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ITALICS – thinking

BOLD – jutsu

Chapter 8: Endgame Part Two

Hinata is now sitting on a branch overlooking Naruto as his chakra cloak starts to recede but still leaving a purple glow around his body; she fears what will happen if she got to close.

"Hinata are you there?" No answer is heard "Hinata do not fear me I will do no harm to you, please answer me." Still no answer is heard

Hinata did hear Naruto's plea but still was fearful at the raw output of power she witnessed and as such decided that she would not interfere in the battle once the targets came; speaking of which three dots are seen heading toward the bridge whom she recognizes as Sakura, Sasuke, and Shino.

Naruto bows his head in shame at making Hinata fear him but he quickly stiffens as he smells three very familiar targets; he evilly smirks under his mask, cracks his knuckles and unsheathes his machete. It was finally time to play. He decides to make the first move and rushes out of the trees, a faint purple glow still around his body.

"There he goes, to finish what he started at the Chunin exam finals, to finish his revenge." Hinata sighs and shakes her head "He has been through so much and deserves to rest like his mother is now…what shall I do."

With the Konoha 3

"Well guys here is the…huh well I did not see that one coming." Shino states looking at the plaque stating the name of the bridge

Sasuke glimpses at it and starts to seethe, his former self coming to light again "How dare they name the bridge after the dobe! I am an Uchiha elite and as such they should name the bridge in my honor."

A resounding slap is heard catching the attention of Shino which sees that Sakura has literally slapped some sense into Sasuke. "What is wrong with you Sasuke! This is not the person I know and love, this is the person that I thought was great but just angered me. Please come back to us Sasuke don't let Kitsune's tactics win over you."

Just as he was about to respond Shino yells in panic: "LOOK OUT!" Shino lunges toward Sakura and Sasuke after seeing a metal object fly their way; he manages to push them out of the way saving them but Shino takes the fatal blow

*SCLICH* The sound of metal entering flesh is heard

Sakura looks up wondering what happened and finds Shino on his knees coughing up blood and finding Kitsune's machete through his heart. "Shino!" she hurries to his side hoping to comfort him in his time of need, Sasuke soon joins her; tears are in both their eyes.

"It seems Kami has chosen me…I have no option left I must tell them about Naruto." Shino coughs up more blood and motions Sakura and Saskue to come closer "The…the secret about Kitsune *cough, cough* is that…that his real name is…" Shino breathes his last breath and cannot finish his sentence angering Sasuke even more

"Dammit, now I will never know the secret to Kitsune!" he kicks Shino's lifeless body in disgust while Sakura looks down in shame at what her lover has become

Loud footsteps are heard on the bridge and both look up to see Kitsune in all his glory walking nonchalantly toward them; his lone yellow eye on full glow. Sakura gets in a taijutsu stance while Sasuke decides to grab the machete sticking in Shino's body; he removes it with a nasty sounding squelch.

"You will die today Kitsune, I will end your reign of terror, I will bring peace to what you did to my friends." He crouches low, puts the machete to his side and rushes in to face Kitsue while Sakura waits for the right moment to strike

Sasuke swings the machete upwards intent of unmasking him but misses as Kitsune veers left to dodge it and sends a chakra enhanced punch towards Sasuke's midsection. Said person sees this and takes the machete and puts it parallel to his body hoping to block the strike. The punch slams into the machete creating a mini sonic-boom shattering windows in Wave and sending Sasuke skidding back 10 feet disorienting him; Kitsune rushes with inhuman speed and uses his opponent's confusion to make a couple quick strikes. A punch in the face sent Sasukue flying but he did not get far as Kitsune grab his leg and swung him towards Sakura whom manages to catch him and keeping her footing on the bridge.

"We need to team up against him Sakura. I will distract him using his own weapon by adding lightning chakra to it while you slide under his feet and kick him in the backside…alright…wait for it…" Kitsune starts to charge again "…GO!"

Both rush in with the plan set; Sasuke adds lightning chakra to the blade and slashes to the left, right, and then upward diagonally. The attacks send arcs of sharp electricity towards Kitsune's still adavancing form; the arcs manage to hit him creating deep gash marks against the chest and arms region, the mask gets a diagonal slash in it barely missing the lone yellow eye. The lightning manages to temporarily stun Kitsune giving Sakura time to slide under him and use her arms to twist herself around and mule kicking Kitsune in the center back making him fly towards Sasuke.

Sasuke readies himself and puts the machete in front of him again and watches Kitsune come closer.

3 feet…

2 feet…

NOW!

He stabs forward just as Kitsune rights his body; the sound of metal entering flesh is heard. Sakura looks to see that the machete entered the right thigh of Kitsune as he somehow managed to get his leg up protecting his stomach; Sasuke rips the machete out taking a piece of Kitsune with him, muscles and tendons can be seen. Just as Sasuke was getting ready for another strike, Kitsune head-butts him to the ground giving him a severe concussion and knocking the machete out of his hands. Sakura rushes in as she sees Kitsune go for his weapon, she pulls a kunai out of her pouch and readies it attempting to stick it in his back. Kitsune senses danger behind him and quickly grabs the machete and backflips to avoid Sakura's strike, however she was not done. She quickly pivots on her feet and throws the kunai toward Kitsune adding some wind chakra to enhance the speed it travels at.

Kitsune attempts to dodge but he is too close to do so; his head rears back as the kunai hits dead center on the forehead cracking the mask in that area. Kitsune mentally chuckles at the foolish attempt to kill him; he grabs the kunai and rips it out of his head much to the surprise of Sakura and the now woozy but upright Sasuke.

"W-what the hell…how is he still alive? That should have been a kill shot?" Sakura says

"I don't know and…look out!" Sasuke starts but is interrupted by the kunai coming back at them which they expertly dodge

Kitsune uses this distraction to punch both in the gut making them bend over gasping in pain then roundhouse kicks them sending them over the bridge and skipping over the water like stones; Sakura and Sasuke right themselves in mid-air and stand on the water breathing heavily. They look at each other and nod, it was time to do the collaboration jutsu they spent a year learning to master; both flash through various hand signs making Kitsune cock his head to the right in question…but he rushes in to attempt to stop whatever they were going to do.

6 feet…

5 feet…

4 feet…hand signs complete

Wind Release: Blade of Wind Hurricane Sakura screams

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique Sasuke screams

A massive hurricane of wind blades mixes with the massive fireball creating a maelstrom of burning death; both scream out at the same time: Collaboration Technique: Hades Maelstrom

Kitsune/Naruto's lone eye widens at the massive jutsu and attempts to get away from it but finds himself pulled into it resulting in the many blades of wind and flames cutting and burning his entire body; to add injury to insult the jutsu explodes catching the attention of the nearby Hokage and the horror stricken Hinata who was watching the fight.

"NARUTO!" Hinata/Sarutobi thinks

After four minutes the dust recedes showing a face down, heavily bleeding and burnt Naruto; his clothes are in ruin and barely cover his modesty, deep gouges adorn his body, but what about the mask? Sarutobi decides not to interfere with the fight as he wants to see what will become of Naruto.

Sasuke and Sakura are panting heavily as they put almost every bit of chakra they had into that jutsu; the stumble toward the face down Kitsune, bend down and flip him over. Both gasp in shock and stumble backwards at what they see as the mask splits in two and falls off Kitsune's face…three very faint whisker marks on either side of his face.

"No…no, this cannot be true. Please let this be all a dream." Sakura says with tears coming out of her eyes as she just killed her former Team 7 member

Saskue's reaction catches everyone off guard "That dobe finally got what he deserved…finally I killed him!" He starts to laugh insanely, the mental strain finally breaking his psyche "Ding dong, the dobe is dead!" he prances around Naruto's fallen body with a shit-eating grin on his face

"His sanity has finally broken apart just like I predicted." Sarutobi sighs in regret

"Naruto…please be OK. I am sorry I ignored you earlier…I wished I can still say goodbye." Hinata mentally says to herself but a familiar voice gives her hope

"You still can…I do not die that easily."

Sasuke stops his prancing and walks over to Sakura's side whom inches away from her mentally broken lover.

"What's wrong babe, I thought you wanted to go out with me." Sasuke laughs "The dobe is finally dead so it's all you and me now…no more interruptions." He starts to put a hand around Sakura but it is soon batted away and feels himself pushed away.

As Sasuke begins to fall from the forceful shove he gasps to see Naruto stand up, his yellow eye glowing full blast; the next moments go in slow motion for him. Naruto rushes in and stabs his hand into Sakura's chest ripping out her heart and crushing it in front of her; she falls to the bridge, the life literally ripped from her body. Seeing her die triggered a sense of normalness into the now clinically insane Sasuke.

"NOOO!" he says choking on his tears and pounding the bridge with his fists "Damn you, why must you take everything I worked hard for!" Sasuke gets up and charges Naruto with what strength he has left; he punches and kicks Naruto's body aimlessly and without much force so Naruto calmly waits until he is finished

A minute passes and Sasuke is now fully exhausted and now has trouble keeping his eyes open. He looks up at Naruto and spits in his face in disgust knowing that this would be his last moments on this world. Naruto reacts by grabbing Sasuke by the neck and hoisting him in the air, with his free hand he grabs the machete on the ground. He tightens the grip around Sasuke's neck making him gag and gasp for air, the other hand rears back and shoots forward; the machete goes through the stomach of Sasuke Uchiha and in one move Naruto snaps his neck and guts him making blood and entrails splotch to the bridge floor ending his life. He drops the body and soon falls to his knees, the injuries from the collaboration jutsu finally catching up to him.

Right as Saurtobi was about to intervene, he hears Hinata's voice come from the tree line on the other side of the bridge.

"Naruto!" Hinata says rushing towards him

Naruto looks at Hinata with his disfigured face and smiles a sincere smile, when she gets to him he actually speaks but it is raspy and incoherent in places.

"Hello Hinata-hime I am sorry if I worried you."

Hinata's eyes widen at Naruto's voice but soon decide the hell with it and kiss him on the lips in which he returned. They pulled apart shortly after but Hinata decided to break the news to him.

"Naruto, your revenge is over with and I think you should spend the rest of your life free from hiding by joining your mother in the afterlife." Tears come to her eyes

"I would like nothing more…take my machete and plunge it into my heart." Naruto rasps out shocking Hinata slightly but picks up the machete and points the blade at his heart which Naruto notices it trembling "here let me help and remember… I will always be with you." The blade is thrust into Naruto's heart; in his dying moment takes his free hand and does a couple one- handed signs and, unbeknownst to Sarutobi and Hinata, a faint smoke like wisp is absorbed into Hinata's body.

Hinata takes the blade out of Naruto's body letting it drop to the bridge's surface and starts to weep over his body; at this moment Sarutobi comes over and pats on her back comforting her.

"We will bury his body next to his mothers and set up a plaque to honor both heroes so that all who come to visit will know that they are to be honored."

Hinata looks at Sarutobi with a sad smile and nods picking up Naruto's body, broken mask, and machete and leading the Hokage to where his mother lie.

Hours later – grave sites of Naruto and Kushina

After burying the body of Naruto, Hinata decided to keep the broken mask and machete as a memento to her lover while Sarutobi sent a clone to get Tazuna's family. Now, all are gathered at the site to pay last respects.

"He was a good kid even though he had to do what he did to get his point across. I think we should change the name of the bridge to the Uzumaki Bridge." Temari sadly notes

Inari is still seen sitting at his ni-san's grave with a sad look in his face yet slightly filled with determination. Tazuna speaks up next:

"That is a great idea and I think the name should change."

"I have a better name" Sarutobi states "Rename it to the Namikaze-Uzumaki bridge in honor of Naruto's father as well."

Hinata gasps in shock but soon realizes that she had been so blind to realize who Naruto's father was…who else had spiky blonder hair and blue eyes. Tazuna and his family all cheer in approval of the name which makes Hinata and Sarutobi smile. Before they leave, Sarutobi does a Earth jutsu to make a plaque and write on said stone; it said:

"Here lie Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze the wife of Minato Namikaze. May all three of their lives be remembered for their courage, tenacity, strength, and fearlessness in the face of death and the accomplishments that they achieved in their lifetime."

"Nicely said Hokage-sama." Hinata expresses while Tazuna and family nod

"Well, I think Hinata and I best get to Konoha and you back home Tazuna. I wish you luck in keeping Wave up and running."

They all leave the area emotionally drained, but overall happy.

EPILOGUE

Hinata was lying in bed thinking over what has happened since the final battle.

It's been two months since the final battle, two months since Sakura, Sasuke and Shino was buried and also when Sarutobi announced that Naruto and Kushina was a hero to all of Konoha as both thwarted the Uchiha plans to overthrow him many years ago. Naruto was recognized for his noble sacrifice which led Kushina to kill the clan after learning of her son's death by Sasuke's hands; this was her recognition. Kitsune was not discussed at all and it soon became a legend in the elemental nations; rumors said that Kitsune would rise again someday to get his revenge against any and all Uchiha.

Hinata sighs at her thoughts and gets out of bed and decides to get ready for the day so she picks out her clothes and heads to the bathroom to get a shower. She sets her clothes on the towel rack and goes over to the mirror to look at herself before turning on the water. She gasps and stumbles back in fright at what she saw; it was Naruto in his Kitsune mask, the yellow eye glowing. She steels herself and looks back in the mirror and only sees herself. She sighs and turns on the water, waits for it to get hot, undresses, then steps inside pondering what she saw. Hinata smiles as the answer comes to her, it was Naruto's final words:

"I will always be with you."

AN: AND DONE! Hope you enjoyed the ending to book two of three of my Naruto the 13th series. I do not know when I plan on making the third book so keep a look out. Once again thanks for all the support you have given me during the whole process of getting this done, good bad or otherwise.

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