S.G. : Today there are two people here to say my disclaimer! Yay!
Kakashi: Uh, can I ask why you picked me out of all the people in the world to be your guest?
Sasuke: Because she's evil like that...
S.G. : That's right, Sasuke!
Sasuke: Don't scream like that! You're ruining my ears...
S.G. :I am not screaming. I'm yelling. There's a difference.
Kakashi: And what difference would that be?
S.G. : I'm glad you asked that. This is yelling! THIS IS SCREAMING!!! Got it?
Kakashi: Omg...I'm sorry I asked...
S.G. Anywayz, Kakashi it's your turn to say the disclaimer.
Sasuke: Then why am I here?
S.G. : Cause you look funny tied to a chair.
Sasuke: That's just great...
Kakashi: Shinobi'sGhost doesn't own any of the Naruto characters. She only owns her OC characters and the story that they are in.
S.G. : Good job, Kakashi!
Kakashi: Thank you.
Sasuke: Kakashi, please tell me you're not actually enjoying this?
Kakashi: Actually, I am! Besides these ropes that are tying me down, this is kinda like a three-man party.
Sasuke: I've lost my sensei to a psychopath...
S.G. : Aw, don't feel bad, Sasuke. That's it! Sasuke, Kakashi, enjoy the story while I go get some stuff so we can have a New Years party! I'll have to take off the ropes, though if you guys are going to have any fun. So, it's something to look forward to. Enjoy the story readers!
Sasuke: My life just got a whole lot worse...
Recap
"When's the last time you remember having a headache?"
"Last night……"
"Is that the last thing you remember?"
"Yes."
Kadame stopped short in her tracks. She looked as if some weird idea had just hit her. She turned to face Sasuke and pointed toward his eyes. "Activate your sharingan."
Sasuke just glared at her. "Why?"
"Just do it."
Sasuke hated being told what to do, but if this was going to help explain what was happening, then it was worth it. He did as he was told.
"Sasuke, it looks like we've found our problem."
End Of Recap
Kakashi: To the story!
Chapter Nine- Unexpected Drawbacks: More To It Than Meets The Eye
"What does my sharingan have to do with me forgetting things?" Sasuke did not understand what Kadame was getting at.
"Your sharingan isn't complete anymore."
"What do you mean?" Sasuke was confused, but knew that Kadame might have been right. For some reason, Sasuke's sharingan wasn't helping him see better. It was actually making him see worse.
"Your eyes are plain red. Completely blank."
There was a brief silence as Sasuke tried to take in what he just heard.
"I never did get to explain what those dreams you had meant. I guess I should start now."
Sasuke sat down and stared, attentively waiting for her to continue.
"Ok, before I say anything, you have to promise to stay in that exact spot while I explain. You also have to promise you won't attack me when I'm done. Got it?"
Sasuke just nodded his head.
"Nope, that's not gonna cut it."
"Fine. I promise." Sasuke said, turning his head in another direction as he said it. He looked very annoyed.
"Ok, so here's the deal. When we first got here, I started to give you weird dreams just for fun."
Sasuke nodded. He knew that part already.
"But my jutsu kinda got tweaked from using it so many times back to back. So, instead of just giving you a weird dream, I ended up giving you part of my special abilities and now you can sometimes see a futuristic reality."
"So this is your bloodline limit?"
"Sort of."
"Sort of?"
"Well, it's hard to explain, but putting it simply, each member of my clan has their own unique ability given to them other than the ones we all share. In other words, not everybody can do the exact same stuff, understand now?"
"Ok, then is there a way to reverse the effects?" Sasuke said, trying to move back on track.
"Uh, 'fraid not." Kadame could just barely catch Sasuke's murmurs under his breath as she said this. "B-but there is a way to fix it for now." Kadame quickly covered, trying to sound optimistic.
She at least got his attention.
"You see, your main problem actually isn't my shared abilities. It's actually, strangely enough, your sharingan that's causing you problems at the moment."
(Woah, didn't see that coming.)
"What?" He was giving her a look that said she must have been insanely stupid. At the same time, though, Sasuke looked quite amused.
"Oh, really? You wanna be like that? Fine! I'll just be on my way then. You deal with your own problems."
Kadame was about to walk away but Sasuke grabbed her wrist before she could. "Fix this, now."
"I'm sorry, I thought my ideas were unrealistic."
Sasuke just glared at her. She was getting pretty annoying to him, but who knows. Everybody seems to get annoying after being within a ten foot radius of the Uchiha for more than five minutes.
"Well, I can't exactly explain this to you if you don't believe me." Kadame sat back down to continue. "So as I was saying, your sharingan is in fact the cause of your constant blackouts. Reason being that it is interfering with my dream haunt ability."
Sasuke raised a brow and continued to listen.
"To put in simpler terms, the two abilities are constantly battling for control. Depending on who wins, determines how you react. For example, you instantly pass out when the dream haunt takes over because it usually works when you're sleeping, unless you have the other half of the ability. Even so, you probably don't dream with anything because your sharingan is still fighting against it, therefor making it harder for the dream haunt abilities to work completely."
"But why can't I remember anything that happens when I wake up?"
"Probably because your mind shuts down when it lets dream-haunt take command."
"So I have no control over this, then."
"It's not that you don't, it's that you haven't tried."
"What do you mean?"
"Put two and two together. I'll give you a sec."
Put two and two together? This was becoming a little too weird and the way Kadame was wording it didn't make things any better. Fortunately, Sasuke was able to catch on quite quickly. "What happens when the sharingan has control?"
"Nothing, really, and that's only because the sharingan is your natural born ability. There is the issue of the dream-haunt ability still trying to take control when your sharingan gets temporary rule. Because of that, your sharingan went back to being incomplete since it's constantly in battle."
"If that's the case, then can't I just give my sharingan a handicap by leaving it activated? That would give the sharingan partial control and reduce the chance of blackouts cause the dream-haunt is being pushed aside."
"Exactly. Now the only thing you have to think about is whether or not you can stand that."
Back to stage one: confusion.
"Oh come on, work with me here! What do you need to use the sharingan?"
That's right...chakra.
"I see you caught on. Also, not only do you need chakra to use it, but it doesn't work right now at the same time. It will just waste your chakra, while causing you to strain and bring up the chance of you partially ruining your eyesight."
She's right...and losing my eyesight could be a serious downfall...especially for this mission.
"The question is yours and yours alone to answer. Are you willing to take that kind of risk?"
If I don't do it, the dream haunt can put me to sleep whenever it wants. But if I do, I could go blind and probably get sent home since I won't be of any use if I can't see what I'm doing...
All was silent for a moment.
"...Sasuke?"
He didn't answer. Instead, he just got up and went to leave;
His sharingan still on.
He takes so many chances, yet luck stays on his side. I wonder how long his good fortune will stick around...
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"Hey, Sakura-chan?" Naruto said, looking up at the sky. He had been thinking to himself since Sasuke and Kadame had left. It was during this time to himself that one topic in particular came to mind.
"Hmm?" The kunoichi turned her attention to her teammate.
"Well, it's just, I've noticed something weird about Kadame and Kade."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, it's just--"
"Hey, shouldn't you guys be starting on the mission?" Another voice cut Naruto off before he could say anything else.
"Oh, right. We'll be right there, Kade-sensei." Sakura said, giving Kade a slight nod before turning her attention back to her teammate. "Now what were you saying, Naruto?"
"Umm, nothing. Never mind."
"Ok...?"
"Where's Sasuke?"
"Right here."
The three turned around to see Sasuke with strange, blank red eyes.
"Sasuke? That you?" Naruto found his eyes to be very 'stand-out-ish' (Hehe, another addition to my dictionary of nonexistent words XD)
"Who else would it be, dobe?"
"Yeah, it's you...hey!" Naruto finally processed what Sasuke said seconds after he recognized him using the given nickname. How he hated being called that.
"Ok, slackers, break time's over! Back to work!" Kadame appeared beside Sasuke. She seemed normal enough, calling everyone names and giving them orders.
Guess nothing serious is wrong with Sasuke...or Kadame just doesn't care. Still, like Naruto, Sakura's eyes constantly gazed into the now blank red orbs that belonged to Uchiha Sasuke. Something wasn't right about those eyes. They were seriously off, like a ruined sharingan. I wonder if he'll tell me...probably not.
"Alright, everyone get to your stations and start working!" Kadame said, giving the signal to begin.
The three genin nodded and left to begin.
Kadame took this opportunity to take her leave as well.
"Kadame, where are you going?"
Kadame stopped dead in her tracks, turned around, and put on a fake smile. "I'm going to start our part of the mission. Did you forget we have a job to do?"
Kade said nothing, which gave Kadame the chance to leave and she took it immediately.
When she was far enough away, Kadame let out a deep sigh of relief. She didn't really want to start her part of the mission. She just wanted to keep a distance from her brother.
Kadame didn't understand what was wrong with her him, therefor she decided it wasn't a good idea to bug him about it. The best way to do that was to keep a distance for as long as possible. It also gave Kadame the opportunity to secretly investigate the situation.
This sure is turning out to be more than we planned, Tsunade-sama.
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Kade was still standing by the camp grounds that belonged to team seven. His eyes were trained on the tent farthest to the left.
He took a step forward, moving closer the tent. When he was within touching range of it, he slipped open one of the cloths and looked inside.
Inside the tent was the normal set-up; sleeping bag, backpack, etcetera. But one thing caught Kade's attention. Buried in the dirt by the sleeping bag, something glowed. It wasn't a regular glow, though. The glow appeared in bolts...kinda like:
Lightning.
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"Grr, today is just not my day!" Tsunade yelled to the sky, hands in the air. After her little 'moment' was done, her hands dropped back down on the desk and her head fell. "Just when you think it's all gone, it comes back to bite you like a piranha out of the ocean. Why? Because the world is a cruel, cruel place."
Ok, so her moment had just started...sue me.
"Stupid pile! I thought the wind took care of you..."
"So, that's where all the paperwork went! You threw it all out the window! Tsunade-sama, I trusted you!" Came a voice from the open door to the office.
"You actually thought I'd do all that? You expect too much of me, Shizune."
Shizune was losing her patience. She was not a happy person...until an idea hit her.
"Well, then I guess I'm just going to have to make copies of all that paperwork again for you." she said, putting emphasis on the word 'all'.
"No!"
"Hmm? Why not?" Shizune was enjoying this.
"B-because! It...would be a waste of paper!" Tsunade was trying to make up a good excuse. Unfortunately, that was all she could come up with at the moment.
"Did you actually even fill out the paper budget contract?" Shizune had the upper hand.
"Uh, yes. As a matter of fact, I did! It's right...it's right–here!" Tsunade said, whipping out a random paper.
"That's the synopsis for team seven's mission to the island outside of Konoha."
"It is? Oops, wrong one!" Tsunade quickly tossed the paper over her shoulder. She was laughing nervously, feeling quite defeated. "I did fill that one out though, Shizune! I know I did. Therefor, you don't have to–hey! I'm the Hokage! Why am I arguing with you about this? I could just easily say no and you have to listen! Ha, the jig is up, Shizune! I got you!"
"Oh really?" Shizune had a slight smirk on her face. "Tonton, did you get it?"
Into the room came Tonton and two jounin carrying each one stack of paperwork.
"Are these the copies you asked for, Tsunade-sama?" One of the jounin asked, placing the pile in an empty space on her desk.
Tsunade was at a loss for words. She was literally too shocked to speak. Her lips created a perfect 'O'.
"Yes, those are the ones. Tsunade thanks you very much." Shizune said, smiling triumphantly.
When the jounin left, Shizune gave one last smile and said, "Don't stay up too late working on that, Hokage-sama!" With that, Shizune and Tonton left the room, closing the door behind them.
Tsunade looked as if she was about to cry. Now she had three piles come back with a vengeance. The only thing she could do was bang her fist on the desk, which in fact cracked part of the corner of it off.
Among the many items, that flew off the table (including some of the papers), there was a packet that caught her attention.
It was a packet titled "Rain Village Mission: Failure By Ambush".
Tsunade quickly forgot about her paperwork troubles and grabbed the packet off the ground.
She quickly skimmed the pages.
"A document retrieval?"
"So you noticed it, too?"
Tsunade didn't turn around. She already knew it was Kakashi sitting on her windowsill.
"This is more than I expected..."
"Extremely."
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Sasuke was still on his way over to his mission space. It was taking him a little longer, since it was harder to see.
The sharingan isn't making this any easier...also...
He reached into his shuriken pouch and pulled out the scroll he'd found.
Kadame said to keep this safe...wonder why. At least she was able to fix the current so it wouldn't go off.
Flashback
All was silent for a moment.
"...Sasuke?"
He didn't answer. Instead, he just got up and went to leave;
His sharingan still on.
He takes so many chances, yet luck stays on his side. I wonder how long his good fortune will stick around...
Kadame stood up and followed behind Sasuke. "Hey, wait a sec."
Sasuke stopped and turned around.
"You have the scroll with you?"
"...Yeah, why?"
"Good, let me see it."
"I asked you a question." Sasuke was not about to just hand over the scroll without a good reason. At this point, no one could be trusted.
"You seriously gonna run around with that zapping you all day?"
She had a good point.
Sasuke pulled it out of his shuriken pouch, but didn't hand it over. "How do I know you're not going to just take it?"
"Fine, you hold it, while I block the current."
Works for me... He held the scroll out in front of him, tightly.
Kadame performed a few hand seals and placed her hand over the scroll. Without even touching it, she formed a barrier made of chakra over the electric current, leaving it unable to zap Sasuke's hand.
"There, you can go now." She said with a smile. Stunned and straining to see, Sasuke turned back around and began to walk away once more.
End Flashback
I got to hand it to her...she is making up for her mistakes.
End Of Chapter
Ok, that was a nice, long chapter. The plot's revealing slowly, but hopefully not too slow. Also, I'm sorry I haven't update in a while...Ok, in a long while! It seems I really do have a life away from the comp...(Deep sigh) But I promise I will start being more consistent with updates. This time I really mean it. Chapter 10 is already half done to prove it! So, what did you guys think?
Kakashi: Interesting...
Sasuke: It was fine...
S.G.: Thanks, guys. Now, to throw our little party! I'll call some of the other shinobi to join us too! (Unchains Kakashi and Sasuke then runs to get phone)
Sasuke: I'm finally free...(makes a dash for the exit)
S.G.: I don't think so! (Alarm system goes off and doors lock down)
Sasuke: Darn it...
Kakashi and S.G.: Review guys and Happy New Year!
