And once again it's been to long since I last updated. But anyway here's the next chapter! Sorry if they're out of character. I just can not seem to write Orochimaru and Kabuto in character. Please review.
I do not own Naruto.
Kabuto ran down the hallway still thinking about Sora and how odd she acted. 'Maybe it was all in my head?' he thought to himself as he careened around yet another corner and into the kitchen where the two remaining sannin where located. Tsunadae turned and looked at the panting medic.
"What's wrong?" she asked looking slightly concerned as Jiraiya pushed of the counter he was leaning on. Kabuto sighed softly and frowned.
"Orochimaru-sama's gone missing...again." he said softly worry seeping into his tone. Jiraiya looked worriedly at Tsunade. "We'll need to start searching for him." Jiraiya said softly looking at the others. Kabuto nodded and look towards the ground in thought.
"I'll go north and look around the cliffs and forest." he said looking at Jiraiya and Tsunade. "Okay then I'll go west along the caves." Tsunade said smiling a little. "I'll go to the east side of the forest and cliffs." Jiraiya said shortly looking at the others. "And we meet at the gates of the village in three hours." Kabuto said smiling a little. The other two nodded and they all ran from the kitchen to start the search. Never seeing the shadowy figure standing just outside the door.
Kabuto sighed softly as he made his way thought the thick underbrush. 'Where could you be?' he though worriedly as he walked. He spun around when he heard a twig snap behind him. Narrowing his eyes Kabuto pulled a kunai from his pouch and made his way back towards the area where he heard the sound. The bush began to rustle and then a squirrel jumped out and ran off. Kabuto sighed and laughed a little.
"Just a squirrel, I must be jumpy." he said smiling a little as he continued on his way stopping once again when he heard a twig snap behind him. 'Another squirrel?' he thought turning around only to let out a gasp of horror.
"That is no squirrel." he said weakly as the beast growled at him. Kabuto spun on his heel and took of running for all he was worth.
"Orochimaru!" Jiraiya shouted for the umpteenth time as he walked along the cliffs edge. Looking towards the water he sighed a little. 'Somethings not right with this. ' he thought frowning. 'That girl, Sora, I wonder..' his thoughts got cut off when he heard a loud cry of fear from further down the coast.
His eyes widened and he ran back towards the sound.
"Kabuto!"
Orochimaru groaned as his eyes fluttered open. "Where am I?" he murmured quietly as he looked around himself, quickly noting that he was tied to a tree and by the cliffs. His eyes narrowed as he remembered being attacked the night before and being drug from his rooms. "I wonder if the others are okay," he whispered looking up when he heard a loud cry and gasping at what he saw.
Kabuto ran as fast as he could, twigs snapping and thorns tearing at his clothing. His breaths coming in ragged, panicked pants as he stumbled to a stop at a cross roads. 'Which way will keep me safe' he thought terror clawing at his every nerve. He heard a twig snap behind him and he shot down the left hand path running for all he was worth. He continued to run breathing becoming more ragged as time went on. And suddenly he stumbled to a stop at the edge of a cliff. He stared down into the dark churning waters below and gulped. Another twig snapped and he spun around letting out an involuntary whimper as he saw what had been chasing him again.
'What do I do!' he thought as he began to tremble. Kabuto turned and looked at the cliffs edge considering his chances of surviving the fall and the tides. ' Ten to one' he thought worriedly as he kept an eye on the approaching figure. "I'll take those odds!" he shouted jumping off the cliff just barely missing an attack. "I hope I make it." he murmured closing his eyes as his body hit the water.
Orochimaru's eyes widened when he saw a twelve foot tall furry thing attacking the medic. He watched as Kabuto glanced behind himself and then jumped off the cliff barely avoiding the attack that left three very deep gouge marks in the ground.
"Kabuto!" he cried out loudly soon regretting the action as the beast turned its yellow eyes on him and growled stalking towards him.
Jiraiya continued to run in the direction he heard Kabuto's cry come from. "I'm sure it was in this direction." he murmured as he looked around. Jumping slightly when he heard Orochimaru screaming Kabuto's name. His eyes widened and he ran towards the sound of Orochimaru's voice. He burst into a small clearing on the cliff seeing Orochimaru chained to a tree with deep claw marks around him and his head down..
"Orochimaru!" Jiraiya cried running to him and dropping to his knees in front of him and carefully lifting his head and looking worriedly at him.
"Orochimaru? Are you alright?" he whispered softly looking into Orochimaru's amber eyes. Orochimaru blinked and then whimpered slightly.
"Kabuto, Kabuto he...he jumped he almost got k..killed be a monstrous c..creature." he whispered softly looking a little dazed and extremely upset and worried. Jiraiya frowned a little and nodded.
"I'm sure he's okay." Jiraiya said softly as he got the chains off of the other sannin. Orochimaru just sighed quietly and looked to the ground.
"I hope so." he whispered worriedly. Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru in concern and carefully took his hand and led him in to the woods.
"We need to get you back to the village." he said softly.
"This is the longest cave ever." Tsunade said aggrievedly as she walked though the dark, damp cave. 'Where does this even go?' she though as she began to speed up a little to try o get though it faster. Suddenly she saw a light ahead in the distance.
"Finally!" she cried as she ran towards the light finally bursting out onto a beach. She squinted slight trying to adjust to the sun when something lying in the surf got her attention. She slowly made her way over to it and as her vision began to clear she realized that it was not a thing but a person. She slid to her knees next to the person and carefully rolled the person over and gasped.
"Kabuto! Kabuto can you hear me?" she cried gently checking his pulse finding it to be weak and thready. She placed a hand against his chest quickly discovering that he was not breathing at all.
"It'll be alright." she whispered to him as she began mouth to mouth resuscitation, keeping a hand on his chest to measure his heart beats. She pulled back when Kabuto spasmed slightly beneath her hand and gasped slightly beginning to cough. Tsunade pulled back and rolled Kabuto onto his left side letting him cough up all the water he inhaled.
"It's alright." she whispered gently rubbing his back feeling his shivers as he finished coughing up water. Without a second thought she stripped her jacket off and wrapped him up in it carefully pulling his limp body up onto her back and took off running back towards the village.
Orochimaru and Jiraiya stood by the gates of the village and waited the return of Tsunade and Kabuto. Jiraiya looked around agitatedly and frowned.
"What could be taking them so long? The three hours are almost up." he grumbled glaring down the path only startling when Orochimaru yelped behind him.
"Are you alright?" he said taking in the confused look on his face. Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya clearly upset now.
"I know I just saw that creature again but then it just disappeared." he said softly looking very unsure for a moment before it changed into concern.
"Here comes Tsunade and shes carrying someone." he said worriedly as he moved forwards a few feet to help Tsunade. 'A hallucination?' Jiraiya thought for a moment before rushing towards the others to help.
"Kabuto." Orochimaru gasped softly as he gently took his medic from Tsunade and into his own arms. "Did you find him near the ocean?" he questioned as he wrapped Tsunade's jacket closer to the shivering teen in his arms.
"Yes, I did. He wasn't breathing so I resuscitated him." she stated looking quizzically at Orochimaru. "How did you know?" she questioned quietly. Orochimaru smiled grimly and looked at Kabuto's pale face.
"I saw him jump to keep from being killed." he said softly attempting to ignore the creature and shadowy figure at the edge of his vision as they walked into the village.
Wow. This is so late! Sorry for the long wait. Anyway please review. Reviews keep authors alive :D
