Chapter 19 Defecting the darkness

Me: Well, I'm back, and I hope I didn't take forever to update, I got rid of Sakura, don't ask me how. I got rid of her… I didn't kill her… any who, now we got my new disclaimer, KAKASHI!... Kakashi?... where is he?

Kakashi: *Appeared in smokes* Sorry for being late, I had to help an infant down from a twenty foot building.

Me:… I should've picked someone else.

Sasuke and Sakura sat in a bench, wearing all black, to Sasuke it was normal to wear dark clAothes but Sakura seems to be squirming in her clothes, almost as if she has an itch and needed to scratch herself.

Sakura turned to Sasuke. "Do you think Naruto-kun will come?" she asked.

Sasuke shrugged. "Don't know, but what I do know is that the Third would appreciate it if Naruto came, since the Third was Naruto's supposed grandfather I'm sure Naruto would come…"

Sakura stared at him. "Sooo… is that a yes or a no?"

Sasuke groaned.

They both heard footstep, they turned to see Naruto slowly walking towards him, his head down so his hair covered his eyes.

"Naruto-kun?" Sakura asked worriedly.

Naruto sighed. "I'll try not to act all emo like ok?" he asked, Sakura and Sasuke nodded. Naruto walked ahead.

"Geez, I thought the death would make him emo but not this emo." Sasuke said. Sakura punched his arm.

"Come on." she ran to walk next to Naruto.

All three made it to the funeral; they saw several people in it. Some they knew but most of them were strangers.

The funeral went without a hitch, some people close to the third say a few words for him, some were long and had no point while others were short and straight to the point. When it was Naruto's turn to say words for Hiruzen, surprisingly, the civilian said nothing and listen to what he said.

Naruto couldn't say he's feeling better but he certainly wasn't feeling good. No matter where he went, Sakura was always next to him but she did give him some privacy, she even resisted some of her sexual urges when Naruto needed to take bath, which is an impressive feat.

Naruto was currently was half-heartedly eating ramen with Sakura and Sasuke sitting next to him.

"So what you mean to tell me…" Teuchi started. "Is that it only passed one day and Naruto still isn't feeling better?" he asked.

Sakura nodded. "It usually takes Naruto-kun, 6 hours before he feels better?" she asked.

"I'm right here! And I take offense to that!" Naruto said before eating his ramen with new vigor. Sakura smiled slightly.

"So Naruto-kun…" Sakura looked up at Ayame. "How are you taking the Thirds death?" and there it goes, Naruto goes back to eating his ramen at snail pace.

"Gee, thanks!" Sakura spat at Ayame, standing from her stool.

"Hey, I was just worried for my little brother!" Ayame yelled back.

"If he really was your little brother you'd know that-"

"Sakura quit it!" Naruto yelled, Sakura flinched and looked scared at Naruto. Naruto looked at her eyes in surprised before going back to his ramen. "Sorry." he muttered.

She sat back down. "It's fine, you just got me by surprise." Sakura smiled nervously.

Ayame looked at Naruto sadly. "Naruto-kun, I know losing someone precious to you hurts but… that's no reason to be acting like Sasuke." she says.

"Hey! I take offense to that!"

Naruto shrugs. "I can't really go and act happy-go-lucky about someone's death."

"I'm not asking for you to do so, just… try not to act so down, don't you think the Third Hokage would want you to see this is training, so you don't lose someone important again?" she asked.

Naruto raised his head slowly. Looking at Ayame in surprise, the same for Sasuke and Sakura.

Ayame looked between Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke. "What?" she finally asked.

"Ayame-Chan… that was the first time I heard you say something smart." Naruto said, whether he was serious or joking, no one knew.

Ayame huffed, her face red with anger and embarrassment. "And here I was trying to help you." she said.

"I know… thanks." Naruto said. Ayame smiled at Naruto… before punching his head. "Ow! What was that for!"

"Don't think because you said thank you and you're feeling bad doesn't mean I won't discipline you, you're supposed to be grateful when someone gives you an advice." Ayame scolded Naruto like a little child who broke someone else's toy.

Naruto pouted. "Not fair, you should be nicer to the people who are feeling down." Naruto said.

"Mh hm." Ayame raised an eyebrow. Naruto sighed and continue to eat his ramen, in the same snail-like pace.

Sakura sighed and continue to watch Naruto, thinking of ways to make him feel better… in a non-sexual way.

"Naruto-kun, want to train after this?" Sakura asked.

Naruto looked at Sakura with a raised eyebrow. "Why?"

"Just come and train." Sakura grabbed Naruto and dragged him off.

"Wait! My ramen! My beautiful miso ramen!" Naruto cried. Sasuke looked at the half-finished bowl of ramen, without a second thought, he grabbed his own chopstick and started eating Naruto's unfinished one. "ARGH! SASUKE-TEME, LEAVE MY RAMEN ALONE! YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!" Naruto screamed.

Sasuke stood from his seat and started to follow Naruto and Sakura, still eating Naruto's ramen.

(Random Training Ground)

Sakura stood in her battle stance, Naruto… he looks like someone twisted his legs and put several stitches on it.

"Naruto, fix your battle stance." Sasuke said.

"I can't fight against my girlfriend!" Naruto yelled, turning to Sasuke.

"Well you better learn now." Sasuke pointed in front of Naruto.

Naruto turned in time to see Sakura throw a punch at him.

"Sakura-Chan, what are you doing?" Naruto asked.

"Fighting, what do you think?" she asked rhetorically but Naruto didn't know that, so he answered.

"Well, if I watched enough anime and read enough manga which I have, including the one about me-"

"NARUTO! FOURTH WALL!"

"-Then most antagonist always wait for the protagonist to have a secret conversation with himself and plan the villains downfall… which always works." Naruto finished with pride almost as big as the Uchiha clan rolling out of him.

Sakura sweat dropped. "Naruto-kun, this isn't an anime or manga, we're living human, living in a real ninja world where we could die at any moment, we're-"

"Sakura-Chan…" Naruto interrupted.

"What?" Sakura asked annoyingly.

Naruto pointed up.

She looked up and she gasped.

Sign:

Naruto doesn't belong to me, all rights goes to Kishimoto-sama

Everyone stared at the sign for several minutes.

Finally Sasuke spoke. "Want to go to another training ground?" Naruto and Sakura nodded dumbly and quickly left to another training ground.

Naruto and Sakura finally came to a training ground that wasn't occupied. First they ran into Hinata who coincidentally was taking a bath by a lake near the training ground. Then they ran to Ino yelling at Shikamaru, something about peeping at girls, surprisingly Shikamaru seemed annoyed and he looks like he wants to say something but by the way Ino was ranting, stopping her would only cost more trouble. Third one had several animals which were, ahem, mating. They walked the whole way with Sakura complaining to Naruto on why they didn't 'mate' yet which Naruto always answering 'we're too young for that'. The fourth and final training ground that they passed through was a cook out, because Naruto loves to eat, he volunteers to be a judge and that took several hours and now they are here.

Sakura took her fighting stance again. "Ready Naruto-kun?" she asked.

Naruto took his correct stance. "Ready." without warning, Sakura dashed towards Naruto.

Naruto easily blocked her punches, Sakura spun, throwing two kicks at Naruto who ducked out of their ways and threw a punch at her stomach. But before he connected, he stopped. Sakura was a little thrown off by it but quickly used the opportunity and kneed Naruto in the chin.

Sakura quickly jumped back. "Why didn't you punch me?" she asked.

"I… I can't hit you, it's physically impossible for me to hit you." Naruto said, when he received no answer, he looked up only to receive a punch to the face.

"Come on! Tough it out!" she yelled, throwing more punches at Naruto.

"But I can't hurt you!" Naruto said in panic.

"Why not!" Sakura abruptly stops almost making Naruto trip and fall. "You never had a problem hitting me, why are you refusing to hit me now?"

Naruto opened his mouth to reply but shut it quickly and ducked under her punch. "It's because…" he jumped from her leg sweep. "I, uh…" that small distraction earned him a kicked to his sides, Naruto grunt in pain but didn't waver. "… Couldn't ruin your perfect skin with…" he sidestepped enough to dodge her heel drop. "…Several bruises and, uh… cuts?" he finished pathetically.

"Say the truth!" Sakura practically yelled in his face.

Naruto didn't say anything; he just looked to the side. Sakura quickly caught on and sighed.

"Naruto, you can't stay sad forever about the Third's death." she said.

"It's been less than a day Sakura-Chan." Naruto said with a raised eyebrow.

Sakura sighed again. "Naruto, everyone is sad that the Third died but… like I said earlier, this is a ninja world; people that are precious to you are bound to be killed at any time."

Naruto shook his head. "I know that but… it's still painful."

"Dude, my whole clan got killed in one day and my parents got killed, by my brother, in front of me, get over it!" Sasuke said while checking his nails, that vulnerability got him a big rock to the side of his head.

Sakura glared at Sasuke then turned to Naruto with soft eyes. "Like Sasuke says, you'll get used to it. Besides, all you need to do is train to make sure no one dies under your protection." she said.

Naruto blinked once, twice, three times. "Sakura-Chan that's genius! Why didn't I think of that!" Naruto asked himself.

"Because you were too visit brooding, dumbass!" SMACK! "Ow! Bitch!"

"Thank you Sakura-Chan, whatever you want I'll give it to you!" Naruto said.

Sakura's eyes shine. "So will you-"

"No!" Naruto cut her off with his ever present smile.

Sakura deflated. "Then let me kick your ass to my heart content." she said quickly.

"Sure! Wait wha-"

Sasuke watched as Naruto got beaten up by Sakura almost like a-

"Alright author that's enough references!" Sasuke yelled out.

"Ow, Sakura-Chan, not so hard!" Naruto yelled in pain only to receive a giggle from said girl.

Sasuke sigh in annoyance. "Those two… why do they have to be so childish." he asked himself.

Sakura clapped her hand to get rid of dust. "Well, that's it, thank you Naruto-kun." Sakura looked down at a badly beaten Naruto.

'How humiliating, letting my girlfriend beat me up…' Naruto thought, Sakura bend down and kissed his cheek.

"Why don't I take you to ramen, my treat." she gave him a warm smile.

Which Naruto return even wider. 'Hehe, so worth it.' Sasuke shook his head.

Sakura had a shocked expression, looking at Naruto eat his tenth bowl, she know she said she'll treat him to ramen but that doesn't mean that he, her boyfriend, need to run her, his girlfriend, broke. Sasuke was even eating some.

"N-Naruto-kun, don't you think you should take things slowly?" Sakura asked nervously. Naruto shook his head and continue eating.

"More!" Naruto yelled, holding his empty ramen bowl in the air.

"Coming right up!" Teuchi said.

Sakura smash her head on the counter.

Naruto looks at Sakura with a questioning glance.

"Is something wrong Sakura-Chan?" he asked.

Sakura looked at Naruto and growled. Naruto quickly looked away, sweating heavily.

Sasuke sighed and looked at Teuchi. "More ramen please?" he asked.

Naruto raised an eyebrow towards Sasuke. "Something wrong?" he asked.

Sasuke shrugged his shoulder. "I guess I'm just feeling hungry." he replied.

"Yeah right…" Naruto said. "You can't be that hungry if you ate two ramen before we went training, ate my incomplete one and then eat four more here, that's a Naruto side appetite you would need to have to eat all that!" Naruto proclaim proudly.

Sakura and Sasuke sweat dropped.

"Uh huh." Sakura sighed. "Seriously though Sasuke, we're a team, if something is bothering one of us, we have to tell each other." Sakura told Sasuke.

"Hn." he grunted and ate the ramen that came to him.

Sakura sighed and looked at Naruto for help but he was busy slurping his ramen. Sakura doesn't know why but she couldn't stop staring at the ramen and the way Naruto slurp the ramen in his mouth.

(Perverted dreamland)

Naruto walked through the door of his apartment.

"Sakura-Chan, what's for lunch!" he asked.

"Something that will blow your mind." Sakura said seductively as a giant bowl of ramen was in the kitchen with a naked Sakura in it.

Naruto licked his lips. "My favorite thing to eat." he said.

"The ramen?"

"You." Naruto said as he tackled Sakura deeper into the ramen.

"SAKURA-CHAN!"

(Perverted dreamland end)

Sakura blinked and looked at Naruto.

"Sakura-Chan, you spaced-out again with that look in your eye while drooling." Naruto deadpanned. Sakura quickly wiped the drool from her mouth. "Were you thinking of anything perverted?" Naruto asked.

Sakura's face turned completely red. "N-no…" she said.

"You stuttered, you did." Naruto said flatly. Sakura almost collapse at the moment. "So, what were you thinking this time?" Naruto asked.

"It nothing." Sakura said quickly, before Naruto could say anything else, she stood up. "I'm going to find Kakashi so he can train us." she said and sashed out of there.

Naruto looked at Sakura for a few second before turning to Sasuke. "Do you think Sakura-Chan is perverted?" he asked.

"No, girls aren't perverted, only men." Sasuke answered, finishing his ramen bowl. He stood up and walked in the direction Sakura dashed.

Naruto stood up too and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Naruto turned to Ayame who was holding a piece of paper. "You're not leaving until you're paying." she gave the check to Naruto.

He grabbed it and looked at the numbers. "DAMN YOU SASUKE!" he screamed at the sky.

Sakura was panting at the training ground. "That… was… close…" she panted.

"What was close?"

"GAAAHHHHHH!" Sakura shrieked and kicked whoever it was in the groin.

"Ugh… damn it…" Sakura looked down to see Kakashi holding his dying testicles.

"Kakashi-sensei, are you alright?" she asked.

"Yeah, I just need to… lay here for a while…" Kakashi groaned again. "How the hell can she kick so hard?" he muttered to himself.

Sasuke came. "Hey Sakura, hey…" he looked at Kakashi in his fetal position. "I'm not gonna ask." he said. He turns to Sakura. "So what were you thinking back there?" he asked.

"I was thinking on how I was naked inside a giant ramen bowl and Naruto started to lick the ramen soup off of me and slipping the noodles off my-"

"Forget I ask!" Sasuke shouted.

Sakura huffed. "Well you didn't have to-"

"SASUKE!" they both turned to Naruto who was dashing at them. "The hell's your problem!" he asked.

"What are you-" Sasuke got cut off by a punch to the face, courtesy of Naruto.

"Do you have any idea how much I had to pay because you decided to drown your misery in ramen!" Naruto pointed at him.

"I fail to see how this is my fault, if memory serves, you ate more ramen than m-" he got punched in the face again.

"You and your stupid habit of making my life hell! You and your smug attitude, always showing off and getting all the girls…"

"Hey! What about me!"

"And now I have to pay several ryo just so you don't get in trouble for eating several ramen!"

"For the last time, you ate more than-" a punch to the guts shut him up.

"Naruto-kun, relax!" Sakura held off Naruto but Naruto was pretty determined to mess up Sasuke since he is struggling in her hold.

"Damn it Naruto, for the last time, this isn't-"

"Enough!" all three stop and looked at Kakashi. "Why can't you go one day without fighting, you guys are supposed to be a team and yet, you guys fight each other more than you fight the enemy." Kakashi said.

"Didn't you already say that?" Naruto asked.

"Mh?" Kakashi looked at Naruto questionably.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I heard you say that before." Naruto nodded.

"Naruto-kun, I think you're imagining things." Sakura said softly.

"Pfft, no kidding, he imagine so many things, it likes he's living in a world of his own." Sasuke put his two cent.

"WHY YOU NO-GOOD, SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED, BIG EGO-" Naruto kept screaming at Sasuke with a comical expression as Sakura did her best to hold off Naruto which is surprisingly hard taken with her huge strength.

"Alright!" they, once again, turned to Kakashi. "You three, go sit in different corners and think about your life!" they all gave him questioning glance. "GO!" without a second though, they all choose their respected corner, sat down, and started thinking… about their life.

Kakashi sighed, he also sat down. 'Never thought I had to raise my voice to them.' he thought.

Like Kakashi said, all of team seven thought about their life so far.

Sasuke: 'I remember one day where my mom forgot to watch my clothes so I had to walk three days with only my underwear. Sure people gave my funny look and I had more than one time had the police come at my door for 'public nudity' but… I felt so free.'

Sakura: 'I remember when I followed Naruto-kun home and I was finally able to look at him while he was taking a bath… I also remember sneaking into his room and giving him a 'special' wakeup call' she gave another perverted giggle.

Naruto shivered where he sat, he felt as if something from his past has just been revealed, but what?

Naruto spent a grand total of two second thinking of it. 'I think someone is thinking something perverted about me.' he thought. 'I'm pretty sure its Hinata.'

(With Hinata)

Hinata doesn't know why, but she suddenly felt anger, hatred, so much hatred.

She looked at her sparring partner, Hanabi; she had her sparing clothes which were basically all white. Hinata glared at Hanabi intensely.

Hanabi gulped. "Hinata-nii-Chan, what are you-" she got cut off as her sister started to attack her relentlessly, and because she wasn't ready, she took the blunt of all of her attacks.

"Whoa…" one of the Hyuga elders said. "Hinata gotten better… so much better… you did a good job training her Hiashi, a really good job." he said.

"But I…" he looked at the elders, they looked at him with respect, the first time the elders actually looked at someone with respect. "Yes… I have trained her in my best abilities… it seems it paid off." he tried his best to keep a straight face.

The elders nodded, they stood and left.

Hiashi stared at them for a bit longer, watching Hinata get on top of her sister and still let her frustration out on her. Hiashi could've sworn he saw some blood.

"Someone please break them up." Hiashi said in his ever calm demeanor.

(Team seven)

Naruto: 'I remember when I was able to pranks the whole Anbu squad… they made it too easy.' Naruto chuckled evilly. 'One paint balloons and it colors all of their mask, they can't go anywhere if their mask makes them look stupid, not so funny wearing 'kill me' orange now is it?' Naruto asked… no one.

Kakashi looked at them as one is giggling pervertedly; one is chuckling evilly, and the other keeps sighing. "Alright!" they all turned to Kakashi. "We're done thinking about our life." they all ran towards Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei, can we train!" Naruto asked.

"Sure."

"Kakashi-sensei, can we have some barbecue after this?" Sasuke asked.

"Sure."

"Kakashi-sensei, can I fuck Naruto-kun!" Sakura asked.

"Su-" Kakashi stops mid-sentence and stares at Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto does the same.

"What? I'm just testing him if he's actually listening to us." Sakura lied.

Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke nodded, accepting her reasoning.

"Ok, I'll listen to you guys, what do you want?" Kakashi asked.

"Can we train!" Naruto asked excitedly.

"No." Kakashi answered flatly.

Sasuke raised his hand. "Can we eat barbecue?" he asked.

"Sure."

"Oh come on!"

Sakura raised her hand. "Can I-"

"No."

"But you-"

"No"

"I-"

"No!" Sakura flinched. "Geez Sakura, you're more annoying than when Justin Beiber sing the 'Baby' song." They were a long moment of silence between team seven.

"Who's Justin Bieber?" Naruto finally asked.

Kakashi opened his mouth to talk (Not that they could see it) but immediately closed it.

"I don't know, ask the Author." Kakashi said.

"We can't break the fourth wall." Naruto said.

"Why not?" Sasuke asked.

"Because it says so right here." Naruto walked towards a black wall with a yellow 4 in it, there's a letter in it. "It reads; 'Do not under any dangerous, stupid, sad, hilarious, or normal talk should we ever talk to the readers/audience.'" Naruto finished with a smile.

Sakura had a questioning face. "But isn't mentioning the fourth wall breaking the fourth wall?" she asked. Before anyone knew it, the fourth wall crumbled down.

"Sakura!" Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi yelled.

"Sorry." she said meekly.

Kakashi sighed and face palmed. "Should we shoot that again?" he asked a guy holding the camera, behind him was several people running around with paper and other equipment.

"No, no, its fine, we'll just cut out the part where the wall crumbled." the camera guy said.

"Hey!" everyone turned to Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Shino, Lee, Tenten and Neji. "Why don't we get speaking roles, we didn't even talk during the whole chapter!" Ino yelled.

"You're speaking now." the camera man said. "Besides, this chapter is far from over." he finished.

"Oh, ok…" Ino turned only to turn again. "Wait, you could simply cut us off from the tape!" she accused, everyone glared at the camera man and his crew.

"RUN!" everyone except team 7,8,10, and guy ran. Team 8, 10 and guy chased them.

"Get back here!" everyone yelled.

Naruto and Sasuke winced at some of the punches that befallen the camera crew.

(End of really long scenario that I didn't even mentioned)

Team seven was looking at the sky, and then all at once they all shivered.

"What was that about?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know…" Kakashi answered. "But that was as confusing when Justin Bieber dated-"

"Don't do another Justin Bieber reference!" Sasuke yelled. "We don't even know who he is!"

"I-" Kakashi stops abruptly and started to think, they all took thinking pose. "You know what…" all three turned to him. "Let's pretend this never happen and enjoy some barbecue." he suggested.

"Yes!" Naruto yelled excitedly.

"Yes!" Sakura jumped up and down.

"Sure." Sasuke shrugged because he's too cool to act excited.

Team seven ate their pork, steak or bacon silently, no one could think of anything to talk about.

Naruto opened his mouth.

"Close your mouth now Naruto." Kakashi said sternly, Naruto did so silently.

Another twenty minute of awkward silent Sakura raised her hand.

"Yes Sakura?" Kakashi asked.

"Oh come on!" Naruto suddenly erupt and stood up. "I'm going to the bathroom." and he left.

Kakashi looked at Naruto in wonders. "What's he's prob?" he asked.

Sasuke shrugged his shoulder. "Don't know, don't care, will never care." he said simply.

Sakura glared at Sasuke. "Why are you being such a jackass all of a sudden?" she asked.

Sasuke didn't answer, he simply continue to eat his food as if he didn't hear her.

"Oh yeah, silent treatment, real mature!" she spat at him, but he still ignored her, making Sakura narrow her eyes at him.

"What is it that you wanted to tell me Sakura?" Kakashi asked, not wanted Sasuke's and Naruto's sour mood ruin the lunch. Though they may not have been talking, he could tell they were enjoying each other's company… at least two peoples.

"Huh?" Sakura blinked. "Oh yeah, I wanted to know what you would teach us. I mean, Sasuke got the chidori, Naruto got the rasengan, and I got… nothing." she finished with a thoughtful expression. "Why is it that I haven't been learning anything new?" she asked.

Kakashi looked at his side for a brief moment… for a long brief moment.

"Hey! Answer my question!" Sakura yelled.

"Uh…" Kakashi turned back to her. "Would you accept; because you didn't ask me?"

"HELL NO!"

"Shut up." Sasuke said coldly, surprising Sakura and Kakashi. "You're too noisy, people will think you're weird and then think I'm weird because I hang out with you."

Sakura glared at him again. "What the hell is with you? Why are being so distant all of a sudden!" she yelled at him.

"Didn't I just tell you to shut up?" he asked.

"I don't give a flying fu-"

"Sasuke!" they turned to Naruto. "Stop being a bastard already, it will do you no good?"

"Hn." Sasuke grunted. "Going over to defend your girlfriend? You both need each other just to make yourself look remotely intimidating."

"What did you say?" Naruto asked with a glare, Sakura also glared at him, Kakashi only sighed.

"Come on, let's not ruin the lunch by-"

"Naruto…" Sasuke cut off Kakashi. Kakashi and Naruto looked at Sasuke in wonders. "Fight me." he said finally.

Kakashi eyes widen but Naruto just grin.

"If you're looking for an ass-kicking, you got one." Naruto said while cracking his knuckles.

Instead of stopping Naruto, Sakura smirked. She knew Naruto gotten stronger and she had full confident that Naruto is stronger than Sasuke.

(Later time)

Naruto and Sasuke stood facing each other in a training ground, Kakashi and Sakura watching, Sakura to see Sasuke get his ass kicked, Kakashi to stop the fight if it goes too far.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Naruto with Naruto doing the same.

"Well, this is it." Naruto punched his palm. "We finally get to see who is the strongest out of both of us."

Sasuke continue to narrow his eyes. "I can already see your defeat by my hands." he said that with hate which surprised even Naruto. Sasuke activated his two-tomoe Sharingan.

"Heh." Naruto created several shadow clones which charged at Sasuke. To his and Sakura's surprise, Sasuke demolished all of the clones with little to no effort. "What the…" Naruto made more clones and had them charge at Sasuke again but they all vanished the second they came near him.

"Stop playing around!" Sasuke dashed at Naruto. Naruto barely had time to react before he felt a knee to his stomach.

Naruto gasped for air but he barely got any when Sasuke continually kicked him to the air before doing an axe kick that threw Naruto crashing to the floor.

"What the…" Sakura looked shocked at the battle, she was sure Sasuke would be severely injured, not Naruto.

Sasuke landed on the ground and waited for Naruto to emerge from the rubble. He didn't need to wait long as Naruto stood up after a few second.

'The hell? Since when did Sasuke-teme get this fast?' Naruto looked at Sasuke and charged at him again.

Naruto threw punches left and right but Sasuke continue to dodge them easily, at one point, Sasuke even closed his eyes. Naruto stops in frustration.

He jumped back several feet. "Shadow clone justu!" several puff of smokes appeared and Sasuke saw clone charging at him.

"Too easy." he stood there, waiting for the clones to come. Suddenly, hands appeared from the earth and grabbed Sasuke's legs.

"What the…" he looked at all the Naruto's that were going to fall on him.

"I finally got you!" they dived with their hands outstretched, ready to pummel him.

Sasuke quickly made hand seal. "FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!" he blew a giant fireball at all the clones followed by several popping sound. Sasuke stopped blowing as watched as a charred Naruto fell to the ground.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled and was about to run towards him but Naruto quickly raised a hand.

Naruto stood, his burn mark crumbling away to reveal smooth skin.

Sasuke narrows his eyes again. 'The kyuubi.' he thought. He ran towards Naruto and threw several punches. Surprisingly, or maybe not, Naruto dodge and block most of them and threw some back.

They kept at it for a good amount of time before they both jumps back.

"FIRE STYLE: PHOENIX FLOWER JUTSU!" Sasuke yelled, blowing several small fireballs.

"WIND STYLE: AIR BULLET!" Naruto shot several small air balls that diminish the fireballs.

Sasuke growled. He was doing so well but now…

Sasuke was slightly surprised to find himself dodging a punch.

"Try not to get distracted teme!" Naruto yelled in Sasuke's face before kicking his stomach into the sky.

'Why that little…!' Sasuke quickly make three hand sign that Kakashi was all too familiar in.

"Sasuke, stop!" Kakashi yelled but Sasuke didn't listen.

"CHIDORI!" the chirping sound reached Naruto's hear as lighting chakra surrounded Sasuke.

"Ha! Bitch, please!" Naruto made a clone and held his hand out. "RASENGAN!" Sasuke dived towards Naruto and Naruto jumped towards him, but before they could get near each other.

Someone grabbed Sasuke's wrist and threw him to the ground while someone grabbed the back of Naruto's shirt and threw him to a tree.

Naruto rubbed his back. "Hey, what's the big…?" Naruto stopped, seeing Jiraiya frowning at him.

"What… the hell… where you about to do with that rasengan?" Jiraiya asked.

"Well Sasuke was going to use the chidori at me and-"

"Ever heard of dodging?" Jiraiya cut him off.

"Well, yeah but-"

"Well why didn't you dodge?" Jiraiya cut him off again.

"Because Sasuke-teme-"

"Made fun of your girlfriend?" again. "The rasengan was created by the fourth hokage; he made it as a mean to protect his friends not to use against them. You just went and drove that purpose into the ground and all because Sasuke made fun of your girlfriend." Jiraiya finished.

Now that Naruto looks at it, he did reacted immature about it.

Kakashi pulled the string tighter, Sasuke grunting in pain as the ninja wires cut slightly to his skin.

"I am really disappointed in you Sasuke." Kakashi said.

"Mh." Sasuke looked away in defiance.

Kakashi sighed. "Where did I go wrong Sasuke?" he asked. "I taught you personally myself, increased your speed, and taught you my own signature technique which I specifically told you to use to protect friends." Kakashi added. "I gave you the attention so you wouldn't be driven to revenge, what made you change?"

Sasuke didn't answer.

Kakashi deepens his frown and pulled harder.

Sasuke yelled in pain.

"I asked you a question." Kakashi said.

Sasuke glared at Kakashi. "I don't need to answer you." Sasuke spat.

Kakashi sighed. "What will it take to take you out of the field of revenge?" he asked.

Sasuke, yet again, didn't answer.

"We can stay here all day for all I care, I just want answers." Kakashi said.

Sasuke grumbled incoherently.

"What?" Kakashi asked.

Sasuke growled. "It doesn't matter that you gave me all this training… it wasn't enough…" Kakashi tilted his head. "When I went with Naruto to retrieve Tsunade, I encountered Itachi there." Kakashi's one eye widens. "As you could imagine I lost, but he didn't even struggle, he defeated me as if nothing changed, like I was nothing! He said so himself!" Sasuke glared at Kakashi. "How am I supposed to defeat him in this rate! FOR ALL I KNOW HE COULD BE GETTING STRONGER TOO AT A MUCH FASTER RATE, WHILE I'M NOT GETTING ANYWHERE!" Sasuke panted after his rant.

Kakashi stood there, looking at Sasuke eyes, the one full of hatred not only for his brother but at him for training him so pathetically. Kakashi sighed and release Sasuke.

Without wasting a time Sasuke jumped away as fast as he can.

"Letting the brat go?" Kakashi turned to Jiraiya's disapproving look.

"Don't worry; I'll keep a watchful eye on him. Since Sasuke encountered Itachi a second time he's been driven more into darkness." Kakashi explained.

Jiraiya said nothing, eventually he turned. "I'll leave him to use, I got other problems on my own." Jiraiya said and he walked away. Naruto on the same tree and Sakura next to him.

Kakashi sighed. "You guys… are dismissed." Kakashi vanished in a swirl of leaves.

Naruto looked at the spot Kakashi was and looked down in further shame.

Sakura notice this. "Naruto-kun, what's wrong?" she asked.

Naruto shook his head. "I need to get stronger." he said simply, he turned to Sakura. "Let's spar."

Me: That has to be the shortest chapter ever. Sorry for the long wait… again. Hope no one is disappointed with this chapter. Yep you read it right, the Sasuke retrieval arc is still underway and alas, this story is almost over but I will continue a Shippuden sequel for it. Kakashi, got anything to say?

…

Goddamn it!

Kakashi: *Poof* Sorry I was late; I was trying to prevent Sasuke from defecting into darkness.

Me: …I really should've picked someone else.

Kakashi: But… I'm telling the-

Me: I SHOULD'VE PICKED SOMEONE ELSE!