Sasuke immediately grunted as he ran towards the rock that Naruto was running down from and began to use his chakra to go up. Gripping the kunai tightly, he narrowed his eyes as his opponent stopped running and formed a hand sign. Suddenly, a clone was summoned and began to swing a huge punch at Sasuke. He swung the kunai at the clone, cutting him from the waist to the chest. The clone yelled in pain as he poofed into smoke.

As he ran through, he saw that two more clones had been summoned as they came at him from both sides. As the first one on his left swung a huge roundhouse kick at him, Sasuke immediately grabbed the clone's leg and with a spin, threw him into the rocky cliff. As that clone poofed into smoke, the other came at him with a huge haymaker. With elite speed, the Uchiha did a 360 degree motion and kicked the clone in the face. Before his opponent could recollect himself, Sasuke stabbed the clone in the back, causing it to poof into smoke.

The real Naruto then charged at him and swung his right fist at him. The Uchiha saw this coming and ducked, sending his friend flying over his shoulder. With a spin, Sasuke drilled the back of his right heel into his stomach, causing his friend to get the wind knocked out of him and go flying down towards the water. With a sudden burst of chakra, he pushed off the cliff and fired like a bullet at his opponent. Naruto opened his eyes and made another hand sign, as two clones popped up and blocked Sasuke's attempt to get at him.

Quickly, the genin took the first clone and kicked him in the face, and then quickly grabbing his hands, did a huge flip to send him upwards and into the cliff, causing him to poof. The other clone came at him and swung multiple punches. After dodging all, Sasuke front-flipped in air and landed the back of his heel on the clone's head. As the clone poofed in smoke, Naruto suddenly appeared through the smoke, catching him off guard. He drove a right fist into his stomach hard, which caused Sasuke to become momentarily unable to move. With a sudden movement, the Uzumaki grabbed his ankles and began to spin him into a huge throw. He let go as Sasuke was sent flying into the lake below with a humungous splash. Naruto gritted his teeth with anger as he dived into the water after him.

It was only a few seconds that after the water attempted to be calm again and be still, Naruto was kicked out of the water, and with a scream of pain and shock, was knocking onto the ground next to the water and skidded across it. He bounced a few times until he was lying in the ground. Soon after, Sasuke emerged out of the water and used his chakra to stand on his feet. He stood on the water as he saw his friend slowly get up and wipe his face.

"Come on, Naruto. Let's stop this fight. I don't wanna go too far again," Sasuke said, holding his stomach where he was punched and the kunai tightly.

A growl emerged from Naruto as he frustratedly glared at him, "Shut up. Like you're gonna get lucky again!"

Suddenly, he took a huge leap forward and then used chakra for a burst of speed. He did a quick spin with some fancy footwork and then tried to fling a straight-forward left punch at Sasuke. Quickly, the Uchiha ducked and back swept him off his feet with his left leg. Naruto widened his eyes and gritted his teeth with a yelp as he fell backwards. But luckily, he quickly took both hands and using his chakra, caught himself from falling and pushed off. As Sasuke turned to look at him, suddenly a clone appeared right beside him to his left, ready to attack.

"! He summoned a clone during the punch!" Sasuke thought as he widened his eyes in shock, yet anticipation.

The clone swung his foot up and tried to kick him in the face, but he was able to duck backwards. Suddenly, he felt a foot kick his right hand, forcing the kunai out of his hand and into the air. Sasuke immediately looked to see a second clone had skidded against the water and did a Uzumaki Barrage sort of kick and then swiftly stood up. The first clone tried a jumping punch, yet he was able to dodge it. As the two clones continued their assault, the real Naruto then charged and began to join the assault, yet grabbing the kunai that had come down from the air and shoved it into his shuriken holster. With that, the three forced their single opponent to continue to back up on the water, as he dodged, blocked, and parried all their attacks for several nonstop seconds.

Finally, an breaking point was made when Naruto stepped in front of his clones to attack. He attempted to attack by shoulder-tackling. However, Sasuke was prepared and chopped him in the chest quickly with both hands. As his opponent held his chest and stepped back, the Uchiha swiped his left foot, causing Naruto to fail at regaining his balance and force to catch his fall by catching himself with his two hands on the water. One of the clones took advantage of Sasuke sweeping and threw a right punch at him. The blow connected, taking his target off balance and causing his head to go back in pain. The second clone grabbed the jacket of the first clone and somersaulted over him, driving a downhead kick into the top of Sasuke's head. As the genin was forced to cringe, the first clone ran around the side of the second clone and thrusted a huge kick into his chest, forcing him to yell in pain, fly backwards, and skid across the water.

Then, Naruto ran up to the clones and with them grabbing his jacket, flung him into the air above his enemy. Quickly opening his holster and pulling out a kunai, he took aim and then threw it straight for him. Sasuke sensed the incoming danger and managed to open one eye as he stopped skidding in the water. Suddenly, he gasped; a paper bomb was attached to the kunai and began to catch on fire. It was only a few seconds that the kunai exploded in the water and a huge cloud of black smoke came up as the water flailed violently and it rained back down. But as Naruto landed and it cleared, there was no sign of Sasuke, signaling he had escaped before the perilous blast. The clones rushed to the side of their real self and all three readied for any type of counter attack.

Sasuke had gotten onto the shore and hidden behind a huge slab of rock near the First Hokage rock statue. He was dripping wet as he breathed a bit silently. He slowly looked at the trio who had gotten the best of him on that exchange.

"Tch... I got too careless and didn't take the clones seriously," he thought as he wiped where he was punched on his face, "Thanks to that, I lost a kunai. As long as he has chakra, Naruto's going to be a handful with that Shadow Clone Jutsu. But to think he really tried to kill me there... He's really serious about removing me out of his way."

He then opened his bag that was attached to his shorts as he thought, "Looks like I'm going to need to take this fight a bit more seriously..."

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"What? You sent only a team of genin after them?" Kakashi said in disbelief as he stared at the Hokage, Tsunade.

"I had no choice," she replied, "There were no chunin and jonin available for me to use on the mission. We needed to go after Naruto as soon as possible, and these genin were the only ones available."

Kakashi sighed as he looked down in frustration. He slowly closed his eyes as he nodded at what she said.

"I see..." he said softly as he then turned to leave the office of the Hokage.

"Hey, where are you going?" Tsunade said as she held a scroll up, "I've already got your next mission that you need to complete!"

"Well, just hold onto it for a second. I need to go take care of something," the jonin said as he walked out the door with urgency.

"...Very well. Kakashi, do your best in assisting Shikamaru's team," Tsunade said with a nod as the door was shut.

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"Summoning Jutsu!"

A huge puff of white smoke came out of the ground as the ninken of Kakashi sat in front of him. They looked up to him as he gave his command.

"All right, I want you to find Naruto and Sasuke's scent. We need to go after them. Now, SCATTER!"

The dogs then began to violently search everywhere for any scent of the two boys from Squad 7. Kakashi slowly began to remember the angry the hateful looks of the two boys and how both nearly killed the other on top of the rooftop.

"...I was being naïve... they really could kill each other if they're not careful..." Kakashi said to himself.

Suddenly, a howl was heard from the front as he looked up. Adjusting his headband, he jumped to a tree branch and began to head on his way towards the Final Valley. But unknown to him and the dogs just yet, Sakura had seen him run towards the entrance and followed him. She hid the entire time behind the gates and watched the whole scene. Once Kakashi had gotten a head start and with a serious look on her face, she soon followed in full pursuit.

"I won't be left behind this time! From here on out, I go where you go, Sasuke... Naruto!" She stated in her head as she followed behind her sensei.

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He kept looking. Looking and looking, and still no trace of that guy. The boy was starting to get antsy. Just looking around for Sasuke drove him insane with frustration and he couldn't bare it any longer.

"Come on, Sasuke! How long are you gonna hide from me!?" he screamed out, causing his clones to jump a bit from his sudden dialogue.

Suddenly, a kunai came out of nowhere, flying right at him. Looking up to see it, his clones were ready to intercept it. They both jumped in front of him and prepared to take the stab if necessary. But suddenly, there was another noise. It was faint, but grew louder with every step of water it took. The three turned to see Sasuke coming from behind them out of nowhere in an instant.

"Guh! He threw the kunai with a trap, then used his speed to circle around me!" Naruto thought as he gritted his teeth.

Charging up to the trio, the clones somehow forgot about the incoming kunai that was flying down at them and had turned to face Sasuke. The left side clone was not fast enough as the kunai sunk deep into his back. Letting out a strangled yelp of pain, the real Naruto and other clone realized their folly as they were taken back briefly by it. Yes! Exactly what Sasuke wanted!

Taking advantage of the dropping of his guard, the Uchiha swiftly slid between both of them and grabbed his kunai, just as the clone it had stabbed had poofed into smoke. The other clone roaring charged forth and swung several punches at Sasuke, but none of them met their mark. Finally seeing an opening, he slashed through the clone, causing him to disappear. It left only the real Naruto alone, who widened his eyes in surprise and started to ready his handsign. But suddenly, he was forced to stop as the kunai was thrown right at him. Gasping, he sidestepped suddenly to the left, causing him to be off balance for just a milli-second. Luckily, that was long enough for the Uchiha. Appearing as a blur at first, Naruto saw him immediately appear right beneath him and launch and knee into his stomach. Getting a bit dazed from that kind of strike, the blond haired boy sailed a bit into the air as Sasuke took a step back, then did a 360 spin, finishing with his foot smashing into the chest. Its impact caused Naruto to sail back into a huge rock, causing it to smash open and break a chunk off it.

Immediately standing at the ready, Sasuke stood on the water, waiting patiently for his friend's next move. The dust cleared off as Naruto was shown grunting and holding his left side. Glaring at him, he stood up and panted a bit. The divine speed and raw power of Sasuke was always something he had struggled to keep up with. No matter what, it was always Sasuke, Sasuke. With Sakura, with Kakashi, with everyone. He growled as he shook his head.

"Damn it... I'm not losing this one, Sasuke!" he roared out.

"We don't even need to fight, Naruto; not like this," his friend tried to reason, "This can all end if we just go back to the village right now."

"What, so people can gloat about you all the time, and how you saved me?" Naruto glared furiously at him as he wiped his mouth, "Not a chance!"

"This has nothing to do with me, Naruto; this is about saving you from making the biggest mistake of your life!" Sasuke said, putting his hands out in front of him, "Why can't you see that?"

"Shut the hell up!" Naruto roared, rushing at Sasuke, as both got ready for round two.

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Okay, this is just hilarious. My other stories I put so much work and years into, and they got about 62 views each with about 4 followers and 2 favorites. This Naruto story I made on the fly, and it already has over 160 views each chapter, and 9 followers and 5 favorites. I guess I need to focus more on this, huh? Please lemme know what I can do to improve this and keep reading!