Sasuke looked around, unsure where to focus his gaze.
By now, he could no longer tell east from west or north from south. Fighting was happening everywhere he looked; flames and smoke filled his vision, and thunderous booms filled his ears!
He looked bewildered. "W-what am I supposed to do?"
Everything had happened so quickly, so suddenly!
He had been training peacefully at the main camp, but in the blink of an eye, it had come under attack.
Then came an earth-shaking clash of Tailed Beast Balls, and without his Mangekyō Sharingan, he couldn't get involved at all.
All he could do was run around in a panic with the other shinobi, trying to find cover in the camp.
After finally intercepting Hiruko, who had been slaughtering people in the medical camp, he'd been ready to show what he could do. But after a fierce struggle, he'd failed to defeat Hiruko, suffered injuries himself, and used up a great deal of Chakra.
Next, he'd watched the Five Kage seal the Six Paths of Pain, turning the tide and bringing the Ninja Village Allied Forces within a step of victory.
Then Nagato swept through the Five Kage, turning the tide once again!
"Why is this happening?"
He murmured to himself.
The rapid shifts in the battle left him dazzled and struggling to keep up. What troubled and frustrated him even more was that he seemed to have no impact on it at all.
He couldn't change anything. All he could do was passively accept the outcome.
Watching the leader and his comrades fight on all sides, the fire inside him burned hotter and hotter. "I'm an E! How can I just stand here and wait for victory while everyone else protects me?"
With that thought, he stopped hesitating and leaped toward