First a brief note: I've been told that at least some recent chapters of
my Naruto fanfic, One Hundred Days, did not reach everyone on the list.
If you've been following that story and have not seen all the chapters
through Chapter Five, they are available on my website, at
Fanfiction.Net, and the various FFML archives. If these aren't
acceptable sources for some reason, send me a private e-mail and I'll
send you the chapters you're missing.
Now, on to the spamfic, which I've had bouncing around in my head for a
while now and was finally inspired to write out. If you haven't been
following the recent filler arcs in the anime, it probably won't make
very much sense.
The Redemption of Uchiha Sasuke
A Naruto Spamfic
By: Aaron Nowack
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Disclaimer: Naruto is Kishimoto Masashi's, though I'm dubious whether
he'd really want to claim ownership of some of the elements used here.
The text of this fanfic, however, is mine, and may not be used without
permission. Why anyone would want to is another story.
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At long last, the fated battle between the three who were
already being called the Second Legendary Sannin had come. They had
passed through fire and war and emerged unbroken. They had watched many
friends and allies fall and only vowed that their defeat would not be in
vain. It had taken almost ten years, but Team Seven was at long last
reunited, the fellowship gathered in one place for the first time since
it had been sundered. The sounds of the battle raging around the trio
faded from their ears as the three studied each other.
Uzumaki Naruto had perhaps changed the least. He had grown tall
and strong, and he could be serious when the occasion demanded it, but
there was still something of the merry prankster he had once been in the
way he held himself. He wore the armored jacket of a Leaf jounin open,
revealing the orange shirt he wore underneath. "Let's go, bastard," he
growled.
Haruno Sakura had changed more than the blond. She wore her
forehead protector - or, more precisely, Yamanaka Ino's forehead
protector - on her forehead now, secured by a red ribbon. An eye patch
covered one of her eyes, but she reached up and removed it, revealing a
crimson orb so unlike the emerald one on the other side of her face.
The Sharingan - passed down from Uchiha Obito to Hatake Kakashi, and now
to Haruno Sakura. "Calm down, Naruto," she said. "I told you before -
this time we'll do it together."
Uchiha Sasuke snorted as both of his dark eyes turned red. The
dark, flame-like marks of Orochimaru's cursed seal spread over his pale
skin. Unlike the other two, it was a single note that his forehead
protector bore, not a stylized leaf. "Together or alone," he said, "it
doesn't matter. I'll correct the mistake I made ten years ago and gain
the power I need to kill my brother."
"And then let Orochimaru take you?" Naruto demanded, his eyes
turning a different shade of crimson.
"Yes," Sasuke said simply. "Nothing else matters."
"Calm down, Naruto!" Sakura demanded again, and his eyes
returned to their natural, blue shade. "We'll do it the way we
discussed."
Naruto nodded curtly. "Do it, Sakura-chan." He glanced at
Sasuke. "We'll show you, bastard. We'll show you the technique we've
developed for this battle."
Sasuke laughed, his Sharingan eyes whirling. "Show me, then.
I'll kill you with it."
Sakura smiled grimly as she unrolled a scroll, letting it flap
in the wind. "That won't work," she said as she opened a small wound on
her palm with pure chakra, letting the blood drip over the scroll.
"Ninpou: Kuchiyose - Inochi no Curry!"
Sasuke's eyes widened at the massive pot that appeared in a vast
cloud of smoke before the pink-haired kunoichi. "What?!"
Naruto grinned as he pulled out a spoon. "Tajuu Kage Bunshin no
Jutsu!" The boundless horde of blond ninja that appeared charged the
pot, pausing only briefly to stick their spoons in the pot before
running at Sasuke.
His reactions slowed slightly by his befuddlement, Sasuke still
managed to dodge the first hundred attacks, easily disrupting the kage
bunshin. The next one, though, succeeded in its suicidal mission,
plunging the spoon it carried deep into Sasuke's mouth. The Sound ninja
stumbled backward, his face turning red. "Hot!" he gasped out.
"Again!" the horde of kage bunshin shouted, resuming their
collective attack. This time Sasuke dodged only a dozen before three in
rapid succession delivered their payloads of ludicrously spicy curry.
If Sasuke's face had been red before, there was no word for the scarlet
shade it now turned. The marks of the cursed seal retreated, and Sasuke
fell to his knees, tears freely flowing down his crimson cheeks.
Slowly, his face returned to its normal color, but the tears did not
stop. As one, all save one Naruto vanished in a puff of white smoke.
When Sasuke looked up again, his eyes were black. "Naruto.
Sakura," he said, his voice choking. "I've been so proud of my eyes,
but now I see that I've been blind. I've let my hatred consume me,
abandoning everything that was truly important for pointless revenge.
Can you ever forgive me?"
"Of course, Sasuke-kun," Sakura said as she walked to stand
before the kneeling Uchiha, offering him her hand. "We're your
friends." Sasuke accepted her hand, beginning to cry again as she
helped him stand.
"There's one more thing we need to do," Naruto said. "We might
need your help for it."
"What do you need?" Sasuke asked.
"We didn't know how much we'd need," Naruto said, "so Sakura-
chan has another scroll ready with that technique."
Sakura smiled. "It's time someone showed Orochimaru the error
of his ways," she stated. "He is here, right?"
For the first time in ten years, Sasuke grinned. "Let's go."
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Author's Random Rambling
So... yeah. The "Curry of Life" filler arc was kind of dumb, wasn't it?