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August 27, 2009

Chapter Eight: The Demonic Man-Shark Kisame

POV of Sasuke Uchiha

I ran. That's all I was thinking right then: run. Well, I was thinking two things. Run and kill. Three if you count "and." I wanted my brother dead. I needed my brother to be dead. He had created the Uchiha Massacre, sparing me. Itachi had said it was to test his power.

Why couldn't he test his power on the enemy?

"Insect Style: One Thousand Parasitic Infestation Jutsu," Shino murmured to himself. Bugs started to come out of him, clinging to the trees. I had never seen this Jutsu before, but I knew that it would be somewhat effective.

I thought back to what had happened when I went to follow Itachi. Lady Tsunade denied me, but I refused to let him leave. He deserved to die. He needed punishment. So instead of just making pointless excuses and trying to stop me, she sent a team after me. This team consisted of Neji, Shino, and Aleks. They seemed to be the most effective. With Neji and Shino's tracking abilities combined with Aleks' amazing powers of the sand that her husband granted her, there was no way Itachi was escaping.

"What did that do?" Aleks asked Shino between panting. She wasn't used to jumping from tree to tree like this, using this much Chakra.

"If they are jumping from tree to tree, or even running on the ground, my insects will be able to track them and hold them to their spot."

I nodded, now knowing that Shino gave us a huge advantage.

"Water Style: Water Shockwave Jutsu!"

"Fire Style: Fire Line Jutsu!"

I looked around, trying to find where the attacks were coming from. It was coming from everywhere. Right, left, forward, back, up, down, diagonal, everywhere. This was going to be impossible to dodge.

Neji quickly took action, spinning at great speeds so that a blue shield of Chakra surrounded us. This was going to take a lot out of him since there were so many powerful attacks coming at once. That could only mean that there were multiple enemies. The thing is, not all of the ninja in the Akatsuki can perform these two Jutsu, but whatever.

I suddenly wondered where Naruto was. He should be here to fight Itachi with me. I thought that he would be the first person to step up to the task of helping me. Maybe he thought it was wrong to kill Itachi, thinking that it would end in a full-blood Uchiha and a half-blooded Uchiha. Still, his death was inevitable. Why prolong the inevitable?

The attacks hit Neji's Jutsu dead on, but only cracked the shell. He dropped to one knee and panted. Even though I wanted to let him rest, I couldn't.

Aleks raised her hands and the sand from her gourd on her back rose out. She then jutted her hands off to her sides. Sand pelted in all directions. It was a stupid move for those people to use those kinds of attacks since it would lead right to their location. But they can be as stupid as they want. It's fine with me.

A few seconds went by and no attacks were fired. The shards of sand came back with fresh blood. There were definitely enemies, but they didn't want to show themselves. I guess Itachi did get some followers.

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POV of Shikamaru Nara

Life had somewhat returned to normal in those few hours. We had rebuilt the Village to the point it didn't look like some rundown garbage pit, but it wasn't perfect. There were still people that had lost loved ones in those few short minutes. It's really fascinating and scary how much power one ninja can have.

Talking about powerful ninja, I needed to see Lady Tsunade immediately. We had to talk about what had happened with Gyou. Maybe we could trigger this to happen again, so that we can have another glimpse into the future. He could maybe see how Sasuke and the others were doing.

"Lady Tsunade?" I asked, knocking on the door. Gyou stood next to me. I had explained to him why we needed to speak to Lady Tsunade. He agreed, of course. Sasuke, Neji, Shino, and Aleks were held close to his heart. They were his friends, along with his other four pairs of parents. They help him when Temari or I cannot.

"Come in," she moaned. She was definitely stressed out because of what happened. Thankfully some ninja from the Land of Earth were here to build the Hokage Tower back up. If not for them, Lady Tsunade wouldn't have an office. "Hello, Shikamaru. What do you need?"

"My son here, Gyou, had a vision of that boy from the Akatsuki that had both Sharingan and Byakugan," I explained to her. She seemed puzzled, but neither of us knew it was only the beginning. I then went on to tell her how I had use Demon Illusion: Hell Viewing Jutsu when he had this vision.

"Then we might as well try it again…," she muttered, more to herself than either of us.

I nodded, and so did Gyou. He seemed to be a little nervous, but he still concurred with our decision. I made the proper hand signs even though I didn't think it was necessary and called out, "Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Jutsu!"

Lady Tsunade gasped. I took a step back.

Gyou lifted himself into the air. Green light poured out of his eyeballs and mouth and ears. An instant later, he decided he would start speaking. In a raspy voice, he started to speak. It was definitely frightening. I reached for a piece of paper and started to write down what he was saying. It might be of importance.

"Two will return from the Land of the Free

Bringing three that are new to the vicious group

Three ninja five Half-blood shall journey abroad

Losing three lives to the Evil-Eyes in disguise

The truth shall be revealed to the Village's leader

And the Land of the Gods shall switch location

The Village of the Leaf shall drop to the floor

And the forsaken one shall return

To reek mass havoc on the Village

Promises shall be broken and the five shall be two

A goddess shall fall into eternal rest

Going to glory of new rebirth

They shall die a hero, but a liar at best

Returning to a home to set out once more

Going to the East of Konoha

They will go underground to the House of the Dead"

Then, in his normal voice, he added, "Do not believe Kakashi Hatake, he was informed by the wrong source. He is setting out to go to America to get a new prophecy, which will be one of lies. Return to me with the two Uchiha to find their prophecy for today."

He then fell to the ground. I caught him before he could drop to the ground. I then looked over at Lady Tsunade. She had a wild look in her eye. She looked down at the paper on her desk. I went over to her and looked at it. In perfect penmanship was the… let's call it… I don't even know what to call it. But there the poem was, set into the paper. It was glowing red and dimming, as if it was hot charcoal.

"We have to do something about this," she told me.

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POV of Sasuke Uchiha

Neji jabbed some of the people as they came out of the trees surrounding us. Shino used his bugs to bite the enemies, injecting poison. Aleks slashed people using her sand, but it usually just protected her with her even doing anything.

I took all of this in in about two seconds. The reason is because Kisame-the shark-man demonic Akatsuki member-decided to go for me. He jumped out of the tree, ice surrounding his sword, slashing at me. I dodged it with grace and quickly rebounded off a tree, kicking him in the head. I kicked his back to gain momentum and got away from him.

"Water Style: Violent Water Wave Jutsu," he muttered. I saw blood trickling from his head, but it didn't seem to effect his ability as a ninja.

He put his index finger and thumb to his lips and made a type of ring. He then blew out, releasing tons of water. I knew immediately who was going to have a problem with this. Lady Tsunade had planned this out. She told those three that Aleks would help me and Neji and Shino would go after Kisame. This wasn't good.

I didn't want to.

I didn't need it.

I was more powerful than that Curse Mark Seal.

But there was no other choice.

I activated Sharingan and then activated the Cursed Mark Seal. Pain coursed through my body as the Seal took over. I wasn't going to myself slip out of consciences. Still, I was underwater and had no air. I had to hurry so I could save Aleks.

I quickly grew the wings of the Curse Mark and burst open into fresh air. I scanned the newly formed ocean. Some ninja must be holding the water in using a Jutsu. And that's when I saw it. A shadow near the surface. It seemed like the water was formed into something.

A shark. It was a shark. I knew Kisame must've made it. I descended swiftly. I wouldn't be able to use Chidori. If I would've, everyone in the water would be shocked. So what can I do? Maybe I could turn the water into steam using fire Jutsu. Yeah. That's it.

With a few hand signs, fire busted from my mouth and steam rose from the water. Not enough. With a few more hand signs I sighed and planted my hands on the ground. Right where my hands were a sword appeared. It was really a rusty old blade, but it probably would deliver some kind of disease if it didn't kill the opponent.

Which it always did.

Really, the end of the blade seemed to be an old pipe with a hand grip and a hand guard. It worked for me, and it worked well overall. I balanced it out and jolted into the water. With a quick swipe at the shark, it was gone. I then blasted through the water, looking for Aleks. Thank god that it was fresh-water, or I would've been in trouble.

A mass Chakra amount seemed to circle a dimming Chakra amount. This had to be Aleks and a shark. Great. I used all my might to jolt forward, my sword pointing forward. I jammed the shark and it disappeared. I grabbed Aleks and flew for the sky. I was losing air.

I suddenly wished that I had thought to bring Sakura. She at least had a decent amount of knowledge for Medical Ninjutsu. All I could do was perform CPR and Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation. That wasn't going to help much. She needed help. Maybe Shino could put some bugs in her to drink out the fluids that filled her lungs….

I rested my Chakra and started with Mouth-to-Mouth, trying to clear her airways. My Curse Mark settled but my panic rose. Neji and Shino weren't coming up, but I couldn't leave Aleks. She can't deal with the water, but Neji and Shino can. Why weren't they surfacing?

"Sasuke!" I heard. I looked to the voice and Neji was there, gasping for air. "Shino's down there! Kisame got him!"

I jumped up, grabbing the sword again. I leaped into the water without thinking and dove. Maybe if I was in my right mind I wouldn't have done that. I would've thought before doing such a foolish move. Instead, I thought of what I did as soon as I reached the bottom. Shino and Neji were strapped the bottom, desperately trying to break free.

Neji above the water wasn't Neji. It was Kisame in disguise. That means Aleks is in trouble. I lashed at the straps with my sword and they broke easily. I activated the Curse Mark reluctantly once more and flew to the surface. Shino and Neji would be able to reach the surface on their own. Aleks was the one in the most trouble.

Kisame lifted his sword over his head, but I had activated One Thousand Fleeting Dragons. With a swift movement, I flew into the air and spun. So I was spinning horizontally with fire busting out of my body. All of those fires took the shape of a dragon and they swirled around me. I had also used Chidori, so these dragons were pulsing with electricity in case Kisame decided to turn it into water vapor, which I don't think he could do. But still, the electricity would surge through him.

Kisame heard the noise and turned to find me soaring at him with a bunch of fire. He was a goner. One Akatsuki member down, eight to go.