Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

I once made so much effort to defeat Uchiha Sasuke, and even Shino gave me his parasite, but in the end it was of no use.

Although we are not in the best condition now and Sasuke is still cursed and I don’t know what the side effects will be, I still don’t want to miss this opportunity.

Sasuke looked at me, his dark eyes revealing some strong emotions, but I couldn't understand them.

Seeing that he remained silent, I got a little worried: "Sasuke, you're not planning on giving up, are you? Get serious, let's decide the winner based on our abilities!"

Sasuke dropped his eyes.

Seeing that he had no fighting spirit and his mood was completely different from usual, it was also very wrong. I didn't know what he was thinking, and I couldn't help but feel a little anxious: "I... have always regarded you as a figure I want to catch up with. You don't regard me as an opponent at all, right?"

"..."

While I was trying to talk to Sasuke but he remained silent, Gekko Gale had already begun evacuating other candidates and asked them to wait on the second floor.

A figure approached from behind me. Although I couldn't see the other person's appearance, at that moment, I realized that it was Teacher Kakashi.

The moment I sensed him approaching, my nerves suddenly tensed up.

But he just walked past me and went straight towards Sasuke.

"Sasuke, don't use your Sharingan."

The voice came into my ears with its back to me.

...Is it also reminding and warning me?

Sasuke looked up at him.

"You should have noticed that once you gather chakra, the curse seal may forcibly draw out all the chakra in your body. If it gets out of control... your life will be in danger due to chakra exhaustion. At that time, the game will be suspended, and I will rush in to stop you."

Hearing this, Sasuke and I realized that this was not going to be a competition where we could go all out.

If Sasuke can't gather chakra, he won't be able to use even the most basic ninjutsu.

Was he saying this on purpose? Was he telling me that it was pointless to fight a Sasuke like this, that I would not win fairly, and that I should just give up?

I pursed my lips and thought stubbornly, if Sasuke can't use ninjutsu, then I might as well compete with him simply using taijutsu!

Sasuke didn't respond, and Kakashi-sensei didn't stay for long either. He just passed by him and went up to the second floor.

When the venue was clear, Moonlight Wind guided us to stand in front of the huge statue of the Seal of Opposition in the center of the venue.

"Now, the first qualifying match officially begins."

I looked at Sasuke, unsure if he was ready to fight.

Suddenly, he said to me, "Don't mind what Kakashi just said."

I was slightly startled.

"I'm going to give it my all. You're going to give it your all, too."

Go all out…

What means?

Teacher Kakashi just said that if he concentrates his chakra and the curse seal gets out of control, his life may be in danger!

"Don't worry, didn't he say that if the situation gets out of control, he will rush in to stop me."

I frowned and said, "I want to fight you with all my strength once...but I don't want to joke with your life."

"This is not a matter of life and death." Sasuke looked at me. "This competition is of great significance to me, so I am prepared to risk my life. What about you? Chaolu? Why are you fighting me? To what extent is fighting me important to you?"

"..."

That depends on who I think Sasuke is.

Should I regard him as the present Sasuke, or the past of the future Uchiha Sasuke.

"In other words," Sasuke said, "how important am I to you?"

When he said this, it seemed as if he was looking forward to and taking this battle more seriously than I did. I began to feel a little confused.

Why was this battle so important to him?

Before, I wanted to compete with Sasuke with all my strength, but I still put him in the position of a companion.

But what does he mean by risking his life? Does he mean that if he is determined to kill me, I should fight with the same determination to kill him?

In that case, I must consider him an enemy.

...Should I think of him as Uchiha Sasuke?

Just as I was distracted, Sasuke rushed up.

His physical skills have always been excellent, and many people can't even see his movements clearly. I can catch his figure, but my eyes can see it and my body can't keep up with the reaction!

By the time I raised my hand to block, his fist had already hit my abdomen and knocked me away.

I hit the hard wall hard, and I felt stars on the back of my head and the pain in my abdomen made it hard to breathe.

Broken ribs?

I heard Naruto's shocked and angry voice: "Sasuke!! What are you doing!!"

I forced my eyes open and saw Sasuke pulled out a kunai, "I told you, I won't hold back."

yes……

I realized this clearly through the force of that punch.

"Are you not... saying so much just to distract me and make me waver?!"

I gritted my teeth and climbed up, "You despicable Uchiha!!"

He actually attacked people when they were least prepared! !

I also drew my kunai, endured the pain, and rushed towards Sasuke.

The kunai of both of us almost left afterimages, and the clanging sounds of iron hitting each other rang in the air as dense as raindrops.

Under my furious attack, Sasuke was able to resist while lecturing me: "We've already said the battle has begun, but you're still letting your guard down and revealing your flaws. You can be easily swayed by words, which means you're not firm in your mind!"

"You're talking so seriously, of course I have to think about it!!"

"Thinking is too difficult for you, so just give up."

"What do you mean?"

I rolled over, twisting my hips, and kicked him hard in the face, but he ducked and dodged, dashing into my arms, stabbing at my throat with the kunai blade in his hand facing upward.

I immediately grabbed his wrist with my other hand, pulled his arm, landed steadily from mid-air, and pressed him to the ground.

As a result, with a "bang", Sasuke on the ground turned into a piece of wood.

I heard countless sounds of breaking air behind me. The direction and route of Sasuke's throwing shurikens when I practiced with him before naturally appeared in my mind. It was as if I had eyes on the back of my head, and I was able to avoid them perfectly without even turning my head.

As I calmed down, the fight with Sasuke became more and more intense. We had practiced together for so long that we knew each other's little habits when fighting, and could even guess what the other would do next.

He taught me the shuriken throwing technique step by step, and I can recognize the corresponding changes for every subtle difference in his shuriken throwing posture.

If this continues, it will just become a simple competition of who has more physical strength.

But how can I use ninjutsu before Sasuke uses it!

Sasuke seemed to have sensed my concerns. When he collided with my kunai once again, he formed a hand seal and blew a huge fireball jutsu at me.

He concentrated his chakra...

Is the curse seal okay? !

I was thinking this in my head, but my body had already responded to the ninjutsu instinctively.

Kirigakure no Jutsu!

The examination room was not big, and my fog-hiding technique instantly filled the room with thick fog.

Someone on the second floor exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, I can't see anything now!"

But I don't feel at ease, because even if we use ninjutsu, we are very familiar with the ninjutsu that the other party is good at and accustomed to.

For example, I know that Sasuke will definitely use the Great Fireball, and he can definitely guess that I will use the Mist Hidden Technique.

My most common tactic is to use the Mist Hiding Technique to hide my whereabouts, and then use parasitic bugs or chakra threads to stick to the target to determine the opponent's location.

But even if Sasuke knew, he might not be able to break my method. He has only succeeded once before because he used the Sharingan to determine the location of my chakra.

But he couldn't use the Sharingan now. Kakashi-sensei said that it was very dangerous...

I felt the chakra line I had stuck to Sasuke moving very fast—

Coming straight at me!

how come! ?

I was shocked to see a dark shadow suddenly appear in the fog in front of me.

Sasuke's eyes were red and the magatama in his eyes were spinning.

He grabbed my neck hard and pushed me to the ground.

I didn't care about my current situation, I looked at him in shock and said, "Are you crazy!?"

No matter how I think about it——I should be more obsessed with defeating Sasuke, right? ?

But why - Sasuke seems to be the one who is willing to defeat me at the cost of his life?

"I told you not to worry about anything!" Sasuke glared at me, "Go all out! Why didn't you resist?! Didn't you say you would get serious and decide the outcome with your real skills? Didn't you say you would chase after me all the time!?"

"How could I not care about your physical condition? What would I do if you died?!"

Sasuke wanted to say something else, but suddenly his strength went limp and he fell on top of me, covering the curse seal on the side of his neck in pain: "Ahhh...!"

"Sasuke!?" I anxiously sat up and supported him, "Are you okay?! I will cancel the Mist Hidden Technique now and let Kakashi-sensei come over!"

But he held my fingers tightly and didn't allow me to make the seal.

"Do not……!"

"Why!?"

Sasuke's face rested on my shoulder, his whole body curled up in pain, as tight as a bow.

"Our battle...is not over yet!"

"How can you fight like this?!"

But he held my fingers tightly, refusing to let go: "You used the Sharingan on that red-haired guy... right?"

"Yes, because..."

"Because Naruto, that idiot, can't help at all, and I... am the same as that idiot!" Sasuke gritted his teeth and said, "If you were not forced into a desperate situation and had no other choice, you would not easily use the Sharingan, because you... always listen to Kakashi."

"..."

"Although you said that the guy named Gaara was a nice person and that you two became friends...but that guy with the painted face was right. If it weren't for you having that ability, we would have been crushed long ago...Whenever I think about how I couldn't do anything by your side and was a burden to you, I really - really - hate myself."

"That's not the case! This isn't Sasuke's fault! If anything, it's because I'm not strong enough—"

"I made a lot of big promises to you, saying that I would never let you go through the pain I went through, and that I would never let you lose your family... and that I would definitely protect you..." Sasuke lowered his head, his bangs blocking his eyes, but I could hear him laughing at himself: "But I'm still the same as I was back then, I can't do anything. When you were in danger and facing death, I knew nothing... I was powerless... I couldn't do anything..."

"It's not like that, it's not like that."

As the curse began to spread, I panicked and put my hands on the side of Sasuke's neck, not knowing how to make him feel better.

His cheeks were cold, but the area around the curse seal was extremely hot.

Looking at the mark belonging to Orochimaru, I suddenly felt very, very angry.

"Asaro, I want to become stronger." As the curse seal took effect, Sasuke's words became intermittent and more reluctant because of the pain: "Become... very strong... stronger than anyone else, so strong that... I can protect everyone I want to protect, and no one can hurt my family anymore... No one can threaten you anymore..."

I remembered that Kakashi teacher had said before that the curse seal would drain all his chakra, putting his life in danger due to chakra exhaustion and overdraft. I looked at Orochimaru's curse seal and suddenly thought, what if I took a bite of it too?

If the chakra drawn out by the curse seal cannot be controlled, it will be completely lost. But what if these painful and negative chakras are transferred to my body and then I send them back to Sasuke's body?

"So I want to make sure whether I am still qualified to stand by your side. You said that I have always been the figure you are chasing after. I am very scared. What if you surpass me? If you catch up with me, will you think that I am nothing special?"

The curse seal had spread over his right eye and extended towards the bridge of his nose, and was about to take up half of his face. Sasuke's expression became more and more painful, and his voice became weaker and weaker.

I acted decisively and bit down on Orochimaru's curse seal.

Sasuke hissed in pain and tried to break free: "Asaro!?"

"Why are you so persistent in becoming strong!" I raised my head and met Sasuke's astonished gaze: "If I become very strong, can't I protect you?"

"……Do not."

"why?"

"Because the weak...are always the ones left behind."

I was slightly startled.

"It's not that I don't want to be protected by you, Chaolu... I'm just worried that if I'm not strong enough, I won't be worthy of being liked or valued... Maybe one day, I'll be abandoned by you."

I don't know if it was because my seal took effect or if Sasuke's willpower was strong, but the seal on his face slowly retreated.

"I said I would never let you go home one day and find that you no longer have a family. In fact, I am afraid that I will go home one day and find myself alone again."

"……sorry."

"why apologize?"

Because I suddenly realized that when Sasuke woke up from his coma in the Forest of Death and found that I was not around, and then was told that Gaara and I had left, it was probably like the time in the Land of Waves, as if he was abandoned again.

He had said something similar to me once in Wave Country, but I thought I understood it at the time, but I didn't really realize his fear.

"Why didn't you tell me these things directly at that time..."

"It's embarrassing to talk about this kind of thing!"

"Then why are you now..."

He seemed to have completely recovered to normal, with a blush of annoyance and shame on his face. He raised his hand and pressed on the curse seal, saying angrily: "Because this damn curse seal makes my mind very unclear!"

"… Only this time, I feel that this curse is innocent." I looked at him, "You, don't you think you are going to die, so you confide your true feelings?"

"..."

"Was it such a big shock that you didn't see me after you woke up?"

"No!" Sasuke retorted subconsciously, and turned away unhappily: "It's not like that... I just feel very frustrated."

"What are you frustrated about? I am a genius in Konoha, but I am unable to fight back against ninjas from other ninja villages. I am also a Genin. I can't figure out how far I am from the real strong ones? If I stay this weak, I will accomplish nothing. It is better to take a huge risk and get in touch with the power that can make me stronger, even if it means risking my life."

"..."

"You told me not to worry about you. You're not thinking that if you can't beat me with your original strength, then you can try the power of the curse? Even if it's dangerous, it doesn't matter as long as you can be stronger than me."

"...People only look at those who are stronger than themselves, don't they?"

"You always say Naruto is an idiot, but you are the real idiot!! What if you really die!?"

Sasuke whispered something.

I didn't hear clearly: "What?"

He hesitated for a moment before looking up at me. His dark eyes looked wet and a little pitiful.

“…Being abandoned is more painful than death.”

I was slightly startled.

Sasuke lowered his eyes again: "If I can't become stronger, revenge will never succeed... As long as I can gain power, death doesn't matter."