Naruto: Dreams Unraveled

No Holding Back

I had sat in my spot on the border, well into the hours of the morning and I could tell the Leaf had moved. As I stretched my senses to their limit; I could tell there had been Choji and Neji... I could hardly sense them now. Kiba had fallen off my radar not too long ago, and now I could only sense Naruto and Shika. Two of the four Sound ninja had been taken out. There had been another person to cross the border, but they had crossed a ways away. It would have been risky to move my position. Lee had shown up not long after I realized that the sand siblings were not far behind.

Still I stayed where I was. There was still a huge possibility that Uchiha could make it this far. So I waited. And as I did I finally felt Uchiha's chakra change darker... blacker than I had ever seen in anyone... even Orochimaru himself. He and Naruto were in a battle near, if not in, the Valley of the End. I could see it.

"Enjoying the view?!" I knew that slimy voice anywhere. I just turned to gaze at him from my perch. "Aw, upset that I've found you? I'm surprised you made it this far," He tried to antagonize. I started off with a giggle as I got to my feet, and then giggled louder into laughter. I could have been mistaken for going mad, but it was worth the slightly fearful yet confusing look the silver hair boy gave me once I immediately stopped laughing and gave him the most dead serious look I had, "You really think a ninja of my stature could be so butt hurt about that? I knew someone would find me, or more like me find them, but I was hoping it would be Uchiha... not some low-life ninja that works for a slime ball of a snake that's too weak to fight his own battles."

I could tell I hit a nerve as he threw a set senbon at me. All I had to do was lift my hand as they all stopped in thin air, activating my Metal Style. "It's useless," I monotonely replied, sending his senbon back at him. He went to defend his face, but it turns out it was just a substitution. Unluckily for him, I was ahead of him. He had come up behind me as he put a scalpel infused with chakra to my neck. At this I laughed madly again, this time my laughter bouncing in many different origins. His head whipped around wildly trying to figure out if this was ninjutsu or genjutsu. I then turned to him, placing the blade closer to my neck, unafraid, "It's nice to know I get to battle you at your full strength this time." My smile was wicked, "And I also get to battle at mine."

It was then the battle really started as I 'poofed' away and my clones ambushed him from the trees. But knowing Kabuto, he was very much like Orochimaru, he liked to hide in the shadows. This was going to be a long fight.

It felt like hours when we fought, every time I'd throw an elemental attack he would counter it with the opposite elemental jutsu that diminished mine. He was being extra careful not to throw any metal my way either. Regardless, the real Kabuto had yet to show himself. My chakra was running low from back to back combination attacks. Even though I didn't really fight with a pattern, he was always able to counter me.

At the moment, we were both breathing heavily from the previous taijutsu match. I knew Kabuto was also nearing his limit as much as I was. Five different Kabuto were around me. Each holding a different chakra nature, but I knew full well it couldn't have been so.

I had acquired many cuts and bruises by now and I was bleeding pretty bad as was Kabuto... the lot of them. But at that moment I heard my name, "Holota?" Both four eyes, twenty eyes at the moment, and I turned to find Uchiha, battered and bruised... Naruto and the others had failed.

"My, my, Sasuke, you look like you've had quite a beating," Kabuto warmly greeted. "Shut up!" the raven snapped, then looked calmly back to me, "Why are you here?" "To bring you home, Sasuke," I replied. He stepped back, "I've come all this way and I'm not turning back now." "I'll drag you back if I have to," I replied monotonely. He seemed torn but the white hair bastard just had to speak up, "We can always bring her along. Surely Orochimaru wouldn't mind a fair young maiden of her stature to join you." At that offer Uchiha looked at me calmly again, but this time almost pleadingly... almost.