I ,Sasuke , Why Should I Defect To Konoha

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"Sasuke, I didn't mean it like that..."

Naruto, realizing he had messed up, quickly ran to the ice crystal mirrors to apologize with an awkward smile, hoping to fight alongside Sasuke. But this action only made Sasuke's expression darken.

"Idiot, Naruto! What are you doing here?" Sasuke cursed under his breath, not hiding his frustration. "In this situation, the best strategy is to cooperate from inside and outside!"

Despite already knowing how impulsive Naruto could be, Sasuke still found it hard to believe how quickly things were escalating. He hadn't even had time to explain the plan.

"I'm not the stupid one!" Naruto shot back, clearly irritated by Sasuke's remark. "I'm here to help you!"

But as soon as Naruto turned his head, his eyes locked onto Shiro's face. His expression changed from annoyance to shock.

"Wait... You were the beautiful girl from that time! Oh no... no..." Naruto stammered, completely flustered. "Why are you with Zabuza?!"

Sasuke and Shiro both froze for a second, clearly thrown off by Naruto's ridiculous comment. The situation was already dire, and Naruto's confusion didn't help.

"You idiot!" Sasuke snapped, rolling his eyes. "He's the Kirigakure kid we fought before. Stop messing around. We have no choice but to fight our way out!"

Sasuke's words went right over Naruto's head. Instead, Naruto stood in disbelief, pointing at Shiro. "No way! That can't be the same person!"

"Naive as ever, Naruto," Shiro responded, his tone cold and condescending. "If you doubt what you see, allow me to show you."

Without wasting another second, Shiro moved swiftly, summoning Ice Senbon from his mirrors once again. They were aimed directly at Sasuke and Naruto, glinting with deadly precision.

"Naruto! Focus and prepare your Wind Release!" Sasuke ordered as he dodged the incoming attack and began forming hand seals.

"Wind Release...?" Naruto mumbled, feeling a surge of panic. He hadn't fully mastered the technique yet. But seeing Sasuke already in action, Naruto hastily tried to keep up.

Shiro wasn't about to give them time to execute their plan. "You won't succeed that easily!" he declared, sending another flurry of Ice Senbon toward them.

"I can handle this!" Sasuke growled, stepping in front of Naruto. With one hand, he blocked the Senbon with a kunai while continuing to form his seals with the other.

Naruto was stunned by what he saw. "One-handed seals?!"

It was the first time Naruto had witnessed such a feat, and it completely threw him off. His own attempt at the Wind Release faltered, breaking his concentration.

Sasuke didn't have time to notice Naruto's mistake. He shouted, "Now! Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

Opening his mouth wide, Sasuke unleashed a massive dragon-shaped flame. Unlike the standard fireball jutsu, the Dragon Fire Technique was bigger, faster, and far more intense in heat.

Naruto snapped back to reality and hastily tried to contribute. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" he cried, summoning what little control he had over the wind element.

But something went wrong.

The moment Naruto's voice echoed through the battlefield, Shiro's eyes widened. Sensing the shift, he quickly activated his Bloodline Limit, reinforcing the strength of his ice mirrors to counter their combined attack.

Yet, instead of enhancing Sasuke's flames with wind, Naruto's technique fizzled out, leaving the Dragon Fire Technique weakened. The intense flames licked at the ice, but they weren't strong enough to melt through the enhanced crystal mirrors.

Shiro's chakra quickly concentrated, reinforcing the mirrors and leaving them unscathed.

"Ah?! What happened?!" Naruto shouted in confusion, clutching his head in frustration. His mistake had ruined their chance at breaking through. "How could I mess up like this?!"

Shiro, seeing his advantage, smirked. "It's too late for regrets now. I'll be taking you both down." His voice was laced with cold malice as he began forming more seals from inside the crystal mirrors.

Sasuke noticed the synchronized movements of Shiro across the ice mirrors and his face paled. "Naruto, we have to move! Now!"

Without hesitation, Sasuke pulled out three shurikens wrapped in explosive tags and hurled them toward the mirrors. He needed to create a distraction.

Naruto, still processing what had just happened, couldn't help but comment, "Explosive tags?! Sasuke, why didn't you tell me you had those?!"

Sasuke barely spared him a glance. "There's no time for this! Move!"

As the explosive tags approached the mirrors, Shiro's cold voice echoed from all directions. "You're too late."

In an instant, the ice mirrors exploded outward, transforming into a storm of razor-sharp ice shards, spears, and arrows. They flew in every direction, aimed to impale Naruto and Sasuke from all sides.

Sasuke's heart raced. He realized too late that Shiro had been preparing a counterattack all along. "Damn it!"

Seeing the attack closing in, Naruto quickly created dozens of shadow clones to form a protective barrier around them. "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he yelled as his clones moved into action.

Taking advantage of the brief respite provided by Naruto's clones, Sasuke completed another set of hand seals. "Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu!"

Sasuke unleashed a massive fireball that created a circular barrier of flames, momentarily halting the incoming ice weapons. The intense heat from the flames clashed with the cold of the ice, generating a dense cloud of steam.

"Naruto, let's go!" Sasuke shouted, grabbing Naruto by the arm and pulling him out of the danger zone. Using the Silent Killing techniques he had learned, Sasuke activated chakra to his feet, speeding through the gaps between the ice projectiles with precision.

They darted through the chaos, their figures becoming nothing more than afterimages as they narrowly avoided the deadly shards. Finally, they broke free of the crystal mirror trap, emerging a safe distance away.

Sasuke turned to face Shiro, his breath heavy but steady. "You've lost this one."

Shiro's calm demeanor finally cracked as he watched the two of them escape. His eyes narrowed. "Is that so?" he whispered.

Just as Sasuke was about to signal Naruto to assist Kakashi, a piercing scream shattered the air. Sasuke's heart sank.

Naruto.

Whipping around, Sasuke's eyes widened in horror. Naruto, who had been standing right behind him moments ago, was nowhere to be seen. Instead, what stood in his place was a puff of smoke. Naruto's clone had vanished.

But the real Naruto wasn't so lucky.

Inside the crystal mirrors, Naruto's body hung limp, impaled by several ice spears. Blood dripped from his wounds, pooling around his feet.

"A... clone?!" Sasuke stammered, his voice trembling with disbelief. "I... I grabbed the wrong one?! How... how could I make such a mistake?!"

Naruto, the loud and reckless ninja he had grown to consider a friend, was now on the verge of death. Sasuke's body shook as a flood of emotions hit him all at once. How could this happen? How could he let this happen?

In the heat of battle, Sasuke had begun to see Naruto as more than just a rival. Naruto had become a comrade, someone he trusted. And now, because of his own mistake, Naruto lay dying.

No, he couldn't let this happen. Sasuke wouldn't let Naruto die here.

As the realization set in, a surge of raw, unbridled emotion coursed through Sasuke's body. His Sharingan, already awakened, began to spin faster and faster. The single tomoe in each eye suddenly split in two, and a new power flooded his vision.

The Double Magatama Sharingan was born.

With this newfound power, Sasuke's eyes glowed with a menacing intensity. He could feel the difference immediately. His perception of the battlefield sharpened, and the speed of Shiro's movements became clearer.

Sasuke glared at Shiro, his body pulsing with power. "You... you're going to pay for this."

Shiro's calm façade faltered as he sensed the change in Sasuke's aura. He hadn't anticipated this. He hadn't expected the Uchiha to unlock another level of the Sharingan in the middle of battle.

But Sasuke wasn't going to give him time to think.

With a ferocious cry, Sasuke charged forward, his chakra flaring violently around him.

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And thus, Sasuke, now wielding the power of the Double Magatama Sharingan, prepared to unleash a fury like none Shiro had ever seen.

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