Disclaimer: Once more, I do not own any of the characters of Naruto in any way. I know some of you may get tired of seeing this, but it's something I do. But for now let us get back to where we left off, with the big fight between the rivals...
Kyubi Unleashed
By DigiScanner-Shonen
Chapter 9: Fall of the Cherry Blossom
The battle had gone on for a few minutes now, and neither side looked to show any sign of tiring. At first, it was just punches, kicks and blocks between the three. Then, they went on to use shinobi weapons they had brought for this fight.
And now, they were using jutsus.
Haruno Sakura couldn't believe what she was seeing. She didn't want to believe it. Uzumaki Naruto, her boyfriend, had just released the signs to execute his infamous Shadow Replication jutsu, which now surrounded Uchiha Sasuke on all sides. They all charged towards Sasuke, who had leapt up into the air and was quickly executing the seals to release his new trademark jutsu, the Phoenix Flower, when he noticed a shadow behind him. Before he could turn, he felt a sharp stab of pain in his back and the impact of the ground on his stomach. The Naruto clones took advantage of this and started pounding on Sasuke.
Naruto-kun, Gaara, why? Sakura thought as she stared in horror, Why do this?
"It's something they have to do."
"What?" Sakura said as she turned to Jiraiya, who had somehow sensed what she was thinking at that moment.
"Sasuke issued a challenge to the both of them and its in a man's nature to take on any challenges that should come to them," Jiraiya said, "Naruto has always wanted to take on Sasuke and show that he's the better of the two. Gaara, however, wants to test his newfound belief against Sasuke's. Meanwhile, Sasuke believes he now has the power to defeat his brother and is now testing how powerful it is against both his rival and the one who has renounced his previous ways. They are all challenging not only each other, but also themselves."
"But why do men do these things?"
"Well, you're not a guy, so you wouldn't understand," Jiraiya said smugly, "This is also a test for Naruto."
"Test...?"
"To see how much stronger he's become since the Academy. He's using his power and pushing it to the limit to see how strong he is."
"How strong is...?"
Before Sakura could finish her question, there was a burst of energy from the Naruto clone dogpile that was on top of Sasuke. The clones each disappeared when the energy blast hit them and the real Naruto was sent flying backwards, only to be caught by Gaara's sand. The sand stood Naruto upright before disappearing and Gaara looked over to his comrade to make sure he was okay. Naruto nodded in response and the two of them looked over to the glowing power just a short distance from the allies. There stood Sasuke, emitting powerful chakra, with his right hand crackling with more than chakra than the rest of the body, his Sharingan staring back at the two and his skin beginning to be covered with black marks. His Curse Seal was activating.
"That all you got, Naruto-kun?" Sasuke taunted and extended his right hand, which he then waved back and forth, a 'Bring-it-on' gesture.
"Not quite," Naruto grinned, "Ready Gaara?"
Gaara nodded in response.
"GO!!" Naruto called as the three dashed towards each other, each powering up with chakra. Gaara's hand turned into sand which reshaped into a spear of sorts, Sasuke's chakra emitting hand crackled even more fiercely with what looked like electric energy and Naruto had Gaara's free hand moving quickly over Naruto's while Naruto's right hand began to form a spinning ball of chakra. Naruto and Gaara's chakra were mixing to form a powerful move for Naruto. Now, as the three were in close range, they extended their hands and called out their attacks.
"Chidori!!" Sasuke yelled as he thrust his crackling arm in front of him.
"Sand Spear!!" Gaara screamed as he thrust his solid sand arm in front of him.
"Rasengan!!" Naruto cried as he thrust his chakra ball holding arm in front of him.
As the three attacks collided, the effects of their mixing were gigantic.
Almost there, almost there...
Tsunade was running with Takeshi and her other bodyguards towards Konohagakure, which was within sight distance. It would be good to be back home, but she didn't have time for that. She had work to do as soon as she got there.
"Does everyone remember the plan?" Tsunade asked as they got closer to the village.
"Yes, Hokage-sama!!" They replied.
"Good!" Tsunade told them, "Use force if you have to, but try to avoid doing so!"
"Yes Hokage-sama!"
The plan was to search the village for Uzumaki Naruto, the boy with Kyubi sealed inside of him, and get him to come with them to see Tsunade. Tsunade, in the meanwhile, would go with Takeshi and search the Konoha Archives for unseal and reseal scrolls. She would memorise the scrolls and use the techniques to release the seal on Naruto and unleash Kyubi once they had reached an agreement on what to do against the approaching monster. Once Kyubi had done its service, she'd seal it back into Naruto, with its co-operativeness or not. Yes, she'd lose her life in the process, but it was for the good of Konohagakure and the ninja world. She knew what she was doing.
At least, she thought she did.
No time for second thoughts, the Hokage told herself, this is what I presented to the Kage Council and this is what I have to do. I must unleash Kyubi for the good of ninjas everywhere! I just hope Naruto and Kyubi will co-operate with this. Naruto maybe, but Kyubi...
"Hokage-sama! The gate!" Takeshi called as they ran closer and closer to the gate, with the guards standing ready to defend their home.
"No time to slow down! Just show them our identification and go!!" Tsunade ordered as she withdrew her identification from her pockets and her bodyguards did the same. Just as they were a couple of feet in front of the guards, they leaped into the air and flung down their identifications to the guards, "We'll get them back later! Now go and find Naruto!"
"As you wish, Hokage-sama!!" they replied as they reached the top of the gate and leapt into different directions after briefly touching the gate.
"Tsunade!!" Takeshi suddenly called as they landed on the roof of a nearby house.
"What, Takeshi? We don't have time!" Tsunade told him.
"I just remembered what you said about Kyubi being uncontrollable."
"Yes?"
"I know of a scroll which could help Kyubi be more co-operative..."
"You do?"
"Yes, I heard about it when I was younger. It's a special scroll that not many have used. I've seen it in the archives, collecting dust. I'm sure it could help us tame Kyubi!"
"Where in the archives?"
"Somewhere in the restricted section."
"Take me to it, Takeshi!" Tsunade said as they headed in the direction of the archives.
A scroll that could help us control Kyubi? Why wasn't this thought of years ago when it first attacked? Tsunade thought as they went on their way, No matter. Soon as we find it, our chances for survival should increase, even by a mere percentage. But the restricted section in the archives has been known to erase dangerous jutsus on occasion.
I just pray that scroll is still in the archives if its not too dangerous a technique.
"Did you feel that?" a citizen said as he and his friends walked through the street.
"Feel what?" another asked.
"The earth shaking, stupid!" yet another told his friend.
"No, should I have?" the second citizen wondered.
"Maybe it's just me..." the third said.
"No, I felt it too," the first person said, "It felt like it was coming from one of the training grounds."
"The training grounds? No way!" the second said, "There's no way something that powerful could come from the training grounds."
"Hey! What was that about training grounds?"
"What?" the three citizens turned and saw a boy with sunglasses and a girl with white eyes staring back, "Why do you want to know?"
"B-because of o-our..." the girl started.
"Let me handle this, Hinata!" the boy whispered, "Because we're interested in the movements of the ground."
"A couple of shinobi interested in the earth?" the second citizen asked, "Why?"
"Just tell me!" the boy asked.
"Why should we, kid?" the third asked.
"You're really starting to bug me..."
"Wait! You're not..." the first began.
"Who? Who is he?" the second wondered.
"You're that kid from the bug-using clan, aren't you?"
"He is?"
"Well, duh!" the third said, "What was their name? Abambu...Abumble...Abudis..."
"Aburame. And yes, I'm one of them," the boy answered.
"The kid who was in the Chuunin Tournament? Shino, was it?" the first said.
"One and the same. Now tell me about the training ground!"
"And just why should we?" the third asked.
"Don't you know? They have powers over bugs! Next time you go outside, it could be your last!" the first told the third.
"Hey! You're right!" the third seemed to imagine something, then shivered. He turned to Shino and said, "All right. My friends and I just felt this tremble in the ground. It was almost as if powers were clashing or something. It seemed to come from one of the training grounds out west."
"Thank you," Shino said, "Come on, Hinata."
"Why is it so important?" the second one asked.
"...we can't say," Shino said as a bug emerged from his nose and landed onto Shino's finger. The boy whispered something to the bug and then it flew off towards the grounds to the west. A couple seconds after it flew off, Hinata and Shino followed.
"I still don't know why it's so important..."
"Will you just shut up?" the third asked.
The shaking had stopped as Naruto opened his eyes. He found himself lying face down on the ground, with the after effects of the attack still felt. He turned over to his side and found Gaara, lying beside a tree, knocked out cold. A few feet from Gaara was Temari, lying spread out on her back with her large fan just short of her hand. Turning to the other side, he saw his Sakura on her stomach behind Jiraiya on his back, both knocked out by the mass of energy just a few short moments ago. And of course, Sasuke was quite aways from him, in the same shape and position as Naruto except lying face up.
Not wanting to be the inferior one, Naruto slowly picked himself up and looked at his body. His clothes were dirty, he had wounds all over and his head was spinning. Heading over to where Sakura was, he kneeled down to check her over. She was still alive, just had the wind knocked out of her. Lucky that Jiraiya was there and had taken the full force of the blow.
Maybe Sakura-chan's right, Naruto thought as he looked at the others, Maybe we should stop this before someone really gets hurt.
"...are you backing out, Naruto-kun?"
"..."
"You're giving up, aren't you?" Sasuke said as he overshadowed Naruto, his body now almost completely covered by the Curse Seal marks, "Your handicap is gone. Your friends have been knocked out. Are you going to run away?"
"Sasuke...we've got to stop this..."
"You're afraid of me, aren't you? You know you can't win against me. I've gotten too powerful. Your little girlfriend may be fine, but she's weak. She had that oaf Jiraiya protecting her."
"Sasuke..." Naruto growled as he clenched his fist.
"The Sand Siblings staying with you? They're runaways. Outcasts. Feared because of their power. They may have been powerful during the Chuunin Exam, but times have changed. Gaara's gone soft. He no longer is powerful. Those without power are insects. And insects should be squashed."
"Sasuke...you..." Naruto could feel the anger rising within him and his own power mixing with something else inside him.
"Pathetic, aren't they?" Sasuke said as used his hand to indicate who he was talking about, "Pathetic little insects. Insects without power. Not just these people, no. Rock Lee...the Hyuugas...Kakashi...even the new Hokage. All of them, insects. Perhaps I should play exterminator."
"You wouldn't dare..."
"Oh, but I would. And maybe," Sasuke said as he extended his hand and it began to crackle with his chakra towards one of the people in the area, "I should start with your girlfriend."
That was it.
"SASUKE!!!!" Naruto screamed as a burst of energy emitted from him and Sasuke was forced to brace himself from the outburst. The energy was stinging, just being in its way was damaging. He was forced to close his eyes to prevent them from damage.
The energy stopped and Sasuke could open his eyes again. He saw Naruto, burning with chakra. Except he looked different. The marks on his cheeks were now many dark marks, looking almost like whiskers. His blue eyes were now devoid to little slits. And it seemed for a moment that the chakra surrounding him was in the form of nine tails, all protruding from his rear.
"NO ONE THREATENS SAKURA-CHAN!!!" Naruto yelled as all of a sudden, he was in Sasuke's face and before he could react, a flurry of punches rained down on the Uchiha survivor. Sasuke couldn't defend against it. His Sharingan went into overdrive, trying to copy Naruto's moves. All Sasuke could do was watch as Naruto landed hit after hit on him.
Then, Naruto pulled back. Sasuke didn't give him an inch, because then, it was his turn. Doing the exact same punches Naruto just did, Sasuke thought he had the upper hand, but he noticed that none of them were hitting. The chakra surrounding Naruto had formed a kind of barrier, preventing Sasuke from connecting with Naruto. Of course, it only worked one way as Naruto pulled his fist back and landed one good punch on Sasuke's gut.
Sasuke was sent careening back as he could still feel the stinging pain. It wasn't just the punch, the chakra had also been driven into Sasuke, causing more pain. As Sasuke tried to stop flying backwards, Naruto had circled behind him and delivered another attack to Sasuke's back. Sasuke flew again through the air, but turned around and executed his Phoenix Flower attack at Naruto. The giant flame engulfed Naruto and it looked as if the blonde ninja was burnt to a crisp. Sasuke smirked, knowing that victory was in his grasp.
If he looked up, however, he would've managed to dodge the onslaught of blows that came from Naruto.
"SASUKE!!!!"
"Huh?"
Sakura opened her eyes and sat up from where she was. She looked on as Naruto unleashed the power within him and began to beat down Sasuke. She couldn't believe this was the same Naruto she was teammates with. There was something different, almost animal, to him.
Naruto-kun, what are doing? She asked herself as Naruto began punching Sasuke, I thought the fight was done after that blast. Why are you still fighting Sasuke?
Sakura managed to spot Gaara and Temari a little ways from her. She went over to them to check on them. She woke up Temari first. Temari groaned as Sakura roused her from being knocked out.
"Oww...ow, ow, ow..." Temari groaned, "It feels like every part in my part aches..."
"I think it came from the mixture of Naruto, Gaara and Sasuke's attacks," Sakura said, "It's a miracle we survived."
"Actually, it's not that surprising..."
"What do you mean?"
"I think they were only going half power on that one..."
"Say what!?"
"Gaara wanted to conserve his energy for later, but I think right now he's using all of it to combat Shusaku's re-emergence since he's unconscious," Temari pointed out as she and Sakura noticed that Gaara was turning and grunting as if he was holding something back, "Naruto and Sasuke however, are using all of it now, but it looks like Sasuke's power isn't enough."
"No!" Sakura turned and saw Sasuke pounded into the ground as Naruto unleashed his fury on the boy, "Naruto-kun, stop!!"
"He can't hear you. He's being controlled..."
"Controlled by what?"
"..."
"Temari, tell me! What's wrong with Naruto and Gaara?"
"Naruto told me not to tell you, Sakura."
"Temari, I have to know! Please! Naruto-kun is mercilessly beating Sasuke! If he keeps this up, Sasuke could...please! Tell me!"
"..."
"Please..." Sakura looked into Temari's eyes with a pleading look.
"...all right..." Temari reluctantly said, "Naruto probably won't trust me again after this, but if it's to help save a life..."
"It is."
"You know how everyone has chakra which gives them power?"
"Yes."
"Well, Naruto and Gaara have a kind of chakra booster inside the both of them. When either of them run out, the chakra booster kicks in and both become very powerful and dangerous."
"What is this chakra booster?"
"It controls them should they resort to it. Because the booster isn't really a thing the two of them can control."
"Then what is it?"
"..."
"Temari, you said you'd tell me..."
"...do you remember what happened to Gaara when he was fighting Sasuke during the attack a few months ago?"
"He became a..." Sakura gasped in realisation.
"The same thing is happening to Naruto now."
"Nooo!!" Sakura said as she dashed over to where Sasuke and Naruto were fighting.
"Sakura, wait!!"
I have to stop Naruto-kun. I can't let him become a monster! Sakura thought urgently as she came closer to the fight, He can't become the same as Gaara! He can't! I won't let him!
"Naruto-kun, stop!" Sakura called as she reached out onto Naruto's shoulder. Naruto didn't know it was her and momentarily turning away from Sasuke, he sent Sakura to the ground. As he extended his arm to punch her, Sakura screamed aloud Naruto's name.
It seemed to hit dead on because he stopped dead in his tracks.
His fist was just an inch from Sakura's face. Sakura looked at Naruto's face and his fierce slit-eyes stared back. He was snarling and growling, but he looked as if he was aware, however slight, that it was her who had called out his name.
"Naruto-kun...I know you can hear me..." Sakura said, "Stop this...leave Sasuke alone, you've done enough to him..."
"Grrrrrr..."
"Fight it, Naruto! Don't give into the monster within you! Please, fight it! Don't become like Gaara back to who you back to me..."
"Ssss...Sa...Sakur..." Naruto seemed to growl. It looked as if he was remembering who he was.
"That's it, Naruto-kun! Remember me! Remember you! Remember!" Sakura said as she turned to Sasuke and began to help him up, "You like ramen! You want to become the Hokage! You train hard! You care about me!"
"Ssss...Sakura...Sakura-chan!" Naruto said as he remembered who Sakura was, and it looked as if he knew who he was.
"You're almost there, Naruto-kun! Keep fighting it! Keep remembering me and you!" Sakura said as she helped Sasuke to his feet. He looked bruised and beaten, but he'd live, "Remember us! Remember!!"
"Sakura-chan!!" Naruto said as the marks on his face became dimmer, the slits in his eyes became rounder and his voice began to soften, "I remember!"
"Good! Keep going!" Sakura said as she turned around and checked on Sasuke again. He had a fainted look on him and Sakura was about to prop Sasuke over her to help him get medical attention, but she didn't notice the glint in his eye as no one noticed his hand charging up one last time, "You're almost back! Come back and we can go for rame--"
Sakura's eyes became wide as she felt a searing pain inside her. She saw Naruto gasping in horror. Sakura looked down and saw Sasuke's hand piercing through her left shoulder, just above her heart. Blood was spilling from the wound. She couldn't believe it.
Sasuke...why? Sakura thought as Sasuke pulled back his hand from Sakura's shoulder and the blood fully spilled from her, No...I was so close...Naruto-kun was almost...Sasuke, you really...Temari was right...Do you have it, too, Sasuke...no...why...why would he do this to me...Sasuke...have you really...it can't be...but why...why, Sasuke?
Why?
With that last thought, Sakura dropped to the ground, eyes closed and blood spilling.
"Sakura-chan!!" Naruto screamed as he dropped to his knees and took a hold of her, "No!! Sakura-chan!!!"
He couldn't believe it. He wouldn't believe it. Naruto put his hand onto her cheek. It wasn't supposed to be like this. No, it wasn't. He tried several times to check else on her body, but the result was the same. She was cold. Oh, so cold...
One minute she was there in front of him, encouraging him to return to his normal self, the next she was lying cold on the ground, a red puddle forming from her shoulder area. This wasn't happening! He couldn't lose her! He couldn't bear it!
"Sasuke!!" Naruto gritted his teeth as Sasuke dropped to his knees, his last bit of energy spent, "Sasuke, what have you done?!"
"...what? What did...I do...?" Sasuke asked as he held his head. His eyes were back to normal, his Curse Seal marks were gone and it seemed as if he was waking from a dream.
"You just impaled Sakura-chan!!"
"I did what!?" Sasuke said as he looked down at Sakura in Naruto's arms and realised what he had just done, "...my God...no..."
"Why!! Why, Sasuke?!" Naruto demanded as tears began to flow from his eyes.
"I couldn't have...but I...no...God, no..." Sasuke said as he looked as his hands, reddened with his teammate's blood, "I didn't mean...the 't get enough...so arrogant...thought I was invincible...felt so strange...had the power...no...didn't realise it was her...oh Lord...what have I done..."
"You just hurt my girlfriend, that's what!" Naruto said as his tears flew and mixed with Sakura's blood, "I can't believe you...I never thought you would stoop that low...she could be...and its all your fault...IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT SHE'S LIKE THIS!!!"
"No..." Sasuke said as he stood up and looked around at everything he had done. He was seeing clearly the carnage of his doing, "I can't...he lied..."
"Who?"
"He lied...no...Sakura...God no...what have I done..."
"Who lied, Sasuke?"
"My fault...my comrade...my power...my doing..."
"Who lied, Sasuke?" Naruto repeated. But Sasuke wasn't listening. He was still dealing with the effects of what he had done.
"The power...Sakura...no..." Sasuke said as he backed away from what he saw with a look of horror on his face, "What have I done...? NOOOO!!!"
Sasuke ran off into the trees, away from Naruto.
"SASUKE!!" Naruto called after him, but by that time, Sasuke was out of earshot. Sasuke was the least of his worries right now. Naruto turned back to Sakura, still cold and losing blood. He heard an irritant buzzing noise. A bug flew past his nose. He tried to swish it away, but it avoided his hand.
"Naruto!"
"Huh?"
Behind him, Aburame Shino, Hyuuga Hinata and Temari, carrying Gaara on her back, came over to where he was with Sakura.
"What happened here?" Shino asked.
"...a fight..." Naruto answered.
"W-what happened t-to S-Sakura-chan?" Hinata shivered as she saw Sakura losing blood.
"..." Naruto wouldn't answer the question. Instead, he asked, "Is Gaara all right, Temari?"
"He's fine, Naruto. He's awake, but a little drained of energy," Temari answered, "He's needs rest. We all do."
"...why didn't I listen to her?"
"Hmm?"
"Why did I have to be so stubborn? I was so pumped on taking on Sasuke that I lost track of everything else. And now, she's being taken away from me," Naruto cried, "She can't go. She means more to me than my dream of becoming Hokage..."
"Naruto, you're not a healer..." Shino said.
"Healer?" Naruto repeated. He suddenly knew what could save his Sakura-chan. He got up and placed her on his back, "Come on, we don't have time to waste!"
"What? W-where are you going, N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.
"I have to find Tsunade! She's the only one who can help Sakura-chan now! Come on, we have to find her!" Naruto said. The others nodded and immediately leapt off to find the newest Hokage.
"What about Jiraiya?" Temari asked.
"Forget him! He'll be fine!" Naruto said, "He's one of the Legendary Leaf Shinobi! Just help me get to Tsunade!"
"Right!" they all agreed.
Hang in there, Sakura-chan, Naruto thought, You can't leave me. I swear, you'll be all right. We just need to get to Tsunade. Please, don't leave me. I can't let you go. No, I can't. I won't! Just stay, please. Stay with me, Sakura-chan. Please...
Stay with me...
Uchiha Sasuke was running through the bushes. He couldn't believe that he had done that. He had almost certainly killed one of his teammates. Why? Why did he do it? Why did he use his power against someone he cared about?
It was because he had it.
He had the power. He could feel it flowing through his veins. It was so incredible. He couldn't get enough of it. His chakra had expanded exponentially. His Sharingan had unlocked a mind technique, the very same as Itachi's. He had tested it on Akamaru and Kiba. He didn't care as much for them, so he thought it was fine. He had grown blind and arrogant while he had the power. He challenged Naruto and Gaara to the fight, and when he pushed Naruto over the edge, he got the beating of his life.
Why, why, why did he use his power against Haruno Sakura?
He thought she was an enemy. He couldn't see clearly, so he waited until the time was right, then struck the enemy through. He didn't see what he did until it was too late. He couldn't bear it. He had taken his teammate's life. Why did he?
He could hear a kind of voice while he had the power. It sounded like someone he knew, but couldn't quite put his finger on...
The voice was telling him to do all those things. To test his power on Kiba and Akamaru. To challenge Naruto and Gaara to the fight at sunrise. To strike Sakura through. It was the voice that came with the power that made him do all the things he just did. And it was still there, taunting Sasuke.
Telling him he enjoyed what he did.
No! I didn't like what I did! Sasuke thought, You're a liar! I thought the power was great, and I finally had enough to take on Itachi, but it's not!
You know you enjoyed it.
No!! Why are you inside me? Why did you tell me to do all those things?
I was merely relaying all the things you wanted to do, but never could. You wanted the dog to shut up, so you shut him up. You wanted to take on two of your rivals, so you did. You wanted to stop the enemy that was holding you, so you struck it through.
I didn't know I was hurting my friends! This is all your fault this happened!!
No, Sasuke. You did all those things. I had no part in it. You took the initiative to make those actions a reality, I merely told you what you wanted to do with the power you gained.
This isn't true!! It's your fault!! Who are you?!
The you inside you. The inner you. The true you that has been unleashed through the scroll.
The scroll!!
Don't you remember the title? "How to Unleash Your True Potential?" It wasn't just your power. It was also the inside of you. The suppressed side you kept buried deep down. In a way, I'm the real you. You've set me free by reading the scroll and doing what it told you to do. I'm the you who secretly craves the thrill of battle. I'm the you who wants to avenge your family. I'm the you who is jealous of Itachi and all his power.
You can't be me! There can't be two mes!!
Oh, but there is. One of us is the one who puts on the side the world sees, and the other is the real inner you. Can you guess which is which?
Get out of my head!! NOW!!!
I can't leave you because I am you. The real you. The you who wanted all those things done. And you know you liked what happened when you did all those things. Fracturing minds. Taking on rivals. Striking through enemies.
I said, "Get out!!"
I can't. I won't. I'm going to stay inside you. Forever and ever.
NNNNNOOOOO!!!!
Ha ha ha...HA HA HA...HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
"AAAAAAGHHHHH!!!"
Uchiha Sasuke leapt through the forest screaming, continually being tortured by what was apparently the real him. He didn't want to believe it, but when he searched his heart, he knew it was true. He did partially enjoy all those things. And it was his fault for all of it. Kiba and Akamaru's minds fractured. Fighting against Gaara and Naruto. Striking Sakura through. It was all his fault.
And no matter how much he pleaded, the real him wouldn't leave him alone.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Well, that's another chapter done. Sorry the wait was long, but I hope it was worth it for all of you. We get closer and closer to the long awaited unleashing of Kyubi, the identity of the monster and the monster showdown to decide the fate of the ninja world. But there should be plenty of things to keep you occupied until then. Will Naruto and the others find Tsunade in time to save Sakura? Is there really a technique that will help the Hokage tame Kyubi? And what will become of Sasuke and this new, inner him? There is only one way to find out...review!!