A/N: Whew! I thought it would take me more than a month to update again!! Anyway, please enjoy and thanks for the reviews! Oh, haha, I forgot to tell you, Yondaime's name isn't really Ryuu, but Arashi… Well, that's according to my dependable source.

Disclaimer: I… I… I do not own Naruto!!!! (runs away with precious diamond-like tears flowing from my eyes) Suikoden II is also mentioned here. I don't own it either.

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Recap:

"Orochimaru!" Somebody called.

"Why, if it isn't the replica."

Sasuke turned to see who Orochimaru was talking about. "Replica?"

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Chapter 4: Imbecilic Pedophile

"Orochimaru, I've got a few questions for you." The man said.

"Defeat me, and I'll willingly answer any question you'll ask, Naruto." Orochimaru said as he formed some hand-seals. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

There appeared a giant snake that started to attack Naruto.

"Naruto's… a… replica…?" Sasuke just stood there, still processing the delicate information in his mind.

Suddenly, the snake aimed for Sasuke.

"Teme, look out!" Naruto yelled.

"Hm?" But it was too late; Sasuke was knocked out by the snake.

"Damn it! That's so weak of you, Sasuke." He scolded as he placed the unconscious body away from the battlefield. "You are the ANBU captain afterall."

"You're beloved has gone weak, Naruto."

"Shut up! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

/Flashback/

"What's your plan?" Naruto asked.

"Since we cannot battle here inside the village, you must lure Orochimaru out of Konoha. After that, we'll be sending reinforcements." Tsunade explained.

"Orochimaru won't be fooled that easily." Naruto countered.

"Well, of course, I'm not that stupid either. He must be aiming for Uchiha Sasuke. For you to lure out Orochimaru, I'll be sending a ninja to accompany Sasuke out of Konoha, but I'll tell him to do it conspicuously so that Orochimaru would notice them, which leads to him being lured out of the village. From there, I'll be sending Yondaime and myself as reinforcements. Jiraiya and the others will guard Konoha in case Orochimaru would be sending his own back up."

"Got it." He started to leave.

"And Naruto, I forgot to tell you something."

"Hm?"

"Take care."

"I sure will."

/End of Flashback/

Damn it, Sasuke being unconscious would screw the plan up. I hope the ninja would arrive to assist him. Naruto thought.

Surprisingly, the snake aimed for the unconscious Sasuke, but Naruto blocked it, which ended up with the snake's fang plunging onto Naruto's arm. Good thing he quickly charged a Rasengan onto the snake even before it tore the skin it has bit. Damn! It's bleeding excessively! Teme, you're such a burden!!

Out of the blue, somebody signaled to Naruto. It must be the ninja.

Naruto nodded and the ninja conspicuously carried Sasuke out of Konoha.

Orochimaru noticed this and followed them.

"It's show time." Naruto smirked.

Out of Konoha, Orochimaru still followed them. "Where do you think you're bringing Sasuke-kun?"

The ninja froze up and prayed to God that the others would be arriving.

"Orochimaru!" Somebody called from behind.

"Hm?" He turned to identify who called him. There stood Yondaime, Tsunade, and Naruto.

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"Konohamaru-sensei! Konohamaru-sensei!!" A 12-year-old girl called.

"What is it, Atsuko?" The jounin asked.

"Akira's nowhere to be found!" She replied.

"What?"

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"Are you not yet tired, Orochimaru?" Tsunade smirked.

"Shut up, Tsunade!" He hissed while wiping the blood from his lips. If he hasn't arrived yet, my plans would be destroyed!

"Feel like backing out?" Naruto asked.

Unexpectedly, a little boy came running unto the battlefield.

"Akira! What the heck are you doing here?!" Naruto yelled.

"I can't just sit there while everybody's having the action here." He replied.

"You came just in time, young boy. Kabuto!!"

Suddenly, Kabuto appeared behind Akira, grabbed him, and jumped towards Orochimaru.

"What!" They were all surprised.

"Kukuku… Well, of course, since Sasuke-kun is old now, I'm more interested with his son, Akira-chan. He has the same potential as Sasuke-kun afterall."

"Why you, imbecilic pedophile! HAND OVER MY SON!!" Naruto screamed.

"What am I? Stupid?" Orochimaru mocked.

"Hand over my son or else…"

"Or else what?" He grinned.

"Or else… Heh! I'll make sure you never make that stupid grin again!! I'll chop you up! Grind you up! Cut you into pieces! Dry you on the sun! Bury you to the ground! Piss on you! Then I'll dig you up! Pull you! Stretch you! Drag you around! And then… and then… in any case, I'll never forgive you!! Believe it!!"

"Wow… that's some speech you've got there, Naruto." Tsunade commented.

"I never knew he'd memorized that line…" Yondaime sweatdropped.

"What do you mean, Yondaime?" Tsunade asked.

"It's a line of Victor from Suikoden whenever he sees Neclord… But he just added his favorite line…" He explained.

"Whatever! I'll be taking Akira!! Ja ne!" And he vanished.

"Orochimaru!! (censored) you to hell!!!!!" Naruto roared.

"I'm sorry, Naruto… I miscalculated… I thought he was after Sasuke again…" Tsunade said with her head bowed.

"I'm going after him." Naruto said.

"No, Naruto, it could be dangerous!" Tsunade said.

"I must save my son!"

"Naruto, look at you! Do you think you would be able to reclaim Akira with your current condition?"

Then, Naruto gazed down at his extremely bleeding arm which the snake bit. "Damn it…"

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Slowly, Sasuke fluttered his eyes open. He sat up. "Where am I?"

"Sasuke-kun, you're awake!" The pink-haired medic nin neared the man on the bed.

"What happened?"

"You were knocked out early in the battle with Orochimaru." Sakura said.

"Oh, yeah… Wait, I gotta go. Naruto needs me."

"The battle is over. Naruto is by the next room." The frown never escaped Sakura's lips.

"Why? Did something bad happen?"

"You better ask Naruto himself…"

So, he got up and rushed to the next room.

"Naruto!"

"Hey."

"Are you okay? You're not hurt or anything?"

"…"

"Huh? Say something!"

"Orochimaru… that bastard… He got our son, Akira…"

"What?"

"Damn!! If only I had been extra careful not to be gnawed by that dim-witted snake, I should've gone after that lunatic, imbecilic, pedophilic, phallic madcap!" He burst out.

"Phallic?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to say that word." Naruto blushed. "Anyway, after Miss—what's your name?"

"Aiko, sir." The medic-nin replied with a blush.

"After Miss Aiko is finished with curing my wounds, I would go after the said madcap."

"I'm going with you!" Sasuke said.

"Fine, but don't be a burden like the way you are earlier." He hissed.

Suddenly, Sasuke's world was crumbling apart because of Naruto's words. He never knew he had been a burden. He always thought that he was strong, even stronger than Naruto, but earlier he had just been sleeping while Naruto and the others were fighting against Orochimaru. It really did hurt him a lot to realize that he was weaker than Naruto.

He is an ANBU captain, and Naruto is just a jounin, but still, it seemed like he is weaker than Naruto. He felt so small; he just wanted the ground to swallow him up alive after hearing those hurtful words.

"Sasuke!!"

"Y-Yeah?"

"For how long will you be standing stupid there?! I'm going!" Naruto said.

"Hn." He replied.

-Otogakure Gate-

The two ninjas stayed hidden behind the bushes as the moon shone.

"Naruto, what are you planning to do? A war between Konoha and Oto might start if they caught us trespassing." Sasuke warned.

"We won't enter Otogakure." Naruto answered.

"Huh?"

"I know exactly where Orochimaru is hiding."

"Where?"

"Follow me."

So, they dashed north of Otogakure, across Hum Lake, and unto the entrance of a hidden lab.

"What is this place?" Sasuke asked.

"It's a replica lab."

"A replica lab?"

"This is a place where Tsunade-baa-chan sent me on a mission the other day. It was known to be abandoned, but I've seen evidences that it's still not abandoned and that Orochimaru is the mastermind of the founding of this lab."

"I see."

"C'mon."

So, they cautiously entered the lab.

"Beyond this door is the main office. Orochimaru must be there. Are you ready?" Naruto asked and Sasuke nodded.

They busted the door open and there appeared Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Akira.

"Akira!" Naruto called.

"Kukuku… This boy here is not Akira. He is Daisuke. The Akira you're talking about is in the replica tube in the main lab. That Akira is so stubborn; he wouldn't want me to use his body." Orochimaru grinned.

"So, you mean you've replicated Akira, too?!" Naruto yelled.

"Yes, soon enough Daisuke will be absorbing all the life chakra that is remaining on Akira, and just like what happened with the true Naruto, Akira will die."

"Why you (censored)?!"

"See you next time, Naruto and Sasuke!" And with that, they vanished again.

"Damn it! Damn it!! Damn it!!!" He stood up and searched the office for a file that would help save the life of Akira. Sasuke did the same.

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"Naruto, is this the file you're looking for?" Sasuke asked as he approached Naruto.

Naruto scanned the file. "Yeah! This is it!"

So, he read through it and became quiet after reading it.

"So, what does it say?"

"…" He seemed to be thinking.

"Naruto?"

"Before Akira runs out of life chakra, one must share some of his life chakra by using the Chakura Idou no Jutsu."

"I see, but how can we do that?"

"I'll do it." He stood up.

"But wait, if you give your life chakra to Akira, you'll be risking your life."

Naruto stayed quiet for a bit and then placed his right hand on his chest. "Once I've been afraid to die, but after experiencing death twice, I've lost that fear. He's our son, so I'll do anything for him, even if it means dying for the third time. And besides… I don't own this life chakra I have anyway…"

"You don't own your life chakra?"

"Yes, when the true Naruto was just 4 years old, he was kidnapped by Orochimaru, thinking that he could absorb the chakra of the Kyuubi from the replica and make another one to continue the absorption, but that's not the case. The original died because replicas tend to absorb the life chakra of their originals and continually do it to sustain them until the life chakra of their originals is emptied, so they die. And the file you're talking about; it contains the information of me and the true Naruto. You see, I just stole his life chakra and I'm not the true Naruto."

"No, for us, you are and always be our Naruto." He tried his best to cheer him up.

"Teme, don't ever say that cheesy line again. You make me feel that you're the one who's a replica. Believe it!"

"Hn." Sasuke blushed.

"Anyway, I've made up my mind."

"So, you mean…"

He grinned. "Well, of course! Dying would be a piece of cake for me 'cuz I've been through it twice!"

Sasuke smirked by Naruto's statement. "You're such a dobe, dobe."

"You shut your fat mouth, teme! Haha… it's so nice calling you that…"

"Don't say that. You're making me think that it will be your last time to call me that."

"Hehe, sorry… Sorry for calling you a burden before… I didn't mean to say that… I was just… well… outraged…"

"Stop it! I don't wanna here anymore of your say-goodbye-like words!"

"Hahahah… sorry again. Anyhow, let's go; our son is waiting for us!"

TBC

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A/N: Hey, guys! There, you already know that Naruto's just a replica, but the question is do you think Naruto will die for the third time? Let's find out on the next chapter! Oh, by the way, the Chakura Idou no Jutsu(Chakra Movement Technique) is just made-up by me. I don't even know if I'm right with my Japanese use of words. Please review and ja ne!

(Sasuke is so OOC.)