Freedom. Chapter 9: Attack On York.

(Note: Now, originally, I was going to have this chapter be part of Chapter 8 (the chapter where Robert The Bruce first appears in the fanfic), but then I decided to have Chapter 9 as a separate chapter. Well, anyway please enjoy Chapter 9, and I hope you liked Chapter 8! :D)

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I do not own Braveheart or Naruto. Braveheart belongs to Mel Gibson, and Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. No copyright infringement intended. All copyrights are reserved.

Later that day...

William, Team Kakashi, and the rest of William's men were on their way to York in London, getting ready to make their move.

As soon as they got there, William raised a hand to everyone to his men and Team Kakashi.

"Stop," he commanded.

"So. That's York," Naruto realized.

"Aye," William agreed as Naruto looked at him.

"Well? Are you ready, William?"

"Aye," William stated.

"Let's go," Naruto determined with a serious look on his face.

Later that night...

After arriving in York, William's men and Team Kakashi created a battering ram of logs tied together and placed it on a cart as they began wheeling it across a bridge to the city walls. Once that was they taken care of, they lit torches, used flaming arrows, and poured boiling oil into pots and they splashed it down at the attackers, who blocked the gate.

Suddenly, the oil began to beat the first half of the Scots back, but eventally William rushed to them, and grabbed the cart with his own hands. The attackers began to grow while helping him slam the gate open.

While they continued battering the gate open, one of the captains of York told Prince Edward II's cousin, the Governor Of York:

"Sir, we can get you out if you leave now."

The Governor Of York yelled:

"I am not about to tell my uncle I've lost him the greatest city in Northern England!"

Meanwhile, the English dropped heavy rocks and continued pouring bits of oil on the Scots.

As soon as the gate was broken, the Scots and Team Kakashi were getting ready to attack the English, but William yelled:

"Back! Wait for it to burn!"

Sakura gawked at William with a panicked look on her face.

"What?! But William!"

"Will you stop and listen to me for one second, Sakura?!" William ordered Sakura who grew quiet. "Behold the enemy we fight! We will be more merciful than they have been! We will spare women, children, and priests. For all else, no mercy!"

Then, William gasped and saw the bodies of hanged Scots being thrown over the wall by the English. His heart began to race as he remembered seeing the hanged Scots back at his barn when he was a ten-year-old boy.

Immediately, William snapped out of it, and screamed:

"Come on!"

And so, William led more men to drive the ram into the gate and they all began to scream.

Once that was over and done with, everyone began to cheer.

"I've never burned a village before," Naruto said.

"Really? Not even once?" William questioned.

"Well, I heard that on the day I was born, the Nine-Tailed-Fox attacked my village and burned some buildings with his mouth," Naruto said.

"Like I said before, Naruto; this is what war is really like," William stated.

Naruto's eyes turned into sadness, as if he was about to cry in fear and realization for what he just did.

"Look. I know it is hard, but just imagine that the English are attacking Konoha. Would you have wanted to put a stop to it, even if some of the citizens of your village lost their lives?" William confronted.

Naruto sadly nodded his head, and clenched his fists in anger.

"If it means saving Sasuke, then I'll do whatever it takes to get him back... even if it means stopping the English and killing Longshanks," Naruto looked at William with a determined glare. "I'll never forgive Sasuke for betraying Konoha, and I'll never forgive Longshanks for killing all your loved ones by making you suffer, William."

"Wait," William's eyes widened. "Did you just say that Sasuke betrayed Konoha?"

Naruto stopped glaring.

"Yeah. It's kind of a long story, but I'll tell you later," Naruto replied.

After their attack on York, when everyone went back to William's camp, Sakura began to heal them, including Naruto, Kakashi, William, and herself.

Naruto looked up at the full moon while thinking of the promise he made to Sakura:

"Naruto. This is a... once in a lifetime request. Just bring him home. Please bring Sasuke back to me."

"Don't you worry one bit! I'm gonna bring Sasuke back! I promise that on my life, Sakura!"

Naruto looked at the picture of Team 7, and at the picture of him with Kakashi, Sakura and William after William just became the new replacement for Sasuke.

While Naruto was remembering all the good times that Team 7 has been through before William ever came along, Sakura walked up to Naruto.

"Naruto?" she interrupted his thoughts and he looked at her.

"Yes, Sakura?"

"Are you okay?" she asked him.

Naruto nodded.

"Yes. I'm fine. It's just that... Team 7 has been through so much since Sasuke left Konoha, and I still haven't been able to keep my promise to bring him back to you, because I know how much you loved and cared about him," Naruto replied sadly as he looked at her. "Sakura? Do you think we'll ever find Sasuke and see him again?"

Sakura looked up at the sky.

"Who knows, Naruto? Who knows?"

Meanwhile, Longshanks found out that William sacked York as well as killing the Governor, and was trying to come up with an idea on how to neogiate with William. But, Longshanks knew that he'd never go to William because he (Longshanks) feared that he'd (William) kill him (Longshanks) right then and there. Then, Longshanks thought of the perfect person in mind that could try to speak with William.

(Note: Again, I apologize for the short chapter, and I'm sorry if I didn't describe the attack on York as much as I thought it'd turn out, but I tried. Also, if you're wondering where I got William's lines, "Back! Wait for it to burn! Behold the enemy we fight! We will be more merciful than they have been! We will spare women, children, and priests. For all else, no mercy!" from, that's actually part of the early version of the script in "Braveheart." I also read somewhere online, that in some versions of "Braveheart" (I think the UK version), William says the line "We will spare women and children. For all else, no mercy!" Well, hope you enjoyed Chapter 9, and please stay tuned for Chapter 10! Read and review, please! :D)