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First, the color changes with the element, firered, bluewater. Second, nami is that name of the tail and form he took, like the first one before it. Yes, he is Naruto's other grandfather. Yes, sasuke knows rasengan, chidori went to another. Naruto...well, you'll find out eventually. What happened to the Sandaime will be put in the story eventually. Read the chapter to find out if it is him.

Damn...that was long...

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This IS a NarutoxHinata fic...

read the chapter to find out.

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disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Enjoy the fic.

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What had happened, what they lost...

Sasuke was sweating at an unimaginable rate, his head turning every so often. His entire body shook, as the curse mark on his neck glowed slightly. He was burning up by most human standards, while the was rag that was on his head fell off again. Sakura sighed, as she once again placed it on his forehead, wondering to her self what he could be dreaming of...

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" You really shouldn't do that." A boy said, as he walked over to Sakura, who was busy cooking some rabbits that they had caught earlier. Sasuke looked over at the boy, who had taken over for Sakura, who had almost burned herself. He was 12 years old and had wavy red hair that kinda stuck upwards a bit. He Wasn't all that tall, only around 5'3 at best. He was wearing dark blue pants and a black cloak similar to that of a puppet's. Sasuke watched them work with little interest.

The boy looked over at Sasuke, who was just staring at them. " You know, you could help too? We are cooking everyone's lunch after all." The boy said, as he glared at Sasuke. Sasuke just looked at the fish, then at Sakura, and finally back at the boy. Only one thing he could say really...

" The fish are burning."

The boy looked at him confusedly, before looking back at the fish. His eye's widened, as he quickly tried to save the fish from being burnt to a crisp ( rhyming, yah). Sakura help the boy out, as they had little success. Only two fish were left, and without a second of hesitation, he picked up a fish and threw it at Sasuke, who easily caught it. He then looked over at Sakura and tossed her the other fish. " Eat up."

Sakura eyed the fish for a moment, before looking back at the boy. " but what about-."

" I'll be fine." the boy said, as he looked at Sasuke who was also staring at him with raised eyebrows. " I had an apple an hour ago, so I'll be tied off for awhile." the boy said, as he loked over at Sakura. " so don't worry about it." Sakura smiled.

" Thank you, Zack."

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"I've got a lovely bunch of coconut's DeDeDeDe. And Here They are, standing in a row, Dum Dum take one, small one, see if it's as big as your-."

" Enough!" Sasuke yelled, as he looked over at Zack, who had stopped singing and looked over at him. Sakura also looked over at him, silently thanking him along with kami-sama. " Can you PLEASE sing something else for a change." Sasuke asked, as Zack pouted.

" Why? I like that song." Zack said, as a vein was now visible on Sasuke's head.

" Because you've been singing the same damn song for the past three hours." Sasuke said, as Zack just stared at him, before laughing.

" You need to lighten up. Sure were in a huge forest full of things that wouldn't hesitate to kill us but come on-." Zack's face instantly hardened, along with Sasuke's. Both of them immediately were in front of Sakura, deflecting a HUGE wave of kunai that were being sent down from the tree's. when the wave stopped, both Sasuke and Zack prepared their weapons. Sasuke having two katana in his hands and Zack having a katana and four kunai in his right hand, a folded up windmill shurekin in his left.

A figure dropped down from the tree's, as both Sasuke and Zack examined him. The figure looked to be male and around 6 feet tall. HE was wearing a grey robe, along with a grey pair of pants. He was also wearing a straw hat, which covered his long black hair. Both of their eye's narrowed, as the nin licked his lips.

" Yes...you'll both do just fine." The figure said, as he jumped to the ground, easily and gracefully landing on his feet. " Tell me...do you have a dream, a goal." the man asked, as Zack and Sakura looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Sasuke, on the other hand, was starting to have interest.

" Yes..." Sasuke said, as Zack looked at him funny, before turning back towards the nin, his eye's narrowing.

" And what if we do?" Zack asked, as the figure smiled.

" what if I told you that I could give you that power..." The figure said, as he began to walk over to them. " Think about it...the ability to finally accomplish your goals, or dreams." the man looked over at Sasuke with a grin. " To be able to put all of your suffering to rest.." Sasuke started to shake a bit, as Zack just continued to glare at the man.

" I'd say your full of bull shit." Zack said, as he raised his weapons, ready to strike at any moment. The man just kept his grin.

" What if I could show you that power?" The man started to form some seals, as he hit the ground a second later. " Kuchiyose no jutsu." the man said, as a large cloud of smoke rushed through the area. Both Sasuke and Zack stayed alert, as the smoke finally cleared to reveal...sheep?

Yes, standing in front of them were sheep, a whole herd of them. They had little collar's on them, which had little black bells swinging slightly. The sheep just stood there, as the figure looked down at them.

" Take it from the top..." The sheep started to glow white, as their bell's glowed black. A few seconds later, Zack, Sakura and Sasuke grabbed their eye's in pain, as the sheep began to sing a choirs of sounds. They screamed in pain, as Zack looked over at the figure, his eye's were closed and his face pulled into a smile.

Zack heard a scream from behind him, as he looked over to see that Sakura had a greyish aura around her. She began to scream, as her eye's turned completely white and letters started to appear on her head. He then looked over at Sasuke who was grabbing his eye's in pain, scratching at them with all his might. Smoke could be seen coming out of his eye's, as his screaming slowly came to a stop. Sasuke stopped scratching, as he moved his head upwards. his eye's shot open...

" The Mangekyo sharingan..." Zack though, as he looked over at the figure. The figure himself had changed a lot. His skin had turned pitch black, as two huge ass leathery wings shut out of his back. His teeth had grown into fangs, while his fingers started to become as sharp as claws. His yellow slitted eye's stared down at him with interest. Zack looked at himself to see that he was glowing green slightly, before it died down.

" Interesting...It seem's that your going to need another blast to awaken your's." the figure said, as he looked over at the sheep, who were still standing their original spot. " Take it from the top..." The sheep once again began to glow, as the horrid choirs once again played. The small green Aura that was once around Zack grew at extreme rates. Pain fulling through his body, as every point in his body felt like it was being ripped apart.

His screams were heard through out the forest...

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Sasuke's eye's widened at what he was seeing. He didn't think anything like this was possible, but he still couldn't believe it. It had to be his eye's...they must be playing tricks on him. That's it, they must be playing trick's. He continued to think that, until Zack's blood hit him in the face...

( WARNING, from this point forward this chapter will be labeled as M rating for gruesome scene's and 'destruction' of the body. Please note that if you continue from this point that it is of your own choice and I am not held eligible for your actions. You have been WARNED. )

Zack's screams were heard, as bulges started to appear on his arm. Slowly, the skin was pushed aside, as bones started to push upwards. His fingers ( and thumb ) started to get larger one section at a time, until the tips of the fingers opened and bones started to push out. Zack now having claws made out of bones and his arms with spike's sticking out of them, it all covered with blood. Zack's process began once again on his thighs and feet, only another bone shot out of his heel. Zack's eye's widened, as he bended forwards, him grabbing his sides. Second's later, spike's slowly sprouted from his back, leaving a trail of blood flowing down his back. When it was finished he had four HUGE spike's sticking out of his back. The Figure raised an eyebrow.

"Interesting indeed." The Figure said, as he looked at the sheep. " Retreat." The herd of sheep disappear, as The figure once again starts to walk towards them. His smile turned into a smirk.

" This is the kind of power I can give you...all you have to do is take it." The man stopped when he was right in front of Sasuke and, surprisingly, his head shot up, while his neck took the form of a snake's. His head dived down, and bit Sasuke on the neck. A purple mark appeared on his neck, as the Figure pulled away.

" Now Sasuke, I'll be waiting for you to com-." the Figure stopped, as he was hit hard from the side. Spinning in the air, the Figure spun and landed on all four, looking at who his assailant was. Zack grunted in pain, as he pulled his arm back. He trusted in forward, and surprisingly, the hand shot open, as all of the skin on the arm shot off in different directions, it being connected to a long flexible bone looking object ( mouthful ). The figure dodged the object, but grabbed his sides in pain. That one hit had done a lot of damage to him. A few more, and he would be done for good.

Zack pulled his hand back, as he got on all four and started to rush towards the Figure. Just as he was about to reach him, Zack jumped a spun in the air. The Figure dodged, barely missing the four spikes on Zack's back. Zack landed on all four, as he quickly spun and tried to deliver a kick to the Figure. The figure jumped into the air, as Zack shot his hand at the man, striking him dead on. The figure was flung into the tree's, breaking through several until he finally stopped.

The figure slowly stood up, as he began to lip away. Two hits...two hits were all that creature needed to take him down. The figure cursed himself for not marking him first...but at least he managed to get his original target. The figure continued to lip away until he felt the ground shake. The Figures eye's widened, as he quickly formed some seals and disappeared into the ground.

Zack jumped down from the tree's, as he began to smell the area. Zack thought for a moment, before he stabbed his hand into the ground. He reached up, as he pulled the figure out of the ground and threw him at a couple of fallen tree's. The figure gasped, as he looked down to see a large branch sticking through his gut. Zack watched him for a moment, before letting out a roar in anger when the figure turned to mud, knowing that he had gotten away.

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Sasuke sighed, as he felt his eye's go back to normal. He had just obtained the ultimate form of the sharingon, and he had just lost it as well. It was...heartbreaking to say the least. He had the power that his brother had processed, the power that wiped out his clan. He...had to have it again, it was the only way that he could defeat his brother, defeat the man that toke away everything he had.

Sasuke looked over at Sakura, who was sound asleep. Ever since the power effects had warn off, her 'inner' Sakura went back into the depths of their mind. She yelled a lot, that's what Sasuke could tell, and the fact that her strength was io fold that of Sakura. The power increase had knocked her out. Sasuke started to stand up ( he was sitting on the ground ), as he looked over at Sakura. He was about to leave, hoping that he could find the power that he had experienced.

That was until he deflected what looked like an arm with his katana. Sasuke looked over to see zack starring at him. Zack roared, as he began to run towards Sasuke. He stopped justwhen he was about to reach Sasuke, jumping backwards and using his momentum to shot forward. Sasuke dodged his kick, but was taken by surprise when he turned around while being upside down in mid air and hit him with one of his arms. Sasuke brought his Katana up to block it, but the sheer power of the attack sent him into some nearby tree's.

Zack grunted, as he looked around the area. His eye's stopped at the sight of Sakura. Zack some what grinned, as he began to walk towards her, him licking his lip's. He stopped right in front of her and reached downwards with one of his 'claws'. Just as he was about to grab her, he heard a loud noise coming from Sasuke's direction. He turned around quick enough to get hit by a rather destructive attack. Zack looked down to see visible blue chakra moving around like static electricity. He heard the sound of the chirping of a thousand birds.

" Chidori." Sasuke whispered, as he pushed his hand further in. When he pulled it out a couple of seconds later, Zack dropped to his knees. A bright green light engulfed him, as his body turned back to normal, Zack looked up at Sasuke.

" Please...don't tell Irvine." With that his body dropped to the ground. Sasuke's head dropped for a moment, he seemingly lost in his thoughts. With a large sigh he looked over at Sakura, who was still asleep. Sasuke stood up and walked over to her, picking her up and moving her a couple feet away from where Zack was, before looking back at him...

He was being torn from the inside...emotionally anyway.

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Sakura slowly opened her eye's, wondering why she could smell something burning. Her eye's started to focus, as she looked at the sight before her. Sasuke...was standing before a huge fire. It burning swiftly and easily. Sasuke looked absent minded, as he watched the flames burn. Sakura stood up and started to walk towards him.

" Sasuke-kun..." Sasuke looked over at her and scanned her for a moment, before throwing a scroll at her. Sakura caught it, as she looked up at Sasuke with confusion in her eye's.

" It's for Irvine...from Zack." Sasuke said, as Sakura looked down at the scroll.

" Can't he give it to Irvine himself? " Sakura asked, as she looked up at Sasuke, who's head had dropped silghtly.

" He...can't." Sasuke said, as he stared into the flames. Sakura didn't understand, until she looked into the flames as well, before her eye's widened at what was being burned.

" It..can't..."

" It is." Sasuke said, as Sakura began to feel tears weld up in her eye's. She dropped to the ground as she silently cried. Sasuke just continued to stare into the flames, intent on seeing this through to the end...and learning something that day...

He now had two enemy's...

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Sasuke continued to turn in his sleep as he was hunted by what had happened that day. The worst part about it was that even with all the training he had did with that sannin, even after all those long hours of suffering through hellish routines that would make any person want to quit just after a few days, even after swearing an auth to revenge...

He had missed his chance...and it was all thanks to him...Naruto...

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got another thing for you guys, the Naruto RP form I go to, we have only twenty people, so I was wondering if would like to join it...I go to it A LOT. Go to my profile for the link...

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