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Last time:

"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.

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.

Shock and Disbelief

The clone and Hinata ran towards Kurogashi. Both of them dropped to their knees. Immediately, Hinata used her Byakugan to find the problem. Her eyes searched his body until she found the problem. She could tell that he had used too much chakra for his own good. She could barely see any chakra in his coils at all.

"Naruto, Kurogashi is almost out of chakra. His muscles have been over-used and there are many cuts. We need to go somewhere safe or I can't help him," Hinata informed. The clone's eyes were filled with worry one second then were full of determination the next. He picked up the unconscious boy and ran off to the Uzumaki residence.

It had taken a while for them to arrive but they eventually did. Remaining maids found a soft bed for Kurogashi and laid him there. Once quickly finished healing major cuts, she turned to her husband's clone. "You do have your own chakra system, don't you?"

The clone nodded.

"Then I'll need you to transfer some of your chakra into his."

Naruto placed his hands above Kurogashi's chest and transferred his chakra into him. He used the smallest amount he could use then backed away.

"Thank you," Hinata said. She used her Byakugan once more to find a bit less then average amount of chakra flowing through the boy's body. She sighed before speaking again. "Unfortunately I can't do much with his muscles. He will be very sore when he wakes up. I'm too tired now." She placed her head on his shoulder. "Wake me when I'm needed."

"Thank you for saving his life," he said. Kurogashi would live because of her. He slowly ran his fingers through her hair. His original was lucky to have Hinata as his wife.

He ran off to find someone with a light battle suit on him. Though it slowed him down slightly, he would be safe for him for a while. Kushina made sure he wore it. She was still ill but was as protective as ever. She might've been too protective but he loved her. There wasn't a better sister that he could ask for.

He wanted to remember the times where he and his sister were living happily back in Konoha but he couldn't. He stopped as he heard a woman shriek. Cautiously, he crept towards the hut. A familiar evil cackle was heard from inside along with a last horrifying scream. Another civilian had been lost.

His anger fired up, no more killing. He was sick of it all! He held a sharp kunai in his hand, aware of the clan's abilities.

He entered the building with the stealth of a cat but was stopped in his tracks when he saw a lady, dead, next to her three dead children. He growled in anger. In front of them was the man he hated, the man who took his wife's life.

'Now's my chance,' he thought.

"My, my, we meet again Kajou."

He sharply turned to face the man. He was too quick for an old man like Kajou!

"Hakkotsu…" he snarled.

"You seem to be a lot weaker my friend."

Kajou's kunai came at him but it was blocked.

"The boy Kimimaro is of great use. Don't you think? Without him, we don't have these weapons."

Kajou spun around and aimed a kick at him. But it was dodged.

"You've lost your touch!" Hakkotsu teased.

A scroll was taken out from a pouch. Kajou quickly opened and tapped on it, bringing several kunai and threw them. They were well dodged. Hakkotsu came down with the bone high above his head. He quickly took out his katana and blocked it.

Bone and metal clashed against each other many times before they both jumped away. Kajou was slightly puffed. He didn't like this old age stage at all! They went back in again, this time Kajou was hit. A deep cut was formed on his shoulder. He backed away from harm and clutched it with his free hand.

Hakkotsu slowly walked up to him, enjoying the old man's pain. "I remember when I first saw her. She was beautiful. I like to call her a rose. She is a beautiful yet a stubborn one. I don't understand why she didn't come to me. Together we would have power to conquer many villages."

"That's exactly way you beast!"

"We were low on members though. I decided that she was the one."

"Shut up!"

"She seemed to enjoy it at first but became very stubborn at the end. I couldn't finish so there weren't any children. As her punishment for not being co-operative, I starved her for a few days. She still refused to carry my children."

Kajou grinned at this. His wife was always a stubborn one.

"Wipe it off! I knew she wouldn't agree anytime soon so I decided to…kill her."

Kajou swung his katana at him but it was knocked out of his hand. The bony sword came to his neck.

"Shall I do the same for you?" Hakkotsu pressed the sword against his neck, hard enough that the skin was cut and blood began to spill.

She was worrying in the Kachuukage office. She knew Kajou was strong enough to protect himself but what if he got into trouble that he couldn't possibly get out of? She paced inside the room until she felt a sickening feeling in her stomach. Her head shot up and more worry had filled her mind.

'Kajou!'

She hastily wrote a note before grabbing her own katana and she race to where ever her younger brother was. She couldn't bare it if he died, not for one second, not one moment.

'At least I'll see you again,' he thought to his dead wife. 'Kushina, I'm sorry.'

The sword was pressed harder onto his skin. He then felt the sword lift high into the air.

"Say your prayers."

"Kajou!"

His eyes snapped open and he instantly regretted it. The sword was covered in blood. Beside him lay his older sister. Her chest carried a deathly gash. Her face was losing its colour and her eyes were turning dull. She looked up at his brother and smiled a warm, genuine smile.

"You're safe…now."

He shook his head in disbelief. This couldn't have happened. It must've been a dream. No. No!

"Kushina!"

Don't kill me! Anyway, I'm very sorry about the late update. As it says on my profile, I've had writer's block. It was also because of school and giving my computer a makeover. I was planning to put it up last weekend but I had too much homework. I'm so sorry!

And I'm sorry about Kushina but she was supposed to die soon. She couldn't live on much longer. I'll try and get the next chapter up as son as possible! Until then, please review!