younger son, Uchiha Fayre, into the academy."

Fayre's face lit up with shock, but at the same time, he was amped up. He could not wait to be the best Shinobi he could be. He did not dream of being Hokage, because he knew that was his brother's dream, and he respected it.

Fugaku simply stared at him suspiciously for some reason. Fayre was not sure why his Uncle would stare at him like that.

"Do you have any expectations for Fayre?" asked the inquisitive Fugaku.

Father nodded, "Indeed, I have high expectations for him. I have trained him well, and he did pretty well, unlike my other son. I guarantee you that he will graduate by the time he's six years old, unlike Obito who graduated at the age of nine. Rest assured. He will not be a failure like Obito."

Fayre was pretty upset that his parents were disregarding Obito so much. That's why they focused more on Fayre than his older brother, simply because Obito was a failure. They were pretty disappointed in him. If they were disregarding him because he is so bad, then they probably hated him too. That's why they loved Fayre more than they loved Obito.

Come to think of it, every time he went out on mission with his teammates, he always screwed up every mission and his teammate named Kakashi would have to save his ass. This probably was the reason why his parents disregarded him so much. He heard that Kakashi was Obito's greatest rival.

He finally realized why his parents hated Obito, because his older brother would always come in the house and first thing he would do is to scream, 'I AM GOING TO BE HOKAGE ONE DAY! HAHA!' and would grin at his parents, who found this annoying. No Uchiha should behave like that.

One day, he'd eavesdropped on his parents and heard that they were planning to kick Obito out and let him live alone. He was not sure why at that time, but now he finally knew it.

However, Fayre loved his family, which included Obito no matter what!

Fugaku understood the statement and nodded in acknowledgement. "Very well. You may enroll your son into the academy. However…I will not tolerate another failure of a son of yours. I expect him to graduate along with Rookie of the Year title. Fayre," Fugaku continued as he turned to the boy, "I expect you to not to be same as your older brother. Do you understand?"

Fayre nodded with his friendly smile, and said, "Understood! I will try my best, Uncle Fugaku-sama!"

His father and mother bowed and appreciated his approval of their son. "Thank you, Fugaku-sama!"

"Any question?" Fugaku simply asked.

Fye's father and mother shook their heads. However, Fayre had something on his mind after all and blushed nervously. "Actually, I do."

"Ask right away," demanded Fugaku. It was not a very rude tone, but it sounded like an appreciative tone. After all, almost no one asked him a question.

Fayre asked without any hesitation, "Aunt Mikoto… Is it a boy or girl?"

His parents gulped, fearing that Fugaku would get angry for being asked personally like that. But Mikoto gave them the sweetest grin. "Yes, it's a boy."

"Oh… Do you have a name for him?" asked Fayre again.

Mikoto rubbed her belly and smiled, "Yes… It's Itachi. He will come out next month on June 9." Even though Fugaku did not show his smile to them, but he had one and hid it pretty well. It was something to be proud of…their future first child.

Fugaku became emotionless again and said with monotony, "You're dismissed."

With that said, Fye and his parents immediately left the head of the Uchiha's clan's office. When they arrived the home, they just did their daily routine. Fayre would go outside to train in order to become stronger, even though he was only five years old. He was trained by his father when he was three years old. His mother would begin her cooking for the dinner, and his father would supervise his son's training.

His mother would call to his father and Fayre that it was time for dinner right now. The three of them gathered around the table, but Obito was not there yet. His parents sighed at Obito's usual tardiness, and began to eat without him. It only took 30 minutes for them to finish the dinner. It was very delicious food, but Obito was not still here.

"Where's niisan?" asked Fayre.

"Hn…" Father grumbled, "That brat…! He's always late!"

Fayre flinched. He had never seen Father so angry. Then again, Father must have hated Obito so much, even though he was his own son.

"Hey… It will be fine. He's probably still with Minato. It's pretty understandable, since he's a Chuunin and all, and he's still only ten." said Mother.

"Hn…" Was all Father could say.

Suddenly, the door busted opened, as Obito stepped in and pumped his fists up and declared loudly, "I AM GONNA TO BE HOKAGE SOON!"

"Niisan!" Fayre cheered happily, as he ran to hug his big brother.

"Hey, Fayre!" Obito hugged him back and grinned. "How are you doing?"

"I'm good!" Fayre said cheerfully, "Guess what?!"

"What?"

"Father is enrolling me into the academy. I'm starting tomorrow!" exclaimed Fayre.

"W-What… Y-You… Uh… That's great!" Obito rubbed his head sheepishly.

"You're late." Their father retorted.

"Sorry… An old woman needed my help with her groceries, so I had to help her with moving the groceries bag to her home." Obito tried to explain reasonably, but Father did not listen to the reason.

"No excuse," said Father bluntly. "As your punishment, there will be no meal for you tonight."

Their mother sighed, for she knew that their father was very strict. He did not want Obito to disgrace his family.

Fayre frowned. Even though he loved his parents, he hated how his Father treated Obito like that.

"Yeah, whatever! I already ate Ramen with Rin-chan, Kakashi, and Minato-sensei anyways! Good night, Father, Mother!" He scoffed before going into his room.

Father growled, "Why, that brat!" He hated Obito's attitude. "I will teach him a lesson!" He got up and tried to approach Obito's room, but Mother grabbed his arm to intervene him from going.

"Please… Don't. There's no need to teach him a lesson when he hasn't done anything wrong." Mother reassured, hugging him from the back.

"I don't care. Let me go so I can teach that brat a lesson!" retorted Father angrily.

Mother shook her head and smiled generously. "Not necessary. Beating Obito will not do any good. Besides, you're scaring Fayre."

Father looked down at Fayre who looked at him with fear. "Fine… He will get away with this for now. However, if he does this again, there will be an issue, Akito." He stated coldly, glaring at Obito's door.

"Stu!" Akito cried with disappointment. "I don't know what has gotten into you! But please don't say things like that in front of Fayre! You're scaring him even more! Enough!"

"Hn…" Stu grunted. He decided to go out so he could cool himself down. It seemed that he had anger issues. It also seemed that he was an abusive father.

Fayre quivered with fear, but it stopped as soon as Akito gently hugged him. He was afraid because he always thought Stu was a very protective father and was very nice to him, but now he had seen that side of Father. But at least Mother was very sweet to him and his big brother.

"It will be okay, Fayre," said Akito softly. She released him and displayed a generous smile.

"Mother…" Fayre frowned. "Why does Father hate niisan?" A tear trickled from his eyes.

"Well… Stu doesn't really hate Obito. It's just that he hated how Obito goes, due to his behavior. He found this disgraceful to the family and the rest of the Uchiha clan. You know, Stu really loves Obito and you both." Akito reassured.

"But… I overheard you guys last night. Father and you were planning to kick Obito out because of his ridiculous behavior!" admitted Fayre. He was one of these children that did not speak like his own age group. He was very intelligent and asked smart questions.

Akito widened her eyes in shock. "You eavesdropped on us?!"

Fayre nodded. "Yes, but as soon as I heard that you guys were planning to kick him out, I immediately went to my room."

"I see…" Akito nodded and contemplated for a moment. She sighed. "Actually… I disagreed with him. I insisted that he will stay here until he is ready. But I know for sure that he really loves Obito, but he just won't show it."

Fayre sighed with relief and smiled, "Then that's good. I don't need to worry about that." He wiped the tears off of his eyes. He always cried when he felt hurt or when he was very upset. He hated getting emotional. He knew that was not Uchiha-like. That's why he never showed it to his father, otherwise he would be treated just like Obito. Now he knew Father hated when an Uchiha guy did not behave like a typical Uchiha. He had seen some and he demanded them to be like them.

Ever since he analyzed his Father, he found out that his Father was power hungry and strived to be the head clansman. He actually eavesdropped on Father and his Uncle Fugaku few weeks ago and they were arguing about the head clansman spot, and his Father accused Uncle Fugaku of taking the title from him. No one knew, but he was so good at eavesdropping on someone, like a true ninja should.

Perhaps, he would make a fine ANBU someday… but only if he would stop crying so easily.

"All right. Go to sleep. Good night," smiled Akito.

Fayre nodded, "Good night, Mother…!" and with that, they were heading to their bed and fell asleep.

(The Next Day)

Fayre just woke up when he heard the alarm. His family required that Obito and Fayre were to wake up in the early morning. His first day of ninja academy wouldn't start until 9 AM anyways. He looked on his other side and found Obito still sleeping on his bed. Father would throw a fit if Obito would wake up late.

Fayre loved his big brother no matter what, so he had to jump on Obito's bed. "Niisan! Good morning!" He shook Obito back and forth, trying to wake him up.

Obito slowly opened his eyes and found his little brother on top of his body and smiled. "Fayre… Good morning."

"Niisan!" Fayre displayed his biggest grin towards his older brother. "It's time for breakfast!"

He would only show his un-Uchiha-like behavior towards his big brother and Mother. When alone with them, he would just act like he did not have a care in the world. After all, Mother and Obito were the only ones that he loved so much. Well, he loved Father, but not as much as he loved Obito and Mother. They were like his treasure in the world.

"What time is it now?" asked Obito.

"Uhh…" Fayre glanced around at the clock and answered, "It's 5:30 AM."

Obito widened his eyes and yelled in panic, "OH CRAP! I AM LATE! SHIT! SHIT! I GOTTA HURRY!" Fayre had to move out of the way so Obito could rush to get dress up and immediately leave the room.

Fayre sighed, but he managed to smile. 'Niisan… Heh… This is just like him.'

"SHIT! I AM SO LATE!"

"HEY! DON'T FORGET YOUR SANDWICH, OBITO!" shouted Akito.

"OH, THANKS, MOM!" shouted Obito. The sound of the door slammed resonated, which only managed to anger Stu further.

"DO NOT SHUT THE DOOR THAT HARD, YOU BAKA!" yelled Stu.

"SORRY!" yelled Obito.

"THAT LITTLE BRAT!" Stu grumbled loudly.

After it became silent so far, Fayre wondered what Father and Mother were doing right now. Then again, he did not want to know what they were talking about – so he went to the dining room, only to tell them that he wanted to go with Obito before his first day of academy. Father gave him consent, and Mother gave him a sandwich to eat.

"Thanks…" Fayre grabbed the sandwich and left to run after his big brother. As soon as he saw Obito, he cried, "Niisan!"

Obito stopped running, and looked over his shoulder. "Huh? What're you doing, Fayre?"

"I want to see you how you're doing with your teammates!" said Fayre cheerfully.

Obito scratched his nose and chuckled nervously, "Sure… Maybe you can learn some awesome stuff from me! Oh, and you're about to watch that I'm going to kick Kakashi's ass!"

"Sure! You're the best, niisan!" cheered Fayre.

With that, Obito and Fayre wandered on their way to the training ground. However, Obito saw that two kids were looking up at a tree and cried for something.

Just when Obito looked up, he saw that there was a cat stuck on top of the tree's branch. He sighed, "I have to help them."

Fayre frowned, "It's just a cat… Besides, you're going to be very late."

Obito grinned, "I'll tell you what. It's about time I ought to teach you some manners." He pointed his index finger up. "It's called a good deed. If you help someone, you will get a good reputation. In order to become a Hokage, I must help everyone no matter what!"

"Okay…"

Fayre watched as Obito climbed up the tree and gently touched the cat who cowered in fear. "No need to fear. I'm going to save you!"

However, just as he was about to grab the cat, it immediately growled at him and scratched his face with the claws. Then it hopped off the branch into one of kids' arm. Obito muttered something about that devil cat, as he jumped next to his little brother.

"Thank you for saving our cat!" appreciated the girl.

"Yeah, thank you!" cheered the boy, and with that, they left to go somewhere, probably playing around with their cat.

"Wow, it's nice of you to save the cat!" Fayre praised.

"Dammit! I did not even save that devil cat! All that cat does was to save himself and I get the appreciate!" ranted Obito. Then he widened his eyes almost as if he forgot about something. "OH, NO!"

"Huh?" Fayre raised his head up at his big brother in questionable. Why was Obito in such a panic right now?

"OH, NO! I AM SOOOO LATE! LET'S GO, FAYRE!" Obito grabbed his little brother's hand and then rushed on way to the training ground like a crazy! Fayre's face was pale because he was being carried too fast.

"I AM SO LATE! Oh, great! I'm wasting someone's time!" Obito jumped on each roof, as they landed on the grass. He dropped a dazed Fayre on the ground and shouted. "SAFE!" He signed like 'safe' in baseball sign.

'Ouch! He's really hyper and over energized guy type. Will I be ever same as him?' thought Fayre.

"You're late, idiot!" hissed the voice. "You're always late, Obito. You're not even a full-fledged ninja. You are not following the rule at all. How could someone like you become a ninja after all?"

Fayre glanced up at the newcomer voice and it was silver-haired kid with a half mask that covered his mouth.

The child was about that age group's average height and a bit taller than Obito. He wore a simple black outfit with the lower-half of his face concealed along with an open-front apron around his waist and fish-net armor around his ankles. On his arms, he wore black sleeves with metal arm protectors over them. He also had leather straps around his back and chest, and his tanto was kept in a small holder on his back. He also wore black pants and wore his hitai-ate on a simple blue band around his forehead.

"No, you see, while coming here, Fayre and I ended up rescuing the cat that was stuck on the branch." Obito removed his goggles and wiped the tear from his eyes. "And something was in my eye…"

"Yeah, right." The silver-haired boy scoffed. "That's a lie, isn't it?"

Minato approached them and chuckled, "Don't say that, Kakashi." Then he looked down at Obito and asked. "You rescued the cat, didn't you, Obito?"

Obito picked up the eye-dropper, and squeezed it to drop the water into his eyes. "What's more, he even scratched my face!"

Kakashi glared up at Minato. "Sensei, you're too easy on him. If he keeps acting up like this around people, they'll just be in trouble, right? Besides, he just set a bad example for his little brother… Those who break the rules and regulations are called trash. Right?"

Minato chuckled nervously.

Obito glared at Kakashi and growled, "Can't you ever be nice sometimes?! You're embarrassing me in front of my little brother! You're always bitching about these 'rules' and 'laws', and it's getting freaking annoying!"

Kakashi shot a glare back at Obito. "What matters is discipline!"

"Now, now." A new voice stepped in between them and chuckled nervously. "Cut it out, you two. You're on the same team, you know?"

The new voice was a girl about the same age as Obito and Kakashi. She was a young girl of average height. She had brown hair, which was cut in a chin-length bob that framed her face, and brown eyes. She also had a rectangular purple marking on either side of her cheeks and wore a long-sleeved back top and a light purple apron-skirt, under which she wore black shorts. She also wore the standard Konoha hitai-ate, along with a pair of sandals, red stockings that stopped at her thighs, and a small, red bracelet on her left wrist.

Kakashi glanced over his shoulder at the girl and sighed. "Rin, you're too soft on him. No one should be spoon-feeding to those who always late. Being on time is very punctual."

Rin chuckled nervously, "Y-You're right… But I think you're scaring this kid a little."

Kakashi looked down at Fayre who cowered in fear behind Obito and snorted, "Of course, he's Obito's brother after all. He'll be just another weakling, a useless Uchiha."

Obito pointed his index finger at Kakashi and snarled, "Shut up! I'm Uchiha Obito of the Uchiha clan and one day I'm going to surpass you… once I awaken my Sharingan! Once I've awakened my Sharingan, you're going to regret making fun of my little brother, you bastard!"

"The Uchiha clan's supposed to be a group of elites, right?" Kakashi sighed. "I guess they expected too much of you when entrusting you with a title like that. I might pray that your little brother won't be another failure like you."

"What?!" snarled Obito as an angry tear formed in his eyes.

Once again, Rin stepped in between their little scuffle. "Stop it, you two!"

"Hmph! I don't have anything to say to two elite Uchiha crybabies who've pissed their pants anymore!" Kakashi stated bluntly.

Obito clenched his fists and glowered at Kakashi. "I got something in my eyes, so tears started coming out and don't judge my little brother, he's only five!"

"Do you know the 25th Shinobi Rule?" Kakashi began to explain the rule to Obito, since he was a Chuunin. "It states, 'A shinobi must never show his tears.'"

"Hey, you two should stop this." Rin pleaded, attempting to stop their never-ending squabble.

"Enough… Take it easy now, you two," scolded Minato before turning his attention to them individually. "Kakashi, it's true that rules and regulations are there to be followed, but that's not all there is to it. I've told you before. There are also times where you have to cope with the situation."

"You see?!" said Obito.

"Obito, you too!" scolded Minato. "You're wearing goggles, so there's no way something may've gotten into your eyes. If you don't control your mouth, then your mind will become just as weak. Besides, I just want to let you know before we can begin our training. It's something we should teach to his little brother before he begins his academy training."

Fayre widened his eyes in shock. How did Minato know that he will begin his academy soon?

Minato smiled at his students, including Fayre, who were inquisitive as to what would come out of his mouth. "The most important thing for a shinobi is teamwork… Having good teamwork will help you to survive your future missions, even a future war. Without teamwork, the mission or war will collapse faster before you realize it."

Obito, Kakashi, and Rin nodded, "Yes, sir!"

'Teamwork…' thought Fayre. His mouth twitched into smile and he immediately liked Minato.

(Later- Ninja Academy)

"My name is Uchiha Fayre…" the young Uchiha stated as he introduced himself to his classmates. He didn't bother to explain his dreams to them since he knew they would probably not understand.

His new teacher nodded at him and pointed at the empty table between brown-haired boy with a ponytail and another blonde-haired boy. "You may now take a seat over there."

"Thanks…" Fayre simply said, as he sat on an empty seat. In the first few minutes of class, he had already become friends with Umino Iruka and Ian. However, Ian was an idiot and goofball boy. Whenever he saw some talent in Fayre, he would immediately declare him as rival. Iruka had no problem with this, since he was friends with Fayre.

Fayre would learn more about Konoha's history that day. They taught him about the foundation of Konoha and about Uchiha Madara. He was very angry after realizing that Uchiha Madara betrayed both Konoha and his own clan. Who would betray the Uchiha clan like that nowadays? Obito? Nope. He would doubt that his big brother would betray Konoha. After all, he always wanted to be the Hokage.

He learned a lot from the history lesson, but he was disappointed that he did not learn jutsu or some fighting skills on his first day.

Every day following, after Fayre left the academy, he would come to home and train with his Father immediately. As usual, his brother would come to the dinner very late, angering Father once more.

Ever since he started attending the academy, he had started to see that Father and Mother would argue every day and the arguments would get worse and worse, but it did not matter to him. He learned from his brother that a relationship like that would be most likely to have scuffles. He didn't understand that, but even though Obito told him himself, he just didn't get it.

Soon enough, a year passed by and Fayre was already skilled enough to graduate from the academy, garnering much praise from his parents. Also, even his uncle Fugaku and aunt Mikoto would praise him as well. Aunt Mikoto would usually carry around their one-year old son named Uchiha Itachi. Fayre had heard a rumor that Itachi spoke his first word when he was only six months old. After a few weeks of only speaking his first words, he was able to form sentences the more time went by. That toddler was truly a genius and Fayre knew that Itachi might truly be smarter than him one day.

Anyways, every time Fayre cried, his big brother would always come and hug him. He would tell him not to cry and said everything would be okay. Obito would grin at him every time Fayre stopped crying. That's why he always looked up to Obito, even if he was deemed an idiot.

One day, when Obito and his team were sent on a mission, Fayre came home after his D-Rank mission.

"I'm home," announced Fayre.

But no one came to greet him. It was strange because his parents usually came to greet him and asked him how the mission went, but it was too silent; he had a bad feeling about this.

"Father… Mother…?" Fayre cried for them, but he didn't receive an answer. He checked every room, but could not find his father or mother, and he began to worry about them. Maybe they were outside and were discussing something. He hesitated, but then he decided to go outside to check if they were there.

However, as soon as he opened the door that led him to the backyard outside, he widened his eyes in shock and fear at the sight before him. What he saw was that Stu had pinned Akito down and had his hand on her throat, choking her.

"DIE! DIE! DIE!" Stu screamed louder. "I HATE YOU! YOU ALWAYS DISAGREE WITH ME THAT OBITO SHOULD BE KICKED OUT! SOMEONE LIKE YOU DOES NOT DESERVE TO LIVE! AND WHAT'S MORE, I SHOULD BE THE HEAD CLANSMAN! NOT MY STUPID BROTHER!" He pressed his hand on her throat harder, trying to kill her.

"ARGH!" Akito tried to squeak out, but he would not let go until she finally croaked in vain.

As soon as she passed away, Stu snapped out of his unstable mental state and was in shock that he had killed her with his own hand. "No! No! No! Akito! Don't die on me!" He shook her back and forth, trying to wake her up, but it was in vain as her limp body shook…lifeless. He began to enrage again when she wouldn't stir and screamed, "WAKE UP!"

Completely enraged and unstable, he picked up her head before slamming it on the ground repeatedly. "WAKE UP, BITCH!"

Fayre was in shock after seeing his own father kill his own wife like that, but he immediately snapped out of it, and glared at his father. He screamed, "Father! STOP IT!" He was very brave just to get his Father's attention, even though he was too scared to face him right now.

Stu stopped slamming the corpse's head on the ground, as he slowly looked around at the kid who stood up to him. "Fayre?"

Fayre gulped. "W-Why…" As the tear running down on his face from his both eyes, he clenched his fists and cried, "W-WHY?! Why did you kill her?! W-W… What did m-mother do to y-you?!"

Stu stood up and began to stroll towards his little son slowly, as he smirked. "Ah, my little boy. Your mother had disobeyed me too many times, so I had to kill her. That's a reality…" Suddenly, he just activated his Sharingan in front of his little son.

Fayre widened his eyes in fear and walked backward, but realized he was against the wall. So he cowered in fear as he was staring at Sharingan. "F-Father…? W-Why?" He could not seem to stop crying from everything he had witnessed.

"D-Don't cry… That's not how an Uchiha should behave." Stu commanded. "Obey me immediately!"

But Fayre could not stop crying, as he continued to sniff and wipe the tears off his eyes. "B-But… B-But you killed Mother! W-What will Uncle, Aunt, and niisan do once I tell them that you killed Mother?!"

Just as Stu got close enough to Fayre, he quickly grabbed his little son's face and held him against the wall, covering his mouth and nose, attempting to suffocate him.

"Then… I will have to kill you in order to protect my identity. You were going to tell them after all. But first…as your father, I want to tell you the truth before you die." Despite him lecturing his little son, he kept suffocating Fayre, but at least he held back for now. "Most importantly I want you to know, that I hate you and Obito. You're both crybabies! It is too much of a nuisance! Even though you're better than most of the other Uchiha kids here, you are not true Uchiha because you haven't behaved like one should! You boys are wasting my time! I was only using Akito to bear you guys, so that I could raise you both to be strong and kill Fugaku for me!"

Fayre widened his eyes in shock. Father was only using his wife and sons to kill his brother, but why?

"Why did Father choose Fugaku instead of me when I'm clearly older than him? Am I not of enough worth to be his successor? Isn't the first child of Uchiha head clansman supposed to inherit their position? That's why I wanted to raise you like this so that you could kill him for me! But none of you can behave like an Uchiha, which proves to me that you're too weak to kill him! You're not even worth my time anymore! Too bad you're only six years old and won't live enough to see your future! Once I kill you, I'm going to kill Fugaku myself so that I can take his throne and rule the Uchiha! Also, once your pathetic brother coming back, I'll kill him immediately." Stu finished with sadistic twist.

Suddenly, Fayre shot him a hateful glare. There were many times that Stu talked badly about Obito, but Fayre did not get angry or lash out, but this time, Stu had threatened to kill Obito, and that could not be tolerated.

After all, Fayre loved Obito more than everyone, and his Mother came second after him. But his Father… no… this man had actually murdered his Mother right before his eyes! He was not going to lose another person precious to him! He needed to save himself as well as his big brother.

Suddenly, Fayre's eyes evolved into the Sharingan, going unnoticed by his father because he was laughing manically. 'That bastard will pay' thought Fayre.

Fayre had no choice but to kick his own father in the nuts and immediately leapt to tackle his father down to the ground as he drew his kunai and drilled it into the bastard's neck, which punctured the carotid artery, ensuring Stu's death once and for all.

As soon as he got off his father's corpse, Fayre coughed harshly because of the damage from being suffocated thanks to his sociopathic father. He began to cry once more for the loss of his mother.

At least, he was not alone for a while because Fugaku arrived just in time and found Stu's corpse. He came there because he could hear the screaming all the way from his home. He asked Fayre what had happened, and the boy answered that Stu killed Akito and almost killed him as well.

Fugaku believed him since he could tell that Fayre was telling the truth with his own Sharingan. He always knew that Stu was mentally unstable. There was the reason why Stu could not be the head clansman. Soon there was a gathering of Uchiha Military Police Force, and even the Sandiame Hokage made an appearance!

Obito arrived as soon as he could after hearing that there was an incident at his home.

Fayre saw that Obito was running to him. "Niisan!"

"Hey, Fayre! What happened?! Are you okay?" asked a worried Obito.

Fayre bit his lips as he started to cry again. "F-Father… H-He…" More tears began running down his cheeks. "H-He… He killed Mother!"

Obito widened his eyes and shocked, "W…W-What?! B-But why…?!"

Fayre drooped his eyes at the floor and sighed, "Father—That bastard used Mother to have us so he could raise us to be stronger and kill Uncle Fugaku for him, so he could become the clan leader. H-He almost killed me…" More tears came out of his eyes, so he had to wipe it off and sniffed more.

"Fayre…" was all Obito could say in his shocked state. His little brother could have died! But still, he wondered why would Father do something like that? "I'm glad you're okay… but who killed Dad?"

"That…" Fayre hesitated for a second before replied with sigh. "That was me…"

Obito's eyes were filled with shock, but he smiled at his little brother. "No wonder…"

"Huh?" confused Fayre.

Obito gave him a thumbs-up and grinned, "You've awakened your Sharingan! Congratulations!"

"I did…?" asked a shocked Fayre.

Obito nodded and grinned, "Yeah! Your Sharingan is still activated. Just look at the reflection of my goggles, and you will see."

Fayre stared into Obito's goggles and saw the relflection of himself from his big brother's goggles, only to notice that he had actually awakened his Sharingan. He returned a grin, though still held a tear in his eyes. "I… I…"

Suddenly, Obito pulled him into a hug, which surprised his little brother. "Fayre… Don't cry… Everything will be okay. If you're really worried about me, there's no need to." Obito's mouth turned into grin. "Because I refuse to die, not at least until I'm the Hokage!"

Fayre stopped crying and returned his grin towards his big brother. "Yeah, you're right!" Both brothers smiled at each other. Fayre never wanted his big brother to die. After all, Obito was the only person he would need in life, and it would destroy Fayre if his lost him.

(Flashback Ends)

"B-But…" Fye snarled. "Now that Obito is dead, Kakashi must pay! He hated Obito! I know it! That's why… he must've killed Obito to get rid of a nuisance! I knew he planned it all whole time. When he became the captain, he upheld his power and killed my big brother! Of all people, it had to be my big brother! Why couldn't he just kill Rin? She's just as useless as that pink-haired bitch that was in the group that went against Freeza! If Kakashi had killed Rin instead, I would feel better."

(Somewhere)

"Achoo!" Sakura sneezed.

"Someone must be talking about you," commented Ino.

"Geez! I'm sure Naruto must be talking about me! I wonder what he must be saying to Jiraiya about me? I hope he did not blurt out to that pervert that we had sex…" She immediately covered her mouth and gulped, "Uh-oh…" She could see that rests of group except Shino and Shikamaru stared at her in shock.

"YOU WHAT?!" screamed Hinata. She was very angry to discover that Sakura and HER Naruto actually had sex! "Don't tell me…!"

Sakura waved them off and chuckled nervously, "No… It was protected sex! At least he was wearing a condom! It's not like I'm getting pregnant!"

They eyed her suspiciously.

"What? You think a girl like my age would have an unprotected sex with some handsome guy somewhere in a cave?"

(Somewhere)

Karin and Sasuke sneezed at the same time. Just when she realized that they had sneezed at the same time, she squealed out and clung to his arm once again. "OHH! Could this be fate…that we were meant to be together? I mean, we're sneezing together after all! I'm so lucky to have you, Sasuke-kun!"

"Hn…" Sasuke grunted. He wondered if fangirls were talking about him right now. It was no wonder to him why he would sneeze.

His train of thoughts derailed when he heard Karin purring. Sasuke glanced at Karin and widened his eyes comically.

"Not again!" Exclaimed Sasuke.

"Yes, again!" Pleaded Karin.

(Back to Fye vs Gai)

"After Mother's death, Obito was the only person in my whole life that I needed! He…" Fayre hissed, but stopped shortly after and sighed. "Hn… From on now, there will be no talking! We will be just fighting!" Then his Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan.

'What's that? It's some kind of different Sharingan. It doesn't matter. Something simple like that won't hurt my youthful skills!' thought Gai. Then he pumped his fist and shouted enthusiastically. "Now your Sharingan took it to whole other level! It's getting me excited! Now that's the springtime of youth!"

"Keep sprouting that nonsense Springtime of Youth bullshit, because you're going to die, and soon, you won't have that Springtime of Youth anymore! JUST COLD, ICY DEATH!" yelled Fayre.

Without any further ado, Gai and Fye charged toward each other at very high speed. Their legs pulled upward, as they kicked each other, making contact against the other's respective shin. After that, they clashed with their fists against each other.

They exchanged their blows ferociously, as they tried to bypass the other's defense, but both of their defenses were too good, however they were both determined to beat each other down no matter what.

Gai delivered a roundhouse kick to Fye, who managed to duck down and spin around before sweeping a kick below Gai's legs, causing the taijutsu master to fall down.

As soon as he fell to the ground, Fye tried to curb stomp Gai's head as soon as possible. However, the taijutsu master had another plan.

Gai titled his head to barely dodge Fye's curb stomp as he threw a kunai at the Uchiha who managed to dodge it just in time. Just when Fye looked back at Gai, only to find out that the taijutsu master had already jumped into the air, and suddenly, he noticed an explosive tag on his back.

"What?!" exclaimed a shocked Fye.

BOOM!

Luckily for him, Fye soon jumped out of the massive smoke cloud and seemed to remain unharmed for the moment. He glared at the massive dust smoke and fell into thought. 'W-When did he put that on me?' Suddenly, he widened his eyes and realized, 'That's it! He attached the explosion tag to his kunai and wrapped the tag around it. Not only that, it was camouflaged, so that's way I didn't notice it till the last minute.'

"Dynamic Entry!" shouted Gai.

Fye snapped out of his thought and looked up to see Gai flying towards him with a single leg up. Gai slammed his foot onto the nuke-nin's face hard, sending him flying. He skipped away on the ground a few feet away from his opponent, and immediately landed back on his feet with a backflip as he glared at Gai.'Dammit! This was just a distraction in order to land a blow on me!'

Gai charged towards Fye and balled up his fist before throwing a punch, but the Sharingan user blocked it. Gai widened his eyes in shock at the fact that Fye could stop him at such a speed! Was that a power of the Mangekyo Sharingan?

Then Fye pushed Gai's arm out of the way before punching him in the stomach. Gai doubled over and spewed the blood out of his mouth. That punch was a really hard one to damage him that much. What kind of strength does Fye have right now?

Fye unleashed an uppercut to his chin, sending Gai sprawling into the sky and simply watched his opponent flying away before he decided to quickly jump above Gai and soon sent him back down to the ground with a hard ax kick. After that, he made a familiar series of hand seals.

Before Gai made contact with the ground, he managed to backflip onto his feet and look up at his opponent who formed a familiar series of hand seals. He widened his eyes in shock. 'N-No… this is...'

Fye drew in his breath and then expelled a barrage of small fireballs down towards Gai, who managed to dodge all of them. He smirked, because Gai did not realize that he also had another plan. He then formed a ram seal and smirked.

Gai widened his eyes and looked down at the ground. He realized that there was a bunch of explosive tags on the ground around him. He also realized that Fye had concealed them within the flames to set him up, while igniting the tags at the same time! The explosive tags burned off and…

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Fye jumped down back on the ground and stared at the multiple explosions in rejoice. "That's right! Die like the idiot you are!"

However, when the massive cloud of smoke finally cleared, Gai just stood there with a lot of damage to his vest as well as his body. Fye was in shocked that Gai had managed to stay alive.

Gai had crossed his arms in front of his face to defend himself and panted heavily. "T-That was close… If I didn't escape this as soon as I did, I would have died! He's too strong and youthful! It does seem like he still has a Springtime of Youth after all!" muttered Gai.

Fye noticed that Gai was smiling. "Heh…" Fye chuckled. "This Springtime of Youth really saved you, huh? I am one of these people who doesn't believe in such things as I become older, which could possibly weaken me, but I vowed to myself to stay alive and strong, so that I can kill Kakashi! But shouting about some Springtime of Youth is not going to help you very much anyway! It's only matter of time before I kill you. You're annoying after all."

"Fayre…" Gai moved his arms to his side and sighed. "This fight won't finish if we keep going like this. I don't want to kill you… But… Since there's no way I can convince you to change your mind about Kakashi, Regrettably, I have no choice but to bring this harm upon you! This ends now!"

Fye chuckled, "Bring this harm upon me, you say? Frankly, it won't be possible. I'm far stronger than you! No one can stop me, not even Kakashi!"

"Hachimon…" Gai clenched his fists, as his eyes started to become blank white and his skins tone became darker and redder. Veins grew on his body everywhere, including his face. His hair had defied the law of gravity, as it raised up in the air. A green aura surrounded his body, as a blue chakra spiraled around him and became more visible as well.

A gust of wind pushed Fye away a little, but he barely managed to stand firm, yet he was full of shock.

"W-What…?"

The ground he stood on began to indent and crack. It was almost as if he had started to weigh down enough to break the ground. Since the wind was so strong, sand was blowing over at Fye who blocked his eyes to prevent himself from being blinded by it.

"Keimon! (Gate of Limit)" shouted Gai.

(Paradox vs Shukaku- Kilometer away from Sunagakure)

Paradox smirked. He was so proud of what he had done because he just destroyed Sunagakure a kilometer away from it! "Now these hypocrites are gone! Good for them! Haha!"

Sunagakure Shinobis were so shocked that he destroyed it from so far, but so easily! They thought they could protect it from them if they actually fought them right here. Also, it did not give civilians enough time to evacuate out of there, since they had to pack the bags! It would take about 30 minutes to one hour for them to finally leave for Konoha, but had only been 10 minutes and Paradox had just eradicated them!

Not only that, Paradox also killed some of the Suna shinobi's family who were also civilians! They glared up at Paradox with a lot of anger.

Shukaku stared at Paradox with disgust. "DAMN YOU! COME AND FIGHT ME, YOU COWARD!"

Paradox grinned sadistically, "I'm no coward! I merely need to destroy Sunagakure so I won't be distracted anymore. At least, I can fight you from on now." He laughed upon the successfully destruction of Sunagakure village by himself.

Coola smirked. 'Looks like it's about time for me to step in, huh?'

"No way!" Kankuro shocked. "He destroyed it from here so easily?!"

"He has enough power to destroy the planet then!" said Temari.

"Damn it!" hissed Baki.

"That bastard! Not only did he destroy the village, he also killed a thousand of civilians over there!" stated Chiyo.

Sandaime Kazekage slowly closed his eyes and somehow managed to stay calm. 'Sorry, I've failed my duty. I could not protect you as the Sandaime Kazekage after all.'

"That bastard! He killed them, including my family! LET'S GO! GET THAT BASTARD!" screamed a random shinobi. Some of the shinobi agreed with him and actually wanted to avenge the civilians! Then they began to charge towards Paradox altogether.

"Stop!" Temari cried, "You're going to d—"

Suddenly, these enraged shinobi were vaporized by an eye ray technique. While the rest of the Sunagakure shinobi looked around only to find Coola standing on the same spot. But he never moved his hands at all, keeping his arms folded.

Paradox saw that Coola had vaporized the ninja who were after him and scoffed, "They actually think they can take me on? Oh, well…" He glanced down at an angry Shukaku. "Now… I'm going to lower my Ki—"

"No need…" interrupted Coola.

Paradox looked down at Coola on the ground and surprised, "Why not, Coola-sama?! I want to fight that monster some more!"

"You're not going to fight him. You're going to fight them…" Coola said, "And… I'm going to fight that monster… with my only tail…" He finished with a smirk. Paradox and the rest of Sunagakure shinobi widened their eyes in shock.

However, Shukaku unhappily snarled, "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

To be continued…

A/N: About damn time! We're here at the lake! Let's go! (As I skipped across the multiple stone on the lake)

Vegeta: WAIT! It's not something right!

Me: Huh? What? (Suddenly I felt something that squeezed my arms against my both sides and something wrapped around my body, and then lifted me up.) Hey! Something's holding me! Help me!

Vegeta: Quit playing with me, idiot!

Me: (groans) Help me, you idiot! I can't fly in case you've forgotten! Your opponent is invisible!

Vegeta: You've got to be kidding me!

Familiar voice: Hehe... You must be an idiot if you think we're friendly...

(Vegeta and I look around, and it was Raiti and Zaacro!)

Zaacro: I've fooled you that the fog will open up next two chapters, but it's actually open up on this chapter.

Raiti: Hehe! We completely fixed your spaceship. This chapter is the chapter we finally get out... a worth of two months! Hmm?

Me: What're you waiting for! Kill them, Vegeta! This invisible monster is no longer an invisible! Look!

(Vegeta looks around and sees that there is monster that had tentacles wrapping around my body)

Vegeta: Shut up! I'm planning to do that! (looks at them again and smirks) Idiot! You shouldn't come here to announce your true intentions!

Raiti and Zaacro: WHAT?!

(Vegeta blasted them to death and then killed the monster. He rescued me and flew me on way back to the spaceship. Then, we rushed to leave the planet before the fog could close)

Me: That was a close! I swear I will not prank on you again!

Vegeta: Good! Now I will begin to train you as I promised! I promised you that it's going to be harsh training! It will start with 10 times gravity!

Me: WAIT! Let me tell my reader!

Vegeta: Fine! Do it quickly!

Me: (looks at my reader) Now... What do you think of this chapter? It's 17k words after all. I hope you're enjoying it! Next chapter will be back to normal... Well, probably 10k words... I will have to think about it.

Naruto will have to fight Guure... Do you think Naruto in his female version is strong enough to defeat him? What do Jiraiya means that there's more to traits that we did not know about?

Sasuke successfully defeated Lime by discovering his weakness. Yes, Minato also trained Sasuke to learn Ki and Chakra combination technique. Hmm... I need to find the name for Ki and Chakra combination. Will you help me right? :D

Fye spoke of his past. Obviously, his Father is a lunatic one. What will happen to Fye when Gai leveled up to five gates? Yes, he opened five gates so far! Will he continue to open his gates as the battle goes on?

Oh, and don't forget that Coola is planning to fight Shukaku with just tail! But Paradox will fight Kazekage and rests of Sunagakure shinobi. Of course, Paradox would play too much around them, at least until he got bored of it! I think you already know who he is now. :)

Find out next time on Team Z! :D

By the way, the ones that Minato killed were Coola's men. Since Coola ordered all nine groups to have a leader with unique power, Minato killed the leader in that group, which means he eliminated the leader easier. You've seen Jin, Hebimaru (Kokoro is not real leader, but he's just regular member with unique power after all), Grape, and Lime. Therefore, five leaders are already eliminated, included the unknown leader. I just want to tell you so you will know that there's four leaders remained to face. :)

With that said, I'm out! Hope I will update Team Z Chapter 95 soon!