Naruto paused momentarily, feeling the taint of evil Chakra flare as Kimimaro broke free. Naruto glanced back behind him, "Be safe Lee." He whispered softly. Did he feel bad about leaving a friend to possibly die? Yes, he did. Every instinct screamed for him to turn around and go help Lee. But Kakashi had never told Naruto what to do when both options were necessary to save a friend, a comrade in arms.
Naruto put on a burst of speed, gritting his teeth. He would return Sasuke no matter what. He would destroy Orochimaru himself to get Sasuke back if necessary. Naruto had promised Mikoto to bring him back.
Naruto burst through a small clearing of rocks and landed on the head of Hashirama Senju at the Valley of the end. He could see Sasuke across the valley on the head of Madara Uchiha. "Sasuke!" Naruto barked out in anger at his friend.
Sasuke slowly turned around, turning to his left side. Naruto could see his friend's Sharingan blazing. He then saw the tainted markings of the cursed mark on Sasuke's right half of his body, even changing the color of his Sharingan to gold. "Naruto." Sasuke said with a smirk.
"Cut the power off Sasuke. It's revolting." Naruto said in a cold tone. When Sasuke didn't do so, Naruto spoke up. "So this is it Sasuke?" Naruto asked. "Just abandon everything you've ever been taught just for power to kill Itachi?"
Sasuke shook his head. "Nothing else matters to me but killing Itachi!" Sasuke shouted.
"What about your mother Sasuke?!" Naruto shouted. "Does she not matter? Does the only member of your family that you have left not matter to you anymore? What sort of bastard son are you that you'd abandon even your mother?"
Sasuke's head lowered some. "I can't ask my mother to support me in this." He said softly. "She'd be picking between her two sons. How can I ask her to support me?" Sasuke raised his head. "But it doesn't matter! You couldn't possibly understand."
Naruto threw open his arms. "How could I?!" Naruto said. "I never had the family that you had; I was a bastard orphan that no one and I do mean no one actually wanted around. In fact the only person that did care for me was the Sandaime Hokage. Do you remember what happened to him?!" Naruto shouted.
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He could see Sasuke wince; remembering who exactly killed the Sandaime Hokage. "Every time I look up, you're slowly drawing further and further ahead Naruto." Sasuke clenched his hand into a fist. "I can't keep being left behind! How can I gain the power to kill my brother when all I had to compare myself was you! You who defeated Haku, you who defeated Gaara, you who stole his way through the second exams! You brought back Tsunade-sama; you were trained by Jiraiya-sama! Why is it always you?!"
Naruto watched Sasuke for a moment and lowered his head before sighing. "Because I already had more power than I knew what to do with." Naruto said and stood straight and tall. "Jiraiya of the Sannin is a Seal Master," Naruto was better, but that was beside the point at the moment. "And I hold something back that is sealed in my very person. Fourteen years ago, the Bijuu known as the Kyuubi no Yoko attacked Konoha; the Yondaime Hokage didn't kill the beast like everyone says…" Naruto unzipped the jacket and raised the fishnet. "He sealed it away, inside me." He said and pulsed his chakra to the seal making it appear. "Jiraiya, being a Seal Master, is the only one with the knowledge to actually maintain the seal so that the Kyuubi never breaks free."
Naruto could see the shock on Sasuke's face, and that shock allowed the Cursed Mark to fade away. "Why you? Why did the Yondaime pick you for the sealing?"
"Because I am an Uzumaki, because I was born that day, because I was an orphan by the time of the attack that no one would care if I was sealed with the Bijuu or not." Naruto said and shook his head. "My mother died shortly after Child birth, and my father died that same day as well. I am one of the last members of a proud clan with special chakra that enhances our life span. Only an Uzumaki could hold the Kyuubi." Naruto was proud of his parents, of his lineage, but he also knew that he couldn't just tell that to Sasuke. He was already telling an S-ranked secret, he wasn't about to say something that was so classified it didn't exist.
Sasuke clenched his fists tight. "Fight me!" he shouted out. Maybe he did act like an impudent child from time to time, angry that he wasn't getting his way, but he needed this. He needed to see where he was at compared to his friend. "Fight me Naruto, fight me seriously."
Naruto sighed softly and reached up, pinching the bridge of his nose. He knew what it would mean to fight Sasuke seriously. "Very well…" Naruto whispered softly before he re-zipped the vest of the ANBU outfit. Naruto closed his eyes and sighed before he opened them with the Rinnegan blazing. His hand reached up for the Kusanagi. He drew the lethal long sword and slashed out, cutting through the water fall and forcing it to part with his Wind Element, slashing all the way over to Sasuke with the unwieldy power. He re-sheathed the sword when Sasuke dodged