Here comes chapter four everybody. I would like to thank Rakuen Tachibana for her amazing review of my story. Just like I said in my profile, she is a very proficient writer and should be favorited by every single person here. If I here any of you say she sucks, I'll do you like I did Kishimoto in the last chapter. This chapter will probably deal with Orochimaru's plan of sabotaging the Chunin Exams. Without further ado, here comes greatness and I thank Rakuen once again.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but if I did, it would be exactly like this. (Pulls a kunai from my pouch and stabs Kishimoto.)
The area of the forest that team seven had found themselves in was dark and foggy. An enemy could easily ambush them. Sasuke had noticed this before the others and stated his worry. It went unheard however as a giant snake slithered its way out of the fog. Even with the fog blocking out their view, he was still in plain sight. He was a huge purple snake with black lines across his skinny and lengthy frame. They had saw Orochimaru on top of its head and fear welled up inside of Sakura again.
"Do not be afraid of him my dear friend. Show me that you are strong." Kaname's words gave Sakura the reassurance she needed and she pulled out a kunai, ready to battle her opponent to the death.
"I hope you don't think I came alone. That would be so foolish of me." The team froze in their tracks. They could hear footsteps coming from the east and west. As the fog died down, Doichi and Katsuya appeared. This was not going to be a cakewalk. Kaname let her rage build and Doichi was on her hit list. Her attack wasn't very hard for him to block and he easily swiped it away with a fast movement of his crescent blade. Kaname blocked with her kunai and the two were in a power struggle. During this time, the snake was trying to make lunch out of Naruto, but he wasn't having it. When he had gotten eaten, he had managed to lift its mouth open and put a kunai inside of his chest. The snake roared in pain. After this was successfully done, Naruto grabbed the kunai and slid down, splitting the snake vertically. This pissed Orochimaru off and he wasn't having it. He gave Naruto and yummy knuckle sandwich to his left eye and an uppercut that sent him flying to the nearest branch and breaking it. Sasuke moved to help his ally, but Katsuya wasn't having that.
"So this is the one you want Orochimaru?" Orochimaru only nodded his head.
"You'll never take me alive." Sasuke attacked Katsuya with a fury high kick that made his opponent stagger. Two more punches to Katsuya's ribs and he could already feel his breath leaving him. He struggled to stay upright, but it was hard, as he had to defend against Sasuke's hellish attacks. He breathed a sigh of relief as Doichi came to his aid. Sasuke could feel his own blood trickle down his back as the blade made contact with the flesh. He cried out and stumbled in Sakura's arms. She held him close and she couldn't believe this could have happened to her Sasuke. She had no more time to dwell on this however as a hard punch from Katsuya met with her face to say a jolly hello. The force of the punch would have made her connect to a tree back first, but she felt strong hands grab her from behind before she made contact with it. After she could see entirely again, she looked back to see Kaname's strong hands around her torso.
"You alright?" Sakura had forgotten all about her injuries after she looked at Kaname's blood stained body. Kaname had released her grip on the pink haired kunoichi after she saw Katsuya coming towards them. Naruto had moved in front of them to protect and defend. Katsuya wielded his two katanas now and hacked and slashed. Naruto was the faster of the two warriors and surrounded his opposition with shadow clones. The Uzumaki Barrage was too much for Katsuya to handle and he crashed to the ground unmoving. It looked as if things had gotten better, but they had gotten worse. Everyone was shocked to find Orochimaru had biten Sasuke and put a weird black mark on him. Kaname rushed to help him when she found she could not move. She could see Naruto point to Doichi and his lips moved, but she could hear nothing.
"I think it's time we did something about that Illusion Eye of hers Orochimaru. Don't worry, I've got just the trick." Naruto ran over to the group but bounced back after he ran into a barrier. Sakura was dumbfounded. She wanted to cry. Kaname had saved her, but she could do nothing for the pale girl at the moment. She promised to herself that she would save Kaname someday. She put that on her life. The barrier had filled up with a type of smoke and it was very hard to see. The team had become really worried after hearing Kaname's bloodcurdling scream and then the smoke vanished and Kaname wasn't moving.
"I've sealed up her Illusion Eye for the most part Lord Orochimaru. I would take it that our work here is done?" Orochimaru gazed at the trio menacingly.
"Sasuke will come to me sooner or later. It's just a matter of time. I wish you luck in the next stage of the exams children. Another cackle and their foes vanished. Kaname still had not moved. Luckily for team seven, they had already captured a team and took them to the tower as told. They had also received word that the Mountain team had captured Neji's team. Even after they reached the tower, Kaname's body had only turned cold. Sakura had hoped she wasn't dead and she took the powerless girl to Tsunade.
"Sakura, what happened to her?" Tsunade's voice held worry and she tried her best to stop it from shaking.
"I don't know. She was trapped in a barrier by Doichi and we heard her scream and nothing more. Doichi said he had sealed off her Illusion Eye or something. What is that? Tsunade had no choice but to tell her, but someone else stopped by to do it instead.
"The Illusion Eye is a rare ability of the Kurushima bloodline. It traps the opponent inside of their own little world. I would compare it to hell. They suffer their worse fear for eternity. There is no escape for them. I find it quite amusing."
"Senju, what are you doing in here?" Sakura was ready to knock his block off, but changed after hearing what he said.
"I have to stay undercover. Orochimaru believes I'm with him. I couldn't tell anyone because I knew he would be here. When we meet again, I will fight with all I have. If you don't do the same, I may be forced to kill you. I have to make this look as if I completely hate you all." His next words were directed to Tsunade as he handed her a vial of a small green liquid.
"Give this to her. It'll wake her up. Give her my regards when she comes to." Tsunade put the stuff inside the girl's mouth and her eyes slowly opened. Sakura was so happy she could have kissed her right then, but she was pretty sure Tsunade would have knocked her ass out.
"You are going to stay here Kaname. I can see you are in no condition to fight." Kaname was a stubborn girl and she sat bolt upright when she heard that.
"I'm not giving up because of some stupid injury. Even if I can't use my Illusion Eye to its best, I can still win against any asshole that tries to fuck with me! Before Sakura or Tsunade could say or do anything, the pale girl bolted out of the door in the direction of the arena. Tsunade rubbed her forehead and took a long gulp of her bottle of sake.
"Sakura, please keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't do something stupid." Sakura bowed and raced off after Kaname. The arena was packed. It was a large arena and definitely built to kill this time. Huge spikes were crafted all along the walls and ceiling. Various buttons were put into the ground as a way to spring traps. This would test every ninja's abilities to survive. Kodan marveled at this.
"This should be fun, eh Senju?" Senju gave his blonde friend a disgusting look.
"We aren't here to kill anyone Kodan. We're hear to secretly protect the village, remember?"
"I wasn't saying I wanted to kill anyone. It'll just make it funner because we have traps we will have to avoid now."
"What shall we do about the Sand Ninja?" Nagisu spoke for the very first time. Her voice hinted fear.
"We'll let them make their moves. We already know that Kabuto is here. These traps will surely stop him from utilizing his speed if he fights."
"He ain't. I heard he surrendered. I guess he wasn't ready to put his life on the line just yet."
"Don't be so sure Kodan. He was probably just here to gather information."
"I guess you might be right Nagisu." Tsunade clapped to get everyone's attention. She signaled to Shizune to tell everyone what the first match would be. Sasuke Uchiha versus Senju Rokkaku. This was surely going to be an impressive match.
"This Senju guy is gonna regret ever meeting me." Sasuke cut a back flip off the balcony and landed into the arena gracefully.
"Show off." Naruto always got pissed when Sasuke tried to look better than him. Senju wasn't for the show off approach and took the stairs instead.
"Hey Senju. Don't go running to your mother after I finish kicking your ass." Sasuke smiled nonchalantly at his opponent. He really believed that Senju had nothing on him.
"An Uchiha. If you bore me, I will kill you. Senju removed his robe and showed off his impressive physique. He wasn't very big, but his muscles were very firm. Kaname had not remembered him like this and guessed he must work out a lot more. He had his upper body wrapped in bandages as if her was trying to hide something. His left pant leg was shorter than the right. His left leg held the design of orange flames and the other held blue. Hayate sputtered out a begin and the battle was on. Sasuke was the first to go on offense as he threw a kunai at the head of Senju. Senju vanished from the blow and came from above Sasuke with a heel drop. Sasuke jumped back as Senju's foot landed and broke a piece of the ground. Senju immediately jumped to his feet and attacked Sasuke with an immediate triple kick combo. Sasuke wasn't going down easily however and blocked these attacks with ease. Sasuke tightened his right hand into a fist and sent it crashing into Senju's right rib. Senju had felt it crunch and he thought it might have been broken. He spit blood and limped backwards, praying that he could get some kind of separation from the Sharingan wielder. Sasuke wasn't having it. He knew Senju was on defense and wanted it to stay that way. He kicked Senju across the side of his face and Senju hit the ground hard. Sasuke attempted to kick him while he was down, but he vanished again. Sasuke looked all around, but could find no sign of him. That's when Sasuke saw a form fling a kunai from out of the wall straight at him. Sasuke dodged the kunai, but didn't expect it to hone in on his position and he was stabbed in the knee. Blood squirted from his wound and he took the weapon out with a loud yell. Senju walked out of the wall and back to the theatre of war.
"What the hell did you just do?" Sasuke had to know what the hell just happened.
"Are you playing stupid or do you not realize what the fuck just happened? It seems you really don't know. I call that my Walking Spirit jutsu. It allows me to fuse my chakra with anything, animate or inanimate. That time I fused it with the walls. That gusher to your knee isn't going to help matters. Just give up Sasuke. I don't want to be forced to kill you." Senju looked emotionless as he usually did. No signs of pain or amusement had shown through his visage. Sasuke's face contorted into more pain. He could handle it, at least for now.
"You forget who you are talking to. I'm Sasuke Uchiha dammit. I'm not going to lose to some noob ass."
"Suit yourself. I guess this only means there will be one less Uchiha in the world." The battle was on again as the two circled around each other. Senju attacked first this time and went for Sasuke's wounded knee. Sasuke switched his stance so that leg was the farthest from Senju. This also made Senju miss. Sasuke connected with a kick under Senju's jaw to send him spiraling in the air. Sasuke jumped with him and creamed him across his face. As Senju approached the ground, Sasuke stepped on his throat and flipped back. Senju had landed hard and his imprint was left in the floor. Everyone had thought the fight was over, but Senju had gotten up. Even Sasuke was flabbergasted.
"I seemed to have underestimated you Uchiha, but no longer. I have never had to use this technique until now. If you die by this, I am sorry. I never intended on killing you. He removed his bandages and souls were trying to break out of his body. His skin moved as if it was crawling all over him.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Senju's voice had become a lot colder than Kaname was used to. Something had definitely happened to him from the last time that Kaname had seen him.
"If you are wondering, this is what is called the Reaping Sickness. I was born with the power to absorb souls after I was taken to the Darkness Realm. It is a power I never wished to have. It gave me the souls of all those that I have killed at lets me use their powers as I wish. They cannot be released from my body. They are my life force because my soul is gone. However, I will have to release their energy upon you if I wish to win. I am sorry. You are such a young Uchiha and you have such a long life ahead of you.
"We're not supposed to be… Kodan quickly put his hand over Nagisu's mouth.
"We can't tell them no matter what. Orochimaru will find out and we'll be screwed. Just shut up Nagisu.
Sasuke readied himself as these souls were released on his very being. They entered his body. All anyone had seen after that was blood shooting from every single vessel inside of Sasuke's body. He hit the floor with a soft thud and didn't move after that. It was a very chaotic and brutal attack and even Senju looked hurt.
"I hope you live through that. I would like to fight you again one day. It took a while before anyone could say anything. Senju wrapped his bandages around himself and went to regroup with his team. Kodan let out his worries to his team leader.
"Did you really have to go that far man?"
"I couldn't afford to lose. I must meet with Kaname. I have something I must talk to her about. It involves her and Sakura."
"The pink haired chick. What about exactly?" Senju gave his friend a curious look. Kodan wanted to know what he was getting at.
"I believe those two will fall in love."
There we go with my fourth chapter. I loved this chapter. Senju had a pretty cool technique. That was a very close battle. I don't know what I'm going to do with chapter five. I'm not going to show off Kodan until six probably. Anyway, please leave a review. I'm begging you and I don't beg often. The Black Pope has spoken!