Death

A/N: Any suggestions for different scenarios are welcome, as well as any hidden readers who don't seem to review. :) The idea for this chapter came from someone else's story on this site and I couldn't help but wonder...


The Shadow Clone had been forbidden for reasons which didn't necessarily relate to chakra use. When a Shadow Clone died, it really died and the knowledge of death would go straight into the user. One of two things would happen; they'd gain an immense fear of death and live in sheer terror of dying, or live through it knowing there was something awaiting them when their years were spent. Orochimaru found out the former the hard way resulting in him using Mud Clones ever since and was always thankful that Jiraiya never knew about the incident.