What Am I? Chapter 10, a naruto fanfic

Yo, I'm finally back to finish this story. So, everyone prepared to be amazed for the stupendous finale of What Am I!

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Note from the Editor- Hi everyone, this is Chaos star951's editor. If you see any underlines (besides this one) then Chaos forgot to delete them. I'd really appreciate it if you wouldn't be too tough, since this is Chaos' first fan fiction and doesn't happen to have a lot of self-esteem on the matter. So, be kind and review, or gothic squirrels, allied with all the fan girls of every Naruto boy, will hunt you down and gut you like a fish.

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"Talking, or Normal Speech"

'Thought'

'Kyuubi talking'

What Am I?

Chapter 10

'It hurts..., " thought the fox-container. 'Is this the end?...

Ino watched from afar as the strike pounded the boy into the ground. She could faintly make out a red substance spraying out of his body. "Naruto!"

'Hey snap out of it!'

'Kyuubi?'

'That's right kit, now get up!'

'I can't.'

'What do you mean you can't?! If you don't get up in two seconds, I'll...'

'Just shut up. I don't need you yelling in my head before I die.'

'Die?! I refuse to die here now!'

'Damn it! Just when you catch a break, one little punk is all it takes to make you give up!!'

'What do you mean a break?'

'Man you're dense. I'm talking about hitting it off with the the other blonde.'

'Ino...'

"Naruto!" His ears caught the blonde girl's cry.

'Ino...I got so caught up in fighting Koji, that I forgot she was here. Man, she must think I'm pathetic lying here now.'

'Then get up.'

'What?'

'You heard me. Get back on your damn feet and show her your true power! Beat this red-haired punk into the dirt.'

'...You're right.' The blonde rolled slowly onto his stomach, still in the bottom of the crater that he lay in. He started to painfully push his battered body back up to his feet. 'I have to...get...back up...and keep fighting. I can't die here, I' m going to become Hokage, Believe it!'

(I know some of you find the American catchphrase annoying, but I think its used appropriately here, so I hope it doesn't bother you too much.)

'That's it, now beat this clown up and show blondie what all you're made of. Prove to everyone that you are a force to be reckoned with.'

'You know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you actually cared, furball.'

'Don't read too far into it! I just don't wanna die here is all. And don't call me that!!'

Koji watched as Naruto struggled to get back up. "Don't you know when to quit?" he snarled, raising his fist to prepare another strike.

"No, quitting never solves anything!" Suddenly a huge flash of light burst from the demon-container. But to the Ashura's and the other blonde watching the fight from afar surprise, it wasn't red at all. It was blue. The light flared up around the boy, causing Koji to use his arm in order to shield his eyes.

(And thus the battle rages on, quickly approaching its climax. Just for fun, while you're reading the final fight scene, load up another internet tab, then go onto youtube and play ' Its The Final Countdown' by Europe. I wrote this battle whiling listening to this song. Be sure to repeat the song over and over until the fight ends.)

'What's going on?! That's not the Kyuubi's power, its his own chakra! But its greater than it was when we fought before. How? How could he summon this much power in such an injured state?'

The blonde's thoughts mirrored the redhead's. 'Where is this power coming from? Is it...my power?' It was then that Yamato's words relayed in his thoughts. To rely on his own power, not someone else's.

'Yes. I'll use my own power to win.' He raised his hand up and clenched it into a fist. "I'll beat you without the help of that blasted Kyuubi!"

'Hey...!'

The flash dimmed away and the demon slayer moved his arm from his sight only to spot a fist launch itself into his face, sending him reeling back.

'What the...' He stood back up to see Naruto standing there, looking even more determined than ever.

"Lucky shot, " he muttered, wiping some blood from his lip. "This is the end, Celestial Arrow!" The blast shot out and sent the blonde hurtling back into a tree, upon colliding with which dissappeared with a small poof.

'A doppleganger?! When did he'

The Ashura didn't even have time to get out of this sudden stupor when another punch struck the left side of his face, sliding him to the side. Throwing a fist at what had struck him, his hand collided with flesh. But the flesh vanished on contact.

'What?! Another one?! Damn him.' "This isn't over yet!"

"I agree." Came three voices from around him.

"What?" Koji said looking around only to catch three separate identical blondes sliding at him from every different side. Each delivering a powerful kick up at him, causing him to blast into the air only to meet two more Narutos kick him headfirst right back to the ground.

"Damn you...," coughed the redhead as he was getting back up. But suddenly one of his feet were grabbed and jerked, causing him to fall to the dirt once more. And the demon-container's attack continued as he lifted Koji back up by his ankle which he used the swing the boy around, gaining enough momentum to throw him into a tree, splitting it in half.

The redhead lay there on his side, his head spinning from the barrage he'd just endured. He glanced over to the blonde and saw him breathing heavily. Struggling to get back onto his feet, Koji doubled over and hacked up an abnormal amount of blood. Holding himself up on his hands and knees he gasped for air, watching the crimson liquid drip from his mouth into the red puddle he created.

He stared at it, clenching a fist tightly in defiance of the pain he was in. 'Damn seal...it's repercussionsare getting worse. I need to finish this, and fast.'

Naruto watched the young man struggling to hold himself, reminding him of his own injuries.

"You're the one who should give up," the whisker-faced shinobi panted. "I know that your seal destroys you from the inside."

Koji's response was not what the blonde expected.

"So what? Even if it does mutilate my body, that won't matter when I send that demon back to hell." With that he stood back up, glaring at the boy. "Now, I shall open the doors to the netherworld and cast the Kyuubi inside!" Reaching his arms out, completely extended to each side of him. He closed his eye.

"Prepare yourself."

'What is he doing now?'

'I don't know, kit but I got a bad feeling whatever it is.'

'Same here.'

Suddenly dark clouds shrouded the sky and a cry of thunder in the distance shook the forest.

"What the..?!" Naruto looked into the blackened sky, and saw lightning shooting down from the dark clouds. A strange wave of some form of energy washed over the battlefield. It was so thick in the air, it was practically suffocating.

'Is this Koji's doing? I have to stop him from finishing whatever it is he's planning!' The fox boy charged straight at the demon slayer, when his eye shot open and he flung his left arm straight up, pointing his open palm towards the sky, his other hand wrapped around his left wrist as if to support it.

Lightning shot straight down from above them, directly striking the Ashura enveloping him in a surge of raw electricity and bright light. Naruto skidded to a stop and covered his eyes with his forearms. Dust and dirt were blown up from the ground and blasted in all directions away from the blast.

When the explosion died down, the fox-like ninja opened his eyes only to see a thick smog-like fog of charred particles surrounding where Koji was standing.

'Is he still alive?' He thought as the smoke begun to clear. There stood the redhead. In the center of a bunch of burnt grass and dirt. And his body was...glowing with a darkened blue light, small sparks of electricity discharging off his being.

'How the hell die he survive?!'

'How should I know?! Maybe he's a human lightning rod.'

"Now...its time to finish this!" Koji glared over at his adversary. "It must be an honor to fall before the most powerful technique that the Ashuras possessed."

'All that was a technique?!' "What is the name of it?"

"Ashura Forbbiden Seal, Final Attack: Divine Judgement."

'That doesn't sound too good for us, kit.'

'I know. But I have to win, I can't die before I become Hokage!'

Naruto once again charged straight for the young man. In a flash, the redhead was right infront of the fox boy.

"This is the end!"

Completely taken by surprise, the blonde couldn't counter at all when he felt his shoulder grabbed by the older boy. A painful burst of electricity shot through his body. The pain inflicted by the contact nearly doubled him over in anguish. Screaming out in agony he popped from existence.

"A clone, huh? Well it doesn't matter, that technique won't save you now!"

Hidden among the brush, Naruto gripped his shoulder in pain. He could feel some blood dripping out over his skin which he could tell was now burnt.

'Damn, how did the damage come back to me?'

As if reading his mind, the redhead looked around searching for the loudmouthed ninja and replied. "Your pathetic clones are useless now. My Divine Judgement technique uses the effect of your shadow clone to transfer damage directly back to you. Like a god hunting down those who have sinned against him to deliver divine punishment on to them, so shall this power find you, no matter where you hide!"

'That means if I use my clones too recklessly, I'll be killed.' Pulling some shuriken from his weapons pack, Naruto created some clones to hide among the trees and surround Koji.

The redhead walked around, searching for any signs of his opponent. Suddenly he heard a whizzing through the air coming right at him. He jumped forward to avoid the projectiles thrown at him only to glimpse many more coming at him. Having no chance of dodging, Koji threw his arms up to shield himself from being sliced up too badly.

"I see through your stategy now. You think that if you attack me from a distance, I won't be able to catch you. But there's more to this technique than just hurting you through physical contact, and I now know your location."

'What? how does he know?!' He froze in surprise for a moment, and that's all it took. Koji, as if intinctively, pointed his finger right in the original's direction and shot out a bolt of electricity as if it were a bullet, right at him.

Completely caught off guard, time seem to slow down as Naruto watched the blast come at him. He felt it pierce into the left side of his chest. He felt it pass through his body like a burning kunai, then shoot straight out his back. The pain was so excrutiating that it caused him to fall off the branch he was standing on and crash face first into the dirt. As he was run through, all his clones poofed away.

Naruto lay there a few seconds before clutching his heart and writhing in pain.

"Damn," muttered Koji, as he fell onto one knee before hacking up even more blood. "The pain is getting worse and it caused me to miss."

Naruto slowly stood back up, his hand still clamped to his chest.

'He's right kit. That bolt struck just beneath your heart.'

'I know, damn fox. But now I'm in the open and running out of power.'

Koji spoke up again, "I've had enough of this, I'm going to finish this now!" Naruto watched as the Ashura grab his left wrist again, holding it out infront of himself. Instantly lightning began to build up in his palm, forming powerful sphere of electricity.

"Even if I hit a clone this will kill you!"

'I've got to counter somehow.' "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" A doppleganger appeared next to the blonde as he extended his arm to it. Spiraling a bunch of chakra into his hand, it began to take a round shape. Both Narutos bolted straight for Koji. Once the lightning had all been focused into his palm, he too charged at his blonde adversary.

"This is the end for you! Divine Judgement!"

"Grand Sphere Rasengan!"

The moment the attacks collided, shockwaves of lightning and chakra were sent in every direction. The force of the attacks trying to push the warriors apart. Each dug their heels into the ground to try and get firm footing to use against the other. The waves caused by the colliding powers ripped up the ground beneath them. It looked like a complete stalemate...unless one of their wills caved in to the other's. But from the look of things that wasn't going to happen.

"Without a purpose, a person shouldn't exist!" Koji grunted.

"That may be true, but I have a purpose! To become Hokage, and protect all those precious to me!" Yelled Naruto releasing even more chakra into his attack.

"Protect those precious..." Koji repeated almost as if suddenly put under a trance.

----Flashback----

It was years ago. Before Takara had been killed. A seven-year-old Koji sat in a tree, doing something his sister said he rarely did, thinking.

'Takara is always telling me stories of heroes. But what makes a hero? Is it from birth, or the deeds they do?' His face scrunched up in deep concentration. The brown-haired boy didn't even realize his elder sibling had approached the tree he was in.

Takara looked up at her little brother and chuckled lightly at his overly serious countenance. Suddenly, an idea came to her causing a mischievious grin to adorn the dark-blonde's face.

Silently she crept up the other side of the tree, out of Koji's view.

'Man, all this thinking is making my head hurt. Maybe I should just ask Takara-nee-chan, she'll know.' Suddenly he heard a twig snap behind him. Quickly, the boy spun around and looked at where the noise came from. But there was nothing there. Turning back around he was greeted by someone else's face right infront of his.

"Boo."

"Augh!" Losing his balance in surprise, the brunette fell back and off the branch holding him.

The next thing he knew, Koji was laying on his back looking up at his sister, trying in vain to hold back her hysterics.

"That's not funny, nee-chan! That hurt," he muttered, feigning pain.

"Oh, it can't hurt that bad. Your head is harder than half the rocks around here." She teased back at him before jumping down next to her otouto. Takara placed her hand on his head and gently felt over it for any bumps. Feeling none, she ruffled his hair and chuckled.

"See, you're fine. No harm done."

Koji looked up at his sister, just giving him her warm smile. No matter what she did or how much she teased him, he couldn't stay mad when she smiled like this. It was like all his worries melted away when he saw her smile. It was just so calming and serene, like a crystal clear lake. Koji didn't recall his mother very well anymore, but he wondered if this is what a mother's smile was like. But that was a question for a later day.

"Hey, nee-chan?"

"Yes?"

"What makes a hero a hero?"

Takara looked at him surprised. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, you're always telling me those stories before I go to sleep. And all of them are about some one who is called a hero."

"Well, the main reason I tell you those stories is because you won't go to sleep otherwise." She gave him her catlike grin, the one she did when she teased him or was planning something to embarrass him in some way.

"I'm being serious!" He pouted in a half-playful, half-serious manner.

"Sorry, but its just a fairly broad question to ask out of nowhere."

"Does that mean you don't know?"

"Well, I don't really think there is an exact answer to your question but," She walked over to the tree trunk and sat against before motioning Koji to sit next to her. "I believe a real hero is one who puts everyone's needs before his, or her own. Also a hero protects those who are precious to them at all costs."

"Those precious to them?" He repeated. "But how is someone precious?"

"Well, when someone is precious to you, you care about them deeply and want to protect them from harm."

Koji stared at his sister, then up to the bright blue sky above them. Takara looked at him curiously, wondering what all was going through his head.

"That's what I want to do." He said after a few minutes.

"What is?"

"I want to protect those precious to me. I want to be a hero!" He stated as he stood back on his feet and reached this arm up to the sky, clenching his hand into a fist.

The older blonde could only stare at him, mostly surprise at his resolve. Scoffing playfully at his over dramatic display, she stood up next to him and messed up his hair again.

"As if a squirt like you can be a hero."

"Hey! I can be a hero!"

"Whatever, otouto." Takara began to walk off home, before yelling back to him, "If you expect to eat, you'd better hurry back to the house."

"Coming!" The boy called back before glancing once more at the sky and back to his sister. 'You'll see. One day I will protect that which is most precious to me. I'll protect you. I'll protect your smile, Takara-nee-chan. I'll stake my life on it.'

----Flashback End----

'I'd...forgotten...what a real hero was. What have I become?!' The red-haired young man could feel his adversary's power increase, pushing against his own. But it didn't matter, his focus was broken.

Within seconds, the blonde's jutsu broke through the redhead's attack, sending the Ashura flying back as the rasengan carved up his arm all the way to his shoulder. Crashing through tree after tree, he finally stopped as he smashed into a boulder in the middle of the forest.

(Ok, the fight's over. You can shut off the music now. And for those of you who didn't listen to my earlier advice, for shame//shakes finger at you)

As he watched Koji shoot backwards, Naruto's body collapsed under him. Within heartbeat, a certain blonde kunoichi appeared infront of him, catching the boy in her arms before he hit the ground.

Ino burried her face into the orange clad shinobi's chest.

"Ino?"

No response.

"Ino? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine." It was obvious she wasn't, especially since it sounded like she was close to tears.

"Ino, everything is alright now."

"Its not alright!" she said pounding a fist into his chest, causing him to groan in pain. "You could have been killed."

"I'm just fine. I can't die until I achieve my goals." He answered with his usual foxy grin.

"This is serious! What would've happened if you'd been killed? What would everyone who cares about you do if you died? What would Konoha do without you? What would I do without you?"

When he heard that Naruto went silent. '...Is she trying to say what I think she's trying to say?'

'I say go for it!'

'Nobody asked you!'

'I don't care if no one did, I still say go for it.'

Naruto sighed, deciding it better to ignore the arrogant fuzzball. However his thoughts were cut short as he felt a pair of arms encircle him, holding him even closer to her.

"If you died," her body shook as she tried to stop the tears from falling. "I don't know if I could go on."

"Ino" The boy slowly raised his arms to wrap them around her.

"You'll never lose me. I'll always be by your side." He said in in a soft gentle voice.

"Naruto...I-I love you." She kept her face hidden in his chest as her grip tightened around him.

The sunshine blonde looked at her. Maybe, he could find happiness with someone else. Some one right here, in his arms.

"I know. And I love you two."

She felt warm, here in his arms. Especially, after hearing him say that. She felt him suddenly pull away. Looking up, Ino felt him gently cup her chin and press his lips to hers. As unexpected as it was, it wasn't at all unwelcome. Reaching up she place her hands on his cheeks and pulled him closer, deepening the kiss.

After a few moments, the couple separated in need of air, each of them sensing two pairs of eyes with their sight set upon them.

----Further in the forest----

The Ashura managed to get to his feet. Severe cuts and bruises covered him almost from head to toe. His left arm hung limply at his side, having the majority of its bones pulverized. He staggered slowly through the forest desperately trying to catch his breath.

"T-Takara...I failed you...all I am is a monster..." He heaved, as his breathing began to shorten. 'Looks like I won't be able to see you again...I don't deserve to anyway.'

Koji fell forward, laying on his stomach as the pool of blood grew larger beneath him. 'I...hope you're happy, up there in heaven. Cause, I will be going elsewhere...'

A gentle voice called out to him. "Koji..."

Straining a bit he raised his head in the direction from the voice came from. "Takara?" Pressing his right hand into the ground the redhead attempted to push himself back up, only to fail and collapse to the ground. 'Damn...my body is wrecked, I can't move. I'm probably just delusional, anyway.'

"Koji...come here..."

His eye widened a bit. It was her voice, but it couldn't be her. She was already gone, but then...who was calling out to him?

Scrounging up every last drop of his will power he pushed himself off the ground. He had to find out if it was her. He staggered towards the voice. The dying Ashura finally came a across a tree with pinkish white petals falling from its branches. 'A cherry blossom...it was her favorite...wait...who is that...?' There was someone sitting beneath the tree, against its trunk. His vision was so blurred that it was hard to tell who it was.

"Koji...there you are."

It was her, but...how? He reached out as he slowly stepped closer towards her. Tripping on his own heavy feet, Koji fell. But he didn't hit the hard ground. His head now rested in his sister's lap. Rolling over he stared straight up into her eyes. There was no doubt, it was Takara Ashura, his older sister who perished over ten years ago.

"S-sister...its you. But you died...I...I was unable to protect you."

"Shhh" He felt her gently press her fingers to his lips while the other hand softly stroke his crimson locks. "Its okay now, otouto. You can rest."

"But, how can you forgive me so easily? I couldn't protect you...and because of that, I've become an abomination."

"I can forgive you because I love you, Koji. With all my heart and soul. You are my little brother. No amount of bloodshed will ever change that."

He couldn't believe. She actually was forgiving him. He wasn't sure if he was worth her forgiveness. Slowly he reached up and touched her cheek. She smiled gently at him, that same smile from years ago. Her skin, it was as soft as he remembered it. A single tear fell from his left eye.

"It is time, otouto."

'Yes, Takara-nee-chan.'

With that, Koji's eye clouded as he drifted away, his arm falling limply onto the grass.

----Back with NaruIno----

Kiba and Akamaru stood there. Their jaws hung open. Both were thinking along the lines of 'What the hell...first Naruto runs off, then he attacks me out of nowhere leading me on a wild goose-chase, and now I find him half-dead almost making out with Ino! Could my day get any weirder?!'

Naruto and Ino stared back at the Inuzuka and his canine companion. Both blondes were blushing knowing that Kiba had seen their little moment.

It took a moment for any of them to gather their thoughts. Naruto gave a light cough, breaking the silence before saying. "Yo, Kiba what's going on?"

"What's going on?" The Inuzuka repeated. "What do you mean 'what's going on'?! I come out here looking for you when you run away and now I find you here sucking face with Ino!" The dog like shinobi ranted for a few minutes.

"Don't take it too personally, Naruto. He was just worried about you." Stated the blonde girl as both blondes just stared at Kiba pacing back and forth yelling about Naruto running off, worrying all his friends only to be found making out with a girl.

Taking the opportunity to treat the fox boy, Ino healed some of the more serious injuries while Akamaru continue to watch his master march back and forth.

"Wait...Naruto, what happened to that guy?"

"Huh? You mean Koji?"

"Yeah, him. It looked like he was in a stalemate with you, but then you suddenly broke through his attack."

"I don't know. For some reason his concentration broke and my attack got through. He flew off into the forest somewhere."

'Who cares? You beat him, there was no surviving your attack with all the damage he had.'

'That may be so, but he didn't hesitate at all during our battle. So what happened to make him lose focus?'

'Whatever.'

"Naruto? Are you there?"

Shaken from his talk with his inner demon, Naruto glanced over to Ino.

"Yeah, just lost in thought for a moment there."

By now Kiba was finished ranting, and now observing all the damge to the area. Noticing a trail of broken trees leading deeper into the forest.

"Hey, Akamaru?"

His canine companion bounded over, sniffing the griound.

"Does the scent match the other one that we found at the other battle site.

"Arf."

"Good, then that probably means there's no one else is around here except us." Kiba glanced ahead to see how long the trail was. 'Man, Naruto really musty have knocked that guy for a loop.' "Hey Naruto, Ino, we should probably check to be certain that guy is actually dead."

Ino nodded, helping the other blonde get back to his feet.

Following the trail, the three shinobi came across a path of blood leading deeper into the forest.

'Whoa, I didn't think he would live through that attack.'

'It looks like he staggered off somewhere. But I seriously doubt he's alive right now.'

'I agree.'

Following the splatters of crimson fluids, they came upon Koji's mangled body laying at the foot of a tree. Kiba and Akamaru investigated first, but it was a predictable verdict.

"He's dead."

"Arf."

Naruto just stared. This person had been trying to kill him. He had a face that only reflected hate, so why does he wear such a peaceful expression now that he's dead.

'I don't get it either, kit.'

"Hey, Naruto-kun?"

"Yeah, Ino."

"What should we do with his body? Should we take it in to Konoha's autopsy?"

The sun-kissed blonde thought for a moment.

"No, let's just bury him here."

"But, Naruto-kun why would do that? He tried to kill you, for no reason!"

"I know, but all grudges are forgotten in death. There's no reason for Konoha to know about him. He told me he was the last of his clan." As he spoke these words the blonde began to dig into the dirt.

Akamaru and Kiba helped dig out a hole, before carefully placing the Ashura's corpse into it. Solemnly all of them covered him under a layer of fresh earth. None of them liked the concept of death, but it was pointless try and defy it. Ino took some of the fallen petals from the cherry blossom tree and spread them onto the soil.

After they finished Ino and the dog duo walked away, leaving Naruto standing there infront the small mound of dirt.

"Koji Ashura. I recognized your eyes. They're the eyes that know only hatred because that's what they have been mostly expossed to. I used to have those eyes as well. But I've come a long way since then. True, you wanted to kill me but...I know you were just angry, lashing out at anyone who you thought deserved it. They remind me of a friend's eyes."

"I want to say that I bear no grudge towards you. In fact I want to thank you. You reminded me of something that I knew a long time ago, and had forgotten. I came out here because I had forgotten it."

Turning to leave, the blonde glanced back the cherry blossom tree. A voice sounded through the trees.

"Yo, Naruto, What's keeping you?!"

"I'm coming."

'You reminded me that its not what am I, its who am I. I am Naruto Uzumaki, the next Hokage. I will protect my all friends forever, as I achieve all my dreams.'

With that the whiskered face boy ran off and caught up with his friends.

On their way back to the village, a familar chakra signature was getting closer. Naruto immediately recognized it, it obviously recognized them as well cause it sped up to them.

Almost instantly a pink-haired blur shot out from the brush and tackled the surprised boy. This earned an angry growl from the female blonde, which did not go unnoticed by Kiba and Akamaru.

"Naruto, I finally found you! I'm sorry about what I said! I didn't mean it! I wasn't having the best day and I didn't mean to take it out on you!" Sakura would have continued on frantically had Naruto not silenced her by placing his finger to her lips.

"Its ok, Sakura." Naruto replied. "I know you were just frustrated, so I forgive you."

"How can you just forgive me?! I pretty much ripped off your head for no reason."

"Don't worry about it Sakura. Just"

"How can you let me off so easy? How about I go out with you just so there's no hard feelings?"

The pink-haired medic wasn't listening to him, but that was normal. What wasn't normal was her offer though. She was probably just rambling, which meant at least she was truly sorry. And had this have happened a few years back the hyperactive blonde would've lept at the chance. But he didn't want pity, he was too mature for that. That and Ino cleared her throat rather loudly at the offer indicating that she didn't approve.

The whiskered blonde shook his head. "Sakura." He said rather forcefully trying to get the medic's attention. Which it did.

"Sakura, as much as I would like to go on a date with you," Ino coughed loudly at this though Naruto ignored it for now. "I'm afraid I must decline."

Sakura looked as if she couldn't understand those words. Naruto adored her, so why would he pass on a chance to go out with her? And why the hell wasn't he calling her by his affectionate nickname, Sakura-chan? She was so shocked all she could think to say was

"Why?"

"Well," the blonde began, scratching the back of his head as he did. "I have other plans when I get back to the village." With that said Ino strutted over and glomped onto his right arm.

"Ready to go, Naruto-kun?" She asked in a sweet voice.

"Yep, let's go. Back to Konoha." The two blondes strolled off from there. Leaving a mildly surpised dog (and Akamaru. heh heh heh) and a completely stunned Sakura who was trying to process everything that had just happened.

The End.

Chaos's Corner

Chaos: Welcome to this story's last session of Chaos's Corner! Its been a long time running eh? Anyways for our final Guest I'd like to introduce Kyuubi! However since I couldn't actually bring him here, we'll just have to go visit him.

(Audience and Chaos appears inside Naruto, in front of the seal.)

Chaos: Well, here we are. Hey, Kyuubi! Are you in there?

Kyuubi: What do you think?!

Chaos: Sheesh, no need to bite my head off.

Kyuubi: If I could, I would've by now...

Chaos: So rude, after I come all the way here to visit you.

Kyuubi: Whatever. What do you want?

Chaos: Well, under normal circumstances, it would be your interview. But since its the last chapter I thought why not end with some super special awesome

Kyuubi: Don't you dare try to use of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series's jokes!!! I'll kill you if you do!

Chaos: Fine, why not end with a couple omakes from this chapter?

Kyuubi: Wait why don't you want to interview me?

Chaos: Because, no one had any questions for you and I didn't want to think any up.

Kyuubi: Why you lazy little son of a

Chaos: Hey, hey! Be nice, there's children in the room. (You know who you are)

Kyuubi: ...punk

Chaos: Well, lets start of with...

OMAKE 1

"Prepare yourself."

'What is he doing now?'

'I don't know, kit but I got a bad feeling whatever it is.'

'Same here.'

Suddenly dark clouds shrouded the sky and a cry of thunder in the distance shook the forest.

When the explosion died down, the fox-like ninja opened his eyes only to see a thick smog-like fog of charred particles surrounding where Koji was standing.

'Is he still alive?' He thought as the smoke begun to clear. There stood the redhead. In the center of a bunch of burnt grass and dirt. And his body was...laying on his back covered in burnt flesh with a strong charcoal-like smell coming off him.

'Well...,' Thought the blonde. 'That was rather anticlimatic.'

'Seriously.'

OMAKE 2

Suddenly dark clouds shrouded the sky and a cry of thunder in the distance shook the forest.

"BANKAI!"

When the explosion died down, the fox-like ninja opened his eyes only to see a thick smog-like fog of charred particles surrounding where Koji was standing.

'Is he still alive?' He thought as the smoke begun to clear. There stood the redhead. In the center of a bunch of burnt grass and dirt.

There stood Koji, now wearing black robes and wielding a large sword shaped like a jagged bolt of lightning.

Naruto just stare dumbfounded as the Kyuubi thought 'What the fuck?!'

OMAKE 3

Chaos: Well actually, there is no third one. I had an idea for one but it was too long to do.

Kyuubi: Lazy.

Chaos: So anyways that's all for now.

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