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-sigh- Yeah – I know I haven't updated in forever – what can I say? My muses didn't want to poke my forehead and I was too lazy to update. -.-
I'm sorry. :(
But, to make it up, I've updated nearly all of my stories. I won't be updating as often as I did – school's almost over and it's being a bitch with all the projects and the papers and – UGH!
So… yeah. I'm not dead. Yet. My fate is in your dear hands, my lovely reviewers.
Oh crap. I'm gonna die. –starts writing will-
But, here's the next chapter. You had no idea how hard I had to squeeze my brain in order to get so many updates out. Yeah – sorry! –bows-
I hope you like it!
From My Cold Dead Hands
Battle Six – Shadow
Soft footsteps padded down the hallway and across the room to another corridor.
:BeepBeepBeep:
:Disturbance detected:
Blood red eyes snapped open as the sound – ever so miniscule – reached highly trained ears like a clear, undaunted ring.
It was dark in Orochimaru's room, and the eyes immediately sought out the snake master, who was dozing in the lush armchair by the bed.
Without moving, the eyes redirected themselves towards the door as the soft steps came again. The orbs contracted and expanded, multiple levels within the pupils and irises rotating and spinning at different speeds as they shifted to allow the eyes to see THROUGH the thick wood.
His mind's eye allowed him to see the creatures that created the sound – the shift in the air, the smell – and without shifting, he classified them.
:Time – 3:47 A.M.:
:An unnatural time to be visiting:
:Security System – hacked:
:Safety walls – torn apart:
:Obviously, these intruders were not to be expected:
:Intruders:
:Analysis:
…
:Annihilation:
Immediately, he had slipped off of the bed and pulled his pants back on. At least Orochimaru had been gracious enough to leave him his sense of decency. Without glancing at the snake master, Sasuke easily picked the lock and slipped outside, silent like the moon.
Instantly, he located and tracked the intruders, blending into the shadows and allowing himself to survey the three trespassers and gain information about them as they stopped and glanced around, silent commands and questions passing between them.
:Experience – High:
:Reason for intrusion – unknown:
:Danger level – High:
:Analysis:
…
:Interrogation before annihilation:
He stood and walked forward where they could see him.
"Stop," he ordered emotionlessly. "You are forbidden beyond this point."
The three glanced at each other and then back at him, weighing his power.
"Really?" One of them – the one in the front – asked cautiously. "And who are you?"
"That is not necessary information," Sasuke replied crisply, still with that blank voice. "Why are you here?"
"That's not necessary information either," the same man shot back with an arrogant smirk. The other two exchanged glances, but Sasuke was undaunted.
"You are in the headquarters of Orochimaru Sannin," he informed them. "And you are also unwanted and unexpected. I believe I have every right to extract information regarding your reasons here."
The three exchanged glances, and then the first one rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, sure," he replied, glaring down at Sasuke, who was at least a head shorter than him. "And what're YOU going to do if we refuse to tell you?"
Sasuke's answer was unhesitant as his eyes flashed warningly.
"Then I'll have to kill you,"
The three again changed glances.
"We don't have time to deal with this!" One of the others breathed to the first. "We have to get to the control room!"
Sasuke quickly assessed this information and revised his analysis.
"I see," he said out loud in order to get their attention. He then smiled at them, using an altered version of the smile Orochimaru gave him in order to seem calm and reassuring and relieved. "So YOU'RE the three the boss told me about."
The other three immediately grew suspicious.
"And who are YOU?" The third one asked. Sasuke's smile widened slightly, though his eyes remained cold. He looped his thumbs through two belt loops and let himself slouch.
"I am Shadow," he replied, the lie rolling smoothly off his tongue, knowing the three knew the name because he had seen it in the three's minds. "I was the one the organization sent to get into the heart of Orochimaru's scheme. They had told me they were going to send in three of their agents to infiltrate, but I didn't think it would be YOU." He gave a pointed look at the three. The middle one glared at him.
"Really? And who ARE we?" He asked. Sasuke raised a hand and pointed to the girl on the middle one's right.
"Dream," he pointed to the one on the other's right. "Illusion," he then pointed to the one in the middle. "And Master."
He lowered his hand. "Together, you create the team know as DIM. You're a fairly new team, specializing in controlling your opponent through a long, complicated series of genjutsu. You've been in the organization for three years, and at first there was some inner conflict in the group but now you have officially became an infiltration team after a surprise attack on the organization when you saved each other's lives." He immediately listed off all of the data he cared to reveal. He then gave a small smirk at the shocked looks on the three's faces.
And to think that all of that information came from just a few seconds of poking around in the other three's minds and doing research in their organization's database – which was child's play to hack into and crash. If the three managed to make it out alive – the chance of which was .O1 percent to 99.99 – they would return to absolute chaos because the mainframe – the very heart of the organization itself – had burst into flames.
"So tell me, does that assure you?"
The three again exchanged glances.
"Well, you know information that only a high ranking member of the organization would know…" he murmured. Then his eyes narrowed. "But why did you threaten to kill us?"
Sasuke gave a luxurious, leisurely shrug, assessing the three for a proper answer.
"What can I say? Orochimaru has been crawling up my ass lately – it's been really tense around here. I guess I'm just a bit wound up." He grinned and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Ha – sorry if I worried you." He straightened.
"So where is the control room?" Dream asked him. Sasuke – without moving his torso – raised his left hand and pointed over his right shoulder behind him to another hall. His eyes didn't leave the three for an instant.
"It's down that way – straight down – there's no need to worry. I got the message so I took the liberty of shutting down the security system there."
The security system was now on high alert.
The three didn't know that, however, as they nodded their thanks and ran passed Sasuke, disappearing into the shadows down the hall.
Wordlessly, Sasuke turned and watched them go, dropping the act of "Shadow".
Still silent, he opened his palm and willed his hand to create a holograph projector, and watched it as a circle appeared in the middle of his palm and a TV was projected into the air above his palm.
"Kabuto," he stated simply.
The medic's shocked face appeared on the small screen – Sasuke knew his OWN face had appeared on the huge TV in the control room – where Kabuto no doubt was at this hour.
"Sasuke?" He asked dumbly. "What's going on? How did you…?"
"There are intruders headed towards the control room," Sasuke interrupted him. "Catch them. They might hold some valuable information regarding the organization a man named "Shadow" belongs to."
"Akiada?" Kabuto was struck dumb. "What the…? Shadow is already dead – we realized who he was the moment he entered into the organization. But… how…? How do you know –?"
"That does not matter," Sasuke cut him off again. "They are almost there. You have to move quickly in order to ensure a successful capture. Just because the security system is on does not mean they cannot break through it. You should have enough time if you work fast enough. I will wake Orochimaru."
Kabuto's face was awestruck and horrified all at once.
"SASUKE –!"
The humanoid clenched his fist and disconnected the link. He whirled and headed back to Orochimaru's room.
Kabuto could only numbly go about Sasuke's request, preparing a trap for the three upcoming fighters.
That's strange. He realized.
"Lord Orochimaru." A hand was set on the snake master's shoulder. "Lord Orochimaru, you must wake up." The snake was out cold. "Lord Orochimaru!"
Golden eyes snapped open and a hand was at Sasuke's throat, squeezing down. Immediately, the humanoid's defensive mechanisms kicked in and he gripped Orochimaru's wrists, trying to whirl the snake around to slam him against the wall.
The hand was suddenly away from his throat, and his hands instantly fell limp at his side, his reflexes easing and coiling back into their deadly, instant-release springs.
Now hands were at his shoulders, and he was spun and pushed into the armchair Orochimaru had just left, a body on top of him and lips on his own.
He immediately pushed up against the body above him, arching up into the cool flesh as he had been taught, reaching up and slipping his hands around Orochimaru's throat, lacing his fingers at the back of the snake's neck. A part of him dully registered that Orochimaru had no clothes on, but he dismissed that fact as unimportant when the other pressed powerfully against him, crushing him against the cushion and a foreign tongue diving deep into his mouth and down his throat as roaming hands caressed his bare chest and arms.
:Necessary information has not yet been given:
The mechanical part of him strictly reminded him as his body threatened to make it forget about the intruders he had just directed into a trap. He shifted slightly to give him more ability to push upwards at the bare body above him, pulling Orochimaru down to meet him as HIS hands began to trail as well.
:Necessary information has not yet been given:
His mind repeated the statement, and when he pulled away for a gasping breath, he let it slip in a gasp before Orochimaru leaned in and claimed his lips again.
"There were intruders just now…" another breath. "Lord Orochimaru."
The previous comment registered and Orochimaru pulled away from him, his hands on either chair arm.
"What?" Sasuke's black mechanical eyes were hazy with human lust as he replied.
"You heard me, Lord Orochimaru. There were intruders just now – three of them. I guided them to the control room, where Kabuto prepared a trap. They are prisoners now. I was sent to awaken you," he replied smoothly. "Will I accompany you to the control room?"
Orochimaru could merely look at him for a moment, but then he smiled, leaning down once more to catch Sasuke's lips in a powerful kiss, forcing his tongue into the other's mouth and crushing the child's lips against his. Sasuke immediately responded, becoming faster to do so and with more heated experience. They were both gasping for air when they pulled away, their chests pressed against each other. Orochimaru gave a small smirk, brushing his lips against Sasuke's again.
"That… I would enjoy." He climbed up off of Sasuke and walked over to a large closet. "I will change."
Sasuke watched him shamelessly as he changed, taking in everything about the snake master – every curve and every measurement – he didn't have enough human sense to have shame.
"Sasuke." Sasuke had looked up to meet Orochimaru's eyes even before the snake had begun to turn. Orochimaru smirked. "Come, my slave."
Wordlessly, the humanoid slipped off of the chair and glided to Orochimaru, stopping at his side. The snake began walking, and Sasuke followed him, keeping at his heel and silent.
Like a shadow.
End Battle Six – Shadow
Ow. My brain hurts. –rubs brain-
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