AN: okay, here's the second not explained thing from Chaos. Although this one is kinda easy to figure out, I though I'd just give you the definite yes on this one, the scroll that had the jutsu that brought Naruto back is the one Chaos put in the Hokage's scroll room.

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Chapter 15: Hokage Level Death

Sakura ran back to Tsunade's office, her conversation with Naruto fresh in her head. She had to report this, not only because Naruto asked her, but because he had left the village without permission, he was risking becoming a missing ninja.

Sakura burst through the doors to the Hokage's office to find more than just Tsunade and Shizune there. When the doors burst open Sakura found Gaara, Temari, Kankurou, Hinata, Neji, and Jiraiya there in addition to the two.

Tsunade sat behind her desk, Jiraiya and Shizune behind her on either side. Neji and Kankurou were by the windows, while Gaara stood opposite Tsunade, Temari on his left with Hinata at the right corner of Tsunade's desk.

"Sakura what the hell is going on? Didn't you ever hear of knocking?" Tsunade asked standing up.

"Naruto just left the village," Sakura said breathing hard.

"WHAT?" yelled Jiraiya.

"He said it'd be a few day before he came back if he succeed, but if he fails…he made it sound like he'd die," Sakura said.

"Naruto…" Hinata said.

"Did he say what he'd be doing?" Jiraiya asked while Tsunade sat down slowly.

"No, but he said that if he failed It would come back. He didn't know if It would come here, again, but he wanted you to know," Sakura said gaining her breath back.

"What is It though?" Tsunade asked.

"Maybe, It could be Kyuubi," Shizune said and all eyes shot to her.

"Oh damn. Sakura did he have anything with him?" Jiraiya asked.

"His backpack and Sasuke's katana," Sakura said.

"He's going to challenge the Kyuubi, like Shizune said," Jiraiya said staring at the ground in front of Sakura.

"How do you know that?" Tsunade asked.

"Think about it, he thinks that's why he's back, and he knows he can't live forever. Eventually he'll die and not be able to be resurrected which will release the Kyuubi. Now, we have a heads up, and if he dies, to him, we won't have to worry about bringing him back because the seal will be gone," Gaara said.

"We have to stop him," Sakura said turning to go.

"Sakura stop!" Tsunade yelled.

"I can't let him do this!" Sakura yelled turning back.

"You're too valuable to the village if we don't make it in time! I'll send a team of ANBU Tsunade said.

"Do what you want, but I'm going," Gaara said, Temari and Kankurou nodded.

"I can't stop you," Tsunade said.

"No, but you could help, none of us three are medic ninjas, when we get there we couldn't save him," Gaara said.

"Yeah, I get it, Sakura, go with Gaara, he'll be the mission leader," Tsunade said.

Gaara's expression didn't change though Sakura had a smile of relief on her face, "Thank you Gaara," she said.

Temari and Kankurou started to leave, thinking Gaara was right behind them, but he hadn't moved, "also, none of us are trackers, it could be a difficult task, especially in the darkness," Gaara said, and, though he was talking to Tsunade, and she was looking him in the eyes, his eyes were as far right as they could go.

Tsunade suppressed a grin, "yeah, I get it, Hinata, you go to, Gaara's the mission leader," Tsunade said looking at the Hyuuga.

Hinata jolted at being spoken to, but nodded in understanding. Gaara bowed and the five left the office, Gaara in the lead, Temari behind him, a big smile on her face.

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Naruto ran through the forest, he knew where he was headed. He had found the place during his time with Jiraiya, it was a small clearing at the edge of the Fire Country. Konoha was the nearest village, and it was miles away, if Kyuubi won, no matter where he went, it'd be a few hours before he got there, and Konoha had a heads up already.

It was a few hours since he left Sakura and Konoha, midnight had arrived, and so had he. He stopped in the last tree at the edge of the clearing, this was the place. He hopped down and headed towards the center, Sasuke's katana in his right hand, his backpack swung down into his left.

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Sasuke was moving as fast as he could. He had broken probation but didn't care, this was more important than him ever being a ninja again. He knew the direction he took when he left the village, he saw Sakura coming from that way, and now he was on the trail, he knew he was going in the right direction.

Naruto had become superb in hiding his tracks, Sasuke couldn't find a hint of anyone being through here, but he knew Naruto had. He knew because Naruto had taken his katana, which was embedded with his chakra. Not only did it make it nearly indestructible, but it left a faint trail Sasuke could follow, something Naruto didn't know.

If only he knew what Naruto had told Sakura, or why he had left. Or even why he decided to take his katana.

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Gaara was moving though the trees as fast as he could, Temari beside him. Kankurou and Sakura were right behind him and Hinata brought up the rear. Then suddenly Gaara stopped and the others did the same, though, not all as majestically as Gaara, Kankurou slipped and Temari was forced to grab him before he fell to the ground below.

"Hinata, see if you can find any tracks left behind, Naruto seems to be able to conceal them to the normal eye," Gaara said.

Hinata nodded and activated her byakugan seeing far more than the normal eye could. She looked around but saw no physical marks, Naruto was really good at this. But she did find a faint trail of chakra, but she knew it wasn't Naruto's it was different.

"You said he had Sasuke's katana, is it infused with chakra?" Hinata asked looking at Sakura.

"Yeah, Sasuke said it made it unbreakable, I figured that's why he took it," Sakura said.

Hinata smiled, "the katana's leaving a trail, I can follow it right to him," she said and Sakura returned the smile.

"Okay, Hinata take the front, Sakura and Kankurou behind her, Temari, you and me have the rear," said Gaara, they all nodded and took off.

"Either you have extremely powerful foresight, or there's something else about the Hyuuga girl," Temari said with a smile.

"Chose which answer you like," Gaara said, but Temari could see a faint blush on his cheeks as he said it.

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Naruto walked down the decrepit hallway he had visited so many times before. The steady dripping of pipes sounded off in the background, 'I never figured out what those pipes were, part of me or the seal?' Naruto thought as he passed them.

He stopped at the end of the hall, Sasuke's katana in his hand, its sheath back at the clearing. Naruto looked up at the cage in front of him, the Kyuubi's cell.

"Hey fox!" Naruto yelled.

There was a stirring from the other side of the doors before two large fiery eyes opened and looked down at Naruto, "I'd like to know how the hell you got here kid," Kyuubi said.

"This seal is in my body isn't it? I've visited plenty of times before and you never asked then," Naruto said with a slight grin.

"That's because you were alive. You died, I know, I was a week away from freedom. BUT YOU HAD TO COME BACK!" yelled Kyuubi flames bursting form the doors but fizzling before they reached Naruto.

"Of course I did, there's no way I was going to let you destroy my home, or my friends," Naruto said.

"You can't live forever kid, and however they got you back, it's probably a one time deal," Kyuubi said a mixture of malice and twisted joy in his voice.

"I know, that's why I'm here, that's why I have this," Naruto said lifting the katana and resting it on his shoulder.

Kyuubi started to laugh, "you can't kill me in here kid, as much as this seal keeps me in, it keeps you out," it said still laughing.

"I know, I'm ready to face that," Naruto said and Kyuubi stopped laughing instantly.

"You're going to break the seal and fight me? You got guts kid, I like that. I wonder how they taste," Kyuubi said.

"Yeah, we'll fight till one is left. You think you can handle that? Not leaving this place, not going out to the real world until we have a fight to the death?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, I can wait until I kill you before I kill your friends," Kyuubi said with a wicked grin on its face.

"Let's go then," Naruto said as he pulled the katana back and jumped at the gates.

The paper over the gates ripped in half and the gates swung open. Kyuubi reaching out with its front paw and head towards Naruto who was still in the air. The two closed in on each other when everything went white.

The next instant both Kyuubi and Naruto were skidding backwards on the ground. The hallway was gone, they were in a large open field now.

"What the hell was that?" Naruto asked.

"The seal breaking, that's why were out of the hallway, this is some space in your mind. Here, any damage done, won't transfer to your physical self, but your mind will think it has. You die here, you die there," Kyuubi said with a wide grin.

"And this is your real body, so it's the same for you," Naruto said.

Kyuubi's grin widened and he charged Naruto who followed in suit. Naruto jumped at Kyuubi's head, Kyuubi went to bite down on Naruto, but Naruto dodged over him and kicked off his nose as hard as he could.

Kyuubi followed Naruto into the air, trying to bite him in half again, but Naruto dodged again, this time to the underside of the mouth. And with Kyuubi's under neck exposed Naruto rammed the katana into the beast and kicked off.

Both landed, Naruto lightly and cat like, Kyuubi with a loud bang as its four paws slammed into the ground. The katana was still in Kyuubi's neck and wasn't budging, despite Kyuubi's efforts to remove it.

"Damn it kid, why'd it have to be a katana, I can't reach a damn katana," Kyuubi yelled.

Naruto grinned, "fine then, let me get that for you," he said as he ran at the demon. Naruto jumped up and pulled the katana out and ran behind Kyuubi before a counter attack was launched.

"GODDAMNIT THAT HURT MORE THAN GOING IN!" Kyuubi yelled as it spun around to face Naruto.

As he watched, Naruto saw the cut in Kyuubi's neck seal over, this was going to be hard. Kyuubi swung at Naruto, and even though he dodged it, two claws still cut across his stomach. Naruto looked at the wounds, 'they're not that bad, but they won't get any better here, with him against me.'

"Give up kid, you just made the worst mistake of your life, you have no choice but to deal with it. If you just want to give in, I'll kill you now and make it painless," Kyuubi said.

"Let me think it over," Naruto said, he needed time and Kyuubi was about to give it to him.

"Sure, I've waited thousands of years to reach the realm of the living, what's a few more minutes," Kyuubi said with a grin.

'This can't go on like this, he'll win. Damn it, I should've thought about this more…' memories flashed through his head, the words Tsunade said before he left for the Sand, about rushing in blindly saving Sakura, and when he though he did it again he got Hinata and Asuma-sensei. 'Asuma-sensei! His chakra knives! Forcing his chakra into his weapon. Alright, this thing has Sasukes chakra, now it'll have mine,' Naruto thought and he started forcing his chakra into the sword.

After a few minutes Kyuubi was getting tired of waiting, "whether you've decided or not, you're going to die, so your times up," it said before charging Naruto.

Naruto opened his eyes to see Kyuubi bounding at him, he hefted the katana and ran towards Kyuubi, sword at the ready. Naruto jumped at Kyuubi who dodged the blade, but the wind chakra that was infused to it was greater than the blade, it scratched across Kyuubi's cheek and cut deep into Kyuubi's shoulder and side.

The two landed and turned to face each other, Kyuubi's face back to normal, but his shoulder and side were slower in healing. 'this might work after all,' Naruto thought.

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Sasuke had arrived at the edge of a clearing, his katana was close by, but he couldn't see anything in the dark, the clouds were hiding the moon. But as he searched the clearing from his branch a blaze burst out in the center, Sasuke's eyes were immediately drawn to that point, and he couldn't believe what he saw.

Naruto's real body was in the center of the clearing, Sasuke's Katana in his right hand, his head tilted slightly back, eyes glazed over and staring straight ahead. Then fire burst out form his stomach torching the front of his shirt and jacket. The fire was Kyuubi, it had burst from the seal, it had left the field of the fight, and it was making its escape.

Seconds after Kyuubi started to escape Naruto's left hand reached up and grabbed the fire fur on its back. Kyuubi was halfway out, and its head spun around to look at Naruto.

"I'm not dead yet," he said with a slight grin.

Kyuubi roared out as it opened its jaws and went for Naruto's neck. At the same time Naruto swung his right arm at Kyuubi, katana firmly gripped in hand. The moon returned and Sasuke heard the sound of his katana hitting the ground. He bolted from the trees and ran for Naruto, he stopped, kneeling down next to his former teammate and looked at his face.

Both Naruto's nostrils were bleeding heavily. Blood was trickling form the outer edges of his eyes, and his chin was coated in blood that poured from his mouth. His eyes were looking straight up, wide open and unblinking, but seeing nothing. "I…won…" was all he said before he went limp.

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AN: he could be dead, he could be alive, I won't say till the next chapter, but it appears as though he succeeded.