Chapter 9: New Factor
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Devil May Cry or anything within this Fiction
Poll results thus far:
Mistral - 3
Monsoon - 2
Sundowner - 0
Well there is the final poll, and I gotta say, im a bit ecstatic at the choice. But well I guess you voters really wanted this decision huh? I'm gonna enjoy this choice indeed hehehehe...
Key:
Talking
Anger
(Thinking)
Anger/Demon Talking
(Anger/Demon Thinking)
Chapter 9: New Factor
(Location: Crater)
WHOOSH-SQUELCH!
That is what was heard as Orochimaru's Kusanagi blade sailed in the air and impaling an "unsuspecting" Sai through the chest.
Licking his lips, Orochimaru had responded to Sai's offer.
"You don't know the first things about good manners do you?" he said to Sai as said boy looked shocked, but was then immediately turning to an inky black and white color on the floor. All that was left was a dark puddle on the floor, and the Kusanagi blade noisily hitting the floor, until the sword itself transformed into a Dark green snake that slithered back to Orochimaru.
"When addressing someone of superior Rank...Proper etiquette dictates you face them directly..." Orochimaru says out loud as he lightly stomped his foot on the ground, and the Snake quickly moved over his shoulder to hiss in front of his master.
It wasn't long before Sai had revealed his hiding place, by popping his head out from the underground facing Orochimaru. He then jumped out of the hole he put himself in and faced the Snake Sannin head on.
"Well then, speak up..." Orochimaru had said with his ever present smirk on his face.
"The Truth of the matter is, Danzo-sama has longed to meet you Orochimaru-sama...ever since the time you nearly destroyed Konoha..." Sai said almost robotically to the Sannin. Unaware that the Yamato clone was watching the whole thing unfold.
(Location: Destroyed Bridge)
"GRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Naruto had screamed high into the sky as the Kyubi chakra was receding back into the seal, with the help of Yamato's Mokuton abilities. As Naruto was returning back to normal, Sakura had looked over how badly Naruto was injured throughout the entire time he was cloaked in the Red chakra. Sanbashi, who was behind Sakura, was also watching what the now subdue Naruto's condition was like, and quite frankly it unnerved her to no end.
(My Kami! How can anyone survive being skinned alive and still be breathing?) She wondered to herself as she now looked down at Vergil's unconscious form.
(Please be ok Vergil...) She thought worried about her fellow Swordsman.
THUD
Sanbashi turned back to look at Naruto on his knees looking like he was cooked nearly to death with his eyes rolling in the back of his head. She noticed that his wardrobe consisted of a standard black Konoha Hitai-ate with a Black and Orange Turtle neck zip up sweater and Orange pants. His hair is spikey Blonde shade just like hers.
(Yeesh...can't imagine what possessed him to wear that of all things...) Sanbashi thought criticizing his choice of fashion, but relented at the fact that She herself is wearing white and blue with long Blonde hair, and the Sakura girl is wearing red with Pink hair.
She then saw Yamato make a hand sign to make the Wood Pillars recede back to floor, which then made Naruto fall forward, face first onto the ground.
"Sigh...It's finally over..." Yamato had said tiredly, having exerted a bit of Chakra to make Naruto normal again. Sakura though, wasted no time and immediately ran to her comrades side to heal him.
As Yamato had gone with Sakura to accompany her, he began to think on the explanation that he would have to make to the Swordswoman, but also find out about her now "found" companion.
Sanbashi looked on as she saw Sakura heal her injured friend, and was weary of approaching him, not sure if he was stable in the head with the Biju inside him. After making up her mind after a few minutes, she decided to carry Vergil slightly and moved him near the Shinobi.
Sakura, who was focused on healing Naruto, didn't react to Sanbashi bringing her unconscious friend with her. She had no need to fear for the Unconscious friend now that Yamato and Sanbashi are there to insure nothing bad happens. So as she was healing Naruto, she wondered why he was taking longer to heal from his injuries.
(His wounds are slow to heal...Naruto has always recovered quickly until now, thanks to the Kyubi chakra...) Sakura thought to herself as little by little, parts of Naruto's skin was slowly regenerating.
(The Fourth Tail Jiraiya-sama spoke of...I never imagined it would be as powerful as this.) Yamato had said as he recalled the story of what the Toad Sannin had said to him before this mission started.
Sanbashi had seen Sakura move her hands around Naruto's chest while performing the healing jutsu, until Sakura flinched in pain some what, until Sanbashi had seen Naruto heal at an alarming rate.
"Guh!..." Naruto had grunted in pain even as he was unconscious, due to the fast healing he was submitted to.
Sakura had sat quietly healing the rest of Naruto's injuries, then she spoke.
"Captain Yamato..." Sakura addressed to her superior. Sanbashi had decided to pay attention to this.
"Yea?" Yamato asked wondering what Sakura was going to say.
"That Jutsu you used to pacify Naruto..." Oh now he sees why she would ask. "...could you...could you please teach it to me?" Sakura asked politely, hoping that if something like this happened without Yamato's presence, that she could...at least..
"That is impossible..." He said to her, making Sakura look at him sadly as she continued to heal Naruto. Sanbashi sat quietly as well, wondering at the impossibility of learning a jutsu like that.
"...Only I can perform that jutsu, because only I carry the Mokuton ability within me." Yamato said, carefully making sure that only the necessary information was out, especially with the Swordswoman there hearing the conversation. Sakura, hearing why he can't teach her the technique, had uttered a surprised "Oh" at him, coming to a realization on what he was implying.
"...That jutsu has the ability to surpress Biju Chakra." He had stated, but intentionally failed to mention what specific Tailed Beast Naruto had in front of Sanbashi. "Without the Kekkei Genkai that I inherited...it is impossible for anyone to perform it. My powers pale in comparison to the Shodai...(1)" He said to Sakura, and would have said more, like mentioning that he was the by product of experimentation, but like before chose to keep quiet with the Swordswoman there.
"Um...excuse me..." Said Sanbashi, gain the attention of both Yamato and Sakura. Though Yamato had a guess on what she wanted to ask.
"If your Bloodline "pales in comparison to the Shodai" then how was it that you were able to calm him down so easily?" Sanbashi asked a little curious at that logic.
Narrowing his eyes slightly, he answered, "The Necklace hanging around Naruto's neck is something that use to belong to the Shodai Hokage. It's a Chakra crystal that responds to his Chakra alone." He said to her as she understood what was said to her.
"So that would mean that a Jinchūriki can be controlled with that necklace right?" Sanbashi had said somewhat relieved of that case.
"Yes that is right..." Yamato said to Sanbashi before turning his attention to Sakura and finishing the rest of his sentence. "...and it was also the reason that I was chosen to be your Commander." He said to Sakura.
Sakura, listening to all of this, sat there quietly as she tried to finish healing Naruto, but the emotions were starting to well up from within her, causing her to question how well she could help and protect Naruto.
"...It's always like this..." Sakura said low to Yamato, but was really talking to herself. "...the only things I could ever do for Naruto...are the little things anyone could do..." She had said, near to tears as she thought of how her friendship with Naruto was up until this point, and was slightly ashamed of herself. Yamato and Sanbashi had looked at her wanting to find some way to comfort her, even though the latter only just met her. Sanbashi would have said something, but Yamato spoke up.
"It doesn't matter whether the things you do for him are great or small..." Yamato said, causing Sakura to look at him. "What matters most, is how much you care, Really care about Naruto..." Yamato said smiling at her, deducing how she must feel about the boy she is currently healing.
"Heh...I can tell, just by watching you Sakura...just how much you-" "-Sa..Sakura-chan..." a voice said cutting off Yamato as he, Sakura and Sanbashi had looked down and witnessed Naruto open his eyes and move slightly to look at the girl he called out to.
Sanbashi was surprised at how Naruto was moving to sit upright after being skinned like he was, but that was the power of Medical Ninjutsu and being a Jinchūriki. She smiled at his speedy recovery, but wondered at why Vergil was still unconscious. She sees Naruto hold the back of his head grimacing in pain.
Sakura, whose face had turned to shock, transformed to happiness as Naruto was now awake again and out of harms way.
"Ugh...What the..." Naruto said as he looked around, first to Sakura, then to Yamato and then checking his surroundings, seeing an unknown blonde woman with a downed white haired companion near her. Slightly delirious, he turns his attention back to Sakura. "What just happen? Why am I here?" Naruto asked confused at everything that is going on.
"I remember going after Orochimaru...and then-and then...ugh..." Naruto had said trying to think more clearly as he sat up more. But then he questioned again, "What did I do after that? What happened Sakura-chan?" he had said looking at the girl in question. But as he received silence, and a noticing a stray tear going down Sakura's cheek, he asked worried about her. "Huh? Sakura-chan what's wrong? Are you crying?" He said kind of worried that something bad had happened.
Sakura had wiped the tear away and smiles going to give an excuse to Naruto so he would not be worried. "No, Just got something in my eye that's all-" "-I Know! It Was Sai Wasn't It!?" Naruto said, Completely cutting off Sakura and jumping to conclusions and putting his foot in his mouth as he unintentionally insulted Sakura, making her mad and punching him in the gut hard, making him wheeze in pain.
Sanbashi had seen this and couldn't help but laugh at the banter that the two of them had with each other. She could see the underlying feeling that they had for each other, but wasn't sure if they were romantic or not. She would have teased them, but then she realized something that Naruto had mentioned earlier.
"Um not to break up the love fest between you two...But who is Sai exactly?" She said causing Sakura and Naruto to blush a bit, but Sakura had noticed what she had asked.
"Hey yea, speaking of which...Captain Yamato?" Sakura said looking at her superior. "Where is Sai anyway?" she asked, unaware of the deal that is happening.
"Um, Sai is-(*radio noise*)-uh, hang on just a moment..." Yamato said as he put his hand to his ear, getting the relay of what was happening from his clone. Speaking of which...
(Location: Back at the Crater)
As the Yamato clone was busy hiding near the trees, Sai was finishing the message to Orochimaru from his Master. Orochimaru had silently stood taking it all in as he was listening to the last bit of the message the boy in front of him was saying.
"...and that is the Message Danzo-sama wanted me to convey." Sai had finally finished saying to Orochimaru.
Smirking, Orochimaru had said "I find that very interesting..." he only said as the wind picked up slightly within the crater, blowing the dust away in certain areas.
"It's a very Intriguing story...but give me one good reason why I should believe you?" Orochimaru asks Sai as he showed no fear(2) at being subtly threatened by the Snake Sannin.
Sai then proceeded to use his left hand to go into the pack over his left shoulder, not even making an effort to hid what he was doing, until he sensed someone from behind him a bit too late, tackle him to the ground with a Kunai blade at his neck and all the scrolls splayed out on the floor. The one to tackle him was Kabuto, and he had a disapproving look on his face.
"What do you think you're doing?" Demanded Kabuto as he neared the kunai to Sai's neck.
"Let's not be hasty Kabuto, calm down...I believe our ranks have increased by one..." Orochimaru had said in full confidence, causing Kabuto to grit his teeth.
"You don't actually think that we could trust...This One." He said about Sai, to which he immediately responded. "The Contents of that envelope might convince you..." Sai mentioned to Orochimaru, pointing to the very thing on the floor. "Open it. It's from Danzo-sama to you..." Sai finished, still too calm at the position he is in.
Orochimaru, curious at what was inside, did just like the Boy said, making sure that there were no traps first, before opening the Manila Envelope and reading the paper inside. Surprise was etched into his face for a brief moment, before he talked to Kabuto once more.
"Kabuto, let the child go...we are going to be taking him with us." He said to his subordinate, making Kabuto slowly, and reluctantly, get off of Sai. "Shall we be leaving...Sai? that is your name isn't it?" The Sannin said smirking as he prepared to leave.
Sai, getting up slowly to not arouse any more suspicion that he already had, smiled...before all three in the Crater jumped away. And all of this was witnessed by the Yamato clone stationed there.
"Sigh...it's as we feared..." he muttered to himself as he sees them as they left.
(Location: Back at the Bridge)
As Yamato was getting the message from his clone, Naruto had looked around and noticed the Blonde woman and her downed friend and had wondered who they were.
"Um hey?" Naruto said, garnering the attention of Sanbashi. She had looked up at her fellow blonde and noticed how weary and curious he was of her, but tried to play it off as he notice that she probably meant no harm, especially with a friend possibly injured. She on the other hand was evaluating the teen Jinchūriki to see if he was stable enough to trust, but with the way he was acting as if nothing happened, she made the decision to get to know him a little better. So, she smiled to ease the tension.
Hey if she could make friends with a Half Demon like Vergil, then maybe she could make a few new friends out of all this crap that they went through.
Seeing the smile, Naruto made the decision to introduce himself to her. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and if you didn't already know I'm a Ninja from Konoha...so uh what's your name?" Naruto said scratching his cheek a bit after smiling at her, natural curiosity dancing in his eyes at wanting to get to know her.
"Hehe..yea I know you're from Konoha..." Sanbashi said smiling at his, somehow at ease in his presence. "My name is Sanbashi. I'm a Samurai from Tetsu no Kuni, nice to meet you Naruto." She said to him in greeting.
"A Samurai? All the way from Tetsu no Kuni? Wow! That's far away from here! But if you are a Samurai, then where is your sword? And who is he?" He said as he ran his mouth a mile a minute while looking for the supposed Sword that she would be carrying and looking at her unconscious friend.
"Huh? But I always carry my..." She stops her sentence as she reaches for Tatsumaki on her back only to grab air-"Oh Goddamnit!" She says out loud causing Sakura to look back at her in confusion. Sanbashi gets up and asks Naruto to do her a favor. "Hey um can you do me a Huge favor and get Sakura so you both can watch my Friend please. I got to find my sword." She asks of him. "But isn't that your sword?" Naruto said pointing at the Massive stone sword embedded to the ground. Sanbashi looks and wonders how Vergil even got the Zweihänder in the first place.
"No no, that's not mine...it's his...His name is Vergil. Can you please watch over him for a minute while I get it?" Sanbashi pleaded to him.
"Uh yea sure, he's probably hurt and Sakura could fix him right up no problem." Naruto said giving her a small thumbs up while smiling.
"Oh good thanks a bunch...Be right Back!" She says running to the trees.
Nodding, he calls out to Sakura making her go to him. It was then that Sanbashi broke through to the trees to find her Sword where Vergil had kicked it when he was crazed. Yamato, seeing this, narrowed his eyes at her in suspicion, and then looked at the downed Vergil, wondering if he would pose a threat to them if he awoken.
Sakura looks down at Vergil, and starts to heal him a bit more, while Naruto was analyzing Vergil.
"Hey Sakura-chan, what's this guys story?" He questioned looking at Vergil's face seeing the two marks on the left half of his face recede somewhat to be faint lines.
"I don't know, but both Sanbashi-san and Vergil had a run in with Orochimaru while they were over here..." She said going off from Sanbashi's testimony about encountering Kabuto and Vergil having the Cursed Mark. Speaking of which...
"Oh really?" Naruto said gaining a bit of an edge in his voice. Then he questioned, "I wonder why they would be over here from so far away though?" Naruto pondered at the reasoning.
"Well, Sanbashi said that there were recent Demon activity throughout the Nations for the past three months and they were attacked. Remember those weird puppets that kept on appearing(3) when we tried to go and save Gaara?" Sakura said as she finished healing Vergil. Naruto had stiffened from the word "Demon", bringing up some bad memories, but was saved with the question Sakura asked.
"Oh yea those things! We thought Sasori was behind that and he had no idea either!" Naruto said out loud connection the dots.
"Yea, that would mean that there were Demons there and in Iron that warranted them to check out where the source is coming from." Sakura said, looking at Vergil sadly, "They checked here first, not knowing that Orochimaru was here as well...and I guess that Vergil has piqued his interest." She said showing a bit of anger at the Snake as she opened up Vergil's collar to show Naruto what was on his neck.
The Cursed Seal of Heaven.
(Sasuke...he has the same one as Sasuke...) Naruto had looked shocked at the mark and it brought back even more memories of when he fought his best friend at the Valley of the End. In a sort of trance, he inched his left hand closer to Vergil's Cursed Mark. As he got closer, he was unaware that Sanbashi had finally gotten her Sword from the tree it was embedded in, looked shocked at what was going on, and sped to their position in great haste.
"Wait!"
"Huh? What's-"
Grab
Looking down, Naruto was met with a sight of an awaken, and unhappy Vergil, with his hair down, swiftly grabbing his left arm with his own left hand, and was sitting up readying his right hand to punch him with an odd looking Black and Grey Gauntlet that was not there before and some how appeared on his person.
Naruto would have been straight knocked out with a Right Hook if it wasn't for three things. Sanbashi had just in time held Vergil's arm back trying to calm him down. Three Wood branches had wrapped around Vergil's arm and upper body, signifying that Captian Yamato had kept a close eye on everything. He would have to thank him for that later. And finally Sakura had grabbed the enclosed fist-or what ever that was-covering Vergil's hand with her inhuman Strength that she acquired from her training with Tsunade-bāchan.
"Whoa! Whoa! Calm down, calm down, calm down...it's ok we can trust them..." Sanbashi said to Vergil, who was breathing heavily while looking at Naruto with his icy blue eyes as he was tense, ready to try and fight the unknown people in front of them even though he was tired. As he stared at the Blonde teens Dark blue eyes, for a split second Naruto's eyes changed to the Red slit eyes of the Kyubi back to normal eyes, and Vergil's had turned sickly green back to their cold eyes once more. This caused Vergil to let go of Naruto as said teen backed up narrowing his eyes looking dead at Vergil(4).
Everything was blocked out to him...
-gil?"
What was that odd feeling he had sensed when he looked at that boy?
-ergil..."
Could it be that the Boy was-
"Vergil!"
"Huh!" Getting out of his trance, Vergil looked at Sanbashi, with worry all over her face. He eased up a bit wondering what was wrong, until he looked down seeing branches wrapped around his body and arm. He looked up seeing a pink haired girl letting go of his hand that she held back, and looked past her to see an older Male with Green and black making an odd hand gesture scowling at him.
"...Sanbashi, what the hell is going on?" Vergil said, his voice cutting the tension in the air like a hot knife through butter, as he looked at the woman that was breathing a sigh of relief.
"Oh man you scared the shit outta me..." She said to him as she let go of Vergil, who put his arm down, making Enkidu disappear in a swirl of red and black energy.
"What was that?" questioned Sakura as she sees the gauntlet vanish from his arm. She would have said more, but was instantly quiet when she saw Vergil's eyes on her, causing her to lock up in place. She then sees him look at Yamato with his cold eyes, eyes that have seen far too much.
"Do you mind releasing me?" Vergil said practically demanding Yamato to let go of him without actually saying it.
"Yamato it's ok, this is how he usually acts..." Sanbashi says to the Wood user, silently pleading to him to let Vergil go.
Yamato had stood looking at the Swordswoman, wondering if she was insane. He could still be affected by the curse mark implanted by Orochimaru if what Sakura said was true when she showed it to Naruto. There was no way he would take a gamble like this, especially when he saw both the Swordsman and his Charge face off like two Titans battling it out when they had been "Transformed", and nearly again when Naruto almost lost his head. No...he will not endanger the well being of-
"Captain Yamato, let him go..." said a voice breaking his train of thought. And it was who that said it that shocked him.
It was Naruto...he was vouching for him!
"I think he could be trusted...please let him go...I don't think he could be that bad..." Naruto said to Yamato while still looking at Vergil, who sat quietly staring at Yamato.
(You have no idea...Sigh...Damn it Naruto...Don't make me regret this...) Yamato thought to himself, before with great reluctance, released Vergil from the Wood bindings.
So after Vergil was free from the branches, he brushed off his Jacket of any dirt that has accumulated and slowly stood up with the help of Sanbashi, who kept thanking the other Blonde in front of him.
"Vergil-san...do you remember anything before coming here? Anything after you got that mark on your neck?" Sakura questioned Vergil, as he looked a bit lost in thought while unconsciously rubbing his neck where the Cursed mark was.
He stood silent, thinking about how he was plagued in his own mind by the manifestation of Mundus' leftover taint within him. He then saw brief flashes of when he had succumb to the Power of Mundus, both many years ago and just recently, and his eyes darkened considerably.
"...yes. I remember quite well...and its something I would like to forget." Vergil said to Sakura, before turning his attention to the three unknown people. "You know my name, but I have yet to know yours..." Vergil said to them as he stood straighter, being as tall as Yamato himself. Said man stepped forward and introduced him and his squad to Vergil, prompting a "humph" and a scrutinizing gaze at all three of them, especially Yamato for bearing the name of his Father's sword, before turning his attention to Sanbashi.
"Where is my Sword?" he asked realizing beforehand that the Muramasa blade was missing, and not in the pocket dimension with Enkidu.
"Well I don't know for sure what type of Sword you use, but Sanbashi-chan said that you came with that." Naruto said, jumping into the conversation while pointing at the Zweihänder that was embedded on the road leading to the bridge. When Vergil looked at what he was pointing at, he had stiffened slightly, which didn't go unnoticed to Yamato, Sakura and Sanbashi, before he nodded once to Naruto and proceeded to approach the Sword that had likened him to be called the "Black Knight" by Mundus.
(It must've triggered the memory of when he was under the seal's influence...) Sakura had speculated in her thoughts, seeing as how she had experienced this first hand with Sasuke.
(Vergil...) Sanbashi thought worried that maybe the Sword would do more harm than good.
As he stood in front of the Sword, with the others not far behind, he theorized that he could try to avoid using as much of his power as possible, or simply try to use that Power for his own use in one day Combating the Emperor of the Underworld in his revenge against him. Thinking on it for another time, Vergil grabbed the sword from the hilt with his right hand and was pulling it up from the ground slowly but with great ease, as Blue fire and electricity engulfed the Zweihänder entirely, shocking everyone but Sanbashi who smirked at the show he was giving. It was then that the Fire made the sword seem thinner than it was, before Vergil swiped the Fire away at the side in a brilliant display, showcasing the smooth Katana blade Muramasa in his hand, a far cry to what sword looked like before. A small flash of blue at Vergil's left showing the sheathe of the katana in his hand, he then quickly put the sword away with a resounding click, where he swiped his white hair back to its spikey position, turned around and walked back as if nothing had happened.
"Heh...showoff..." Sanbashi muttered to Vergil as he stood next to her, smirking at that comment, and of the surprised look on Sakura and Naruto's faces.
"WOW! Can you teach me how to do That!?" Naruto asked thinking about the possibilities if making his weapons bigger to fight at a better advantage against other Ninjas.
"Sorry.." Vergil is not sorry, "...only people in my Family can do that..." Speaking truthfully, and visibly crushing Naruto's hopes of having a kickass super shuriken that he would love to make now that he saw that(5). Oh he is not far off with that line of thinking...
"Well now that we got that out of the way, I know where Sai is..." Yamato said, gaining the attention of Naruto and Sakura. "He's gone off with Orochimaru...they're together." shocking his team, and garnering the attention of Sanbashi and Vergil at the mention of the Snake Sannin.
"They're together!?" Sakura said disbelieving at what she had heard, until Yamato confirmed to her, making her question once again. "Wait, what are you saying?" she asks still confused at the bombshell.
"It's obvious isn't it? Your teammate sided with the enemy..." Sanbashi said making the ninja look at her as she had her arms folded with a frown on her face. "And Disloyalty is something I don't tolerate...so with that in mind, we are going to help you guys straighten him out, and maybe step on some Snakes along the way." She said shocking the Konoha ninjas as she punched the palm of her hand while smirking at the idea.
"Sanbashi-" "-Nuh uh, no way Vergil, we are helping them with this. Its the least we could do after they healed us..." Sanbashi said finally cutting off someone as she looked at Vergil, who looked annoyed at that happening, until he said, "I was saying that I agree..." Making Sanbashi shut up at that.
"It would give me a much needed excuse to end that Snake Freak of Nature..." Vergil said while folding his arms looking over at the other side of the Bridge.
"Are you two sure that you would want to do that?" Yamato asked of them, "You really don't have to, you are not really obligated to help..." He said to them slightly suspicious of them, but relented when he saw the determined look on Sanbashi's face, seeing as she would probably help anyway.
"Nope, besides Five against three are better odds, and I have to payback that Four eyed bastard about taking my arm the first time." Sanbashi said to them in complete conviction with what she was saying.
"Sigh...ok. But you have to follow what I say for the duration of this mission. Understandable?" Yamato said now serious on the matter at hand.
"Crystal..." Vergil said still with his gaze towards the other side confirming for the both of them.
"Alright...Sakura, Naruto, get ready..." Yamato commanded as he walked ahead of the group to the bridge that was destroyed.
"Hai!" they said as Naruto had zipped up the jacket he wore all the way up and picked up his headband and tied it up around his head. Sakura had tightened her gloves and checked her equipment and went ahead with Yamato, telling Naruto to hurry up.
As Naruto went ahead, he was stopped by a hand on his shoulder, making him see that it was Vergil that stopped him.
"After this, we need to talk..." Vergil said to Naruto, giving him a sense of foreboding at what was to come.
"Yea I know...come on, we don't want to lose their trail." Naruto said running with the rest of his team.
As Naruto went to the end of the bridge with his team, Sanbashi had approached Vergil as he held his gaze toward the other side of the ravine. He seemed to look ok on the outside, but Sanbashi could tell that he was anything but fine.
"Hey...you gonna be ok?" She asked as Vergil had turned to her with a look of contemplation on his face.
"For now I will be..." He said as both he and Sanbashi made their way to the other Shinobi.
"Ok...but after this we are talking about what had happened with you ok?" She said to him, making Vergil look at her for a bit, before nodding at her request. Smirking, she replied, "Good, now lets go! We got a Snake to skin." Sanbashi said while running to meet with the rest of the group. Shaking his head at her apparent hyperactive behavior, Vergil goes with them to try and find the Ninja's wayward teammate.
(Location: Crater-5 minutes later)
Touching down at the desolate area, Team Yamato along with Vergil and Sanbashi had looked around the crater, surveying the destruction all around. Vergil was greeted with more flashes in his mind, being here not controlling his actions as he fought a vicious Four tailed Beast, a Beast that he knew was the Blonde shinobi that he had met recently. Looking back at Naruto, who was gazing all around, he wondered how he would take that it was because of him that this crater was made. Sanbashi, seeing this, had silently stood with Vergil as she too looked back Naruto, wondering about the same thing that Vergil had thought.
Kicking his feet to the dirt, Naruto had noticed something, "The ground is still soft...The way this place is all torn up, and the Bridge being totally wrecked...Will somebody tell me what happened here!" Naruto said growing a bit frustrated at being in the dark.
"You don't remember anything?" questioned Yamato as Naruto had tried to think on what he could go on with his memories. (Again, just like Jiraya-sama had said would happen...) he thought as Yamato remembered what the Toad Sannin said if Naruto would ever tap into the Fourth tail.
Temporary Amnesia...
"Um...uhh...well I don't know, but there is one thing I don't get...Why was I unconscious?" Naruto questioned to either of his teammates, very confused on the matter.
When he asked, Yamato had looked at Sakura, maybe hoping that she would tell him or not, only for her to have a look on her face before she spoke.
"Orochimaru attacked you and...knocked you out..." She had said, garnering the attention of Sanbashi and Vergil, who stood quiet listening to it all.
(She's lying to him to protect him...) Sanbashi thought to herself as she witnessed the exchange, but Vergil's thoughts were entirely different.
(That will come back to bite her when I talk to him...He deserves to know...) Vergil thought to himself as he looked back around the crater, seeing images of himself as "something else" in certain places, until he saw a scroll on the dirt floor near Sakura.
"Huh? I..Uh-Oh Come on! Are you kidding me?" Naruto comically ranted to himself, wondering how he allowed himself to be knocked out in the first place.
Sakura and Yamato looked at Naruto an a bit of surprise, until they saw Vergil pick up a scroll and a book off the floor making Sakura go to him as he was looking through the book.
"It's a sketch book, but with a story to it. Whoever wrote in this is obviously talented..." Vergil said as he handed it to Sakura, who recognized it.
"This is Sais'...why would he leave his stuff scattered here like this. This is his most prized possession." Sakura said trying to make sense out of this.
"To have left something so precious behind...even he must have been pretty rattled by Orochimaru..." Yamato had said getting closer to Sakura and Vergil.
"So do you know exactly what happened here?" Sanbashi said as she was looking around too but got near Vergil, who was reading the Scroll in silence.
Turning to the Swordswoman, Yamato responded, "I myself don't but the clone I planted did, and thanks to the wireless radios, I was in contact with him just now." he said pointing to his ear.
"So do you know what happened here then..." Sakura asks, prompting a quick response out of Yamato.
"Two things...first Sai had a conversation with Orochimaru...then he left with him and Kabuto..." he said making Sanbashi grow mad at that while rubbing her right arm, while Naruto had asked what that meant.
"They were too far away for my clone to overhear..." Yamato said a bit disappointed at that.
"You think he had no choice but to go along with them?" Vergil asked as he rolled up the scroll, seeing it as unimportant and giving it to Sakura.
"Kidnapped?...didn't appear that way...No, Sai approached Orochimaru and gave him something..." Yamato said out loud to them.
"Bribery?" speculated Sanbashi, but saw Yamato and Vergil shake their heads at that.
"No, I think he sold his team out." Vergil said refuting her earlier statement, making Yamato agree. (Some Ninja's just don't have any honor to do uphold their principles.) He thought disgusted at this persons actions.
"Now hang on just a minute! Sai maybe one of the biggest jerks I have ever met, but you're not really saying he would betray us are you?" Naruto said who tried to come to the defense of Sai.
"Wait, it's possible..." Sakura said making Naruto look at her in shock. Then she remember something that Tsunade-sama had said to her in passing one time.
"Captain Yamato, do you know a man named Danzo?" she asked out loud in all seriousness, prompting Yamato to respond back saying that he knew, and Sanbashi looking a bit wide eyed at the name. Only ones who didn't know were Vergil and Naruto.
"That old Warhawk(6)? The supposed famed "Shinobi of Darkness?" Sanbashi questioned out loud, making Yamato nod in her direction.
"Yes, he is a member of an elite faction that opposed the Sandaime Hokage in Konoha..." Yamato said.
"He's also Sai's superior...and he doesn't think to highly on the Thirds Legacy." Sakura said while thinking on the two conspiring together making plots against their "enemies".
"So that would mean that this Sai person won't make any moves unless authorized by his Master within the shadows..." Vergil said, slightly seething in anger at the prospect. To him, it reminded him of Mundus, manipulating things in the background while everyone else does the dirty work.
"Exactly. Sai's contact with Orochimaru could be a move on Danzo's part..." Yamato said, thinking on what the plan might be. Until he had said that Sai might had a completely different mission than their own.
"So then, this whole mission...he was using us? To get to Orochimaru?" Naruto disbelieving in what he was hearing.
"Yea I think he played you guys..." Sanbashi said, familiar with the sting with betrayal.
"Sigh...its a bit of a wild guess but...I have a feeling what's going on." Yamato said to his team. "It maybe a stretch but, I think Danzo...maybe plotting with Orochimaru for the Destruction of Konoha!" Shocking all that heard it.
All except Vergil.
Smirking, Vergil had one thing in mind, how would he Kill the Snake when he gets his hands on him.
(He won't be plotting anything if his Head is no longer attached to his shoulders now will he?) He thought sinisterly as he eyes flashed Sickly Green, wanting payback. He will enjoy this, Immensely...
(Location: Uzushiogakure no Sato)
The Hidden Whirlpool Village.
A once prosperous Village allied to the Hidden Leaf Village.
A village that used to house a single clan that had founded and ran it all.
The Uzumaki Clan...
But that was many, many years ago...Before the Third Shinobi War had rained down on the Village.
Because of that, the only thing left within the village, was nothing but Ruins...
...
...
...and a giant Hell Gate within the edge of the island.
...The True Hell Gate(7).
This particular Hell Gate wasn't like the others throughout the Elemental countries. Well for one, it was significantly Larger than the other three...well two since one is destroyed. The other thing that stood out was the very intricate and complex Seal that was near the bottom of the Hell gate.
Its Purpose?
The disallow any entry to and from the Demon World...so long as the Connection on the other side hasn't been tampered with...
It was tampered...but only slightly for only trickles of Demonic Aura leaked from the gate itself.
(Play: Devil May Cry 4 Ost - Baroque and Beats [40 seconds intro])
Some of the demonic aura had trickled out from High above the Gate itself, but was only able to release only a little amount to let one demon pass through without forcibly damaging the Gate.
DUN-DUN
A gold Orb popped out high above the Gate, morphing around in a circular motion to reveal an Angelic-looking White Knight with a metallic feathery looking white and gold Armor plating, and a open Halo on its helmet piece. On his back are "Wings" covered in the same armor as the rest of its body, and his large blade coated in white and gold, metallic feathers at the hilt, and a wind up function on the handle to boost its power.
As the White Knight floated down lightly, he touched the ground and looked high into the sky. The "Wings" had retracted back and are now attached to his left shoulder, now looking more like a giant Shield on his arm.
(End Song)
Slowly stepping forward, the lone Alto Angelo had to go over what had happened after it was dispatched to the Underworld by his Holiness' orders. It was with the other Angelos within the Underworld, and it was trying to find more demons to be brought in for the Chief Alchemist of the Order(8) to use on experiments. But the group was ambushed by a large flash of lightning that nearly destroyed them all.
It was after that the Angelo itself had been morphed once again, but in front of a silhouette of a being with three glowing red eyes. It was then been forcibly given a task from his new "Master". Now as it Flew back up into the air, and towards the source of Demon Energy it had sensed far in the horizon, the Alto Angelo had to remember its new programming that was within its consciousness.
Search for the Demon named Vergil...
...And Eliminate him..
(A/N) WOOOO Done! and I Guess U didn't Expect That last part Did you HAHA
Oh and guess what? The poll is now officially Closed!
Lets see and the winner is...
*Drum roll*
MISTRAL! (crowed chanting)
Well there you have it, and in the Next Chapter you will have a taste of what Sam and Mistral are up to while Vergil and Sanbashi has some very interesting interactions with Team Yamato.
(1) The Shodai means the First, and that Yamato though powerful, is nothing compared to the First Hokage.
(2) The ROOT programing is taking its affect in suppressing Sai's emotions.
(3) The Marionette have appeared but off chapter during the Kazekage rescue mission. So remember them, cause they appear around Suna.
(4) Naruto, or more specifically the Kyubi knows what Vergil is hehehe...
(5) Naruto will get inspiration later with that lol
(6) Danzos nickname, practically wanting to go to war with anyone for the Leaf to Prosper as the dominant Village
(7) The Big Hell Gate that is at the center of Fortuna Island. oh Boy I can't wait to unveil the lore for its existence in Uzu no Kuni lol.
(8) And Guess who it is. You should know.
Anyway its been a blast but for now enjoy this chapter as I ease my eyes.
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