Chapter 6 "Brothers in battle!"
The rain was pouring down, while lightning hit the earth. Karin shouted hearing the thunder; she covered her ears and hid her head in her lap.
"When is this stupid storm going to stop?" She asked annoyed, hugging her knees and shaking slightly. "Finding shelter in a cave, this is no place for a girl!"
"Could you stop nagging, you were the one who brought us to the middle of nowhere!" Suigetsu said.
"Both of you shut up." Both Suigetsu and Karin stopped talking immediately when they heard Sasuke. He was leaning against the opening of the cave, looking how the rain washed the earth. Suigetsu looked at Karin for a mere second.
"Captain, not to sound rude, but … Are you moody?" Suigetsu dared to ask.
"No," he said, but it was obviously a yes. Suigetsu turned his head to Juugo.
"Why are we here anyway?" Suigetsu asked.
"The head of the research department has left the capital. We have to escort him back." Sasuke folded his arms as he closed his eyes.
"It does not sound like a mission a General is assigned to do," Karin stated.
"Who knows, this man is a highly educated and crazy scientist, however, he does possess a lot of information about the capital, "Sasuke said.
"So not only is the capital after him, but also the rebels?" Suigetsu suddenly understood where his captain was after.
"I am not sure, but the chances are big that they are looking for him too. He is a crazy man, so in order to get every bit of information out of him they would probably send a sharingan user," Sasuke said.
"So they would send him," Karin said.
"Indeed and when that time comes-" Sasuke did not finish his sentence as he pointed his finger to the sky, lighting coming from his fingers tops and connecting with the lightning in the sky, creating one entire bang in the sky. "- I strike." Sasuke smirked.
The now raven boy looked up at the sky as the lightning reflected in his blue eyes.
"Naruto?" Blue eyed boy did not respond to his name, he just thought about the lightning, it took a couple of seconds before the thunder sound was heard as well.
"Naruto." Finally he responded to his name. He smiled kindly, but it did not fool Jiraiya or Tsunade. They looked at each other before looking back at Naruto.
"Is that the entrance?" Naruto asked pointing at a hole.
"So it seems," Tsunade said and looked at Jiraiya, who nodded and let himself drop in the hole. Naruto followed him and so did Tsunade.
"It is a tunnel," Naruto muttered.
"No shit, blondie … Oh wait you are not blond anymore," Jiraiya said as he took the lead and sneaked through the tunnels, followed by Naruto and Tsunade. "These guards …. They are not human are they?" Jiraiya asked as he looked at a passing guard.
"No …. They do not seem human at all. Only looking at them I can see a lot of things off," Tsunade said.
"You think dad and his team have reached their position?" Naruto asked.
"I bet, we have to gamble on that." Tsunade said, seeing an opening between the guards and took her chance. She knocked both out and stood in front of a giant boulder.
"I sense something behind it," Naruto said. Tsunade nodded as she bended slightly through her knees and prepared her fist. She hit the boulder, breaking it in hundred pieces. They all ran in the room, standing in a fighting position as they examined the room with their eyes.
"What a pleasant surprise." An old man, wearing broken glasses turned around. He held a dead rat in one hand while the other was on the table.
"Tsunade the slug princes and Jiraiya, the toad-sannin. I admire you two so much!" He said and dropped the rat on the ground.
"Who is that?" he asked and looked at Naruto, who pulled up his mask a little more for safety.
"Who cares, we are here to bring you an offer!" Tsunade said. "Are you or are you not willing to join the rebels, we offer you protection from the capital in exchange for some inside information."
"Aah, it does sound like a great deal! But the thing is …. I have no interest in you rebels. You see, the capital has funded the ultimate weapon, and since I know what it is, I am the only one who is able to use it. I will be the ruler of the world!" Jiraiya dropped his guard and looked at the man.
"He does not seem like a treat, let's leave it like that then," Jiraiya said as he wanted to turn around, but his eyes caught Naruto who took his hoody of to get a better look at the man.
"How about giving us just some information?" Naruto said, the scientist raised his eyebrow.
"Blue eyes …. Those are rare, especially bright once like yours." He said, and sat down on the table, dripping a few scrolls.
"I want to have some inside information about the General known as Sasuke Uchiha," Naruto said.
"General Uchiha, aah he is an interesting one, I understand your lust for information for Capital's strongest, with those icy eyes and unique features. Hmmm, but what is there to know about him?"
"I want to know what made him become a General," Naruto said.
"Hnn, I believed he had the dying will to kill a certain someone. I am not sure who it was he wanted to kill,"
"I know he wants to kill a certain someone, but I want to know why!" Naruto snapped.
"Ooh I remember some guards talking about him that was before he became a General. He used to be just a kid who got imprisoned in one of the cruelest prisons in the capital. Always struggling I heard, you know when the guards have-" A lightning attack just passed the scientist, causing the man to fall from his table on the ground.
"Shut up," where the next words heard by the entrance. Naruto quickly put his hoody back on.
"G-general U-Uchiha!" The scientist stuttered as he got up. Sasuke's eyes scanned the room, no sign from Itachi. It seemed he had predicted his move wrong.
"It seems you have a great time, gossiping about me." Sasuke said, cracking his fingers. The raven drifted his eyes to the two sannins. "Well what do we have here? Two legendary shinobis. I should feel honored. I am not here to fight you, I am just a simple baby sitter, getting the baby back to his home," Sasuke said, raising his hands as a sign he did not mean any harm, but it felt more mocking than it felt real.
"Shut the attitude boy!" Tsunade shouted.
"P-protect me, and I will tell you everything I know!" The scientist shouted. Both Jiraiya and Tsunade went to take a stand.
"You have heard him, he is ours now," Jiraiya said.
"Well … Just when I thought I could settle this nicely. Suigetsu, Juugo, Karin … We are leaving." Sasuke said as he turned his back towards them in order to walk away.
"What?!" Jiraiya seemed surprise.
"I am not crazy to go against two of the legendary sannins. I have no interests in you, neither am I assigned to take you out. My mission was to bring that crazy man back to the capital, but even I have to come up with second solutions when the first one seems to be impossible."
"You do not seem like the type that just gives up," Tsunade said, not believing a word of what he said. Sasuke stopped walking and turned his head around to look at Tsunade
"I am not," Sasuke said, a small grin appearing on his face. Tsunade frowned and punched the ground, creating a giant hole. Sasuke jumped away and appeared behind her, kicking her straight in the stomach. Tsunade fell through a wall, but got up, breaking a pillar and trying to hit Sasuke with it. The Uchiha jumped away just in time. The ground started shaking.
"THIS THING IS GOING TO COLLAPSE!" Jiraiya shouted.
"See you on the other side," Sasuke said as he summoned a snaked, helping him and his team with the escape.
"THIS WAY!" Tsunade shouted as she broke one more wall to the outside. Naruto grabbed the scientist and drag him with him. Naruto was panting as he looked around him, both Tsunade and Jiraiya were panting too.
"Are you alright!" Minato's team showed up, consisting of Shisui and Itachi.
"Itachi-nii, you must get out of here!" Naruto said. "Sasuke, he is near. There is no telling when he-" A snake appeared right in front of them, and on top it was the young Uchiha who directly looked at Itachi.
"It is my lucky day," he said as he jumped off the snake, which then disappeared. "Let's play aniki!" Sasuke said as he directly attacked Itachi. It all seemed to go so fast, it was as if the only thing Itachi's brain managed to progress is getting attacked by someone, and someone strong. His eyes automatically turned into his Mangekyou Sharingan that literally punched the General. Sasuke flew in the air and hit the ground in a painful way. He gasped for air, as blood appeared from the corner of his mouth. Itachi seemed shocked by its own reflex.
"Otouto.." He whispered.
"Captain!" His team shouted, it seemed to have triggered something since both Suigetsu and Juugo suddenly went full out, attacking everything which even got closer to their captain, including Itachi.
"S-stop…" Sasuke started coughing, his nails scratched on the ground, breaking and bleeding as a result.
"Captain!" Karin directly kneeled next to Sasuke. "Bite!" She exclaimed as Sasuke bit her wrist. Charka flew inside of him, healing the inner damage.
"STOP THAT GIRL!" Minato shouted. Tsunade ran towards them, jumping over Suigetsu and making several hand seals, as she activated the seal on her forehead. She clenched a fist, ready to kick in and stop Karin from healing Sasuke any further, but it was already too late. A blade literally cut her from her stomach until her neck. She cried in pain before jumping backwards.
"When did he?" She looked up as the wound healed on its own. Sasuke was standing in front of the redhead. His eyes were dark as he wiped some blood of his chin.
"Captain, you are not completely healed yet … Let me heal you further!" Karin said.
"No …. I am sick of waiting…" Sasuke hissed as he grabbed the Tsuka of his blade. He walked towards the fight, ignoring both medical ninja's on the ground.
"Suigetsu, Juugo … back off!" The Raven's demanded and both stopped directly before jumping a safe distance.
"Captain you are fine!" Suigetsu exclaimed in joy.
"Minato." Sasuke said and stopped walking. "You have annoyed me far too much," he said. "I will give you a choice, either give me Itachi or die with him."
"I guess you have your answer, we never betray our comrades," Jiraiya said.
"Funny … How the leader of the rebels wanted to kill him last time we met." Sasuke said.
"We are nothing like you capital bast-" Sasuke pulled his katana out as he cut right through Jiraiya's abdomen. He casually passed him as a thin line of blood dripped off his katana. Jiraiya cried in pain before dropping on his knees.
"- I lost my patience," Sasuke said, not even looking behind him.
"That balde…" Naruto whispered sensing a great sensation in it; he just could not explain what he felt. There was a thin line of black chakra surrounding it.
"I vowed, I will kill you with this blade, and so we see…" Sasuke whispered and looked at Itachi.
"Mom said never to use that blade, you don't have to be like this … Put it away," Itachi said. He seemed troubled.
"Mom said that because she was too weak to use it herself. I will show you how this blade is used!" Sasuke said as the black chakra appeared around him. Weird black patron appeared around his body and it seems to come from his neck. His eyes turned into the mangeyou sharingan as his canins were sharper and sticking slightly out like a cat. He directly started attacking; he jumped over Minato straight towards Itachi. It seemed he did not even try to show interest in anyone else.
Itachi jumped away, trying to catch his breath before dodging the other attacks. He had no idea what he was dealing with. The new awakened power was something Itachi only heard few times from his mother; never did he know he would face something using that demonic sword. Sasuke was breathing heavily, he fell through one knee, but he tried supporting himself with his blade.
Itachi's narrowed his eyes, this new power might be powerful and it would only be a matter of time before Sasuke would surpass Itachi in every aspect, but for now it seemed Sasuke was facing difficulties remaining in his state. It was tiring and for now it was the only opening visible. Itachi took his chance and attacked. Sasuke defended himself and managed to attack back, so Itachi was force to keep a distance. The general looked at his brother, who seemed to be getting exhausted from the usage of his eyes. He smiled and started laughing, causing Itachi to look up at his little brother.
"Neh, Nii-san … Isn't this funny?" He started laughing innocently. "Never have I seen you look like that before … How time changes things." Sasuke said. He jumped straight towards Itachi, but got hit on the side causing him to roll on the ground. His uniform was filled with dirt. He remained lying like that for a few seconds. He raised himself from the ground, as his facial expression darkened.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke hissed wiping some dust off his sleeve, seeing the scientist standing a few meters on Itachi's right. He was the one who laid a surprised attack on the general. The man looked scared, but it was as if he was gathering his guts.
"General Uchiha …. Itachi from the sharingan. I am not longer going along with everything the capital wants, neither am I going to join the rebels who stand for good in their eyes." The man said, grabbing a test tube and started drinking the substance in it. He started coughing and fell through his knees, screaming and crying from pain as he started growing, ripping off his clothes and turning into one giant human. His skin was ripped apart, showing the muscles without any blood.
"Nobody is going to question this?!" Suigetsu looked scared.
"We should have kept our eyes on him!" Karin screamed. The man hit the ground, creating an earthquake. Trees and rocks were falling from everywhere. Itachi jumped away and to protect his face with his arms, but as a result the giant arm grope him. He looked troubled, as he was held close to the monsters face.
" ITACHI!"
"Don't worry about me! Get away!" Itachi shouted at the remaining rebels. He tried to get out of the grip, but the hand tightened around him, squeezing his organs which caused him to yelp in pain.
"Amaterasu…" Black flames appeared around the monster's arm. It fell off. The sound of a blade cutting flesh was heard, and before Itachi knew the fingers let go of him and he got pushed away. He fell straight into the arms of Shisui who managed to catch him. Sasuke landed not too far from them, his one hand covering his bleeding eye as he was panting. The black mark on his skin disappeared, just like the sharp canines and dark chakra around his blade.
" RETREAT! ALL OF YOU GO!" Sasuke shouted as he turned his head around to look at his rookies.
"You … Saved me, otouto.." Itachi jumped off Shisui's arms as he looked at his little brother, blood dripping on the floor. The General looked at Itachi with his right eye. There was a small spark visible and for a moment Itachi felt like he saw his old little brother, but soon enough the eye narrowed and looked away.
"I am going to be the one that kills you, not Minato, not Orochimaru and even not this monster." Sasuke put his blade back in its case, pulling out both hidden blades up his sleeve. The monster slammed is other fist on the ground, trying to hit the General who dodged them.
"What is this thing?" Itachi exclaimed.
"I don't know!" Sasuke shouted back so Itachi could hear him
"How do you mean you don't know! Aren't Generals supposed to know everything!" Itachi said.
"…. I … I don't pay much attention to these kinds of matters!"
"…. Well ... This is how I remembered you," Itachi smiled kindly as he looked at Sasuke, who kept his eyes at the monster. As the monster tried to hit him, he jumped on his fist, ran up his arms. His blades cut deep in its flash before jumping off it. Both Uchiha's repeated these movements, going so fast they could be barley seen by the naked eye. Both jumped away, standing next to each other. Sasuke looked at Itachi from the corner of his eye before turning his head to see the monster taking back the form of the scientist. Sasuke pushed both blood filled blades on the ground as he approached the man.
The scientist was directly met by the fearsome Sharingan, he wanted to get away put Sasuke put his boot centimeters before the man's throat. Yet another hidden blade appeared that almost put an end to the life of the scientist.
"You …. " The General said, his voice sounding dark. The scientist panicked, begging for merci as his had reached for something. Sasuke looked suspicious, seeing suddenly explosions hanging around the scientist belt.
"TAKE COVER!" The General shouted, but it was too late. The explosions went off.
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