"Naruto run!" Sasuke yelled. "No problem there!" Naruto cried with a nervous chuckle before he quickly zoomed away within a flash. However the zombie started chasing after him and backed him up inside a corner. That's when Sasuke had had enough and felt his anger start to boil his blood to a crisp. He quickly rushed out in front of him and glared at the beast with his sharingan. "Stay away from my little brother." He growled to the beast before he attempted to hypnotize him. "Sasuke! It's not working!" Naruto yelled.
"I know! But we can't just give up and I'm not going to leave you here like this." Sasuke said when suddenly he realized where his daughter had gotten her strong spirit from. "She takes after me after all." He said to himself and that's when suddenly there was a loud thud and the ground started to crack until it reached the zombie and with a loud shriek he tumbled over onto the ground. Naruto just stared down at the ground with bewilderment widening his eyes and dropping his jaw, but Sasuke knew better.
"There's only one person in the whole world I know that can pound the ground like that." He said as Naruto gasped and lit up with excitement as he saw Sakura running towards them. "Sakura! You saved us!" he cried. "Where's Boruto?" Sasuke asked her. "He's at home with Hinata and the rest of the kids." She answered. "I'm sorry Sasuke I know you told me not to get involved, but I just couldn't leave you and Naruto." She said. "Whatever, forget that, let's just get out of here already." He said as the three of them left the store together.
"Great now that we're all still alive, what are we going to do about everyone else? I mean zombies don't just decide to invade the earth all by themselves, they're dead!" Naruto pointed out. "I know, and I have a feeling Orochimaru has something to do with this. And Akuma and Hebi." Sakura said. "Well you certainly don't have to be that intelligent to figure that out." Sasuke said as Sakura simply placed her hands on her hips and scowled at him. "Not that you're not brilliant, I mean if it wasn't for you. There's a good chance that Naruto and I wouldn't be standing here right now." He added.
"Yeah right! I mean sure she might have saved our lives but she is still just a dumb girl!" Naruto snapped folding his arms and rolling his eyes. "I mean if she's so smart why doesn't she just tell us who did this already?" he questioned. "And why don't I give you a knuckle sandwich!?" Sakura exclaimed as she extended her fist into the air. "No thanks, I'm not hungry." Naruto said nervously with a gulp. "Knock it off both of you!" Sasuke yelled angrily as Sakura heaved a sad sigh since she hated when he was angry with her and couldn't remember the last time that he raised his voice at her.
"This isn't the time to bicker with each other! The hidden leaf village needs our help!" he exclaimed as they both grew suddenly silent and he took a deep breath. "Look, I love you guys alright? And there isn't anything in the world that is ever going to change that." He told them. "I know Sasuke and you're right. Naruto and I need to learn to get along so that we can work together to stop this thing just like in the good old days." Sakura said with a sad smile. "Yeah, I'm sorry Sasuke." Naruto told him. "Me too." Sakura agreed with a nod.
"Good, I'm glad we're all straight on this then because there's something that I have to tell you." Sasuke told them. "What do you mean?" Naruto asked him. "Well I finally understand why Sasame is the way she is. I mean even though I knew that I was in danger I loved Naruto so much that I was willing to risk my own life to save his. And when you love somebody like that, I guess it makes you do things that you shouldn't do for a good reason, even if it's disobeying your parents." He explained. "Gee, you don't think we've been too hard on her do you?" Sakura asked him as he heaved a heavy sigh.
"I'm afraid that we have and that we should owe her an apology. After all, she's a good kid and so are Sakori and Mizu. We need them, and so does the hidden leaf village at the moment." He explained. "What? Are you saying that we should let them fight?" Sakura questioned. "Well it's only my matter of opinion, but yes I think we should." He told her. "However, that is up to the hokage." He said as he looked up at Naruto. "I don't know, don't you think it's a little dangerous?" he asked him.
"Yes, but what is the one thing that you always used to say when we were kids?" he asked him back as Naruto simply just smirked at him. "Never underestimate a ninja." He said. "That's right, and somewhere along the line I must have forgotten that. All I wanted to do was protect our children not shield them away from the world." He said as later on he told the same thing to his children. "I'm sorry, I guess it's because I take after my own father more than I thought. I never wanted to hurt you, it was my mistake for not believing in you." He explained.
"So does that mean then that you're going to let us fight?" Sasame questioned him eagerly. "Yes, but only if you accept my apology." He told her. "Of course I do, I love you Father." She told him. "I love you too." He said as he bent down and she rushed inside his arms and embraced him. "Aww, isn't that touching." A familiar voice began as all of them gasped and turned around to see someone coming out of the shadows and stepping in front of their house. "It's you!" Naruto cried. "You're the one who did this!" he yelled angrily.
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