The war, part 2.
Written by: Kin-Ryu Chikara
I don't own anything from the manga/anime Naruto. It is Masashi Kishimoto that owns Naruto. This is a fan fiction based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime: Naruto. It really doesn't have much to do with the story, other than some events. Warning, does involve spoilers to things that happens in the anime and manga.
"Ordinary conversation"
'thought'
Scene change and story perspective. Example: Tsunade's POV (Point Of View): Tsunade is telling the story. Hinata's POV: Hinata is telling the story.
Authors note: a comment from me about the story.
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Wordlist: Konoha one of the ninja villages, Suna another ninja village, Hokage leader of Konoha, Kazekage leader of Suna, Sandaime Third, Yondaime Forth, Godaime Fifth, kage shadow, bunshin clone, jutsu technique, Hijutsu secret technique, Katon fire element, Suiton water element, Doton earth element, Fuuton wind element, Raiton thunder element, Iton healing element(my creation), kawari replacement, shinobi ninja, Jounin high ninja, Chuunin medium ninja, Genin low ninja, henge transformation, KAI undo/cancel, shuriken throwing star, kunai throwing knife, Hai 1. yes 2. here, Yatta I did it, Honto really, Īie no, sugoi 1. amazing/wonderful 2. awful/terrifying, Nani what, baka idiot, dobe moron, gambatte do your best/try your best, kawai cute, gaki kid/brat, obāsan grand mother, otosan father, okasan mother, onesan Big sister, 1.onosan 2. nii-san big brother/brother, imoto-san little sister, ototo-san little brother, sama/san Mr, Mrs, or Ms (formal), nesan elder sister(familiar form), Ero gaki perverted brat, Ero-sennin perverted hermit(Jiraiya), tenketsu chakra holes, Jyuuken gentle fist, Gouken iron fist, Katon, Goukakyuu no jutsu Fire element, Grand Fireball technique, Katon, Karyuu Endan no jutsu Fire element, Fire Dragon Flame missile technique, Katon, Housenka no jutsu Fire element, Phoenix fire technique, Katon, Ryuuka no jutsu fire element, Dragon Fire technique, Katon, Gamayu Endan Fire element, Frog Oil Fireball (can only be used together with a frog summon), Dai kamaitachi no jutsu great slashing wind technique.
(A/N: I am not going to write down every jutsu name in Japanese. That will be too troublesome. So I'll only write down some of them, the rest I'll use the English translation.)
Ryu-ichizoku the dragon clan, Ryu-kuni the dragon country, Kin-ketto golden lineage, Infomeshon Information, Cymer Chikara's ninja helper, Mujaki Chikara's adoptive daughter, Namida-chan Chikara's pet name for his adoptive daughter, Taiyo-kun Temari's pet name for Chikara.
Chikara's summons(all are dragons): Kaji (fire), Chikyu (earth), Kaze (wind), Mizu (water), Kori (ice), Raimei (thunder), Seibutsu (life), Yugure (darkness). Chikara in his dragon transformation is called: Kin-Ryu.
Continuation from "The war, part 1"
After the officers hurried away the two who went to fetch some uniforms came back. I looked on with a smile as each of my friends took something from the uniform and placed it on their own outfits. When they were done, I smiled and shook my head at the colour display in front of me, especially at Gaara and Sakura. Their hair colour clashed weirdly with their new clothes. The king also looked amused at the sight before he turned to me.
"What is their speciality?" he asked. I looked at him before turning to my friends.
"Can you divide into groups? Close quarters, both long and close, long range and medic please." I said. They all nodded, except Shikamaru who mumbled troublesome before placing himself in the both category.
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The groups:
Close quarters combat:
Hiashi,
Hinata,
Neji,
Naruto,
Kiba and Akamaru,
Lee,
Gai,
Mujaki before I chased her over to medics.
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Both long and close range combat:
Shikamaru,
Sasuke,
Kakashi,
Kurenai,
Asuma,
Jiraiya,
Genma,
Aoba.
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Long range combat:
Temari,
Anko,
Tenten,
Gaara,
Kankurou.
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Medics:
Tsunade,
Sakura,
Shizune,
Mujaki.
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"There you have their specialities." I said proudly and the king nodded.
"I see." He said before thinking a bit and turning to me.
"Chikara, I want you to have command on the battle field. I think you would be the best choice." He said and I nodded.
"I figured as much. Thank you for your trust." I said and he bowed at me.
"No problem." he said. I turned back to the map and looked at it for a bit, before getting an idea. Holding my claw over some of the, now ruined, uniforms, I made badges. On the badges it stood few words, but much meaning. I handed the badges to my friends and they stared at them. On the badges it stood which group they were in. For example, Naruto's badge said: 'Close quarters combat' while Temari's said: 'Long range combat'
"Get some rest. We move tomorrow before dawn. Be ready, and Kakashi…don't be late!" I commanded and he scratched his head, before following the others to the rooms that they had got.
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The next day I rose early. Neither I nor Temari had gotten much sleep, for many reasons. We knew this could have been our last night together, and we wanted to enjoy it together.
When Temari too got up and had gotten dressed in her war clothes, and I had transformed again, we went to the throne room. A lot of people were already up, and after a quick breakfast, we were ready. By then, everyone had showed up, even the ever late Kakashi.
I looked around and saw that everyone was ready.
"Okay, this is it. The fight to decide the fate of this country. Fight good, stay safe, and don't die on me!" I said and the crowd in the room cheered. We then started marching towards the battlefield. Tsunade, Sakura, Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke walked beside me while Temari and Mujaki rode my back.
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The battlefield was a huge plan between two massive hills. On one side, we stood and our hill was cowered in golden. On the other side we could see a huge camp, and that hill was cowered in green. I walked two steps forward the others and called out: "Summoning jutsu!"
Eight clouds of smoke erupted and my eight dragons stood there, just as long as I were. (A/N: two and a half meters in case you forgot) I turned to them.
"Kaji, Chikyu, Kaze, Mizu, Kori, Raimei, Seibutsu and Yugure. Today we fight!" I roared and they joined in. I then turned to the king and queen.
"Are the hospital tents being put up?" I asked and they nodded. I saw that Tsunade, Shizune, Sakura and Mujaki walked towards me. They hugged me and Tsunade whispered to me: "Don't make me worry about you, okay?" she asked and I nodded. She then let go and walked towards the hospital tents while saying good luck to the others from Konoha. Shizune and Sakura also told me to be careful before following Tsunade's lead. Mujaki didn't want to let go, but eventually she had. Silent tears slid down her cheeks but she smiled back at me when I smiled at her. I nuzzled her cheek and she giggled a bit. With a final hug and kiss, she hurried after Tsunade.
"Seibutsu! You aren't gong to fight. You are going to help the medics. Tsunade are going to give the orders. Ask her what to do." I commanded and she nodded. She then flew over to the medics and bowed to Tsunade, who looked at me before bowing back. I then turned to the king again.
"Are the troops ready?" I asked and he nodded.
"The formation?" I asked Shikamaru and he nodded.
"Everyone knows where they are fighting, and that when you give the signal, they are to move behind you. We are ready to fight!" the king said, and I nodded. I then called all the remaining Konoha shinobi over to me.
"Everyone, it has been a pleasure knowing you. As I said, don't die on me. Help each other, okay?" I asked and they nodded. Temari latched herself to me and I smiled gently at her. "Temari-chan, everything will be alright." I said and she nodded against me. She let go and kissed me, although she didn't like my scales so much.
"When this is over, we'll kiss for real. No scales." I said and she chuckled. The Konoha shinobi then took up their formation along with the rest of the troops. Each of the long range combat group was paired up with two from close quarters. Temari was paired up with Naruto and Hinata, Anko was with Sasuke and Hiashi, Tenten was with Lee and Neji, Gaara was with Kakashi and Kurenai, Kankurou was with Kiba, Akamaru and Gai.
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I and the seven dragons that were going to fight, took several steps forward. We looked over at the other hill. They had summoned their dragons as well. Twelve grey dragons faced us, varying in size from my size to twenty five meters tall. They looked almost the same as me, except the colour, and their wings were small and useless for flight. I could see that the dragons were going to be trouble.
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I and the dragons I summoned started to grow. They stopped at twenty five meters long, but I continued until I reached my full length and height, thirty meters long and fifteen high. Now instead of just saw shaped spikes on my back, spikes resembling my claws stood out of my body, making me resemble a pin cushion. A very deadly pin cushion. I looked at my enemies and growled. Most looked scared, but their leader spoke and determination returned to them. I turned around and looked at the people bellow me.
"Fight well and hard. This is to protect your families, your friends, hopes and dreams. We can not fail!" I roared and was met by: "Yeah" roared back.
I turned again and prepared for the battle to commence.
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When I saw no one of the enemy move, I straightened up and started gathering my power for my attack. It was then that the enemy began attacking. Their leader yelled charge and they moved towards us, the humans running with their weapons flashing in the sunlight, while the dragons were jumping towards us snarling and spitting fire towards us. I roared "Charge!" and flew towards the attackers, blasting out wind to destroy the fire thrown towards us. Behind me the other dragons flew forward as well, imitating my actions by blocking the fire thrown towards us. The troops ran forward, I looked back and saw what appeared to be a golden ocean flow behind me. I turned back as the first dragon reached me. We roared and smashed together, biting into each others necks, clawing at our bodies. Huge gashes appeared on us, and we writhed against each other like two snakes fighting. I managed to get my claws into the dragons back, bit across its neck and rip its head off. Blood spewed forward from its dead body, colouring the ground red. I landed in the middle of the advancing armies, my wounds healing quickly.
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The two armies charged each other while the dragons clashed and tried to kill each other. The green army from the uncharted lands clashed with the golden army from Ryu-kuni. Fighters yelled out war cries, jutsus flew trough the air. The stench of blood started filling the air as more and more people were killed or injured.
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With Temari, Naruto and Hinata
"Dai kamaitachi no jutsu" she yelled as she swung her fan and created a huge wind that slashed trough the nearest enemies. She looked at the result of her attack, and noted that several of the enemies that had tried to get to her had lost their limbs and some even their heads.
"That jutsu is really effective. Gruesome but effective." Naruto stated while he rammed a Rasengan into someone's chest, killing him instantly.
"Thanks, but I could say the same thing for yours. That Rasengan really deserves its reputation." Temari replied before swinging her fan again and crushing the head of someone trying to sneak up on her.
"These guys are good fighters, but not ninjas!" Hinata yelled. She was surrounded by about six attackers, but thanks to her Byakugan she wasn't even scratched. Instead the six attackers were hardly able to stand. Hinata spun around one time and her six opponents fell down, dead with a kunai in their throats. Hinata then supported herself on her knees.
"So that's how it feels to kill someone. I…I ne…never thought it would feel like this." She said, her stutter coming back slightly. Naruto looked at her and nodded slightly. Both had never killed before, so they felt a bit sick about it. Or rather, very sick. Like they were about to throw up. Temari noticed their expressions, and after swinging her fan to knock some more enemies back, she turned smilingly at them.
"Everyone feels bad when they kill for the first time. Try to think about what will happen if you don't kill these people. If you don't, we will die and then Chikara will be devastated. But if you two feel you have to take a break, then do so. I'll try and hold of any attacks." She said enquiringly, but they shook their heads.
"No, we knew what we went to. We have to keep going!" Naruto said. He got up but suddenly Hinata yelled: "Temari-chan. Duck!"
Temari just managed to dodge a barrage of kunai, but was hit in the leg. She looked up and one of the ones that had thrown the kunai was almost upon her, but suddenly he was enveloped in sand. Temari turned to see Gaara holding the attacker in his desert coffin technique.
"Desert burial" he said and the attacker he was holding was instantly crushed. Gaara then walked over to Temari and examined her wound.
"Are you alright?" he asked and she nodded.
"Yeah, once I have bandaged this wound up I can fight again." She said and he nodded, pulled out a roll of bandages from his pack and began helping his sister while Naruto, Hinata, Kakashi and Kurenai fended of any attacks.
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With Anko, Sasuke and Hiashi
Sasuke turned and saw Gaara kill someone and tend to his sister. He observed as Naruto planted a kunai into someone's head.
"Don't worry. Naruto can take care of himself. Focus on fighting!" Anko commanded and Sasuke nodded before preparing a Katon jutsu.
Hiashi was proud of his daughter. With his Byakugan, he had seen when she had made her first kill, and she handled herself remarkably. He himself had already killed a lot of enemies with his very accurate strikes, although one of his opponents had been very good, and had managed to almost disable his right arm with a well placed kunai.
Hiashi had knocked back the man who had almost pierced his bone with his kunai, and Sasuke had killed him with a Housenka in the face, while Hiashi had bandaged his arm before returning to fight.
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With Tenten, Lee and Neji
Tenten, Lee and Neji were a bit farther away from the others from Konoha. Shikamaru had advised that everyone from Konoha would try and fight close to each other, since familiarity would help, but Tenten, Lee and Neji had been driven slightly away from the others. Tenten had used her weapons perfectly and together with Lee and Neji, no one had been able to come close to her. Neji was also relatively unharmed, only slight scratches here and there. Lee was a bit worse, but no serious damage had been inflicted on him.
In fact, they were surprising lot of their allies from Ryu-kuni with their skills. Their skills made their opponents look like beginners. Actually the way Lee and Neji had gotten their slight injuries were because their enemies had piled up on them before Tenten could send a barrage of weapons to help. Right now, things were looking good for those three.
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With Gaara, Kakashi and Kurenai
Kakashi had long since revealed his Sharingan, and had been saved a couple of times by it already. The enemies were so many, swarming on them, almost like bugs. He had to use Chidori several times to be able to fend them of. Kurenai was doing great, her genjutsu was so strong that even the most experienced of the attackers couldn't fight it, enabling her to kill them quickly with a kunai to the head.
Gaara was of course doing very good as well. His sand was flaring and crushing a lot of people. No one had been able to get close to him, apparently he and Shukaku were fighting perfectly together, both wanting to do their best to help Chikara, although for different reasons.
When Gaara saw that his sister was dodging some kunai. When he saw her get hit, he rushed over to her. He was by her side in less than a second, using his two signature moves to kill the one responsible for hurting Temari. Kakashi and Kurenai followed, and while he was busy helping his sister, the others fended of any attack.
With Kankurou, Kiba, Akamaru and Gai
Kankurou used his puppets to keep the attackers at bay, shooting poisoned weapons at them, and throwing poison bombs where many of the enemies were. Kiba and Akamaru were using their speed and agility to literally tear enemies apart. When they stopped to catch their breaths, they were both cowered in blood, some of it their own since some of the people they defeated were quick to counter, but most were from others. Gai was slightly cleaner, but had killed a lot too. He, like the rest, didn't aim to injure, but to kill. He had take off his weights and moved so fast he was just a blur. The combination of incredible speed and mastery of taijutsu made him a very deadly opponent.
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With Shikamaru
Shikamaru hadn't planned to actively participate in the battle, but was drawn into it anyway. He used his families jutsus, sometimes capturing his enemies and having others kill them, sometimes crushing their necks with the shadow hand jutsu. To most of the Konoha shinobi, it was a big surprise to see him fight, even if he stayed slightly back, and had a lot of Ryu-kuni soldiers helping him.
Shikamaru's incredible mind allowed him to think ahead in the battle, enabling him to stay relatively unharmed, although he had slipped up and gotten stabbed in the leg, but it was nothing serious. Even so, after he was injured, he started making his way back to get treatment.
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With Asuma, Genma and Aoba
The three Jounin fought side by side, Asuma with his chakra elongated weapons, Genma and Aoba with standard Konoha fighting style, which their enemies didn't seem familiar with, helping to make a quick kill.
They were injured, and like Shikamaru were fighting to get back to the medics. Genma was the worst off; he had taken several kunai to the chest, although none of them pierced deeply. He had left them in to stop the blood flow, but it was rather painful to move.
Genma turned and smiled when he was able to stop fighting and run to the tents, finally receiving the medical attention he needed. Moments later, Asuma and Aoba joined him.
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With Jiraiya
He was earning his reputation as a great ninja. He had only a shallow cut on his right cheek, and a minor burn on his left arm, but he had killed a lot. He had moved away from the rest of the Konoha shinobi and summoned Gamabunta, and together they had literally roasted their enemies with the Katon, Gamayu Endan. Gamabunta was more than happy to help, and had even chuckled when Jiraiya summoned him and crushed a lot of people in the process. A giant toad landing on your head will do that. Unfortunately not only hostile forces had been killed by the toad. Jiraiya prayed a silent prayer for those on his side that he had accidentally killed, and became more determined to kill his enemies, if only to show respect to those that had fallen.
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With Tsunade, Shizune, Sakura, Mujaki and Seibutsu
The five of them plus several medics and doctors from Ryu-kuni, had began preparing even before the battle started. When she saw her father fighting with that other dragon, Mujaki gasped and didn't move, watching as the one person who mattered most to her fought for those he loves. Sakura came over to her and was about to ask the smaller girl to snap out of it when she gasped as well. Chikara had just ripped of the other dragons head and landed on the ground, taking a ready stance.
"Mujaki-chan, we have to continue. The first injured ones will probably arrive soon." Sakura said and the smaller girl nodded and returned to her duties.
When the injured started coming, either by themselves, or on stretchers, they all got really busy. Most injuries weren't life threatening, yet. Still, they had their hands full. Mujaki rushed between the patients, either changing bandages, which she had become very good at, handing over equipment, or other stuff to help as much as she could. She was disgusted by the blood, but soon found out that if she was going to be of any use, she had to swallow her disgust and move. Summoning up all that her father had taught her on how to act in situations with feelings like this, as well as all the courage and determination they both were known for, she started her work again.
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With the king, queen and Kibo
They looked out over the battle field. Huge craters filled with bodies had been left by the fighting dragons, the most destructive ones were Chikara and the four largest dragons from the uncharted lands. The three royal members of Ryu-kuni could only watch as the four massive dragons clashed. Chikara was flying, but the four other dragons had jumped and attacked him in mid air. The result was that all four of them fell to the ground, crushing, impaling and tearing apart dozens of people from both sides. Kibo saw the anger in Chikara's eyes even though he was probably about five hundred meters away. Then the king pointed to a large group of green clad soldiers making their way towards them.
"We have to stop them." he said. The queen nodded hesitantly while looking at her husband. Kibo understood and began charging her favourite attack, the destruction ray.
The queen followed her daughter's example and soon they both unleashed their attacks, which ripped trough the advancing enemies. The king drew a sword and charged the remaining attackers. His sword gleamed in the sunlight. The people he charged were still disoriented from the attack by the queen and Kibo, and the king smiled grimly as he slashed trough his enemies. However they recovered quickly and started countering. The king was stabbed repeatedly in the stomach, left shoulder and left leg. He was dragged away from the battle by some of his officers, and quickly taken to the hospital tents, where Tsunade treated his wounds.
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With Kaji and Raimei
The two dragons followed their master when he charged. Kaji absorbed the fire the other dragons threw at him, while Raimei deflected it with an attack of his own. They chose two of the grey dragons and began fighting with them. Kaji was longer than his opponent, so he could wrap himself halfway around it, holding its arms and legs in a firm grip. The dragon struggled for a bit, but fell to the ground when it tried harder. Warriors from both sides rushed forward and the two dragons couldn't do anything except watch as they were overrun and killed by fighters from both sides.
Raimei saw that his friend was killed, and sorrow flowed trough him. Bowing his head, he hoped that the stories were true, and that his friend would wait for him in the dragon dimension. Raimei then turned to his opponent, and charged. The other dragon was caught of guard, and didn't have time to dodge or block. Instead it felt claw enter its body, and felt rather than heard the jutsu that hit his unguarded back. The dragon screeched in pain, and tried to get away, but Raimei didn't let it go. Instead he drove his claws even deeper into his opponent. Then he bit down onto his opponent's chest, and sent massive amounts of lightning into the other dragon's body. So much, smoke started to rise from it and all internal organs stopped working.
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With Kori and Mizu
The light blue and dark blue dragons kept their distance from their enemies after they saw that Kaji died. Instead Mizu blasted the two grey dragons in front of them with water, which Kori froze. The result after a long time of dodging, blasting and freezing was two dragon statues. Mizu didn't wait long before she jumped, curled into a ball, spun in the air and used her tail as kind of an axe to chop of the heads of the two frozen dragons. Kori watched as her friend acted as a executioner.
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With Chikyu, Kaze and Yugure
Chikyu had quickly trapped the three dragons he was fighting with, while Kaze had used his huge wings to make so strong winds that everyone close was blown away. Yugure had ignored the other dragons, and landed on the middle of a group of fighters from the uncharted lands. Then he had simply allowed his darkness to consume them, and kill them. Their terrified screams were drowned by the wind Kaze made. Chikyu became bored with just keeping his captives trapped, and started squeeze the life out of them. They fought back very well, and Chikyu had to focus entirely on them in order to kill them. Finally he managed to kill one, and the next followed shortly, but then Chikyu was attacked by fighters. He couldn't stop killing the dragon, so he just stood there, slowly killing his captive, while being killed himself as well.
Kaze saw this, and tried to blow away the pesky people trying to kill his friend. They were surprised when the wind suddenly intensified and picked them up. They flew slightly trough the air and landed next to a huge shadow, which swallowed them up, and the last thing they knew were a huge, intense pain before nothing.
Finally Chikyu managed to kill his last captive and fell down, exhausted.
"That…was…tough…!" he said. Kaze nodded and made a protective circle around them using wind.
"We don't have time to rest. Kin-Ryu-sama is in trouble." Yugure said sternly and Chikyu nodded.
"You…are…right. Let's…go!" he said, although tiredly. Kaze let down the wind barrier and they charged the green clad fighters.
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The battle was fast, the green army wanted to get trough, while the golden wanted to hold the green of until the golden dragon gave the signal. Many had already died or gotten injured, the dead bodies lying everywhere on the battlefield.
The stench of blood would never leave the battlefield, forever reminding those that went there of the sheer magnitude of the battle taking place here.
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With Chikara
I and the three dragons I fought with were using so much power, the shockwaves of our hits made nearby boulder crumble. I was filled with gashes in my flesh, and golden blood dripped down on the ground. The other dragons weren't much better, one of them missing a limb, the largest of them was missing a eye and half his jaw and the last one had his tail crushed. I looked down my body, and saw all the people pierced by my spikes. I was saddened when I saw that a lot of them were from my side. I looked out over the battlefield and saw all the destruction and death. I turned back to the fight when a fireball flew past me.
'Damn, I still need ten more minutes to gather all the power I have. I have to draw this out.' I thought and blocked another fireball. I threw one back but it was blocked. I then charged with electricity running trough my spikes. I spun and formed a cyclone of electrified spikes. Two of the dragons managed to dodge me, but the one with a missing limb couldn't and was at first scratched and cut badly before I turned and started drilling myself trough him with my tail. Soon the dragon fell down, burned, cut, impaled and defiantly dead. I saw from the corner of my eye that the one that was almost as large as me was coming towards me with huge speeds. I managed to pull my tail out of the dead dragon and fly up into the air. The dragons under me roared up at me and jumped after me. They managed to catch me, and snake themselves around me. They trapped my limbs with their bodies. All I could do was fly while they clawed, bit and slashed at me. I tried to use my tail to get one of them, but I couldn't reach them. I started to feel the strain of them on me, but continued to fly and gather my power.
'Five…minutes…left' I thought. I roared when one of the dragons bit down on my throat, trying to suffocate me, while the other started driving his claw trough my chest.
'This is bad. I won't heal now that I am gathering for that attack. Damn, this might be it.' I thought and started to spin. The dragon on my throat had to let go and almost fell of due to the centrifugal force, but managed to bite down on my shoulder to hold itself in place. The other didn't budge and continued to impale me with its claw. I stopped spinning and retracted my spikes for a moment before driving them out again so fast that the two one me couldn't dodge and they were slightly impaled as well. Not to serious, but bad enough. They roared in pain and almost let go. The one who had bitten my throat let go so much that I was able to get hold of him with my tail. I ripped him away, wrapped my tail around him, crushed him so that he couldn't move before I turned in mid air, a huge Rasengan formed in my hand. For a second I let the dragon go and rammed the attack into him, obliterating his head. The dead body dropped to the ground, and crushed a lot of people.
I still tried to get the other one of me, but then I stopped.
'It doesn't matter. I am ready!' I thought as I felt that it was time to unleash my attack.
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With Temari, Naruto and Hinata
They were making their way towards the medical tents. Naruto was unharmed thanks to the Kyuubi, but as his clothes bore statement to the fact that he had been hit by a lot of attacks. Hinata and Temari weren't so fortunate to have the healing Naruto had. Temari was burned slightly on her left foot, and numerous cuts and bruises over her body. Hinata had about a dozen shallow cuts over her body; the most serious one was a cut that almost went down to her artery. She was also almost out of chakra, having used her defence so much it had almost drained her empty.
"We're almost there Hinata-chan, Temari-chan!" Naruto yelled and the two girls nodded.
They hear a roar and turned to see Kaji and another dragon getting killed by a lot of fighters. Temari and Hinata gasped when they saw that, but Naruto continued to drag them towards the tents.
Luckily they followed because a few moments after they left the spot they had been on was hit with a fireball. The three didn't stop however, but continued towards the safety of the tents.
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With Anko, Sasuke and Hiashi
Sasuke was badly injured. His arm was broken in at least six places; he had two cracked ribs and a dislocated shoulder.
Hiashi was in better condition, but not by much. His chakra coils were abused and overused, while his left leg was sprained at best, broken at worst. Four fingers were dislocated and he was empty of kunai, shuriken and explosive tags. But he was at least in better condition than Anko, which he and Sasuke were carrying back to the medical tents.
She was dead. She had pushed Sasuke out of the way of a barrage of kunai, and had suffered a punctured lung and severed hearth. She had died in Sasuke's arms, smiling and hoping that the war would be over soon. Sasuke was shocked over the fact that she had saved him, and wowed to get her body to safety. Anko had smiled and gripped her gift tightly, the package she had gotten from Chikara comforted her in an odd way. And she died with a smile on her lips.
Sasuke and Hiashi looked at each other after she died, and started carrying her towards the tents.
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With Tenten, Lee and Neji
The three of them were still relatively unharmed, but Tenten was starting to feel the toll of using her scrolls to summon weapons all the time. Neji had used one to many kaiten and had to resort to taijutsu. Lee was as energetic as usual, smashing his opponents' faces before they could even react. But even he was starting to feel the strain. He looked over at his two team mates and saw how tired they were. He then looked over at the struggling golden dragon. He reached up and held a hand over the golden dragon on his suit.
'Hurry up Chikara-san. Neji and Tenten can't hold out much longer.' He thought before being forced to move again.
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With Gaara, Kakashi and Kurenai and the royal three
The three of them were by the king, queen and Kibo, protecting them and helping them back to the hospital tents. The king had broken a leg, and Kibo was unconscious with a possible concussion, but otherwise the six of them were alright, although Kurenai made a mental note to start practising her taijutsu when she got back. She caught Kakashi's attention.
"You think Chikara will help me with my taijutsu after this is done? I think I need it." she said and Kakashi chuckled.
"He probably will." He said, and the king nodded in agreement. Gaara kept silent.
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With Kankurou, Kiba, Akamaru and Gai
Kankurou was carrying Kiba and Akamaru back to the hospital tents. They had used up all their chakra doing their families ultimate jutsu. Gai was making way, showing no sign of fatigue. Kankurou almost grinned.
'That guy is incredible. How can he have so much strength left, after so much fighting?' Kankurou asked himself, but since he was a sane person, for the most part, he didn't get a answer.
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With Shikamaru, Asuma, Genma and Aoba
Shikamaru had joined up with Asuma, Genma and Aoba before they got to the hospital tents, but they had been cut of by the enemy before they reached the tents. They had been surrounded, and the attackers had started a restless attack on them. Genma and Aoba were critically injured, while Asuma and Shikamaru were a bit luckier. They were saved when Kori and Mizu came and killed their attackers by either drowning them or freezing them solid. The two dragons saw that at least two of the four were almost dead, so they hurriedly flew them towards the hospital tents.
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With Jiraiya
He was moving closer and closer to Chikara, he and Gamabunta killing left and right. They both knew they had to help the golden dragon, or else he would die, but Gamabunta didn't have much time left before he had to go, and Jiraiya wasn't feeling so great either. Multiple slashed were cowering his body, and he couldn't even begin to asses the damage Gamabunta had sustained.
"Jiraiya, when this is over, you better by me a nice, large drink. And then I mean large." Gamabunta said as he used his huge dagger to chop some more people in two.
"If we ever get out of this, I will personally summon you and give you so much sake you will be happy for months." Jiraiya said and the toad grinned.
"Deal!" he said and they continued fighting, although Jiraiya didn't look forward to the huge bill he would get from that promise. The toad was not cheap in drinking habits.
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With Tsunade, Shizune, Sakura, Mujaki and Seibutsu
They were extremely busy. Injured people kept pouring in with varying degrees of injuries. Some were small and easily fixed, while others were barely alive. Tsunade already had to make more operations than she had done in the past year, and both Sakura and Shizune had experienced a first. Sakura had for the first time witnessed a patient die while she treated him, while Shizune had amputated a leg for the first time. Mujaki had grown up several years in only a very short while, and was now just as unaffected by the blood as Sakura were. She kept a constant image of her father fighting in her mind, to give her courage and determination. Seibutsu was impressed by the little girl, she was doing very well for someone so young, never getting in the way, but actually saving a few lives.
Tsunade was also impressed and proud of her little niece, and she knew that she could be a medic. But when Sasuke and Hiashi stumbled in with a dead Anko in between them, she was roughly pulled from her mussing. Sakura had just finished with a patient and went to check on the three as Kakashi and Kurenai came in while supporting the king and queen and Gaara moments after, carrying Kibo. Shizune went to help them and Tsunade thought briefly she was going to catch a break. No such luck though, because just then Kori and Mizu came in with Shikamaru, Asuma and Aoba. Tsunade took one look at the three injured people and knew that the missing member would be outside.
"Genma is dead?" she asked while treating Aoba and Mizu nodded.
"He died before we could get here." she said and Tsunade sighed.
"He was a good man." Tsunade said before turning all her focus on the man she was healing.
Mujaki was bandaging a injured solider when Kankurou and Gai came in carrying Kiba and Akamaru. Seibutsu lead them over to a empty bed and started helping them. Mujaki sighed and when she was done with the man she was helping, she looked out of the tent, but couldn't see her father.
'Where is he?' she thought before she spotted Temari, Naruto and Hinata.
"Okasan!" she said happily, knowing she was alright.
"Namida-chan." Temari said, equally happy. Then Mujaki noticed Temari and Hinata's injuries and lead them over to two beds and started helping them, applying some burn ointment to Temari's leg and cleaning all their cuts.
Just when she was finishing up, a huge roar was heard over the entire battlefield.
"The signal!" Everyone conscious in the tent said, and those that could walk ran out to see. Kibo woke up and limped outside to watch as well. What they saw shocked them.
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While most of the Konoha shinobi had made their way towards the hospital tents, the remaining dragons had tried to get to Chikara, but had been blocked by the remaining enemy dragons. They had started fighting, and the dragons from the uncharted lands were slowly winning until Jiraiya joined in. The combined effort of him, Gamabunta and the four remaining dragons Chikara had summoned overpowered the grey dragons and immobilize them. But when they were about to go help Chikara, they heard a huge roar.
'The signal!' Jiraiya, Raimei, Chikyu, Kaze, Yugure and all the remaining fighters from Ryu-kuni thought, and they looked up. What they saw shocked them.
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It was clear that the army from the uncharted lands was bigger and stronger at first, but quality went before quantity. Both armies suffered massive loses, but the army from the uncharted lands were suffering the most, mostly thanks to the Konoha shinobi, but also curtsey of three dragons fighting and crushing people in their way. The army from the uncharted lands started to retreat a little, and instead of pursuing, the army from Ryu-kuni started retreating as well. Then they heard a huge roar.
'The signal' they thought and started running back to their side of the battlefield. What they saw when they turned made most of them gasp.
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In the middle of the battlefield, Chikara stood raised to his full height with a dragon around him. The dragon around Chikara was trying to kill him by driving his claws trough Chikara's hearth, but that was not the thing that had made everyone gasp. What was so amazing, and scary, was the fact that Chikara was glowing. He was glowing with a internal golden light, radiating out between his scales. His mouth was open, filled with the golden light. His eyes were two twin suns, his body tense and filled to the brim with power, his wings spread out, ready to take flight, his tail in a 'S' shape over the ground. To the army from Ryu-kuni, nothing could have been a more welcome sight, since they knew it would mean Chikara was going to end this, but to the uncharted lands that sight made them tremble with terror, since they knew this was the end.
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With Chikara
I looked around and saw that all of the golden clad fighters were behind me, while almost all the green clad were in front of me. The ones from the uncharted lands that had ran behind me were going to be taken care of by the others. I looked down at the dragon trying to kill me. he looked terrified.
"This is the end!" I roared and unleashed my attack at the very same moment the dragon pierced my chest and stabbed my hearth. A blinding flash of light followed and I roared in pain.
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With the Konoha shinobi
They saw that the dragon on Chikara pierced his chest at the very same moment he unleashed his attack. A blinding flash followed and everyone cowered their eyes. When it passed they looked up and their jaws dropped.
From Chikara a wall of light rose up, flowing out of him to his left and right side. The wall went completely across the entire battlefield, and it curved around the camp for the uncharted lands. The wall connected behind the camp. Now there was a thirty meter high wall around the uncharted lands' area of the battlefield. Everyone too close to the wall was instantly consumed in golden fire.
"Kin-Ryu jutsu: Ultimate destroyer!" Chikara called out and the wall started flowing inwards, suddenly stopping being a wall and turned into a golden 'ocean' that was overflowing a tiny 'island'. The people watching could hear the screams of utter agony from inside the golden ocean, but the screams always stopped right after they started. Everywhere the golden light flowed, people died instantly. The dragon on Chikara was no different and was burned away, but the wound he had inflicted on the golden dragon did not heal, nor did it bleed. Chikara was roaring in pain, but his concentration did not falter, and soon all screams stopped and he could see that no life remained where his golden light was.
"He…he killed all those people with one attack." Tsunade said with wide eyes. Mujaki was torn between awe and fear.
"Daddy…" she softly murmured but Temari heard her and looked at her before turning back to see the destruction that was reviled.
Chikara stopped his attack, and the golden light slowly started to flow away, leaving…nothing. Where there had been a lush plain with a green hill on it, but now there was nothing but scorched blackness. Even the hill had been destroyed leaving the blackness even and flat. Nothing would ever grow there again.
Chikara got down on all four feet, stumbled a little but turned none the less and started limping towards where he knew his friends were. That got everyone going and cheers erupted, people were celebrating their victory, happiness was in the air, but sadness as well.
"A lot of people died today, on this field." The king said and the queen nodded. They were both back to full health, thanks to the medical attention they had received and the king and queen started preparing to travel into the uncharted lands right away.
Temari and Mujaki rushed towards Chikara, who collapsed once he reached them. He then started to shrink, and revert back to his human shape. The transformation took only about three minutes and when he was finished, Chikara lay panting on the ground. Temari quickly picked him up and ran with him towards the hospital tents. Mujaki started trying to stop his bleeding as they ran. When they reached the tents, Tsunade had a bed ready for him. When Temari had put him on the bed, Tsunade, Sakura, Shizune and Seibutsu started trying to heal him, but he was not responding.
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With Chikara
I collapsed on the ground when I saw Temari and Mujaki reach me. Transforming back into my human form, I felt relieved. Now it was up to the king.
I could feel myself being picked up and carried somewhere. I could smell that it was Temari that was carrying me but not where. I understood where when I felt the softness of a bed under me, and I could smell three people and a dragon trying to heal me.
'They are trying to save me…' I thought before blackness.
When I returned to the land of the living, I could hear Tsunade's frustrated voice.
"Why doesn't this stupid wound close up?" she said and I slowly opened my eyes to look at her. She looked like a mess, sweaty and tired. Sakura and Shizune wasn't much better, but then I followed their hands down to my chest, where a gaping hole was where my hearth was supposed to be. I laughed slightly, but it came out as a cough.
Everyone in the tent looked at me and I tried to get up but Seibutsu stopped me.
"Don't move. We will get you fixed right up." She said but I shook my head.
"Don't bother. You will only be wasting chakra. Heal others. There is no medical jutsu in the world that can save me now." I said weakly and the room was filled with gasp and soon sobs. I could feel tears drip on my left arm and turned my head to see Mujaki.
"Does…does that mean…?" she sobbed and I nodded sadly.
"I am sorry Namida-chan, but if it is any consolation, I have a little time left." I said, and sat up while shaking slightly.
"What are you…" Tsunade began
"I am using what I have left of chakra to stay alive. I don't want to die yet, but since my hearth was removed, no matter how good healing I have, or how good you are, nothing can save me." I said sadly. When she heard that, Mujaki broke down crying. I crouched down next to her and hugged her. She tried to get away from me. I was puzzled by hr actions but her words explained enough.
"Don't you care? Don't you care about me and Okasan? If you die, what are we supposed to do?" she hiccupped slightly after that and I couldn't help but let a few tears slide down my cheek as well. I took hold of her and lifted her up on the bed. She refused to look at me, but I placed a hand under her chin and lifted her face up to look at me.
"I don't want to leave, but even I can't hold of death. I am sorry, but in about…a weak and a half, I will die. I can't tell you how sorry I am for this, but at least I will be able to spend the final days of my life in peace with my friends and loved ones." I said and Mujaki's tears began to flow even more. I picked her up and hugged her. At first she wanted to remain angry, but then she hugged me back, hiccupping and sobbing against my shoulder.
The others in the tent was just as sad as Mujaki, but left us at peace. That is until Temari couldn't hold back and wrapped her hands around me and sobbed into my other shoulder.
The tent cleared out, leaving me alone with the two most important people in my life.
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About half an hour later, I emerged from the tent along with Temari and Mujaki. I looked around and saw that most of the army was gone, the king, queen and Kibo was gone as well. Outside, the Konoha shinobi waited for me and I could see that two were missing. Looking at Tsunade she sniffed, walked over to me and hugged me. I stroked her back reassuringly and she looked at me.
"Genma and Anko are dead, Aoba will never be able to fight again." She said and I nodded sadly. Turning to Aoba, I bowed my head.
"I am sorry." I said but he shook his head.
"If you are talking about my injury, don't. I don't regret coming here. Now I get to retire and spend the rest of my life in peace. Isn't that what everyone wants?" he asked and I smiled.
"That is what I want at least." I said and Temari and Mujaki gripped my hands.
Sakura sniffed and looked at me.
"When?" she asked. She hadn't heard what I said to Mujaki.
"A weak and a half." I said and everyone tensed.
"What do you want to do now?" Shizune asked. I looked around at the saddened faces and sighed.
"I am torn between waiting for the king or going back to Konoha now." I said. Temari squeezed my hand slightly.
"I think we should wait. They have to have a chance to say goodbye as well." She said and I nodded.
"Alright, we wait then." I said.
It took two days for the king, queen, Kibo and the rest of the army to come back. During that time we had helped rebuild the destruction, well I watched and tried to preserve my chakra while the others helped. When the king and company returned, huge cheering erupted when people saw their happy and content looks.
"I take it everything was a success." I said when the king reached me. He nodded while grinning.
"Yes, thanks to you we won't have to fear the uncharted lands anymore." He said and my friends around us stiffened. I smiled however.
"Good. Did you tell them that if they try to attack again, they will face my wrath?" I asked and the king nodded.
"You should have seen how their colour drained from their faces when I said that. And now we are going to have a party to celebrate." The king shouted to the mass of people assembled and I smiled.
"Looks like we will postpone leaving until tomorrow." I said with a grin.
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The party was held by the palace and everyone had a good time. I sat for the most of the evening but when they played a song that Temari loves, she dragged me out on the dance floor. I had thought that dancing was going to be awkward, but it was really nice.
After the song ended, I was short on breath and sat down while Temari was filled with energy. So she grabbed hold of Gaara and started to dance with him. I chuckled at the sight of the annoyed redhead dancing with my girlfriend. I also noted that every sign of sadness from the fight was at least subdued by joy in everyone's faces.
The night ended when Temari came and sat down next to me and noticed how tired I looked.
"You look exhausted. Come on, we are going back to our room" Temari said and half dragged me back.
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The next day we left quite early. After saying goodbye to the people and to the king and queen, we left. Kibo summoned Kori and she gave us a lift home. When we arrived in Konoha, Kibo didn't want to leave.
"You have to. Kibo, you are needed in Ryu-kuni. You have to help rebuild it. I am afraid this is goodbye for now." I said. She looked sad, but didn't cry. Instead she nodded, gave me a long hug and left.
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After we returned to Konoha, we held the funeral for Genma and Anko. Their funeral was oddly like the Sandaime's funeral, or so Naruto told me.
Over the next week, I spent all my time together with all those that I had given gifts to before leaving for the war. We got the habit of meeting in one of the largest training grounds and I spent almost all of my time training and teaching. Even Tsunade and Jiraiya learned something from me during those days and everyone worked really hard. Even Shikamaru worked hard. I think it was because they knew that soon I would not be there to help them any more. They were also treasuring my gifts, and when Moegi accidentally cracked one of the lenses on the goggles I gave her, she was devastated. I felt sorry for her and used my chakra to fix the goggles, much to her delight.
As they trained and I taught away jutsus after jutsus, discussed tactics, helped improve forms and helping master different elements of how to sneak up on someone, we talked and had fun. I focused especially much on Temari, Mujaki, Naruto, Hinata and Sakura. I laughed when Temari tried to learn how to combine wind and fire. The result was a singed and angry Sasuke. I smiled when Mujaki mastered the only healing jutsu I could do and when Sakura showed me new forms that she had made to her style. I chuckled when Naruto was caught in a genjutsu I had taught Hinata the previous day.
All in all we hade very much fun together, I even taught Tsunade how to use her insane strength to make shockwaves in the air, allowing her to knock down someone from a distance.
But time flowed and soon everyone saw that my time was nearing its end.
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My chakra was almost gone when I woke up a week and a half after the war. I woke up lying with Temari, our arms wrapped around each other. I knew that this was my last day, so I just lay there, looking on her as she slept. I smiled and stroked her chin.
'So beautiful.' I thought, content with watching and stroking her. But the moment was broken when a crash was heard from the apartment. Temari's eyes flew up and locked with mine. She smiled at me and I smiled back, although a little weakly.
"Hello Chikara-kun. Have you been awake long?" she asked
"Nah, not very long, and I was enjoying watching you. That is until that crash came. I think we should check it out." I said and she nodded.
She got up, dressed, washed and left the bedroom to go see what the sound was. She didn't notice that I could barely pull myself out of the bed.
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When I came into the kitchen a little while later, I found Temari smirking at Naruto, who seemed to have…eggs in his hair.
"Huh?" I asked and Sakura turned to me.
"Naruto tried to make eggs, but somehow he knocked over the frying pan and the eggs landed…well, you can see for yourself." she said and I laughed at the boy, who blushed.
"Temari, you have to teach Naruto how to cook." I said
"That explains why he used to eat ramen all the time." Sakura said and the room erupted in laugher while Naruto pouted.
Then Temari noticed how tired I looked.
"Chikara are you…oh no!" she said and mentally counted the days since the great battle. Her face paled. Naruto and Mujaki looked at her with puzzled expressions, while Sakura and Hinata mirrored Temari's pale look. I smiled grimly and nodded.
"Yes, I am almost out of chakra. I think I will last till sundown though." I said sadly. The mood of the room dropped and shattered against the floor. Everyone looked really depressed until I had enough.
"Okay, who wants breakfast? I'm starving." I said and grinned. Temari rolled her eyes and started making the food. We all stayed in the kitchen, enjoying each other's company.
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After we had eaten, we went to the usual training ground. Again it was filled with my friends, but immediately after I stepped into the training ground, everyone knew this was the day. I was panting from just walking, I was pale and no one could feel my chakra. Hiashi activated his Byakugan and gasped when he saw how little chakra I had left.
"Chikara…" he said and I nodded. Trying to speak was a bit hard until I could even my breath a little.
"I am…sorry everyone…but…today will be my last. I don't think I can see the sun rise again." I said sadly and everyone suddenly understood. Temari helped over to a fallen log in at the edge of the clearing and we sat down on it.
"What…do you want to do?" Tsunade asked after taking a deep, calming breath.
I smiled weakly.
"This is the last day of my life. I want to spend it with all my friends." I said and the whole group nodded.
"Sit!" I commanded and they did. A few moments of silence went by after that until I spoke up.
"Listen, death is a part of life. We can't stop it, and we never will be able to. I am going to watch over every one of you after I am gone, and I don't want you to mourn forever. I won't leave you, even though I won't be here. I ask you, all of you…" I said and looked at everyone in the training ground, lingering more on Tsunade, Shizune, Mujaki and Temari.
"Don't let my death break you. When it is my time, it is my time. I want you all to lead lives of happiness, I want everyone to become stronger and better. I never got to help with the Akatsuki like I was hoping, so you will have to deal with them by yourselves." I said, a sad smile ever present on my face.
No one spoke after my little speech, but some were sniffing, and Mujaki was hiccupping. I then clapped my hands together.
"Now that we have that out of our way, I want to see how much everyone has grown, or recovered. How about a little tournament, with me as the judge?" I asked and was meet with enthusiasm. Everyone got in a line and I pointed out random people to fight each other. The fights were amusing to watch, no one used their full power since it was really all for fun. Many hours left, and a lot of laughter, we went to a restaurant to eat. I didn't eat much, finally feeling death waiting. As the meal ended, everyone got quiet. I looked out of the window and saw the sun was going to set soon.
"Everyone…" I said and they focused on me as I slowly stood up.
"I want to go to the Hokage monument." I said and they nodded. We headed towards the five stone faces and Temari had to help me get there. When we got there, we sat down in a half circle with me, Temari and Mujaki in the middle. We looked out over Konoha as the sun set, bathing the village in beautiful colours. Temari and Mujaki leaned in and hugged me and I kissed both their foreheads.
Time passed in silence before I felt it was very close.
"I think…it is time for the goodbyes now." I said and tension filled the air. Then Gai and Lee jumped up and bowed to me.
"We just want to thank you for all that you have shown us." They said, surprisingly calm and quiet. I smiled at them as they sat back down. The next ones were Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi.
"We…don't really know you very well, but I…we just want to thank you for all that you have done." they said and I smiled. After the three kids, Asuma, Aoba, Kakashi and Kurenai got up. They didn't say anything instead they saluted me. I returned the gesture as they sat down. Then Kiba with Akamaru in his arms, Shino, Ino, Shikamaru and Chouji got up.
"We are grateful for what you have done for Naruto, Sakura, Hinata and all of us. Thank you!" they said and I grinned while scratching my head in a embarrassed fashion. Then Tenten and Neji stood up. Tenten seemed to be on the verge of breaking down. Neji also struggled to form words. In the end, they bowed down to the ground for me before taking their seats again.
After them, Sasuke stood up. "You save me from that snake bastard's seal. I can never thank you enough for that. Thanks to you, I have a chance of a normal life now, I have friends, I can rebuild my clan and I can grow stronger. I also understand that I can't kill my brother alone, and Naruto has agreed to help me." he said and I smiled warmly at him.
After Sasuke, Gaara and Kankurou got up.
"Normally I would be angry at you since you will be breaking my sister's hearth today, but I realise even you aren't perfect or immortal." Gaara said
"So I guess we will have to let it slide until we see each other again." Kankurou joined in with a joking tone to his voice. I chuckled at his comment.
When the two brothers had sat down, Jiraiya stood up.
"As a token of my respect for you, I will dedicate my next book to you." He said and Tsunade darkened. Jiraiya saw that and added quickly: "It is going to be a book about how my life has been as a ninja. No perverted stuff." He said. Tsunade lightened up but I heard Jiraiya's thoughts: 'Not!' he thought to himself as he sat down.
Then Hiashi and Hanabi stood up. They bowed to me.
"Thank you for bringing the Hyuuga family together again, for being my friend and for helping my daughter realise her potential." Hiashi said and I smiled as a lone tear slid down my cheek. Hanabi didn't say anything, instead she walked up to me and hugged me before whispering in my ear: "I am going to miss you!"
I smiled and patted her back and when she sat down, she tried to wipe of her tears. Then Tsunade and Shizune got up, walked over to me, lifted me into the air before giving me a huge hug. They were silently crying against me, but no words were exchanged. When they sat me down, I almost fell down, but Temari managed to catch me and help me sit. I felt utterly powerless, which I was.
After them, Naruto, Hinata and Sakura got up. They walked hand in hand and stood in front of me. They bowed to me before straightening and starting to introduce themselves.
"Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage." Naruto said with a huge grin
"Hyuuga Hinata, future wife to the Hokage" Hinata said, mirroring Naruto's grin
"Haruno Sakura, future medical genius" Sakura said
"My dream is to become so strong that my sensei, Kin-Ryu Chikara, will be proud!" all three said and I was surprised before laughing. Everyone else laughed as well, not a mocking laugh, but a supporting one. My three students sat down and Mujaki got up. She pointed to me.
"Look everyone. This is my father, and I am going to be just like him someday." She said and I probably blushed.
Then Temari got up and joined Mujaki. She too pointed to me.
"This is the love of my life. He has shown me so much, loved me with all of his hearth. I will never forget him, and neither will you!" she said, gesturing to all those sitting around me. They nodded and I felt warm on the inside. I then tried to stand up and Temari and Mujaki helped me. I turned to my friends.
"I love every one of you, and I thank you for all that you have shown me, allowed me to show you and to be for you. I am happy to be here, my final moments in this world are happy ones thanks to you." I said and everyone smiled.
I then sat back down nearer the edge, Temari and Mujaki and everyone else sat down closer as well, Temari sat next to me with her head on my shoulder, Mujaki on my lap with her head on my chest.
The sun was fiery red now, almost completely down. We watched as it sat and when it disappeared over the edge, darkness enveloped Konoha and my head slumped down onto Mujaki.
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