Wish Upon the Night Sky (Naruto Fanfic)

Chapter 72

Usagi 72

>>>>CHAPTER 72<<<<

>>>>Our Little Family of Stars<<<<

Pain stared up at the Planetary Devastation jutsu he had formed.

A moment ago, the Nine Tails had broken free from that powerful jutsu, and now, a moment later, that dark chakra and the eight tails the beast had formed were gone.

"The Nine Tails is gone?" Pain muttered to himself as he watched on, waiting for some kind of surprise attack or-

He looked closely. Standing where the Kyuubi had once stood was Naruto, not a trace of the beast's chakra left on him.

Somehow, Naruto had managed to seal the Kyuubi's chakra back inside himself. Pain didn't have time to think about how or why.

Naruto had once again activated sage mode, and was ready to fight.

This would be their final battle.

All the matter that had gathered around the Planetary Devastation collapsed to the ground, Naruto coming down with it.

Thankfully, while being blinded by the eight tails chakra, he didn't wound any of his friends, they were all safe.

"Thank Kami...." Naruto breathed out a sigh of relief.

"I think it's time we finish this." Pain said. "Do you understand a little bit now? If you don't share someone's pain, you can never understand them. But just because you understand doesn't mean you can come to an agreement." ... He never could get Usagi to fully understand, could he? 

"Take me to the real you." Naruto said. "I want to speak with him face to face."

"So you figured it out." The smallest of smirks crawled onto Pain's face. "The time for talking is over now. Nothing you say will change anything."

He attacked.

Looks like If Naruto wanted to speak with the real Pain, he would have to find him himself.

----Flashback----

"Hey Dad..."

Kakashi glanced up from his book, looking towards his young, four year old daughter.

The second he caught her eye, he knew something was wrong. "Usagi, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

He had been in bed, the time well past midnight. He though Usagi had fallen asleep some time ago, but as shown by the girl before him, his thought must have been wrong.

The young girl looked down at the floor of his room, her eyes tired. "I can't sleep." She said.

His expression softened. "Come here." The almost nineteen year old said, lightly patting on the empty portion of the mattress next to him.

Usagi crawled up onto his bed, seating herself next to Kakashi. "... You smell." The four year old commented.

It had been a few months since Kakashi had adopted Usagi, and while he was so happy to have her in his life, he couldn't quite let go of his old habits.

The smell Usagi was talking about was the smell of alcohol.

Yeah, he had gotten drunk earlier that day. He knew it was pathetic, but he couldn't help it.

"Sorry." He apologized.

"S'okay." The girl said. It was silent for a short while, until Usagi spoke.