Return of the Snake

Meanwhile, Reika and the others arrived at the gate. Momo glared at Sosuke, who notices the unique Sharingan and activates his own, then to Shoji, and then to Reika, who almost faints from the fear that is instilled within her from the Dragon Sharingan. Sosuke caught Reika just in time to lay her gently on the ground, and then he turned to question the stranger.

"Who are you, and what do you want here?" he asked.

"It's been too long, cousin. I wonder, do you possess the second most powerful form of Sharingan yet?"

"Cousin? What the hell are you talking about?!" Shoji asked intently to Sosuke.

"Momoshiro, it has been far too long. I indeed have. It awoke seven years ago when I escaped my captors. Have you found a way to upgrade your Sharingan to the next level?" The two cousins glared, Dragon Sharingan versus Sharingan. Then with a sudden sweep of his sword, Momoshiro attacked Sosuke with incredible speed. The swipe caught everyone off guard but Sosuke, who jumped to avoid being hit.

"Sadly, no I haven't. There is no written record of a Mangekyou Dragon Sharingan."

"Well, that's too bad. You'll never beat my Mangekyou!"

"I have seen worse than your ninjutsu skills while using a Mangekyou. You forget that-. Well if it isn't the son of the Kyuubi," Momoshiro said, mocking Suzaku, who had just arrived.

"You're one to talk, descendant of the worst Uchiha ever," Suzaku stated.

"Why you little-"

"Stop it, Momoshiro. You don't want to anger him. He's like the Kyuubi brat," another voice stated.

"YOU! WHY ARE YOU HERE?!?!?! YOU SHOULD BE DEAD BY NOW!" Sosuke screamed as he charged at the new intruder. "I KNOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE BEHIND THAT MASK! MADARA UCHIHA! DIE!!!"

"Sosuke, wait!" Suzaku yelled after his friend.

"YOU WANT ALL OF KONOHA DEAD! JUST TRY IT!"

"Sosuke! You won't be able to hit him!"

Sosuke used his ultimate jutsu, Lightning-style: Lightning Strike Jutsu, which phased through Madara like any other ninjutsu or taijutsu. Madara glanced at Suzaku and looked at him oddly. Suzaku glared at the invincible intruder.

"You, boy with no pupils. What's your name?" Madara asked Suzaku.

"'Boy with no pupils'? Is that the best insult you can come up with?" Sosuke asked trying not to burst out laughing. "Even I can come up with something better than that, 'ancestor'."

"YOU LITTLE BRAT!!!!" Madara screamed.

"And you call yourself an immortal. How stupid are you?!"

"I WILL KILL YOU FOR THIS!!!!! Shizuka!"

"Yes, sir-? Suzaku?!" Shizuka said, very surprised.

"Shizuka? Is that you?" Sosuke asked.

"Sosuke? Why are you on the same squad as my brother? I thought you hated him."

"Your brother?" Sosuke looked at Suzaku, then to Reika, and finally to Shoji. Only Shoji dared to glance at Sosuke. Sosuke studied all three of his friends, and when he finally stopped, Suzaku noticed Sosuke looking at him.

"What? You mean to tell me that's my sister?"

"You don't remember do you, Suzaku? You were just becoming a Chuunin the day I left. It was a long, dark rainy night when I left Konoha. I remember you saying, 'Why do you have to leave, Shizuka?'. I haven't forgiven myself for leaving you alone for all these years," Shizuka told him. She continued to tell the story, when all of a sudden, Madara struck her in the stomach.

"You bitch! I was ordering you to KILL them!"

"S-screw you, Madara. I won't betray my family."

"Shizuka!" both Suzaku and Sosuke screamed.

"Sosuke, you have no Sharingan," Momoshiro stated.

"What are you saying, cousin?"

"You think you have a Sharingan, but you don't. What you have is a hidden doujutsu counterpart to our clan's Sharingan."

"What?!" Sosuke asked, horrified about his inability to summon a Sharingan.

"You have a substitute Sharingan, a Shuzakugan."

"What the hell is a 'Shuzakugan'?"

"It's a jutsu created by my father when I last saw him. It allows a Sharingan user to get used to the activation effects of the actual Sharingan."

"Sosuke, don't kill him," Reika told him, "He might be able to give us information on Orochimaru that even Sasuke doesn't have."

"Son of a bitch," Suzaku said, "I don't have much chakra left." And my attacks don't work on him. How can I win? he thought.

Suddenly, Madara screamed in agony. He clutched at his heart, only to find that a hand had pierced him. Everyone looked at him with surprise, shock, or fascination as Shoji demonstrated his prowess in ninjutsu.

"This is my father's jutsu. RAIKIRI!" he yelled.

"You- you are the son of the legendary Copy Ninja Kakashi Hatake?!" Madara asked, still in agonizing pain. "It would explain why you can find my weakness."

The battle was over, at least for the moment. Soon, a hawk landed on a tree as Suzaku started his training. He gripped his katana with both hands tightly, becoming one with the sword. His stance grew a little wider as he prepared to strike the tree that the hawk had landed on. He brought down the sword with so much speed that the bark flew off the trunk and branches five meters above him.

In Otogakure, however, an old rival and enemy was making his return. Orochimaru had found the key to unlocking the secret of Susano'o; he had found the Dragon Realm. He turned into his true form, and he began to ravage the peaceful Realm. He laughed hysterically at his victory.

"At last," he said, "I have found the weakness of Susano'o!" He fled the Realm, searching for Kabuto. He found the exit to Kabuto's body through the Portal of Darkness, the gate of evil passage into the Realm.

"At last, Kabuto. I am free."

Suzaku kept swinging his katana at such quick speeds, that eventually the hawk itself fell from the branches above dizzily. The strikes eventually cut the two meter thick tree trunk in two pieces. The hawk regained its whereabouts and flew to safety. Soon after, everyone heard an explosion coming from the north, coming from Kumogakure.

"What was that?" Reika asked, inquiring of Suzaku.

"I don't know."

"That's my team looking for me," Momoshiro said.