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Enlace: That about sums it up...maybe.

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Drums4life: Don't worry about that. If there is one thing that drives me nuts it's when an author doesn't finish their story.

Nanai: I find it to be a good thing when I can blindside my readers. I know it isn't good for your sanity but it does mean I'm good enough to do it haha.

clank2662: The whole cousin thing I actually decided on in that exact moment lol. I knew I was going to bring in a villain but up until then I didn't really know who or what he would do. Now that he's established I've got sooooooo many ideas.

'I can't believe I failed him so soon. Ha I couldn't even protect myself let alone the one who killed me.' A pair of hands grabbed hold of Sasuke's arms and he was sure he was about to be pulled from what was left of his earthly body. The hands began to shake him gently at first but then more urgently when the ground trembled. Finally he felt a stinging in his cheek and heard a loud voice yell at him.

"Sasuke wake the fuck up!"

The slap had been enough but the voice finally made him force his eyes open. He was met by the view of purple rippled eyes and red hair while the white haired man retrieved his scythe.

"Wha- how did I survive?!" Sasuke looked at his beat up body but was amazed nonetheless by finding everything where it should be. He finally sat up and noticed his saviors were Nagato and Hidan. However their attention had long turned from him to the 8 tails violently smashing the ground and more specifically trying to smash someone on the ground. Sasuke's brain was still trying to processes that he was alive when the realization of what he seen hit him. 8 tails. One more meant 9. 9 tails meant the strongest of the nine bijuu was free once again at the cost of his friend's life. Naruto's life.

The Uchiha rolled onto his stomach and began to stand on still weak legs. Another impact from the tails shook the ground causing Sasuke to lose his balance and fall to one knee. His body was already beat up and he was about ready to give in to the darkness that blurred his vision when he heard himself speaking.

'I promise...'

The promise he made to Naruto and Sakura. How could he forget? Suddenly his legs found their strength again as his resolve solidified. He took several steps at a walk to see if his strength had actually returned before he began an all out sprint towards the rampaging beast with the intent to follow through on his promise.

'I won't fail now!'

Tenzou leaped out of the way of yet another tail trying to crush him. It was starting to get repetitive and Tenzou knew that if this pattern continued then the fox would win due to stamina with no competition. He needed to time it just right otherwise he would be crushed. The tail began its desent which began Tenzou's count down.

"5"

He leapt over another swipe from a claw.

"4"

Tenzou found himself rolling forward out of another tail's reach.

"3"

He began to bend his knees for what was to come, eyes still locked on the tail.

"2"

He began to jump backwards only to find himself on his back from tripping on a piece of a former house of all things. 'Shit!'

"1"

Time to improvise.

The tail collided with the ground and the fox let out a roar of victory upon seeing no movement. The tail lifted and no one was there. The beast never gave any thought to the person after it thought he was dead and instead turned its attention to the fight raging all around it. That was until it felt a sharp pain as two black chakra chains wrapped around its throat. The chains began to drain massive amounts of chakra from the beast and the fox found itself on its knees slowly losing strength. Suddenly the sight of two Sharingan eyes belonging to an Uchiha staring right into his eye caused him to go into a rampage but not before the Uchiha completed his task.

Naruto found himself approaching the massive cage against his will. Or was it? Did he want to open it? He was so confused as his sense of responsibility clashed with the all consuming rage that filled him. He just reached the cage when a hand on his shoulder twisted him around. Feelings of confusion and happiness filled him at the sight of his rescuer. He was happy that someone stopped him yet he was confused about how that someone got there.

"What do you think you're doing dobe?!" Sasuke pulled Naruto away from the cage just as a massive claw attempted to grab them both.

"Damn you Uchiha! You and your disgusting eyes will be the first thing I wipe out when I'm free!" The demon fox smashed against the cage in a pitiful attempt to reach them. The cage and its seal held strong through the blows it was taking.

"Sasuke? How did you get here?" Naruto asked as he was still recovering from the Kyuubi's influence on his mind.

"Don't you remember? My eyes see everything. Now let's go before it's too late." Sasuke pulled the blonde through the door and into the blinding light.

The 8 tailed fox was about to crush Sasuke with its foot when it disappeared only to be replaced by a winded blonde. Naruto fell to one knee as a wave of fatigue washed over his burnt body. The exhaustion was almost too much when he caught sight of Sakura. She had been saved from being annihilated by the shockwave by an extremely thick wooden dome. Naruto could only assume Yamato was in there because he knew Mikasu was still unable to produce that much wood using only her Mokuton chakra.

The sight of Sakura how she was made the blonde begin to run towards her. He almost reached the pink haired medic ninja when a fist connected with the side of his face. The blow knocked him off balance but his assailant wasn't done yet as another fist nearly broke his knee just as he was swept off of his feet by a leg which was followed up by a hammerfist to the stomach.

"Well you gave me quite a bit of trouble there now didn't you?" Naruto's blurry vision cleared just enough for him to make out the ripple pattern of the Rinnegan in the golden eyes looking down at him. His vision cleared the rest of the way revealing a tanned face covered by strange black markings. Naruto recognized those markings from Sasuke's Curse Mark. So not only did he have the Rinnegan but he also retained the Curse Mark even after Orochimaru was killed.

Tenzou brought his sword up to shove it through Naruto's head. The blonde fell back onto one of his most tried and true jutsus.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The golden eyes disappeared as the wave of gravity slammed into him and threw him away. Naruto pulled himself to his feet and seen the wooden dome move and catch the flying figure. Yamato was clearly fatigued but he moved fast. The wood fully encased Tenzou and Yamato slammed his hands onto the ground. A hole deeper than anyone could see down formed in the ground and Yamato dropped the wooden ball into the hole which closed itself when the makeshift casket hit the bottom.

"Got him." Yamato smiled an exhausted smile before collapsing onto the ground. Naruto realized they had to move quickly and he made several hundred Kage Bunshin to gather everyone up to head home. The real Naruto ran over to his precious pinkette and fell to his knees next to her.

"Sakura? Sakura please wake up!" The tears flowed down his cheeks as he gently lifted the girls limp body into his arms. "Sakura please don't leave...not now...don't leave our child without a mother. Please! Please don't leave me! I know this is selfish but damn it I've loved you my entire life! I'll be damned if I let you leave me now! Sakura please! Wake up!"

The magnificent emerald eyes that Naruto loved still didn't open. The pale body of the girl he always wanted didn't respond to the pleas of a desperate man. Death collected his prize without any regard of those that would be hurt by the passing of that person. However Death never collected from Naruto Uzumaki.

The blonde's eyes began to burn as a flurry of memories emerged in his mind. A field of death. The feelings of despair he felt now and then...life. The burning became searing and Naruto grabbed at his eyes as he screamed in pain. He begged for the feeling to go away and pried at his eyes in an attempt to banish the pain from his eyes. Then it was gone. As suddenly as the searing pain had appeared did it disappear. However it didn't take everything. Instead Naruto carefully placed Sakura's lifeless body on the ground and began to concentrate. His thoughts were that of restoring life, of preventing death, and of keeping life in this plane of existence.

His chakra was focused entirely on fulfilling his mind's desires and it began to react to those thoughts. Naruto felt blood begin to stream down from his nose. The feeling gained in intensity and his eyes began to bleed. A feeling of complete exhaustion began to spread through the blonde's body yet his concentration never wavered. Finally when his vision began to blur he shouted out an unfamiliar jutsu name.

"Rinne Tensei!"

The King of Hell emerged from the ground behind Naruto and opened its mouth allowing a stream of green to shoot out from its mouth. Many of the spirits vanished into the distance but many also remained and entered dead bodies. One entered Sakura's body and Naruto watched in utter amazement as the hole in her stomach vanished and her eyes began to open. As the golden sunlight hit the dazzling green of her eyes Naruto smiled and collapsed.

AN: I finally found a place to use the Rinne Tensei! Honestly, I couldn't think of a better place either. I hope you liked the chapter and I hope I fixed the whole paragraph length that Duesal10 pointed out. Thanks again for the tip. Well as always please Read, Review, and Enjoy!