Naruto: A New Perspective

Chapter 26

Naruto slammed his fist into a very surprised Kankuro's face, breaking his connection to his puppet Karasu. The Sand genin was sent stumbling off of the tree branch he had been standing on and towards the forest floor, where he landed in a heap and didn't get up again.

"Wow." Aiko commented weakly, "That was a little too fast. Aren't you supposed to banter first?"

"No time." Naruto replied tersely, "Are you good to go, Sasuke?"

"I was bantering." Sasuke scowled, "Lets go, Temari and Gaara are pretty close."

All six took off, and Aiko asked her brother, "Sasuke, are you alright?"

Sasuke gave her a concerned look, "Of course I'm alright." His sister looked completely out of it, she was pale and shaking, and she looked like she might throw up any minute. Aiko looked far removed from her usual confident self, instead she seemed almost unsure. Sasuke saw that the death and killing must have gotten to her, but now wasn't the time with Gaara and Temari so close.

"Hinata." Naruto matched his friend's slowing pace, "Are you okay?"

"I-I'm f-fine..." Hinata replied, "I-I'm just... l-low on c-chakra."

Naruto grimaced, he didn't think about the fact that Hinata was still probably tired after her fight with Lee, Kakashi didn't either it seemed. Naruto picked up the girl, who let out a very surprised squeak.

"I'll carry you, save your reserves and keep your Byakugan active." Naruto said, unaware of the very red faced girl now on his back, he was focused on the task at hand.

"O-Okay."

Sasuke snorted at the scene, "Alright, how far are we?" Temari couldn't have moved very far away while carrying Gaara, it shouldn't take to long to catch up now.

"Th-They're u-up ahead." Hinata stammered, Naruto's hair was very distracting, it smelled very nice, like-

"There!" Naruto tensed as he spotted them off in the distance, preparing his muscles for the imminent confrontation.

"I got them." Sasuke smirked, and rushed forward away from the group.

"Sasuke!" Naruto called sharply after him, "Don't break formation!"

Sasuke didn't listen; he flipped over Temari and landed in front of her, blocking her from moving on. Temari was frozen, trembling slightly as the Leaf genin surrounded her and Gaara, who was still unconscious.

"Give up." Sasuke ordered Temari, "You're outnumbered."

Temari laid Gaara down and pulled out her fan, warily eying the two boys and four girls that had cornered her. One was the Hyuuga; she seemed the weakest at the moment, lying on the back of the blonde haired Naruto, the one who had beaten her without even throwing a strike. He looked just as determined now as he had before, but this time there was no surrender possible.

"Look," Aiko consoled Temari, "We're just here to capture you, just give up."

"No." Sasuke disagreed, "We've been ordered to kill Gaara. He's part of some plan they have."

"What?" Aiko was shocked, "Why? He hasn't done anything."

"Sasuke, I know it's what we're supposed to do, but let's not resort to killing, he's knocked out let's just take him back to the village." Naruto said.

Sasuke glared at Naruto now, "Not now, Naruto! This isn't the time for you to be the fucking good guy. I'm going to kill Gaara, and you better not stop me."

Naruto said nothing.

Sakura shook her head, "Naruto... Sasuke is right, Gaara is dangerous... we have to kill him."