Hey everyone, I know it has been a long time coming but here is the next chapter. I still do not own Naruto.
Confrontation
The haunting red glow of the sharingan stared out at Naruto causing him to pause mid jump and stumble. "Sakura it is Sauske, he is the one leading the attack."
"What are you talking about Naruto?"
"Over there Sauske is in that column of smoke." Naruto pointed to the place that he had seen Sauske and was shocked to see that nothing was there. "He was just there I swear Sakura."
"We do not have time for this Naruto we need to report to the Hokage to help get the counter attack organized." Naruto followed Sakura to the Hokage Mansion. "Lady Tsunade we are here. What do you want us to do?"
"I need you and Naruto to go to the training field near the Hokage memorial, the enemy was seen heading that way by our Anbu squads. This enemy must be eliminated at all cost."
"Lady Tsunade, may I ask why we should not apprehend the intruder instead of killing him? It seems this way we could get more information out of them."
"That would normally be true Sakura but this enemy is unique. The enemy that you two are going to eliminate is Sauske Uchiha." Both of the shinobi were stunned, especially Naruto even though he had seen Sauske he had secretly tried to hold out hope that his former friend was not responsible.
"Naruto?" Sakura put a comforting hand on her friends shoulder. "Even if it is Sauske you know that we have to do. Sauske has killed dozens of people and he needs to pay. I will be right beside you so don't be afraid to draw on my strength." Sakura didn't know where that speech had come from but it felt right to her, it felt right in her heart. Naruto nodded but otherwise remained silent. After some last minute questions Naruto and Sakura departed for the training ground. After arriving at the training ground both the shinobi noticed that something was off, where were the Anbu that were supposed to have been following Sauske? Suddenly both of the shinobi heard a whistling sound and just barely managed to move out of the way of three kunai.
"Well I guess your skills aren't as crappy as I thought loser." Naruto and Sakura looked up to see Sauske standing atop a tree. "Maybe this fight will be more fun for me than fighting those pathetic anbu." Suddenly Sauske disappeared and reappeared behind the two leaf ninja slashing at them with his sword (this is Shippuden Sauske at the beginning); the sword cut straight through Naruto who turned into a puff of smoke, "a shadow clone?"
"Rasengan!" Sauske looked to his left and saw Naruto flying towards him with a Rasengan in each hand. Naruto swiped at Sauske with the his left Rasengan, but Sauske dodged it; however as he turned around for a counter attack he was hit square in the stomach with the other Rasengan sending him flying straight in to another tree. "Take that you traitor. I will not let you hurt my Sakura or anyone else that I care about."
"Did he say his Sakura?" Sakura felt her heart skip a beat at hearing Naruto saying that and then it came to her, "Naruto loves me and I think that I love him too."
As Sakura was thinking off to the side (this is mainly a Sauske Naruto fight) Naruto walked over to Sauske who was lying on the ground "So, you think you have won? You can't beat me Naruto I am an Uchiha and am therefore more powerful than a loser like you."
"No Sauske, you are wrong. I am stronger than you because I have something that I want to protect. You desire nothing but power and that is why you lost."
"You think I have lost, ha, I have not lost yet. I may not be able to beat you, but I can still take away what is most precious to you." In flash Sauske was over by Sakura… with his sword stabbing her straight through her stomach.
"Sakura!" Naruto yelled as the woman he loved fell to the ground blood flowing from her wound. "I will kill you Sauske." Naruto charged at Sauske with a Rasengan the size of his whole body. Sauske moved to block but Naruto disappeared in a flash of light
"Where did he go?" Sauske looked around for Naruto.
"Die Sauske!" Naruto slammed the Rasengan straight onto Sauske's head. After the dust settled Naruto could see that Sauske's body was in pieces. He quickly ran over to Sakura. "Hang on Sakura we will get you to a hospital and everything will be ok." Tears were now running down Naruto's check as he picked up Sakura.
"Naruto, I love you" said Sakura before she passed out from her injuries.
"Did she just say she loved me?"
So that is the next chapter of the story I hope that you all enjoyed it and I am sorry for the shortness of the fight, I am not good at writing fight scenes. Reviews are appreciated and I will update with the last chapter of the story.