Naruto Fanfiction

chapter 17

Chapter17-Tails of Uchiha and Uzumaki part 2

(3rd p.o.v)

"I'm impressed," Aeron nodded. "You're not half bad. Neither am I."

He summoned a pair of gauntlets from seals on the outsides of his wrists, Ryuu instantly seeing the foot long blades on the outside of the gauntlets and readying himself.

"Let's go," Aeron grunted sprinting forward and beginning to attack Ryuu in a spinning blur of blades.

After several minutes, Ryuu blocked one blade to stop Aeron from spinning but Aeron simply bent his arm and continued, his other blade driving itself into Ryuu's abdomen. 

Ryuu disappeared in a cloud of smoke and the real one appeared behind Aeron, slashing with the tanto. Aeron blocked it, still back to, then spun, stabbing Ryuu in the left leg then slashed his left arm and back away a few feet.

Ryuu staggered backward, holding a hand over his leg's wound. After a moment, he put his trench knife away and created a Wind Blade on his tanto. 

He removed his forehead protector and tied it over the wound to slow the bleeding then sprinted forward, slashing rapidly at Aeron. 

Aeron blocked several slashes before darting forward, stabbing at Ryuu before Ryuu tossed his tanto into the air, the Wind Blade fading as a Flame Sword extended from his hand, blocking both gauntlet blades and the heat melted the blades instantly. 

Aeron leapt back, narrowly avoiding a slash then watched as Ryuu extinguished his Flame Sword and caught his tanto in one movement, Sharingan now active and glowing slightly.

"Enough of this," Ryuu snarled. "Let's finish this."

Naruto created several clones and took a breath.

"Here goes!" Naruto shouted. "Get ready for the ultimate Secret Taijutsu! Naruto Uzumaki, Clone Body Slam!"

Gaara laughed, extending his hand and catching three clones, the fourth landing on his hand and hurling Naruto who made his clone seal again.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted creating another clone just in time for Gaara to grab it, Naruto falling behind Gaara. "And another, Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

He landed on the clone, spinning and leaping at Gaara.

"Take this, Leaf Village Secret Taijutsu, straight from the teachings of Kakashi Sensei, Thousand Years of Death!" Naruto shouted driving a kunai into Gaara's sand covered rear, doing absolutely nothing.

Gaara's sister, Pakkun, and the toad all watched in shock then humiliation, feeling embarrassment for Naruto's stupidity since he clearly didn't. Gaara looked back at Naruto, unimpressed for a moment before his tail smashed him away. As he flew, he grinned.

"Boom," Naruto said just before the paper bomb he had placed on the grip of the kunai exploded, blasting Gaara at point blank range.

Sasuke managed to catch Naruto with his own body and they watched the smoke for signs of life.

"Hey, you okay?" Naruto asked, looking down at Sasuke.

As the smoke cleared, it revealed a massive crater in the tree with Gaara standing in it, the sand on the right half of his body falling away slowly.

"All of that work, and you only scored one blow?" Sasuke scoffed.

"Put a sock in it," Naruto huffed.

"Naruto, listen to me," Sasuke growled. "You have to save Sakura if it's the last thing you do. Once you've got her, I want you to take her and flee as fast as you can. It's all up to you."

He began to push himself up, struggling to move.

"Sasuke...you..." Naruto trailed off, seeing the determination on Sasuke's face.

"I can...hold him here...a little longer," Sasuke stated. "If it ends here, it just means this was as far as I was meant to go. I lost everything once. I don't ever want to have to see that again. My trusted comrades falling right in front of me. Find Ryuu if you can and help him. He'll be able to stop Gaara. If I can't."

"Your trusted comrades?" Naruto asked, partially ignoring the last part. "Sasuke...I get it now."

Naruto stood, hands curling into fists.

"Of course," Naruto stated. "He's no different than I am. Going through life with the exact same sadness and loneliness that I had to carry. He fought only for himself, never relying on anyone, and because of that, I thought that he possessed strength. I really did."

"Naruto," Sasuke muttered.

"I dunno, I guess I shoulda known better," Naruto shrugged. "That's not what real strength is. If you never fight for anyone but yourself, you'll never be strong no matter what you do."

He formed a hand seal, beginning to gather his chakra, the chakra forming a massive cage dome around him as it flew off of him. Naruto would not lose this fight.

Fu sprinted along the rooftop before leaping to the next and stopping, Yugao landing in front of her, mask on and sword out.

"Who are you?" Fu asked reaching for a kunai.

"My name is unimportant," Yugao stated. "I know who you are, and what you're actually doing here. I won't let you succeed. I'll stop you here."

"Is that right?" Fu asked drawing the kunai and hurling it at Yugao then drawing her trench knives and sprinting forward.

Yugao slashed the kunai out of the air then blocked a slash from Fu before ducking under a second and kicking Fu away. She followed, slashing at her and Fu blocked it, shoving the blade away and spinning, slashing Yugao across the stomach. Yugao staggered sideways, Hayate's face and memories of training with him flashing through her mind.

"Too slow ANBU," Fu stated. "Now, what's this about? What is it you think I have planned? Killing Ryuu?"

Yugao turned, two clones appearing to her sides and all three sprinted forward, slashing at Fu. Fu blocked two blades, kicking the flat side of the third and sending the sword flying away before glancing upward and her eyes widened, seeing a fourth Yugao falling toward her.

"Shit!" Fu snarled diving to the side, out of the way of the fourth's sword blade.

She stood, charging forward and disappeared in a flash of light as the first clone slashed at her. She reappeared next to the fourth clone and slashed that one and two beside her, all three exploding into smoke. 

Fu dove forward, Yugao's sword carving a shallow cut into her lower back, blood staining her skirt. She landed on her feet, turning toward Yugao as Yugao blurred forward, leaving an after image trail. 

Yugao began to zigzag as she neared Fu then slashed at her from the right. Fu blocked it and slashed at Yugao. Yugao leaned back the kunai carving a scratch into her mask.

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