The Shadow Wars
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Chapter 26
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"Sasuke, why are you doing this?" screamed Sakura in fear.
"I need to try out this new power." He replied, a smirk on his face. Slowly, he began to advance on the pink-haired girl, chakra flowing around his body. The Sharingan eye that was behind him opened a bit wider, as did the eyes on his body. But, before he could attack Sakura, a fireball struck him in the chest. Although he was not injured by the attack, it angered him.
Sasuke vanished, reappearing behind the shinobi who attacked him, a Mist Jounin named Mirokou Hasame. He was tall, and had short, blue hair, with very well-toned muscles. But his skill and strength was apparently not enough, as Sasuke killed him by simply backhanding him into the stands. Then the black-haired boy reappeared in front of Sakura.
But Hasame's sacrifice had other results. Naruto had managed to get back to the stadium, and was now on top of it, a red aura surrounding him. His eyes had turned fox-like and reddish, indicating that he had snapped. His fingernails started to grow abnormally long.
Naruto suddenly jumped straight onto Sasuke, beating on his face, legs, arms, anything that could be hit. Out of his throat came the noise associated with primal rage. But Sasuke, who had temporarily become Naruto's punching bag, only lay there, unflinching. The black-haired boy's chakra flared, throwing the blonde into a wall.
Suddenly, over the crest of the hill that overlooked Konoha stadium, came the entire army that Itachi had amassed. Every one was dressed in the farmer's hat and black-and-red robe of the Akatsuki. At the forefront was Uchiha Itachi himself.
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"Remember: you may kill any shinobi you encounter except the Kyuubi kid and my foolish brother." Itachi said, making himself heard to the thousands of people who were led by him.
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"Hokage-sama, Uchiha Itachi's forces are charging at the stadium!" shouted a lookout. He wore the standard ANBU clothing.
"What?!" shouted Takara, and immediately got dressed for battle. He then ordered the Jounin and ANBU to rush at Itachi's forces. But the Akatsuki army made short work of the counterattack.
Then Takara and his bodyguard rushed in. The ANBU assigned to protect Takara were quickly killed, and Takara was stuck, forced to fight off thousands.
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Sasuke got up and brushed the dirt on his clothes. Slowly, his hand drifted toward his kunai holster, giggling like a madman. However, he didn't – and couldn't – see Naruto's hand doing the same thing.
Suddenly, Naruto flung a shuriken at the eye that was behind Sasuke. Immediately, the eye widened, as though in shock, cracks appearing in the eyelid. Light started flooding through the cracks.
"Urgh…" groaned Sasuke, clutching his stomach in pain as chakra swirled around him wildly.
Behind him appeared the outline of a man in what looked like a traditional kimono with hakama pants. His hair appeared to be similar to Sasuke's, but longer. There was a dark, almost evil air to his stature.
Gradually, the outline solidified, giving more features to the man. His eyes, like Sasuke, appeared to have the blood-red irises and five pupils. His face looked haggard, with a long, grey beard that contrasted with his black hair. When the man fully solidified, Sasuke fell to the ground, unconscious.
"At last, I have been freed from my prison." Said the figure, as a whirl of chakra surrounded him, crackling in the air.
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"Kisame, take your line and strike their left flank!" yelled Itachi, and immediately the shark-like man ordered the shinobi under his command around to the left.
While Sasuke and Naruto had been fighting, Konoha sent their best ninja in a powerful charge, killing thousands of Akatsuki soldiers. Kunai had been flying everywhere, as did numerous Katon jutsus. But Itachi managed to hold off most of Konoha's army practically single-handedly.
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"Katon: Ho Kunai no Jutsu!" Takara yelled, sending a huge barrage of kunai into the fray. Sweat poured down his face, and his breathing was heavy, but he was still able to continue his fight.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a shinobi kicked Takara in the stomach, causing Rokudaime Hokage to fly into a tree-stump. It was one of the colonel's of the Akatsuki army.
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A/N: I apologize for the length, but these chapters are really tiring me. I'm probably going to end this story after the war, and maybe go on to a sequel.
However, I'm going to take poll requests for my next story. Here are the possibilities:
1)An AU with them as ordinary people
2)The sequel
3)A new fanfiction
Please note that, no matter which you choose, it will end up being a NaruSaku, so people who want a NaruHina would do best to look elsewhere.