It hurt to the point he was sure to cry, the feeling was unbearable. Even if he did hate him he had that bond with him once upon a time. Once upon a time he and Sasuke and Sakura were a team. How could Sasuke do this? Didn't he understand, couldn't he understand what he meant to them. Why wouldn't he listen. "Sasuke just stop for a second!"

"I'm not going to stop, not until every single one of you lies dead before me." Sasuke dropped the kunai. His hand grasped the sword's hilt as in a blur he rushed his former teammate. Naruto grabbed the hand holding the deadly weapon and directed him away from hitting him. Naruto opted for his kunai and tried to get a cut in but his wrist was than caught by Sasuke who smiled darkly. "You think you can beat me and still bring me back to Konoha?… How amusing."

"I'm gonna bring you back…" Naruto growled as they had a play of strengths. "In a body bag." The smiled disappeared from the Uchiha's face momentarily. Sasuke broke off him and began laughing wickedly. Sometime during his fit his Chidori Nagashi began crackling around him like it was amused as well. "The Sasuke I knew… He died over two years ago when he sold his soul for revenge. You're just some murderous asshole in his body!"

"How poetic… You really do take after Jiraiya. Well, it was nice catching up." Sasuke said and suddenly switched his Chidori and attacked quickly. All Naruto could see was the lightning in front of his face, the way it twitched, the brightness of it, the warmth was burning his nose but it had stopped. Sasuke turned his head and saw something unprecedented. He actually stopped for a second surprised before moving his sword which she twisted around and caught his wrist. "Well, well, hello Hinata."

"You… You've really fallen haven't you?" She said quietly. She quickly moved her feet and was able to knock Sasuke back a few feet and took a firm stance next to Naruto. She turned her head towards him and stuttered on her words. "I… I wanted to…"

"This is my fight. You don't need to get hurt because I failed, and if I fail again, you'll need to warn Konoha with Sakura and Kakashi." Naruto said and quickly shoved her off of the river towards the mountain side where Sakura was healing her teacher's deep wound, little tear stains developing on her cheek. Naruto stepped foreword. "Come on, I want to take Sauske home already."

"You such an idiot." Sasuke charged again and they clashed, the sound of metal hitting briefly, than again, again, louder and harder than before. Hinata watched as Sakura closed her eyes and the tears came down heavier. Sakura stopped, "Hinata, finish this for me."

"But… Naruto said…" She said and Sakura wiped the tears from her eyes and took a deep breath stepping out onto the water. Sakura turned around, her face with a smile befitting her master.

"He's my responsibility to. Bet on me to take him out first!" Sakura gathered up whatever she could in her first and charge out. Sasuke barely had time to dodge as Sakura's fist down into the water sending it forty meters high around her. "We're not letting you get away! Naruto!"

Sasuke looked to see that she had launched him in the air and two clones were descending upon him. Sasuke saw this and sent two small senbon to disperse them. The actual Naruto quickly popped out of the mountain wall via Rasengan and hit it to Sasuke's back. A log quickly dropped in his place and left Naruto and Sasuke looking for him.

"I don't see him." Sakura muttered and than watched as Hinata grabbed Kakashi and dove onto the water tossing him onto a small ledge out of harms way. Sasuke was left with his arm in the wall. "He's still going after Kakashi. He's the primary target."

"Than well have to hit him harder!" Naruto said and jumped at Sasuke with his teeth clenched. Naruto's fist hit he mountain side to find Sauske side-stepped and grabbed him by the neck. "Sasuke…"

"Don't say my name, you're just another one of Konoha's stupid pawns, a pawn of the Senju… and pawns are meant to die." Sasuke said and closed both his eyes. Hinata hit Sasuke in the back, but it was too late. Sasuke right eye opened; Naruto belted out in pain until both Hinata and a threatening fist from Sakura forced him away. Naruto dropped to the ground, a fist holding him up swarming with red chakra. Naruto looked up through red eyes and Sasuke immediately smiled. "Pawns would have noticed the storm clouds above…They've been accumulating for ten minutes now."

"What's that mean?" Sakura asked.

"Look, you can see small bits of lightning in the clouds; I think he can manipulate it." Hinata said starring up at it. "And you can't avoid lightning strikes…"

"I call it Kiri… It is my revenge." Sasuke said and raised a hand to the sky. He looked over them and picked his victim. "You know, I never though I would kill you… Sakura, but I guess when you're so blinded by love…"

"You don't know shit about love!" Naruto said and was suddenly in front of Sasuke, five tails of the Kyuubi flailing in the open air. There was a powerful and dangerous burst of blue and white in his hand. Sasuke had no choice. The mix of Kiri and the Futon: Rasengan created a burst of white light.

"NO!" Hinata screamed and jumped up to the white light. Sakura Tried to grab her but missed and ended up going into the light itself. The burst was deafening. The light scorched the ground beneath it and left the air smelling of sulfur. Two kunai fell into the water with a splash, the battle field empty of its warriors.