2. Otousan
Sasuke froze, looking around the room. Silently, he pulled Kohanako behind him and walked farther into the room. His eyes shifted, looking for the source of the chakra that he felt.
"Otousan, what's-" Kohanako fell silent as Sasuke glared back at her.
Sasuke, simultaneously, swung open the closet door and threw several kunai into a pile of stuffed animals behind him. Three stuffed animals transformed and jumped out of the way as the other toys fell victim to the kunai.
Kohanako screamed. "Otousan, be nice to my new friends."
Naruto froze. "Otousan? Anou, Sasuke, since when are you an Otousan?"
"What?" Sakura screeched.
"Congratulations." Sai smiled.
Sasuke pushed Kohanako behind him once more. "What are the three of you doing here, and why are you with my daughter?" He hissed.
"They're here to visit." Kohanako pushed her way around her father. "And since you all were gone, I asked 'em ta play with me."
Sasuke glared down at his little girl. "What did I tell you about talking to strangers?"
"But, Otousan, they can't hurt me, and they said that they were here to visit, and they're not strangers; that's Naru-chan and Saku-chan, and Sai-kun." She pointed to each as she introduced them. "Sai-kun's the best." Kohanako announced proudly.
"Thank you, Hana-chan." Sai offered her another fake smile.
"What do you want?" Sasuke hissed.
"We're not leaving here without you, Teme." Naruto nearly snarled. "I made a promise, and I'm not going to let Orochimaru have you."
"What do you mean, 'let Oro-sama have him?'" Kohanako asked, innocently. "Where are you going, Otousan."
"He's going to go away forever and let Orochimaru have his body." Sai replied, happily.
Sasuke hissed at him, but softened when he saw his daughter with tears in her eyes. "Otousan, you're going to leave me?"
He dropped to his knees, and wrapped his arms around his daughter. "I'll kill that bastard before I let him take me away from you." He whispered into her ear gently.
Kohanako pushed away and ran behind Sai's leg. "Is that why Oro-sama said that I'm gonna be all his?" She demanded. "If Otousan's gonna leave me, I wanna go with Sai-kun and Naru-chan and Saku-chan."
"That hurts my feelings, Ko-chan." Everyone jumped to see Orochimaru standing in the doorway.
"Don't call me that!" Kohanako demanded, jumping up and down in a small tantrum.
"What's wrong, Ko-chan?" He smiled. "Don't you like it here with me?"
The little girl thought for a moment. "I'm sorry, Oro-sama; I just don't want Otousan to go away."
He laughed lightly. "I told you before, Ko-chan, you'll still see your Otousan, it just won't be him on the inside." He bent down to pet her head, but was stopped as Sasuke pulled her quickly away.
"I've changed my mind." Sasuke said, cockily. "You don't have enough power to give me to kill Itachi, so I'm leaving."
Orochimaru chuckled. "Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke threw Kohanako back, onto her bed where another pile of stuffed animals sat, as he blocked a punch Orochimaru had sent towards him. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and the two of them turned into mere blurs as they met in a fury of attacks and blocks.
Kohanako slid off her bed and stepped forward to get a better view. Just before she could get caught in the middle of an attack, Sai pulled her away and off to the side.
He handed her to Sakura. "Get her out of here."
"No!" Kohanako screamed. "At least let me watch."
Sakura considered for a moment before moving the two of them off to the far wall so that they would be out of the way. As she did this, Sai and Naruto jumped in to help Sasuke. At the same time, Kabuto had arrived, and also entered the fray. Soon, he was fighting both Naruto and Sai, while Sasuke was left alone with Orochimaru.
By this time Kohanako was in tears. Sakura, seeing this, tried to comfort her. "It'll be alright; you're Otousan is strong, and so are Naruto and Sai."
The child shook her head. "Oro-sama still has more experience." She thought for a moment. "I can't remember what Buto-san said cold-blooded meant when he told me that that is what snakes are."
"It means that they get their heat from the sun, or deep in the earth; they don't create their own body heat, and so can die if they aren't in the right atmosphere." Sakura answered for her.
"So, if it got really cold, they would die?" Kohanako asked, hopeful.
"Any creature can freeze to death." She answered again. "But cold-blooded creatures die easier."
Kohanako looked as if she was concentrating for a moment, then bit her thumb, preformed some hand seals, and smeared her thumb across her stomach. Instantly, her body lit up, and black marks covered her body. A four legged creature jumped out from her, growing bigger as it landed on the ground. Without even looking back, it shot an icy blast at the blur of fighting.
The battle completely stopped, and everyone looked around to see what had happened. Somehow the blast had hit only Orochimaru, and had frozen him solid, turning him into an ice sculpture. Kabuto had turned to look, dropping his guard just enough to let Naruto and Sai deliver a fatal blow.
Calling on the Chidori, Sasuke gave Orochimaru one last hit, shattering him into too many pieces to count. He then turned to look at Kohanako, and rushed to her side when he saw that she had passed out.
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