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The Ultimate Saviours

Chapter 5: Betrayal

"STOP!" Naruto yelled.

Iceman let out a cry of pain as Rogue drained him of his energies. She pushed him forward, sending the boy crashing the floor. Johnny grit his teeth together as he flew at the brown haired girl. But Rogue quickly accessed Bobby's powers, creating an ice pillar that hit Johnny in the chin, throwing him back first onto the ground.

"What the hell, I thought you were on our HRRRK!" Jimmy let out a yell of pain as Stryker hit him with an energy blast.

"You slinked away from me the first time little creature, it wont happen again," Stryker growled as he grabbed Jimmy by the neck.

"I wont let you," Naruto said as he jumped at Stryker.

Rogue fired an ice blast at Naruto, encasing his body in ice, yet exposing his head. Naruto slammed into the ground, shivering as his body was slowly drained of its heat.

"Rogue, why would you betray your friends?" Naruto asked.

"Because she's finally seen her sins and is prepared to rectify those sins," Stryker said.

"Rectify? You bastard, DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!" Jimmy yelled.

Jimmy thrust his claws towards Stryker's face, only for the priest to push him back. Stryker then fired a blast from his hand, consuming Jimmy's face and chest.

"NOOO!" Naruto yelled.

Stryker's grin faded as Jimmy walked out of the smoke. The young man's metal ribcage and cheekbones had been exposed and smoke rose from his shoulders. He walked forward, growling as his wounds healed. Stryker closed his eyes for a moment, causing Jimmy to stop. Jimmy let out a moan of pain as he fell to his knees.

"What the hell? What's going on?" Jimmy snarled, feeling his body getting heavier, as if he could no longer support his metal skeleton.

"I recognise those claws, you're the first devil spawn's son aren't you? Being the first must give you some resistance to god's will, but rest assured I will purify you if it's the last thing I do," Stryker explained.

"Shut the hell up, I don't care what kind of powers you've got, I'LL FIGHT YOU EVEN WITHOUT MY POWERS!" Jimmy yelled.

Rogue formed an ice boulder in her hand and threw it into Jimmy's side, throwing him away from Stryker.

'Its not because of him being Logan's son, it's the metal on his bones, its interfering with Stryker's attempts to shut down his mutant gene,' Rogue thought, looking at Naruto's frozen form. 'Please Naruto, just give up, this is all for the greater good!'

Stryker slid a second blade out of his wrist and approached Jimmy.

"I will wipe out every last one of you mutants, I will purify the willing and destroy those whom embrace their…

"SHUT THE HELL UP!"

Rogue and Stryker widened their eyes for a moment and turned to Naruto. Much to their astonishment, Naruto was crawling across the floor. Digging his chin against the ground, Naruto dragged himself inch by inch across the floor. Rogue touched her mouth in horror, feeling the rush of memories she had gained from kissing the blonde haired ninja. She saw him as a young boy, crawling with his chin towards red haired boy, never giving up even as tears ran down his face. Then she saw him standing with his clones, carrying out some kind of special Chakra training with a leaf. Her eyes widened as she watched Naruto open a gate of some kind, smiling as a pair of gigantic eyes glowed behind him.

"You still have some fight in you I see, sinners are tenacious," Stryker growled.

"I said, shut the hell up, what the hell gives you the right…to label us like that?" Naruto asked, his eyes glaring at Stryker.

"Naruto!" Rogue whispered.

"And you, Kitty told me not to trust you, now I see why, your willing to betray your friends, the people that trusted you, that believed in you, that loved you and for what huh? Did God tell you to do it? Like it told him to murder by the hundreds? IF that's your god, then he's obviously not worth following!"

"BLASPHEMER!" Stryker yelled.

"He's right!"

Stryker deepened his look of outrage as he watched Jimmy get up off the floor.

"Naruto's right, and your both wrong…I was taught to believe in god, to pray and give thanks for the life I live, accept I don't think he's this bloodthirsty bastard your making him out to be," Jimmy explained.

"I have had enough of this, Rogue silence that whisker demon," Stryker said.

Rogue rubbed her eyes as she walked in front of Naruto. She tilted his head with the tip of her toe and closed her eyes as she kicked him in the head.

"NARUTO!" Jimmy yelled as Naruto was sent flying.

The ice shattered as Naruto crashed into the ground. Stryker lunged at Jimmy, stabbing him in the chest. He then kicked Jimmy, throwing him towards his men. The Purifiers surrounded Jimmy, stabbing him with electronic rods. Jimmy howled like an animal in pain, slashing his claws at the Purifier's legs. But his attacks were blind and incapable of even touching the Purifiers.

"If people do not accept gods gift, then they will be punished," Stryker said.

"Gods gift, what the hell is he talking about?" Naruto asked as he got up off the floor.

"Naruto please stay down, Stryker has a gift, he can strip mutants of their powers," Rogue said.

"So that's what this is about huh? He can 'cure' mutants so your going to betray your friends so he can 'cure' you. Well what's the point of a cure when all of your friends are dead?" Naruto glared at Rogue, swinging his arm around as red Chakra surged around him.

'The image of those eyes, that old loneliness he felt, what does Naruto have inside him?' Rogue wondered. 'With Sasuke's Sharingan I can see Naruto's Chakra, its different from Sasuke's, what the hell is inside him that makes him this powerful?'

"Unfortunately I can not give this gift to you, perhaps because you have already been deemed an unforgivable sinner. For your blasphemy little one, you will die!" Stryker said as he pointed his blade at Naruto.

Moments ago, Johnny's confrontation with Kitty ended as Sasuke thought it would. The girl had a swing that could put Sakura to shame. But unlike Sakura and Naruto, the fall out of the strike was in no way humorous. Everyone left, leaving Kitty shamed as they walked to the exit. Sasuke shook his head as he walked past Kitty.

"Naruto's right, you might as well have spat on your friend's grave," he said.

"You might as well have pissed on your brother's," Kitty said.

Sasuke paused, his shoulders shaking as he turned to Kitty.

"What was that?" he asked.

"You heard me, from what Rogue and Naruto told me your brother must have been a nice guy, and you want to destroy the village he died to protect…"

"YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" Sasuke yelled.

He turned around, swinging his arm as he approached Kitty.

"Itachi was loyal to the village, so much so that he killed every member of our family," Sasuke said.

"Yet he left you alive, what does that say?" Kitty asked.

"What the hell does that mean?"

"He loved you so much that he was willing to defy his orders," Kitty said.

"I KNOW HE LOVED ME!" Sasuke yelled.

Kitty stepped back in shock slightly as Sasuke lowered his head. For a moment he looked as if he was going to cry. But he stayed his course and looked Kitty in the eyes with a glare.

"He said that no matter what I did he'd still love me, but my mom, my dad and all of my other family members, the Uchiha have a blood right but we were stripped of it. The village forced us to launch a coup, and in turn forced Itachi to wipe out the clan. He pushed himself to the edge and sacrificed so much and what did the council do, they called him a madman and a murderer, I spent years of my life not knowing the truth, while Naruto and the others lived off of the peace Itachi sacrificed for as the council laughed, never once telling anyone the truth!" Sasuke explained.

"I understand that, my friend died and the whole city kneeled down and revered him as a hero. They finally called him hero after rejecting him for so long, it was so damn hypocritical. But worst of all they thought that things changed, but they only got worse. If Peter was alive he would have told everyone to stop labelling one another, to stop scheming and putting people away for things they cant control," Kitty shook her head as tears fell down her eyes.

"Well he isn't alive, but you are, and did you say those things, did you speak out even once?" Sasuke asked.

"I kept my friends safe!"

"YOU HID AWAY! You hid in your tunnels and underneath your shroud and you convinced others to do the same when things. Your friend is dead yes, but you were still alive to say those things in his stead. I'm still alive, so I can still act on behalf of my clan!"

"Your clan isn't worth shit, your brother was obviously worth more than every other man in the clan, including you," Kitty growled.

"OF COURSE HE WAS!"

Sasuke lowered his head as he turned away from Kitty.

"The same thing applies to your friend, and everyone else that claims to be a hero," Sasuke sighed.

"Maybe we all need to do more," Kitty said.

They both remembered the people they lost. Sasuke touched his forehead, remembering the countless times Itachi had touched his forehead. 'Later Sasuke' he had said on so many occasions, and then it was 'Sorry, no more later Sasuke'. Then he spoke the words he'd never heard his brother speak before 'I will always love you'. No matter what, Sasuke knew that he would still have his brother's love even if he abandoned all his friends. Kitty ran a finger across her mouth as she thought of the times Peter had kissed her. She had loved him just as much as Mary Jane, and though Peter chose MJ, Kitty never stopped loving him. A tear ran down her eye as she thought of how right Naruto had been.

"Why are you crying?" Jason asked, his 'brother' Joshua crawling up behind him.

"Because I'm scared," Kitty whispered.

"Don't be scared, Jimmy will kick that guys ass, besides he wouldn't hurt that girl, he likes her after all," Jason said.

Sasuke and Kitty widened their eyes as they looked at Jason.

"What?"

Rogue looked between Naruto and Stryker, knowing that Naruto would have to be taken down for her plan to succeed. Naruto prepared to run forward, only for Rogue to create a wall of ice in front of him. But the ninja quickly created a clone and formed his signature technique. Slamming the Rasengan into the wall, Naruto shattered the ice. Suddenly, Stryker appeared in front of Naruto. Rogue and Jimmy widened their eyes as Stryker stabbed Naruto in the chest.

"NO!" Rogue screamed.

"Yes, did you really think this would end any other way?" Stryker asked as he kicked Naruto in the chest.

The blonde fell to the floor, blood flooding out of his mouth.

"You son of a AAAAAGH!" the Purifiers silenced Jimmy.

"You have done well, and your love for all life is clear, so say the words Marie," Stryker said as he approached the girl.

Rogue kneeled as tears fell from her eyes.

"Please forgive me," she said.

"You know Rogue maybe I'm getting things mixed up here but…"

Stryker and Rogue turned and widened their eyes. Floating amongst the wreckage was Kitty in her shroud outfit. Beside her stood Sasuke, touching the hilt of his sword.

"I'm pretty sure you're asking that from the wrong guy," Kitty said, her anger clear even with her facemask.

"Kitty no-!"

"Shut up Rogue, I always knew you were bad news," Kitty said. "Bobby trusted you, so did Naruto and now he's dead!"

"Naruto isn't dead, get up idiot," Sasuke said.

Rogue and Kitty gasped as Naruto got off the floor. he flashed his trademark grin as the cut mark on his chest sealed itself.

"Just missed my heart," he snickered.

"Naruto," Kitty whispered.

She looked at him and for a moment she saw Peter sitting in his place. Sasuke kept his shoulders hunched as he walked towards Stryker.

"There is a taint inside you, but I can not remove it…"

"Good," Sasuke interrupted Stryker as he drew his sword. "Your not the one to 'save' my soul!"

Sasuke stopped until he was inches from Stryker. They looked one another in the eyes. Stryker saw Sasuke's eyes gradually change; they took on red colours with complex patterns replacing the irises. Sasuke smirked, for he had finally regained his Sharingan, the first stage was all he needed to deal with the madman. Stryker swung his arm at Sasuke, only for his armour to suddenly spark with electricity. He had fallen into Sasuke's Chidori Nagashi trap. The armour suddenly broke apart, bit by bit, exposing the circuitry that had no become Stryker's skin.

"Lord forgive me," Stryker said.

"Your victims wont forgive you AND NEITHER WILL GOD!" Sasuke mercilessly stabbed Stryker in the chest.

Stryker's eyes rolled into the back of his head as he fell back, the blade sliding out of his chest as he fell. Sasuke kept a hold of his sword as he moved to Rogue.

"You killed him," Rogue said.

"Don't worry too much about him, your next," Kitty narrowed her eyes at Rogue.

Sasuke raised his eyebrows slightly as he heard Stryker speaking behind him.

"Father, if you are willing…take this cup from me…"

'Still ranting,' Sasuke glared in disgust at the priest.

"This wasn't supposed to happen," Rogue said.

"I'm not the one that betrayed us…"

"Yet not my will…" Stryker spoke weakly as blood gushed from his mouth.

Sasuke widened his eyes as he saw strange devices, like metallic insects flowing from the blood. If not for his Sharingan he wouldn't have noticed them before.

"I didn't betray anyone, I had a plan," Rogue and Kitty's argument was distant noise to him now.

"But…but…" Stryker finally fell dead and the metal beings that came from his blood flew into the sky like a swarm.

"I needed to take his powers so that he couldn't…"

Rogue paused, her eyes wide in horror.

"KITTY PHASE NOW!" Sasuke yelled.

On instinct, Kitty phased just as a beam of purple energy rushed through her. The mutants looked up in shock as a fleet of Nimrods flew down the street. Sasuke counted the robots with his Sharingan, seeing hundreds of the machines. This must have been the bulk of the Nimrod Sentinel force.

"But thine be done," they spoke in unison.

Sasuke cursed, Stryker was not just a madman he was a mutant madman. His last act, his will had been to pass his genocidal goal to the Sentinel fleet. Sasuke jumped as the first line of Sentinels fired.

"What the hell's going on?" Naruto asked.

The energy blanketed Times Square, consuming civilian and mutant alike. Naruto and Sasuke jumped to avoid the beams, using the agility they had developed through years of ninja training.

"Stop scattering like that, everyone group together," Kitty said.

She shouted orders to the other mutants. The Purifiers had let them go and were already trying to run. But the Nimrods gunned them down, not distinguishing them from their original targets. Johnny and Bobby ran with the other mutants, gathering around Kitty.

"Anyone who cant take their blasts, huddle together," Kitty ordered.

One by one, the mutants grabbed Kitty.

'You were right Naruto, no more inaction, this ones for you Peter,' Kitty thought.

The beams passed through the pile of mutants and Kitty slipped her hand out, trying to reach one more mutant child.

"Come on you can make it," she said.

Tears fell from the boy's eyes as he was disintegrated. Kitty overcame her initial sorrow and focused with everything she had. Naruto and Sasuke watched in horror as the Sentinels bombed the district, with the intention of killing everyone in it. Kitty poked her hand out of the pile, calling out to them as the bloodshed continued. Her voice had become nothing more than a blur to them, overpowered by the energy crashing around them. It was merciless in its path and disintegrated human and mutant alike.

"No more," they whispered, having finally had enough.

They stood back to back, their necks slouched as the Sentinels focused on their bio-signatures. The machines raised the palms of their hands and opened their chests, revealing more blasters.

"His will be done," the Sentinels spoke in unison.

"No more," Naruto and Sasuke's voices rose in their volume and their intensity.

They opened their eyes, with Naruto revealing the red eyes of an angered fox. Sasuke's eyes however grew darker as blood flowed from his sockets.

"NO MORE!" they yelled together.

Flames gathered around Sasuke, while Naruto's Chakra surged. He grew a pair of fangs and his whisker marks darkened. But he needed more than that, he needed more than a wild animal. He needed the greatest of the Bijuu. Naruto raised his head and yelled a single word.

"KURAMA!"

Deep inside the recesses of Naruto's Chakra network, an orange furred fox of incredible size and power slept. When he heard Naruto's yell he opened his eyes and grinned. He stood on all fours and spread out his nine tails.

"All right Naruto, lets show this world just how powerful a Jinchuuriki really is!" Kurama, the Kyuubi Bijuu grinned as he turned into pure Chakra and left the place that had once been his prison.

Next Chapter 6: Bijuu-Dama, Susanowo, back to back

Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, I certainly did. There's always something satisfying about the villain getting his comeupance. But the arc isnt over yet as the transformed Naruto and Sasuke face off against the Nimrod fleet, with the whole world watching. Prepare for some explosive action next chapter.