Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Uzumaki Naruto Ninja Chronicles: The Beggining ❯ Chapter 2

Naruto took heavy breathes. Holding his arm, his eyes were close and his mouth was unmoving. That was quite a rare site, especially people who knew Naruto. There were two types. The first type was the `Understanding Type', those who frankly listen to what he has to say. Then there is the `Annoyed Type', those who shout at Naruto for even talking to him/her. They were also people who tended to shout at him every time he was confused.

 

Add this as a chapter for his self named `Uzumaki Naruto Ninja Chronicles'. In that autobiography in which Naruto hid from everyone, even Iruka-sensei, he had written a few interesting things in it. He had this idea ever since Laharl suggested it after he battled with Gaara of the Sand. At first, he thought he'd put his techniques and attack there… but looking back, Naruto knew that he didn't have enough `original' moves to put there.

 

Other than sexy no Jitsu, and Harem no Jitsu he had no other original Jutsus… even the Rasengan was something the Fourth and ero-sennin had been using from a long time already. So, instead of moves, he made his chronicles more about his life. Anything useless, funny, depressing, or somewhat enlightening he'd write it down. Right now, all he had in his mind was `Annoyed Type' and `Understanding Type'. He laughed silently.

 

Naruto… are you okay?

 

“I'm alright… Laharl-nisan…” Naruto whispered. He did that in instinct, since he could have replied mentally. The first time he replied mentally to his spiritual brother and sister, they almost went deaf with too much information. It was funny… as much as the mouth spouted out, it was actually filtering things his mind could say. Laharl once said one word Naruto speaks, his mind says 10 different things.

 

BAKA! BE CAREFUL! IF YOU DIE, WE ALL DIE! Ooooh… If I had the ways to remove the seal… I'm gonna POUND YOU AND LAHARL slowly, and eat you, swallow and let you suffer slowly as I digest youboth!

 

“Eh, eh, alright, Kyuubi-nichan…” Naruto could only whisper the reply. He had been living with those kinds of threats for almost 10 years, after hearing those voices in his head when he was 3 years old. How freaked out he was at that time, hearing two voices arguing in his head.

 

Shut it, fox girl! Naruto… get ready. He's coming!

 

Naruto could only curse, and slowly stood up, and went to ready position. After a few minutes, he saw a raven haired boy charging at him, black marks appearing all over his face, and on his right hand was glowing a bit. Sasuke was coming at him once again.

 

(Entrance song: Bullet by Covenant)

 

- The Uzumaki Naruto Ninja Chronicles -

 

Sacrifice! Naruto's New Powers!

 

According to the Uzumaki Naruto Ninja Chronicles (now hereby known as UNNC), Uchiha Sasuke was a cold bastard. He was the number one rookie the year Naruto graduated at the Academy, and over all annoying person. He was also the one Sakura liked. He had this stupid Sharingan which almost made everything he did almost like… well, cheating.

 

Sasuke was the last person he wanted on his team. Always calling him a moron, and calling him scaredy cat, when Sasuke-baka himself was a scaredy cat. And he acts so cool that its almost sickening.

 

Well, that's what's written in the `Uchiha Sasuke' chapter. There was also a picture of Sasuke looking all serious, who was actually Naruto who used a henge and had someone take the picture. After all, knowing Sasuke, he'd just ignore him and not help him get his picture.

 

The later chapters, you'll see that the Uchiha Sasuke Chapter wasn't really the be all and end all of Naruto's opinion of the boy. After all, a few missions together with him, Sakura and Kakashi, he seemed to appreciate the raven haired boy. They both fought Haku in Wave Country, they fought together in the Forest of Death… although you can see annoyance, there was also a dab of respect in the writings.

 

Naruto surpassed Sasuke in terms of knowledge of Jitsus. He had Rasengan, Summoning no Jutsu, and the Kage Bushin at his side, which are considered as one of the most difficult and powerful techniques to do. But Sasuke had another advantage over Naruto, and which was above average taijitsu, and the cursed seal. The curse seal increased Sasuke's current power levels to almost three times, especially when Sasuke was in Level 2, with two hand like wings in his back acting as shields for attacks Naruto could send on his way. One would silently would wonder what the fan girls would like better; the evil looking, yet very mature looking Level 2 Sasuke, or the original recipe pretty boy Sasuke?

 

Naruto jumped towards the left and felt a rush of air as Sasuke passed through him. He was about to make the seals for the Kage Bushin no Jitsu when he heard a voice behind him.

 

“Too slow, dobe.” Naruto's eyes widened and turned his head. He saw a fist coming to his face, and hit him with a sickening impact. Naruto flew towards the stone mountain and he shouted as he felt his insides shake at the impact as he hit the stone wall. The world began to spin.

 

“I'm not done yet!” Sasuke shouted as the fully formed Chidori and charged towards Naruto. The blonde boy's eyes widened and his eyes reflected Sasuke's face as he was already in front of Naruto, and the Chidori was going to hit him. Naruto moved slightly towards the left, trying to dodge the lightning arm which was going to stab him in the heart.

 

He wasn't fast enough, but was able to dodge a fatal strike to the heart. But in exchange, his right chest was stabbed and blood was pouring in his lungs. He couldn't even shout anymore in pain, his eyes widening.

 

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Inside the mind of Naruto, Laharl looked aghast. “Oh shit… Sasuke got us pinned!” he said.

 

The fox girl snarled. Staring at the part-demon fox boy, she wondered if he couldn't state anything unobvious. Everything he said, if not helpful, was something repetitive and obvious that it was annoying. With a swift motion, she grabbed Laharl's neck and squeezed slowly. “Shut up… I'm thinking!”

 

Laharl didn't seem to be intimidated by her. She was always like this, ever since they were stuck in behind a large cage with a piece of paper seal to hold them. It kinda scared him first, but the fear left when he found out surprisingly, after 6 hours of Kyuubi strangling him, he didn't feel anything except probably the feeling of tightness on his neck. He smirked a bit, poked her in her neck.

 

“Kyuubi-chan, release me, or my finger is going lower,” he smirked. The fox girl snarled louder this time. She slowly released him, and decked him hard across the face. The boy flew and hit the cage wall hard, but stood up like nothing had happened… well, he was rubbing his cheek rather softly.

 

“Just shut up, Laharl,” Kyuubi replied. She looked back at the 61' television which showed the world through Naruto's eyes. Sasuke there, smiling a bit. He seemed to speak.

 

“You avoided a direct hit to your heart,” Sasuke said. “But it's over. You should feel blood in your lungs… you're slowly drowning… but its not a death worthy of you. You deserve a fast death.”

 

Sasuke removed his hands. Kyuubi smiled. This was it. Closing her eyes, red energy surrounded her whole body, and whispered slowly… “Come on you stupid boy, beat him.”

 

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Naruto's eyes widened when he suddenly felt en enormous power surge within him. He smiled. `Kyuubi-nichan… thank you…' he thought. He shouted as he forced his legs to move, and kicked Sasuke hard on the gut. The boy grunted as he felt the air taken out of him, and released the blonde boy as he flew backwards and hit the water.

 

`What the fuck…?' Sasuke thought. Slowly, he stood up and looked at the blonde boy, who was in his all fours, his teeth shown. The raven haired boy was taken aback. Naruto was surrounded with a red chakra, and gave him an eerie image of a rabid fox. The blonde boy's hands had claws and his teeth had fangs, and his eyes… red and almost demonic eyes with slits for pupils.

 

“Naruto… what are you?” Sasuke stared at him with cold, and somewhat angry eyes.

 

“Sasuke… you're coming back with me…” Naruto said in a soft monotone. Bending his body a bit, he suddenly dashed towards Sasuke and let the raven haired boy meet the knuckles of his fist.

 

Sasuke gasped, surprised, but went to a state of calmness as he remembered that even if Naruto somehow gained a heck a lot of chakra, he can still predict his movements thanks to the Sharingan. In his mind's eye, he could see the shadows of Naruto as he moved, predicting his next movements.

 

`But damn… he's faster than before!' Sasuke thought as he dodged the punch Naruto gave him. His Sharingan predicted the movement perfectly, but to his surprise, he saw the chakra from Naruto's punching arm separate and acted almost like an extra limb. It was claw shaped, and swiped towards Sasuke's head. He reacted quickly, and barely dodged the claw swipe as it grazed his arms.

 

Sasuke back flipped a few times, and went a few meters away from Naruto, his hand holding his somewhat injured shoulder. He took a look at it, and was surprised to see no injury, yet it hurt like a bitch. It was like Neji's “Soft Fist” style, and yet not at the same time.

 

“Sasuke…” Naruto said in a low monotone as well. It was like he was possessed... “I'm bringing back… even if I have to break your legs to do it.”

 

Sasuke stared at the blonde boy, and frowned. “You are special, Naruto… but… I am more special than you…” he whispered the last part as he unleashed his Level 2.

 

Naruto paused as he watched in a kind of horrific awe as Sasuke's whole body was covered in black as the whole cursed seal began to have an effect on the raven haired boy. The end result is the evil looking Sasuke, Level 2. His whole body was black, and there was an X-mark of sorts netween his eyes. He also had dull black-bright red eyes.

 

“Sasuke… what the hell happened to you?” Naruto asked, his red slit eyes wide in surprise.

 

“Surprise, Naruto?” Sasuke replied. “This is the power given to me by Orochimaru. This is why I have to leave you. I got my own path to follow. I have to be strong enough to kill him…”

 

“Leave…? To Orochimaru?” Naruto asked through gritted teeth. “Sasuke, wake up! You think he'd give you this much power for free?! Do you know what he plans with you? He's going to use you for his own ambition! That includes the destruction of Konoha! Our home!”

 

“Konoha was once my home… but not anymore,” Sasuke glared. He lifted is right fist, and chakra began to form there. It sparkled blue, electrical blue, as Sasuke got ready to deploy his chidori. Naruto bent his knees, and got ready.

 

Silence followed, as Sasuke and Naruto glared at each other, waiting… assessing… calculating. Finally, Naruto lost patience, and charged towards Sasuke with almost unnerving speed, his legs powered by Kyuubi's chakra. Normally, Sasuke, although he might have followed the movement and predicted it with his Sharingan, he wasn't fast enough to dodge it. But now that he was in Level 2, they were more or less on even grounds in speed and strength. What determines the winner will be skill, tactics, and a little bit of luck.

 

Naruto gave a wicked punch towards Sasuke, who dodged the fist nimbly, and countered with a sideward kick towards the blonde's ribs. Naruto gritted his teeth as the kick caught him, but quickly grabbed the opposing leg, and gave his own counter, and gave a very powerful kick across his chest, letting the boy fly.

 

Sasuke was taken aback by the attack. It seems the moron had some skills… and a lot of fight in him. He landed on his feet, clutching his chest, trying to take in a few breathes. The kick drove the air out of his lungs, and also made it a bit hard to breath. Sasuke had a suspicion that if he wasn't currently on Level 2, the kick would have knocked him out. He smiled. This was fun.

 

Without a word, Sasuke dashed towards Naruto, made a feint punch towards his face, in which the blonde boy fell for completely as Sasuke kicked Naruto hard on the stomach. Normally, Naruto would have been sent back, but powered up by his fox sister, he stood his ground, and returned the favor by punching Sasuke directly in his face.

 

That's how the whole fight becomes. An exchange of blow after blow, each of the antagonists giving powerful blows to each other, and no one seemed fazed. It was like they were both on a super wonder drug that keeps them up in days… weeks… months… and years without sleeping.

 

Naruto was the first one to be sent back, but only by a step, and continued to exchange more blows with Sasuke. He hit him in the head, gut, and got a kick somewhere in Sasuke's defenses, making the raven haired boy back up a step as well, but countered with three punches, and a nice head butt. Those also didn't seem to have no effect as Naruto pressed with the assault.

 

Sasuke growled. It was getting him nowhere in trying to beat the dobe's ass down… it was like trying to beat the crap out of solid steel and making it shout out to submission (which will never happen because steel don't shout). He formulated a plan while Naruto continued to attack in full force. Sasuke was forced to be on defensive, giving a false message to Naruto that he was winning, and got careless. He began to put even more power to his punches, but it caused him imbalance every time Sasuke was able to dodge them. That gave the raven haired boy his chance!

 

Sasuke smirked inwardly as he slowed his movements, and painfully blocked 5 punches from the blonde demon carrier, giving false pretenses that he was getting weaker. Naruto, in reply, made his punches stronger. Sasuke smirked when he finally saw his chance, and dodged the haymaker Naruto sent to his way. The fist missed its target, and threw the boy off balance, leaving him open to the launching kick of Sasuke.

 

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise as he was launched up in the air with his chin bursting in pain, and saw Sasuke appearing right behind him; he knew what was going to happen as he had seen this before. Naruto tried to move, but it was almost impossible, with the pain in his chin, and no leverage in the air. All he could do is watch where Sasuke could attack him, his mind revising the movements and sequence of the Shi-Shi Rendan.

 

Sasuke's shoulders shifted, and punched Naruto cleanly on his right ribs. Naruto, through the pain, very correctly assumed that his left side was the next target… but he didn't notice that instead of a punch to his left ribs, it was a kick on his left leg, shifting his body a bit. Sasuke spun in the air, and delivered the final kick to Naruto's gut, driving out the air out of his lungs, and send him to the world of unconsciousness.

 

Naruto landed on the shallow water with a painful splash. Sasuke smiled as he found himself the perfect opportunity to be able to be a step closer in killing Itachi… to kill his closest friend… powering up his Chidori, Sasuke let gravity do its work as he aimed directly towards the unconscious blonde boy's heart. That was it. No matter how much damage Naruto can take, once the heart is destroyed, it will all be over. Naruto won't even feel it. A clean death, for a close friend.

 

“I win…” he whispered to himself.

 

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“NARUTO! NARUTO! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!” Kyuubi called out towards the boy. She really couldn't do anything, with the seal in place. All she could do was watch in horror as Sasuke was now in the air, about to finish the boy off.

 

Laharl's face didn't seem to change, but his scarf hid the his mouth and gritting teeth. “Dammit… Kyuubi, give him more Chakra!” he stated, panicking.

 

“I could if it would help!” Kyuubi said, frowning sadly. “It's useless if I give him more Chakra… Especially when he's unconscious… its over… its all over…”

 

“What do you mean its all over you stupid fox?!” Laharl snarled. “You giving up?!”

 

“WELL IT WOULD BE A LOT BETTER IF YOU WERE THERE TO HELP ME, YOU STUPID LITTLE WEAK HALF-LING!” Kyuubi shouted.

 

Laharl's eyes widened, and his head bowed. Kyuubi immidietly regretted what she shouted and hugged the young man… “Wait… I'm sorry Laharl…! I… I just said it… it didn't mean anything!” she apologized profusely. “Look… just help me think of a plan… we can do it, right?”

 

Laharl didn't reply, his eyes roaming around. In the mind of Naruto Uzumaki, time is not a factor. The outside world can freeze in time for all they cared as it didn't affect them. It also makes one wonder… what would Philosophers say about this… a boy with two different minds thinking in his mind? They'd probably admit him to the asylum.

 

Laharl looked at the 61 inch television again, and frowned. Sasuke was bearing down on them, the chidori going straight for the kill. Kyuubi can't do anything anymore since Naruto was knocked out unconscious… which leaves them with only one thing. He smiled a bit sadly. It was fun… but now…

 

Kyuubi felt as suddenly a hand grab her breasts. She blinked. She felt the hand move from her left breast to her right breast… and going down… it moved to her tummy… and was still going down. Her forehead now had a twitch mark.

 

“LAHARL YOU FUCKING PERVERT!!!” she screamed, and glowed red with rage. Cocking her glowing fist, she sent him flying. As her punch landed squarely on the boy's cheek, he gave out a small devious smile, and flew away towards the cage.

 

Kyuubi's eyes widened as she realized what he did… he moved his hand all over his body to make her angry, powering herself with chakra. Then, he left himself open to her punch, making him fly towards the bars of their cage… just like the time Naruto fought Haku. “LAHARL! DON'T!!!” she screamed.

 

Too late, as Laharl vanished in a white light, his smile never leaving his face.

 

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“I win…” Sasuke whispered to himself, as he was a few meters away from Naruto. The chidori will stab through the blonde boy's heart, and he'd be a step closer to kill his brother.

 

Naruto seemed to have awaken, because suddenly, his eyes went open. His red, slit eyes seem to bore directly into Sasuke as the black haired boy suddenly found himself staring at them… a shiver passed his spine. Something was wrong… really wrong, he could feel it.

 

But nothing seemed to be wrong as he still continued to fall. He blinked a bit… Naruto's eyes were closed. He was still unconscious… must have been his imagination. With that in mind, Sasuke finally drove his fist to stab Naruto's heart.

 

Naruto didn't scream as his whole body went dead after the heart was punctured. Naruto's death was painless as Sasuke had predicted. He closed his eyes… He did it… he was finally a step towards revenge… he opened his eyes… he blinked.

 

He was surrounded by the townspeople of Konoha. He blinked. They were all staring at him in cold eyes… they were also taller than him… it was like they towered him. They began to whisper…

 

“That's him…” “Stupid evil kid… He'd better be off dead…” “Don't! The Third favors him…”

 

Sasuke felt a pang of sudden depression. The way the people were staring at him… weren't they the same people who had smiles in their faces as he talked to them when he was young? Suddenly, he heard one of them shout…

 

“Now here comes the real hero of Konoha!” “Hai! The survivor of the tragic Uchiha Clan!”

 

Nani?! Sasuke thought, shocked. He turned to where the villagers were pointing. Lo' and Behold… there he saw himself… Sasuke Uchiha… but just a few years younger. He watched in a daze as he saw himself with the usual cold expression as he walked without a care in the world. The girls began to flock around the young Sasuke, and he just ignored them as usual.

 

“He's the role model of youth…” “Have you heard? He's been nominated as the number 1 Academy student in all his levels!” “He's a certifiable genius, like that Hyuuga…” “Unlike some people I know…”

 

The villagers stared once again at Sasuke with their cold eyes. The raven haired boy was taken aback. The villagers looked really scary… and so hateful. What did he do? And why… why is there another Sasuke? That's it! The younger Sasuke is a fake! He's going to prove to the whole village that he was the real Sasuke!

 

Dashing towards the younger Sasuke, he was about to punch when suddenly, someone grabbed him… and began to beat him.

 

“He was going to harm Sasuke!” “How dare he!” “You stupid brat! Don't you dare touch him!!!”

 

Sasuke couldn't scream as he felt the villagers rain down their rage on him, kicking him, punching him, beating him… Sasuke couldn't seem to do anything as he just covered his ehad and went to a fetal position, screaming for help. He felt helpless… felt… weak. Pain on his side… on his head… his arms… his legs…

 

Then everything stopped… as the pain faded away. Sasuke blinked… and stood up. No longer was he in the streets as before… but near the stream. He stood up… looked around. He was in the place near Konoha village. He stared at his hands. It was all bruised up.

 

What… happened? The villagers… they beat me up… they hated me… and there is another me…?! Sasuke thought in panic. He went towards the stream to wash away the dirt on his hands, and probably on his face as well. He reached the water, and looked at his reflection before he dove his hand in the water. He paused. He removed his hands from the water, and looked at his hands… and back to his reflection.

 

His hair was blonde… he had whisker marks on his face… his eyes… were wide in surprise. Not only that… but it was also blue. He backed away, his eyes widening in shock. “N… NO!” he mumbled… and found himself aghast as he heard Naruto speak, not him! His voice's was Naruto's! “It's… IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!! NO!”

 

Sasuke felt chakra being used above him… and he saw himself… Sasuke Uchiha Level 2 with the chidori, coming down to him. He couldn't move… he couldn't breath. His own face came closer and closer to him… that neutral cold face… the sparking electric chidori bearing down on him… the sounds it made… `chi chi chi chi chi chi chi chi…' until finally, Sasuke stabbed him in the heart...

 

“That's just one minute…”

 

Everything faded. Sasuke found himself breathing deeply, looking at his own Level 2 reflection in the water, his hand out stabbing the water. His eyes were wide with confusion, and fear. He was placed somewhere he never expected… nor did he expected to suddenly be rip out of it. He looked up… and saw Naruto staring at him, his red eyes smiling knowingly… evilly? His mouth… it was different from the usual smile the blonde boy had. It was… predatory like.

 

“Had a good dream, Sasuke?” Naruto asked him.

 

“W… what the… hell was that?!” Sasuke said in between breaths. His heart was racing. He felt out of place in the world where he was…

 

“Its… lets say my bloodline ability,” Naruto said, thinking of a reply. “I guess… I awoke them just now. Like it?”

 

“I… I saw… myself as you…” Sasuke replied… his limbs felt numb… pain from supposedly being beaten up by the villagers.

 

“I had thought… it would serve you as a reminder,” Naruto replied, shrugging.

 

“Reminder to what?!” Sasuke demanded. He didn't like the feeling… he felt as he had been ripped from two realities… and not figure out which reality he really belonged to. It was like a high level Sharingan skill (in which he still has no knowledge how to use it) except that it felt a little bit more disturbing.

 

“On how stupid you are,” Naruto replied simply. Sasuke glared at him. “What?” Naruto asked.

 

“Excuse me…?!” Sasuke asked coldly. “Stupid?! Me?”

 

“Yes… considering the fact of your actions as of late,” Naruto replied.

 

Sasuke had to blink. This was not something Naruto would normally say. What the hell is going on here?! “Nani…?!”

 

“You, running away from Konoha, to go to Orichimaru, the same person who had invaded Konoha… the same person who had been responsible for the Third's death…” Naruto began. “… is stupid.”

 

“What would you know, dobe?!” Sasuke said through gritted teeth. “What would you know about me?! I'm an avenger! I will join any side, whoever can grant me what I need!”

 

“Power… to kill a man?” Naruto replied. “Heh… I remembered what you said during our first introductions to Kakashi-sensei. I had thought you were stupid, Sasuke… but now I change my mind. You're a fucking moron… and an ungrateful one.”

 

Sasuke stood up, his fist glowing again as it began powering up with the chidori. “Don't you try and label me, dead last! What would you know about me? NOTHING! I only became friends with you only because of circumstances!”

 

“So… our time together with Sakura was nothing to you, Sasuke?” Naruto asked, raising an inquiring eyebrow. “We were just… passing people in your exciting life?”

 

“… no.” Sasuke replied, bowing his head a bit. “You… you were a good friends. My closest actually. You and I faced tough situations… faced powerful opponents… learned new skills. But its over. I have my path to take… and my path has nothing to do with you.”

 

“You are selfish, Uchiha Sasuke…” Naruto replied. “I have heard from Ero-sennin… you think Ororchimaru will give you all the power you need for free?! Don't kid yourself. He wants your ability. He's luring you to his territory so that he can switch his existence over yours with this forbidden jutsu.”

 

“I don't care! As long as he gives me the power to kill ITACHI! My brother who WIPED OUT MY WHOLE CLAN!!” Sasuke replied, glaring at him. The chidori was within near completion. “AS long as I CAN KILL HIM… He can have my body for all I CARE!”

 

“And that makes you stupid,” Naruto shot, now is face no more being friendly. His red eyes were now coldly staring at him, and his face… a mask of utter neutrality. “Giving up your life… all for petty revenge. If that was only the case, I'd have pitied you. I too, can understand how you feel. We grew up almost the same… no family… loneliness… but there is one difference between you and me…”

 

Sasuke looked at him, ready to strike. “What?”

 

“I am grateful of my life. I am thankful for every breath I take… even if I had more of a reason to betray the whole village!” Naruto snarled, and grabbed a few kunais and throwing stars from his pocket. He put them in his hand, and suddenly closed it, seeming crushing his sharp ninja tools. A red light escaped from his hands as he opened them once more… but instead of kunais and throwing stars… he held a handful of red scalpels.

 

Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise. He began to step back, away from Naruto.

 

“For the time I grew up, I saw nothing but hate and coldness in the villager's eyes. Restaurants wouldn't serve me even if I had money… if I didn't meet the third eating in my favorite Ramen stand, I wouldn't even be eating my favorite food fresh. The whole village despised me… they didn't want me. I had no family… I had no one,” Naruto grabbed another handful of throwing stars and made them to scalpels again.

 

How does he do that?! Sasuke thought, seemingly the technique was unable to register in his Sharingan.

 

“And you… you were the same. Grew up alone… your brother in your head… you probably witnessed him kill everyone? But who cares. GET OVER IT!” Naruto shouted for the first time. “You might have lost your real family… but don't you see a family when it appears? The whole village adored you… they respected you… you were their hero… their proud last member of the Uchiha clan… and this is how you repay them? Betraying them by siding with the enemy?!”

 

“I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE VILLAGE!” Sasuke shouted, his temper flaring. “ALL I NEED IS POWER! THAT IS ALL I NEED!!! POWER TO KILL HIM!”

 

“You'll never be able to beat him, Sasuke…” Naruto replied quietly now. “And you know why…? Because you are weak… from here.” And Naruto pointed at his own heart with his right arm. On his left… all the scalpels he was able to make, he placed them in his palms, and closed his hand once again. Another red light seemed to escape his hand once again when suddenly, a katana appeared from his hand… a red katana. The hilt… the blade… crimson red.

 

“… don't call me WEAK!” Sasuke growled as his chidori went back again in full power, as he began to dash towards Naruto. He was going to finish him once and for all!

 

Nartuo seem to disappear as Sasuke dashed to him, and re-appeared behind him. Sasuke turned his head in surprise. When did… he get so fast?! Sasuke thought as he turned around once more, and made a dash towards Naruto.

 

“I'll show you why you are weak!” Naruto replied. He held the katana with both hands, and went to the normal kendo position. “I had promised Sakura I'd bring you back… but not only that, I also made a promise to myself that I'm going to be the Hokage… and that won't happen if I let Orochimaru take you… but most importantly…”

 

Naruto close his eyes, smiling. Sasuke was still dashing towards him, intent to kill him.

 

“I am doing this for you're lousy existence… I believe that a man has choices he has to make… you can rot and throw away your body for all I care… but… as a friend… I can't allow that.” Naruto opened his eyes. “Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu… KUZU RYU SEN!”

 

Sasuke's eyes widened as he saw Naruto dash towards him, and split into nine… at first, he'd have thought Naruto used the Kage Bushin… but the movement was… too fluid… too much identical for another body to act the same way… The last thing he saw was nine pointed red katanas coming at him, and ending with a flash of a bright red light.

 

Sasuke flew, and landed on his back… his limbs… he couldn't feel them. His chest felt like it was slammed with something hard. And his head… was spinning. What just happened confused the hell out of him. Naruto… just beat him! In Level 2?! And he used a move he never saw before!! He suddenly buckled. He wanted to move… he didn't want to be defeated!

 

“Don't move, baka,” Naruto's voice called. “I hit all your nine vital parts… you wont be able to move for a while.”

 

“I… I can't… lose to you…!!!” Sasuke declared. He tried to move again, but no avail. He could only helplessly feel the power fade away from him.

 

“You lost… way before you met me. You lost… when you wanted to go to Orochimaru in your own free will. You lost… when you said you didn't care anymore,” Naruto's voice rang. “A man who throws his life away for stupid reasons is a man who will always lose.”

 

Sasuke didn't reply as he his vision began to fade. Soon… he lost his consciousness. Naruto smiled, and looked at his hands. His red katana… its been a long time since he last saw them… and probably the last as he suddenly felt drained… he gritted his teeth. His katana broke to pieces of red scalpels, and seemingly… was absorbing to him. The scalpels went inside him, and faded away from sight.

 

Naruto gave a final breath… and fell down. His vision began to fade… and also went unconscious. The waterfall began to rage on, and two unconscious leaf nins were there, lying next to each other. Up in the treetops, Kakashi feared he was too late… and rushed down check them.

 

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“Ugh…” Laharl declared as he grabbed one of the bars. He was currently outside of the sealed prison, and inside, he saw Kyuubi's wide eyes. “Hey… K… Kyuubi…”

 

“YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!” Kyuubi shouted, tears forming in her eyes. “GET IN HERE! BEFORE YOU…”

 

“It's… too late…” Laharl declared. “I've lost too much energy… I'm fading…”

 

He showed his hands… it was semi-transparent. He smiled a bit. It was probably the stupidest thing he ever did. Going through the seal meant that he would have the seal drain out all his power. After all, it was the one of the purposes of the seal inside Naruto. To absorb the chakra of what's sealed inside, and integrated into the system.

 

Theoretically, just being outside the cage would have absorbed him completely… but since he absorbed some chakra from Kyuubi when she punched him, he was still able to control Naruto's body with enough time to beat Sasuke.

 

Of course… he had stayed too long. He was now being sucked out of his energy… he was being assimilated… combined with Naruto… but not with his terms. Most probably he could give his powers… but memories… and skills…

 

Damn it… Aaron, I hope you felt my presence here… Laharl thought.

 

“Laharl…?” Kyuubi asked.

 

“Hehe…” Laharl laughed softly. “I'm sorry Kyuubi-chan… it seems I'm going away for a while…”

 

The fox girl wiped her eyes, smiling sadly. “Baka… you were too long in controlling Naruto…”

 

“Of course,” Laharl smiled. “Would you wanted to be killed?”

 

Silence reigned for a while. Laharl's face was starting to fade now, his legs vanished, and his upper torso is already almost transparent. For a while, Kyuubi could only bring her head down. She wanted to provide a solution so Laharl wouldn't have to die.

 

“Kyuubi…”

 

“Laharl…?” she looked up.

 

“Promise me, Kyuubi,” Laharl stared at her, serious. “Promise me… that you'll give your full support to Naruto…”

 

“ … I promise…” Kyuubi nodded, serious as well. “I promise.”

 

Laharl smiled. “You've been a great friend… Kyuubi-chan. My last gift…”

 

Using his remaining energy he broke every third of the bars in the cage. Kyuubi looked surprised suddenly as she found herself with a bit more freedom as the seal weakened a bit. With the breaking of the bars, it would increase the flow rate of energy between Naruto and her.

 

“Tell Naruto… that… he's going to be a lot different when he wakes up,” Laharl said, nodding one last time as he finally began to fade away. He gave a last wink. “See ya around, oh great Kyuubi-chan…”

 

As Laharl faded from existence… Kyuubi could only cry out as one of her only friends faded from her sight.

 

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In the real world… Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, Chouji, Neji, Kiba and Akamaru, Lee, and the three Sand Nins returned to Konoha, having completed the mission successfully. But… unknown to them, Naruto was beginning to change. A metamorphosis of Naruto's body began, slowly and silently, unnoticed by everyone. By the time the changes were done… not even the number one hyperactive ninja would be saying anything to explain it.

 

 

To Be Continued

 

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