Chapter 144 : The Rematch: Sasuke Vs Naruto

Chapter 144 : The Rematch: Sasuke Vs Naruto

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

-Author notes-

Chapter 144 : The Rematch: Sasuke Vs Naruto

"If I'm late, then why are you still here?" Naruto ignored his teammate for a moment and glanced over Kiba's body.

There was still some movement, so he was alive. But with all that blood loss, he was going to need urgent medical attention to survive.

"That was a bit excessive, don't you think?" Naruto added. Kiba had obviously disregarded his advice and engaged in direct combat with Sasuke.

The numerous marks on the ground indicated that Kiba had been using his signature jutsu. But he was sure that Sasuke could have defeated the dog boy without causing so much damage and put him on death's door.

Sasuke grinned. "I needed someone to test my new power with. And you were taking too long. So I used him."

"You were waiting for me? " Naruto wondered if his teammate was now suffering from memory loss and had forgotten the duel they had earlier this week.

Sasuke must have guessed what he was thinking because he grew angrier. "It won't go like that again!" As he shouted this, his curse seal activated.

The restriction placed by Kakashi had been removed, so Sasuke had no issues using the curse seal this time.

Black lines spread from the seal and covered his left side, indicating that he had successfully activated the first level.

Sasuke grinned widely as he felt the incredible rush of power.

"Fight me, Naruto!"

'What a troublesome teammate I got...' Naruto lamented his bad luck, why couldn't he have gotten someone like the lazy guy or the one who is always eating?.

Sasuke's legs trembled as he clutched his injured area, glaring at Naruto with rage-filled eyes. His teammates always seemed to find a way to humiliate him further.

After recovering for a few seconds, Sasuke attacked again, this time with ninjutsu. Realizing Naruto was still too dangerous at close range, he opted for a distant attack.

"Fire Release...Phoenix Sage!"

A large ball of flames exploded into smaller projectiles that flew directly at Naruto.

Naruto detected that hidden inside the small balls of fire were shurikens.

Using his left hand, Naruto quickly performed five hand signs.

"Wind Release...Great Breakthrough."

A powerful gust of wind pushed all the projectiles away and extinguished the flames.

On top of that, it also pushed Sasuke back with such force that he nearly fell off the rocky cliff.

Frustrated by his lack of success, Sasuke decided to finally get fully serious.

He was about to fully utilize his cursed seal when he heard someone shouting at them.

Naruto thought it must be Shikamaru or one of the other genins who had finished their business.

But it turned out to be someone unexpected.

"Stop!" Sakura jumped in between them.

She was completely exhausted after running at full speed for hours, but she had managed to catch up to them.

"Stop this fight!" she shouted.

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