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"Speech"

'Thought'

"Kyuubi"

(Standard Disclaimer)

Chapter 42: Brothers

Kabuto looked over the scene as a dark grin floated over his face. "Sasuke, I see you completed your task," Kabuto said as he looked down at the wounded Kitsune. Kabuto looked over the little beast, it's side torn up badly while it was quickly losing blood. Kabuto laughed on the inside, this little creature used to be human and an annoying human at that. Now he was a spirit animal..a dead animal.

"Leave Kabuto," Sasuke growled as he stood from his seat on the ground. Kabuto rose an eyebrow and turned to look at Sasuke who was rising with a furious glare on his face. Kabuto smirked and asked mockingly, "why would I do that Sasuke? It is obvious that you killed the fox so I am in no immediate danger."

Sasuke spat and said, "I wouldn't be so sure about that." Kabuto chuckled at the Uchiha's joke, after all he had to be running low on chakra. No one had taken the seal to level three, it was considered to dangerous even by Orochimaru. "Don't tell me that you still consider this animal your friend," Kabuto said kicking Naruto in the side making him roll onto his stomach.

"Don't touch him," Sasuke growled to which Kabuto merely laughed. "I don't particularly care about you or your thoughts Sasuke but to be honest this thing isn't even human anymore. You have heard his secret correct?" Kabuto asked to which Sasuke just glared at Kabuto with even more intensity. "He is not an animal," Sasuke said to which Kabuto held a hand to his chest and said, "oh my apologies. He's a demon."

Sasuke yelled and took off at Kabuto with chakra enhanced speed. He sped at Kabuto with a punch which Kabuto dodged then kicked Sasuke in the stomach. Sasuke stumbled back but quickly recovered and avoided a punch meant for his head, spinning and swiping at Kabuto's legs in a sweep kick.

Kabuto jumped over Sasuke's kick and rose his leg up high attempting something he had once seen a great ninja do. Sasuke felt a massive pressure in his stomach that swiftly turned into pain as he crashed into the earth back first. Kabuto leapt away and grinned as he watch Sasuke slowly pull himself up from the wreckage

"This is your defection from Orochimaru-sama and all of the Sound?" Kabuto asked with a deadly serious voice. Sasuke stood up, his chakra already cut in half from the all out attack he went on against Naruto but his mind acted on instinct by activating his curse seal to the first level.

"If you want to think of it that way then yes," Sasuke said with a dark grin as he felt the power flow throughout him. Kabuto laughed and said, "how do you intend on leaving Orochimaru-sama if you continue to wear his mark and use his gifts." Sasuke growled and held up his hands to his face watching as the winding black flames twisted on his skin. Sasuke sneered and said, "consider this a big up yours to Orochimaru and all of Sound."

Sasuke closed his eyes and suddenly the curse seal began to slowly fade from his skin turning into the mark on his neck. Kabuto smirked and rushed at Sasuke planting a powerful uppercut into Sasuke's stomach. "How do you expect to beat me if you renounce your greatest strength?" Kabuto asked as Sasuke flew from the attack.

"Easy, I call on my allies," Sasuke said with a grin as he landed on his feet. Kabuto froze, he forgot about the Kitsune! Before he could turn his arms and legs had been bound with four very strong tails. Naruto smirked from his place on the ground as Kabuto struggled in his bindings. "How's it going Kabuto?" Naruto asked with a laugh as he coughed up some blood.

Kabuto was about to comment but suddenly felt his bindings grow hot and burn into his clothes and skin. He looked at the tails and found they were burning with Naruto's Kitsune flames. Kabuto activated his In'yu Shometsu to lessen the injury but he suddenly had his entire body engulfed in a torrent of flames.

As the fire died down Sasuke smirked and exhaled the last few lagging cinders from his lungs. "Well Kabuto, I can't say you smell any different burnt to a crisp or alive," Naruto commented weakly from his spot on the ground. Naruto turned his eyes to look at the burning figure in his tails to find that all he had trapped was a wooden look alike.

Sasuke's eyes sprung open, when did Kabuto switch himself! Sasuke looked all around with his Sharingan eyes blazing, he should have never held to much confidence in that one attack! Sasuke turned to Naruto and froze. Standing above Naruto was Kabuto, his hand glowing a burning blue with his Chakra no Mesu.

"I suppose I should have done this sooner, then again it's so much sweeter when you can prolong killing a demon. It feels so much better after the suspense," Kabuto said and in one swift move he had sliced his hand across Naruto's chest, surely cutting his heart in half. Sasuke stared as Naruto turned his head toward Sasuke, smiled his stupid smile, then let his head fell to the ground releasing his final breath.

Sasuke clenched his fists, that was completely unacceptable. That was Kabuto's worst mistake. Sasuke closed his eyes and hung his head, his body heaving with the shuddering breaths he took. "Kabuto..." Sasuke said in a tone that even Orochimaru would find it disturbing. Kabuto turned calmly to Sasuke and smirked, "yes little boy."

Sasuke snapped his head up at Kabuto, his body doing two things it had never done before. As he glared at Kabuto tears made their way down his cheeks, slowly but surely the great Uchiha boy was crying for his fallen friend. What horrified Kabuto even more then the tears was the boys eyes...the three blades had merged into one massive shuriken style twist. He had awakened it...the almighty Mangekyou Sharingan was his to command.

"I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!" Sasuke said as he rushed the frozen Kabuto his body radiating with chakra. Kabuto didn't manage to dodge the kick the boy had laid into his chin sending him flying into the air. Using a speed that would give Lee a run for his money Sasuke shadowed Kabuto quickly laying several strikes into him then with one final powerful kick he sent Kabuto on his way to the ground.

A loud cracking signaled that even with his miraculous healing abilities Kabuto was hurt, and badly. Sasuke leapt away from Kabuto, his Mangekyou Sharingan eyes refusing to fade. If one were to closely study his eyes they would see that unlike his brothers eyes these were sleeker, leaner, and more acute like Kakashi's eyes without the connecting circle. However they were different in the fact that in the very center of it all was a crimson Sharingan blade.

Kabuto slowly stood, Sasuke laughed at the irony on the inside, and said, "you Uchiha scum. You got on master Orochimaru's good side because of your eyes but I know he hated your arrogance. You think because of your blood you are better," Kabuto growled and formed the familiar Chakra no Mesu on his hands. "I killed your demon friend and now I'll kill you-" Kabuto began but suddenly both of his hands were tied, his legs were caught, and his mouth had been bound with five golden tails that had sprung from the ground.

Sasuke's eyes snapped open but then his grinned as he formed several hand seals. "I knew that idiot couldn't die," Sasuke said with a smile as his grasped his left arm flowing the chakra to his hand. Kabuto struggled for all he was worth but his bonds would not give, they would not break. Suddenly he felt a very familiar burning at his wrist and he smirked, just like last time he could escape because the fox's grip had to give ever so slightly if he wished to burn him.

Kabuto would have screamed if he could. He felt the tails tighten to the point that he felt the bones in his arms and legs break, the fox didn't take a chance this time. Sasuke looked into the deafening power that was the Chidori and he grinned. "Kabuto," Sasuke called darkly. Kabuto slowly turned his eyes to the murderous Uchiha boy, losing all of his control over his bodily functions from his fear.

Sasuke laughed, "oh did helmet head wet himself from the big bad Sasuke and the 'demon'?" Sasuke's face then went deadly serious and said, "tell my brother I said hi." Sasuke disappeared in a blur and within seconds his hand had been rammed right through the chest of Kabuto. Kabuto's face was frozen in a look of fear and pain as he watched Sasuke approach. When the attack hit his body it shuddered violently and his glasses fell from his face, shattering on the ground as they hit.

Sasuke held his position letting the Chidori burn away whatever healing jutsu Kabuto attempted but it never happened. Sasuke had impaled Kabuto's heart and there was no healing that. Sasuke withdrew his hand from Kabuto's body just as the tails unwound themselves from the villains body quickly, thinking that if they lingered they would be infected by his sickness.

Sasuke sighed and looked around, now that this was over Naruto should be around here somewhere. Sasuke looked to where Naruto had fallen but he saw nothing, Naruto must have switched himself with a clone before Kabuto hit him. Sasuke felt a tap on his shoulder and sighed as he turned around. "Naruto good to see you're-" Sasuke came face to face with what he least wanted to see right now, Orochimaru.

Sasuke nearly jumped out of his skin but Orochimaru smiled and laughed, "you fell for it!" Orochimaru disappeared in a puff of smoke and there was Naruto, his tails waving erratically in joy. Sasuke twitched and said on the verge of a meltdown, "Naruto..."

Naruto laughed nervously and said evasively, "I see you got the eyes you wanted!" Sasuke rolled his eyes, the Mangekyou long ago fading into his normal black eyes. Naruto was still Naruto no matter what the situation was. Sasuke's eyes then turned to something interesting, "seems I'm not the only one who got something they wanted."

Naruto cocked his head to the side but Sasuke merely motioned to Naruto's tails. Naruto turned and saw, to his great surprise, eight golden tails waving in the evening sun. Naruto's eyes lit up and he pumped his fist in the air, "YES! One step closer to being the best there is!" Sasuke sighed and said, "you're over one hundred years old and you still act like a kid."

Naruto turned to Sasuke with a light smile and said, "how else do you expect someone of my age to deal with anything? Maturely?" Sasuke cracked a smirk...that grew into a small smile...that smile broke into a chuckle...that grew into a full out laugh. Naruto blinked and slowly eased away from Sasuke, "uh...Sasuke...are you alright?"

Sasuke laughed and said between his laughs, "I killed Kabuto, I gained the Mangekyou, AND I defected COMPLETELY to Konoha after you beat it into my head!" Sasuke fell to the ground still laughing his head off earning a VERY confused look from Naruto. "Sasuke I think you're delirious from chakra exhaustion," Naruto said as he helped his friend to his feet.

Sasuke laughed more and howled out, "you think?" Naruto shook his head and reached into his pocket, the pocket not stained by his blood, and brought out a small golden pill. "Sasuke take this, it'll get you right back to your grumpy self," Naruto said softly as he attempted to give the pill to his surrogate brother.

Sasuke refused to take the pill and demanded that he was tended too by 'his' Sakura-chan. This in itself made Naruto wonder what the hell had happened during that fight. After Sasuke wounded him he preformed a Kitsune illusion to make the attack seem worse then it actually was. While Sasuke and Kabuto fought he switched himself with a clone then hid underground using his demonic scroll teachings.

He didn't see much but he did see his opportunity when Sasuke began that Chidori with his newly acquired Mangekyou eyes. Long way from that to now when Sasuke was talking gibberish going from memories of when they were little kids to more recent memories. He just kept talking all the time as they made their way back to the village Naruto not understanding Sasuke's random words in the least.

"Hey Naruto, remember when you summoned Gamabunta on your '18th' birthday and he challenged you to a 'drinking under the table' contest! Oh he beat you so badly it wasn't funny!" Sasuke yelled as they neared the gates of the city. Naruto laughed at that memory, it was one of the more entertaining memories of this stupid war. Naruto stopped and looked at Sasuke who merely smiled back at Naruto.

"Sasuke something is wrong, what happened?" Naruto asked with a serious look to his face. Sasuke smiled and said, "you don't get it do you? I'm free Naruto! I'm gonna go to Sakura-chan and we're gonna have lots of kids to restart the Uchiha clan! You and Hinata better get started too after all the Hyuga's have a lot of repopulating to do don't they?"

Naruto looked away, many of the Hyuga clan died in the first attack. In the first wave Neji and four others were the only ones to come back from the branch house front line. Hiashi himself had went on the offensive for his clan and thanks to that one rage fueled attack a lot of Konoha was still Konoha and not Sound invaded land.

But that didn't mean the old man didn't have limits and he nearly died on the outside. Naruto shook his head to get rid of the memories. That didn't solve the pain though. He already had friends in this war risking their lives for the village. Naruto smirked and for some reason remembered Taishou's funeral. Not many outside the team showed up but those who spoke of him said close to the same thing.

'The man loved his work and loved his students like his family.' Naruto remembered Zaiaku's words on Taishou, "he was a...snaptastic sensei." That would have made Taishou's life hearing the serious boy say that about him. What confused everyone was Anko, she had actually shown up but while she said no words other then he was a good Jounin she seemed very distraught. Itami didn't say anything about it but Zaiaku mentioned to Naruto, "he bothered her the most out of everyone. Why is she here?"

Naruto nearly laughed, maybe Anko liked the idiot but that was a question for another day...he was getting off track as it was.

"Yeah they do Sasuke, but why are you so happy. You've never been so loose and insane, we're in the middle of a war!" Naruto said seriously as he faced Sasuke. Sasuke's face faltered for a minutes until he smiled again and said, "chakra exhaustion Naruto." Naruto thought for a second the smiled, he understood now. Sasuke needed this, he needed to cut loose to make up for so many years of stoic expressions and nullified feelings.

Naruto smiled and said to his rival...to his friend...to his brother, "challenge ya to a drinkin contest!" Sasuke blinked then grinned at Naruto, "the second Sakura-chan heals me you're on."

End Chapter

Well how was that? Time for Q and A!

Q: Level Three?

A: When I looked at the curse seal I found that, at least in my opinion, it doubles ones strength for each level it was on. Level one doubles normal strength, level two doubles level ones strength, so to me it seemed normal that level three would be incredibly powerful. Sorry if this confused anyone, my fault.

Q: Hinata in Naruto's realm?

A: Short answer: sorry but no.

Q: Mate wise lengthening of Hinata's life.

A: I'm sorry but I'm not other authors so it won't be like Inuyasha fan fics.

Q: ANY way to make Hinata live as long as Naruto.

A: ...I am really surprised that no one has noticed my patterns yet. When someone, or many people, come to me with suggestions and I just brush them off I often readdress the issue in my story later on and with an idea that I formed a long time ago.

Q: (in response to Sleepy Kitty Napping)

A: Uh...sorry but I don't know what questions you are asking about. If you could show me them then I could answer them, sorry.

Q: (in response to Shizumu)

A: ...alright then. You can insult me and my story, I can deal with that, but once you attack Masashi Kishimoto then you have crossed the line.Then not only DO you insult that great author but then you DEMAND that I rewrite the chapter. I have onlyfour words to say toyou that will not completely make me seem like a monster. Get Bent You Chipatama.

I think that's it but I don't have a preview. I'm sorry but I'm working on it I swear! (crosses heart) Well that's all, thanks alot people! Later!