I Couldn't Save You

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Hey guys! Ok so my friend gave me most of the inspiration for this chapter so yeah! I have like all week to write so watch out for more updates! Plus, I got Pokemon Omega Ruby and I AM OBSESSED WITH IT!

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Sasuke's POV

The leaves disappeared around Kakashi-sensei and I, and I could finally see clearly. I looked up and saw that the arena, that Kakashi-sensei described to me as "flat" and apparently "easy to fight on", was exactly the opposite.

There was a tree that was shriveled up, the ground was uneven and fresh burnt dirt littered the surrounding area. There were splats of blood on one part of the wall, and under it, there was a dead body. His head, well he didn't exactly have one at the moment. Blood was all over his clothes and part of the neck (the part that was still attached to his body) was burnt badly, the skin was still bubbling. A foot was slightly bent, and there was blood still flowing from his or her knee. There is part of a skull lying on the ground, an eyeball sticking out and looking deep into your soul, with hate filled brown eyes. I slightly shiver, thinking about how he was killed.

I look slightly to my right, and see somebody that is very close to me. Kaji.

But she isn't Kaji. She isn't the girl who would force me to eat after training, even when I was too tired to do so. She isn't the girl who would make my favorite dish and tease me about how I couldn't live without her. She isn't the girl who would force me to take naps when I finished training, making sure that I got enough sleep to balance out my sleep cycles. She isn't the girl who would watch movies with me after training sessions, commenting on the actors of horror movies' stupidity. She isn't the girl who would be so thoughtful on my birthday.

She isn't the girl who helped me develop part of my Sharingan.

She isn't the girl who poured her heart out to me, trusting me enough to tell me her life story.

She is a demon.

Kaji's POV

Sasuke and Kakashi look at me with those eyes. Filled with... fear, and pity.

The huge boom snaps me out of my trance and my head shoots right back up to where it came from.

"The Hokage's viewing platform." I growl under my breath, shooting the opposite end of the field on all fours. I'm too fast for anybody to see, but they feel the gust of wind when I run past them. I scale the building quickly, leaving a long stretch of indentations of my foot where I ran, and finally reach the platform.

No one is here.

"-Force field!" I hear four people yell at the same time.

My eyes widen and I sprint as fast as I can to the source of the voice. I make it up to the roof where I see a barrier a few feet away from touching the ground. My eyes dart up slightly to catch the menacing smirk of Orochimaru.

Orochimaru.

Without thinking, I move as fast as my legs would carry me, barely being able to get inside of the purple shield. I sense another chakra once the barrier closes around me, and I look to the left the see the Third Hokage.

"You know what has to be done, don't you?" I say, my voice being morphed with Minoru's, to the Hokage.

He nods his head, eyes full of determination, but also a hint of sadness.

"Welcome back, my dear Kaji." Orochimaru hisses at me, smirking. I focus my sense and notice that his heart isn't beating erratically.

"He has something up his sleeve. Watch out, Hiruzen." I inform the Third.

He nods, and we both get into a defensive position. I hear another explosion off in the forest, and someone cackling, but I ignore it and focus on the signs Orochimaru is making.

My eyebrow furrow, I know I have never seen this set of hand signs. The Third Hokage's heart beats speeds up, and we see two coffins appear out of the ground.

The lids drop open, and we see Lord First and Lord Second.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.

My eyes go wide as saucers, "Hiruzen, what is this jutsu?" I hiss over at him, keeping my eyes trained on the corpses.

"Edo Tensei." He says breathlessly.

"It seems somebody has called us from the dead, brother." Tobirama says.

"I'm going to sum up the situation for you two dead Hokage's, so listen closely. Previously we were in the Chunin Exams, and right after my match, an attack on the Leaf started. The one who planned this attack, also the person who used Edo Tensei on both of you, is called Orochimaru. I have no idea what this jutsu does, but I know it isn't exactly good." I spit out to them as quick as I can, see Orochimaru jump a ways away.

"Oh no you don't." I growl, sprinting towards him. However I stop in my tracks and do a few back flips before I hit somebody.

"What the fuck Tobirama?" I yell at him, my eye twitching. He narrows his eyes at me, about to scold me, but then his body goes rigid and he gets into an offensive position. Then, surprising me, he prints towards the Hokage and Hashirama comes after me.

My eyes widen at this. I would barely be able to keep up with him! Even with Minoru's power, it'd be a challenge.

"What the hell is this?" I whisper to the First.

"Edo Tensei, my brother created it. It brings people back from the dead and allows you to control their mind and body, so if I stop feeding you information, it's because that Orochimaru person made me." He tells me.

My eyes twitch at this.

He sprints towards me, a speed that seems much faster than me, and jabs me in the stomach, I fly back into the force field, but get up quickly.

I turn on my Teishi-tai and his eyes widen.

"Are you..?" He asks me the silent question.

"I am a part of the Tora clan." I say to him firmly, but getting into a defensive position. "My clan was murdered by Orochimaru. I am the only one left."

His eyes widen, and I see a tear drop out of his eyes, which I don't understand.

He shoots towards me and assaults me with a barrage of punches, all of which I somehow, luckily, manage to dodge. I twist my body and land a kick on his face, then forming rapid hand signs for a fireball. Still on the ground from my kick, which managed to tire me out quite a bit, the fireball manages to take his lower half off.

I smirk, but that smug grin of victory disappears, as his lower body starts to form again, attaching itself right back where it was.

But then a plan forms in my head.

My Teishi-tai activates and I see his body stop, and I drop to my knees.

Heavily breathing, I manage to keep my kekkai genkai activated. I look over to see that the Third has a huge bar of some sort and plunges it into Tobirama's stomach. Orochimaru comes out of the bushes, and smirks at the Third and I breathing heavily.

"That's enough of that." He says, and somehow makes the bodies disappear. I hear a ghost of a voice telling me that he misses somebody, but I ignore it and deactivate my kekkai genkai, trying to conserve my chakra. It might have not seemed like a lot of chakra, but if it wasn't for Minoru, I'd be dead from loss of chakra.

The Third races towards him, and I get up shakily, watching as Orochimaru takes a sword out of his throat. My eyes widen, and I sprint as fast as I can, sliding in front of the Hokage and taking the sword through and through my body. I hold on firmly to the sword, making his eyes widen in surprise.

"You can't move," I say, coughing up blood. "Third, kill him."

The Hokage nods firmly, forming signs, and I feel an aura of death surround all of us. I look over to see Orochimaru look at the air in horror, though I don't see anything. I look down and notice his arms are turning purple

My eyes furrow in confusion, and Orochimaru screams in pain and despair, as his arms are rendered useless.

I look back to the Hokage, who is dropping to the ground. "That was the best I could do." He says raspily, blood trickling out of his mouth.

I feel tears form on my eyes, and the first tear slides down.

"Grandpa! Grandpa! Look at what I got for Christmas!" My 5 year old self yells at the Third, rushing towards him.

He captures me in a hug and spins me around in his arms. "Would you like to show me, princess?" He asks sweetly.

I nod my head rapidly, running outside of his office and to the bathroom. I quickly slip on my new princess costume and run back to the Hokage's office. I walk down the carpet in the middle of the room, spinning and twirling like a model would on the catwalk. He smiles at me, but I abruptly rush over to him, making him sit down on the floor, eye level with me. I rush to the cupboard where I keep my things and grab my makeup kit.

I rush back towards him, "You need a makeover, Grandpa!" I yell at him.

I put outrageously bright pink lipstick on his thin lips and coat his whole face in eye shadow, then make him get up and walk the runway with me.

A few ninja walk in on the scene, stopping in their tracks and putting their hands over their mouths.

"Looking pretty fabulous there, Lord Third." One of the ninja says, snickering lightly after each word.

The Third glares at him, and I proceed to walk the runway with Grandpa one more time, the snickering of those ninja fading away into the background.

A second tear falls.

The Hokage gripped me, as a baby, in his arms tightly. He looks up at the stars, and looks back down at my innocent face.

I giggle and reach my fat hands out towards his wrinkly face, barely out of reach. He smiles at me and brings his face down a little bit, allowing me to touch his face.

I squeeze his cheeks hard and he winces, but keeps a genuine smile on his face anyway.

A third tear falls and I watch the Hokage send me a remorse-filled smile at me, mouthing the word 'Sorry' to me, before his eyes change.

Cold. Dead.

I loosen my grip of the sword, and Orochimaru kicks me back into the force field. I crash into the purple fore field, but fall on my back as it slowly disappears and the four people who mad it take off with Orochimaru.

I let a single tear fall out of my eye, and I see 3 people with masks on hover over my face, shouting and yelling something that I can't seem to hear.

I let my world fade to black, because that's what I deserve, right?

I couldn't save my clan, and I couldn't save the Hokage.