Man, making two stories at once is hard, I nearly mixed them up. Anywho, hope you guys like the latest chapter, it's a bit on the short side, but hey, I'm making two stories at once. Read and Review!

Chapter 11

Revival

The smoke cleared. Sakura gasped as she saw both Naruto and Sasuke on the ground. Naruto appeared to be all bruised up. He was beaten up pretty bad. Sasuke, looked basically the same as Naruto. Sakura quickly moved and grabbed the kunai Naruto had in his hand. She stood in front of Sasuke and placed the kunai near his neck. "I can't let you hurt anyone else."

Sasuke opened his eyes and saw Sakura on top of him. "Sa… kura." "Spare me Sasuke, I have to do this, I won't allow you to hurt them, not Kakashi, not Hinata, Lee, Ino… Not Naruto!"

She was about to strike when she saw, for the first time, tears coming out of Sasuke's eyes. "Sakura, for what I have done, I deserve it. Kill me, stop me now."

Sakura's own eyes burst into tears.

Sasuke.

The boy she had had a crush on for what seemed an eternity. The quiet yet mysterious boy who she had loved for all those years.

The one she had to kill now.

Sakura raised her kunai and was ready to strike. Sasuke closed his eyes and awaited the impact. As the kunai came close he could only think of the bad he had done. And suddenly…

"Sakura, stop!"

Sakura looked to the side. It was Naruto. He couldn't move from the pain, yet he had yelled like if he was in perfect shape.

He turned his head towards them and said. "He… He's not that bad, he doesn't deserve to die."

Sakura froze as Sasuke turned his head towards Naruto. "Uzumaki, what are you saying. I was going to kill you."

Naruto smiled. "I know. You did it for your clan. For the people you once cared for, for your dream. Sasuke, if I would be placed in your shoes. I would do the same."

Sasuke eyes shut as he said. "To become hokage, you would never kill to do that."

"True Sasuke, true. But…" Naruto smiled, looking at Sakura. "That isn't the most important thing to me."

Sakura gasped.

Flashback

"We were talking about the most important thing in his live. You." Hinata said, defeated.

Flashback ends

"Naruto." Sakura said, as she burst into tears. Naruto just smiled. "What you've done was wrong Sasuke, but for the reason you did it, that just makes you human."

Sakura wiped her tears and said. "He is saying the truth Sasuke. I would do the same…" 'For him.' she thought as she looked at Naruto.

Sasuke stood up, with the help from Sakura, and said. "You always have a way with words, don't you Uzumaki?" Sasuke smiled as Naruto sat up, not being able to stand up. "Welcome back, Uchiha."

Meanwhile the war had thickened. Tsunade and Jijaira found themselves fending off against a couple of ninja, quite powerful in fact. Anko and the others fought as hard as the could, but the war seemed endless.

"This is getting out of hand, what do you suggest." Tsunade asked, as she broke a enemy Shinobi's arm.

"Don't know, I just know Kakashi has my latest volume of Make Out Paradise, I'm dying to read it." said Jijaira.

"Pervert."

Meanwhile Sakura had help both Naruto and Sasuke to recover, she had used her jutzu, but couldn't fix them completely.

"You guys ok." She asked.

"I'm fine." Naruto said with a smile.

"I have to go." Sasuke turned, but was stopped by Naruto. "Where?"

"Naruto, I have to stop Zaroff."

"Who?"

"The man that started this war, I must stop him, Uchiha or not."

Naruto smiled and said. "Well then, I'll help."

"Naruto."

Naruto just smiled as Sakura stepped in front of him. "So will I." She gently kissed Sasuke's cheek. Naruto just looked down, feeling defeated. Sakura walked up to him and said. "I haven't forgotten about you. She grabbed his cheeks and kissed him on the lips. He felt her lips on hers and nearly fainted, a similar effect happen to her.

"Hey kids, whoa…" Iruka had just appeared and saw Naruto and Sakura's little show.

Sakura quickly separated, blushing. But Naruto was smiling, kind of proud looking. "Iruka-sensei, your back."

"I am, I've come back by Kakashi's request." He looked at Sasuke and said. "I can safely guess you two fought already, and that he has rejoined us."

"Yep." Naruto answered.

Iruka looked at Sasuke and said. "By the way Sasuke, Kakashi says you owe him a book."

Meanwhile Zaroff was waiting for the last part of his plan, Sasuke delivering the scroll. "Where is that punk?"

Suddenly a figure stood behind were Zaroff was sitting. Zaroff turned and was shocked to see who it was. "You!"

Kakashi smiled. "Glad you remember me, we never finished what we started."

Good place to leave it, don'tcha think, if that's even a word. Anyway, hope u like. R&R!

Next Chap: Kakashi faces Zaroff once again, as the now reformed Team 7 goes to help. Naruto finally meets Zaroff face to face!