Rasengan!" Naruto shouted as he formed his ball of chakra inside his hand while he continued to transform into the Nine-Tailed Fox. "Chidori!" Sasuke shouted. "A thousand birds!" he cried as he stuck his hand down between his legs and formed his own electric ball of chakra. Naruto suddenly gasped as he remembered that had been his father's own jutsu (the lightning cutter) that he had created, and his eyes began to soften as he remembered a conversation that he had with him when he was about his niece's and nephews' age.
Flashback
Naruto slowly walked back to his house feeling tired and worn out from his fight with Sasuke. As he arrived home, his father knew exactly what had happened. "Let me guess, you and Sasuke were fighting again after I specifically told you not to." He said as he looked up from the plate that he had been rubbing dry. "Well yes but only because he insisted upon it, and he still has that ridiculous idea about leaving the village!" Naruto exclaimed. "I don't know what the heck has happened to him and why all of a sudden he thinks that going on a quest for revenge will solve everything!" he snapped as Kakashi sighed and set the plate down on top of the counter. "Come on let's go for a walk." He told his son.
"You mean you aren't going to ground me for disobeying you?" he questioned his father with disbelief. "No, I just want to show you something." He answered as the two of them walked outside, and Kakashi led them to a nearby town. "Recognize this place?" he asked. "Yeah, this is where Sasuke lives, but why are we here?" Naruto asked him back looking up at him questioningly. "Well, how many other people do you see here besides me?" his father questioned. "Uh,.." Naruto began before he started looking around. "Nobody." He answered.
"Exactly. How would you like to live here, with no friends or family to talk to or depend on? Because that's exactly what Sasuke has to deal with from day to day. Imagine how different your life would be if I hadn't of adopted you and just left you to fend for yourself every time someone downgraded you or called you a monster. You probably wouldn't have become as strong of a ninja as you are today." Kakashi said. "But Sasuke's probably even stronger than I am." Naruto pointed out even though he hated to admit it.
"On the outside yes, but on the inside there's still just a hurt and scared boy deep inside. You see Naruto when you don't have any friends or family anymore, and all the ones that you've loved that we're precious to you gone forever, then you feel a sudden lust for revenge to get back at someone or something to make it all go away, but in the end it doesn't. It just makes you feel worse." Kakashi told him.
End of Flashback
Naruto finally found his mind back inside the present, he suddenly stopped changing into his demon form and let his rasengan slowly disappear. He quickly turned back to look at Sasuke who was still determined inside his combat mode. "Sasuke don't! Stop!" Naruto yelled. "Are you out of your mind!? This woman is trying to kill us!" he yelled back. "Yeah but only because her family has been taken away from her, and the truth is that she's just like used to be." Naruto told him when Sasuke slowly let go of his chidori and hung his head sadly as he thought about his parents. He realized that his friend was right.
"Listen, I get why you want to kill us. I understand exactly how you feel." Naruto began towards Mari. "But revenge doesn't solve anything, it just makes things worse." He told her as she hung her head and started to feel a stream of tears flow from her eyes and hit the ground by her feet. "You're right Naruto, you truly are the most knowledgeable ninja in your village." She told him. "That's because I don't have any guilt to live with. Even though people have told me time and time again that I wasn't going to become a hokage or find any friends, I just had enough courage to prove them wrong. And it made me a stronger person inside when I started fighting for the people who were precious to me instead of fighting against them." Naruto said as he smiled warmly at her and she sadly smiled back at him.
"I'm sorry Naruto, for everything. All this time I've been taking my anger out on the wrong people when Orochimaru is the one I should be angry with." She apologized. "It's alright Mari, there's nothing wrong with being angry at his children either since they want to destroy us as much as he did." Naruto told her when suddenly she let Sasame go. Sasame quickly ran over to her mother and embraced her. "Thank God Sasame, are you alright?" she questioned her daughter anxiously as she bent down and kissed the top of her head. "Yes Mother, I'm fine." She told her as they quickly broke the embrace and then turned back around to face Mari with Sakura's arms around her shoulders.
Mari quickly tossed Naruto the scroll. "Here's the scroll, I promise I'll give everything back that I stole and accept the consequences for my actions." She told him as he caught it in midair. The two exchanged smiles before Mari turned around and ran away. Naruto then turned around to face Konohamaru. "Here, I do believe this belongs to you." He told him before facing Sasuke and Sakura. "Well come on guys it looks our work here is done!" Naruto exclaimed.
Next Time On Naruto The Next Generation; Squad Three Completes Their First Mission and Sakura Goes on a Mission of Her Own.