YAY!!! This is my favorite chapter!!! And i tried to make this one a bit longer and i did. but its not going to be REALLY long tho. it would spoil what is comming up in the next chapter!!! anyways, i hope you enjoy it!!! I'm still taking ideas!!!
Chapter 7- The Mangekyou Sharigan
Sakura grinned as she looked at Sasuke intently. He had a deep look in his eyes as he stared at Orochimaru with a look of hatred. All three of them were silent as Orochimaru and Sasuke stood a ways from each other, waiting for someone to make a move, as Sakura stared at them as well with a grin for she knew who was going to win this fight, or so she thought she did.
She shifted herself slightly and looked down at the ropes binding her hoping to loosen them. Orochimaru turned his head slightly and glanced at her.
"Be patient Sakura. There's no reason to rush things."
Sasuke growled slightly and spoke to Orochimaru in a low tone. "Just let her go. This is between you and me, leave her out of it."
Orochimaru turned his attention back to Sasuke as he chuckled under his breath. "Oh, I believe it is between Sakura and I aswell for she has done what I had told her not too." He turned around and spuated beside her, cupping her chin, as she threw him a glare and scowled at him. "I told her to stay away from you Sasuke, but you led her into danger. So now she will bear the punishment that I have warned her about."
Sakura gasped as her eyes widened with fear and shock. She remembers clearly what he had warned her about and being killed by Sasuke was the last thing she ever wanted to know happen. "No!" she whispered silently.
In hearing the fear in her voice, Orochimaru grinned and then stood back up, staying next to the fear shocked Sakura, and looking over at Sasuke. "Oh, yes. So you do remember. That's good." he said , chuckling evily.
"No! No, I won't let you!" she screamed with her eyes shut and shaking her head.
With one last deadly chuckly, he spoke. "It's too late."
Fear filled eyes shot open as they glanced at the demond beside her then quickly to the confused and angry Sasuke. "I can't let him!" "Sasuke! Get out of here! Run!"
His expression changed as he finally realized what Orochimaru was doing. If he doesn't get away, then both him and his love will die. Turning around to run, he stoped in his tracks to see that Orochimaru was behind him. His head whipped around to see that Orochimaru was no longer next to Sakura, and it really was him that had appeared behind him.
"Damn it!" Sasuke thought. "He won't let me leace, which means I can't draw him away from here. Come on Neji, don't keep me waiting."
Peering throught the thick trees, Neji waited about a half a mile away, away from the sight and detection of the monster that was keeping his friends captive. The vains around his eyes buldged out from the activation of his byakugan.
"Just hold on Sasuke, it's not the right time yet."
Meanwhile, Kakashi and the rest of the nin were all mummering among each other. Sasuke and Neji had gone searching for Sakura about twenty minutes ago and thery haven't recieved any sign of them.
"Kakashi sensei! Why are we still waiting here?! We should be out there helping them!" Naruto bursted out as he stoped his pacing.
A few of the chuunin stading around turned to Naruto when hearing his out burst. They agreed with what he sadi as they started mummbling amongst one another. "Yeah, he's right." "We shouldn't just stand around here." "What if something already happened to them?"
"Calm down everyone." said Gai sensei who stepped forward. All eyes turned to him as the panicing talking slowly quieted, awaiting Gai's response. "Okay. Your comrades are missing and we all need your cooperation to find them. Alright? Now, we need to split up into three groups of two that will consist of one jounin and one chuunin. The rest of you will wait here while we search the area."
Everyone turned to one another, passing glances and worried looks, but they understood and would listen to their sensei.
"Okay then, Lee, you will come with me." "Yes sir!"
"Naruto?" "Yes Kakashi sensei."
"Hinata, you up for it?" "Y-yes. I'm ready."
"Okay then. The rest of you will stay here. Understand?" They agreed silently as they nodded their heads. "Good." Gai turned to the other two jounin. "Let's go."
The sensei and the chuunin they chose to team with them seperated into their groups and headed quickly out in defferent directions.
Sasuke slowly backed away from Orochimaru who just watched him with an amused look.
"What's wrong Sasuke?" he said while chuckling. A deep growl of anger erupted in Sasuke's throught as he stoped and stood firmly infront of his enemy. A wide grin spread across his enemy's face as a glisten in Sasuke's eyes caught his attention. "Oh Sasuke, why go to those sercomstances?"
Sasuke's red eyes glared at Orochimaru with pure hatred and impatience. What was he waiting for? He had Sakura bound to a tree with no way to escape and if Sasuke tried to do anything about it, then he could kill either one of them in a moment. Orochimaru chuckled once again before speaking.
"Now, if you could just step aside, I can deel with young Sakura. Then it'll be our turn." He took a step forward and tried to walk around Sasuke before he was stoped when Sasuke stood in his path.
"Don't even think about it." he growled, the mangekyou in his eyes.
"Oh no, no, no..." Orochimaru said while shaking his head, the grin gone from his face. He looked up quickly and shot him a hard look. " you should know the mangekyou makes you vulnerable!" he yelled as Sasuke's eyes widened with anger and confusion. But before he knew what was going on, a sharp blow to the chest sent him flying backwards, then landing on the ground twenty feet away. He couldn't move, couldn't breathe. The wind was knocked right out of him.
"SASUKE!!!" yelled a petrified Sakura, who was unable to help the raven haired boy, laying just feet from her. She wanted to help. Wanted to cry, but what good would crying do? It wouldn't get them out of this mess now would it? She looked at her paralyzed love, laying on the ground before her, then up to the demond still standing where he was before, staring at the temperarily down Uchiha, expressionless. But, just like that, a grin, one of pure evil, appeared.
"No..." she thought, just before it happened.
Then, blood peircing screames filled the small moment of silence. She watched in horror as Sasuke, twisted and turned, cluching his head with sheer pain.
"NOOOO!!!" Sakura yelled through Sasuke's cries of pain. He was trying to control him again... and he was in pain, trying to fight it off... and she couldn't do anything about it, except watch. Tears filled her eyes. Crying wouldn't do anything... but it's all she could do. The warm tears quickly ran down her cheeks, soaking her face, and filling her with regret. Why did she have to get herself into this? By doing so, she didn't just put her life in danger, but Sasuke's aswell. Kakashi and Sasuke had it under control until she tried to help... and now she was regretting it... every moment. She whimpered from the crying and shut ther eyes as she shook her head violently for a moment. "I'm sorry Sasuke. I'm so sorry." she thought to herself. "This is all my fault..." She opened her eyes and shot a death glare at Orochimaru. "Why." she said in a low tone.
He looked at her with the hugest smile. Every moment of this, every moment of their pain... was amusing. "Why?" he asked, although he knew what she ment.
"Why are you doing this?!" she screamed through her tears. It didn't make sence. Why was he doing this? Was it to get Sasuke? To have her killed so she wouldn't get in the way of him again? Is it to kill them? The both of them? None of it made sence. She turned her head away and asked again. She couldn't look at that monster, no, not with what he is doing. " Why?" she asked again in a whisper. He didn't answer. It was silent. Wait...silent? Sasuke! Her head whipped around, her tears glistening, and saw Sasuke... still... quiet...almost lifeless from the way it looked. Now her tears wouldn't stop, not this time.
"Sasuke?" she whispered. "But what about...?" she thought, slowly looking up to where Orochimaru was standing, and to see him still there... but knelt down on the ground.
What happened?
He coughed and blood dripped form his mouth. Was he injured? Was it from trying to control Sasuke, putting to much strain on him? No. His back... he is bleeding. Who did it?
Sakura started thrashing against the strain of the ropes.
"Sakura?" She quickly stoped and looked up to see Neji, standing by the injured Orochimaru. He wasn't looking at her. Instead, he was looking down at the enemy, who was just moment ago threatening their lives. Now he is just barely holding himself up, with about a dozen of kunai and shuriken lodged in his back.
"How?" she whispered. Someone like him couldn't be taken down so easily.
"He should be down for a little bit." he said quietly as he turned towards Sakura and walked over to her. As he did, she looked down at the ground infront of her and spoke in a soft voice.
"I couldn't do anything Neji...nothing."
He stopped by her and removed the seels from the rope, causing it to become simple rope... simple and removable. The rope was untied and it uncoiled from around her and the tree, falling to the ground. She became limp, almost colapsing on the ground, but she held herself up while leaning back up against the tree. "What can I do? I let him down ...again." Her gaze slowly lifted until it found Sasuke, still on the ground with Neji beside him. "How?" she repeated once again.
His eyes flickered over to her then back to Sasuke. "I was in the trees watching you guys. I had come with Sasuke when he came looking for you. I told him that I would keep a distance, just in case."
"Why didn't you come sooner?!" she yelled. She was upset... so she never did bother to think why. Just seeing what she saw is still consuming her. The Hyuga stood and faced the shocked kunoichi, and continued to explain.
"Sakura. You know how Orochimaru is. If I would have tried an attack on him, then he could have easily avoided it, and found out I was here. I had to wait until he was off guard." Sakura looked down at the ground, still upset, but she understood.
"Kurenai sensei! I've spotted them!" Hinata called out as her and her sensei jumped though the trees of the packed forest.
" Great job Hinata. Where are they?"
"Northwest, n-not to far from us."
They were headed north and changed their direction, to help their comrades. Kurenai pulled out a small radio and called to the other two groups, telling them that they have found the missing nin and too meet them back at the practice fields, being confirmed that they were safe.
"Neji..." said the quiet pink haired girl. His silver eyes turned to her as she stared down at the body of the Uchiha. Each of them had taken a spot on the side of him as they had turned him on his back, still unconscience. "Orochimaru had mentioned something earlier. He said that it made Sasuke vulnerable. What was it? What did he mean by that?"
The vains around his eyes buldged out as he quickly stood, looking around the surrounding area.
"Neji?" she asked as she looked up at him worried.
"Someone is coming..." he said.
It was quiet, and she couldn't hear anything. Was someone really coming? Who would be? The question was answered as two figures jumped down from the trees.
"Neji!" said the happy sensei as she saw that they were there... alive. Her gaze turned to Orochimaru who lay on the ground, multiple weapons in his back. "Oh my... Neji..." she said with shock. The enemy that had been threatening the lives of many people, was wounded, and unable to flee... right before her. "How did you?" she asked. No one has been as close to catching him as now... not since the Third Hokage.
"It was because of Sasuke and Sakura. I used some poisoned kunai as well, to keep him down. He would have been gone if it wasn't for that."
"Well... we need to get the ANBU here to take him, and Sasuke... head back to the fields... everyone has been searching for you guys. Hinata, you go with them." Hinata nodded and turned to walk back with her comrades.
"But Sasuke..." said Sakura, unsure about leaving him. She didn't want to leave him. Not again.
"Come on... he'll be fine." Neji said calmly. He grabbed her arm and lightly pulled her, having her walk with them. She gave in as she turned to walk with th Hyuga's, leaving Sasuke.
"How did Orochimaru do that to him?" Sakura thought as she dragged along. "How was he able to do that to Sasuke? It caused him so much pain, pain that was unbearable. But he said that something caused him to become vulnerable. What?"
"It's the Mangekyou." Neji pointed out. that caught Sakura off guard, she didn't know what he ment. "You asked me earlier what Orochimaru said, that made Sasuke vulnerable. and that's what it is. It's the Mangekyou."
Emerald green eyes stared at him. "Does... does it have to do with the sharigan?"
His gaze stayed forward. "It is a different level of the sharigan. It is very powerful, and by having Sasuke activate it, it made sasuke vulnerable to Orochimaru. It takes alot of his power and concentration to keep it under control."
She didn't respond to it, instead looked at the ground, thinking. "Thankyou Neji." she finally responded. She was thankful. He had helped her, helped both of them, and because of that, she was alive. But Sasuke... that is something everyone has to wait for.
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WOOOOO!!!!!!!! That was my favorite chapter!!! i hope you liked that one!!!! and i did make it a bit longer... .
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