Kei: Ohh fight scene
Min: They still suck tho
Kei: XP
Kitsune
Encounter
Naruto smiled as she approached Itachi, but something in his stance told her that whatever he had to say was bad.
'What is going on?' she thought inwardly, as she wondered what could have changed Itachi so much. To everyone else he seemed normal, but Naruto had spent most of her time with him in training and knew that something was not right.
"Naruto," Itachi called out as she approached him. Naruto stopped in front of him and waited for him to proceed.
"You're late," Itachi replied rigidly. Naruto was about to apologize, but Itachi interrupted her.
"There's someone who wants to meet you," Itachi replied tensely. Naruto looked around for the individual but found nobody. She was about to voice her opinion when Itachi began to speak.
"You will be training with her from now onwards," Itachi replied.
"What?" Naruto asked as her eyes widened.
"It is a decision that was decided. The training you require is of a much higher level and I have taught you all I can. It is time for you to move on and train with Temari. She is the toughest kunoichi I know and I know she will train you well. You are to be her student from now on," Itachi replied. Naruto stood in silent disbelief.
"You're leaving me," Naruto replied hurtfully.
"Yes," Itachi replied. His blue eyes remained cold and hard. His arms were crossed across his chest as he gazed at his trainee.
"Is it because of the fight?" Naruto asked as she wondered if he had based his decision on that.
"Yes," Itachi replied, lying, but managing to look her straight in the eye. "It is in your best interests that you are taken away from all distractions to be trained properly. This camp itself is too much of a distraction with other shinobi around. Temari will take you from all this and train you as a kunoichi should be trained. Then when you finished your training you may return," Itachi replied sternly.
Naruto's shoulders slumped dejectedly as her eye scanned the ground. She had never anticipated this from Itachi. And the simple statements he had made effortlessly had impacted her like no physical blow she had ever received.
'You did it again. You weren't strong enough. I told you not to cry. He doesn't want you. He sees you as a failure,' the voice replied. Naruto looked up, as she felt two hands placed on her shoulders.
"It is time you got better acquainted with your new trainer," Itachi replied. Naruto scanned his blue eyes for any sign of regret, but they seemed hard without emotion. Itachi looked at her once more before he took his leave.
Naruto watched him walk away from her. She watched in disbelief as his figure disappeared from view. When she finally got the mobility back in her legs, she began running after him.
"Itachi-sensei!" She shouted as she reached towards him. A vine shot out grasping onto her foot. Two more vines shot out holding onto hands as she tried to break free. She forced her body forwards but the vines pulled her back. Suddenly there were several more vines that exploded towards her from behind and grabbed her waist, pulling her back. A vine covered her mouth as she lost her footing and balance on the ground and was thrown back against a tree. Her wrists and feet were bound to the tree She heard someone clucking their tongue. Her blue eye darted to where the noise came from. A cloaked figure moved closer towards her. Sinister yellow eyes opened and burned from behind the darkness of the cloak; pale lips were revealed but the rest of the figure's face was shrouded in darkness.
"So you are the student. Interesting. Very interesting. You will be most useful to me, most useful," the figure replied softly. Naruto's blue eye watched the figure trying at best to put on a brave front.
"Poor baby" came the voice. Naruto was slightly stunned, as the man's voice had changed from something gentle to something deeper and coarser. It sounded completely different from the one she had just heard a few seconds ago. It was low and seductive, but to Naruto it was anything but that, as it invoked fear in her. The voice definitely belonged to a man.
He stood beside his captive, his pale lips twisting upwards evilly. Naruto watched as a pale hand rose up towards her cheek. The fingernails were a dark blackish silver color that looked like some kind of metal. Naruto tried to move away, but the vines had pinned her to the tree disabling any movement.
"Poor, poor baby," the voice replied while stroking Naruto's cheek softly.
"I'll make it all better sweetheart. I promise," the figure replied lowly, as yellow eyes gazed at Naruto. Then suddenly, he licked the side of Naruto's face slowly making sure he tasted the young girl's skin. Naruto tried twisting her head to the side, but was unable to move. The tongue went up along side her face and she could feel every bump of the man's tongue caress her skin. The feeling sickened her right down to her very core and she had to fight the nausea that threatened to spew forth.
"Feel better sweetheart. See I want you, though he didn't," the man growled lowly in almost an animal like fashion.
"Doesn't it feel good to be wanted?" The man asked purring at his prize. Naruto closed her eyes, while fighting back the feeling of helplessness.
"Don't tell me you don't love this?" The man replied and then he gently licked and nipped at Naruto's throat. Naruto tried desperately to break away from her binds. The man was doing things to her that she knew was wrong.
'Why Itachi-sensei? Why did you leave me to this beast?' she screamed inwardly. She wanted to scream aloud, as she felt her skin being pricked and felt a warm liquid flowing down her throat. Her flesh was torn apart by something sharp and she heard sucking and slurping noises. Her senses began to dull as she felt herself losing consciousness.
"You taste so different," the man replied excitedly.
"So … powerfully refreshing," the man smiled as he continued licking the wound with his lips, causing Naruto to cry against her bonds.
"Such a wonderful treat. Now to mark you for myself," the man replied. He stretched his neck to sink his fangs in the tender skin of her neck. Naruto cried out in pain, as the cursed mark rose to the surface.
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Itachi sat near the waterfall. He sighed deeply; he had realized what he had done.
It wasn't usual for him and Temari to talk to each other in such a manner. She seemed so different. So very cold when he had spoken to her. He silently wondered what had happened to change her so much. Perhaps the fights and everything added to the burden she had to bear on her own. It wasn't easy on her, yet she had acted so strangely, so out of character, but he accepted her despite the protests his mind had made. He sighed as he had heard Naruto cry out to him, but knew that this was the best way to say his goodbye. He stroked back his hair as he contemplated his student.
"Why are you here?" A voice asked. He turned and saw a hooded figure. His eyebrows quirked up, as he looked at the figure.
"What do you mean why am I here? Why are you here? And where is Naruto?" Itachi asked wondering what was wrong with the woman.
"Is she not with you?" The figure asked.
"I just gave her to you," Itachi replied as he looked at the figure angrily. The figure pulled back her hood.
"You did no such thing," Temari replied.
"But I..." Itachi hesitated as his eyes widened in horror.
"Oh Kami. Naruto," he shouted.
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Sasuke had finally reached the edge of the forest after debating whether or not to check up on his friend. It wasn't all that hard to follow Naruto's tracks. When he stepped towards the woods, he saw something flash down and strikes at someone. Sasuke's eyes burned with a rage that seemed to cry out for vengeance.
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"You are mine. All mine," the man grinned gingerly as he slowly began to lick the bloodied wounds. Naruto wanted to scream out in pain but couldn't. All she could do was wait and hope that she would die quickly or that someone would help her.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu " came a loud shout. The man turned towards his attacker and was swept away by the fireball. He landed on his side. Sasuke quickly looked at Naruto whose head lulled to the side.
"Naruto," Sasuke called out, as he tried to go towards his friend. The man still covered by his hood got up and blocked Sasuke's path, while looking at him evilly. His pale lips were covered in blood, but his eyes seemed to blaze a bright yellow.
"You think that's going to stop me little boy?" He asked hoarsely. "You haven't felt my real power yet."
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu" he shouted and a giant snake appeared in the clearing. With and ominous hiss the snake lashed out at Sasuke. Sasuke had barely enough time to dodge and was thrown several feet back. He landed in a heap on the ground.
"Mikazuki no Mai!"
"Sakura Fubuki no Jutsu"
The attacks hit him dead on blasting him back. He got his bearings smiling and dusted himself.
"Looks like I'll be leaving now," he commented. He then looked at Naruto.
"I always save the best for last," he cackled as he disappeared.
"He knows. It's time we took her away," Temari replied.
"What about him?" Itachi asked as he pointed to Sasuke.
"I'll take him as well," Temari replied.
"She's crossed his path and has been marked."
"Itachi be careful he will come for you," Temari replied.
"I accept my destiny," Itachi replied. Temari nodded sadly. She slugged Naruto's unconscious form on her shoulder, while she held Sasuke's form by her hip. Temari needed to get out of there quickly before the man decided to come back.
"Give this to her," Itachi said and handed Temari his gold chain. "From me with love." Temari nodded her head. "Take care of her Temari, she is like a daughter to me." The two waved goodbye before teleporting.
Itachi stood there a few minutes before he felt a presence appear behind him. He was grateful that the others had managed to make their escape in time.
"Fast little ones, didn't expect them to scamper off so quickly, but I guess in a game of cat and mouse, the mice must have the lead to make things more interesting," the man replied smiling. His hood still disguised his appearance.
Itachi turned and did a drop kick, but the man jumped out of the way easily. In a blur he had him pinned to a tree with a hand firmly around his neck.
"Where did they go?" The man replied evilly, as his eyes blazed with hatred.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Itachi shouted.
"Not one for answers, huh," the man replied as he deflected the blow. "Good. I always needed a little work out after dessert."
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"Kushina-sama the scrolls are written in a text that none of us can understand," Asuma replied as he scanned the strange scrolls.
"I thought so," Kushina replied. "Still check around the country and see if there are any new visitors." Kushina had this nagging urge to find the people the woman referred to.
"Ojou-sama," Genma replied as he watched his lady pacing back and forth. Kushina's head shot up.
"This is not of our concern. Shouldn't our main focus be on finding a new heir," Genma replied causing all the jonin and advisors to look at him angrily. "What I mean is..."
"I know, what you mean," Kushina sighed with defeat as she sat back on her throne. "It's just that there was something about that woman. It was her dying wish that her people not be forgotten and I just want to make sure that wish is followed through."
"It is understandable hime-sama but there are other pressing matters that need to be tended to and we have a lot on our hands as it is," Iruka replied softly. Kushina sighed softly. Being a lady was never quite the picnic most people had perceived it to be. She slid deeper into the chair and sighed as she realized that the search was futile if her elite seemed to think it was not worth pursuing.
"Still," she replied.
"Give it some time Ojou-sama. You have the scrolls, if someone comes here and can read them then you can hand them to the person. You have fulfilled your duty, but chasing after those people will be a waste of time and will be fairly expensive. The country has only its lady and cannot afford to have her obligations elsewhere," Jiraiya chided softly. Kushina sighed deeper still.
"I suppose you are right, but I want all of you to make sure you keep your eyes open for any possibility of a country traveler," Kushina replied and everyone nodded in absolute understanding. "Despite not being our culture, she deserves to have her resting-place and we cannot deny her that last right. So I would like a small tombstone erected in her honor." The others nodded in agreement.
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The camp that once had children training to be shinobi was silent. Nothing about the silence was calming. The wind howled unnaturally. The only noise was the buzzing of flies. Flies that seemed to be eating away at the corpses of the future trainees and trainers; the ground was littered with body parts, an arm thrown here a leg thrown there. Blood seeped into the land staining it and marking it with the loss of life.
"The crowds are going wild with anticipation. Da, dada, dada, and kick oh yes he gets a point for that as well. He lines up for another kick," the figure prepares to swing his foot across the second decapitated head. The head is that of Flex's. His mouth is agape and his eyes are fixed in horror. The figure's foot gets caught inside the boy's mouth causing him to trip and fall flat on his face.
"Stupid brats. Even dead they are annoying," he replied as he pried his foot away by ripping apart his jaw with his bare hands. He threw the head away and sat pondering. His eyes looked to his masterpiece lying on the ground.
His hands had a spear embedded in the center of each of his palms and his feet were done in the same way. His chest had been ripped open exposing the bone of his ribs. His face was riddled with cuts and bruises. His tongue had been cut off and was nailed to the ground with a dagger. His eye sockets were hollow. A nail was plunged into his left eye socket. Each of his fingernails had been torn from his fingers, which he later had crushed beyond repair. Half his hair was cut off and half his scalp had been skinned off. He had done all this while he was alive. It was a slow and painful death. A death not even fitting for anyone's most hated enemy.
"Bloody fool, you would have lived if you told me where she was," the man cursed as he looked at the dead body. He kicked the man's still form and then jumped onto his chest hearing the crushing and crunching sounds of his ribcage against his organs. Several birds had appeared near the corpses, pecking and plucking at the internal guts, eyes and organs. The man smiled at the sight. He felt the squishing sounds beneath his feet and realized he had ruptured the dead man's artery and it squirted blood onto his black sandals.
"Now my shoes are all dirty. I hate it when that happens," the man replied and looked for something to wipe his shoes with. He spotted a Dora, whose hair had been let loose. He smiled as he wiped his shorts on her hair. She had been slashed in two at her waist; her green eyes were open as though in shock. Her death was swift. The man grinned at his handiwork. Shizune lay in her bloodied white healer's outfit. Her face burnt and bloodied beyond recognition. She had a spear through her heart pinning her to the ground. Next to her was a Rin. Her neck had been split apart revealing some of her veins. Her mouth remained opened, as flies buzzed around the bite marks on her lip and neck. There was a gaping hole in her chest and two more in her stomach and shoulder. The woman walked past another pair. Haku and Zabuza. Zabuza had a hole in his head, while Haku had one in her side and a spear in her neck.
"Just beautiful," the man replied, as he surveyed the damage he had done. "It's a pity I don't have an audience to see this masterpiece I have created. Oh well that's what you get for frying the audience." He shrugged.
He felt her mouth foam as he thought about the blonde girl. The girl had tasted so sweet, unlike anything he had ever tasted. Her blood had chakra and he had never felt completely satisfied. He smiled as he thought of the blonde girl.
"Soon little one, soon. With you in my clutches everything will be in place," the man replied evilly.
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"ITAAAACHHHHIIIIIIIIIII," a scream echoed throughout the forest, as the figure sat up quickly before collapsing back onto the ground.
--
Kushina awoke from her nap spooked by the feeling that had crept into her. After sometime she fell back into her soft comforter wondering what had just happened.
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Kei: I know that Itachi could, well not easily, beat Orochimaru in the manga... and that's who the cloaked figure is in case you didn't figure it out... but this is my story
Edited: Sept. 13, 2008
