Naruto froze in an unnatural terror, his whole body frozen, rooted t the ground by an uncontrolled fear that began coursing through his body like blood.He was terrified stiff, even as he saw the pink haired ninja rush at him."Move legs!"He shouted, as his legs wobbled and shook."Move damnit!"He shouted, bracing himself for the impact, though it never came.He looked to see Sasuke blocking the attacker's punch.His eyes widened, and sasuke smirked as the two both simultaneously jumped back."You okay, scaredy cat?"He asked.Naruto frowned."As if!You duckbutt headed bastard!"Sasuke simply responded with the typical uchiha response,"Hn."Naruto then took a few steps forward,so he and sasuke were standing side by side.

"Heh,ready Sasuke?"He asked,sliding into his fighting stance.He looked back to Hinata,who was lying on the ground unconscious."Yeah."The raven haired boy answered.Naruto then gave the man a cheeky grin."Get ready pinky,'cause we're gonna beat the hell 'outta you!"He declared,before the two simultaneously attacked.Naruto created a pair of clones to pincer attack from the left and right,while he and Sasuke attacked directly.Naruto gave the man a sraight jab,but the man dodged with ease.Sasuke rushed in right afterwards,but ended up with the same result;failure.The duo jumped back to get some distance,both frowning."He's good...way too good for my liking."Sasuke commented.Naruto nodded."Yeah,he's no joke....but i'll still win!Believe it!"He made a few handsigns,taking a deep breath.Sasuke did the same.

"Wind Style:Air Bullet!"

"Fire Style:Fireball Jutsu!"

They shouted at the same time.the two jutsu merged as they travelled through the air,becoming a firey tornado.The man,Sora,substituted with a log to safety,now crouching in a tree."that was a bit too close..."he mumbled.Sora then made a few handsigns of his own."Prepare to die!"He said manically."Fire Style:Dragon Flame jutsu!"He fired the jutsu,the firey dragon coming from his mouth flying towards the duo.Then Sora spotted Hinata's still form,and with a demonic grin,he commanded the dragon to change course mid-attack.For naruto,time seemed to slow down.He could see the whole world moving,almost crawling along at the lowest speed possible."Hinata!"He screamed urgently,his body moving before he could even tell it to get between Hinata and the oncoming attack.Sasuke's eyes widened in shock at the blonde's speed.when did he get that fast.He thought,before he realized what was happening."Naruto!"He shouted,right before the attack was about to hit.Naruto tensed,bracing himself for the impact...

...but the pain never came.

XXX-Jaraiya and Kabuto

Jaraiya vanished,his speed now on par with that of Might Guy's.Kabuto's eyes narrowed,his eyes shifting from left and his body tensing.Where did this sudden power come from?I didn't think he'd be this strong.He grimaced at the thought.He was then sent flying by a strong blow to the stomach.He was now a few feet away from where he had been standing.He struggled to his feet,still sporting a smug grin."Heh,your pretty strong...Lord Jaraiya."He wiped a bit dirt from his face."Too bad i won't get to stay to find out just how strong you are,isn't it."he said in a sarcastic tone.Jaraiya narrowed his eyes."You aren't going anywhere."He responded.Kabuto smirked."Farewell,Jaraiya...we'll meet again soon."He said,vanishing in thin air.

XXX-Unknown location

Naruto slowly opened his eyes,unsure of what exactly had happened.The first thing he noticed was that it seemed he was in some blank,infinite space.Second,Sasuke and hinata both were with him.Third,three figures with chakra too big for him to even be able to comprehend were in front of them.The middle figure,an old man,stepped-or rather floated-over to them."I am Hagiromo."He stated simply."The Sage of the six paths."