Edit: 3/29/20

Changed a big plot hole and updated new information.

N*A*R*U*T*O

Preview 'cause I'm sorry!

Hitashiki took advantage of his temporary distraction and activated a jutsu she had learned some time ago. It was a glowing white ball, growing until it proceeded to fill her whole hand. She shaped it till it made the shape of an arrow. She smirked, creeping Naruto out with her maimed face.

"This... Is for my face."

She pointed the Arrow at him and grinned. Naruto prepared to dodge, gasping as she let the Arrow fly. The thing was, it wasn't heading towards him.

It was going towards Boruto.

Naruto ran as soon as he saw the direction the projectile was headed. Boruto stood there, stunned. He heard a scream, like someone was telling him to run, but it seemed like his body was paralyzed. Everything ran in slow motion.

"Boruto!"

Boruto was flung to the ground when something collided into him. Boruto didn't feel any pain, besides when he hit the ground so he obviously wasn't hit. His butt hurt though...

"Gah..." Boruto was jerked back to reality when he heard a painful groan. His dad was standing over him in a protective stance, blood running down the corners of his mouth. His normally white cloak was streaked with red, and the metallic stench of blood filled his nostrils.

"D-dad?" Boruto gasped, Naruto groaned and fell to the ground clutching his stomach.

"B-boruto... Are you okay?" Naruto opened his eyes and glanced at his son, who was still shocked by the turn of events.

Boruto didn't even manage a nod. He crawled over to his father's fallen body, tears streaming down his face.

"Dad..."

"Naruto!" Sasuke stopped fighting momentarily and leaped towards their location. He leaned down and rolled Naruto over into his stomach, exposing a gaping hole in Naruto's back.

"Oh no..." Sasuke, for the first time in a long while was truly worried. This was one time he didn't hide his emotions.

"Boruto... Go get Sakura." Sasuke winced at Narutos condition. The blood was still freely exiting the wound, making Naruto look paler than he normally was due to the illness.

"No... I can still..." Naruto out all his weight into his arms, lifting his body up. He felt like he was dying, cause he probably was. The pain was almost unbearable.

"Kurama... Can heal me." Naruto spoke mentally to his resident. The wounds were rapidly starting to heal, the pain making him feel worse than he already was. Kurama's Chakra was starting to take a toll on his body. The deterioration becoming more apparent in his muscle spasms and weak internal organs. The only reason he was still alive is because of the same reason he was dying. Kurama's chakra was killing him and healing him at the same time.

Sasuke, worry still in his eyes, helped his friend stand up. Boruto watched his father struggle to stand and gasped. He had heard stories of his nindo from friends and random people he met on the road, who lived during his father's childhood. The thing was, he never really believed them. How his father, no matter how many times he was beaten down, got right back up again. Now it was being demonstrated right in front of him.

"Just like old times eh, Sasuke?" Naruto grinned through gritted teeth, his mouth still filled with the metallic taste of blood. "I forgot how disgusting blood was."

Sasuke smiled, still a bit uneasy. He glanced in Borutos direction, the boy was staring at his father with wide eyes.

"We don't have time for this." Hitashiki frowned. She hasn't attacked them due to her needing to replenish her reserves and rest a bit. They were at their most vulnerable state, and yet she didn't have the strength to finish them off. They truly were amazing enough to push them to this point. Waving her hand, she motioned Yukashiki to her side.

"There seems to be something else wrong with the Jinchuuriki besides the injury. He's weak right now. We need to strike."

Yukashiki made a determined face and nodded. He stepped away from Hitashiki and made a sword out of Chakra. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at his opponent. Making a sword out of nothing but pure Chakra was quite a feat. He wasn't facing a normal man. But when it comes to Otsutsuki, what is normal?

"Heh... Your concentration is wavering." Yukashiki smirked, sending shivers down Borutos spine. The girl was creepy enough with that face injury, it was mostly healed now but she was still freaky. This guy... It wasn't his face that made him scary, it was his demeanor.

Icy and ruthless.

Yukashiki dashed forward, clashing with Sasuke's outstretched sword. Sasuke smiled before he disappeared, appearing behind him kicking him in the back of the head. Sasuke landed, unclasping his cloak and throwing it away. He effortlessly activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, sending black flames in Yukashikis direction.

Yukashiki dodged the flames, snarling as he was a bit too late. He had to rid himself of his cloak. He turned to the empty space Sasuke was just occupying and scowled.

"I hate mortals..." He dodged just as Sasuke returned with a sharp jab to his abdomen. Sasuke continued with a barricade of hits, leaving no room for an attack. Sasuke knew it was only a matter of time till he could finish him off.

Naruto wasn't handling his battle very well. She had attacked him when he wasn't fully healed, and continued to procure more injuries. Naruto activated his Chakra cloak and ran towards her, creating a small Rasen-Shuriken, and throwing it at her center. She dodged it just in time, sending it crashing into the nearest building.

"Hmm... I see. Yes, I must not underestimate you." Hitashiki narrowed her eyes at the completely obliterated building. She turned her face in time for his fist to once again smash into her face. Shrieking, she was sent flying.

"I don't have much time left..." Naruto lowered his eyes as he struggled to keep his vision. The edges were becoming dangerously blurry, and his head hurt really bad. Almost, 'Kurama is slowly and agonizingly killing me' kind of bad.

Naruto blinked, as she once again reappeared, a furious expression on her face. She reared her fist to punch as he dodged. Her screams of frustration rang through the air. Her normally formal appearance was gone.

"I... I have to get the Nine-tails! I have to!" Tears started to leak out of her eyes, smearing the blood that stained her pretty features.

Naruto was shocked. Her movements became sloppy as her body was racked with sobs. She fell to ground in a disgruntled heap and cried. Naruto had never heard someone cry so hard, except for maybe Himself and Hinata. He almost wanted to comfort her, but she was just trying to kill his son. Besides, it could be a trap.

"What are you crying about?" Naruto remained calm, yet on guard, sending glances towards Sasuke's battle.

"Why would you want to know?" She voiced bitterly, raising herself off the ground. "Why did I even start crying in front of you!? Your nothing more than a mortal!"

Naruto flinched as his pain was growing. He never knew he could hurt so much. It hurts worse than when Sasuke plunged a Chidori in his chest. But he never speaks about that anymore. But... Maybe she wasn't all bad, maybe just led down the wrong path like Sasuke.

"I might be able to help." Naruto tried to sound as gentle as possible, it was especially hard since he was trying not to scream from the pain.

Hitashiki looked at him with an angry expression. Her pale eyes narrowed, making him flinch with the ferocity of her stare. She finally pulled away from the staring contest and looked at her bloody hands.

"It's always the same... No matter what I do."

Naruto paused for take a look at Sasuke before turning back to her.

"What do you mean?"

"I meant exactly what I said. You always are the same. Every single thing about you ends the same!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow, confused.

"Your always smiling... I don't understand why you can, when your life was he'll when you were a child."

"How do you know about my childhood?" Naruto growled, voice dangerously low. His eyes followed her every movement, keeping a firm stance in case she attacked. He

"I read stories... It's not that hard to find stories about the hero of the world here on earth. Although, there was nothing about your childhood in any of the books. That's where I had to ask questions, from people who were close to you."

"Who?" Undeniably, Naruto felt betrayed. But he kept telling himself that he shouldn't jump to conclusions. If it was someone in this village, which it was cause they were the only people who even knew about his most private secret, he couldn't imagine why they would do something like that. Maybe they were tricked, or maybe they didn't know they were doing it.

"I won't tell you."

Hitashiki smiled as she pulled herself off the ground. Wiping her hand across her mouth to wipe the blood away, and immediately attacking once again. Naruto grunted at the force of her punch, she seemed stronger than before. But nothing he couldn't handle, even with his current state.

"Nobody cares about me either... I tried, and I tried, just like you... But I never got anywhere. What makes you so special, why were you the only person my father acknowledged! Your a mortal... I'm his daughter!"

Naruto concentrated on the battle, his physical strength dropping. Blocking the last punch before giving her a swift kick in the gut, he jumped back a few feet to catch his bearings.

Hitashiki sobbed. Naruto was having enough of this pitiful fight, he wanted it to end, so he could finally do what he had been wanting to do this entire battle. He didn't want to die out here.

Naruto opened his mouth to speak before he was cut off.

"How..."

Hitashiki stood up. "Nobody likes me... So I can't go back now that I failed this mission... But you. How did you get so far?"

Naruto took a sharp intake of breath. His past was never something he wanted to talk about. The painful part of it anyway. He wanted to say it was all his friends, but he knew that wasn't true.

"Do you know what the Will of Fire is?"

Hitashiki shook her head.

"O-of course not..." Naruto said embarrassed. "Well, the Will of Fire is the strong will to protect the village. I have inherited that will from the Hokage's before me, my parents, and people who believed in me. As long as you have someone who believes in you..." Naruto paused, gaze softening. "You can do anything."

Hitashiki frowned, hands clenched. "But... What if you don't have anybody."

Naruto looked to Yukashiki, and grinned. "If I'm not mistaken, you do have somebody. And that's a start."

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Sasuke leaped into a nearby building. Of course, it wasn't fully functional since it was reduced to rubble, but it would do. Narrowing his eyes he searched the remains of the once majestic city of Konoha. From the pictures he had seen of the village when it was destroyed by pain, he could give a pretty good comparison.

Pain did a better job... No doubt about it.

Sasuke looked sharply to the left, his Sharingan ablaze as he dodged another blast. Yukashiki jumped from his hiding place, a jutsu active on his palm. The blow was devastating to the building, but it didn't even touch the Uchiha.

"You guys are weak compared to Momoshiki." Sasuke said, his voice calm and monotone.

Yukashiki gritted his teeth as he once again set on his mission of destroying the irritant he hated so much.

"Your like a bug... I hate bugs." Yukashiki growled as he clashed with Sasuke's sword. Bringing his own weapon down onto Sasuke's, he reached with his left hand and formed another sword he swung at the dark haired man.

"Tsk." Sasuke said as he jumped away. Taking a moment to watch his opponent, he quickly formed a strategy in his head. Grinning to himself, he swiftly put it in motion.

"Hey... Blockhead. That's your name right?"

Yukashiki glared at him, readying his weapons. Both hands were armed with chakra swords. He seemed proficient in Kenjutsu.

"Duh..."

Sasuke looked to his left to see Naruto sitting right besides him. Looking behind him, he could see the Otsutsuki Naruto had been fighting.

"What are you doing?" Sasuke hissed at his blonde companion. Naruto gave him a hurt glance.

"Nothing... We solved it, now we just gotta wait for Hitashiki to convince him that they don't need to try to kill us anymore." Naruto said, a bright smile on his face.

Sasuke have him a wary look before turning to watch the two Otsutsuki's converse. Of course he was suspicious of Naruto not being Naruto, but after checking his chakra, he was assured it wasn't the enemy.

"So... We had a talk." Naruto said, his face growing solemn. " I think we should let them stay in the village for now, after I-"

Sasuke stood up quickly, upsetting Naruto's tee train of thought.

"Are you out of your mind? They just tried to destroy the village and now your all mushy mushy with them. Explain to me what happened over there to make you so easily forgive someone who did this!" Sasuke glared at Naruto, who still looked at him calmly.

"Forgiveness... She was like me. Although, I would never sacrifice someone else's life to get recognition like she was trying to, I knew what she felt like. She was led down the wrong path just like you when you were younger. She just needs guidance." Naruto smiled softly. "And she's not much older than Boruto, so I couldn't just kill her in cold blood."

"Wait... How old is she?"

"Fifteen. Doesn't look it does she."

" ... No. "

Sasuke looked up at the sky, finally deciding to trust his friends judgement. Of course, Naruto did know better when it came to being a judge of human nature.

"We have decided... We agree to your terms." Hitashiki bowed, her long silver hair touching the ground. She had a resigned look on her face. "We will serve the Hidden Lead Village to atone for our sins, and we will remain in the village till the day appointed."

Naruto nodded. "Although, I leave it up to Sasuke to decide if you will be aloud to stay in the village after the deadline. If he sees any sign that you two will betray us, I trust him to deal with you."

Sasuke gave Naruto a quick glance before turning back to the two figures in front of him. Naruto smiled at the two before stepping forward and patting them on the shoulder.

"Your first job is to rebuild the entire village. Most buildings are still standing, and there isn't an impossible amount of damage, but there's enough to need a big construction crew going. With your ability to fly, you'll be a huge asset to the building team. I, again out Sasuke in charge of arranging that. We knw some people who'd be willing to help out for a small amount of money."

Sasuke immediately thought of the bridge builder Tazuna. He hasn't seen him in a long time.

Wonder if he's even still alive...

Naruto grinned. "Don't sorry Sasuke... He's still alive but Tanya not who I have in mind. Omar has also taken up the trade, he's also the head builder now so he's be the one to talk to."

Sasuke paused.

How did he know what I was thinking?

"Your easy to read sometimes Sasuke. It's just that now is one of those times." Naruto grinned.

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2750 words... WOW!

Almost finished! I'm estimating about one more chapter. Maybe just the epilogue.. Idk. I wanted to make this one really long but I decided that I'd like to stop there. Is anyone bored with this fanfic? I don't feel bored writing it, probably cause I'm the author lol, please give me feedback! I really enjoy hearing your thoughts. I drew a picture of Hitashiki, would anyone like to see it?

Hima-chan signing off.

(I just realized I forgot to do that in the previous chapter UwU)