Chapter 2, at long last! And what parent would allow their son a bright ORANGE jumpsuit?!
Sannin: Treachery Chapter 2-Genin
The successful academy students were in the main room, a smiling Iruka in front of them.
Among the students were three that were particularly famous.
Namikaze
Naruto, only son of the slayer of the Kyuubi, Namikaze Minato.
Uchiha
Sasuke, the youngest son of the ex-head of the Uchiha clan.
And
Shikon Chishimi, daughter of two of the famous Sannin, including the
Yondaime Hokage Orochimaru, the Black Serpent of Konoha.
Much of a buzz was about who would be given these three strong students, and who would be on a team with them.
"Team 1, Namikaze Naruto," began Iruka.
One quiet voice sighed, as the few higher, and more educated ninja in the room gasped in shock.
"Uchiha Sasuke," he continued.
Many female voices shouted out in anger.
"And Shikon Chishimi. "
At least one male voice swore quietly.
"You're jonin sensei will be Uchiha Itachi, with assistance from the Yondaime himself."
An uproar ensued, and Iruka ignored it.
"Team 2…"
* * *
"I am
Uchiha Itachi." said the jonin. "And you are not genin yet."
The
jonin had black hair and eyes, wearing a black set of clothing with
the Uchiha fan on its back.
The three genin all reacted differently.
The first, Namikaze Naruto, was wearing a black jumpsuit, blonde hair spiky, blue eyes shining, and his face in a distinctly annoyed look at this new revelation.
The second, Uchiha Sasuke, had the same black hair and eyes as his brother, Itachi, but a softer face, currently set in a determined grin. He wore a black-blue suit, with the Uchiha logo on the back.
The third, Shikon Chishimi, had black hair, yellow eyes, wearing a simple black robe. She seemed calm at this announcement.
"What do
you mean we're not genin?!" shouted Naruto.
"Simply that."
said Itachi. "There is one more test you have to do to become
genin. You can do it now, or you can wait for a new day."
"Let's
get on with it!" cheered Naruto.
"Hn. Now." said
Sasuke.
"Let's get it done now." said Chishimi.
Itachi nodded.
From
behind them came a hiss, and almost instantaneously, sharp pains came
from each of the three's arms.
"Ah! A snake bit me!"
panicked Naruto, shaking his arm wildly.
"Baka…" muttered
Sasuke, shaking loose the snake on his arm, rubbing the bite
mark.
Chishimi just whispered something, and the snake slithered
away.
"The
venom from these snakes causes nausea, vomiting and extreme pain, for
up to a week. The symptoms take up to a day to show." said Itachi
calmly. "You have until tomorrow night to find the antidote. It is
in the waterfall, some miles away."
"You poisoned us?!"
shouted Naruto.
"Hn. Figures." muttered Sasuke.
"And to get to the waterfall, you'll need to get through me. And there are only two vials of antidote. Whoever fails to get one will be sent back to the academy." finished Itachi.
Sasuke immediately started running towards the direction of the waterfall, through the trees, as did Chishiki.
Naruto looked wildly left and right, and then started to run as well.
"Karasu Bunshin no Jutsu."
A pair of Itachis seemed to form in the air, stepping silently onto the ground.
"To get there, you must defeat me." he said simply.
Naruto
smiled ferally, and threw a shuriken towards the older Jonin, who
simply dodged, and threw one back.
Naruto managed to dodge to the
side, the shuriken slashing at his side.
"Tsuchi Bunshin no
Jutsu!" shouted Naruto.
From the ground came four perfect clones of Naruto, and they charged towards the three Itachi.
The Itchi
drew kunais, and slashed at the Naruto clones, cutting through their
bodies.
They turned to mud for an instant, and reformed,
themselves attacking.
They struck the Itachi clones, on impact shattering them into a group of crows.
Naruto looked wildly around at the huge flock of crows.
Some of
them formed into another Itachi in mid-air.
"Katon: Gokakyu no
Jutsu."
The fireball incinerated all of the Naruto clones.
Naruto gulped. And ran.
* * *
"I can't be that far from the waterfall…" muttered Naruto. "This test is so unfair; we can't beat that guy…"
Even Naruto knew when he was beaten, though he'd never admit it.
"Baka! Hey!" shouted Sasuke.
Naruto skidded to a halt, and turned to look at him.
"You know you can't beat my oniisan. The only way we'll do it is if we all work together." said Sasuke, with a touch of pride, and of annoyance.
Naruto
stared at him.
"He tied you to a tree?"
"Just get me down
from here so we can find Chishimi." growled Sasuke.
Naruto
sniggered, and cut the wires holding him up with a kunai.
* * *
"Chishimi."
said Sasuke.
"What do you want?" asked the girl, struggling
against the wires holding her to a tree.
"None of us can beat
Itachi alone." said Sasuke. "We have to do this together."
"…there's
only two antidotes!" said Naruto.
"We'll share them. We'll
only feel a little ill then. I might be able to make a copy anyway."
said Chishimi.
Sasuke cut the wires holding her.
"Alright!"
cheered Naruto. "Let's go!"
* * *
"We're
almost there." said Chishimi. "Just over that rise."
"And
there's Itachi. Stop." said Sasuke.
The three
skidded to a halt.
"Naruto, you attack from the front, Chishimi,
the left, I'll take the right." said Sasuke.
They charged.
"Katon:
Gokakyu no Jutsu!"
"Tsuchi Bunshin no Jutsu!"
"Sen'Eijashu!"
A blast of flame threw Itachi off balance as he dodged quickly, ducking under a pair of snakes that leapt for him, and then having to engage in hand to hand combat with a pair of Naruto.
Sasuke ran in to help, as did Chishimi, and suddenly Itachi was faced with four of the genin, each doing far better than would be expected, even with their impressive pedigrees.
A kunai managed to cut into Itachi.
And he changed into a flock of crows that floated into the air, flying around their heads.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"
Sasuke's fireball technique annihilated every one of the crows.
Naruto
looked around wildly. Then punched the air.
"We rule!"
Sasuke grunted, and moved onwards towards the waterfall, followed by Chishiki. Naruto ran after them.
And they
reached the waterfall, cool water cascading down a rock face,
covering the entrance to a cavern.
"It's probably in the
cave." said Sasuke. Chishimi nodded.
"You're probably
right." she agreed.
The two of them walked through the water. Naruto ran through after them, getting slightly wet.
He looked around.
There was nothing resembling a vial, but there was a man, with long blonde hair, pale skin and the Hokage hat.
He smiled
at them.
"Congratulations."
"Yondaime?"
"Oro-sama?"
"Oto-san?"
Orochimaru
smiled.
"The three of you are the most skilled genin of this
year. The name Team 1 is reserved for the personal team of the
Hokage. That's you, with help from Itachi." he said.
"What
about the poison?" panicked Naruto.
"There is no poison."
said Chishimi.
"Hn. I assumed so." said Sasuke.
The
Yondaime smiled again.
"Congratulations. The three of you worked
out the real meaning of this test. Teamwork. We're going to begin
training… tomorrow." he said. "I'm already proud of all three
of you."
"As am I." said Itachi, appearing behind them. He
smiled as well, the expression almost odd on his face.
"Chishimi-hime, why don't you go tell Tsunade about how you did?" asked Orochimaru. "Naruto, I'm sure Kushina will want to know as well. Sasuke, you should probably tell Mikoto."
The three nodded, Chishimi and Naruto looking elated, Sasuke indifferent as always.
The three dispersed, along with Itachi, leaving Orochimaru alone in the cavern.
He left as
well, within minutes standing on top of the Hokage Monument, and
sighing.
"Jiraiya… I miss you…"
* * *
Done and done. r his betrayal, but hates Orochimaru.
