145 -=Alive?=-

That night

Sasuke looked at the situation in front of him... a complete trap that he didn't notice up until it was too late

the powerlessness remembered him of the night his brother killed his clan

that day as well, he couldn't do anything, he didn't reach his house in time, he couldn't do anything to his brother... he couldn't save even a single member of his clan

that's why he hated to be called a genius... great genius he is, not able to save a single soul, and only surviving because he was 'not worth killing' by his brother's words

yet again, history repeats itself

the situation is different

the enemy is different

the reason is different

yet he is still the same

the same powerless kid that couldn't save his family

the same powerless kid who couldn't save his clan

the same powerless kid... he got stronger... yet he didn't change... absolutely nothing changed

His Sharingan spun at high speeds as he looked frozen in front of him

Naruto suddenly shifted his body, making two rasengans

he is trying... he probably noticed the trap... he will at least survive... while Sasuke...

but, he apparently couldn't control two rasengans as one of them dispelled and the other created a wind blade spinning around it, shedding even his own arm

every movement. every facial expression... Sasuke saw it all... Naruto turned back at attacked the two Toukas... his opponents from earlier

'He isn't... going to defend himself?!' He couldn't believe what he was seeing... Naruto... he could hit Blizzard with this attack... yet he chose to save Luna from the trap

Sasuke could only look...

the two enemies that he should have defeated earlier... if he did, wouldn't Naruto not be about to die? wouldn't all of them be able to see the trap? would this trap even be used in the first place?

Regret...

if only he could melt the ice faster...

Shame

if only his fire was stronger...

Anger

If only he could be in Naruto's place right now...

Powerlessness

all of these negative emotions... his eyes continued to spin as his tomoes got closer and closer

Naruto's right arm started to freeze, the Toukas got sliced in half

If only he could... defend Naruto right now...

everything would be... fine...

His 3 tomoes touched and fused in the center of his Sharingan

flashes of his memory appeared in Sasuke's mind

he and his brother

he and his mother

he and his father

he and his clan

he and his team

he and... his dead parents

tears gathered in his eyes

he then saw him, standing above the dead bodies of his teammates...

his tears turned red, falling from his eye and staining his face

his eye center expanded outwardly, creating a unique pattern

*Pattern Here*

Three pointy curved triangles that are not finished are connected to a circle around his eye center, as soon as the pattern appeared

*Sharingan sound*

He said

"NO! SUSANOO!" His eye started to leak blood at an incredibly fast pace, and his scream reverberated through the forest

all the ice around him turned into nothing, as an overbearing purple aura left his body, it soon covered Naruto as well, stopping the freezing arm to continue to freeze his body

his eye darted towards the person who tried to kill his friend, the girl looked back, not caring about the infamous Sharingan being able to put you in a genjusu with just a glance

"YOU! AMATERASU!" He screamed again, rage clouding his mind, and as such he couldn't notice his eyes bleeding more and more, even the pain on them was not felt because of the adrenaline rushing through his veins

Black fire started to consume the girl, yet... she didn't react... no scream, no panic, her face still as cold as ever

Sasuke was about to attack her with his Susanoo but he felt lightheaded all of a sudden

his eyes bled a lot, and this blood came directly from his head... he was slowly losing consciousness... but he was sure Naruto and Luna could deal with one enemy now that the other two are gone, and she is on fire as well

"...Heh... he..." He tried to laugh, but barely could emit sounds before falling unconscious

as soon as he did, the Susanoo faded away, and the flames on Blizzard froze

Every mangekyou Sharingan is a unique ability, so it can never surpass an Ultimate, and Blizzard has an Ultimate skill

while her clone can't use it to its full potential, overpowering a unique skill is no big problem

she took a kunai out and threw it at Naruto

when his arm got frozen, Naruto just accepted that he was going to die, so he didn't react even when Sasuke covered him, because he was caught completely off guard

"Wait!" Luna screamed, she was still running at them but wouldn't be able to reach in time... and so, Naruto stared at Blizzard as the kunai came closer

he felt fear... despair even, having a light of hope because of Sasuke, only for it to be taken away right after? in his despair he even forgot he could use chakra to dodge easily...

*Swish*

Luna looked shocked at Naruto... she couldn't believe it...

Naruto... looked at Blizzard, eyes wide open and shaking in fear...

"...Now, we're quits" She said as her clone slowly turned into snowflakes

Naruto looked at the part of his hair that the kunai passed by, it barely missed his head...

his mind was blank, he couldn't form cohesive thoughts, much less words

"NARUTO!" Luna reached him and immediately used her healing jutsu to scan his body for the most serious injury, which was his arm, but it was still manageable, she made a clone and had it help Sasuke, who was bleeding profusely

*Swoosh*

*Swoosh*

Neji and Guy arrived at the same time

Since Neji run ahead, and Guy only left after he lost Lee from sight, they took a bit to reach the place, and all of that fight was quite fast, Neji frowned he immediately used his Byakugan to look around and widened his eyes with what he saw

"Guy..." He muttered pointing in a direction of the forest

Guy was looking at the side, where he saw Kakashi in worry, but he could see he was still breathing, so he looked where Neji pointed

he flickered in that direction, only to find Tenten frozen solid there

immediately he acted to save her, taking her to Luna, the medic of the team, he didn't see the caravan anywhere, but that didn't matter right now, he had to save his friend and all of those youngsters, that's way more urgent than one single mission...

but then

*Swoosh*

Guy heard the flicker, and immediately turned in that direction, battle-ready, only to see

"Y-You... Ri-Rimuru?!" He exclaimed in shock, every jonin in Konoha was informed of Rimuru's appearance by the Hokage because he was a treat above even S-rank

"Hai, Rimuru desu"