“Naruto... Yakumo... run away... leave these people to me!” roared Sasuke at the top of his lungs.
After shouting out these words, he felt a sense of relief and joy that he had never felt before, and all the pressure on his body instantly receded.
At this moment, Sasuke was no longer cowering in fear, rather, he was itching for war and death!
“Huh... that is...” Asuma and the others felt the sudden change in Sasuke’s temperament, and soon they noticed two black tomoes circling in Sasuke’s Sharingan, “His Sharingan evolved into two tomoe Sharingan?”
This was a surprise for everyone. They didn’t think that Uchiha Sasuke’s Sharingan would evolve in such a manner. Sharingan is known to be a Dojutsu that evolves from losing loved ones, but this doesn’t seem to be the case for Sasuke, because his Sharingan seems to evolve from his resolve to protect.
Understanding this the four people couldn’t help but think that Uchiha Sasuke is not simple, at least he is different from any typical Uchiha they know.
As the five members of the ‘Akatsuki Organization’ observed Sasuke silently, Sasuke also looked at the five enemies that he had to face now. He is ready to face them alone, however, what surprised him is that Naruto and Yakumo didn’t run away as he ordered them to... rather, they stood beside him and took their fighting stance.
“You two... what are you still doing here?!” stunned, Sasuke couldn’t help but ask.
Naruto gulped nervously, then said, “Sasuke... we are a team... Meaning we are not going to let you face the enemy alone!”
“Don’t be crazy Naruto... you will die if you stay here!” Sasuke retorted, and said, “Run away!”
Naruto shouted back, “You are the idiot here Sasuke... a team stays together no matter what! Have you forgotten what Iruka-Sensei taught us!”
At the same time, Yakumo placed her hand on Sasuke’s shoulder and said with a smile, “Sasuke-kun... we know the danger... but we still want to stay... after all, we are a team!”
“Idiots!” muttered Sasuke under his breath.
Although he mocked them, internally, Sasuke felt inexplicable warmth. He can clearly see that both Naruto and Yakumo are afraid, their shivering legs clearly tell this; yet they choose to stay with him and fight even if it means death, understanding Sasuke couldn’t help but swear to himself, ‘Can’t let anything happen to the two of them.’
After that, Sasuke looked at the two, and whispered lightly, “Don’t worry guys... nothing would happen to us, there are cameras everywhere in the Forest of Death, even now, our image is being captured by cameras, this means that the village is aware of Akatsuki’s every move, and they must be on their way. As long as we hold on for a while, the reinforcements will arrive.”
Gritting his teeth, Sasuke tried to identify the four members of Akatsuki in front of him, ‘Just who are they?’
He has read a lot of information about the Akatsuki Organization and its members, however, no matter how much he tried to recall, he couldn’t recognize anyone among the four people.
‘Are they new members of the Akatsuki Organization? But why are they wearing masks? Isn’t it a norm that only members of the Amatsukami Organization wear masks? Are they really members of Akatsuki?’ One after another, doubts started to flood Sasuke’s heart.
While busy thinking, Sasuke suddenly felt the change in the flow of air behind him and came back to god, he tried to dodge the attack, however, his speed was too slow as he felt something strong and heavy slam his back, throwing him off the ground.
“Not good!” enduring the pain with gritted teeth, Sasuke threw two Kunai tied with metal wire to two trees and pulled himself towards the tree using the traction force. But just as he got closer to the tree, the wires were cut and Sasuke lost his balance, slamming heavily on the stem of the tree.
Thud!
After dealing with Sasuke, Asuma revealed himself, and sneered coldly, “Hey... hey... that’s not even a minute... and you guys are already finished?!”
“Damn it.” Sasuke smashed his hand on the ground with a frustrated expression.
Asuma walked closer to Sasuke, and after squatting down, he said, “This is life kid... some get to live longer, but some don’t... you and your batch of wanna-be shinobi kids are going to be part of the later ones... the ones who wouldn’t get to live long.” Then he drew out a blade, and while wiping it clean, he asked, “Are there any last wishes?”
“Is there really nothing we can do?!” muttered Sasuke with a frustrated expression.
“No last wishes I suppose.” Muttered Asuma and began to cleave off Sasuke’s with the blade.
Just as Asuma’s blade had touched Sasuke’s neck, suddenly the sound of wings fluttering echoed in the forest.
Hearing this sound, hope rekindled in Sasuke’s heart, “Are reinforcements here?”
Asuma and Sasuke raised their heads in the direction of the sound and found countless white birds coming toward them.
Seeing this, Asuma shook his head and answered, “Reinforcements indeed... but not the people you were hoping to see.”