Sasuke slid the bands over his wrists and moved them gently, adjusting the seam to the back side of his wrists, caring not to rub off the seals. It had been a hectic day for all three of them as Sasuke was waiting for Orochimaru to come and get him to display the new technique he had come up with.
The whistling was heard coming down the hall. Sasuke went out the door passing Kabuto quickly. Kabuto watched the young man rush by and tried to mutter his message but failed. He was just going to say 'Orochimaru-sama's expecting you.'
'This technique… this technique I can kill Itachi with.' It was running through Sasuke's head as he slowed his feet that hit the cold floor. He took a few steps into the light illuminating his striking features, the sharp lines of his face and chest. "Orochimaru!"
"Coming…" The man hissed walking in with a large scroll. Orochimaru let the large end of the scroll fly, the long page coming undone to reveal the drawing of a tiger. "You've completed chakra manipulation with the instructor at Konoha and with Kabuto here for lightning. You're finally ready for this technique. Controlling lightning itself."
"You mean, making a lighting strike?" Sasuke asked picking up the scroll and staring down at the tiger.
"Not exactly. Controlling, not creating. You'll create the storm yes, but not the lightning. You'll be able to do it many time in a row with zero chakra used depending on the storm." Orochimaru explained and pointing his finger down at the tiger, "and we'll make it into that form. What's the point of a good attack if it's not a good display as well?"
"Lightning strikes…" Sasuke said slowly tossing the scroll away and turning to leave, "Don't always kill."
"It's condensed, only a very few could not die from the strike." Orochimaru said quickly. "Even if Itachi survived his body would take immaculate damage. Now, wouldn't that help in killing him?"
"Whatever, let me just try it already." Sasuke said turning to leave. Orochimaru following swiftly caught him before he hit the entrance. "What is it now?"
"Wait until night, Sasuke, today save up you're chakra, you're going to need a big storm from a massive fireball." The snake man said and disappeared into the darkness of the room. Sasuke shrugged bored and waiting he sat down and leaned against the wall and casually fell asleep.
'Sasuke…. SASUKE!' He woke to sweat dripping down his face; he moved quickly avoiding three kunai being hurled at his face. When he shifted he step off a trap, if it weren't for the dreams, he would have been badly injured; possibly killed from it.
Kabuto walked out into the room and saw as Sasuke stood up and looked over at him, exhausted. "Why so tired, Sasuke-kun? Have a nightmare."
"Fuck off, Kabuto." Sasuke said as his words hit a nerve. Sasuke did have somewhat of a nightmare, a nightmare of fighting with Naruto again, leaving him there quiet and barely breathing. Crying above his head, looking at what Itachi was driving him too. He snapped back from reality and looked over at the un-phased shinobi. "Don't you have dishes to wash or someone to disembowel?"
"Feisty as always, eh, Sasuke-kun. Dinner will be soon then Orochimaru-sama asked to see you." Kabuto said happily. "Then we'll be moving bases, to the one with that fish boy."
"I like that fish boy… he doesn't give a damn about anything…" Sasuke laughed and smiled. He walked over to Kabuto and looked up at him. "Where's my sword?"
"I've placed it in you're bedroom after it was cleaned." Sasuke nodded and began walking away down the maze of corridors, glad he'll be seeing a change of scenery. Sasuke entered his room with no door attached and grabbed his sword from off the bed. It had been laid perpendicular to the edge, just like Kabuto would do.
He stuck it back in the empty scabbard and peeked his head back out. He can go and see Orochimaru now. Orochimaru would love to see him, he always does. Sasuke's Geta hit the floor hard and ran across the orange colored tiles tot eh side hallway and he stopped to knock on the large bronze door.
"Come in!" Orochimaru said sharply thinking Kabuto had his results. He was shocked to see Sasuke. "Oh, Sasuke-kun…" He cooled down and smiled. "Anxious to try that new technique I suppose?"
"Hai." Sasuke said a little chipper. "I've decided it would be effective when facing Itachi." Sasuke stepping back tried to encourage Orochimaru to get up. He saw this and stood from his large chair and stepped down. Orochimaru placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder and pointed the other hand out.
Sasuke moved to escape the hand and went outside leading the way to the main entrance. The tip of his Geta hit the grass when an informant slithered by, keeping his body low to the ground. He whispered something quickly and Sasuke got a look at him, he was dressed perfectly as a ninja from Rain. Wondering why he had informants there he was lost in though for a second until the informant rushed out.
"Why do we have a person there?" Orochimaru ignored the question and pressed Sasuke about joining him in the setting sun light for the technique.
"A fireball in the sky, as big as possible." Sasuke moved out a ways and went quickly through the motions holding on the last hand sign and gathered up all the chakra he could. He head leaned back and his hand moved up. A miniature sun appeared and went high into the sky illuminating the clouds above. It disappeared and Sasuke turned around. "Wait a minute or so then gather the lightning in the sky and focus it into the shape I showed you. Then let it down on…" Orochimaru summoned a wall a few miles away. "Let it down on the wall."
"You're so positive this will work. It better." Sasuke said and watched as black clouds slowly formed above, he could feel the static in the air. "Now…" He raised a hand and there it was he grasped it and the image appeared not as a tiger but as a great dragon in the sky. Sasuke moved his arm and the lightning struck the wall, destroying it immediately.
"Kirin… I'll call it Kirin." Sasuke said pleased. He began laughing and Orochimaru looked over worried. Sasuke began laughing hard, the static was still there he raised his hand again, it began glowing with lightning and he made it crash again closer, the dragon exploding on the barren ground.
"Sasuke-kun. Why don't we get dinner?" Sasuke turned around the Sharingan in his eyes bloody red. "We have to leave soon."
"Thank you for the idea…" Sasuke said raising a hand and taking more lightning. He crashed it around him. He looked up and smiled. "This is exactly what I needed."
Sasuke was the last one to raise his hood. The three of them were in dark brown cloaks to match the bark of the trees. The insides were a wheat color if they had to travel more then a few minutes across an open field. Tonight they wouldn't have to.
"Let's go." Sasuke muttered and jumped up onto the tree and held himself while Orochimaru jumped up on one side and Kabuto on the other. The vaulted out of the tree and made three unmarked path across the branches.
They would travel all night to arrive at one of the larger bases, the one where Suigetsu was being kept.
"Hey Sasuke… Don't use that technique unless it's absolutely necessary. We wouldn't want anyone to steal it or find a way to survive it." Orochimaru said quickly.
"You think I already didn't think of that?" Sasuke snapped turning his head. He jumped a head of Kabuto and began bouncing off the trees themselves pushing himself far a head.
"He's a bit testy isn't he?" Kabuto mentioned.
"Did you get anything on those dreams he's having?" Kabuto nodded and smiled pushing his glasses back up on his face. "I heard him scream during one today…" Orochimaru said nervously. "He's breaking away from my control and letting them take control."