Having found a solid starting point, Toji decided to spread his "help" around the world. He separated ten clones and sent them out to 'help' people.
He couldn't create hundreds or thousands of clones like Jugo to act with, he didn't have Bind's protection, so he limited himself to ten.
Helping children eat vegetables and mothers and children learn to swim was just the beginning of Toji's 'good Samaritan' journey.
He helped people face their fears. (Like putting a man afraid of snakes in a hole full of snakes.)
He helped gamblers stop gambling. (By stealing all their money)
It helped husbands and wives discover more about each other. (Showing evidence of infidelity.)
He helped children stop bullying each other. (Hanging the boys who were bullying the weaker ones in high places by their underwear.)
...
Toji discovered a new world, he even realized that at some point, he had actually stopped seeing these actions as negative and started seeing them as positive, but his acting didn't suffer, on the contrary, the speed at which his acting improved skyrocketed.
Toji surmised that this had something to do with corruption, he was allowing himself to become corrupted to the point that 'bad actions' were no longer really seen as something bad.
He just wanted to see the faces of those from Abyss Pathway if they saw Toji's "progressive" way of acting.
From starting to feel bad for the people he "helped", to actually appreciating doing "good deeds", Toji felt very good for a while, so much so that he even forgot about Afro for two days.
When he finally remembered Afro, he simply went back, beat up the swordsman, and continued to perform good deeds.
In any case, with a tough guy like Afro, he needed to be beaten up a few times to learn how to listen.
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(Sasuke's POV)
Sasuke looked at the opposite figure with conflicting feelings.
He was on top of Uchiha Madara's head, Naruto on top of Senju Hashirama's head, the same place as their last battle, the last time he saw him.
Not far away, watching the fight, Kakashi, Sakura, Tsunade, and Shizune were already observing the scene, on the other side, Jugo, Kimimaro, Karin, Suigetsu, and Ranmaru were also watching.
This would be the fight, the fight that would define Sasuke's future.
Sasuke looked directly at the figures on either side, closed his eyes, and let out a soft sigh.
-Sasuke! It's time to go home!- Naruto shouted. Yes, he always shouted. A slight smile formed at the corner of Sasuke's mouth, but it disappeared as quickly as it appeared.
When he opened his eyes again, three tomoe swirled in the red depths of his eyes, there was calmness, not coldness. He opened his mouth and spoke. -Naruto, you're my best friend...
That sentence left Naruto stunned, and not only him, but even the "audience" was stunned. Jugo merely raised an eyebrow, curious about what Sasuke was up to.
Naruto swallowed hard, his face remaining bewildered, for a moment he thought he had misheard, but Sasuke wasn't finished.
-...but Konoha is no longer my home.- He said with serene tranquility, his eyes fixed on Naruto's. -It hasn't been my home since only one Uchiha remained.
Naruto frowned, but didn't speak, he didn't know what to say.
Kakashi, in the distance, seemed to remember a lively figure shouting somewhere, just like Naruto, he let out a soft sigh.
Sakura, standing beside him, clenched her fists, sadness evident in her eyes. Tsunade frowned slightly, but she was the only one there who truly knew how Sasuke felt.
She remembered a time when the Senju compound was full of life, only for her to remain alone, so she knew exactly what loneliness felt like.
She couldn't judge Sasuke, because she herself had run away, the difference was that she never found a place to call home out there.
Tsunade looked at the group from Otogakure, she sighed, feeling that it seemed impossible to bring Sasuke back.
Naruto clenched his fists, lowered his head, his body trembling slightly, before raising his eyes again, his gaze incredibly serious. - Wrong.
He let the word hang in the air for a moment before continuing. -You're wrong, Sasuke!
Sasuke didn't frown, he didn't look away, he just stared at Naruto.
Naruto didn't let that discourage him, continuing to speak. - Kakashi-Sensei, Sakura-chan, our friends in Konoha and... me.
The words sounded incredibly harsh coming from Naruto's mouth, but as he spoke, he grew increasingly serious.
-I don't know what you've been through these past years, Sasuke.- he continued. -But we're not going to give up on you, I'm not going to give up on you, just like I said in this same place years ago, I'm going to bring you back! Even if I have to break every bone in your body! That's because... you're also my best friend.
The silence stretched for a long moment. Sasuke stared at the blond figure, a smile returning slightly at the corner of his lips, but he wouldn't change his mind. He spoke simply. -Idiot. You couldn't beat me before, and you can't beat me now.
Naruto didn't care, his smile widening as he adjusted the headband on his forehead. -I trained like crazy all these years, Sasuke, all to show you... I'm not the last-place guy you knew anymore!
Sasuke placed his hand on his sword and Naruto pulled a kunai from his ninja pouch. The pair looked at each other for a long moment, Sasuke with a smile at the corner of his mouth, Naruto with a full, but serious smile.
-Naruto... Sasuke... - Sakura felt powerless again, looking at those two figures, she seemed not to have changed at all in all these years.
Kakashi looked at Sakura with a serious expression, but inside he could feel her pain. He looked away, at this point, there was no point in talking anymore, everything would come down to combat.