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Sorry pple!!! Long time no update but I've just realized how troublesome high school is …. Its been ages since I last wrote and I'd forgotten where I'd left off ….. Well here's one of the last chapters …. Hope u like it. Review plz.
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Unbelievable happenings
Everything was eerily silent and still. Sasuke did not move from that spot. He had no idea where Itachi was ... but he couldn't just sit there, he had to find everyone and bring them back safely. Also, he did not know where the Kyuubi and Shukaku and Naruto and Gaara were. He looked in the direction where the hospital was just hours before ... there was nothing there now. In fact, the only thing that was still whole was the Hokage Monument.
There was no sign of life anywhere. Then, Sasuke stood up suddenly and looked around. Then he looked at the sky. It was inky blue and there were no stars or moon. Also there weren't any clouds. Then he slowly realized. He was stupid not to have thought of it before. It was just Genjutsu. He put his hands together and tried canceling it, but he was not successful. So this was no ordinary Genjutsu. Then Itachi's voice rang out suddenly through the air as though Sasuke was in a tunnel.
'You really are foolish, little brother. At least you have realized that this is genjutsu. You can keep trying to cancel it for all you like, but mind you that it will not bring any other result than the fact that you will die of exhaustion. It would be better for you to just stay still until my work here is done. Then I need not waste any more energy on you. It is your choice.'
'How do you know that I can't escape this genjutsu?' Sasuke asked the air, but he got an answer.
'I have already told you. You do not know the nature of this genjutsu. You must know the cause of something before you can get rid of it. Likewise, you cannot cancel this genjutsu. This is something only I know and only I can resist this, if ever used upon me, though that is unlikely as I am also the only one who can use this, as I am the sole inventor of this jutsu. Now just shut up and sit quietly if you want to see the real world again,' Itachi's voice said and stopped, leaving nothing but echoes. Sasuke fell back onto the ground. Itachi was right, how could he get rid of something he did not know? But then, what he had read in the scroll all came back to him...
'You're right, I don't know its nature, but you too don't know the nature of the jutsu I am about to use on you. I'll take pity and give you just one chance, get lost or get killed,' Sasuke said.
'Actually, calling you foolish would insult a fool, Sasuke. Just because you have read the Scroll of the Uchihas, don't get too cocky. I too have read the scroll, and it contains nothing of much importance to me. Whatever you use from the scroll, it will have no effect on me. Did you possibly think that I killed the Uchihas for nothing?' Itachi's voice rang out. 'You have no reason to take pity on me. I have all the reasons in the world to take pity on you, Sasuke. I will leave you now; there is no reason anymore to hold you here. My job is done.'
And after that, the sounds of the night came back into Sasuke's ear and the starts and clouds returned to the sky. Sasuke began to get a little tense now. What did he mean by his job was done? Did that mean that he had got hold of the Kyuubi? Sasuke looked around and saw only sights of total destruction. There was no Kyuubi or Shukaku. Trails of blood could be seen glistening in the moon's light. But this time, Sasuke could make out that it was real and not a Genjutsu. He decided to follow the blood trails and went running along it. He found himself being led to the river where Jiraiya had sealed the Kyuubi once more. He suddenly stopped, remembering that. If Jiraiya had really performed the Shikifuujin, then how could the Kyuubi escape again so easily?
That meant that either Jiraiya had faked it and was hiding or that somebody had kidnapped him. But there was no time to investigate that now … Sasuke had to catch up to Itachi. He started running along the blood trails again. The trails went across the bridge over the river, which Sasuke faintly remembered had fallen into the river. He ran through the forests on the outskirts of Konoha. Then, he heard a rustling in a right next to him. He jumped backwards and pulled out his kunai. Then, out of the bush came a large, thick snake and flew towards Sasuke like an arrow. Sasuke reacted just in time and dodged it, but it landed just behind him and pounced on him, holding him in its coils. He tried to move kunai towards the snake's body but it tightened its hold on him. Then came a familiar laughing voice …
'You are weaker than I expected, Sasuke-kun,' said the voice.
'You!' Sasuke said.
'Yes, me,' the voice said calmly.
'What do you want? Let me go!' Sasuke said.
'I cannot let you go, Sasuke-kun, because what I want is you.'
'But even with him, you cannot accomplish your task, Orochimaru,' said another voice from behind Sasuke. Sasuke couldn't turn around to see who it was. But Sasuke could feel the Orochimaru stiffen in the bushes.
'And why is that, Itachi?' Orochimaru's voice said. Sasuke notice that it shook a little bit.
'That is because our task is complete. Akatsuki has managed to gather all of the nine Bijuu. Now, Akatsuki has a new goal: to kill all those who dared to leave it,' Itachi said.
'You think that it is easy to kill me so easily? Do you even know of what I have been developing over the years? Do you know why I wanted Sasuke-kun in the first place?' Orochimaru said, sounding half as though he was mocking Itachi and half as if he was wishing desperately that Itachi would just disappear.
'Of course I do, but even you know the truth. Nobody can be immortal. They can just extend their lives by a few years. I suggest you stop wasting your time trying to make yourself immortal. It is impossible. Instead, you can use that time for completing the reason why you want to be immortal.'
'Why is it impossible? If you keep extending your life forever, you are as good as immortal aren't you?' Orochimaru said.
'Of course not. You can still be killed anytime; like I am going to kill you now,' Itachi said.
'Well, it looks like I can't leave this place without a fight,' Orochimaru said.
'You won't leave from here even with a fight,' Itachi said.
'We'll see about that,' Orochimaru said. The snake binding Sasuke suddenly let him go and darted towards Itachi who didn't even flinch. He just gave the snake one piercing look and it suddenly burst into black flames and disappeared. Then, Orochimaru gave a weird laugh and from nowhere, brought a sword into his hand.
'I'm telling you, it is of no use. You might as well die in peace,' Itachi said. Orochimaru took no notice and just shot towards Itachi with the sword held in front of him. Itachi didn't even move. The sword went straight through his chest. But not one drop of blood fell. He just disappeared in a puff of smoke and Orochimaru was sent flying. But he landed on his feet and readied himself once more. Once again the same thing happened. This time, Orochimaru didn't prepare himself for another attack. Instead he just dropped his sword and stood still. His eyes suddenly began to gleam.
'What do you think you are trying to do?' Itachi said. At lightening speed, Itachi performed a hand seal and put his palms on the ground. The earth rumbled and a huge hole opened in between Orochimaru and Itachi. Heat rose up from the hole, from which a great yellow-red light was coming as though there was hot, boiling lava inside. Orochimaru looked inside it as though he was dreading something might come out of it that can kill him. The gleam in his eyes disappeared. He suddenly just seemed to let go, as though he surrendered. Then, out of the hole, a pair of skeleton hands stretched out of took hold of Orochimaru's feet. Orochimaru just looked at the hands and gave a weak smile.
'It looks like I underestimated you, Itachi. You have grown so much more powerful, that now, when I look at you properly, I don't actually recognize you,' Orochimaru said, as he was slowly dragged into the hole. Itachi just watched Orochimaru being dragged into the hole without moving. The earth suddenly shook again and hot, boiling, water-like lava erupted from the hole and Orochimaru disappeared. The hole opening caved in and left steaming lava all around. Itachi just turned around without looking at Sasuke, who was rooted to the spot, walked away as though he had just come to say hello.
Sasuke couldn't believe his eyes. What was so great in that hole? Why did Orochimaru give up so easily? After all, it was just hole in the earth and some skeletons in there. He had never seen anyone so powerful give up so easily. Or maybe this was something Sasuke didn't know anything about.
With all this, Sasuke had completely forgotten about why he had come here in the first place. Then, his brain caught up to him. He ran down the path Itachi had just gone. But when he could see further, he saw that he was no more there. He ran back and looked for the trail of blood he had been following, but he didn't find that either. That small earthquake had loosened the soil so now the trail was not visible anymore. Sasuke just turned around and suddenly felt as though a hole was being drilled through him. Next moment, he was quite high in the air and landed twenty feet from where he started. He tried to get up again but couldn't move. His body was paralyzed and felt as though he had no insides. But there was no sign of the person who had attacked Sasuke. But then, the earth shook a little once more and he heard a shout in the distance: 'Edo Tensei!'
Wait … he had heard that somewhere before. It was the forbidden summoning technique to revive the dead. Did that mean that somebody had come back to revive Orochimaru?
Then suddenly, Sasuke felt alright again. He stood up and looked around for the cause of this sudden re-energizing. At once, he saw Tsunade standing in the middle of the path behind him. She looked as good as new, as though she had not been fighting and as though she had not suddenly disappeared.
'You! Where were you? And why did you attack Sakura and Shizune?' he asked.
'I did not attack anybody on my own will. Shizune, Sakura and I were on the way to what we originally set out to do. But we met Orochimaru on the way. Before I could even react, he put me under a jutsu. I was conscious of myself, but could not control my body. That's how I attacked Shizune and Sakura. Then Orochimaru left, leaving me lying in the forest, as good as a dead body. But now, suddenly the jutsu wore off and I was able to control myself once again,' she said.
'That's mostly because Orochimaru is dead,' Sasuke said.
'I thought so. It must have been Itachi, because among all the people I know quite well, Itachi is the only one strong enough to kill him,' Tsunade said. 'But there might be plenty more people who can kill Orochimaru.'
'No, it was Itachi. I tried catching up to him but he just disappeared. But now we urgently need to find Naruto. Itachi said that Akatsuki's task was complete. That means that they have succeeded in finding all the Bijuu doesn't it?' Sasuke asked.
'It does. But I'm quite sure of Akatsuki's hideout from all the information Jiraiya gave me. Come on, let's go.' Tsunade ran off, Sasuke following her.
A/N: well, I hope it was good … I've begun to doubt my story writing … I feel as though its becoming a little vague n stuff … maybe it is I dunno … I'll do my best with the rest of the chapters but I'm not as confident as I was before … plz review
Kai Hiwatari II
