Chapter 33: Dust and Blood

Naruto's blind yellow eyes widened in shock. W-what...?

It was a dogs outline...no, rather a wolf's outline. It was Ban.

"Che, stupid mutt," older Naruto hissed.

Younger Naruto stared in shock at the dying wolf's body. Her stomach was split open, a pool of blood forming around her.

No way...did she seriously just do that...? Naruto wondered. He closed his mouth, swallowing to replenish his dry throat. Ban...is dead...

"Don't look away from me," older Naruto snapped. "I hate it when I'm ignored."

The younger Naruto blinked, snapping out of his shock.

"Now, you die!" Older Naruto shouted. He shot forward, and stabbed his kunai into Naruto's throat.

Younger Naruto coughed up blood, his body falling limp and his breathing turning shallow.

"Now, listen to me very carefully: do not use your time travel ability..." older Naruto said. "And I know you, because I am you...you'll want to change everything...just...don't do that. It'll never work..."

The blonde youth's eyes closed, giving his older self a nod.

Older Naruto weakly smiled, his body slowly turning into dust. "Good..." His body was blown away in the wind, leaving Naruto and Ban's bloodied corpses behind.

I'm sorry...m-master...I fai-led y-you...

Tsukiyomi's blue eyes snapped open, and he shot up; first thing to be seen: blood.

His eyes widened in shock. On the other end of the crater, he saw Naruto and Ban laying on their sides with pools of blood dripping from wounds—falling down the slanted and burnt hill of the crater.

The brunette ran up to Naruto, eyes wide and watery. He shook the blonde's shoulder. "Naruto...? Please, wake up..."

He didn't get a response.

"Naruto! Get up!" he shouted.

Nothing.

He was talking to nothing but a corpse.

Fuck... Tsukiyomi silently cursed. He slowly glanced over to Ban, tears streaming down his face. Did Tobi do this...? Or was it someone else? If it was, who was it? He shakily sighed. Naruto is dead...Ban is dead...who else is dead?

"Tsukiyomi."

Upon hearing a familiar voice, he glanced over his shoulder. Itachi was standing there; breathless and slightly frantic.

"What happened?"

Tsukiyomi looked back to Naruto. "He's...he's dead."

Itachi felt his heart skip a few beats. His eyes widened. Dead...?

"So is Ban," he silently added. "I believe Tobi is dead, too... I...haven't looked yet..."

Although Itachi couldn't look away, he forced himself scan the area. A few meters away from them, he saw two pieces; an upper half and a lower half of a body. He recognized their face—the face of Tobi. "The three of them are...all dead. I'll go break the news...you fix yourself up. Okay?"

Itachi's only response was a nod and a sniff. Wanting nothing to do with the scene any longer, he shunshined out.

Tsukiyomi clenched his teeth. How dare he... His eyes squeezed shut. How dare he...! When he opened them, they were green—the eyes of Susanoo's Shirugan. "How dare he kill Naruto!"

TT^^TT whyyyyyy Fuyu Uzumemein?! Why?!

Poor Tsukiyomi :(

THIS IS NOT THE ENDING! ONE MORE CHAPTER AND AN EPILOGUE! Then the book shall officially close.

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