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Chapter 9: Dead demon seal


"Who told you to interfere?!"

The voice of Anko resonated within the chunnin exam building. Yahiko just looked to her smugly with his arms folded over his chest looking to the woman who sat opposite to him with bandages now adorning her right arm. It had been a fierce battle, a battle of vengence and Anko had almost lost save for not the orange haired figure infront of her. That did not stop Anko however and she kept up her facade of anger.

"I would have killed him for sure this time!"

"Hah!" resonated Yahiko's outward chuckled. Anko blinked at him in irritation "Heh! you think your the only one who can take on a sannin?!"

"Well..." cut in a voice. Yahiko and Anko looked to the entrance of the medical bay to find a figure dressed in white robes with light red tinges at the robes side. He wore a hat that covered the fronnt portion of his face, it had small tinges of the color red at it's edges and a wide space of white on it's upper portion. Yahiko slowly pushed himself off the wall as he looked to the figure. "Hokage-sama?"

"Considering the fact that he was trained by Jiraiya, and also at the home of the toads; I have no doubt that he would fair a better chance than you, Anko..." came his amused voice. Anko jsut looked away in defeat grumbling inderneath her breath. Yahiko let out a small chuckle while the third hokage smiled.

"Nevertheless though it was reckless, I have to commend you for taking on your old sensei like that; but using 'that jutsu' as a suicide attack was indeed reckless; you should have waited for backup" scolded the hokage.

"Backup? carrot top over here decided to go all sentimental on me and went off to brood" stated an irritated Anko. The hokage just raised an eyebrow in surprise and looked to the stated individual. Yahiko returned the gaze and the hokage's gaze softened a bit, he could understand the emotional trouble that Yahiko was going through. He let out an audible sigh and looked back to Anko.

"Regardless Anko, you should have waited...now what is this that Orochimaru wanted?" asked a curious third hokage. Anko looked to Yahiko who nodded his head, but before he began to speak; he was cut off by the hokage once more. "Come with me, Yahiko" he then turned his gaze to Anko once more. "It's best you stay here and recuperate before the prelimnary stages, Anko"

"Understood hokage-sama" answered a now defeated Anko. Sh held her gaze as Yahiko walked out of the medical along with the hokage. She would need to rest but Orochimaru's words haunted her at the moment. She shuddered as she recalled her old sensei's words.

"Don't stop the exams, if you do; the leaf will burn"


"So what about Sasuke?" asked a concerned Yahiko.

He placed his hands at his sides and shoved them into the pockets of his pants. He looked to the hokage who looked trouble in thought. The hokage lifted his head and glanced to the younger man "From what we have gathered; it's the same as Anko's curse mark... we'll have to disqualify him so that he doesn't harm the other competitors"

Yahiko's eyes widened in surprise "You don't seriously mean that hokage-sama?"

The thrid hokage stopped and looked to a concerned Yahiko. "I do, the curse mark causes an unreasonable amount of bloodlust; we can't have Sasuke depending on it's power."

"But to disqualify him? he was just brandished with it; there's a chance that he can still control it!" retorted a now angered Yahiko. Hiruzen Sarutobi just let out an audible sigh and looked to the younger man once more "Yahiko-kun, I know how you feel...seeing that he is Itachi's little brother; I can tell that you have some kind of obligation to him but-"

"But nothing hokage-sama! here's another scenario: set his match up first, we'll be able to determine how much the mark has affected him and I can interfere if anything happens, I don't want him to lose on a disqualification without even a fight...but if it calls for it then fine.." explained Yahiko. The third hokage was surprsied at the young man's sudden outburst; he considered his plan and then he agreed to it.

"Fine, I'll inform the matchmakers and you will need to inform Kakashi" answered the hokage. Yahiko nodded his head and then watched as the hokage walked away from him. He now had the task of explaining to Kakashi what would happen if his student were to depend on another power. "Things always got to be complicated huh?"

"That's usually the case when dealing with the hokage"

Yahiko looked behind to the voice that had broken through his musings "You heard then?"

"No. I just arrived; care to fill me in on what happened?"

Yahiko turned around and looked at the man straight to his lone eye, he observed the man infront of him carefully scrutinizing him, he stood infront of him, his back a little slouched and he held an ornage book in his right hand. He brushed through the pages with precision and then walked over to a wall adjacent to them and leaned on it. Placing his right foot on the wall for support, he then looked up to the quiet form of Yahiko. "Well?"

"Orochimaru infiltrated the exam, it seems he's brandished Sasuke with a curse mark just like Anko's, Kakashi-san" stated Yahiko. Kakashi's lone eye widened as he began firing off questions at Yahiko in concern "And what about Naruto and Sakura?"

"They're fine, that's what the black ops told me anyway..." muttered Yahiko. Kakashi raised a lone eyebrow "Tenzo?"

"Yeah..."

Kakashi's gaze softened "I see...you took him on again?"

"Was the only way to save Anko" stated Yahiko. Kakashi just shook his head signalling his disapproval. "Both of them have a problem with Orochimaru, I'm surprised he didn't just leave her to die..."

"Just distracted him, Anko wanted to kill herself along with him; she used a forbidden jutsu...on top of that, her right arm was bleeding" explained Yahiko.

"The jutsu didn't work?" asked a concerned Kakashi.

"It didn't...he substituted using a mud clone rendering her unable to complete it...
continued Yahiko. Kakshi's raised an eyebrow at him "You knew the handseals?"

"Huh?"

"I mean how did you know the handseals for that jutsu?" asked Kakashi once more. Yahiko just pllaced his hands in his pockets as he answered him "Jiraiya sensei is a natural seal master or rather yondaime-sama was; he knew the Uzumaki clan techniques after all"

Kakashi blinked at him in surprise "Jiraiya-sama taught him? then that means..." Kakashi looked to him in seriousness "you know how to perform the reaper death seal..."

Yahiko smirked and began walking away from him "Maybe...before I forget Sasuke will be fighting in the first round, give him a warning not to use the curse mark."

Kakashi didn't let up as he blocked Yahiko's path. "Yahiko-kun"

"What?"

"Tell me the truth, can you use it or not?"

"Who knows? maybe I can, maybe I can't; I'll see you later Kakashi-san" replied a smirking Yahiko and then he brushed past him leaving a irritated Kakashi in his wake, Kakashi kept his gaze on him and let out an audible "He only acts like his old self when he's with Naruto or Sasuke...guess Shisui's death hit him harder than we thought...I'll deal with him later, I should focus on Sasuke and Naruto for now..."


Kakashi then turned around on his heel and walked away from he and Yahiko stood conversing. Yahiko on the other hand, had moved to the open arena of the chunnin prelimnary stages. He stood on the side railings, leaning on the wall he looked down to the arena as he composed himself in thought. "Five years and not a single trace of you, Itachi..."


"Maaan! I'm tired..."

"Your always tired, Shisui..."

"Shut up captain! Itachi will agree with me, right Itachi?" Shisui looked over to Itachi who ignored him. Shisui sweatdropped as he looked to the younger Uchiha "Oi, oi don't tell me your still angry cause I ate your plate of dango?"

And still Itachi ignored him which elicitated a chuckled from Yahiko. "I think he's really angry at you, Shisui"

"Shut up captain! this was all your fault! you were the one who told me that the dango I ate was mine!" retorted an irritated Shisui. Yahiko just let out an audible sigh and then he smirked "Well you are a shinobi, you ate your plate and then you proceeded to eat Ita-"

"No way! stop putting the blame on me!"

"I ain't the one who ate Itachi's plate of dango, now am I?" grinned Yahiko. Shisui grumbled under his breath as he looked away from Yahiko and Itachi. "One of these days captain, one of these days...I'm gonna gget the drop on you"

"You do realise I can hear you right?" sweatdropped Yahiko. This elicitated an angry retort from Shisui who looked to him inirritation. "Yeah! and for measure! I'll show you one day! I'll show you and Itachi! hmph!" and then Yahiko and Itachi watched as he shunshinsed out of the area. Yahiko was left in a deadpanned state as was Itachi. Yahiko looked to Itachi, the latetr who in turn looked back to him. Shisui's echo caught them off guard as they heard it "I'll show you all!"

Yahiko chuckled as did Itachi "You do realise his threat's will become legimate one day, Yahiko-san?"

"I do, but until then I'm going to enjoy making fun of him like this" grinned Yahiko " They then proceeded out of the area following Shisui who had shunshined out of the area before them.


"Your awfully broody today..."

Yahiko snapped out of his daze and looked to his right, his gaze softened as he watched a woman come up to him. He spared her a glance and then looked down to the arena once more. She stopped and placed ahand on her hip looking to him with a raised eyebrow "Anko told me what happened.."

"Did she now?" asked Yahiko, he glanced to the woman who just nodded her head. "What else did she tell you Kurenai-san?"

"Just the usual recklessness you pull off during missions" smiled Kurenai. Yahiko just glanced at her once more and then leaned over the railings, his gaze resting on the hand seal statue that was present in the arena.

"Care to tell me what exactly happened?"

Yahiko stood in silence as he thought back to what had happened. He pursed his lips in thought, his gaze steadily on the statue of the hand seal.


"Ah...so we meet again"

"You just couldn't wait, could you Anko?" muttered Yahiko as he looked to her fallen form now sprawled out on the ground looking at him in pain.

"S,..s-shut up and kill him a-already, carrot t-top" muttered Anko.

"Kill me? why Yahiko-kun, didn't you tell your friends?"

"..."

"T-tell us what Yahik-Ugh"

Yahiko looked to Anko who struggled to stand on the ground, wriggling in pain "He can't be killed..."

"What?!"

Orochimaru let out a chuckle as he looked to Anko and then to Yahiko "So now you know, Anko; I'm surprised you didn't report this intel to the leaf"

"I did, only the hokage and Jiraiya-sensei knows, but your not immortal; the fourth hokage's jutsu can easily send you to oblivion.." answered a smirking Yahiko.

"What nonsense are you spouting? the fourth hokage's jutsu?!" muttered a now concerned Orochimaru.

"Oh? Lord Orochimaru doesn't know about it? I'm surprised.."teased Yahiko. Orochimaru's now calm facade was now replaced with one of anger and irritation. "I will ask you this once, what 'jutsu' are you talking about?"

"Maybe I should just use it now and kill you" said a smug Yahiko. Orochimaru's eyes widened ins urprise, he ha dneevr seen Yahiko this arrogant before and it had startled him, thrown him off guard.

"Heh...but if I did then I'd die too; we can't have that can we?" replied an amused Yahiko. At that point, Orochimaru was caught off guard and was sent flying into a bark of a wooden tree, his back crashed into it. He looked to see a clone of Yahiko coming at him, he brought his arm and transformed it into snakes. It caught the clone but then his eyes widened as the clone smirked and then an explsoion covered the area with Yahiko carrying Anko and escaping to the chunnin exam building. Anko looked at him with the bare amount of conciousness she possesed.

"S-since when did you learn the fourth hokage's jut-"

"I didn't, it was a bluff; only the third hokage can perform it as of right now" quickly answered Yahiko. "Taking on Orochimaru in a forest like this is sucide, I can take him in an open space but not here..."

"Such a c-coward" muttered an amused Anko.

"Heh, better than you dying now isn't it?" asked Yahiko.

"S-should have left me to d-die.." muttered Anko once more. Yahiko just ignored her as he jumped from treetop. Konoha had taught him the importance of friendship's, he wouldn't dare defy it.


"The participants are coming in, I'll tell you later" answered Yahiko and then he shoved his hands in his pockets and walked away from a surprised Kurenai. The sound of footsteps caught her attention as she turned around.

"Asuma"

"Where's Yahiko going off to?" asked Asuma. Kurenai turned towards where Yahiko had gone too. She let out an audible sigh "He is the proctor for the second and third exams...I'm not surprised that he's busy.."

"I heard that Orochimaru showed up..."

"Yeah, we have to be on guard..."


AN: And done! sorry for not updating in a long time, was really busy.

chichi511: Thank you for your interest! :D That's a give, he will find them!

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Beloved Daughter: yeah, I'm building up to that when he meet's Itachi, look fwd to it!

littlekaleidoscope: He's mobile and healthy for this fic! i wanted to make it a proper fight between him and Yahiko..oops...spoilers my bad!