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"Speaking"
"Radio"
'Thoughts'
Flashbacks/Dreams
Prologue
Somewhere in Ta no Kuni(1)
A single shadow flitted through a small copse of trees as it stealthily approach a board Oto Chunin guarding a cavern-like entrance. Hearing a snap the Chunin whirled around only to meet the business end of a Kunai between his eyes and fell over dead. The shadow quietly slipped through the entrance, for the most part no normal person would even attempt to enter one of the many bases of Otogakure(2) without a full team of train shinobi's at their backs, however the shadow was here for that exact reason, his teammate. Pausing the man looked around the corner briefly illuminating his features, he looked to be around fourteen with short militaristic brown hair and two very distinct eyes, the one on the right was a deep jade green with flecks of gold while the right was the complete opposite with deep gold being broken up by flecks of green, across his left eye was a trio of pale jagged scars. The shinobi quickly flashed across the hall way to the other side allow a brief glimpse of his clothing, a black under shirt under a dark green flack vest that was thinner than normal along with a pair of woodland cameo pants and militaristic combat boots, his entire body, from what could be seen, was covered in scrawling tribal-like tattoos with them getting more complicated around his lower arms, the most significant feature aside from his eyes was the Konohagakure(3) hai-ate of a leaf tied around his bicep.
The man ran quietly through the hallways avoiding the patrols that he ran into, he only had so long until they found the body of the guard outside and raised the alarm. Softly opening a door the man looked in and his eyes widened at the sight of a female with waist length black hair sitting in the center of a glass tube filled with some sort of liquid as a single tube fed her air. Gritting his teeth the man slipped into the room and slipped up behind the scientist that was taking notes as he watched the teen girl. Covering the man's mouth and placing a dagger that had materialized into his hand at his throat he softly whispered into his ear "You have one of two options right now, a quick painless death, or a quick pain filled death," He whispered into the man's ear causing man to stiffened "And it all depends on if you are willing to tell me what you are doing to her, are you going to cooperate?"
The scientist nodded as much as he could with the dagger at his throat at the shinobi uncovered his mouth "Orochimaru-sama had ordered us to experiment with DNA grafting on the girl," The scientist explained softly speaking "He had Uchiha DNA grafted into her along with Hyuuga DNA, he wanted to see if it was possible to combine bloodlines in that manner."
"Is it safe to release her?" The shinobi asked quietly.
The scientist nodded and pointing to the button at the side of the tube "That is the release button there," he said "She is stable and only in their to keep her sedated easier."
"Thank you for cooperating." The shinobi whispered his blade flashed as he stabbed it into the scientist's temple killing him instantly before pulling out a couple of tags with complicated designs on them and placed them and placed them on the door causing it to glow a dull green for a second before he turned to the tube and pressed the button the scientist indicated releasing the girl.
"Linda-chan," The man whispered softly trying to rouse the girl "Wake up Linda-chan."
The girl groaned as she stirred and her eyes fluttered open revealing a pair of pale lavender eyes with a tomoe in each eyes making Ryu gasp lightly in surprise "Ryu-kun?" Linda whispered hoarsely "Is that you?"
"It is," Ryu confirmed "C'mon, I'm getting you out of here."
"Oh are you now?" A voice asked making Ryu freeze and stiffen as Orochimaru appeared from deeper within the lab, alongside Kabuto and Sasuke "My my it seems like my little experiment was a success." Orochimaru mused flicking his eyes to the fearful Linda before settling them on Ryu who had shifted into a defensive position "My kudos to you boy, to get into this base without raising the alarm, you certainly are a skilled one."
"His sealing expertise is nothing short of amazing Orochimaru-sama," Kabuto said shifting his glasses "He was the reason we could not destroy the hospital during the attack, even when injured."
"Impressive," Orochimaru whispered his attention caught "And that is an impressive array on your body, form what I can see at any rate."
Ryu gulped as a dagger materialized into his hand shaking slightly "Just my luck that You would be here." He replied trying to keep his voice even as he tried to think of a way out without leaving Linda.
Orochimaru chuckled "I have an idea," he hissed excitedly "Now that I know the grafting was successful she isn't all that valuable, so I want to test a seal of my own." Orochimaru's lips parted into a sneer "And I found the perfect test subjects, now you can come quietly and I won't harm either you or your friend before or after the experiment, and I will not allow my men to... amuse themselves with the young girl before killing you."
Ryu growled as his mind raced through possibilities "And what does ones word mean amongst Shinobi?" Ryu retorted.
Orochimaru chuckled again completely amused by the teen in front of him "Not much," he responded "But then again, what other choice do you have if you wish for survival?"
Ryu relented with a sigh as he stood carrying Linda bridal style as he followed the duo of traitors and the spy through the halls of the base, getting odd looks from the Oto shinobi "Ryu-kun..." Linda whispered as she drifted between unconsciousness and consciousness.
"Don't worry Linda-chan," Ryu whispered "I'll get us home, after all, Mikonos is waiting for you."
Linda's lips twitched as she fell back asleep when. In a short order Ryu followed the trio into a large room that was mostly filled by a seal array with a section for observers, Ryu's eyes widened as he looked around the room reading the seal array "A time-space seal." Ryu whispered in shock looking at it.
"Oh?" Orochimaru himself couldn't help but be impressed that the boy could figure that out just by looking at the sealing array "Impressive, it seems like we have a fuinjutsu(4) prodigy amongst us, now I believe you know where to stand then?"
Ryu sent a brief glare at the snake Sannin before moving to the exact center of the array, his grip tightening around Linda "Good, begin." Orochimaru ordered as Kabuto formed some seals and whispered something before slamming his hands down on the array causing it to glow brightly when Ryu erupted into screams of pain before the glow reached such a level the viewers had to close their eyes and turn their heads away or be blinded, when they opened them again Ryu and Linda where missing "Did it work?" Orochimaru asked Kabuto.
The medic nodded as he panted from chakra loss "Apparently, although it seems incredibly painful." Kabuto mused looking at a puddle of blood where the pair had been "Guess it needs some work."
Orochimaru shrugged as he walked away followed by the still bored looking Uchiha.
Amestris, Dublith
Izumi Curtis sighed as she sat in her bed reading a book on alchemy, today was one of her better days, even if she still threw up blood every now and then, looking outside she frowned as she saw the storm clouds gather too quickly to be normal, she also felt the pulses of something, being an alchemist she was much more attuned to the flow of energy around them then most, knowing it would bother her forever she slipped out of bed and put on a pair of slippers and grabbed a coat and umbrella "Honey!" She shouted catching her husband Sig's attention "Something is going on." She said glancing outside "I can feel it in my bones."
Sig nodded and grabbed his coat and followed Izumi as she felt the pulses grow stronger, reaching the outskirts of the town Izumi stopped the couple's eyes widening on shock of the sight of a massive array pulsing on the ground shutting their eyes to a massive flash of light the pair opened them again to see a pair of teens, one male and one female, both had gashes that where bleeding horribly "My god." Izumi whispered looking at the pair in shock "Sig!"
"Right." The hulking man confirmed as he moved to the pair, and with a gentleness belying his size he picked them up as the pair rushed back to Izumi's home.
END PROLOGUE!
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TRANSLATIONS
1-Ta no Kuni: Land of Rice
2-Otogakure: Hidden Sound Village
3-Konohagakure: Hidden Leaf Village
4-Fuinjutsu: Sealing Art