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Chapter fourteen: Never say "I promise".

"Crash." – talks.

'Crash.' – thoughts.

"Crash." – Yamato.

"Crash." – demonic.

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"Where is that blond asshole?!"

Naruto was obviously not in a good mood…

"You know, you're also a blond… and not very nice one as well…"

'Shut up! You know who I was talking about!' The demon snapped.

"Why so tipsy…" Yamato paused. "Is this because of that blue haired girl?"

'More because of how she died…' Naruto thought pacing through the forest at high speed. 'Screw Deidara! I have to intercept Itachi before he reaches Konoha!"

"Why?"

'He knows something he shouldn't.'

"Right… And what exactly… wait, did you hear that?"

'Hear what?!'

"A fucking explosion!"

'No, I…' Naruto looked up just in time to see enormous Deidara. 'No way… Is this some kind of joke?!'

"Doesn't look like…"

'Is it just dumb luck?!'

"Maybe. Anyway, it won't hurt to investigate…"

'Right! Let's go!'

With Deidara and Sasuke…

"Where is Itachi?" The youngest Uchiha asked standing in front of sitting Deidara.

Instead of responding, the self-proclaimed artist sent two clay snakes at Sasuke. The Uchiha just conducted electricity through his body, leaving two snakes lie useless… but then he fell on his knees as well.

"Heh…Aren't you at your limit as well? At last you are out of chakra." Deidara exclaimed. "Kuku… I'll win no matter what! Even if I'm unable to move, my bombs can for me…"

Then he noticed Sasuke's fearless look…

"Considering the situation at hand… You could show some fear, don't you think? Hmm." The clay user asked. "This time my art will win, and you'll die."

Still no fear…

"He… he he… ku ku ku… That really pissed me off! It's exactly like your brother!" The blond Akatsuki snapped. "Stop acting so damn cool! Those eyes! Those damn eyes make me mad! I can't stand them anymore, always looking down on my art! Those eyes that see my art without showing any amazement… I can't stand them criticizing my art!"

"I don't give a damn about all of this!" The Uchiha replied back. "Just tell me where Itachi is!" He then deactivated his Sharingan.

That was a breaking point for Deidara.

"You're not using your Sharingan anymore…? You keep underestimating me…" He said and ripped his shirt away, exposing his stitched chest. Then he quickly undid the stitches, and another mouth appeared… just where the heart should have been.

"Hehe…" Deidara chuckled, putting a large piece of clay into said mouth. "This is my ultimate art! I'm going to blow myself up!"

Sasuke gritted his teeth. 'This guy is…'

Meanwhile Deidara continued. "With this I will become art itself! An unbelievable explosion that makes indelible scars on Earth… And finally…"

But he was unable to finish that sentence, because of flames that started spinning madly between the two exhausted shinobis.

"Phew! Made it!" Said a blond man in a black cloak and sunglasses.

Sasuke's eyes widened. "Na-Naruto?"

The blond demon looked over his shoulder. "Oh, Sasuke-chan?! Well, well… What a surprise…" Then he turned to Deidara. "Hey, artist-man! What's cracking?!" He mocked… but then noticed veins, appearing on Deidara's body. "Ahh, I see, you are!"

Naruto walked closer and patted fellow blonde's shoulder. "I knew you'll end this way." Then he grabbed clay user's arm and removed his ring. "Ahh, come to papa!"

Deidara fumed. "Uzumaki! You will die today! The explosion will cover a radius of ten kilometers! You can not escape!"

Naruto shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not… Either way you won't be able to see that." He walked closer to Sasuke and put his arm on Uchiha's shoulder. "Well, Dei-chan…" The demon pushed his sunglasses down and winked at the clay user. "Show me katsu!"

Naruto and Sasuke disappeared in a burst of flames…

"UZUMAKI!" Deidara screamed at the top of his lungs in his final moments.

Ten kilometers away…

Naruto landed gracefully on his feet, and Sasuke… fell face first on the ground.

"Ouch!" Naruto said. "That's gotta hurt…"

Suddenly Sasuke heard some chewing sounds and turned his head to observe his unexpected savior. He was… eating meat from a stick.

"Mmm… Deidara certainly had his uses…" The demon threw empty stick away.

"Why did you save me?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto chuckled darkly. "If I tell you now, you will never believe!"

Suddenly…

"Sasuke!" A female voice screamed.

"Ne?" Naruto turned his head. Three people stood before him. "Your friends?" He glanced at Sasuke's unmoving body.

Sasuke just "hmph"ed in response.

"Sasuke! We'll help you now!" The girl screamed again.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "The only thing that can help Sasuke now is a trepanation of his skull!" He paused. "Or probably Kakashi's Sennen Goroshi…"

"Sasuke!" The one with white hair and a large sword on his back shouted. "Hold on, we'll dispose of him!"

Naruto's look darkened. "Dispose of me?" He shook his head. "Now listen very carefully, because I won't say this again. You have five seconds… AND NARUTO MEANS FIVE SECONDS! To turn around and run as fast as you can in random direction."

No one moved…

"You don't look so tough!" The one with the sword said again.

Naruto pointed at him with two fingers. "What is your name?"

The guy smirked. "My name is Sui…"

"IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!" Two flashes of black and Naruto was already behind Suigetsu with a drawn sword… But then something unexpected happened. Instead of just dying, Suigetsu burst into water and reformed again.

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Eh?"

Suigetsu smirked again. "Surprised?! I won't go down that easy!" He turned over his shoulder. "Go, Karin! Jugo and I will keep him busy!"

"Right!" The girl said and rushed towards Sasuke.

Naruto ran his hand through his hair. "You know… I just destroyed a whole village. You think you have a chance against me?!"

"We'll see…" Suigetsu said and drew his sword.

Naruto raised second eyebrow. "Isn't that Zabuza's sword?"

"It is. Scared?!" Suigetsu asked cockily.

Naruto chuckled darkly. "Well, I have just cut Samehada in half. How scared do you think I am?"

Suigetsu's eyes widened. "You did what?! That's impossible!"

"Haha! Say that again in front of Kisame's dead body!"

Suigetsu gritted his teeth. "You'll pay for that!"

"Make me."

"With pleasure!" Suigetsu immediately charged at Naruto, slashing with his massive sword.

Naruto easily sidestepped the attack. "You're too slow…" He stated.

"Heh, my attack was not intended to kill you. Now, Jugo!"

Naruto turned around to see the other guy rushing madly at him.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" He screamed already in his cursed form.

Naruto didn't know what it was, maybe his strange appearance, but he just took the blast head on.

"SHIN-NE!" Jugo screamed throwing his punch into Naruto's midsection and sending him flying through several trees.

"I killed him! I killed him! Hahaha… AHAHAHAHAHA!" Suddenly, something hit him behind his right knee, forcing him to kneel.

"You yell too much." Naruto said from behind the kneeled maniac. Then he grabbed his upper and lower jaw with both hands and tore his head apart.

"Jugo!" Suigetsu screamed.

"You're next." The blond demon stated.

"It won't be that easy!"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Haien!" Despite having body made out of water, Suigetsu burned to ashes like everything else… along with Zabuza's sword.

'Never liked it anyway…' The demon thought.

"Where is Itachi, Naruto?" Was heard from behind.

Naruto slowly turned around to come face to face with none other than Sasuke himself.

'Is this girl a healer?' He thought.

"I said tell me where Itachi is!" Sasuke said, drawing his sword.

"Oh! I definitely want to know the answer to that question…" Naruto made an evil smile. "And I think that you will help me find out!"

Sasuke's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"

Naruto's look turned to deadly serious. "There's no reason for me to explain anything to you. Now sit down and stay put like a good boy.

Sasuke closed his eyes and chuckled. "Have you forgotten who I am?! I'm…" He opened his eyes… and they immediately widened, because Naruto now stood mere inches away.

Deciding not to waste such an opening, Naruto delivered a barrage of punches to Sasuke's head and ribs and finished his combination with a crushing spinning kick to Uchiha's abdomen, sending him flying into a nearby tree.

"Gah!" Sasuke spat some blood because of an impact and dropped his sword.

Naruto smirked. "Hmph… You're an absolute failure as a shinobi." He stated. "What shinobi closes his eyes facing an enemy?!"

Immediately Karin was at Sasuke's side. "Sasuke! Here, bite my… Ah!" Her eyes suddenly widened as she noticed a sword blade that pierced her from behind.

"As I probably said, I'm not interested in games." Naruto said, sword in hand.

"You didn't…"

'No matter…' Without pulling Yamato out, the demon threw aside Karin's body with a flick of his wrist.

Sasuke's face was now covered with her blood. 'Is… Is this Naruto?! What happened to him?'

Said demon turned to the youngest Uchiha. "Now that no one will disturb us…" He pointed two fingers at Sasuke. Bakudo #61 Rikujoukourou!"

Immediately Sasuke was fixated with six light beams…

"What? What is this?!" He screamed.

"Shut up!" Naruto backhanded him across his face. "I'm actually gonna grant you your wish. You'll finally see your trash of a brother again!"

Sasuke's eyes widened. "What? But… why are you doing this?! Killing my team, then helping me?!"

An amused smile appeared on Naruto's face. "Helping you?! No, no, you misunderstand. I don't do this for you."

"What?" Sasuke screamed again… only for Naruto to backhand him again.

"I think I told you to shut up!" The demon shook his head. "Geez, I liked you more when you were brooding the entire day, saying only "Hmph." to everything!" He then concentrated hard, closing his eyes. "I hope it's not too late…"

"Wait! You're going to use that without incantation?!"

'I have no choice… okay, let's try!' Demon's eyes shot open. "Bakudo #77 Tentei Kuura!"

With Itachi…

Sasuke's older brother was, just as Naruto predicted, right now on his way to the Hidden Leaf village… when he suddenly coughed blood.

'Damn! I don't have much time. I must reach the village!' He somewhat sped up his pace, when suddenly…

"Hey, Uchiha! Piece of trash!" A vision suddenly appeared in Itachi's mind… a vision of bloodied and battered Sasuke, and smiling Naruto.

"Heard that?! Exactly, it's the Great One!" Naruto said. "See what I've got here?!" He picked Sasuke up by the hair. "Is this familiar to you, Itachi?! That's right, it's your piece of trash brother! Here's his neck, here's my sword and there's a short way down!" He dropped Sasuke down. "But I won't slaughter him like the rest of your Akatsuki friends, no, no, no! I'm an opportunist… To tell you the truth, I'm such an opportunist that I want you to find me." Thedemon waged his finger. "I won't tell you where I am though… But here's a hint! I'm in a ROODY POO forest! It's between Jabroni village and Candy Ass Lake!" He then kicked Sasuke, making him fall. "You want this piece of trash? Come and get this piece of trash!"

Itachi clenched his fists hard enough to draw blood. "BASTARD!"

He instantly turned around and started to run in a different direction.

Back with Naruto and Sasuke…

"What did you do just now?" The Uchiha asked.

"Oh that?" Naruto looked at his palm. "I just sent a message to your dear brother. I hope he'll be here soon…" He walked to a nearby tree, sat down and drew a can of cola. "I really don't like waiting…"

Two and a half hours later…

"Well, according to Naruto's Rolex it takes too long for this piece of trash to come…" The blond demon pushed himself up. "So you know what I'm gonna do?! I'm gonna cut that…" He sniffed some air. "Well Naruto smells trash!" Then he turned around. "Look what we have here! Biggest piece of Konoha trailer park trash, walking god's green earth!"

"ITACHI!" Sasuke screamed.

Said Uchiha glanced at his brother. "Release him, Uzumaki. He has nothing to do with this."

Naruto waged his finger. "Oh, but he has!" He then crossed his arms. "You see, when I made that promise, I meant all Uchihas… and guess what?! After you're gone, he's next." The demon said with insane smile. "By the way, how's Kyuubi's chakra?!"

Itachu coughed some blood…

"Yeah, you're welcome…"

"Bastard." Itachi hissed.

Naruto's look suddenly changed to a more serious one.

"You have no idea how long I have waited for this moment." He summoned Yamato. "At last Uchihas will be no more."

Itachi coughed blood again. "Not if I can help it…" In a puff of smoke a katana appeared in his hand.

"You can't!" Naruto shouted. "Or haven't you heard the newsflash?! Sharingan can't see me anymore!"

Itachi narrowed his eyes. "Simple Sharingan, maybe…" He activated his family's doujutsu, and Naruto disappeared from his vision. "But with my Mangekyo Sharingan…" Three Sharingan commas joined together. "I can see you!" The older Uchiha yelled, taking battle stance.

Naruto laughed. "Ahaha! The ultimate version of your doujutsu is needed just to see me! Do you think you have any chances to win?!"

Itachi smirked. "To win?! No, I know I'm gonna die anyway… But if I have no intentions of doing it alone, so I'm gonna take you to hell WITH ME!" He said and charged at Naruto.

The blond demon sidestepped his enemy's attack and countered with an upward slash. Itachi jumped over the demon blade and tried to get Naruto with a roundhouse kick to the head.

Naruto crouched to evade a kick and made a slash at Itachi's legs. Because of being still in the air, the Uchiha had no choice but to block.

"Nice blade, Itachi." Naruto said. "Just not good enough!" He shouted, delivering a hard spinning kick to Uchiha's ribs. But what surprised him the most was that his kick was blocked with Itachi's elbow.

"I can see your moves, Uzumaki!"

"Oh really?!" Naruto asked with sarcasm and put two fingers at Itachi's left shoulder. "Hadou #4 Byakurai."

Itachi's eyes widened, as a beam of light pierced his shoulder. But Naruto didn't give him enough time to endure pain, delivering another spinning kick to his midsection. This time it connected, sending Itachi flying into a tree.

Despite sharp pain in his shoulder, Itachi actually managed to recover in mid air and made a few handseals.

"Katon: Goukakyu no jutsu!" He shouted, sending a large fireball Naruto's way.

Naruto jumped over the fire technique and scowled. "I hate that jutsu!"

Itachi smirked. "Then have another run with it! Katon: Goukakyu no jutsu!"

The demon furrowed his eyebrows. "You never learn, do you?" He unleashed Yamato again, sending a silver shockwave into the fireball, which cut it straight in half.

Uchiha's eyes widened, because the shockwave didn't stop after cutting the fireball and flew straight at him.

'Dammit!' He thought jumping to the side.

"Stupid, Uchiha!" Naruto shouted, sending wave after wave with his weapon. "You were never a swordsman! Well, not a good one anyway… Why fight me in close combat?!" He teleported close to Itachi, kicked his sword away and sent him sprawling into another tree.

"Gah!"

"Why fight me at all?!"

Itachi looked up to see Naruto's evil smirk. "W-What… cough… do you mean by that?"

The smirk widened. "The offer still stands…"

The Uchiha spat more blood. "N… Never…"

Naruto spoke as Sasuke's brother tried to push himself up. "You know, you're a fucking idiot! You could have everything… and decided to lose everything…" He sighed. "Even now I don't understand. Why?! I offered my friendship! I extended my hand to you! Even now! I can save your life! I can draw Kyuubi's chakra away from your body! And what do I receive?! A spit in the face!"

"You're… evil…" Itachi muttered.

Naruto snorted. "And you're good?! You! The man who killed his own mother, because she was…"

"Shut up! You know nothing!" Itachi snapped.

Naruto cocked his head to the side. "Sure I don't… But I know one thing." His smile was not even insane… it was a smirk of a… winner. "I know… that Madara has never… AND NARUTO MEANS NEVER… visited your father…"

Itachi's eyes widened. "How do you know about… no, you can't… IT CAN NOT BE!"

The demon chuckled darkly. "Well, I said that I will destroy everything you hold dear…"

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Itachi screamed.

Meanwhile Sasuke, who was still incapacitated but conscious, watched the dialog with confusion. 'What are they talking about…? And why is Itachi screaming?!'

Itachi's eyes now showed pure malice. "I'll kill you. Whatever it takes, I won't let you live!" He concentrated hard. "AMATERASU!"

Immediately, Naruto was engulfed in black flames…

"FUUUUUCK!" He screamed.

"Burn… Burn… BURN!" Itachi said, becoming more insane by the second. "Hahahahahahaha! There's no escaping it, Uzumaki! You're gonna DIE!"

Suddenly…

"Mega Graviton!"

The space around flames shifted and they were extinguished almost instantly.

"Whew…" Naruto said, getting to his feet. "Thought I was a goner for sure…"

"What have you done?!" The Uchiha screamed. "No one could survive that!"

"Well, unlike that no one…" Naruto started. "I learned physics. You see, fire, even that one, needs oxygen to burn. So, I just eliminated air and… here I am!" He raised his arms. (Randy Orton's taunt)

Itachi growled. "I'm not finished!"

"Yes, you are. Mai…" In a flash of black, Naruto teleported closer to Itachi and kicked him high into the air. "I've saved this just for you!" He jumped after his enemy.

Suddenly ten more Narutos appeared…

"I miss you already, Itachi!" Naruto yelled. "Omnislash!"

Immediately all Narutos started to fly at Itachi, leaving black trails behind them.

Sasuke watched with wide eyes from the ground. 'Such… power…'

"Take this!" Naruto delivered the last strike and landed on the ground. "Stay where you belong… in my memory." He said as Itachi's body hit the ground, creating a large cloud of dust.

The demon turned to Sasuke. "Well, it seems like it's your turn now… Uke-chan…" He started walking towards his next victim… but then stopped in his tracks. "No… That's impossible!"

Itachi was slowly standing up. "Nothing's impossible, when a man fights for what he holds dear…"

Naruto snorted. "Bullshit! If a man has something dear, then he should not fight at all!"

"It is very sad that you think that way…"

Naruto's eyes narrowed. "What is this?"

Itachi breathed slowly. "This is Mangekyo's final technique, Susanno'o." He then coughed more blood. 'Damn… don't have much time… Need to finish this.' "Let's end this, Uzumaki."

Naruto chuckled. "If you say so…" He dismissed Yamato.

The Uchiha raised an eyebrow. "Not gonna use your sword? You couldn't touch me even with it!"

The demon shook his head. "Again that arrogance… You know, if your father wouldn't be so arrogant, your clan would've been alive right now…" Then he smirked. "And by the way… I withdrew my sword, because it will only be in the way of my next attack!"

"Nothing can hurt me as long as this technique protects me!" Itachi stated.

Naruto's smirk widened. "Good. Exactly what I was looking for to test my new abilities!"

The demon raised his hands and a large sphere appeared around Itachi and his jutsu.

"What is this?!" He asked as he was sent flying very high in the skies. Suddenly, a huge beam of light appeared with something round shaped in the center.

"WHAT IS THIS?!" The Uchiha asked again. "ANSWER ME!"

Naruto's chuckle was going from everywhere. "If that technique is protecting you… then I just need to destroy it along with you!" He yelled. "SHOCKWAVE PULSAR!"

A beam stopped and the round object exploded right into Itachi's face.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH H!"

"W… What's happening?" Sasuke asked, watching the skies. A bright flash of light, and something was falling… someone… Itachi!

Surprisingly enough, Itachi landed right in front of his brother.

Sasuke looked down at Itachi's body… blood was flowing from it like a river. But what surprised him most… is that he was still alive.

Sasuke's heart started beating faster and faster. Itachi was right here in front of him. And, because of this light… thing, he was absolutely helpless… again.

Suddenly, Itachi slowly opened his eyes and crawled towards his brother. "S… Sorry, Sasuke… I ha-have failed…" He then pocked his brother in the forehead with two fingers. "P-Please survive… don't… let… him… win…" His hand fell limply.

Sasuke's eyes widened and he screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Ah, there you are!" Naruto landed nearby.

"Naruto, you bastard!" Sasuke screamed. "He was supposed to die by my hand!"

Naruto removed the ring form Itachi's finger and chuckled. "Yunifai!" His ring was now showing the kanji of Kyuu. "Fitting. Now…" Next words died in his throat, when he noticed something… Itachi was smiling.

Immediately, blind rage consumed his mind. "You garbage! You do not deserve to die such a way!" He took Itachi's body and threw it in the air.

"Hadou #54 Haien!" A wave of purple flames reduced Itachi's body to ashes.

"Do you like your piece of trash brother?! Then take him to hell with you!" He was about to launch another wave already at Sasuke, when a wave of electricity ran through his own body.

"Yeow! What in the blue hell was that?!" He asked, looking up.

Just as he asked, a memory appeared in his mind…

Flashback…

Konoha gates… Sasuke retrieval team… Sakura's crying face…

"Please, Naruto, I beg of you… Bring Sasuke-kun back…"

Naruto smiled brightly, giving her thumbs up. "Don't worry, Salura-chan! I'll definitely bring Sasuke back. That's a promise of a lifetime!"

End flashback…

'Oh no… nonononono…'

"Yep…"

He quickly looked up. "You can't do that! It was a fake promise!"

"Well, you said it out loud…"

"FUCK!" Naruto shouted, hitting his own forehead with his fist. "Never… say… I… promise!" He said, hitting himself again with every word.

Konoha village…

"So, how's work?" Jiraiya asked, appearing behind his two working teammates.

The two remaining sannins turned around.

"Jiraya, you're back!" Tsunade exclaimed.

"Oh, you missed me?!" He asked with a lecherous smile.

"Keep dreaming!" She said back, but turned a bit red.

"Any news?" Orochimaru asked.

Smile disappeared from Jiraiya's face. "Apparently yes…"

'I don't like the sound of it already…' The snake charmer thought.

"I have just received a message from one of my contacts. It looks like Hidden Rain was completely destroyed…"

Orochimaru sighed. "Then it is done… Akatsuki is no more, and Uzumaki will soon come for my ring…"

Tsunade gritted her teeth. "Dammit! Isn't there anything we can do?!"

"Well, we already did something…"

Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. "Really? And what exactly you did?"

Orochimaru shrugged. "Well, it's not much, but we were able to put a restriction seal on the village…"

"What kind of restriction?"

"Transportation one… It forbids anyone to use something more advanced than Shunshin in village's limits, so Uzumaki won't be able to use his teleportation techniques to get straight here. It's not much, but it's something…"

Jiraya nodded. "Good…"

Back with Naruto…

"What the fuck?!" Naruto was not happy again. He stood still in the same place he fought Itachi with unconscious Sasuke on his shoulder.

"What's wrong with my technique?!" He quickly disappeared and reappeared in the same place.

"Nothing it would seems… Maybe they did something to their village?"

'What could those idiots…' Demon's eyes widened. "Fucking Orochimaru! I'm gonna fuck him up with my sword!"

"No, please! Don't do that! Everything but that!" Yamato pleaded.

'Oh, sorry, I forgot you have consciousness…'

"Yeah, well, don't forget that in the future… Anyway, what are you gonna do now?"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "What do you think?! I'm gonna do this the old fashioned way." He said and jumped away.

With Kakashi…

Konoha White Fang's son… and his team were passing at high speed through the forest.

'This mission is a fucking waste of time!' He thought, glancing at his team, which consisted of Sakura, Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru, Kiba, Shino, Lee, Sai and Anko. 'We don't even have a clue on where to start!'

Yep, the main purpose of their mission was to track down Uchiha Sasuke…

'I wonder why he requested this mission…' Kakashi thought.

His confusion was natural, for the mission was requested by none other than Orochimaru. Actually there was not a single volunteer, not even Sakura or Ino… That until sannin said, that Sasuke is needed to bring down Naruto… As soon as Naruto's name was said, the team gathered almost immediately. Needless to say, all team members wanted Naruto to die… except Sai and probably Sakura. Team ten wanted revenge on their sensei, Kiba and Shino wanted to punish him for changing Hinata, Lee wanted the same thing, but only for hurting Sakura, and Anko… never said her reason. Though no one even dared to ask…

Kakashi concentrated harder. 'He himself said that Sharingan is useless against him now. Why does he need Sasuke?'

Suddenly, Sai was at his side. "Kakashi-san?"

"Hm?"

"I wanted to ask you about Sasuke and Naruto…"

Kakashi's eyes narrowed. "What exactly?" He knew Sai was from ROOT.

Sai had a thoughtful look on his face. "I heard that Sasuke left Konoha to gain power." He started. "Orochimaru made him a better offer and he accepted."

"So?"

"But Naruto…" Sai started to look confused. "He… He has such power… What was his reason?"

Kakashi sighed. "You know, Sai… Perhaps that was his reason…"

Sai turned his head to Kakashi. "I… don't understand…"

"Okay, how should I put it…? Imagine that you have the same power as the Hokage. You challenge him for the title, and he refuses, saying that you're unworthy, or too inexperienced, or too young, something like that. Would you be upset with such a response?"

Sai thought for a moment. "From what I have read from the book about emotions, yes, I think I would."

"Exactly. And Naruto was looked down upon his entire life. Maybe that's the reason… maybe not. Only Naruto himself knows the answer."

"I see… But there's something else I would like to ask." Sai said. "If Orochimaru is in Konoha, then why Sasuke isn't?"

Kakashi sighed again. "Sasuke wants to kill his brother Itachi… In fact, he wants to kill him so much, that he could sacrifice everything, even his own life, to achieve that goal."

Sai said nothing, only nodded.

Meanwhile team ten had their own conversation…

"Please, calm down, Shikamaru!" Ino pleaded. "I miss Asuma too, but killing Naruto won't bring him back."

Shikamaru gritted his teeth. "No, Ino, it won't… But I will never forgive Naruto for what he has done." He turned to his teammate. "Do you know what I saw on Naruto's face when he stabbed Asuma with his sword?"

Ino shook her head.

"A smile. He was fucking smiling!" Shikamaru snapped. "That smile will haunt me for life now. Along with Asuma's face…"

"I see." The blond girl said. "But please, don't let it consume you…"

With Lee and Sakura…

"I don't like to see a frown on your beautiful face, Sakura-san! Can I do something to make it disappear?!" Lee shouted in his usual manner.

If anything, Sakura's frown only deepened. "Bring back Naruto…" She mumbled. "And Sasuke… make our team whole again." Saying that, Sakura realized that she forgot to add kun after Sasuke's name… but felt absolutely nothing.

Lee gave her thumbs up. "Yosh! I'll definitely bring both of them back! That's a promise!"

Suddenly, Kakashi heard cussing, coming from ahead. "Everybody stop!" He commanded.

Sakura was at his side in an instant. "What is it, Kakashi-sensei?" She asked expectantly.

"I heard something…" Just as he said that, two men jumped onto the nearby tree… or more like one man with another on his shoulder.

"…And when I find that motherfucker who created these rules, I'm gonna…" He suddenly stopped. "Well, well… What do we have here?!"

Everyone's eyes widened.

"Na-Naruto?!" Sakura stuttered.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "No! I'm Darth Vader!" He shouted. "Anyway, don't let me stand in your way…" He tried to jump away, but Kakashi got in his way.

"You're not going anywhere, Naruto!" The jounin stated. "Especially with Sasuke." All his team took a battle stance. "We're going to take you both back to Konoha!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "You want to take me back to Konoha?!" He said smirking.

Kakashi expected every answer…

Naruto shrugged. "Okay, let's go."

…Exceptthis one…

"What?!"

"You heard me, let's go."

"Bull shit!" Anko screamed, drawing a kunai. "The only way he's ever going back, is in the BAG!" Her eyes suddenly widened, when a kunai flew out of her hand into Naruto's.

"Are you sure about that?" The blond demon asked.

With a low growl, Shikamaru drew out a pair of trench knives. "Naruto, Asuma's vengeance is…"

"Shut your mouth!" Naruto shouted. "That jabroni received just what he deserved!"

Shikamaru was about to charge, when Kakashi spoke.

"Alright, Naruto. Surrender Sasuke, then we put some restrictions on you and…"

"No." Naruto simply said.

Kakashi's eyes narrowed. "Look, Naruto, we must…"

The demon waged his finger. "No, you…" He pointed at Kakashi. "Make a choice, options A and B. Option A: I carry this piece of trash unrestricted back to Konoha. Option B: I kill all of you, and still carry this piece of trash unrestricted back to Konoha."

The masked jounin glared at him. "What makes you think that you can do that? If you can count, we outnumber you ten to one."

Naruto shrugged. "I dunno… Maybe that I have just destroyed the Hidden Rain village?" Everyone's eyes widened, but Naruto was not finished. "Along with Akatsuki…"

"That's impossible!" Kiba shouted.

"No, Kiba… I'm afraid it is. I don't think he lied to us…"

"Why?" Chouji asked.

"He has no reason to…" Kakashi exclaimed. "Alright, Naruto. Have it your way. But you're going first."

The demon shrugged. "I have no problem with that."

"Are you nuts, Kakashi!" Anko screamed.

"Shut up, Anko!" Kakashi snapped. "I'm in charge of this mission and that's my decision. Is that clear?!"

Anko gritted her teeth. "Hai…"

"Good. Let's go."

Forty five minutes later…

Forty five minutes of running, and no one said a single word. Finally, Sai moved closer to Naruto.

"Naruto-san, can I ask you a question?"

Naruto shrugged. "Sure, go ahead."

"Why did you leave Konoha?"

The blond ex-jinchuriki glanced his way. "Stupid question, because I wanted of course."

Sai was confused. "But, you didn't have their permission to leave."

Naruto laughed. "I'd be amazed if I did… But I ask you this, why in the blue hell do I need one?!"

"B-But they will punish you."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?! And how will they do that if I leave?!"

Sai's eyes widened, and he slowly backed down… But suddenly, Sakura took his place.

"Naruto, I…"

"What?"

"I wanted to…"

"What?"

"I just wanted…"

"What?"

"To talk to you dammit!"

Naruto shrugged. "Why didn't you say so?"

His attempt to anger her surprisingly failed. "Why, Naruto?"

The blond demon rolled his eyes. "I already told Sai, because I wanted to!"

Sakura frowned. "Naruto, please, it's not too late! Come back, I'll do anything!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Wow… never thought to hear that from you… You want something?"

She shook her head. "No, I… I just wanted everything to be like before…"

Naruto chuckled darkly. "Believe me, you don't want that."

"Naruto, I…"

"This conversation is over, Sakura." With a frown, the pink haired kunoichi slowed her pace.

No one tried to speak with him again…

Konoha entrance…

Naruto and team Kakashi passed through village gates… when Naruto suddenly stopped and looked up.

"Is this enough?" He asked.

'Who is he talking to?' Kakashi thought.

"Finally!" Naruto said and dropped Sasuke down. "Time to join your family, Uke-chan!" He pointed two fingers at the last Uchiha.

Everyone immediately prepared for battle, and Kakashi was even able to get between two ex-teammates.

'No matter.' Naruto thought. 'It'll pierce through both of them.' "Hadou #4 Byakura…" But before he could finish technique's name, his body was shocked again. "Yeow! What the hell?!" The demon looked up again. "What is it now?!"

Instantly, a vision appeared in his mind again…

Flashback…

A fine picture. Unconscious Sakura, dead fake Itachi, alive Chiyo and Kakashi, who held him by the throat.

Naruto sighed. "Let's leave this for after the mission, okay? I will explain everything… I promise."

End flashback…

Naruto's eyes widened to their limits. 'Oh no… nonononono…'

"Yep…"

"FUCK!" He shouted. "Excuse me one second…" He walked closer to massive gates and, despite amused glances of Kakashi and his team, started banging his head on them. "Never… say… I… promise!" He said with each bang.

Next moment they all were surrounded by many ANBU members… along with three sannins.

"Uzumaki Naruto!" Tsunade exclaimed. "In the name of Konoha, you're under arrest! Surrender yourself immediately, or we will use force!"

Naruto's ears immediately perked up. "Say…" He looked at the Hokage. "Will I receive a trial?"

A little shocked by his question, Tsunade hesitated a little. "W-Well, yes, as every Konoha shinobi, you will face trial."

Naruto nodded. "Excellent. I will surrender, but on one condition…"

Tsunade knew better not to bluff with him. "What is that condition?"

The blond demon smirked. "You will make my trial public."

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