The Hunchback of Notre Dame (A Naruto Tale)

Chapter 14:Sanctuary (Part 2)

The guards battering the door run, but Danzo manages to get inside the cathedral safely.  As he does, the archdeacon runs up to him. "Danzo, have you gone mad?  I will not tolerate this assault on the house of God!" Kakashi shouts but is pushed the ground by Danzo "Silence, you old fool!  The hunchback and I have unfinished business to attend to.  And this time, you will not interfere." Danzo snaps back as he closes the door and locks it from the inside.

Upstairs, Naruto bursts into the bedroom rejoicing "We've done it, Sakura!  We've beaten them back! Come and see!" he cheers but she doesn't move "Sakura?  Wake up!  You're safe now." he reassures her but nothing happens. "Sakura?" Naruto asks her "oh no!" he panics. The gargoyles watch from a distance. He gets a spoonful of water, and tries to make her drink it, but she doesn't "Oh no" Naruto sobs as he holds her. The gargoyles shut the door leaving Naruto to grieve. As Naruto cries, Danzo enters and touches Naruto on his hump. "You killed her" Naruto bluntly replies "It was my duty, horrible as it was.  I hope you can forgive me.  There, there, Naruto, I know it hurts. But now, the time has come to end your suffering forever." Danzo explains as he holds a dagger in his hand ready to stab Naruto. Naruto sees the shadow, turns and struggles with Danzo, before wresting the dagger from Danzo's hands and backing him into a corner.

"Now, now, listen to me, Naruto." Danzo tries to calm him down "No, you listen!" Naruto shouts "All my life you have told me the world is a dark, cruel place.  But now, I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!" Naruto tosses the dagger away. "Naruto?" Sakura asks as she wakes up slowly. Naruto turns around and sees Sakura sitting up "Sakura!" Naruto smiles as she hugs him. "She lives!" Danzo sneered and grabs a sword "No!" Naruto shouts as he grabs Sakura and runs out to the balcony. Danzo follows, but when he gets outside, he sees nothing but gargoyles. After looking left and right, he looks out over the edge and finds Naruto hanging there with Sakura. "Leaving so soon?" Danzo smiles like an insane person and swings his sword, but Naruto dodges the blow by swinging to another spot.  Down on the ground, the guards stop to watch. "Up there!" a guard shouts. Danzo goes to swing again. "Hang on!" Naruto shouts to Sakura clinging on to him as they swing off again, just missing Danzo's sword. At the last minute Naruto tosses Sakura to safety on the balcony. Danzo gets his chance and backs Naruto into a corner.

"I should have known you'd risk your life to save that gypsy witch.  Just as your own mother died trying to save you." Danzo explains that he killed Naruto's own mother "What!?!" A shocked Naruto gasps "Now I'm going to do what I should have done twenty years ago!" Danzo shouts as he swings his cape, covering Naruto's head. As he tries to throw Naruto off the balcony, Naruto panics and pulls Danzo off as well. Danzo hangs on to Naruto, as Sakura grabs Naruto and tries to pull him back onto the balcony. Danzo throws his cape around another another gargoyle, and pulls himself over. Danzo stands up and is about to swing at Sakura. "And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!" Danzo shouts. The gargoyle, that Danzo stands on begins to crack. Danzo gets thrown off balance and hangs onto the gargoyles neck. Suddenly, the statue comes to life and roars.  Danzo screams, and the now stone gargoyle breaks off, sending Danzo falling to his death.