SASUKE: Rebuilding The Uchiha Clan

"Huh, my clothes are all dirty and I stink like hell. Let's see, do I have time?". Sasuke had just came back to his house after performing a reverse summoning and was checking himself.

When he came back the connection with his clones was recovered completely and he could see through them how the fight was going.

"It seems like things are under control for now, so I should have a few minutes, and if something unexpected happens one of my clones can sacrifice himself to buy enough time for me to arrive"

He went to take a quick shower and checking his wardrobe, he took out the outfit he had prepared for his return, then he started moving leisurely towards where the fight was more intense.

While moving he was checking his mangekyo sharingan abilities.

Amaterasu: black flames that burn anything, burn for seven days, blahblah, nothing new to it, just the normal amaterasu.

Blaze release: ability to manipulate the amaterasu flames, just like the original Sasuke, nothing new...

Susanoo: incomplete (needs to gain proper control over it to check the abilities it has)

Time Lock: can lock something or someone in time with just a look. Objects infused with the user's chakra or his own jutsus need less chakra and don't cause much strain. Locking other people or their attacks depends on the difference in strength between the target and the user, someone weaker will be locked in time longer than someone with an equal level of power, and someone stronger will only be slowed or might not be affected by the skill.

Time Reverse: currently can reverse up to 3 seconds a day with an area of effect of 100 meters around the user.

Time Transfusion: every moment the eyes acc.u.mulate time power, each eye stores 1 second each second, meaning that each second the user gets 2 seconds of time power, this power can be used to make someone or something younger or older. If there isn't enough power acc.u.mulated, the lifespan of the user will be spent as replacement. Current time power stored: 10 years.

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"Gamabunta ossan, help me deal with that thing" said Naruko while standing on top of the giant frog she just summoned to fight Gaara in his full Shukaku mode.

"I already told you to call me boss! So stop it with the ossan!", " but you feel more like an uncle, so ossan sounds better to me" countered Naruko with a pout.

"~agh!~ whatever, there's no time to quarrel, let's deal with that crazy tanuki first" said the annoyed Gamabunta while taking out his sword.

He attacked Shukaku on the head, aiming for his weak spot which was Gaara, but Shukaku used his arm to block and the sword only went halfway in before being repelled and thrown away.

He barely avoided a bunch of giant sand shurikens by jumping over Shukaku and Naruko found it difficult to stand properly because of the air resistance.

In the air, Gamabunta made hand seals and sent a giant water ball at Shukaku's head. Naruko wanted to help too so she threw a lightning bolt to mix with the water ball.

Shukaku only had enough time to counter with a wind bullet, causing a large explosion which gave Naruko the chance to jump to were Gaara was.

Using the kyuubi chakra to protect herself from the explosion, she landed on Gaara's forehead with her high heels, the force of the landing was enough to make him bleed.

As Gaara regained consciousness, Shukaku figure started to unwillingly vanish. When he returned to normal, they fell to the ground, Naruko was sitting on top of Gaara.

Their position was quite ambiguous, but they didn't seem to realize this, only those watching from afar noticed. Temari was covering her face and looking between her fingers, Kankuro looked happy for his brother, and Sasuke's clone was gnashing his teeth.

Gaara looked as if he couldn't believe he was defeated even while handing full control to the demon. "Why? How could you beat me? It shouldn't be possible, you didn't attack with intention to kill, why don't you kill me to prove your existence?"

Naruko looked at him sadly, "I went through something similar to you when I was little. If I wasn't saved I would have become just like you, but there were people who helped me and were there to care for me, protecting me from the hatred. Hatred directed at me from others, but more importantly, my own hatred towards others and myself."

"Killing will never get you the recognition you d.e.s.i.r.e, nor will it make you strong. What you are looking for is love, only when you are protecting those you love will you be able to become stronger."

"But what is love, I don't get it."

"Even though it was negated to you, there's still some people who love you and care for you. Look there, your siblings are worried about you, but you have been blinded by your killing intent, and pushed them away, but even if they are afraid of the demon inside you, you're not the demon, so they still care about you."

"That...", " and if that's not enough. I can also be your friend" she said giving him a bright smile. Gaara felt like it was the most beautiful smile he had ever seen, he didn't even notice his heart beating faster and the blush on his face.

Naruko stood up and offered him a hand. Gaara looked at her stretched hand with confusion for a moment and then realized that she was helping him to get up.

Temari and Kankuro approached with smiles plastered on their faces, they had already noticed the changes on their brother's attitude.

Gaara looked at Temari and Kankuro with a bit on shame on his face and said softly "I'm sorry".

Just at this moment a shadow appeared next to Naruko and reached for her waist possessively.

When everyone noticed this, they saw a young man of about 175m tall, dark blue hair parted into long bangs framing his face and long hair to the back tied into a high ponytail.

His face had a devilish charm which was accentuated by his golden irises surrounded by a completely black sclera, creating a clear contrast with his pale skin.

He wore a white kimono like shirt open in the middle, revealing his lean, but muscular body, and in the middle of his c.h.e.s.t there was a black star tattoo.

On the bottom he wore black pants and boots. On top of his pants he had a blue cloth that reached his knees and it was held in place by a purple rope like belt. He also had a black and purple tanto tied on his waist. Overall he looked quite dashing.

Before Naruko had a chance to react, Sasuke lowered his head and gave her a kiss. It was just a peck like kiss that lasted 3 seconds, but that was enough to leave her paralyzed in place.

She was like a soulless puppet, and if it wasn't for Sasuke holding her by the waist, she would have already fallen like a log.

Gaara was having trouble to understand what he was feeling at this moment. 'Why does it hurt, my heart hurts like that time when I killed uncle. But...nobody has died, then why does it hurt so much?'

Temari noticed the distressed looks of her brother and understood his feelings, so she went and hugged him, hoping to somewhat alleviate his pain.

After he calmed a bit, he looked at Sasuke who was holding the Naruko doll. Sasuke gave him a look and warned him "she's already taken, so don't get ideas on her, she'll only ever be your friend and nothing else".

Gaara didn't know why, but he felt hatred towards Sasuke and had some d.e.s.i.r.e to punch his disgustingly handsome face till nobody could recognize it.

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~huf huf~ "Orochimaru, you are the one who knows that jutsu, so how do we deal with the resurrected Hokage's?" Asked Hiruzen tiredly while jumping aside, evading a tree that came at him.

"We just need to seal them, but I have something better in mind. Hey Sasuke-kun, I know you have a clone watching, mind to reveal it?"

"You are no fun, I wanted to watch a bit more how you dealt with the problem" said Sasuke's clone that appeared suddenly.

"We can deal with this without your help, but you see..." Orochimaru said looking at Tsunade who was behind them with a conflicted expression.

She was happy for seeing her grandfather and granduncle again, but she was also sad and angry because of having them as enemies in that state, being manipulated by their enemy like two puppets.

"Only you can release them, you already know what I'm thinking right?"

" yeah I get it, we just need to hold for a while, the original me is on his way here, it's just that the barrier...oh I know! Don't worry about that I already thought how to solve it, we just need to stay alive until he arrives..."

They both looked at the tired Hiruzen, and Sasuke's clone couldn't help but tease "hey old geezer, can you not have a heart attack in the next minute?"

The old man was fuming, "who do you think you're talking to, you little pervert! Even after this finishes I'll still have enough strength to give you a beating, just wait and see!"

"Hey hey, calm down! We don't want you to faint now, do we?", the poor Hiruzen could only try to ignore him, it wasn't a good time to start an infight, since even as they quarreled they were being bombarded with attacks from the previous Hokage's, Danzo and Orochimaru.

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