Greetings my dear readers I am back from my vacation and am here with a published chapter. I'm sorry about the wait but here it is like I promised the battle scene. I'm sorry if it's not too good since I have never written a fighting scene. I hope you like this chapter and hopefully the next chapter is on schedule if not i'm terribly sorry but life is getting to me right now. Thank you my newest followers I really appreciate you following my story, I was really happy when I got back to see I had new people reading my story. Well enough with the small talk lets get on with the story.

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I sadly don't own Naruto or anything related to Naruto. If so Sasuke would have never ran off with the snake pedo and Itachi would still be alive.

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Chapter 6: The battle

Screams and battle cries could be heard echoing through the Uchiha palace that evening as hundreds of armored men clashed swords. Crimson splotches of blood bloomed like roses on walls and floors through out the palace grounds. Soldiers from both sides were crumbling to the ground and painting the grounds with the crimson elixir that gave them life. It wasn't long until the Uchihas and Namikaze arrived and wasting no time at all they all split up and each took a side in defending the castle from the sudden attack. Sasuke swiftly made his way to his brother's side while cleanly slicing through the men that got in his way.

"Sasuke? I thought I sent someone to tell you to evacuate" grunted Itachi as he plunged his sword through a man's chest

" Hn, like I would run away like a coward" responded Sasuke covering his brothers back

" You always were foolish little brother" said Itachi shaking his head with a small smirk

"Hn"

Quickly ending his conversation with his brother, Sasuke began to put more effort into his battles. One by one the men he fought fell to the ground lifeless as he continued to clear the hall they were in. In between fights he looked around and saw his mother gracefully bring her opponents to their knees in one or two blows of her sword. His father wasn't far behind over powering four men at a time while avoiding any injury dealt to him. Turning to the south end of the courtyard he saw kurama wearing an almost crazed look as he brought his sword down on his opponent's quick and swiftly in an elegant arc. His blade an even darker shade of red than usual, from all of the blood that stained it. Looking around the rest of the courtyard he noticed that the numbers of their attackers was dwindling fast. Deciding that Itachi could handle himself he made his way to check the other areas of the palace that were under attack. He ran past the corridors and saw Kushina surrounded by dead bodies facing off with her last opponent. Her bright red hair flying around her making her look more menacing than she normally was. He continued to run down the corridor until he came across Minato talking to a man.

"Well, well, well, look who we have here, if it isn't the all mighty Minato Namikaze," said the man

" Nagato" Snarled Minato

Sasuke was taken aback at the behavior of the ever calm and happy king. He looked at the source of all of their problems for the first time.

"Fancy meeting you here" said Nagato casually looking around the room

"Quit your shit Nagato, tell me where my daughter is" growled Minato

"Wouldn't you like to know, but this isn't about your daughter Minato. It's about you and were going to settle this once in for all" growled Nagato

Nagato launched himself towards Minato sword held high and ready to strike. Minato quickly lifted his sword up to block Nagato's blow and quickly twisted his body to strike Nagato's back. Dropping quickly to the floor Nagato was able to dodge the attack and swipe his foot across the floor, sweeping Minato off his feet. Using his momentum to his advantage Minato was able to land in a handstand and deliver a strong kick sending Nagato across the room. Recovering quickly from the kick Nagato touched his face to find a thin ribbon of blood flowing from his mouth. He quickly threw his arm out and from his sleeve came small blades hurling towards Minato. Using a series of crouches, backflips and handstands Minato was able to dodge all of the blades that were left embedded into the walls.

"Not bad Minato" Smirked Nagato looking down on Minato

"Fight me like you mean it you asshole, or are you too much of a coward" growled Minato

Just as Nagato was about to answer, Sasuke felt a presence behind him and turned around quickly but not quick enough. The blade of a sword slashed down on his chest shredding through his though shirt and creating a deep angry wound from left shoulder to his right hip. Quickly looking up he saw a snake like man looking down on him with malicious yellow eyes. He quickly straightened out holding his blade steady in front of him.

"We finally meet Ssssssasuke" spoke the man

"Who the hell are you" grunted Sasuke ignoring the dampness of his chest

"You don't need to know that right now, what you do need to know is that your body will now belong to me" he said with a wicked look on his face as he raised his blade

"Che, like that will ever happen" he said before charging at the man

Steel met steel as the two performed their deadly dance. Each blow met with one of equal strength if not greater. Given the disadvantage of being wounded, Sasuke still held his ground with the snake like man. Swinging his sword in a perfect arc sasuke managed to slice deeply into the man's chest. Shock was written all over the snake man's face before vanishing with a quick narrowing of his eyes as he began fighting with renewed strength. Using more aggression the snake man soon was able to land a blow to Sasuke's skull with the blunt of his sword before deeply plunging his sword slightly above his right hip. Soon it became apparent that the skill between the two seemed to be evenly matched as they both danced around each other's blows. The battle seemed to drag on with no victor emerging anytime soon.

"This has taken long enough" hissed the snake man panting slightly

"Indeed" grunted Sasuke

With that said Sasuke pushed himself to his limits and began to move faster and strike with even more accuracy. Soon it was clear that the other man was being over powered. Trying to keep his defense up against the rain of attacks, the snake man lost focus on keeping his vital areas protected long enough for Sasuke to strike. With a quick blow he thrust his sword into the man's chest piercing a vital organ and rendering his opponent still with shock. Using this to his advantage, Sasuke pulled his sword out and quickly sliced the man's neck open. A fountain of crimson erupted staining Sasuke's face and upper body. With a sick splash, the man fell to the floor in a pool of his own blood making gurgling noises as he choked on his blood. The life slowly drained out of those glowing yellow eyes as he lay there before Sasuke's feet.

Taking a minute to calm himself down Sasuke backed against the wall and leaned heavily against it. He slowly began to feel the exhaustion creep over him along with a splitting ache where his opponents sword met his skull. He stood there closing his eyes trying to calm down before hearing an angry shout that belonged to Minato. Ignoring his body's protests against moving he quickly pushed off the wall and ran into the room near him. He found Minato alone in the middle of the room standing a bit hunched over. It wasn't long before the Uchihas and Kushina along with Kurama joined them in the room.

"Minato!" yelled Kushina rushing to her husband

Turning to face his wife Minato revealed his injury to his left side to the occupants of the room.

"Minato are you ok" asked Kushina delicately embracing her husband

"I'm fine it's not as bad as it looks" said Minato smiling lightly

"It looks bad with all that blood tainting you" answered Fugaku crossing his arms

"Fu, you know most of this blood isn't mine" replied Minato shrugging

"Who were you shouting to earlier?" asked Mikoto

"Nagato" growled Minato "I was fighting him but that bastard ran away after injuring me since I was gaining the upper hand"

"Sorry to interrupt but who killed Orochimaru out there?" asked Kurama

"Orochimaru? Figures he would be behind Nagato" spoke Itachi

While everyone continued to ask Minato on his encounter with Nagato and wonder about Orochimaru, Sasuke began to slightly sway at his spot. Itachi, who at that moment glanced to his unusually quiet brother, noticed how terrible he looked and caught his strange behavior.

"Sasuke" he called

Things weren't registering to Sasuke very well at that moment. His head was splitting in two from the pain and everything was swimming around him. He tried his best to stand straight but it soon became too much for him and he crumbled to the floor. He closed his eyes waiting for the floor to come and greet him but instead met someone's arms. Opening his eyes he saw the worried face of his bother whom was holding him and his mother and father along with the Namikaze group.

"Sasuke, what happened to you!" cried Mikoto

"Son were you the one who faced Orochimaru" asked a worried Fugaku

Sasuke stared at his father for a while as he tried to make sense of the muddled sound that he was hearing.

"Don't answer you lost a lot of blood, don't worry honey you're going to be ok" cried a distress Mikoto

"Itachi take Sasuke to Tsunade, she should be here attending the injured down in the great hall" answered Fugaku

Without waiting for further instruction Itachi clutched Sasuke to his chest and ran out of the room. He ran without looking back to see Kurama following him and continued to run while looking down at his weak brother in his arms.

"You fought well little brother, who knew you could take on one of the three sennin" whispered Itachi

"So that's who that was…" answered sasuke weakly

"Yes, and I couldn't be prouder of your skill" he said smiling down at sasuke

Sasuke looked up at his smiling brothers face and noticed black blotches dancing around the edges of his vision. The pain in his skull intensified with the lights in the hall causing him to close his eyes. All he saw was darkness until in the distance he saw something of a glimmer.

"Itachi, I see something bright" Mumbled sasuke with his eyes still closed

Looking alarmed Itachi glanced down to Sasuke once more to see his relaxed face. He looked up and noticed he was a few feet from the great hall where Tsunade should be able to help him.

" Don't talk anymore Sasuke, you've lost too much blood" he answered picking up his pace

"It feels safe…and inviting" whispered out Sasuke

Itachi burst into the great hall as Sasuke went limp in his arms with a peaceful look on his face.

"Tsunade! Tsunade I need your help" Yelled Itachi clutching at his brothers still body.

I hope you guys liked this chapter I went over it like five times to add more details to it. A review would be greatly appreciated and I promise to try to stick to my updating schedule. If you want to know what inspired me while I wrote this it was the song Off with her head by Ghost Town. I recommend you check them out they're a great band :D.