Seeing the Kusanagi Sword disappear, Jiraiya asked in confusion, "Huh? Naruto, what exactly is going on? Where's the Kusanagi Sword?"
Naruto smiled slightly, then activated both his Rinnegan and the White Eye on his forehead. The Kusanagi Sword suddenly appeared beside him, circling around him.
The sword's sudden appearance startled both Jiraiya and Sasuke. Jiraiya hurriedly asked, "Naruto, h-how did you do that? Could it be the one on your forehead..." He stared at the White Eye on Naruto's forehead in surprise.
Naruto nodded. "That's right. It's this White Eye on my forehead. It's the other kind of fluctuation." With that, he wearily deactivated his Rinnegan and White Eye, and the Kusanagi Sword vanished along with them.
Naruto rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Activating the White Eye and Rinnegan at the same time puts an enormous strain on my mind. I can't fight properly like this, or control the Kusanagi Sword well, because my left eye keeps interfering with my use of it."
Jiraiya said anxiously, "Then what do we do? If you can't control the Kusanagi Sword properly, we won't have any way to deal with the Eight-Headed Serpent."
Naruto smiled. "Don't worry, Pervy Sage. I've already thought of a solution."
Jiraiya looked at Naruto in confusion, while Sasuke seemed to realize something. "Naruto, don't tell me you're going to..."
Naruto looked at Sasuke and smiled. "Heh, I think you've already made your choice too, Sasuke. To gain something, you have to lose something. It's no big deal. You've made your choice, and I'm just making the same choice you did." He then looked at Sasuke's tightly clenched left hand.
Sasuke paused briefly when he noticed Naruto looking at his left hand, then opened it with a smile. "Heh, that's right. To gain something, you have to lose something. Besides,