Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Bleach.
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Authors Note: Well, I'm glad to see that the prologue went over well! Even though I kinda rushed the end… Anyway enjoy the chapter. Oh, just to mention. I'm going to be using a combination of Japanese and English for the jutsu names. The type it is (ex. Katon) will stay while if the jutsu is original the name will be in English to avoid butchering the Japanese language.
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Chapter 1: Sound vs. Leaf!
Sasuke, if he had the time to, would have marveled at his sword that seemingly appeared out of thin air. After he had spoke the release command the blade had gone zigzagged, like a lightning bolt and every few seconds a trail of blue lightning could be seen traveling along the edges of the blade. The zanpakuto's hilt was completely circular and red in color, with two marks opposite of each other, not unlike Sasuke's own sharingan. Of course, he noticed none of this because if he took the time to, he'd be dead.
With Sasuke's increase in power, came the grass ninja's own. The two were blurs to Sakura, each of them supporting several battle wounds.
'This power, is incredible! I must have this child!' the grass ninja thought as she was caught in a wire trap. A single bolt of electricity traveled down the wires, causing her body to numb.
"Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled. A stream of fire traveled down each of the wires and collected around the grass ninja's face. She screamed in pain before falling limp against a tree.
"Sasuke-kun! You did it!" Sakura yelled. If she wasn't near collapsing from fear she would have punched her fist into the air in triumph.
"Kukukuku."
Sasuke and Sakura looked at the body of the grass ninja in alarm as she began to laugh.
"To be able to use the sharingan so well at this age, and that weapon," the grass ninja threw back her head and laughed. "Just as I thought, I want you!" she lifted her hand to her charred forehead protector and it began to smoke.
Sasuke wobbled slightly from his branch and to steady himself he spun the zanpakuto and stabbed it into the trunk. He leaned heavily on it so his legs wouldn't collapse.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled and leapt onto his branch to help him stand and fight if need be.
Suddenly a massive amount of killing intent froze both of them as the grass ninja moved her hand away from the forehead protector to reveal a musical note. "You really are brothers. I sense power in your eyes that surpasses Itachi."
Sasuke's eyes widened. "Who the hell are you?" he yelled out, his face contorting in anger and confusion.
"My name is Orochimaru," suddenly the voice was very much male. It was then that Sasuke realized that the area around the ninja's left eye was strange.
'Is that a mask?'
Sasuke had no other chance to think before Orochimaru's head suddenly shot away from his shoulders with a snake-like neck. Two fangs pierced into Sasuke's shoulder and the Uchiha screamed in pain. Orochimaru pulled away from Sasuke. "You will seek me, to seek power."
Sasuke fell to the branch, his hand still holding the hilt of his zanpakuto leaving him in an awkward position but one where he could see Orochimaru sliding into the trunk.
"What did you do to Sasuke-kun?" Sakura screamed.
"I gave him a going away present," Orochimaru smirked evilly before completely disappearing.
Sasuke screamed once more before darkness consumed him.
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Sasuke jumped to his feet with a kunai in his hands. He looked around, startled by his location. He was at the Uchiha clan compound, more specifically his house. Getting even more specific, in the room where Itachi had ended the lives of his parents. In front of him sat a large bird. A hawk… or maybe a falcon… hell he had no idea. The bird, whatever kind it was, merely watched him with… sharingan eyes!
"Why am I suddenly in my old house?" Sasuke asked out loud.
"Because this is your mindscape," the bird said.
"Figures," Sasuke muttered. The bird laughed.
"Not amazed that a bird can talk?"
"You said mindscape, and anything can happen in a dream," Sasuke said. "So what part of my conscience are you? The part that represents Itachi?"
"If the part that represented Itachi was a bird, it would be a raven. I am not a raven," the bird sounded annoyed.
"Of course you aren't," Sasuke said. He remained silent for a few seconds. "What kind of bird are you?"
"An eagle."
Sasuke nodded. "Good thing I asked. I thought your were a hawk."
The eagle snorted leaving Sasuke to wonder how that was possible.
"So why are we here and what are you representing?"
"I am not representing anything. I AM your zanpakuto, the sword that materialized in the middle of your fight. I am essentially a part of your soul that resides in the sword."
"So you're Denkiryu. With that name should you be a dragon?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes, if names relate to appearance. But my name does not relate to my appearance," Denkiryu began to walk around the room. "You used my Shikai in battle, something truly amazing seeing as it was your first time with me."
"Shikai?"
"Yes. My zanpakuto form has two releases, the Shikai which you saw today. And a Bankai which you will be trained into unlocking later in the future. But you are hear because there is a seal on your body which is messing with our chakra, but thankfully not our reiatsu… yet."
"Reiatsu?"
"Spirit power. It is what you will primarily use when wielding me. I will also teach you kido, spells you can use with reatsu," the eagle looked at him, its sharingan eye spinning.
"Hold on a second. How do you know all this? If you're a part of my soul shouldn't you only have the same knowledge I do?"
Denkiryu sighed. "If I could answer that one I would. I don't know how I got any of this knowledge. I just know it. Do you understand?"
"Enough to get by," Sasuke admitted.
"Good. Now as I was saying," the eagle came to rest in the center of the room. "Orochimaru put something on your neck that is messing with our chakra. I say our because I am part of you, your power is my power and the same in reverse."
Sasuke nodded to show he was following so far.
"Now, I can see many benefits from what it is messing with our chakra, the only problem is… I don't think that power is real. I think it will stunt your growth in the long run while in the short run giving you the illusion of more power."
Sasuke nodded.
"I say you should use the benefits while it lasts and get that thing checked out by Kakashi A.S.A.P."
"Good idea."
"Mean while I'll try to negate some of the bad effects because if it messes with your chakra right now… well that's not good," Denkiryu titled his head as if listening. "You should wake up now, you've been out for a long time. Oh, make sure Naruto gets his stomach checked out as well."
"What?"
But Sasuke had disappeared from the room and returned to the waking world…
"Sasuke-kun! You're awake!"
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Minutes Earlier…Sakura struggled fiercely against the grip of the dark haired sound ninja. The female ninja, named Kin, held Sakura in a vice grip via her hair. "Trying to be a sexy ninja? If you have time to treat your hair you should train! Zaku, kill Sasuke in front of this fangirl. It'll teach her a lesson."
The dark haired male sound ninja smiled madly. "Good idea!"
'No!' Sakura struggled violent against the girls grip, earning her a slap. 'I can't move… I'm still getting in the way…' Tears began to run down Sakura's face. 'I'm always being protected, I can't stand it. This time… I though I have to protect those that are important to me…'
Zaku took a step towards Sasuke, drawing a kunai as he did.
'In the end, I couldn't do anything…'She felt something flow through her body but she was too emotionally exhausted to care until…
A sword appeared in mid air in front of her hands blade first. The blade was very wide, at least three times as wide as a normal blade but it was just as thin as well as short. It was maybe two feet or so. A thin pink stripe went down the middle of the blade, ending at a black hilt. The hilt was much like that of a normal sword, but with a guard to prevent the users hands from slipping up into the blade. The sword seemed to call to her.
She grabbed the sword and without any grace swung it behind her, slicing her hair near Kin's grip. Slowly she stood and the air around her shimmered slightly. The three sound ninja felt themselves being pressed down by gravity.
"This power," Dosu whispered in awe.
'I thought my self a good ninja. I said I always liked Sasuke-kun. I lectured Naruto as if I was better than him. But all I did was watch from behind… Naruto, Sasuke, Lee… you all fought to protect me. I want to become like you guys! Everyone, this time…'
Suddenly the pressure disappeared, as did Sakura in a burst of speed that the sound trio could barely track.
"Zankuuha!"
Somehow Sakura managed to get her hands into the seals for a kawarmi, though as to how she did while holding that sword amazed everyone in the clearing. She reappeared above Zaku who chucked a few kunai at her and looked away as if expecting another substitution.
"Shannaro!" Sakura yelled as she swung the broadside of her sword, full force, into the side of Zaku's head.
Zaku fell to the ground unconscious. Sakura smirked and turned to face the other two…
And found a metal object slamming right into her face. Sakura flew backwards and landed on the ground stunned.
"Kin. Wake Zaku up!" Dosu said and stepped forward. "I'll finish her off."
Sakura swore and tried to stand but her legs wouldn't move. Dosu raised his arm and was about to do whatever attack he had planned when three figures jumped out of the bushes.
"Ino?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura… I won't loose to you! I've already told you that!" Ino stated proudly. "Sakura," Ino said in a softer tone. "Take care of Naruto and Sasuke and leave things to us!"
Sakura nodded.
"Okay! Ino Shika Chou formation! Chouji!" Ino yelled. Chouji nodded and placed his hands in a seal before turning into a giant rolling ball and headed towards the now woken Zaku. Said sound ninja swore and leapt away from Chouji.
Dosu ran straight for Chouji, intent on getting him away from Zaku. Shikamaru jumped forward his hands in his own seal. Suddenly his shadow flew out from under the lazy Nara and connected to Dosu's. Instantly Dosu began to mimic Shikamaru's movements.
"Ino!"
The female blonde nodded and made her own hand seal. Suddenly she went limp, causing Shikamaru to catch her.
Suddenly Kin shuttered before pulling out a kunai. "It's over now! If you take another step I'll kill this girl! Leave your scroll and leave! I'll let her go when we can't feel your chakra anymore!" Kin yelled.
Dosu and Zaku just stared blankly.
"Oh no! Ino, move!" Sakura yelled but it was too late. Zaku had raised his hand with a wicked smile on his face.
"Zankuuha!"
Kin/Ino screamed in pain as the wave slammed her into a tree. She fell to the ground and groaned.
"What the hell! You would attack your own comrades?" Shikamaru asked, appalled.
"You don't get it," Zaku sneered.
"We don't care about this exam. You just care about killing Sasuke," Dosu finished. He chuckled as Shikamaru's shadow disconnected from his own. "So it seems your limit is relatively short and it seems that whatever damage that's done to Kin with happen to that girl. So if we kill Kin, that girl will die."
"Bah. I can't take this anymore," a bored voice sounded from above the clearing. All ninja awake turned to see two leaf ninja in the trees. One was Hyuuga Neji and the other was his teammate Tenten. "Some minor sound nins, bullying these second rate ninja's and declaring victory. You made a mistake."
Suddenly Dosu and Zaku took a step back as Neji's killing intent reached them and the veins around his eyes appeared in a glare. "That freak in the green right there is our teammate. You're going to pay for that!"
Dosu laughed. "If you don't like it then come down here yourself."
Neji hesitated before shaking his head. "No. I won't need to."
"Sasuke-kun, you're awake!" Sakura said in surprise.
The Uchiha stood, Denkiryu in his right hand, with the small black marks from the curse seal surrounding his body in a violet glow. "Sakura, who did that to you?"
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Chapter End!
Authors Note: Whew. I got that out of the way, though a day later than I wanted. I wanted to get a chapter out on my birthday but I could… Anyway, I hoped that cleared up some things about Sasuke's zanpakuto. Sakura's will be explained soon and don't worry Aizen will leave ways for everyone to learn how to use their powers. So, you guys want to start guessing who (since it should be obvious the genin that I chose for this) has what power? Anyway, read and review and see you next time!