All at once, fireballs shot at them.
Yamato dodged them and pushed himself up into the air with his wood.
"Just stop." Yamato bared his teeth. Naruto watched them fight from below and was about to jump up to help when Sakura grabbed his wrist. When he looked at her she looked tired. "Naruto, I need to heal you first." She smiled sadly.
"Sakura?" Naruto said.
"I'm sorry I wasn't here in time... I guess I let you and Kakashi-sensei down..." She started healing him right away. Naruto stared at her.
"What?" He said. She didn't look up but said,
"Did I let you down? Am I too late?" When she looked up, he could see tears in her eyes. "Is... He already gone?"
"..." Naruto stared into her eyes. They were so helpless. "Your just on time, Sakura." He grinned and she smiled weakly.
"Who is he?" She asked.
"Who's who?" Naruto replied.
"Itachi." She used one hand away from healing to point out the fake Itachi.
"I don't know..." Naruto sighed. Sakura looked back at Naruto.
"Say we, didn't get Kakashi sensei back, what will happen Naruto?" The question had never crossed Naruto's mind and he froze. What would he do? What would they do? Kakashi wasn't done teaching them stuff, even though they were equal in battle. Plus, Kakashi was a friend as well as a sensei. Naruto shook his head.
"What're you talking about? That's not gonna happen!" He grinned at her again. He stood back up from the sitting position she'd put him into. She rose with him.
"I'm not done healing-"
"It's fine." Naruto said with a low voice. He created 2 clones. "I'm going to win this. Get back to fixing Lee." With that he jumped up with Sai and Yamato. Sakura watched him go.
"Of course..." She shook her head in amusement. "Of course you are. You always do."

Naruto jumped up and pushed his Rasengan right through Itachi's back and his broken spine. Itachi coughed up blood and Yamato stopped fighting. Itachi growled viciously as he swung around and sent a powerful kick into Naruto's side. Naruto grit his teeth and flew into one of the cave walls. he immediately tried to get back out and Sai decided to help. Sai jumped from Yamato's wood platform and onto the rock face that Naruto and been thrown in. As Itachi was closing in Sai whipped out a scroll and exclaimed,
"Sumi Gasumi no Jutsu - Ink Haze Technique!" And all at once a huge cloud of ink splitter around them. Sai motioned for Naruto to cover his mouth and helped him away from the rock face. They could hear Itachi coughing and growling.
Then suddenly, a huge blade extracted from the mist. It was what looked like black intricate designs.
"Amaterasu!" Itachi's voice could be heard throughout the cave. It threatened to go through both Naruto and Sai, so Naruto pushed Sai away and jumped away just in time. The blade went through the ground. Sai's eyes widened.
"Choujuu Giga - Super Beast Imitation Drawing!" Sai reached for his scroll and ink, and drew a dragon on its surface. Moments later the dragon sprung to life, jumping off the paper and going straight for the decreasing cloud of ink. Fire blew through it's nose and toasted anything that could've possible have been in the cloud. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sai jumped back up to Yamato.
"Well done Sai." Yamato said. Sai squinted.
"It won't last long." He looked to Naruto. "You have got to think of something to kill him. If he isn't already dead." Though Sai's face was ridden with doubt, Naruto couldn't think of anything. Weird... I guess I don't really think I just do it...
Before Naruto could decide, fire shot out from the cloud. It was coming for them. Sai had been right, as the cloud wished away, a bloody Itachi was revealed, smiling crazily at them.
He had used one of his best fireball jutsu. Yamato made a noise of annoyance.
"Water style; Tearing torrent!" He shouted. This jutsu created water that spirals in Yamato's hand and was fired at a high speed towards the enemy. His fire technique was extinguished completely.
"What!?" Naruto looked at Yamato in disbelief. "Couldn't you have just done that BEFORE!?" He exclaimed. Yamato smiled smugly but said nothing. He didn't have time to, as Itachi fired another array of fireballs at them. Sai readied his super beast scroll. Naruto nodded at Sai and created another clone. He got his Rasengan up and running and jumped for Itachi.
Sai couldn't stop his super beast scroll jutsu, and Itachi was hit at both sides. Naruto came parading at him when he was off his guard.
"Yeah, you may look like Itachi but theres no way that you're a better ninja than him!" He shouted as he plunged the Rasengan through Itachi's chest.
Yamato nodded and decided that he'd actually shoot him with a few wooden needles. And suddenly, to everyone's surprise they heard a shout, "DYNAMIC ENTRY!"
Lee and Guy shot up above them all. Naruto removed his hold on Itachi and jumped over to Yamato's wood platform.
"Leaf Hurricane!" They shouted in unison as Lee and Guy came crashing down onto the fake Itachi sending him crashing into the cave's floor, creating another hole. The cave shook and everyone jumped back on the ground to join Sakura. Guy was still pretty beaten up and clenched his teeth and he fell to the ground.
"Guy sensei!" Lee caught him and helped him to his feet.
"Oh, uh, sorry Lee!" He grinned. Lee breathed a sigh of relief but kept an arm around his sensei in case he fell again. Rain started to pour heavily outside, it made knocking noises on the roof.
The area around the hole was misty so the group waited for the mist to clear.
Naruto's eyes widened. Itachi wasn't there anymore, instead it was what looked like a 16 year old boy. He had black hair and orange goggles grasped in his left hand. He had bloody bandages over his right eye and Naruto noticed how his clothes were torn at the sides. His visible eye was but a slit as he painfully looked over at the group of Shinobi who defeated him. But most importantly to Naruto, the clothes he was wearing were from the Uchiha clan. Who was this kid?
"Oh." The boy croaked. Naruto moved closer to him and knelt by his side.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"... What? Me? It doesn't matter." The boy coughed. Naruto growled.
"What happened to Kakashi-sensei!?" Naruto urged.
"Kakashi?" The boy's eyes widened. "...oh... Yes... Kakashi was my friend..." The boy said, smiling slightly. Naruto squinted and looked back at the group. Sakura came up beside Naruto and knelt on the other side of the boy.
"... In fact, he was my best friend..." The boy said. Naruto froze at this. Who is he!?
"What? But your only..." Naruto trailed off, realising he was straying from the point. "Look who are you!?"
"I'm an Uchiha." The boy whispered. Sakura gasped.
"I don't..." she stammered.
"Look, we don't have much time Uchiha!" Naruto exclaimed. "If Kakashi was your 'best friend' help us get him out!"
The boy slowly turned his head back up to face the ceiling. "I... can't save him." He rasped. Naruto grabbed his arm.
"What!?" Naruto shouted. Sakura pushed Naruto's iron grip off of the boy. She shook her head at him, a way of saying, 'the boy's dying, don't hurt him'.
The boy coughed up some more blood. He smiled. "With my remaining chakra... I can... Only... Show you him for a few minutes... Then he's gone... But I'll do it." The boy closed his eyes. Naruto shook his head.
"No... No... NO!" He punched the ground in rage. "How could I lose like this!? After coming so close!" He glanced over at Sakura who looked devastated. Behind him Yamato looked away, while Guy held his tears back. Naruto shook his head again.
"This can't be happening! NO!" He raised his hand to punch the ground again when the boy's voice interrupted him.
"... It's complete... tell him I'm sorry for what's... To come..." The Uchiha smiled slightly. He whispered half to himself. "I... I... Wish I had... Become Hokage... Instead." He chuckled breathily and his head fell to the side. Was he dead? Naruto didn't want to know but he assumed so. Naruto stared sadly at the boy's corpse. He didn't seem like a bad person. Sakura hung her head and clenched her fists. Before Naruto could say something, someone appeared in the corner of his eye. He turned around to see Kakashi.
"Wa-what!?" Naruto scrambled over to his sensei. Sai stopped Naruto.
"The boy said he could bring him back for a few minutes. This is not him." He pointed to Kakashi and Naruto noticed that the image was faint and looked slightly holographic.

Kakashi was sitting upright, his eye weary as it blindly scanned across the group in front of him. His gaze fell on a body, an almost lifeless one, lying on the ground beside his students. His eye's widened in horror but he didn't say anything, Kakashi swallowed down with everything he had and realised his student's had been calling out to him. Sound registered in his ears and he suddenly took an huge intake of breath as his mind finally grasped onto reality. He looked at Naruto with sadness.
"Naruto..." He was trying hard to speak, still in agony he realised he might've been lying down before he had gotten used to his surroundings.
"Kakashi sensei!" Naruto forced a smile. "I defeated who I had to defeat." He gestured to the Uchiha boy's body. Kakashi didn't look at the boy he just looked at the group.
"Kakashi... I didn't..." Naruto clenched his teeth and growled. "I wasn't in time. I didn't save you." He squeezed his eyes shut, falling to his knee's in failure. Kakashi looked up at him. It was an intent look.
Then he smiled.
"It's alright." He said. Naruto looked shocked.
"Huh? What! It's not okay Kakashi Sensei! I need you to see me become Hokage!" He exclaimed, tears pricking his eyes. Naruto might've been strong but he wasn't so strong when it involved emotions.
Kakashi winced. "I wanted to as well. In fact, I had wanted to stay a little longer. But... I guess..." Kakashi looked at his hands. They were fading away. "Well, it looks like I'm going." He squeezed his eyes shut, his head reeling with, I don't want to die like this!
Sakura shook her head in horror at the situation as Naruto stood up. "I'm not giving up!" He announced.
"I thought you'd say that." Kakashi said, sounding amused. But as he did his image flickered and Kakashi disappeared.

GUYS GUYS DONT KILL ME DONT KILL ME, YES I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR MONTHS LEAVING YOU ON A CLIFF HANGER AND IM AN IDIOT FOR DOING SO, BUT... don't kill me please :) Anyway I can't even begin to confess to how bloody sorry I am, most of the people who followed this story have probably lost interest in Naruto by now! +_+ because, as I hate to admit, that's what I did, though I never stopped reading the manga so I know whats going on... I decided I'd watch a new episode of Naruto to see where they were and I just... Kind of exploded like... I'M SO SORRY NARUTO, WHY DID I ABANDON YOU ALL THOSE MONTHS AGO...
I just gained alot of new fandoms... anyway for anyone who still wants to read this, it's up (Gawd I hate myself) If you guys dont want anymore thats fine but if ya do, let me know? :/