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The Sinister Six
Chapter 6 Sakura Gets Serious
Orochimaru and Kabuto were in the secret chamber in his lair.
"This couldn't be going more perfect Kabuto; apparently Mizu has gone to Wave country, we can officially say another seal is as good as broken, Zetsumei will be one step closer to being reawakened." Said Orochimaru
"Are we sure about this? She may be a flake but she is still a Six." Said Kabuto
"Yes she is, but she is also the worst fighter, she was an information gatherer, she got information that could not be obtained simply by spying."
"But still it could take years for them all to die, we got lucky with Hinote, and there is no guarantee that Mizu will die, your current body will not last much longer."
"Don't worry; I have a backup plan, Sasuke's Sharingan makes him the perfect candidate."
"But should we even be here? Kaosu has the Byakugan; he could easily find us here and destroy us."
"Relax; this room is specially designed so nothing can see in here nothing can find us here."
"I wouldn't say that so soon Orochimaru." Called a voice. Orochimaru grew paler. (A/N is that even possible.) A beetle flew down from the ceiling and landed on the table, a shot of lightning came off of it and formed into Ikazuchi. "Now what do we have here, a secret room?" Ikazuchi walked over to the coffin with the seals. "I never thought I would ever be in his presence again, damn bastard." He kicked the coffin. He turned back toward Orochimaru and Kabuto, his gold eyes blazing. "So you revived us just so we could die, that's not very nice." He inched closer. "I could kill you right now, you plan on betraying us, but that's not why I'm mad. I'm mad because I was the one who was supposed to kill Hinote."
"My, my, jealous of me." Laughed Orochimaru, in that instance he found himself being held by the throat by Ikazuchi even though he appeared to still be standing five feet away from them.
"Replication!" said Kabuto in shock. "I didn't even see a seal." Ikazuchi laughed.
"Not exactly." Said Ikazuchi as the image disappeared, but instead of the normal poof it just faded out of existence. "That was my Swift Shadow; remember each member of the Six represents a different element, fire, wind, water, earth, lightning and chaos. I am lightning, so I can move faster than the human eye can register, even a ninja with a fully developed Sharingan can only just barely make out my movements. So I moved so fast that an image of me stayed behind. That's what has led some people to the notion that I use jutsus without hand seals. Now." His chain snaked up and the spiked part was pointed to Orochimaru's throat, electricity cackling. "What to do with you?"
"Wait, maybe we can reach an agreement." Said Orochimaru.
"An agreement? What could I want from you?" Ikazuchi seemed to ponder for a minute. "I remember reading in the records that you are one of the legendary Sannin, therefore you probably know many jutsus; jutsus that did not exist in my day."
"So you want to know all I know?"
"I want to know one in particular, Hinote's most powerful original jutsu, the one that rivals my Chidori, the only one of his moves I couldn't copy. I want to know Rasengan."
"Well unfortunately you're allied with the wrong Sannin; you'll have to talk with Jiraiya if you want to know that one." Ikazuchi got a look of pure rage on his face. He let go of Orochimaru.
"Damn it." He sighed. "But you do know many other techniques, you are still useful."
"And what do I get in return for teaching you?"
"How about your life?" he laughed. "No, you will have to be compensated." He walked over and sat on Zetsumei's coffin. "You know I was his favorite, I was the most like him, he taught me a lot of his techniques, which I have molded into my own style. I was the only one who knew about his Chakra Siphon bloodline, so it was no surprise when he betrayed us."
"What are you talking about? He had two bloodlines, he had the bone manipulation."
"You really don't know anything do you? He gained bone manipulation by killing someone with that bloodline."
"He could absorb bloodlines as well?" said Orochimaru in surprise.
"You still haven't figured it out have you? The Sinister Six was created for the sole purpose that we would be absorbed into him; it was no coincidence that four of us had bloodlines, he wanted our power. It took the six of us in full demon form two days to weaken him enough to seal him. He was the only one capable of killing us without shattering our seals."
"How?"
"His scythe, Soul Render, a scythe made from his bones and enhanced with his unholy power. He was the only being I ever feared, and that is why I respected him."
"He was truly that powerful!"
"He was, and that is why you should abandon your endeavor, you could never hope to control him, you can't control death incarnate."
"What do you mean death incarnate?" Ikazuchi laughed.
"You really have no idea what you're up against; do you even know what he was?" Orochimaru shook his head. "He was no demon, he was greater. He was an avatar. Do what that is?" Orochimaru actually looked scared.
"The powers of a god incarnate in a living being, so Zetsumei was the incarnate of Shinigami the death god."
"At least you could figure it out on your own." He got up. "Well I shall see you tomorrow, Orochimaru-sensei." He smirked and disappeared in a flash.
Hokage Tower
Tsunade was sitting behind her desk working. She suddenly got up and ran into the bathroom. She came out a few minutes later holding her stomach.
"I can't take this much longer." She sighed. "Getting sick everyday sucks, and I can't even relax by drinking sake." She walked to the door. "Shizune I'm going to get some air for a moment, can you take care of some of this?"
"Yes Lady Tsunade." Said Shizune. Tsunade walked into the garden. She breathed deeply.
"It feels good to get some fresh air." She put her hands on her stomach, it was already swelling. "Only a month has gone by and I'm already showing. It's a good thing we checked or else I would think there were two of you." she walked over to Hinote's grave and sat down next to it. "You know this is your fault you know, if you hadn't knocked me up I wouldn't be in this situation. But your arms were so strong, and you were so warm." She sat back and sighed dreamily with a slight blush on her face. She giggled. "Can't keep talking like that or they'll start thinking I'm perverted. But still you were a great lover." Her blush deepened.
"Hey you can't stop talking that was great research material." Called a voice from the bushes. Tsunade put her hand on her forehead and sighed.
"No it can't be, I don't have time for him now." She said annoyed.
"But how can you not? For it is I the one who strikes fear into his enemies and awe in his allies." There was a puff of smoke and there was a giant toad with a white haired man standing on top. "For I am the legendary toad Sannin Jiraiya." He looked to see Tsunade ignoring him completely. The toad disappeared, and he walked up to her. "Well I must say you're looking bustier than usual." He braced himself to be hit but it didn't come. "What the, usually you hit me if I say something like that."
"Oh sorry." She stood up and punched him in the stomach and he flew back a foot or two.
"That's odd, such a weak punch from you."
"Doctor's orders, I can't strain myself, it might hurt the baby." She put her hand on her stomach.
"Oh I see⦠Wait you're pregnant! Well where's the lucky man that finally tamed you?" Tsunade's eyes saddened and she pointed to the stone. Jiraiya walked over and looked at the stone. "Tsunade, I'm sorry, I guess I missed a lot while I was out doing my research. But I have one question is this the Uzumaki Hinote, the fire of the Six, the vessel of Kyuubi's father, the one who was Hokage before the title even existed?"
"Yeah I guess he was all that, but to me he'll just be Hinote, the father of my child and guardian of this village." she walked up beside him. "Come on, I guess I should fill you in on all that's happened since you've been gone." And they both walked back into the tower.
With Naruto finally
Team seven and Tazuna were walking along the path, Kakashi and Naruto in front, Tazuna in the middle, and Sasuke and Sakura following from behind.
"So." said Kakashi. "Why exactly did you need ninja to protect you?"
"I'm an old man, I just need someone to keep bandits from taking advantage of me." Said Tazuna. Kakashi nodded.
"Hey, what's so important about this bridge anyway?" asked Naruto
"The Land of Waves is an island nation, our economy is controlled by shipping, and this bridge will boost our economy greatly." Sasuke and Sakura had barely spoken since their embarrassing moment out side Leaf Village. Although she appeared to be calm on the outside, Sakura's insides were in turmoil.
He actually said I looked beautiful, I wasn't sure if cutting my hair would be a good thing, but Sasuke likes it, thank you Tatsumaki sensei. Thought Sakura.
Flashback
Sakura walked into the field, Tatsumaki was already there.
"So you actually showed up, I was beginning to think you wouldn't, you know fraternizing with the enemy can be considered betrayal." Said Tatsumaki sarcastically.
"I don't think you're an enemy, an enemy wouldn't bother training me, and they would just kill me." Said Sakura
"Ahh you are right about that, now let's get to work." She got off the log she was sitting on, she pulled a hair tie from her kimono and pulled her hair back into a ponytail. She grabbed another hair tie and handed it to Sakura. "Here, I find hair gets in the way of fighting, especially in agility." Sakura took it and tied her hair back as well. "Hmm, your hair is still a little long you'll have to cut it." Sakura backed away holding her ponytail protectively.
"Not my hair, Sasuke likes long hair; if I cut it he won't notice me anymore." She said fearfully. Tatsumaki smiled slightly.
"Sasuke huh? Sounds like a special boy, what's he like?" Sakura got sparkles in her eyes.
"Oh he's wonderful, he's got this gorgeous face and spiky black hair and onyx eyes; he's also the top ninja in our class, he's so cool and strong." She gave a dreamy sigh.
"You know I think I met him, was he the boy Ikazuchi assaulted with Tsukuyomi?"
"Yes he was; then you must be the one who healed him." She suddenly stepped forward and hugged her. "Thank you."
"Well you defiantly have good taste, I take it you must be close." Sakura's gripped slackened.
"Actually no, I think he thinks I'm a nuisance since I'm so weak."
"Well that's why you're here, so let's get you stronger and he'll have to notice you."
"Thank you so much."
"Okay then let's get started." She undid the tie to her kimono and slid it off. Underneath she was wearing a blue and gray battle suit. (A/N To those who watch Inuyasha, think Sango's battle suit, but gray where it's black and blue where it's pink.) She stretched. "It feels good to be out of there, I hate that thing."
"Then why do you where it?"
"Well hate is an exaggeration, but it's the only clothing I can wear my suit under and get off in a hurry if need be, and I wouldn't have cared before I joined the Six, but that kimono really constricts my back."
"But it's so loose fitting." Sakura asked confused.
"Why don't you tell them that." she turned around and Sakura gasped, sticking from Tatsumaki's back were small white wings, about a foot and a half in length. "These mark me as the vessel of Tori, we all have something that marks us; you must have noticed the whisker marks on Hinote's cheeks, they symbolized the fox inside of him." The wings moved as she stretched them. "But enough about my anatomy it's for your training, and I'm a strict teacher." Sakura gulped and took a fighting stance.
End Flashback
She really did give me a hard time, but I'm stronger for it. She looked over at Sasuke. Maybe now he'll like me. They continued walking along but they heard a girl scream.
"It came from over there." Said Naruto, and he ran off.
"Wait Naruto we're supposed to stay together." Yelled Kakashi, they all ran after him. They ran to a clearing where they saw a woman being threatened by a large group of men.
"Help me!" screamed the woman.
"Don't worry I'll help you." Naruto ran forward and made a hand seal. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" (Shadow Replication Technique) Several clones of Naruto ran forward to the group of men. In only a matter of seconds Naruto had knocked out all the men. "All right, no one can stand up to the next Hokage. Believe it!" the clones disappeared in smoke puffs. He walked over to the woman "Are you alright?"
"Oh yes thank you so much." The woman reached out and hugged Naruto tightly causing him to blush.
"Why don't women ever hug me like that?" sighed Kakashi
"Because you're a pervert." Said Sasuke.
"Now for your reward little boy." And she kissed him on the cheek, he blushed more. "Well aren't you cute, do you want another kiss?"
"No that's okay." Naruto tried to break the hug but the woman was much stronger than he thought. "Hey let go of me!"
"Boys, they always fall for the damsel in distress routine." She smirked evilly, she opened her mouth and revealed fangs and she bit Naruto on the neck, he screamed in pain.
"Naruto!" yelled Sasuke, he ran forward but to his shock all the men who were knocked out stood up, this time he noticed that there eyes were blank, and had a strange symbol on their necks. "Damn, how did we fall into a trap so easily?" He looked to see that the woman had let go of Naruto who was just standing there.
"Sakura, stay with Tazuna, our goal is to protect him." Said Kakashi, Sakura nodded and stood in front of Tazuna. Kakashi walked to join Sasuke. "Who are you and what do you want with Naruto?" The woman walked toward them, the men cleared a path for her and bowed.
"Who am I, I am the mistress whose name literally means water, I am the face that men have died over, I am the Lily Viper of the Hidden Mist." A puff of smoke surrounded her and cleared to reveal a beautiful woman in a revealing blue kimono with attractive ocean blue eyes and waist length blue-black hair. "I am Mizu the Shimmering Seductress, and as to what I want from Naruto is none of your concern, is that not right Naruto." Naruto turned to face the group, his eyes were blank and the mark was on his neck.
"Yes Lady Mizu, you are always right, believe it." Said Naruto in a monotone voice.
"What did you do to him?" yelled Sasuke
"I do not know why you are so upset, all I did was give him my love bite; it is not my fault that my bite also activates the Unagi no Juin." (Cursed Seal of Unagi) she laughed innocently. "It makes him my little plaything, which all of you are about to become, well except the girl and the old man."
"You really think you'll get close enough to bite our necks? Not a chance."
"Well aren't you a feisty little boy, I think I will have fun with you. You see you misunderstand me; I will not need to get close to mark you, for you will come to me."
"I don't think so." he made several hand signs. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" (Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique) Sasuke inhaled deeply and was about to fire.
"Sasuke stop." Said Kakashi, Sasuke stopped but coughed up smoke from stopping his fire.
"Why?"
"Naruto's standing right next to her, and there are all the other people too, you'll hit them all."
"Ooh are you not the smart little man, and I bet you are handsome under the mask, I can not wait anymore I must have you now." She made hand signs. "Keisei no Eika." (Song of the Siren) Mizu began to sing in a strange echoing melody. Sasuke and Kakashi suddenly started walking toward Mizu.
"Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei what are you doing?" she looked beside her and saw Tazuna walking forward as well. "Mr. Tazuna stop." She ran in front of him and saw that his eyes were glazed over. "He can't stop, but why am I not affected." She looked to see Kakashi and Sasuke standing right in front of Mizu. "I have to help them." She ran to them but stopped. "But I have to keep Tazuna away from her." She ran back to him. "Sorry, but this is for your own good." And she reached up and chopped him on the neck knocking him out. The singing stopped and she heard screams of pain, she turned to see Mizu biting Sasuke on the neck and before Kakashi could snap out of the trance Mizu bit him on the neck as well. They both stood still for a moment but then bowed.
"Our Lady." They both said. Mizu laughed haughtily
"My, my I have so many admirers, servant boys." Four men carrying a throne made of ice came forward, they leaned down and Mizu sat on it. "Okay boys back to the castle." They lifted her up and started walking away the crowd of men along with Sasuke, Kakashi and Naruto followed suit.
"Hey give me back my friends!" yelled Sakura, but Mizu ignored her. "Hey you hag, I said give me back my friends!"
"Stop, and turn me around." The carriers turned Mizu to face Sakura. "What did you call me?"
"You heard me you ugly old hag!"
"No one calls me ugly and gets away with it, if you were worth my time I would dispatch you myself, but I guess some of my men will have to do, and while it would be fun to have you dispatched by your friends I have not had the chance to have fun with them, so I will use someone else." She clapped her hands. "Oh Zabuza." A man jumped down from the trees with a large sword on his back, he walked over to Mizu.
"What do you wish my Lady?" said the man called Zabuza
"Take care of this trash." She waved her hand toward Sakura, and the men carried her away.
"Yes my Lady." Zabuza turned toward Sakura. "My Lady wishes you to be disposed of, and so I will fulfill her wish." He pulled the sword from his back and charged, Sakura jumped out of the way.
"He's strong, but I have to be careful about hurting him since he's being controlled by Mizu." Said Sakura. She looked to see he standing very close to Tazuna. "I have to keep him from Tazuna. Hey big guy over here."
"Die!" he charged with sword raised. Sakura bit her thumb and drew blood, she spread it on her hand and made several hand seals.
"Kuchiyose: Kaze no Buin!" (Summoning: Staff of the Wind) an ornate wooden staff with feather engravings appeared in her hands, when the sword hit the staff it was repelled by an aura of wind. The man was thrown back a few feet.
"What the? My sword should have splintered your staff."
"The Kaze no Buin is both defensive and offensive, any threat that comes in contact with it is repelled, the longer it stays in contact with the staff the fiercer the wind becomes." But it is a huge drain on chakra. She thought.
"Then I'll cut through your staff." He charged and slammed down his sword, the staff brought out the wind aura, but this time he was expecting it and he held fast, the wind grew fiercer. But he kept plowing forward.
"I can't take this much longer." Whined Sakura. Suddenly Zabuza stopped and fell backwards. "What the?" she walked over to him, two needles sticking from his neck. "Senbon, but who threw them?" she felt someone land near her, she looked to see a person in a hunter Nin mask. The figure walked toward the fallen Zabuza.
"I'm sorry Zabuza, but it was the only way to stop you." said a feminine voice sadly. The figure leaned down and took the senbon out of his neck. "But you should be fine in a day or so." the figure turned toward Sakura. "So the ones close to you have been taken by her as well."
"Who are you?"
"My name is Haku, this man here is my sensei, and he was taken in by Mizu's song along with all of Gatao's men." The ninja reached up and took of the mask revealing a feminine face. "What I can't understand is why I was not affected by her song."
"It's not that hard to figure out; her song only affects men so it wouldn't affect us."
"What are you talking about?" said the ninja with a confused look.
"Well her song doesn't work on girls like us." The ninja sighed
"Every time, why do they always think I'm a girl?"
"Huh?"
"Let me spell it out for you, I AM A BOY."
"What? But you're prettier than Me." The looked flustered.
"I don't know whether I should be flattered or disgusted, but anyway why are you a Leaf ninja here?"
"We were assigned to protect him." She pointed to Tazuna.
"Is that the bridge builder Tazuna?"
"Yes, why?"
"He was the man Zabuza and I were hired to assassinate." He noticed Sakura's shocked face. He held up his hand to stop her outburst. "You need not worry, the man who hired us was killed by Mizu, so we no longer have any reason to harm him." He sighed. "So what do we do now?"
"Well my job first is to make sure Tazuna is safe, so I'll have to get him to his village."
"Not a good idea, the village has been abandoned, but there is a safe house for all the woman and children, we can take Tazuna and Zabuza there."
"Is that wise what if Zabuza woke up?"
"He won't, I hit him just right to put him in a coma like state, he won't wake up for a while, well let's go." Haku picked up Zabuza, Sakura walked over and picked up Tazuna. "Follow me." And the started jumping through the trees, after traveling for a few minutes the arrived at a large lodge like house. Haku knocked on the door. A small slot opened.
"What's the password?" said a woman's voice, Haku sighed.
"Mizu is a bitch." Sakura couldn't help but laugh.
"You're damn right she is." The door opened and Haku and Sakura walked inside. In the lodge were many women and children.
"Grandfather!" A young boy ran to Sakura. "What did you do to my grandfather?"
"I'm sorry but it was the only way to keep him from Mizu." Said Sakura.
"Oh if that's what you were doing, then alright."
"Hey kunoichi, you can bring Tazuna over here." Called Haku, she carried Tazuna over and set him on a mat next to Zabuza.
"You know I do have a name." said Sakura
"I'm sure you do, but you never told me it." Sakura blushed from embarrassment.
"My name Sakura, Haruno Sakura."
"Pretty name, as I said I am Haku, this is my sensei Momichi Zabuza." Haku sighed. "So what now?"
"I guess we go after Mizu."
"Easier said than done."
"Well it can't be that hard, I did some research, and they all say Mizu was a flake who could barely fight. The weakest of the Six."
"So they've all returned, but you are wrong, the records you found all refer to after she joined the Six, which I would expect since you are from a different village, but the fact of the matter is all of the Six were legends in their own right, even before they joined the Six with the exception of Tatsumaki, the reason Mizu is portrayed as weak is any who saw her true strength were eliminated. But to those who know her true strength know better, she was the Lilly Viper of the Hidden Mist, a top assassin."
"So then what do we do, maybe if we work together we can take her, you seem to be a good strategist."
"Please it would take either a really powerful jounin or a member of the Six themselves to beat her."
"Actually, I studied under two of the Six." Haku's eyes widened.
"What?"
"Hinote left the Six to protect our village and he trained all the gennin, and I am Tatsumaki's personal apprentice." Haku got a smirk on his face.
"Maybe we can do this; do you now how to water walk?" Sakura nodded. "Good cause we're defiantly going to get wet."
"Well then what are we waiting for let's skin this eel."
"This isn't some sparring match; you're going to have to serious." Sakura undid the tie on her kimono, underneath was a battle suit like Tatsumaki's but red and pink. (A/N once again Sango's suit but red where black and the pink is the same.) A white circle on the back and sash. Curiously there were two patches near her shoulders where her skin was exposed. She pulled out a hair tie and pulled her hair back into a ponytail.
"Well then let's get serious." She said with a smirk.
Finally I finished this chapter; it was so hard in the beginning, so much info in this chapter, Zetsumei's identity revealed, and more evil plotiness from Ikazuchi; and Mizu is actually more powerful than we were led to believe. Oh I need some opinions on some things. I had announced the pairings last chapter; most of the pairings will stay the same but the Sasuke/Sakura pairing I'm unsure of, because I love Haku/Sakura. Actually I was thinking maybe a triangle or even a square with another Oc I have planned for the Chunin exams. Which is another question I wanted to ask, for the Chunin exam the Six organize a team with Orochimaru, should I have this team and the Dosu/Kin/Zaku team or just the Six team, if you want to know the team I'll tell you in a review reply. Well that's enough ranting, next time it's the world's biggest cat fight as Sakura face Mizu. See you next time.
