Rabbit Princess [Gaara] [1]

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"You bastard..." Naruto grunted as he pushed Kabuto's foot away from Tsukiko, making the older male stagger slightly as he moved back. "Tsukiko-Chan is not going anywhere with you!" Tsukiko stared at him. "As for me... I stand by my words. That's my Nindo!"

"You should've just stayed out of this..." Kabuto said as he raised his hand, Chakra flowing heavily around it and slammed it against Naruto, making him fly back and onto the ground. Tsukiko tried to lunge at Kabuto in anger.

"You... You jerk!" Tsukiko roared as she slammed her fist against his cheek and Kabuto stumbled a little but angrily kicked her away. Tsukiko groaned in frustration and pain as he kicked her legs again and again. She had never felt so helpless regarding her legs.

"Why..." Tsunade whispered, shaking. "Why?" Kabuto stopped kicking at Tsukiko to look at Naruto who was getting back onto his feet once more.

"Granny Tsunade," Naruto muttered. Tsukiko caught sight of him on his feet through her blurred vision and hoped desperately that he wouldn't get hurt.

"You're still going to get up?" Kabuto said. Naruto stood up straight and put his hands into a hand seal as he stood in front of Tsunade.

"Just like our wager, I will definitely win that unlucky necklace from you," Naruto told Tsunade. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Tsukiko staggered to her feet, trying to get away from Kabuto before he could put her down again.

"Enough...." Tsunade said. "Don't protect me! Stop it!" Tsukiko couldn't understand why Tsunade was saying that, or maybe she was too delirious to understand.

"I told you that you'd die if you were to obstinate like that, didn't I?" Kabuto said as he pulled out his Kunai and ran at Naruto. "If you die, there will be no dream, no nothing!"

"Just run!" Tsunade shouted. "Just get out of the way!" Tsukiko stared at Naruto, breathing heavily. What was he going to do? He's not going to do anything stupid, is he?

"Naruto, get out of the way," Tsukiko grunted. "I'll do something to protect Tsunade-Sama," She held her hands up into her Crystal Style hand seal.

"Humph... It's okay, dattebayo," Naruto replied, surprising both females. He raised his hand and caught Kabuto's Kunai with his hand, injuring himself as well. "I will absolutely not die until I become the Hokage!" Kabuto tried to get away but couldn't. "This way, I can hold onto you. Here I go!"

"It's the same Chakra movement as before," Kabuto muttered when he saw that Naruto's clone had started to knead Chakra on Naruto's palm. Tsukiko stared at Naruto.

"In order to gain a hand for suppressing Chakra, the Shadow Clone..." Tsunade whispered. Tsukiko held her breath as she stared at the Rasengan. Could he really do it this time?

"Compress Chakra and... retain it completely!" Naruto shouted as he slammed the spherical Chakra into Kabuto's stomach. "Rasengan!" Tsukiko was shocked at the sheer destructive power of the Rasengan as it blew Kabuto away.

Kabuto slammed into the boulder about a yard away, the front of his shirt torn off and the wound of the Rasengan apparent on the body. Naruto spat out blood and Tsukiko's eyes widened at the blond as he began to crumble to the ground but she rushed and caught him before he could fall.

"Naruto?" Tsukiko asked, trying to see what was wrong with him. Did he use too much Chakra again? Tsunade hurried over to the two of them as well.

"You... even after you received that Jutsu?!" Tsunade demanded of Kabuto, who was breathing heavily as he stared at them. Kabuto smirked as his stomach started to heal up completely. Tsukiko glared at him.