Disclaimer: See first chapter.
AN: Chapter Title: A Caesar Never Waits!
"This is quite the sight." Naruto walked ahead of his security. He took in the sights, the sounds, and even sampled the slight taste of the war that waged in the streets. "No, it's wrong to speak of this with such simple words, such demeaning words. This is glorious."
A smile spread across his face as he observed the chaos around him, as he saw death take so many from the mortal coil, and saw the village at last bear its fangs for all to see.
Konoha was strong and the invasion would prove such a thing. His Legion would prove the absolute superiority of the village, the absolute truth of power. The invasion would serve to show all that he could declare their right to dominance over any and all lands.
"Caesar, it is not safe for you here. We should return to the tower." His Praetorians worried for no reason. Nothing could dream of harming him any longer.
The Kyubi's Chakra was impressive in its sheer potency. He could hardly be harmed anymore with it his and his alone to command.
"The Jinchuriki is nearly ready." Naruto's grin was wide as he continued down the road barren of all other life, continued to head towards the battle that would cement his supremacy and the might of his Legion to all. No one would deny his power once he defeated the Ichibi while others cowered in fear. "My moment of triumph will not be taken from me because of some misguided fear."
He could not stop now. No one would stop when they were so close to such glory.
"The stadium is highly contested Caesar, allow me to proceed forward and secure you passage to your destiny." The Praetorian would have fallen to a knee before Naruto if he had stopped.
The Caesar of the Orange Legion did not consider it in the slightest.
"Tell me my most loyal of soldiers: What is the life of a cretin who does not bathe his blade in the blood of his foes? What is the insect that does not stand with those who swear their very lives to his glorious dream? How pathetic is one who avoids the glory of battle? Who is one who denies the joys of slaying his foes with his soldiers? How may I call myself Caesar of my magnificent Legion, of my glorious Uzumaki Empire if I do not stand with it, fight with it, kill with it?" Naruto's eyes focused on the stadium ahead. He focused on the towering vortex of deadly winds that concealed the Kazekage and Hokage from the sight of even the most capable sensors. He focused on the power that he could feel from the clash of the two even so far away. "If the Hokage battles such a foe as the Kazekage alone, I shall battle the Ichibi and any who dare seek to deny my passage. Any who stand before me will stand before death before the sun sets on this day!"
Red eyes appeared in the blink of an eye, his blade was drawn from his side and bathed the world in an azure glow of power.
"I will not be denied what is rightfully mine."
The Praetorians did not hesitate to draw their own blades, to stride forward and stand with one who denied the very idea of letting others fight to protect him from battle. How could they not stand with one as impressive as that? How could they not share the desire of such a glorious Caesar as Naruto Uzumaki?
"Allow us to fight at your side then Caesar!" The Praetorians clashed their blades to their shields, announced to all that they thristed for battle, for glory. "Allow us to claim glory for your Legion!"
"How can I call myself Caesar if I do not allow ones so loyal to fight with me!" Naruto turned to them, his grin wide and his eyes shining in delight at the sight before him. "Who am I to deny you the right of all who serve in my glorious Orange Legion!"
"HOO!" Their blades clashed against their shields with a cry for battle, a cry for glory, and a cry for blood on their blades.
"Then it is time we march on my Legion!" Naruto proceeded forward and his Praetorians followed after him.
Whatever misgivings they had towards risking the life of their Caesar were gone. Their great Caesar desired battle, desired to see his enemies fall before his might, and even deigned to share such a great thing with those swore to fight for him, to die for him.
How could they ask for a greater man to call Caesar than Naruto Uzumaki?
"Caesar!" The voice that was their own came from above. Praetorians turned to it, saw a host of their brothers descending from above to meet with them.
The centurion at the head fell to a knee and brought his fist to his armored heart before his Caesar. Two more Praetorians descended with him, one carrying Hinata Hyuga and the other carrying Neji Hyuga on their backs. Both brought one clenched fist over their armored hearts before their Caesar.
"Naruto..." Hinata was the only Hyuga conscious as Caesar's opponent remained unconscious from the still distasteful conclusion of their battle in the first round.
"Ah, Hinata." Naruto strode forward as more Praetorians descended from the rooftops and each saluted him with their fists over their armored hearts. He bid the centurion before him to rise as he walked past him. "I'm glad to see my men have protected you as I instructed. To know you have come to no harm thanks to their might shows me the strength of my foes is nothing compared to mine."
He reached her, one armored hand reached out to her blushing face and gently took hold of it.
"Wait for me when this is over with Hinata. I will need you by my side later." He released her flushed face as he smiled at her. "Do not fight while my men stand, they will gladly give their lives for yours. I have instructed them to accept no harm to you or my opponent in your cousin. I must still fight him after all and I refuse to have my victory tarnished again."
'So easy...' Naruto observed how nearly blind Hinata was to him. She saw him the same way he once saw the girl he had tried so hard to impress with his new force, his new power. 'Love makes a fool out of us all I suppose. It is far too blinding, too distracting. It could even blind me after all, blind me to what that trickster wanted from me all along.'
He wouldn't be made a fool by such a thing ever again. Never again. He would harden his heart against lust and never let it rule him. Hinata was seemingly lost to it.
Being lost to such a thing made sure she would be useful to him. Such blind devotion to him was almost a thing to be commended, would have been if she had the impressive strength of her cousin, strength worthy of joining his Legion. She was strong but nowhere near strong enough to bear his name, to carry his banner into battle after battle. There was still a way for him to make use of her of course, fight another war with her unquestioned aid to his conquest. Until such a time came where his business in the village was done, he would make use of her. The Hyuga, while their practices annoyed him and had sullied his and Neji's battle, would be useful. Their resources were undoubtedly vast.
They nearly equaled his own after all. To nearly double his already substantial resources would make his plans much easier to execute.
A grand Armada for his empire did not build itself after all. The great Legion of his magnificent Empire was not without cost. To keep the lands he claimed as his own in prosperity was not done out of nothing but goodwill from others. Food, material, pay, and so much more had to be managed as his Empire took hold of everything the land needed for the moment.
Everything cost something. To not have to worry for his supplies, even less than he already did with Gato's truly massive resources his own to do with as he pleased, would make his plans progress for swifter.
Reconstruction of such a grand kind as he required took a great deal of time and a great deal of resources after all. Adding more resources on top of the rather substantial amount he already devoted to his project would only further cut the time down and allow him to have more of his force available to him far sooner than he originally planned.
"Naruto..." She did not hide her adoration of him in her voice. "What are you going to do?"
The question surprised him.
What would he do?
Deploy his forces across the village, aid in the slaughter of those foolish enough to invade?
Allow the village that had spurred him time and time again to battle without his aid?
Face the mad dog that was Sunagakure's powerful Jinchuriki?
He grinned.
"A Caesar does what he wishes Hinata. Never forget that." He bid the Praetorians that carried the two Hyuga to leave his sight.
They did.
"Stop them!" Numerous Sunagakure Shinobi had at last caught up with the group of Praetorians after they had come to a halt.
A number of Praetorians were suddenly thrown into the air, blood pouring from a dozen massive wounds that appeared within seconds. More joined into impromptu ranks with those closest to them, forming barriers with Chakra laden shields to stop the attacks. They worked only so well against the pure cutting power of Wind Chakra. Deep gouged were carved into some, others shields were completely cut through and those that held them were lacerated just as their brothers in arms.
"They've at last managed to catch up to us it seems!" The centurion saw nearly a dozen of his Praetorians lacerated by blades of wind and Chakra surged down the blade in his hand, burned around the metal of his shield. "Form r-"
"No." Naruto's red eyes shined with malice as he strode forward. "I've been waiting for these cretins to strike from the shadows ever since you arrived."
Naruto did not draw his blade from his side as his Chakra began to flare, began to consume him in a crimson fire. The dozen masked ANBU that stood in his way backed up.
The Chakra of the Kyubi, no matter the amount, inspired terror in all.
It was a thing that spoke only of death, of imminent destruction. It was a harbinger of death, a herald of the end.
"You cowards retreat already." Naruto's voice carried his disgust as he continued forward, the Chakra that was now his and his alone consuming him in its crimson glow. "I'm not surprised a disgusting hovel like Sunagakure is home to such Shinobi."
He saw rage spark at his words.
He grinned.
The first to charge forward was the first to die.
A pair of Praetorians appeared at his side, thrust their Chakra laden pilum forward and into the masked Shinobi's stomach. Their tenacity was one that allowed them to hardly slow down, follow through on their swing that aimed to cut his head from his shoulders. A third stopped the Wind Chakra covered blade with his own Chakra wreathed blade.
"Did you think you could simply attack one like me?" Naruto didn't hesitate to throw his head back and laugh at the very idea. "Do you know nothing of who I am? The lands I claim as my own? The forces I command?"
Rage so quickly replaced any humor he found in the situation. His attacker was propelled away, two gaping holes tearing through his body from the surge of Chakra sent down each pilum impaling him.
Three Praetorians became a hundred very quickly as his red eyes were consumed by fury.
"Your insolence in attacking me, impeding the path of a Caesar and his glory, of his destiny, is one that deserves nothing but death!" He lifted a single arm up, sneered at those that thought they stood a match for his mighty Legion.
Puppets began to fly forward, blades of winds released from blades, massive walls and twisters of wind released by large fans, and more were launched towards him.
"Deliver my judgement my Legion!"
He swung his arm down.
"HOO!"
In his battle with Neji, he had made use of his blade to unleash walls of azure Chakra. The force he sent with them was nothing compared to what he could truly do. His true fury was that which could crush houses, topple the strongest of gates, and make the strongest of walls tremble as they turned to dust.
His Praetorians unleashed a fraction of such strength.
An azure wall of blades ripped down the street, a second wall followed behind it, insured there was no escape from it, and a third and a fourth wall of blades followed behind the second. The azure walls of blades spoke of only death, spoke of only destruction, and were a mere sample of the strength of his glorious Legion.
The ANBU, unprepared for such a display, were torn to bloody chunks by the lethal layers of bladed walls.
The sight made Naruto grin.
The azure blades dissipated as all Chakra did once free of the body and without a constant source. The world was, for however briefly, tinted blue with the might of his Legion. His crimson cloak burned through it as he stepped forward once more.
"Continue on your way centurion. I will continue on mine."
"Of course Caesar!" The centurion quickly turned to those that remained. "Continue forward! Our Caesar walks his own path and we will walk ours!"
"HOO!" The Praetorians each saluted the centurion before they jumped back to the rooftops and began moving once more.
Not far away from the approaching Caesar, the Legate of his Legion clashed his newest blade against the pair of kunai held in the hands of one of his opponents. He didn't have the time to push Kin away with his superior strength before a hammer of sound slammed into his side. He was sent skidding across the ground but he managed to latch onto it with Chakra surging to his feet, stopping him from tumbling end over end. The Legate didn't waste time as he threw himself forward in a dash, a trio of kunai flying towards Dosu. He batted them away with one of his gauntlet covered arms. They exploded the moment he did and Sasuke immediately regretted his choice.
The explosion only made the next Resonance Hammer throw him back further. Dosu even got the chance to throw a few more at the same power, bring down the next building he had been thrown into.
'This is embarrassing.' The Uchiha groaned as he dug himself out of the rubble around him once more. Blood leaked from a dozen wounds and he was sure more than a few bones had at least fractured.
If nothing was broken he would consider himself one extremely lucky Shinobi.
'How did they get this much stronger?' There was no explanation for the rapid, unbelievable improvement the three Sound Genin had undergone from the last time he had seen them. He had known they had been modified by whoever was in charge of the village but he didn't know the procedure was capable of this much. There was no other way the three could gain enough power to push him like they were, force him into a corner tighter and tighter. 'How?'
"This is almost starting to get boring Uchiha!" Zaku laughed, the two other Sound Genin joining him with their own chuckles at his current plight. He hated them. They thought he was defeated and now they were mocking him.
He wanted to kill them more than anything else now.
'This will be hard. Not impossible but definitely hard.' Sasuke closed his eyes, ignored the pain of breathing as he took in a number of deep breaths before exhaling, emptying his lungs of air before filling them once again. He was forcing himself to calm down, to evaluate the situation.
'These three work well together, more like a single machine than any individuals. They've been a unit for a long time, too long to try and disrupt them. They've been assigned to, for whatever reason, to take me alive so they haven't tried to outright kill me. They're also drunk on power. They've been tossing around overpowered Jutsu ever since this little battle began and they don't show any signs of Chakra exhaustion from their use either.' He exhaled as he drew himself fully out of the rubble.
Red and black eyes snapped open.
"That's enough of your talking and enough of this ridiculous game." The Legate of the Orange Legion lifted his arm up, splayed out his fingers to encompass his three foes, and curled his hand into a fist. "From this moment on, you three won't land another blow on me."
"Big talk coming from the guy we've been beating ever since this thing started." Zaku was already stepping forward and Sasuke shook his head.
"I don't need to observe you three anymore. I don't need to worry about any new tricks from you dogs." He lowered his arm and sneered at the approaching Zaku. "You're still the same dog Caesar showed his place in the preliminaries, that girl is still a fool to think she can challenge an Uchiha to Genjutsu, and the last one is too unimportant for me to even bother with remembering."
"You…I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Zaku threw both arms forward, Sasuke saw the Chakra gathering there and smirked.
He threw a senbon forward with eerie precision.
It flew straight and true, struck the tube in Zaku's left arm.
The explosive tag painstakingly wrapped around it exploded.
The cry Zaku made as his arm was blown open was music to the Uchiha's ears.
"The tubes in your arms were an obvious weakness." Sasuke was already in front of the crippled Genin, grabbing hold of his single usable arm and breaking it. The second cry was mere icing on the cake after the beating he had been forced to endure to understand how the tubes worked. "I've seen your Chakra flow down the same path every time you sued your abilities, made it easy to discover where to break the tube at to bring a stop to it." The break had been clean and had offered the chance for the Uchiha to split the tube running down the Sound Genin's arm in half. He used his hold on his arm to force the bloody Genin to the ground before popping the already broken arm out of place.
He didn't need to but adding to the pain of his enemy was well worth it. He didn't need to stomp on his skull but he did that as well.
They were many simpler ways to kill but few as satisfying to the Legate at the moment.
Dosu was charging behind him, he could hear the air whistling through the Resonating Echo Speaker his second attacker wore. The Uchiha ducked underneath the swing, knew the sudden nausea was coming so simply spewed out a point blank fireball.
It didn't matter if he couldn't stand and couldn't see clearly. He didn't need to know how to balance to spew the fire out.
The material of the Flak Jacket the Sound Genin wore was the only reason he wasn't immolated by the Uchiha's flames. He was still severely burned. Sasuke recovered in time to see the dual Resonating Echo Speakers his opponent made use of. Two swords came to his hands and he sliced down.
He didn't strike metal. He struck flesh.
Dosu screamed when his hands were rather brutally amputated.
Sasuke silenced him by shoving both blades into his chest. He quieted almost immediately as the Uchiha kicked the now corpse away.
The senbon sailing through the air struck his armored helmet.
He chuckled as he turned to the last of his living foes, Zaku and Dosu were both former foes and now simply corpses. He stepped towards Kin and relished the fear in her eyes.
"You fools never cease to amaze me." Smoke spilled from his mouth as the Kunoichi backed away, her eyes widening in horror as his blood soaked figure was suddenly in front of her.
He ignored her strikes to him, ignored the crippling blows to other Shinobi. He grabbed hold of her, lifted her into the air by her neck with both hands. He was grinning as he squeezed, as he tightened his hold on her and further cut off her air supply. Smoke turned to flames the more she struggled, the head in front of her grew and grew as it became unbearable. He opened his mouth and flesh burned away.
"Die."
Hellfire emerged from his throat.
She screamed as the flames took hold.
"Impressive Legate." Naruto examined the three unconscious opponents of the Legate of his Legion on the ground in front of him, laughing at their horror stricken expressions. "I should have known you wouldn't waste your time with these dogs, not sully your blade with their blood."
"I always aim to please Caesar." Sasuke was at his side and brought a fist to his armored heart, focused on continuing the illusion he had trapped the three in when he had finished crafting it. It was tricky to place three different individuals in three different illusions but they built off of each other. A few roles changed but all of them ended in immolation. "I decided I had entertained them enough in the end. They actually believed themselves capable of defeating the Legate of your magnificent Legion after all. Such foolishness had to be destroyed."
"Indeed it had." Naruto glanced around the bloody plaza he had come to.
His Praetorians had joined the bloodshed taking place around him with a battle cry, slayed enough of the enemy to send them running. Now the Konoha Shinobi that had fought a bitter battle for control of the stadium and its surrounding area were approaching him. His personal Praetorians encircled him and the Legate now. Their shields were raised and swords at the ready, searching for any remaining foes foolish enough to think themselves worthy of striking their Caesar.
"You have done well here." Naruto stepped away from the three unconscious Shinobi that had been trapped in a nightmare, wordlessly signaled for each to be grabbed by a pair of his Praetorians each and taken away. He would deal with them later. "After this invasion is over, I'm sure they will be willing to tell us how they acquired the strength you seemed to struggle against."
"I hardly struggled against such foes Caesar." Sasuke answered a bit too quickly. Naruto merely stared at him. It was an unnerving thing, one that spoke of easily revealed deceit, near pity at such a poor attempt to trick him, and the low burning rage the very idea brought.
Sasuke took a half step away.
"I observed your struggles Legate. The buildings you were thrown into may make a better leader for my Legion if you couldn't best these mutts of Otogakure sooner than this." Naruto continued on his way as his eyes turned away from the Uchiha, his Praetorians broke their sudden circle and followed after him in a pair of columns. "You will accompany me to the Jinchuriki and I will show you how to fight these dogs properly." A grin very quickly came to his face, his red eyes beginning to shine with some dark excitement. "You must have a far harsher hand to teach them obedience."
"Of course Caesar." Sasuke didn't rush to catch up but he wasn't slow. He moved with a fair amount of haste to walk next to the Caesar of the Uzumaki Empire.
"I hope you haven't disappointed me Legate, I've been told you've been waylaid here for so long my forces have still not graced the invaders with their blades. To deny my Legion the glory it so rightly deserves in battle and slaughter is something I hope you have a good excuse for."
"My foes were troublesome Caesar. I needed to not only defeat them but I also required time to supervise the evacuation of the stadium. When presented with such a chance for those who call this village home to see your power, I saw fit to oversee it."
The two had stepped inside when Naruto grabbed hold of Sasuke. Red eyes that were aglow with crimson Chakra spoke on only fury, fangs he had concealed were bared to the world, and his rage burned around him as a crimson flame.
"You would dare to waste the time of my Legion with saving pests?" His voice was a growl, his rage refusing to give him the chance to speak. "You would dare to waste my might when glory lies before me? When glory as great as today lies before my Legion?"
"I meant no disrespect Caesar." Sasuke didn't struggle, he merely held onto the arm lifting him into the air.
With his other he offered the salute of the Orange Legion.
"I will lead your Legion into battle now if you command it Caesar."
Naruto suddenly grinned.
Sasuke's feet touched the ground again.
"Standing by your decision is admirable Legate." Naruto laid a hand on his shoulder, any evidence of his rage gone, his red eyes had dimmed and his fangs were one. The crimson fires that had spoken of his wrath and wreathed his form were nothing but dissipating wisps in the air. "I had thought you would be one cowed by my mere displeasure but it seems I was wrong."
"Take a knee Sasuke." His voice was a whisper, was not for anyone but the two of them. The Uchiha rose an eyebrow at the curious command but did so. "Remove your helmet and relinquish your arms."
"Of course Caesar." The sword that was not his was sheathed, the covered weapon removed from his person and laid on the ground next to him. His shield came next, the shield that wasn't his fell from his arm and struck the ground with a crash like thunder. Both hands rose to his head and removed his helmet. It was placed before him.
Naruto's Praetorians surrounded the two and each fell to a knee, their arms gone as each saluted their Caesar and their Legate.
"I stripped of you many things in Nami no Kuni, the first land that I can claim to belong to my glorious Uzumaki Empire, claimed by my magnificent Legion under your new command." A single Praetorians stepped forward as Naruto spoke, stood at his side as he looked upon his Legate. "The Praefectus Castrorum before you has watched you while I trained with the one known as the Toad Sage. I have watched you partake in battle in the Chunin Exams and I have been impressed. You amused me when I deemed it fit, you fought foes without mercy and without your very blade when forced to, and you showed loyalty to my Legion when my enemies finally revealed themselves from the shadows. All of these are admirable qualities in the Legate of my Orange Legion."
"Your training of my Praetorians is another thing to commend Legate. You trained my personal warriors into something greater, forged my personal sword and shield of the Legion into a refined blade free of the few imperfections I saw amongst them. And you stand above such a flawless blade even now."
Naruto held out his hand.
The hilt of a blade was pressed to it.
"This blade was forged during this month of training Legate, a blade I thought I would not hold for perhaps years, a blade you would not see in such time until I deemed you fit to look upon it, know of its existence. You did not fail me in Nami no Kuni but you showed something I knew had to be harvested. You were stripped of your rank's privileges because I knew it to be a way to forge you into a true power among my Legion and I was right. You are now more than worthy of wielding this new blade."
Wordlessly, the Caesar fell to a knee, stabbed the blade into the ground.
He held up his arm.
A shield was placed on it.
The Praetorian stepped away, fell back to his place in the circle, and fell to a knee as he offered the salute of the Orange Legion to his Caesar and his Legate.
"This shield was designed as your personal weapon just as the blade you see before you Legate. Just as your blade was made to strike down all foes, this shield is made to repel all those that would stand against you in battle. This shield was commissioned the same day as your blade, forged in the same flames, and cast from the same metals. This shield and this sword will be yours as of today."
The sword was pulled free from the ground and hidden away behind the shield.
Naruto presented both to the Legate of his Legion.
"For your helm, there was no need to forge another." Naruto took hold of the helm placed on the ground. He examined it and crushed the replacement. Sasuke's eyes widened before Naruto held up his hand and the helmet stolen by Anko appeared in his hands in a burst of smoke. "It was merely required to present it to you again. Once this battle is over with, have your replacement arms destroyed. Any blade you wield will be the one that was born of the same fire as this shield, in shield you bear upon your arm shall be the shield born of the same fire as your blade. These will be your weapons, these will be your tools anytime you set foot upon a battlefield, and these arms will be proof of your authority over the Orange Legion and you rank within my Uzumaki Empire. Upon your head will rest the helm I present to you now. No others shall have the right to be worn into battle by my Legate. All of those that see you shall remember your arms, shall remember your armor, for they are one of a kind."
Naruto held the helmet up, his eyes examined it. He took note of the scratches, of the marks that showed it was not a piece of ceremony. It was a thing worn into battle, a thing that spoke of trial and triumph. It was a piece of his Legion's history in a sense.
He turned his eyes away from the helmet as he let it fall in the grasp of one hand and focused on his Legate once more.
"As of today, you are once again the Legate of my Legion. You command all Legionnaires who fall under my Legions, you command all Praetorians who swear their loyalty to my Legion, and you control all of the many vast assets of my magnificent Legion. Where you go, you will carry my name. Where you go, a personal force of Praetorians will follow. Where you go, I will leave command of my Legion to you. If you command, my Legionnaires are to take their very lives. Be they simple Legionnaires to Centurions, all will follow your commands. Your voice will be my voice, your will shall become my will, your failures and successes will be my own. All shall be done in my name, the name of my Legion, and the name of my Empire."
Naruto rose his fist and placed it over his armored heart. Sasuke mirrored him as his fist was brought over his armored heart.
"Rise Legate Sasuke Uchiha and command my Legion." Naruto offered him the helmet he still held and the Uchiha gladly took it.
Both rose to their feet.
Without a word, the two shook hands, their hands bearing the seals grabbing holder of the other's armored arm. Power pulsed from Naruto's hand, rushed through the seal Sasuke's arm was marked with, and awoke it at last. It burned beneath his armor the same way Naruto's began to shine. Red light leaked from beneath his armor, spread from what it did not cover on the underside of his arm, and the Uchiha felt his body become invigorated with strength.
Naruto had at last awakened the true power of the seal he wore on his arm.
"I won't fail you Naruto." His voice was just as quiet as Naruto's had been. The blonde grinned as he laid a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry about that Sasuke." His smile turned into something else, a promise that went unspoken. "Death will be all that awaits such failure."
AN: Probably could have done this chapter better. Wanted to reinstate his full authority and this was the best chance I saw. Will probably never like it but it needed to be done to progress. I knew I wanted it somewhere during the invasion but my original plan was pretty much ruined the more I continued and kept thinking about it. This works for the future of the story anyway.
Side note: I hope this chapter flushed out Naruto a bit. Hopefully explained the reason behind some of his actions, particularly towards Sakura. And to hennessyswagg83 (if you read ANs): Fear not for your desire to not see a Naruto and Hinata pairing. That will not be the pairing. Likely won't be any with Naruto. I'll need a good reason to bother with writing one and I currently don't have one and neither do I likely have the skill.
Also Sasuke's Genjutsu use: It was, admittedly, a cop out to end the fight but works. He trained the Praetorians of the Legion to resist Genjutsu after all. Using it that much was bound to increase his skills with crafting illusions. He was already good by the preliminaries. He simply had time to grow and ample opportunity to use it to make his skills good enough to trap three different people in nightmare illusions.
He's no Itachi with his whole point and trap in Genjutsu thing but he's not terrible. The Sharingan certainly helps.