Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine and never will be even if I had the money (which I never will).

Last time:

She stood in her place silent. She didn't know what to do or say. Her mind was in chaos, completely forgetting of what she was to do when anything happened to her.

'Naruto,' she cried out to herself.

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Kurogashi's seal was activated. Markings that looked like raindrops covered his entire body. Kimimaro grinned and activated his. Their fight was about to begin. "Give me your best shot!"

Kurogashi vs. Kimimaro

He felt the power surge through him. It was a good feeling but of the evil type. His cursed seal was to be used only on in a bad situation. He didn't want to become evil; he wanted to be like Naruto, to help and protect others. Not hurt them.

He advanced to the second level. His hair grew slightly longer. His skin turned brown and wings in the shape of hands sprouted out of his back. He knew he wouldn't beat Kimimaro on the first.

Kurogashi charged at the older man with a kunai. He drew the kunai across Kimimaro's chest but his hand was stuck in the cage of bone. His hand-shaped wings flapped a couple of times and pulled him out of the cage.

"I see Orochimaru-sama has given you the Heaven Seal. My, my, it must be the stronger version. I hear only you survived. He then gave it to Sasuke-san."

"I don't care if that hell of a bastard gives the seal to another bastard!"

"Don't you dare talk about Orochimaru-sama that way!"

Kurogashi quickly pulled out a kunai, hoping that his kunai skills were good enough. He saw Kimimaro come at him with his bony sword. With his kunai, he blocked the incoming sword, only to find his kunai torn half way. "What kind of sword is that?"

"A very strong one made completely out of bone…my bone." He attacked again, this time cutting the kunai into two.

"That's really strong," Kurogashi commented. "I guess weapon against weapon won't work for me." He made a couple of hand signs. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

"Kage Bunshin?" With a poof of smoke, three clones appeared. "That's a high level ranking technique. Where did you learn it?" he asked calmly.

"Naruto-sensei."

'Almost there!' he thought. He grinned to himself. 'This will be the day when the bastard dies!'

"Sasuke!" he yelled.

He suddenly had his eyes on the entrance to the cave. "He's coming," he said. Sasuke lowered himself until he and Hinata were at eye level. He could easily see the fear in her eyes. "Remember our bargain Hinata? Once the baby is born, you will come with me or Naruto will suffer. Do you hear that?"

She slowly nodded her head. She was tired, tired enough not to fight. She felt his hand on her growing baby. "We will have a child of our own. Excited?" Tears only ran down her cheeks. She didn't want to leave Naruto alone with the baby! She couldn't. He had almost no idea how to take care of a child and she wanted to be with him…forever.

"Hinata-chan?!"

She was snapped out of her thoughts, hearing his voice, the voice that she wouldn't hear for a while. She turned to him, forcing the tears back. "Naruto, I'm going with Sasuke after the child is born," she cried.

"Hinata-chan, what are you talking about?"

"I don't want you to suffer!" she screamed. She ran behind Sasuke and tightly hugged him. Sasuke only smirked.

"You see, she loves me."

"You're making her do this! I swear I'll rip her head off!" He felt the chakra surge through his body. That Sasuke made him so mad. "I'll kill you and make sure Hinata-chan is safe!"

That was it, she didn't want him to see her. She turned around and ran off towards a tunnel near the back of the cave.

"Hinata-chan!" his voice stopped her once more. It was slightly demonic this time. It sent shivers up her spine. "Hinata-chan, leave this place! Run away and find Mika. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Four of him appeared. One of him ran up to her, firmly wrapping her up in his arms, careful not to hurt the baby. "Please Hinata-chan," the clone whispered into her hair.

Quietly, she activated her Byakugan. "Okay. There is an exit somewhere in that tunnel."

"Kabuto!" Sasuke called out. Kabuto ran to keep Hinata in the cave. The three clones quickly followed after him.

"Run!" Naruto yelled. His clone and Hinata ran off. Before they disappeared, Hinata mouthed the words 'I love you', and then she was gone. "Okay Sasuke, it's just you and me now."

"Give it up Naruto. You can't defeat me."

With swords in their hands, they ran off, facing each other. Their swords loudly clashed together before they jumped away. Naruto transferred chakra into his sword. "Steel Dragon Technique!" His sword transformed into a dragon. It gave out a loud roar, saying it was ready to fight.

He heard the roar, he painfully faced to where he heard it. 'Naruto-sensei,' he thought 'Good luck.' He had cuts and bruises on his face and he was beginning to reach his limit. He was still a young boy after all.

"Is that all that you can give me? I thought the seal was the most powerful and I'm using my kekkei genkai and the first level. How pathetic."

"I'm not done yet!" He summoned more clones. It quickly took up his chakra reserve, though his chakra reserve was larger than others. With kunai in each of their hands, they ran to Kimimaro, merely cutting his wrist. The real Kurogashi stood out of sight. He waited for the right time when Kimimaro was slightly off guard. He then ran off and got a grip to his wrist. Kimimaro was surprised. Being surprised wasn't good though. Kurogashi held his other wrist. He placed his leg on his and began to pull.

Despite the painful cries, he kind of enjoyed it, to be in power for once but he quickly pushed that feeling away. With a loud crack, both of Kimimaro's arms were dislocated and unabl to use. He released Kimimaro's wrists then kicked him to the ground.

"Do not underestimate me." He stood aside, thinking his opponent was defeated. He slowly began walking away when he heard a groan. He looked back at Kimimaro and saw his arms in an awkward position. His arms continually squirmed around like worms. "What the?"

With a satisfied grunt, Kimimaro got up, his arms almost as good as ever. "My kekkei genkai allows me to arrange my bones. Even if you break the joints, I can fix it. Though my arms will not be of very good use."

"Then we shall continue our fight."

'No matter what, I can't defeat him! If only I can break his neck or his spine. That's it!' Slowly, he entered the third level. 'This may be fatal but it is what has to be done.' His wings disappeared and his hair turned grey. A bright light began to surround him.

"So this is the third level," Kimimaro said to himself. He shielded his eyes from the bright light.

Kurogashi's hand grew into a large size, like how Chouji would use his arms. His hands quickly moved toward Kimimaro. He dodged every grab. He used his sword to cut the hands but it would heal.

Sweat droplets began to form on his forehead. 'I'm running out of time.' With all his strength, he increased his speed, taking Kimimaro by surprise. He held Kimimaro in both hands as they shrunk. 'I need to finish this fast!' He bent Kimimaro's body but it didn't work.

"My bone is too strong for you to break!"

With his remaining chakra, he snapped his body. There was shock written all over Kimimaro's face. He was dead. Kurogashi returned to his normal form and fell to the ground. He had used too much chakra. He had pushed himself to much and he felt like he was about to die. "Thank you," he said in his quietest voice. "Thank you Naruto-sensei for being my hero." He closed his eyes, too tired to open them once more.

Metres away lay Kimimaro. He lay in his own pool of blood, his face still in its shocked form. He had wished to say sorry to his master for being a failure but couldn't. The minute he snapped he was done for.

Kurogashi still held on for his sensei though. He thought it was definitely the end for him until he heard his sensei's voice.

"Kurogashi!" was the last thing he heard until he fell unconscious.

That's it for chapter 16! I can't wait to finish this story then I can move on with other stories. I'm not saying that writing this story was a bore, I'm saying that I can't wait to write other stories as well. Anyway, I hope I put in a good fight. I thought it was pretty lame compared to the really good writers but I think that's good enough…for me. School is starting soon and it'll be as hard as ever. I hope I can finish this story before the end of February (end of the hot summer! Yay!). Okay, enough of my chit-chat. Please review!