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Open Your Eyes

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Chapter 7: Turn Back Time

“I’m going to kill you!” Naruto screamed while turning his head to Sasuke, still holding Sakura in his arms. She was unconscious, but alive. But this didn’t soothe Naruto’s anger.

‘This is it,’ Sasuke thought, as he grinned, not faced by Naruto’s enormous chakra.

Naruto stood up, slowly, not taking his eyes off of Sasuke. Sasuke noticed something strange though; he had four tales of red chakra instead of one like the last time.

“You’ll pay...” Naruto growled, bending down, so that his hands were on the ground, taking the position of a fox, his four tales up high.

Sasuke quickly jumped back, making distance between them.

“Sir! Do you need our help?” One of Sasuke’s henchman said, though they were both frightened by what they saw.

“No, I’ll do this alone...” Sasuke said, determined.

‘Tsk,’ The first on thought, ‘egoistic brat...’

“But sir! At least, you’ll have to use the second stage to-“ The second said, but was cut off.

“No! I’ll do this alone,” Sasuke said again, as he gave a look at his henchmen, “Flee if you want, I have no use for cowards.”

Both of the men growled, but stayed anyway. They needed to see who was stronger, for later report...

Naruto gave a hard growl, and with great speed, he charged at Sasuke. Sasuke grinned and jumped up.

Naruto was faster, though; just as Sasuke was in the air, Naruto grabbed his legs. He gave him a spin, before letting him go. Sasuke regained his balance, as he landed on his feet.

‘He’s fast,’ Sasuke thought, and he was almost hit by Naruto’s fist. Sasuke jumped back again, analysing him.

‘Those four tales... Does that tell something about his strength?’ Sasuke thought. Naruto bend down again, ready to attack.

“Sharigan!” Sasuke said, just as Naruto sprinted at him. Naruto jumped up, only to charge down as fast as he could.

Sasuke didn’t had enough time to dodge the attack, so he held his hands above him. He actually caught Naruto, his hands holding Naruto’s. Naruto’s face came closer to Sasuke’s, but their arms were trembling.

It seemed that Naruto was much stronger then Sasuke.

With his fangs as sharp as ever, and his eyes redder then blood, he looked Sasuke straight in the eyes. “You’ll pay, you’ll pay, you’ll pay!” He screamed as he let go of one hand, and punched Sasuke hard in the face, letting him practically fly backwards.

“Sir!” His henchman screamed, as Sasuke hit the ground.

Sasuke cursed, while holding his face. ‘I should’ve... seen that one coming with sharigan... Why didn’t I...?’

Naruto growled harder this time, his face upwards to the sky. The rocks around him began to tremble.

The pupils in his eyes disappeared, showing only blood red eyes. His nails growing larger, his position changed. His back was straight up, as an cat who was ready to attack.

‘This isn’t Naruto anymore, that’s the nine tailed fox!’ Sasuke thought, as he stood up gritting his teeth.

Sakura moaned, slowly waking up. When she tried to move, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She held up her hand, seeing blood on it; her blood.

Sasuke. Naruto. Attack. Sword. Protect. Darkness.

She remembered. She tried to protect Naruto when Sasuke attacked. Did she... failed again..?

She slowly held her head up, looking towards the direction of the noise. Her vision was blurry, not knowing if it was blurry because of her blood loss or her crying. It was probably both.

“Naruto... Sasuke...” She whispered, wanting to see both their faces. But what she saw, wasn’t what she hoped for.

She saw Naruto, screaming into the sky, red chakra surrounding his body. The ground around him was trembling, making holes in it. She didn’t saw his face; his back was towards her.

In front of Naruto she saw Sasuke, looking as if he was punched in the face, hard. He had an unusual expression on his face. Was he scared? What happened to Naruto? She had to stop him, she didn’t want this.

Naruto didn’t attack, he just kept screaming. This gave Sasuke the chance.

“I’ll end this.” Sasuke said, as he prepared his Chidori, running towards Naruto.

Naruto didn’t do anything, it seemed like he didn’t noticed him.

“Chidori!” Sasuke yelled as he jumped up, holding his arm backwards, so that he would gain more speed when he hit Naruto.

‘Naruto!’ Sakura thought, as she saw Sasuke attack.

But Sasuke’s attack never hit; Naruto stopped him with one arm, not even looking at him.

“What?!” Sasuke said out loud, his Chidori disappearing. Naruto began gripping Sasuke hand harder and harder, almost breaking it.

Sasuke pushed Naruto away with a punch in his stomach. Naruto let go, but remained his posture. He growled again, the ground around him trembling.

“I have... to stop this...” Sakura said, as she slowly stood up, holding her stomach. ‘I have to... endure the pain for now...’

Sakura slowly walked up to Naruto; it seemed like he didn’t noticed her. “Naruto...” She whispered. She felt his chakra; it was so strong. She had to reach him, or they will kill each other.

Her hand reached out to him, grabbing his jacket. He quickly turned around, his red eyes looking fiercely at her.

This shocked Sakura; she had never seen him this way. Ever. Tears rolled down her face.

This wasn’t the smiling, bubbly, energetic idiot she knew. This just wasn’t him!

“Naruto...” She said, trying to show strength in her voice. She looked down, and slowly moved forward, resting her head on his back, her strength fading again. She closed her eyes, feeling somewhat secure.

This was not the same for Naruto. He saw her as a stranger, who also wanted to hurt him. He could not let them hurt him.

He gave her a quick elbow, but it was with all his strength. His kyuubi strength.

Sakura screamed, as she hit the very same tree again. She felt blood coming from her stomach again. She didn’t wanted to loose consciousness, but her lack of blood was winning.

Her expression was blank, as she looked at Naruto’s face.

‘It seems like... I’m still weak...’ Sakura said, as she lost consciousness again.

Sasuke watched the whole thing, and even he was disgusted. Suddenly, his two henchmen came beside him.

“Sir! Are you alright?”

“Sir! We have to get out of here! Our only quest was to claim data!”

Sasuke didn’t say anything. He placed a hand on his cheek; it was swollen.

Naruto growled again, his clothes beginning to tore up, his chakra creating craters around him; he had lost control.

Sasuke wasn’t happy, but this wasn’t a good moment to fight. Although he doesn’t want to admit it, Naruto could kill him in this state.

Sasuke gritted his teeth, growling. “Ugh, retreat for now!” Sasuke said, as he disappeared together with his two henchmen. Leaving an unconscious Sakura and an out of control Naruto alone.

“Hokage-sama! They are here! And it seems like we are too late!” Shizune yelled as she arrived at the scene.

Right after that, Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi arrived. They all looked in horror at the scene.

Tsunade took action, “Shizune! Go look if Sakura is ok! Jiraiya and Kakashi, you two take care of Naruto. But be careful. I’ll also join Shizune.”

“Yes!” They all said as they went to Sakura and Naruto.

Shizune arrived at Sakura’s side, first checking her pulse. She sighed in relief; “She’s badly wounded, but she’s till alive.”

Tsunade kneeled down beside Sakura, pushing some bangs back. “You’ll be able to heal her?”

Shizune nodded, “Yes, but she still needs to go to the hospital.”

Tsunade looked down. “Please do, I’ll go check up on Naruto.” Tsunade said, as she quickly went to the place where Kakashi and Jiraiya was.

“What an amazing power...” Jiraiya said, as he watched Naruto. “So this is the Kyuubi’s...”

“Yes,” Kakashi answered. He also didn’t like what he saw. But what was worse, he couldn’t do anything for his pupil.

“He should be out of chakra soon.” Jiraiya said. And he was right. Not soon after her said that, his four tails began to disappear.

Naruto fell down on his knees, holding himself up with his hands. His blue eyes re-appearing again, his fangs going back to normal. The ground stopped shaking. His red chakra disappeared also, and Naruto fell completely down because of exhausting.

Jiraiya, Kakashi and Tsunade quickly rushed over to him.

Tsunade quickly began to heal him.

“Is he ok?” Kakashi asked, looking at his torn clothes. His body looked like it was burnt.

“Yes, to say the least, he doesn’t have a scratch. But it’s best to bring him to the hospital after I healed him.” Tsunade said, as the burnt marks slowly disappeared.

After Tsunade was done, Jiraiya picked him up. Only to see tears streaming down his face. ‘What happened to him...’ Jiraiya thought, as Shizune came walking up to them with Sakura in her arms.

“Is she ok?” Kakashi asked, as he took her over from Shizune.

“Yes,” Answered Shizune. “but she still needs to go to the hospital. Some cuts are deep and may be infected.”

He nodded, as the four of them began to sprint to the hospital, wondering what happened here.

Wondering if they could be innocent again like to used to be. To just turn back time for one day.

To Be Continued