DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...

(A/N): It's time! Naruto vs Sasuke! Cole vs Deva Path! Will Jiraiya survive? What happened to Gaara? Will Suna ever be rebuilt? Well, I can answer two of those questions for you, but they will be in the chapter. Sooooo...

TO THE STORY!

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Chapter 108: Old Friends New Powers

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All logical reasoning was lost to the blond as he looked to his former friend, now holding his dying godfather.

And with a rage filled roar, he charged. "SAAAASSSUUUKEEEE!"

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The raven haired Uchiha turned to where his voice was called just in time to receive a blow to the face. The strike was hard enough for him to be sent flying back across the ruined field that was once the Market district of Sunagakure. The Uchiha lost his hold on the dying Sannin that was over his shoulder as he flew back and crashed against a rising chunk of earth.

He shook off the groggy feeling he had from the strike and dislodged himself from the floating landmass. He fell a few meters before gently landing on his feet. He looked to the poor fool who had the gall to strike him and found his old teammate giving him a glare that could scare Death himself. Killing intent radiated from the boy as his golden chakra covered his his skin. His blue eyes turned a yellow orange color as his pupil became slit and his sage's cloak blew in a nonexistent wind.

Sasuke smirked at the enraged blond. "Oh, Naruto. Well at least one of you can land a hit on me it seems. That pathetic excuse for a Sannin barely had the strength in him to fight some girl of the Akatsuki. Honestly, the Sannin must be very overrated if one of them can't even take down some girl." he scoffed as an evil glint came to his eyes. "So, Naruto. Do you want to help me with something? You see, I recently got this new power that I have been trying to understand and I want to test it out. So, would you mind dying for me?" he asked in a nonchalant tone to the blond.

Naruto bristled at the Uchiha's words. "Sasuke...we were friends...whatever Tobi did to you...I swear...he will pay for it..." Naruto growled lowly at the Uchiha. Cole walked over to his son and knelt besides him. He gave Jiraiya a quick once over and let out a relieved sigh. All was not lost. "Naruto," he said, gaining his sons attention. He reached out his arms, a sign to hand the man over to him. "I can still heal him. He hasn't left us yet. Old fool's resilient like that." he said with a smirk while taking Jiraiya from the blonds arms. Cole summoned a clone to take Jiraiya away from the battle field.

While the clone was doing that, the original gave Sasuke a meaningful glance. "Handle your friend Naruto. I'll take care of the planet above our heads." he said as he gave his son's shoulder a squeeze. And then he made his way away from the two teenagers.

Sasuke scowled at Cole's back and raised his hand. "You. Don't ignore me!" he yelled in fury at the older man. As Cole walked away he felt a tug at his back, the pull increased in power slowly until he felt like he was being dragged back. It couldn't be...

Cole whipped his head around and snarled at the Uchiha. He raised his hand and made a flicking motion with his wrist. "Don't you dare use my own techniques against me with this pathetic amount of power." he snarled at the teen that he had sent flying with a flick of his wrist. He then turned to Naruto with a hard set expression. "Naruto, watch out for his eyes. I don't trust the left." he said before he took off in a blur of speed.

Naruto turned to the recovering Uchiha and pulled out a Hiraishin Kunai. "So Teme. You ready for old times sake?" he asked his old teammate. A scowl pressing hard into his face.

Sasuke scoffed at the blond and readied his sword. "Lets see if you can keep up Dobe." he responded, a similar scowl present.

It was so quiet, a pin could drop and it would be heard all around. And then, at an unspoken command, they dashed forwards to their opponent.

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Cole dashed over the ruined and rising earth towards his target. The final Path of Pein. The Deva Path. He needed to finish this quickly so he could deal with the impending doom that would be raining on them at any moment. It was just like all the other Rinnegan users. They start to lose and get butt hurt about it, so what do they do? Blow everything up with a meteor. Yeah, all's good with that ending.

Cole had seen what this jutsu could do against an entire army. He was not about to be a singular target of it. No way no how. He was also not going to lose anyone else on this mission. One casualty was already too many.

He grew a determined look in his eyes and continued to run through the field of destruction. At one point the earth underneath him began to rise up into the air. So he decided to take to the skies. Nagato may have a strong affinity to the Deva path, but he was still miles behind Cole's visual prowess. So, even with the strange gravity fields that the Chibaku Tensei was causing, he over powered it with his own and flew through the air towards his target.

He stopped once he was directly above the orange haired corpse. The man was still yelling, putting his maximum effort into his technique. And it was nearly complete. "That's enough!" Cole roared as he brought his hands together in front of him. "Asura path: Chakra Cannon!" he called as his hands morphed together and formed a large cannon like device. Once the construct was ready, he began charging his chakra. "This is it Nagato! I will not allow this meteor to strike!" he roared as he took aim.

"FIRE!" he roared as a beam of pure chakra shot down towards the still immobile Rinnegan enslaved corpse.

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In Nagato's cave, the red head chuckled to himself. "It's too late...Oracle..." he said while panting. His hair had turned white and he was bleeding from his nose, mouth, ears, and eyes. "You...will die...and...know...my pain!" he croaked out. After speaking his final piece, he coughed up more blood, his eyes rolled back, and he lurched forward.

Uzumaki Nagato was now dead. Dead from his own vengeful pain.

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Cole let out a long breath as he looked over his finished work. The area the Deva path was standing in was nothing more than a scorching crater, the orange haired corpse was nowhere to be seen.

And then it happened. Gravity returned to normal. And that meant one thing. A giant fucking meteor was coming down right on top of them. "SHIT!" he yelled as he spun in mid air. Watching as the meteor began its decent.

His eyes hardened as he watched the meteor. "It may take the rest of my chakra...but i REFUSE TO LOSE ANYONE ELSE!" he roared as he brought his arms back together.

His arms became mechanical, wires and pipes connecting them. They spit into several different tubes and stretched into the air in front of him. "ASURA...PATH!" he roared as he continued forming his weapon. A massive barrel stretched forth from his arms as a tube for back blast extended behind him. "CHAKRA!" he continued until the weapon was complete. "RAILGUN!" he roared as his chakra channeled into the cannon that was twice his size. It formed a massive ball of chakra in the front of the cannon until it was over flowing.

And then it fired.

A wide, and fast beam of pure chakra. It rocketed towards the falling meteor. And once it struck, it didn't stop. It blasted straight through the falling landmass. As it passed through, the meteor glowed blue and began to slow. It stayed in the air for all more of a second until it exploded. Into a massive blue explosion that sent the meteor into small pieces, scattering across the lands.

The bast wave forced all of team Konoha to their stomachs as they were flattened by the destructive force of the attack.

This only spelled something awful for Cole himself. He was high in the air when the blast hit. It sent him to the ground with little mercy for its creator. He crashed into the unforgiving earth, hard. Hard enough to form his own crater and brake several bones. And he knew, he could feel and hear the bones snap on impact.

Once the blast cleared he laid there, broken and unmoving. But he couldn't help the smirk he had on his face. "Heh, didn't let anyone get squashed...did I?" he groaned from his immobile position.

He laid there for a while before he could feel someone's presence.

"DAD!" Naruto called out in worry. He stood over his father with worry in his eyes as he assessed his father's condition.

Cole chuckled, much to his own pain. "Yeah, I ain't movin for a while. What happened to Sasuke?" he asked the blond. Naruto sighed as he plopped down next to his old man. "He got away, just before you broke loose hell, Tobi showed up and whisked him away." he grumbled as he laid down.

"Damn." Cole said in a bitter tone. "How did that little brat do it?" he mused to himself in a quiet tone. How was it possible? There was just no way! Only he and Nagato had it!

Naruto caught his fathers words and decided in investigate. "What? Who did what?" Naruto asked with his eyes narrowed. Cole flicked his eyes to his son, still unable to move. "Well...Sasuke somehow has the Rinnegan..." he said to the blond from his immobile position. Naruto's face paled as he bolted up to look at him. "WHHHHAAAATTTTT!?"

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(A/N): To be continued...

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