Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hopes and Dreams ❯ Chapter 13 - Containing the Demon with In; Spiritual Escape ( Chapter 13 )

Chapter 13 - Containing the Demon with In; Spiritual Escape

 

Sakura and Yamato were almost at their limits. Twice they had tried to subdue Naruto in his five tailed state and both attempts failed. They couldn't figure out anyway to hold him down. Falling back far enough out of his range, Sakura was feeling more and more helpless.

 

“Captain Yamato,” she said, “What should we do?”

 

“What can we do?” He replied. “We tried a sneak attack, we tried surrounding him. I don't think we can do anymore.”

 

“GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION!!!” she yelled. She couldn't give up on him; she wouldn't. He wouldn't give up on her. He always made her feel stronger. She knew what she had to do. Without saying a word, Sakura ran at her love with all she had left.

 

“SAKURA NO!!!” yelled Yamato. He had to work fast. He clapped his hands together as he gathered up his chakra. `I have to get there in time!' he thought. `I have to!'

 

Sakura kept running toward Naruto. `You have to come back to me,' she thought as the tears began to fall from her eyes. `I won't leave you!'

 

As she came closer and closer to her love, the jinchuuriki turned his head towards her. She could see the pale, pupil less eyes land their gaze upon her. She did not stop. She was about five feet away from him when she noticed one of his tails move. She knew it was going to hit her, but she didn't stop. She wouldn't stop.

 

As the tail came down to strike her, she closed her eyes. Suddenly, she felt two arms wrap around her. The momentum of Kakashi's body tackled her to the ground, narrowly missing the massive tail. They skidded across the rocky floor until they hit the cave wall. She opened her eyes and looked up to see Kakashi on top of her.

 

“WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!?!?!” yelled Kakashi, but she wasn't listening to him. She looked behind him and gazed upon the battle unfolding in front of her. Seeing the wood from Yamato and the sand from Gaara's gourd restrain Naruto; it was becoming too painful for her to watch. He was in pain, he was in emotional agony and she couldn't do anything for him in his present state.

 

“SAKURA!!” he yelled again, until he noticed the tears falling from her eyes. In that instant, he knew she wasn't looking at him. He knew she wasn't listening to him. He turned his head to see the sight unfolding behind him. In that moment, Sakura tried to break free from Kakashi, but he quickly noticed and held her back down. “NO SAKURA!” he shouted, but she kept trying to squirm free until Kakashi got a firm grip on her. “NO, No! Wait! Just wait a little longer.”

 

Naruto roared as he tried to escape his restrains, but Gaara and Yamato held their own. Gaara was almost at his limit. “Captain!” he shouted at Yamato. “Hurry And Execute Your Jutsu!!”

 

Yamato nodded. He knew himself this would be their best shot at subduing Naruto. He made hand signs that created a seal in his palm. “Hokage Style: Force Retirement Jutsu!!!” he yelled and charged at the jinchuuriki. With all the force he had, he slammed his palm into Naruto's chest. As he moved back, an extension of chakra was connected to his hand and Naruto's chest. The wood and sand restraining Naruto fell off and ten spiked pillars took their place; surrounding him in a circle.

The chakra connected to the jinchuuriki's chest began to absorb and suppress the fur and chakra surrounding his body. Slowly the young man underneath the shroud of fur and evil chakra was coming into view. He endured the pain of the suppression until only his human form remained. Naruto's limp body collapsed on the floor upon the jutsu's completion.

 

“LET ME GO!!!” yelled Sakura as Naruto fell to the ground. Kakashi granted her request and Sakura ran to the bloody blonde on the floor. She checked his pulse just below his jaw and calmed down when she found one. She smiled and stroked his golden blonde hair. `You're not leaving me that easily Naruto Uzumaki,' she thought as her hands began to glow a forest green. He whimpered and winced as she began to heal the blood and wounds on his body.

 

As the crowd of Leaf and Sand ninja looked down at the injured comrade, none of them notice the gigantic statue begin to crumble behind them. The sudden shock of movement from the floor below them startled the ninja, causing them to avert their attention to the huge statue.

 

As the face began to crumble, Kakashi noticed the first of the nine eyes crumble and fall to the ground. When it hit the ground, a stream of yellow chakra rose up from the rubble and tried to find an exit. Instead it headed straight into the open mouth of an unaware Gaara, causing him to fall unconscious.

 

“Gaara-Kun!!!” yelled Rukai as she ran and caught Gaara from behind. She took his gourd off and gently set him on the ground. She was relieved when she found a pulse and began to check for injuries.

 

It was then that Kakashi had figured out what was happening. “THE STATUE IS CRUMBLING!!” he yelled. “THE BIJUU THAT ARE TRAPPED INSIDE ARE TRYING TO FREE THEMSELVES BUT THE ARE STILL SENSITIVE TO SEALING!!! COVER YOUR MOUTHS OR THEY'LL SEAL INSIDE YOUR BODY!!!”

 

Everyone understood what he was saying except for Kimiko. Kimiko could barely make out what he was saying from all the loud noise and raised her mask up to try to reply to him.

 

“What?” she shouted, but was cut off when a blue stream of chakra ran into her mouth, and she fell to the floor with her mask covering her face.

 

Sakura was just about finished healing Naruto when she heard Kakashi yell out his orders. She closed her mouth and Naruto's mouth and clung to his unconscious body on the floor as streams of chakra flew above them. `Wait for me,' she thought, `just a little while longer. We'll be out of here soon.'

 

The ceiling of the cave began to give way as the statue crumbled more and more. Rocks from the ceiling began to fall around the group of ninja. Yamato and Sai narrowly escaped one that fell in-between them. `That was close,' thought Sai.

 

“Kakashi!!!” yelled Yamato. “We Have To Get Out Of her Now!!!! The Whole Place Is Going To Collapse!!”

 

Kakashi nodded in agreement. “Everyone,” he shouted, “We Have To Get Out Of Here Now! Head For The Entrance Of The Cave And Run For Cover!!!!”

 

Everyone nodded and headed for the exit. Kankuro picked up Kimiko and swung her around his back and carried her out of the cave.

 

Rukai picked up Gaara by the arm and swung it around her neck. She tried to carry him on his own but she couldn't move fast enough. `Damn!' she thought as she looked down at Gaara. `I'm not leaving you Gaara-kun!' Suddenly, she felt another person take his other arm. She glanced over and saw Temari next to her with Gaara's other arm around her neck. She smiled at Rukai.

 

“Come on,” she said. “We have to get out of here now.” Rukai nodded and they both headed for the entrance of the cave.

 

Sakura picked up Naruto's limp body and put him on her back. `Hold on Naruto,' she thought and she ran for the exit. As she ran, the layer began to collapse faster and faster. She looked up at the ceiling, and narrowly dodged a huge piece falling right for her and Naruto.

 

She could see the entrance coming closer and closer, but it began to close as rocks fell around it making it smaller and smaller. `It's Not Going To End Like This!' she thought as she began to sprit faster.

 

Kakashi just made it out of the layer and looked behind to see if anyone else was left. He was in shock when he saw Sakura sprinting towards him with Naruto on her back. “Come On Sakura!!!” he shouted. “You're Almost There!!!!”

 

Sakura was about five feet away from the entrance when she saw one final bolder falling from the ceiling. “WE'RE NOT GOING TO DIE HERE!!!” she yelled and jumped for the small opening, barely escaping the layer before the bolder cover the last opening.

 

With Naruto on her back, she landed on her feet and slid about five feet from the sealed layer. Kakashi looked at his exhausted former student. `Unbelievable,' he thought. `That last burst of speed; she was completely drained of her chakra. There's no way she should have made it out of there.' His expression turned a little softer when she took the limp body off her back and knelt down, gently putting Naruto's head in her lap. She started to softly stroke his hair. `There's only one reason why she was able to make it past that last bolder.' His gaze turned to the unconscious blonde in her lap.

 

“Is everyone alright?” he asked. They all tiredly nodded. He could see it; Kakashi knew they were all exhausted, and from the looks of Gaara and the unconscious Suna ANBU there was no telling how they would be affected by the bijuu sealed in their body. They all needed to rest. “Alright, then I think we will set up camp here for the night. The layer has been destroyed, and by the looks of the fleeing Akatsuki, it's alright to say they won't be coming back to fight us anytime soon.”

 

Sakura smiled at the sound of that. Looking down at the blonde and for the first time in months, maybe even since he had returned to the village, she felt relieved. `Do you hear that Naruto?' she thought. `You're finally free. After all this time, all this suffering we've had to endure, it's finally over.' She gently stroked his hair and suddenly he winced. His eyes slowly began to open and finally, she felt the safety of his sapphire blue orbs once again. “Hey there sleepy head,” she softly whispered to him smiling.

 

Naruto could barely move, but was able to move his hand up to gently caress her cheek. She closed her eyes and leaned into his touch. He gave her a weak smile. “Sorry…for…causing you…so much…trouble,” he weakly replied. “Are…you…alright? Did…I…hurt you?”

 

She opened her eyes and looked upon his. Her emerald eyes spoke for her. They echoed the feelings of relief and caring into his. “No,” she whispered back. “Honestly Naruto, you're going to have to stop underestimating me.”

 

“I'll…be sure…to remember that…from now on.” he then noticed something that brought a chuckle out of his mouth. “I…was wondering…where…my jacket went.”

 

She lightly laughed. “Do you like? I think it's a perfect fit.”

 

“Yeah, it…defiantly looks better…on you then it does on me.”

 

She chuckled again. She hadn't seen him for only two days, but to her, it felt like twenty years. She looked deeply into his eyes once again; the safety and warmth she felt whenever she looked into his blue eyes were incomparable. She never wanted to be away from him again. Tears started to flow from her eyes. He noticed right away and began to wipe them away with his thumb. “Promise me you'll never leave again.”

 

He smiled for her as big as he could, never taking his gaze away from her emerald eyes. “Never again Sakura; that is a promise I will never brake.”

 

She nodded in reassurance and wiped the final tears away. He slowly sat up and took her face into his hands. He slowly brought his face closer to hers until their lips joined in a heavenly tender kiss. She slowly wrapped her arms around him and brought his body closer to hers, deepening this kiss further. As he brought his arms slowly around her, she knew that they would never be separated again.

 

 

AN: Hey. Hope you guys like where I'm taking the story. Only two chapters left until the end, so don't be afraid to tell me what you think. I'm all ears (hehe). I haven't decided what I'm going to call the sequel and I plan to take a little time off after this one, but rest assured, I'm not one of those people who says I'm going to make a sequel and never does. Next chapter is called “Back to Normal?” so I hope you like it. Until then, later.