“…”
“Uzumaki!!!! Uchiha!!!!”
“Keuugh!! Even with this type of magic trick, you have this much supernatural power!!”
Naruto doesn’t know what to say, so he stays still and is slightly startled when he hears Gaara screaming. Gamabunta was holding on to Gaara, but he was getting pushed back. Sasuke saw it and tried to go somewhere, but Naruto stopped him.
“Where are you going?”
“Of course, I’m going to stop that guy, because it seems that Toad is also at his limit.”
“…You don’t have any chakras.”
“I still can’t stay still!!”
“Why are you pushing yourself so hard to fight?”
“If we leave it as it is, it will definitely attack the village! I don’t want to lose any more important people…!! And…that guy too…”
“…”
Naruto looked at Sasuke’s back and made a decision.
Then, he grabbed Sasuke’s hand.
“Naruto..?”
“…It’s only this time, Uchiha… No, Sasuke.”
“Whh… what?!”
At that moment, space shifts.
It was the forehead of the harvest that had just happened.
Gaara discovers Naruto and Sasuke and attacks them with sand while shouting.
“die!!”
Naruto grabs Sasuke and throws it at Gaara.
Sasuke was very surprised, but when he noticed that his chakra was half restored, he opened his Sharingan and ran towards Gaara while avoiding the sand. Naruto looked at Sasuke’s back and thought.
‘I… Why did you help Sasuke? I want that hateful town to disappear like this… ‘
” Uchiha…Sasuke!!!”
When Sasuke and Gaara’s eyes met, Sasuke stabbed Gaara with his chidori. However, it gets caught in the sand and cannot move.
“Keugh…!”
“You will die by my hand. My existence… will not disappear!”
“…No, I.win!”
“What nonsense…!!!”
At that moment, Sasuke shudders and disappears.
The moment Sasuke met Gaara’s eyes, he cast a spell on the Sharingan. It was released quickly because it was the first time, but it definitely created a gap for Gaara.
“Illusion…!”
“Take it!!!”
Sisuke is killing the presence, but immediately jumps at Gaara and swings his fist. Gaira couldn’t block his fist and directly hit him in the face.
shit- shit-
At the same time, Harvest cracks and collapses as it turns to sand.
Gaara and Sasuke fall straight down the tree.
Gamabunta looks at those two and thinks.
‘That bastard… It’s going to be a pretty fun ninja… I want to see it until the end, but I’m at my limit… ‘
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As Gamabunta disappears, Gaara and Sasuke stand up and stare at each other. Anyone can see that the two of them were exhausted enough to know that they were at their limits.
“Uhhhh”
“Kuh… kuh…”
“Now…let’s make a decision…!”
On the other hand, Orochimaru and Hiruzen competed in magic for an hour before using Hiruzen’s last technique, ‘Xigwibongjin’.
The 1st and 2nd Hokage, who were reincarnated by Eto with the pincer attack of the shadow alter ego and Shigwibongjin, succeeded in sealing, but the main body and Orochimaru were in a tug-of-war of souls. The choji sword was stuck in Hiruzen’s chest, and he was coughing up blood.
“Keuugh…! Why didn’t you dodge the sword… Sensei?”
“Siguibongjin is… a technique that uses the life of the caster at the cost…!
Isn’t there a reason to avoid dying anyway?”
“Kuh..!”
Orochimaru tried to seal the seal, but his hands couldn’t move, so he finally moved his fingers and stabbed Hiruzen in the chest with the choji sword. Enma, the summoned beast tied to the snake from behind, held Choji Sword in her hand, but that was all.
“Keugh!!”
“Calm down, Hiruzen!! If we don’t stop him here, the leaves will end!”
“Ah…I know, Enma…!”
“Whoa…whoo… Anyway, the leaves are over!”
“I see…is that so? Didn’t I teach you before?
A ninja… When you protect something precious, real power appears..!”
“Stop preaching…!”
“Well, okay… I have no intention of forgiving you.
Hiruzen uses his last strength to pull out Orochimaru’s soul.
Orochimaru moved his choji sword even more while breaking out in a cold sweat.
“A dying old man!!”
“Your magic… your magic… I’ll take all of them!”
“Stop… no way?!”
The god of death behind Hiruzen raises the sword in his mouth and slashes at the soul. Orochimaru sees this and opens his eyes wide and shouts.
“Oh, no!!!”
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“seal!!!”
‘So… my hand doesn’t move!’
Orochimaru’s hands began to mix rapidly.
Hiruzen quietly opens his mouth while coughing up blood.
“You’re foolish… Orochimaru, I’m sorry I couldn’t go with you… Let’s meet later in the underworld.”
“You damn old man!! Give me back my arm!!”
“With this… breaking leaves is a failure…”
Hiruzen starts muttering while looking at the sky with a blurry gaze.
“Where the leaves dance…”
Gaara and Sasuke glared at each other, then jumped with all their might.
“The fire is burning…”
Gaara and Sasuke punch each other.
“The lanterns illuminate the village…”
Sasuke momentarily dodges Gaara’s fist and swings his fist at Gaara’s face.
“Again… sprouting leaves”
Hiruzen collapses after seeing Orochimaru’s screams that he cannot hear anymore.
“…!”
When Naruto hears from Kurama that Hiruzen’s chakra has disappeared, he looks towards the stadium in surprise. Kurama talks to Naruto.
“…Are you sad?”
“…”
“Or are you happy?”
“It seems like they’re both… but…”
Naruto recalls Hiruzen, who was kind to him in the past. And he also recalls the truth about Hiruzen that Danzo said.
“The love you gave me… even if it’s fake…”
“…”
“The sad side… I think it’s stronger…”
Kurama looked at Naruto from behind and closed his eyes.
It’s because I saw the tears that Naruto was shedding.
Gaara and Sasuke fall to the ground with all their might. Gaara struggled to turn his head to look at Sasuke.
“Why… why… are you so.. strong..?”
“Ugh…!”
Sasuke tried to forcefully move his body, but he couldn’t move.
I barely turn my head and talk to Gaara.
“…to protect something important…”
“precious thing…?”
Gaara shouted while glaring at Sasuke.
“Nonsense!! With just that..!”
“…I used to think so too…”
“…?”
“Isn’t it painful…? Being lonely…”
“!!!”
When Gaara heard the unexpected words, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Sasuke. And you notice that you’re crying.
“I know it all too well…that pain…”
“…you”
“But… now I have people who are important to me too…!
If you are my dear ones… colleague… If it hurts… I will stop it even if I kill you!!”
“You… why… so much… for others…”
Sasuke rises with all his human strength.
“Because they are the people who saved me from the hell of loneliness… who acknowledged my existence…!”
Gaara listens to Sasuke’s words and recalls them.
The only medicine for the heartache that Yasamaru gave her in the past.
“Affection…”
‘So… is this guy this strong… ‘
After that, the leaf ninjas quickly counterattacked.
Orochimaru escapes, and the Kazekage has already been killed.
The sand and sound village ninjas who lost their heads eventually surrendered and the leaf-breaking ended in failure.
Two days passed, and the people of the leaf village all dressed in black that day, and a future was held for those who died this time.
Shisuke was also walking to participate in the future ceremony with a cast and bandage on his left hand. Just then, Kakashi appears and speaks to him.
“It’s a recoil from using Chidori forcibly.”
“…I know”
“But… let’s say you did well this time… it’s no exaggeration to say that the number of casualties has been greatly reduced thanks to you stopping him.”
“…That guy had a pain similar to mine.”
“I see…”
“If… if there is a chance… I would like to meet and talk again.”
“…what are you going to say?”
“I… wanted to relieve the pain.”
“Even though it’s an enemy, is it wheat?”
Sasuke walks past Kakishi without saying anything.
Kakashi notices Sasuke’s inner thoughts and speaks while laughing.
“Well, I don’t hate it. That thought of you”
“…I’m going to be late, let’s go quickly”
Arriving at the future ceremony, Sasuke finds Konohamaru crying.
Iruka, who was next to him, patted Konohamaru and comforted him. Then, noticing that Sasuke came, he opened his mouth.
“…Sasuke”
“Iruka-sensei…”
After a moment of silent meditation, Sasuke breaks the silence.
“Why… do people risk their lives for others?”
“…”
Iruka doesn’t immediately answer Sasuke’s question and looks at Hiruzen’s picture. And when he was young, when his parents died, he opened his mouth thinking of Hiruzen comforting him.
“Parents and siblings…friends, lovers, villagers…people who are important to you…a bond formed by trusting each other.
That string gets thicker and stronger with time and affection.”
pop-
pop-
Drop by drop, the rain that begins to fall mourns the death of a colleague, but begins to cry as if it were replacing the ninjas who didn’t cry.