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Chapter 02 - Love and War
A strange sensation it is, having to pee. The urge caused by a full bladder has many effects on the entire nervous system. This urge when unabaded by drugs is intense enough to awaken a person from even the deepest slumber.
With a groan a man tears away the sheets on his person and positions himself on the edge of the bed and stands. Only to topple over onto the floor.
'Shit. Leg's asleep.'
He reaches down to rub his leg. Only to feel the cool of the tile floor. He was fully awake in an instant.
What happened? They were making the final push against the remaining Iwa/Kumo forces. Orochimaru was occupied with the five-tailed jinchuuriki and he was fighting some C guy or something. He was about to kill the kid and something happened that made the jinchuuriki lose control and rush Orochimaru.
Then a nurse walked in to see him sitting on the floor before quickly walking out and back in again after a moment.
"You shouldn't be out of bed in your state young man."
"Was tryna go to the bathroom…" He mumbled as she helped him up, still not quite with it.
"Upsidaisy, let's get you taken care of."
Minutes after Jiraiya came out of his coma, his teacher, teammates and students were at his side. He should have expected that; they were sentimental people as he himself was.
His wizened old teacher was the first to speak.
"How are you feeling?" The first bit coming out alongside thin wisps of smoke due to his current vice.
"As good as I can be considering." He responded belatedly to the tobacco connoisseur.
"We won and Orochimaru is alive." Orochimaru winced despite the lack of malice in Jiraiya's tone.
"Yes." The old man responded. "About that, did you see anything strange about the jinchuuriki?"
Strange, Like what? Glowing eyes and demonic powers? Kind of comes with the territory of the ninja life.
"No, not for a jinchuuriki anyway." His eyes narrowed. "What is this about?"
The old man sighed. "Orochimaru saw signs of a strong genjutsu being cast just before the container gained an enormous amount of power." Using a minor application of fire he lit his pipe before puffing it and letting out smoke in a long draw. "He's not sure but he thinks he may have seen sharingan reflected in the eyes of the jinchuuriki, which is a side effect of strong sharingan genjutsu."
Orochimaru spoke up from his place against the wall. "We believe a genjutsu was used to force the container to open the gate of death to gain an additional power boost."
"So we have a traitor then, maybe even a group."
The hokage spoke once more. "Yes, it does seem that way. It's no secret that only konoha specialists have the knowledge required to manually control the eight celestial gates. It is also no secret that we have a clan of sharingan users."
"This sounds really bad sensei." Jiraiya wasn't exactly beaming with confidence at this.
"I know this." He walked over to an adjacent window and opened the shades and peeking outside before closing them again. "To be blunt, I don't think I'm up to the challenge this will bring."
It was Tsunade this time to speak first. "What are you saying sensei?"
"You know exactly what I'm saying. My time has passed; a new leader is needed." He took another drag from his pipe and smiled at them. "Do we have any volunteers? Minato I know this has been your goal for some time."
"No, I couldn't possibly. I'm not ready, not until I make up for my failures."
"This would be your chance." Hiruzen frowned, he should have known this would happen.
"Not yet, maybe in the future." Minato said abashedly as a silent Kushina put her hand on his shoulder.
"I guess I can't change your mind." He searched the room. "Kushina?" She nodded in the negative. Finally his eyes landed on his student. "Orochimaru?"
"I will do it sensei."
Hiruzen was a little unsure about Orochimaru as of late. His attitude had been distant to say the least.
"Are you sure you can do this?"
Then came the words that would seal the fate of the entire shinobi world.
"I will not fail you."
AN
Don't expect too much of me, I'm a fickle person. Not in my decisions but motivations.
Shoutout(s): Royalmars
Another up and coming writer on this site who has the first few chapters of what seems to be an interesting Darker Than Black fanfiction already rolling.
Things to Note
-Couldn't really stretch this chapter as much as I'd like to but yeah, already have this in the synapsis as a whole chapter, so I guess fuck it.
-Whether or not I have something notable to say about the story, I will fill this section with nonsense.