Title: Half Without Another One: Chapter Fifteen
Author: branchandroot
Genre: Drama, Action
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Pairing/Characters: Hinata, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Kitsuchi, Nagato, Naruto, Nine-tails, Sakura, Sasuke
Word Count: 4922

Summary: Naruto and his yearmates face Nagato, who seems unbeatable until Naruto negotiates again with the Nine-tails and releases part of his seal.

"Whatever peace you may have made with your beast does not change the actions of your village," the man said in a weirdly classroom-lecture kind of tone. "They sacrificed a newborn to make a weapon of the land's spirit and further sacrificed your life every day after that to their own fears. Is that not so?"