Yuki and Is

Losing Control

Naruto looked at the two. For some reason he had imagined them being older. Judging by their appearance, they were not much older then Sasuke and himself. A couple of years maybe

Naruto suddenly gasped out loud when his trail of thoughts were interrupted by a hand coming out of nowhere and connecting with his ribcage, thus sending him flying backwards over the hole and into a tree trunk.

Shakily, though mostly out of surprise that neither he, nor Sasuke had apparently seen it coming, he stood up, sending a glare in the two newcomers' direction. He had no doubt that they had been responsible for his little flight.

His eyes widened slightly when something was suddenly blocking his view of the two and Sasuke. He looked up, in mildly concealed chock at the boy who was suddenly standing in front of him, close enough so that his shoulder length silver hair was tickling his face as the cold wind blew it in his direction.

The next thing Naruto knew, he was forcefully pushed up against the tree behind him, as something cold and hard clamped around his neck, and something warm grabbed a hold of his right wrist, lifting him up off of the ground as well. Naruto coughed as the newfound grip around his neck tightened, nearly clogging his airway.

Out of the corner of his eye, Naruto caught a glimpse of Sasuke's black head of hair. What was he doing? Naruto could do nothing but stare dumbfounded at his dark haired teem mate, momentarily forgetting the current presumably death grip he was in, as he watched the girl slowly moving towards Sasuke, kneeling down right in front of him. And to his great chock Naruto watched as the girl touched Sasuke, who flinched, but otherwise did nothing.

At that moment the girl looked up, and for a brief second her eyes met his and she gave him a small childish smile before she turned her attention back to Sasuke.

Naruto couldn't help the shiver that went through his body, as it somehow sunk in that Sasuke was in danger. Quite possible even more danger then he himself was in, he thought as he was brought back to his own current situation, when he suddenly received a knee to his stomach.

Naruto coughed as he could feel familiar gush of the thick fluid rise from his lower regions and swim into his mouth. The boy in front of him, who quite literally it seemed, held him in an iron firm grip so to speak, had hit both hard and in place and Naruto could feel his eyes start to roll up in his head, but he choked it away. He didn't know what would happen to Sasuke or himself if he passed out now and he never wanted to find out.

Instead he glared at his attacker with half closed eyes.

"What the hell do you think you are doing!?" he yelled angrily into the taller boy's face. "Why the heck are you attacking us?"

The boy in front of him seemed mildly surprised that Naruto in fact seemed more angered and maybe even offended by the situation then anything else.

Then he tilted his head to the side, blinked and smiled, eerily in Naruto's opinion, before he for some reason decided to let Naruto's feet connect with the ground again. He didn't let go of him though. Instead he just leaned in a bit closer, and stared examining at his 'hostage'.

Naruto just glared back. He didn't like the situation in the least. He had an eerie feeling that something bad was going to happen, and his eyes widened with realisation that he had been right, when a nearly inhuman cry tore at the deep silence around them, that the snow otherwise provided the mountains with.

Sasuke! Naruto struggled in the boy's grasp, desperately trying to get around him to help his team mate.

How the hell was it possible for this boy to hold him back, only using the strength of his arms? He didn't even seem like he had to concentrate on keeping him in place.

Naruto kicked out at the boy, who merely dodged the attack. Or rather, Naruto knew that he had dodged it, he hadn't actually seen it, it had happened too fast for his eyes to follow.

This was getting really annoying, and cold sweat ran down his back as another scream tore at the icy air, and it really sunk in that he could do absolutely nothing to help Sasuke. All he could do was watch, and it pissed him off!

Naruto frowned and concentrated on getting his chakra into his right leg. It was hard since the usage of his hands was out of the question; he finally succeeded at least partly, and made a final kick at the boy, and to his great surprise his foot actually connected with his target.

Nothing happened. The silver haired youth in front of him didn't even flinch. Naruto could have screamed; it had to be some kind of joke!

He raised his head and looked up into a pair of large dark blue eyes that grinned back at him. In the background another scream echoed through the trees.

Fine! He could already feel it screaming to get out. That immense power that he hadn't used for so long. He had thought of it as a personal letdown to use it, but this was different from the usual battles. He hadn't even really fought this boy, and yet he knew that he couldn't possible win on his own. He might as well collect his rent.

*Fine, you stupid fox help me!*

Naruto felt a barrier inside of him shatter. Cracking and falling to pieces like mirror, and he felt the familiar blood red chakra flooded through his body, mixing with his own and creating a screaming orange.

It had been years since he had used it the last time, and yet it felt the same. The feeling of power, possibilities, of adrenaline rushing through him at the dangerous chakra that he even now, was barely able to control. He loved it.

Everything became blurry, as he ripped the others arm from his throat. He would feel metal crushing under claws he didn't normally have.

Once again he collected his chakra into his right leg, though this time he didn't even use half of what he had, and he watched as the boy, as if in slow motion, flew through the air. He could see him yell out, as he crushed back first into a tree, and he could see the three splinter yet he couldn't hear any of it. His blood was pounding in his ears, shutting everything out.

He could feel his vision going red as he pursued his opponent. Something in the back of his head screamed for him to remember that Sasuke was in danger though, and he stopped right in front of the youth, and as if he wasn't even there, turned around and started towards the direction of Sasuke and the girl. Kill. No. He was still in control, just get her away from Sasuke!

Naruto vaguely registered that the boy was yelling, something, and right before he reached the girl, she turned around to look at him. Big purple eyes met hard red ones, and Naruto felt like someone had thrown a bucket full of ice water in his face, and he could feel the read haze slowly clearing from his vision.

It ran cold down his back, and cheeks, and he felt like he couldn't close his eyes. He couldn't close his eyes from what she wanted him to see what he knew was there, but never wanted to acknowledge, what he wasn't ready to discover.

"Sasuke!"

"What's so great about this guy?!"

"What's with the face?"

"Usurakontachi"

"Why did you save me?"

"How should I know?"

"I hated you!"

"But why? Why me?"

"I never asked for your help!!"

"I don't know. My body just moved on it's own."

"Baka."

"Sasuke!"

"Don't Die! (don't die, don't die)"

"I hated you too."

"To protect a precious person, and knowing it was a trap, he was still able to jump in"

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"Sasuke!!"

"You asshole!!"

"Naruto, I said no! This is my fight!"

"Bastards!"

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"Sasuke?"

"Sasuke!"

"Pervert Senin! Sasuke. Is he going to be okay?"

"Damn it! What the hell did he do to Sasuke?"

"Some time ago, this wouldn't have meant anything, but not now!"

"I'm going after him!"

"You are weak."

"Sasuke won't give in to someone like that! I promise."

"That bastard!!"

"I won't let you take Sasuke!"

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"You Bastard, stop acting so cool! Sakura is that worried and..."

"Naruto. I also want to fight you."

Echoes of past memories, feeling that were screaming in his mind, memories and emotions, that in the end, weren't even his own.

"Naruto!"

"Is this really, Naruto?"

"Fight me... Now!"

"You are still weak, Sasuke-CHAN!"

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"Sasuke! Hehe, what a lame way to win!"

"You are all beaten up, idiot!"

"That damn total moron."

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"Sakura-chan, did you see that weird thing on Sasuke's neck?"

"Promise me. You won't tell Naruto."

"What?"

"Listen, this is teamwork as well."

"I can't stand him worrying about me too."

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"There was something that bothered me a little."

"Could it be, Uzumaki Naruto?"

"According to your data, it looks as if his contact with the nine-tail's boy is changing Sasuke-kun's goals and heart. He is a child that has that much influence on Sasuke-kun. So the faster we tear them apart the better."

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"Ha, I was beginning to think you weren't going to show up, because you were too afraid to fight me!"

"Geez, whatever. Who was the one saying 'hell definitely come'?"

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"Even Sasuke could be in Trouble."

"Sasuke."

"I am going to stop this fight."

"He lives, only to kill others. At this rate Sasuke will die."

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"If I end up dying, it just means that I reached my limit."

"I don't ever want to watch those dear to me die before my eyes again."

"Those dear to me..."

"I get it."

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"Shielding him even though his body is like that."

"Shape up will ya. I can't save you this time, like I did in the wave country."

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"You can become truly strong."

"Naruto."

"I will protect them, no matter what!"

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"He's come back to this village, and he is chasing Naruto."

"Why?"

"No matter, if that guy catches him, it will be over for Naruto!"

"Naruto! (Naruto, Naruto.)"

Anger, sorrow, hate, regret, and happiness. It hurt. It hurt so much! Naruto could feel his control slipping, and he mentally reached out as if trying to grab a hold of it. But it burned. He felt like his mind was on fire, every single thought that flew through his head was flames licking his insides. He couldn't control his thought anymore, and he felt like he had to battle just to stay conscious.

It wasn't working. He could already feel the presence inside of him, pushing forward to finally get the freedom to do as he pleased. It laughed, finally, after so many years. Free.

He couldn't do anything and somehow, he knew that the boy was battling Sasuke, trying to hold him away from getting to Naruto.

It wasn't that Sasuke was trying to get to Naruto, to help his team mate, at least not anymore. The part of Sasuke that was normally in control had been rendered unconscious after the abuse his mind had been through, thus leaving only the anger, hate, confusion and a cursed seal that by pulling all his chakra out made him a danger to everyone around, including himself.

The only thought left was 'get to Naruto' though he could probably no longer remember why.

"Jeg kan ikke holde ham hend ret meget længere!" [1] The girl yelled out. Normally she would have told him through her mind, but that was no longer an option, she had used too much chakra.

Even now, she was still in front of Naruto, keeping eye contact to try and hold him back, never even blinking, and it showed. Her eyes were bloodshot and watery, and her face was glazed with sweat despite the low temperatures.

"Hvor meget tid?" [2] The boy yelled back, as he jumped backwards and out of the way when three blue and black snakes were shot in his direction.

The girl looked on, as Naruto's eyes slowly turned red and cat like, the lines on his face became more vivid and more broad. She could slowly feel herself slip.

"Ingen!" [3] She yelled back, as she closed her eyes, letting the soft snow catch her fallen body as she lost consciousness.

The boy cursed. Hopefully Naruto would be disoriented just long enough for him to get a hold of his 'partner in crime' and get the hell out of there.

Battling Sasuke was one thing, the darker boy was to some extend still the one in control, and at least for now he wouldn't let all of his chakra free.

Naruto on the other hand, had a second mind that, now that Naruto's own was weakened, would basically have free access to take over.

The silver haired boy, didn't feel like wanting to stick around to find out just whatever kind of demon it really was that the blond had sealed within him. The brief interaction he had had with the thing before had been more then enough, and Naruto had still been the one in control then.

The boy only just made it to disappear in a small gush of snowflakes, before Sasuke's body would have slammed into his.

He reappeared beside the unconscious girl, and right in front of Naruto, who luckily looked like he was still baffled.

The boy could practically feel Sasuke's anger at being ignored like that, and he watched out of the corner of his eye how the raven haired kid slowly turned to glare at him before he suddenly in a flash was standing only about two meters away.

The boy grabbed out to get a firmer hold of his partner, before he got ready to disappear again with his new load, when suddenly someone jumped out in front of them to stand between them and Sasuke.

Naruto? But why?

Then he got a closer look at both of them. Black flames was covering Sasuke's entire face, licking up his legs and otherwise covering completely now. A demon like appearance was taking it's form, and there appeared to be nothing left of the darker one, and Naruto as well, was no longer himself. His demon had taken over too, and it would only be natural for a creature with that kind of power who had been locked up for so long, to seek out the strongest opponent first chance it got, and at the moment, Sasuke was it.

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"And they call us monsters. Frightening to think about what they will become once they are fully grown." the irony was dripping from the words he was receiving from her, as she walked up behind him.

"You are awake," he stated.

"It appears to be the case. How are they doing?"

The boy looked into the ball again, just as red flames were blown out, setting a couple more trees on fire.

"They are doing okay. It seems that they will survive your little mind games. If they don't kill each other that is."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

The youth didn't answer. The fight had been going on for several hours now. He had felt something while standing there, he just wasn't sure what. The only thing he was sure of was that he didn't like it. Any of it.

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What Kakashi found later that day, was beyond horrors.

The last rays of light, gleaming through the threes, before the sun disappeared completely behind the mountain tops, sparkled in the snow that had been painted red with blood. In the middle of a circle of burned down trees, two thirds of his team lay, battered, burned, torn and lifeless.

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[1] "I can't hold him back that much longer!"

[2] "How much time?"

[3] "None!"