Title: Side by Side
Pairings/Characters: Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto
Spoilers: From various chapters all the way up to 404
Warnings: inappropriate language
Rating: R
Word Count: 299
Prompt: blend
Written for: week #16
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akiaharaDescription: To beat the Akatsuki Sasuke needed some real help.
Notes: Basically only if you’re up to date on the manga will this story make sense. I used: Chapter 333 where Yamato explains the different elemental jutsu; Chapter 397 where Itachi transferred the Amaterasu and probably various other techniques to Sasuke before he died; Chapter 403 where Itachi gave Naruto some abilities he thought might be needed in case Sasuke decided to take his anger out on Konoha.
He gazed down on the village his brother had sacrificed everything for, including his life, and realized he needed help. Real help, not his toady little minions. He needed Naruto.
Sasuke used a new jutsu from Itachi’s arsenal; the dobe would be the best disguise. Even with 2 chakra signatures from Naruto floating around Konoha it wouldn’t set off an alarm. The idiot used Kage Bunshin so often that Anbu had probably stopped scanning them closely.
Naruto was waiting for him, kunai in one hand; in his other hand the blonde held a tightly controlled Rasengan sphere with a light film of Amaterasu coating it. Sasuke stood speechless.
“What are you doing here, Sasuke? Come to destroy the village like Itachi warned me, or just to kill me in my sleep?”
In stunned amazement, the Uchiha replied, “Holy shit, Naruto, that’s it! That’s how we can wipe out the Akatsuki, my Amaterasu bound to your Rasengan. Nothing! I mean fucking nothing will be able to stop us. I hate to say it, dobe, but I think I love you.”
Now it was Naruto’s turn to stand in shock. “Ok, who are you and where the fuck is Sasuke?”
For the first time Naruto heard Sasuke laugh; not the polite political laugh, the haughty condescending laugh, or even the evil snicker. This laugh was full, throaty and made him beautiful.
In the end they decided against seeking anyone’s approval or even notifying anyone of Naruto’s absence. They simply raced as fast as they could to the Akatsuki hideout.
After so many years and so much heartache and sacrifice, it was a rather anti-climatic victory.
Naruto’s Rasenshuriken and Sasuke’s Amaterasu, together they were unstoppable. Side by side they fought, wind feeding fire until the entire Akatsuki hideout was wiped completely barren.