My Sacrifice

Chapter 21

'So, for old time's sake, want to take this back to where it began?' Sasuke asked, grinning. They both knew that one of them wasn't coming out of this standing or more likely, alive. Naruto grinned.

'To the Valley of the End it is.' They both nodded, before turning and walking away, Naruto after picking up the bag with Orochimaru's head in it. He looked back at Arashi and Sakura. 'Unless you want to miss out on this fight, I'd suggest you come, because we aren't waiting.' With that, he jumped into a tree and sped off. Arashi grinned and followed after them, Sakura right behind him. They landed, and Arashi pulled out a scroll, and quickly scribbled something down, before stretching it out, the writing facing the lake.

'Ah..Excuse me Yondaime-dono.' Arashi laughed and rubbed the back of his neck. Sakura's breath caught in her throat. He looked exactly like Naruto.

'Please, call me Arashi. Dono is a little too much for me.'

'Arashi...What is that for?'

'Huh?' He realized she was pointing at the scroll. 'Oh! It's a recording scroll. A personal creation. See that circle in the middle?' He said pointing at it. She nodded. 'It acts as a camcorder. Then it writes the stuff it records onto the scroll so it can be watched or read.'

'Amazing.' He nodded.

'It's starting.' She looked down and noticed it was indeed starting. A blue flash appeared in her line of vision, and she looked at Arashi.

'In case it gets a little too dangerous. Always trust a nice barrier.' She laughed slightly, then turned serious, looking down at the two.

'So Naruto, you sure this is a fair fight? After all, you have unlimited chakra. Mine is equal to yours if it were limited. If you would, just to make it fair...' Sasuke left his sentence hanging. Naruto took two fingers and jabbed himself in certain places in the stomach.

'We're even, but if you release your third level seal, which I know you've come up with by now, I release my chakra. Or even your second level, I release my chakra.'

'Sounds fair. Let's go.' Naruto nodded, and laughed as Sasuke started a Chidori.

'Really is just like old times.' He gasped as Sasuke shoved his hand into his chest.

'You've gotten faster.'

'Die.' Sasuke ripped Naruto's heart from his chest. Sakura gasped and gagged at the sight of the still beating heart. The remaining blood inside the heart squirted out, before it finally quit. Sasuke grinned. 'You underestimated me.' He said, doing a fire jutsu on the heart, just for the hell of it.

'No, you underestimate me Sasuke.' Said Naruto standing up. Through the hole in his chest, you could see the beating side of a heart. Sasuke roared in anger and ripped it out again. This time Sakura vomited her lunch. Arashi quickly used the barrier to push it off into the lake, and handed her a bag.

'That...was disgusting.' They both said at the same time, talking about two totally different things. Naruto just laughed, his heart growing back faster this time. Sasuke roared and ripped it out again. He did this a few more times before Naruto growled and kicked him away.

'IT GROWS BACK, QUIT RIPPING OUT MY HEART!' He screamed.

'I noticed.' Sasuke grumbled, picking himself up off the ground. Sasuke grinned and activated his Sharingan. Naruto grinned and activated his own Sharingan. He infused it with his own chakra and something amazing happened. The three colon shaped pupils reshaped into slits. Much like Naruto's center pupil.

'The Sharingan no za Kitsune.' (Sharingan of the Fox.) Naruto said grinning. 'More powerful than the Mangekyo Sharingan, and has...' A fourth slitted pupil appeared, budging the other three over to make room. 'Four pupils instead of three.' He turned it to the Mangekyo Sharingan no za Kitsune. 'And a fourth wheel.' Sasuke growled. Naruto was still more powerful, even with limited chakra. Almost too powerful.

'What are you. No mortal could ever get so powerful.' Naruto laughed.

'Because I'm not a mortal! I'm the Shu no Kyuubi!' (King of demon foxes.) He said, laughing at the look on Sasuke's face. Sasuke growled, and entered his third level seal. Two horns spouted from his forehead, and another from each elbow. His two gigantic wings shot out of his back. Naruto grinned, unlocking his full chakra. Sasuke pulled out Kusanagi, and formed a Raikiri. Forcing the two together, he formed a sword that was glowing with the electric energy. Naruto grinned.

'Fine then. We're starting with kenjutsu.' With that, Naruto pulled out his Desu Kuraikako. Sasuke grinned, and charged Naruto. Naruto swung his blade up and blocked his blow. Forming a one hand demon seal, Naruto released a fourth of his weights. Swinging his blade, Naruto cut through the horns on his forehead. They grew back as Sasuke swung again. Naruto jumped back, and sheathed his sword, before pulling it back out. It was silver again.

'Gonna kill me Naruto? You have to take me back alive, remember?' He said, laughing. However, his laughter was cut short as his Raikiri/Kusanagi broke into. Naruto's blade faded back to it's normal black color. Sasuke just growled, and punched Naruto, who jumped out of the way, but was stabbed with Sasuke's elbow. Kicking him in the back, Sasuke shot away from Naruto. Forming a Rasengan made of black chakra, Naruto took aim for the still soaring Sasuke, and fired. The black ball shot off, but was caught by Sasuke, who threw it back. Naruto held his hand up, and absorbed the ball.

Sasuke finally caught himself, and charged Naruto again, who just stood there. Sasuke ran through some seals, and blasted Naruto point blank.

'Katon: Karyuu Endan!' (Fire release: Fire Dragon Flame Missile) He continued it for a few seconds. Sakura gasped. Sasuke ended it, and Naruto just stood there, unscathed.

'Want to try that again?' With that, he slammed his interlocked hands into Sasuke's head, sending him to the bottom of the lake. Naruto plunged a tail into the water, and a few seconds later, Sasuke was withing it's grasp, being sent into the side of the valley. Sasuke was lying on top of the water, gasping for breath. Then, he stood up, and charged Naruto again, slamming his foot into Naruto's stomach. Naruto flew into the side of the valley, leaving a much bigger hole than Sasuke did, thanks to his weights. However, Naruto came out with a barrier of black chakra surrounding him, much like the red chakra did in their first fight, except this time there was an outline of nine tails, and the fur on his ears had turned black, the tips turning white.

Naruto charged Sasuke, Rasengan ready, and was met head on with Sasuke's Habataku Chidori (Flapping One Thousand Birds). Arashi quickly made a tiger seal, enforcing the barrier. Sakura looked at him in confusion.

'This ain't gonna be pretty.' He said, winking as the shield enforced itself. Sakura spared a glance at him, before looking back at the two boys. Their attacks were evenly matched, but they still fed more chakra into it. Sasuke knew that if he didn't find a way to end it quick, he was going to run out of chakra before Naruto, seeing as he had endless amounts of it. However, at that time, a spark shot from his Habataku Chidori, going straight to the center of Naruto's Rasengan. The resulting explosion was just like that of their first battle. Except this time, they both had the strength to get up.

'Enough warm up. Let's start the real thing.' Sasuke nodded, his wings becoming rigid. Naruto released his half demon form, and the outlines made by his chakra were filled with actual tails. Then the outline of a tenth tail pushed outwards, creating room for his tenth tail. Sakura stared, shocked. Naruto was in fact the most powerful thing in existence. He was the first to reach the tenth tail. Just then he sighed.

'One second.' Sasuke's serious face turned to one of confusion as a beautiful girl came into existence beside him.

'Thanks kit. It's really boring to watch from your eyes. I'll be over there.' With that, Hitomi hopped up the side of the valley, and Arashi granted her entrance from the side of the barrier, then extended it to cover the third body.

'Okay sorry. She's been nagging me to let her out this whole time.' He said, sighing. Sasuke sighed and shook his head. Even in the middle of battle, he was still a complete idiot.

Let's just get this done.' Sasuke growled. Naruto nodded.

Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again

Sasuke decided that it was time to take offensive.

'So, Naruto? What do you think will happen when they take me back, say you win?' Naruto looked at him, confusion playing his face. 'We'll never be a team again. They'll kill us both, and Sakura will be left all alone.' Naruto growled, swinging a clawed hand at him.

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

'Except because you're a kyuubi, you'll live.' Naruto's eyes widened in realization. 'But I don't have those powers. So I won't come back, like you.' He kicked Naruto in the head, sending him into the water.

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
Tonight

'SHUT UP!' Naruto screamed as he kicked Sasuke in the stomach sending him soaring. Sakura stared in shock. Sasuke was right. 'They won't kill you. They'll kill the demon, saying you had a good reason for leaving. You're their precious Uchiha. The only Uchiha left.'

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

Sasuke rushed at Naruto and grabbed his shoulders, shaking him.

'NO! YOU'RE LYING! IF I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT, THEN THAT MEANS..'

'Uchiha Itachi is dead. I killed him with relative ease.' Sasuke stared in shock. What was the point of getting stronger if he no longer had a target?

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
Breaking the Habit
Tonight

'You...you took my only reason for living.' He said, tears starting to stream down his face.

'WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE FOR NOW? WHAT'S THE POINT OF MY EXISTENCE? TO FIGHT YOU AND DIE?' Sasuke screamed. Naruto growled. Sasuke shook his head. 'No wait...if I defeat you...then I've basically defeated my brother, and his defeater.' Sasuke grinned, his insanity showing.

I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends

Naruto roared at his stupidity.

'YOU IDIOT! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU NEVER HAD A CHANCE AGAINST YOUR BROTHER! YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER YOU NEED TO KILL HIM! YOU KILLED ME MULTIPLE TIMES OVER, BUT I CAN'T DIE, YOU UNDERSTAND?' He screamed. Then Sasuke realized something.

'Wait..I..I killed you...That means I killed my best friend!' Sasuke started laughing like a maniac. Naruto's eyes widened in realization. How could he have been so stupid as to let Sasuke kill him? Sasuke's eyes swirled, the colons of his eye morphing into a large pinwheel shape.

'I've still got another flag. You only have three.' Sasuke grinned.

'It's more than enough to send you to hell.'

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
Breaking the Habit
Tonight

Naruto screamed, and drew his sword, slicing through the seal, and removing it from Sasuke's back. Then Naruto took a scroll, and sealed the skin and Orochimaru's chakra from the Heaven Seal into it. He sighed and shook his head. Great. Now Sasuke had the Mangekyo. Just what he needed. Picking Sasuke's now unconscious body up, he got up and let his one-third demon form go, transforming to his half demon form. Tailless, but he still had his long kitsune ears.

'Lets go home.' He said, throwing Sasuke over his shoulder. Hitomi picked up Orochimaru's duffel bag, being named that as his head was in it, and they set for home, after Arashi stopped the recording scroll. Sakura looked at him in fear as they ran

'Don't give me that look. I had to do what I had to do.' He said, mistaking her face for one of anger, after slowing down enough to keep even with her speed.

'I know.'

'I was harsh because I was trying to knock some sense into him.'

'He deserved it.' She said, moving a few inches away from him as she leaped to the next branch. He looked at her in confusion, then realized what was wrong.

'I scared you.' It wasn't a question. She nodded. 'I'm sorry. But a demon isn't cute and cuddly.'

'Not even Sasuke scared me. He's a demon...or he was with that seal. But you...I've seen you mad. I've seen you angry. That I can live with..but then...you weren't just mad, you were furious. Not to mention you're officially the most powerful being on the planet..or the universe.' He sighed.

'I know.'

'It's creepy to know that that little idiot of a kid is so powerful now. And you don't look a day over sixteen. How'd that happen? We were both the same age when you left. Is it your Kyuubi powers?' He grinned.

'No. I have a deal with death, that was made when I picked this sword up. I didn't even know about it until I killed Akatsuki. If I kill with Shinigami Jigoujitoku, how ever many lives I give to him, he subtracts that many years from my age.' She stared in awe. If this continued, he could stay a certain age, without ever aging. And there were so many enemies out there that he would never age.

'But I don't want to kill unless I have to.' He said, as though he read her thoughts. Sighing, he saw Konoha coming into sight. 'Time to face death.' Naruto stopped talking to her, and was instead talking to all of them.

'Otou-san, put on a disguise as anyone. I don't care who. Just not me. I'm going straight to Tsunade's office. I'll have to move where they won't see me, and coming in with you will get me caught.' He said the last part to Sakura. They both nodded, and Naruto took the bag that Hitomi offered him, then dispelled her. Making a quick seal, he shot off at a speed that neither of their eyes could keep up with.

AN: I don't own linkin park, or breaking the habit.