The Path of a Shinobi (Reader x various)

Extracted

'I can't lose him!' The image of a distraught yet bright and cheerful Naruto when he was a child appeared in my head and so did an image of his sixteen year old self with a bright smile adorning his face with his arms placed behind his head. He's a ball of sunshine who ignited a flame of hope in my heart after I had lost so many.

'He's the closest person I have left.' I gritted my teeth and cried out a battle cry as I forced myself to use more chakra and desperately tried pulling them my way.

Gaara stepped in and used his sand to form a large hand that gripped onto the chain and hauled the chain back.

"Kazekage and (L/n). Do me a favor."

Gaara and I perked our head in the direction of Kurama.

"One half of me is sealed in the Fourth Hokage, Minato. So, transplant that other half into Naruto. That will save him. Hurry over his father! Got it?!"

This only made me increase the force of my pull and I was beginning to notice that he was coming back my way. My face lit up and I continued on as I was taking the reins in this tug of war.

"You can't win against me! You'll be dead next!" Roared Madara and with one last and swift tug, the Gedo Statue yanked the chain and pulled Kurama in ultimately extracting him from Naruto.

My eyes and mouth widened as I saw him fall out from his Kurama Mode and Gaara and I yelled out, "NARUTO!"

Before he could fall, Gaara created a blanket of sand midair to catch him which descended to the ground.

My Rinnegan disappeared as I ran over in the direction of my fallen teammate and watched his skin go pale and his lips go dry.

"No...he can't..." I grabbed ahold of his hand and placed my head on his chest and I could hear a faint heartbeat, but it was slowly growing weaker and weaker.

"He's still alive, but we have to hurry!" I exclaimed to Gaara, but his eyes widened in an instant and he lifted his arm up and a layer of sand appeared right behind me. I turned around and a hand shot right through the sand which made me stumble into Gaara'a chest.

"You're not going anywhere Eleven Tails! I still need you!"

Gaara formed a protective coffin around us, but tiny particles of sand began to fall when there was a loud pounding coming from outside which meant that he was trying to break through.

"Gaara, the only way you'll be able to save Naruto is if you leave and I stay to fight," I urgently said.

"(Y/n), I can't allow that. You know what could happen to you if you stay," he sternly said. "We're going together. I'm not letting you die too."

He placed a hand on my shoulder with his teal green eyes boring into my (e/c) eyes. And slowly, the arm that he hand on my shoulder skimmed down my arm and into my hand. He gave my hand a light squeeze as a way to reassure me that we would get away safely.

Gaara undid the shield that protected us and I hopped on top of the sand that Naruto lay on. We rose up with Gaara next to us and began to soar through the sky, but we didn't get very far when Madara formed his Susanoo and threw a blue weapon that he that knocked Gaara and I down to the ground.

I slid across the ground and instantly found Madara standing above me as he brought down a sword, but I rolled over and swung my leg towards his feet, but he jumped up and avoid it.

I got back on my feet and moved away from Madara who formed his Susanoo once again.

I raised my arm in the air with the palm of my hand facing the sky. I brought my hand down and there came forth a wind vortex and with my Mangekyo now shining brightly, flames were ignited around the vortex until it came down and exploded on the Susanoo.

I turned around and rushed towards Gaara who was on his feet and created a platform of sand under him and directed the one Naruto was on right next to me.

"Get on," he ordered, but I looked over my shoulder and saw the Susanoo resurrecting itself back up with burn marks over itself.

'Madara won't stay down.' I pinched the bridge of my nose and sighed at the decision I was going to make.

"Gaara."

"Yes?"

"You have to go. NOW!"

I pushed Gaara away and jumped away and avoided Madara's blade that penetrated the ground at the spot where I just stood.

"Just get Naruto to safety! Find a medic and find his dad!" I yelled from above air. "You carry one life in yours hand, don't let it be two!"

He bit the inside of his cheek and with a heavy heart, he turned around and flew off with Naruto.

"He's leaving you here to die!" Madara used the arm of his Susanoo and grabbed me midair.

"It's better if I die than them," I spat in his face.

"Then I'll make sure your life ends now. It's a shame that you couldn't side with us, the Uchihas, like how your clan did," he pitifully sighed. His Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan directly gazed into my eyes and my body jolted. My heart thumped and the inside of my stomach began to churn and burn.

'This awful feeling... it's just like when...' and my eyes widened as I realized what he was doing.

'He's extracting me.'

'But I said I wouldn't let him take you! I-'

'It's okay. You tried your best, but he's got me now.'

Red chakra coated my entire body and Madara undid his Susanoo although his hand gripped my throat. He placed his hand on my stomach and as he slowly pulled his hand away which was encased in red chakra, a blob of red chakra was being pulled out of my stomach.

"Now, come Eleven Tails!"

He roughly pulled out the entirety of my chakra and extracted Akako from me who was now standing in the flesh right behind Madara on the battlefield.

Madara released me from his grip and I instantly fell to the ground with a loud thud.

'This isn't the way it was suppose to go! I didn't think he would extract her that way!'

The sound of my beating heart gradually grew slower and fainter with every passing second. My (s/c) skin was losing its color and the life from my (e/c) eyes were fading away. My eyes were growing heavy and as much as I willed myself to stay awake, I couldn't.

The last thing I could see as inhaled my last breath is Akako being chained by the Gedo Statue but after that, my eyes fell shut.

'Is this really... the end?'