Yeah I was stuck in a major writers block for a long time so this chap prolly sucks. Sorry for the extremely late update but I promise the next one will be within the next week, with some reviews that is. And I am dealing with some real life problems so the new stories I have planned out won't get written anytime soon :( im going to finish this story though.

The next morning they packed up in silence, but the mood was much different than the day before, this time the two just didn't know how to word the feelings they had inside.

After about 20 minutes of traveling Sakura mustered up the strength to tell Naruto. "Um… Naruto?"

"Yeah?"

"I-i…ll-lo-..LOOK OUT!" Sakura screamed as the kunai just missed Naruto's head, only grazing his shoulder. The two jumped down from the trees and landed back-to-back in readied positions.

"Come out you coward!" Naruto shouted.

Just as he finished his sentence a figure emerged from the shadows. Upon seeing the familiar face the two Konoha ninja nearly froze in fear and sheer anger.

"Itachi" spat Naruto. "What do you want?"he demanded.

"Well that's simple." He calmly stated. "You." Finished the last Uchiha as he pointed at Naruto. "I want the power of the Nine-tailed demon that you possess, and I'll take it by any means necessary."

Before Sakura could object, Naruto was charging full speed at their foe with a fist ready to deliver a devastating blow. "I'll kill you, you bastard!" he shouted as the Uchiha swiftly dodged the attack and executed one of his own, one very familiar to the two Konoha shinobi.

"Fire style: fireball jutsu." Chanted Itachi as Naruto was engulfed in the flames. 'A shadow clone' thought Itachi as he realized Naruto wasn't there.

Sakura, witnessing and observing everything, delivered a chakra filled punch right to Itachi's left cheek. The impact sent him through a nearby tree and before he could fall to the ground Naruto appeared from behind, grabbing Itachi's torso, and slammed him into the ground, creating a miniature crater in the earth. Itachi didn't expect such a devastating blow which slightly confused him until he noticed the scarlet-blood-lusting eyes of Naruto.

"You will pay for Sasuke's death." Came the demonic growl of the kyuubi-fied Naruto as he lifted Itachi from the hole by his neck, the intense red chakra burning his skin. The intense pain never changed the blank expression on the Uchiha's face. Then Naruto heard a muffled scream.

"Sakura!" shouted Naruto as he noticed a man hold a kunai to her neck.

Itachi used the distraction to his advantage and quickly escaped; Naruto immediately came back to his own fight and stood his guard. Naruto then noticed Itachi's eyes change to resemble a shuriken-like sharingan.

"Mangekyou sharingan." Whispered Itachi, and before Naruto knew it, he was bonded to a tree in somewhere that appeared to be nothingness, except for the tall shadow of a man wielding a katana standing before him.

Naruto recognized the man as Itachi. Moments later Itachi raised his weapon to strike.

"I will destroy your soul," came the monotonous statement as he lowered the katana, eliciting a roaring scream from the young jinchurikki, as it struck between his shoulder and neck. With every blow the number of Itachis and Narutos doubled, and sadly, so did the excruciating pain. To Naruto this agonizing torture feels like it has dragged on for days.

When the numbers reached the thousands, the pain became unbearable and the blonde was losing hope. With one thought, the fire in his heart was immediately burning again, he had to save his cherry blossom.

After the next slash Naruto chuckled, "He he he…is that all you got?" and with that came another blow and a grunt.

Yet again Konoha's number one unpredictable knucklehead laughed.

"I can't believe Sasuke lost to a clown like you!"

Itachi was becoming irritated with this buffoon, and struck again and again and again, only to be mocked after every assault.

"He hasn't even released near the max of the kyuubi's power, how can he be this strong on his own?"

"How are you capable of this?" spoke the akatsuki member.

"Because I have something more powerful than the hatred you have, you bastard." There was now almost a million pairs of them.

"Hm. And what can that possibly be?"

"LOVE!" shouted Naruto, and as he did a tremendous amount of power began building up in the junchurikki, threatening to explode at any moment.

"The girl" Itachi quickly thought. The demonic chakra of the nine tailed fox began leaking from its container, but Itachi kept firm hold of Naruto with his cursed sharingan.

Soon all of the duplicates disappeared and now Sakura was tied to a tree alongside Naruto.

"I'll destroy your soul through the deep feelings your heart holds for this pathetic girl."

"Sakura!" roared the blonde.

"Now let us see how powerful your love really is." Spoke the raven haired man.

Itachi delivered a devastating blow to Sakura and a blood curtling scream tore from her throat.

"NOO!" cried Naruto as his anger reached levels like never before. With each strike, he more closely resembled that of a demon than that of a man. The fifth tail was formed and the pure chakra could be sensed from miles away, Itachi was not oblivious to this growing power only yards away from him. As the 7th tail formed the Uchiha couldn't contain it any longer and the jutsu was released.

Before the sharingan user could even move, Naruto had his claws grasped around Itachi's head, lifting him from the ground.

"Today, I will kill the last of the cursed clan, Uchiha," chuckled a creature from hell itself, scaring the shit out of the usually stoic man.

"Now die!" screamed Naruto as he ripped the Uchiha's head off; the sickening sound of ligaments ripping, flesh being torn apart, bones snapping with a loud 'crack', and the scream of pure terror that ripped through the air would forever be stained in the memory of all who witnessed. The decapitated head lay there, the horror of seeing his own life end to be forever stuck on that pale, lifeless face. Blood was sprayed everywhere and the demon container basked in the warmth as the liquid cascaded down his body, and the metallic taste filled his mouth.

The grotesque murder of Itachi did not go unnoticed by the two other shinobi in the clearing. Naruto turned to face Sakura and Kisame, and pure fear froze the two where they stood.

"Now you will pay." The darkness in his voice only scared them more.

Sakura was soon out of the clutches of Kisame and Naruto lifted the blue man in the air by his shirt. Without saying a word, Naruto drove his fist straight through Kisame's gut, his hand now covered in chunks of flesh and blood.

Sakura had never seen Naruto this bad. Two of the tails dissipitated, 5 remained.

Naruto quickly flashed to the stream only feet away from the battle and washed the blood from his body, and removed his jacket and shirt. He then turned to face the still frozen Sakura; another tail disappeared.

'Don't you dare touch her you damn fox!'

'He He I'm just giving you what you want,' chuckled the Kyuubi.

Cliffhanger :) hehe. Review to see what happens. I promise I wont make you wait another year, just a few days :P