Naruto leaned back in the cushioned seat, his eyes wide and his breath labored. He had won, he had beaten back the mighty Shukaku and gotten its captain, Gaara to snap out of the trance the AI had put him in. Turning back towards the station he pressed the flashing button to allow the incoming comm signal to come in. What he heard next chilled him to the core.
"Attention all Konoha Station ships, the Professor has been destroyed. Repeat. The Professor has been destroyed," The voice of the station's controller said mournfully, as Naruto's heart sank.
The Professor was the ship of the defense force commander, Hokage Sarutobi. The kind, old man loved that ship, and always said that he would go down with that ship rather than fail Konoha Station. If the Professor was destroyed, that meant he was dead.
Lowering his head slightly, Naruto noticed the tears rolling down his cheeks. Faintly he heard the station calling him to return and land.
Going on automatic he flew his ship the Kyuubi into the open hanger, letting it settle in his cradle with a gentle bump. It was only after he had powered down, and wandered to the abandoned section of the station that he was housed in that he let out his scream of pain and rage, which was lost into the depths of the station's hallways and the vacuum of space.