Chapter 14

The Battle Begins

I'M BACK!

Okay, I knowhaven't updated for like two months, but I've had SEVERE writer's block on this story, and now I finally got an idea. Everytime I tried an idea, it just wouldn't fit into my plotline. So now, I finally got it how I wanted it. AND DAMN DO I HAVE ALOT TO CATCH UP ON! If I go on a COMPLETE writing session over Spring Break, then DAMN, we'll be caught up and I might be able to bring out the Third Book on time! This'll be hard.

And honestly now, I don't care about reviews.I want to write the third book SOO badly now! Though do drop a review here and there. I still want them. Anyways, enjoy!

And again, so about the VERY late update. I REALLY hate writer's block!

DISCLAIMER: ...(that's all I'm gonna say)

Naruto stood there in silence, as if he were oblivious to all around him. All of these thoughts were whirling around inside of his head, everything that could be going wrong. As Hokage, he should've noticed this…but he didn't. Now, for all he knew, the village could be under attack! Without saying a word, he flew out of the building towards Konoha. I only pray that I'm not too late… Despite all the trees he had to avoid, he was going at top speed, extremely fast, like a bullet. The wind rippled through his hair, making him squint his eyes so that they wouldn't sting. His cloak was flying behind him, making sharp snaps as he tore through the forest. Please, please tell me I'm not too late. But for that split second, as soon as that thought came into his mind, he could have sworn he felt a darkness slowly crawl up his spine. Kuroki was waiting for Naruto's screw up, and was going to catch it too.

It was now only about one more mile until he reached Konoha, and in the distance he could see a large plume of smoke rise up into the air. Shit! I was right! He cursed in his head. They ARE under attack! Immediately he began rushing, and just zoomed through the gates, leaving the gate guards to just sit there, unaware that the Hokage has just ran by. As Naruto kept running, he kept looking around to make sure everyone was safe. To his relief, he saw no one in a house, or on the streets. Everyone took immediate action. Naruto sighed, and continued running until he heard a loud squish from under his feet. He looked down and saw a pool of blood, and that blood led to one body lying on the ground.

Jiraiya.

"Ero-sennin!" Naruto shouted, and ran at the lifeless body on the ground, ignoring that Kuroki was still trying to take him over. Naruto shook the Sannin violently, desperately trying to get him to open his eyes. "Please, don't be dead! I can't lose you too!"

Even though, after all he did, Jiraiya would not open his eyes. They stayed shut, as if they were glued. He was dead. There was a soft plink as Naruto began to cry, Kuroki now very anxious to take over his body yet again. "Why…" Naruto choked. "Why you too? Damn it!"

Slowly, he laid the Sannin's head down and stood up slowly, his gray eyes now replaced yet again by their normal sapphire ones. His spirit had returned, yet Kuroki was still kept at bay for some unknown reason. Tears fell down his face as he tried to come to the fact that his former sensei was dead. "I sense it…" he growled. "The one who killed him, I can feel his presence."

Naruto began running toward the chakra signature, well aware of who it was. You will not get out of here alive. As the signature grew closer, he ran at it with full speed. "YOU WILL DIE! YOU BASTARD!"

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Sakura watched as Naruto rushed off, feeling sad, yet happy at the same time. Maybe, just maybe now, Naruto's spirit was gradually coming back. But if not, she would just have to try to keep trying, to get him back. "I'm going." She said to Tamaku, who nodded her head. "We'll come back for you later."

With that, she ran off through the window Naruto had gone through, following his chakra trail. Naruto, don't do anything too rash, please. Then, she too saw what Naruto had seen. The large puff of smoke that Naruto had seen, and she rushed even more. "Naruto, I'm coming! Please don't start a fight! Please!"

As soon as she reached the gates, she saw all those who were dead already. "W-What happened?" Sakura said to herself, and walked through the streets. "Who attacked us?" As she continued walking, she came across a pool of blood in the middle of one of the streets. She looked down and saw a batch of pink hair. "No…it can't be…"

Sakura felt her entire body shake, and tears fell from her eyes for the third time today. "KAA-SAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

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Naruto heard Sakura's screech from behind him, and immediately turned around and ran at where her voice came from. Shit. Don't tell me you got to her!

As the chakra signature he had been chasing previously began to vanish, Sakura's signature grew closer. Naruto finally located her a little ways away, her on the ground, covered with blood from head to toe. "SAKURA-CHAAN!" he screeched, and ran at Sakura.

Sakura looked up at the sound of his voice, and saw Naruto running at her. Did…did he just call me Sakura-chan? She thought in her head, and stood up as the blood dripped off her hands. "N-Naruto?" she stuttered, and burst into tears as she ran at him, embracing him. "Naruto! Th-They killed kaa-san!" she sobbed into his chest.

Naruto returned her hug with a kind, sympathetic embrace. "Shh, Sakura-chan. Everything will be okay, so please don't cry." He told her, and held her closer. "Everything will be okay…"

Sakura could hear that his tone was spiked with sadness. "Naruto? Are you okay?" she asked him, now hearing tiny little sobs. "Y-You're crying…"

"Sakura-chan, they also killed Ero-sennin…" he told her, and let go her. "I don't want them to take anyone else away, Sakura-chan. Especially not you."

"Naruto…" Sakura stared at him with a sad look, him still crying. "They won't kill me, I promise."

Naruto nodded his head, and turned around. "Now, we need to go kill the one behind the attack. Okay, Sakura-chan?" he told her.

"But who's behind the attack?"

Naruto froze, and stood still. "Do you really want to know?" he asked her, his voice still spiked.

Sakura huffed. "Of course I do!"

Naruto sighed, and finally gave in. "Alright, but only because you need to know."

Sakura could feel his body shaking, and he gasped for breath. "Naruto? Are you okay?" she asked him, staring up at his eyes which kept flashing from sapphire to yellow to red.

"K-Kuroki is still trying to take hold of my body…" he gasped, still shaking. "I'm trying to keep him silent so that he won't take over me and

kill anyone…and so that I don't lose myself again like before. Now listen to me carefully…" Naruto took a deep breath, steadying himself. "The one who is attacking us, is-"

Sakura screamed as she saw a sword stab right through Naruto's stomach, just nearly touching her skin. "Naruto!" Naruto coughed up a great deal amount of blood, and the sword came out, making him fall to the ground. Sakura stared down at him, shivering from every part of her body until she fell to the ground. "Naruto! Please open your eyes! Naruto!" she cried, and held his body close to hers. "Please! Please speak to me Naruto! Please don't die!" Sakura looked up at who has stabbed the sword through him, and she froze at the sight of who it was. "No…no way…"

"That was too easy…" the stranger hissed in a cold voice. "Naruto-kun was indeed way too weak."

"YOU." Sakura growled as the man stepped out, his yellow slits brimming with victory. "You did this, didn't you! OROCHIMARU!"

Orochimaru chuckled. "Yeah, that's right! Now if I were you, I wouldn't be worrying about me. I would be worrying about Naruto right now. He doesn't look to good to me."

Sakura snapped her gaze back to Naruto, whose face was now getting paler by the second. "No Naruto! Don't go! Don't you die again!" she cried, but Naruto still did not open his eyes. "NO! OPEN YOUR EYES NARUTO! PLEASE!" There was still nothing in return, not a budge or anything. "NARUTO!"

I know it was short, but I still have some writer's block. Anyways, so now Naruto has a large hole in his gut. And Orochimaru's returned!

Sorry, I just HAD to bring him in(thank's to a certain reviewer! wink See what a review can do?). Anyways, but the subject on Orochimaru just cracks me up. Honestly! If anyone read Chapter 392, you'd life at how he died. SPOILER WARNING! SPOILER WARNING! I mean come on! He got hit with some magical sword and just DIED! IT CRACKED ME UP! Anyways, hopefully I'll be able to update quicker as long as I don't get writer's block again! PLEASE REVIEW!

Yamahato Yokimoko-san