Plan of the Light

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Chapter 10- Explanations: Part 2

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"This is talking," he said.

'This is thinking,' it thought.

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Neji had been one of the ones who had NOT driven the Kazekage insane. The Hyuuga was calm and answered every question posed at him. He had said what had happened to him after Tsunade's random and unexpected hug that made him realize that being Fate Boy wasn't so fun and he should lighten up a bit. Neji also told about how he accidentally ended up kissing Tenten and then how and why she got mad at him.

"-And that's it," Neji finished.

"So why did you join the rebels?" Gaara asked.

"I wanted to bring Tenten back to her senses so I could apologize to her."

"What's wrong with her…?"

Neji's expression turned sullen.

"She decided to go out with your makeup wearing brother…"

Gaara was shocked; everyone had assumed that Kankuro's makeup, uh, kabuki paint, turned people off. It certainly creeped Gaara out when he was younger.

"Is that all?" Neji asked.

The red-head nodded. And with that, the probably only sane person left the interrogation room.

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Gaara left the small room to get some fresh air. Having to talk one on one with insane people really tires a guy out. The former base of the believers was in the interrogation chambers of Konoha. Luckily, there also was an area for the people actually DOING the interrogations to take a break. The room was small, but more comfortable than the brightly lit rooms he had spent hours in.

"Ok," Gaara said to himself, "I've got a whole bunch of people left and they all belong to The Light except for Sasuke. Well, at least all of the important ones…"

The door opened and Gaara got on the defense in case it was another crazy believer trying to take him down. Who it was was much worse.

"So, as I was saying Kabuto-kun, I-"

The snake man stopped what he was saying as he saw a tired, angry teen ready to beat anyone who disturbed him. Kabuto walked up to the doorway to see what was going on.

"What are you doing here?" Gaara demanded.

"We were the ones who made Sasuke start the rebellion against The Light," Orochimaru stated.

Gaara narrowed his eyes.

"So it's all YOUR fault that I have to interview every single person to find out what happened!"

"Not really…"

Gaara would have attacked them, but he was too tired and just fell onto a conveniently placed couch from exhaustion.

"We could help you know…" the medic-nin offered.

"How?" Gaara asked.

"We could interview some of the people for you while you stay here."

"How can I know that you're trustworthy?"

"What do you have to lose? We're on your side for once," Orochimaru stated, "Besides, if Sasuke-kun has mental problems, then I can't possibly take over his body without some of that transferring to me."

'Too late,' Gaara thought.

"Fine," he replied, "But you better take notes so I can figure it out later."

The sannin left with a nervous Kabuto trailing behind.

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"So… what's your problem?" Kabuto asked.

Shino was currently strapped down to a chair to avoid him hurting himself. He was the only rebel besides Sasuke who actually had to be restrained.

Shino didn't reply, he just kept struggling against his bonds. Kabuto sighed.

"Look, answer me or I'm going to have to force you to give me answers."

A glowing green chakra scalpel appeared in his hand. Shino quickly stopped moving, not wanting his internal organs rearranged.

"So, Shino-kun, what is the problem?" the medic-nin restated.

"It's The Amazing Spider Shino!" he exclaimed, "Why does no one get that right?!"

Kabuto sweatdropped.

"Right… so, why spiders?" he asked.

Unexpectedly, the bug user began to cry; streams of tears threatening to cover the floor in water.

"B-b-because," he choked, "It's all Tenten's fault, I swear!"

"How is it…"

"Because!" he exclaimed, "I'll tell you what happened! One day I was training with my bugs. Of course, there was this annoying giggling coming from some nearby trees which was disturbing our trains of thought. So I went over to investigate and possibly stop the maddening noise. And you wouldn't believe what I saw!"

"Really? Please tell, I'm soooooo excited," Kabuto sarcastically said.

Shino glared at him before continuing.

"And there I saw Neji and Tenten hanging around each other."

"So?"

"No, I mean hanging, literally! Tenten was hanging off Neji, her arms looped around his neck. It was strange, really strange…"

"Ok, but that doesn't explain anything."

Shino looked at him and began to burst into tears again.

'I wonder how Orochimaru-sama is doing…' he thought.

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Orochimaru entered a room that contained Nara Shikamaru who was fidgeting nervously in his restraints. The clicking of the door startled him so much that he tipped over the chair he was strapped to. He looked up and sighed in relief.

"Oh, it's only a crazy gay snake sennin from the village we're at war with; I thought I was in trouble there."

"Nani?"

"Well, Temari is really mad at me and an angry woman is scary…"

When he got no reply, Shikamaru added, "But I guess you wouldn't know about that…"

An awkward silence followed…

"So, I'm supposed to find out why you chose to follow The Light," the sennin said.

"That's simple," Shikamaru stated, "Naruto made me realize that I was going to die the day Temari came to Konoha and I figured, 'why not?'."

"Ok…"

"Hey," Shikamaru began, "Could you stand this chair back up? The floor is cold."

"Sure."

Orochimaru righted the chair.

"Thanks. So I'm guessing you want more detail, huh?"

He nodded.

"Well, it all started when Naruto told me my life was going to go to Hell. I of course believed this, and it pretty much has come true. So, knowing my fate, I ran around and did all of the reckless things I had always thought too troublesome, like spraying Shino with OFF; that was good…

"On the day I finished my 'to do' list Temari came to Konoha. So, I decided to do anything she wanted to so I wouldn't get killed as badly. So, that was ok, until we began to talk. She kept telling me her problems and all of that feminine junk, but I listened and replied.

"Sadly for me, other women found out and came to me for advice and garbage. It was annoying as Hell and then… Temari found out. She became jealous and claimed that I was cheating on her, which I wasn't, and tried to tear me apart with her fan without me giving her an explanation. To make matters worse, she went to Naruto to join The Light to gain power like I had so she could beat me up…"

Orochimaru just nodded, remembering what Tsunade had done to Jiraiya in their genin days. Suddenly there was an explosion and someone burst through the wall.

"I'm going to get you," it hissed.

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Shino had stopped crying now and began to tell his tale again.

"T-t-then s-s-she sprayed OFF on me which made all of my bugs run away! I went to chase after them, but they kept escaping. Then I accidentally ran into a giant spider web and when the spiders didn't run away… I realized that spiders were the bugs for me! That is when I became, The Amazing Spider Shino!"

Somehow, he had managed to free and arm and punch a fist into the air as he said his new title. Kabuto opened his mouth only to hear an explosion come from another room. He bolted out the door, even if it was only to escape while he had an excuse.

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A snarling Temari was emitting enough killing intent to even make the Otokage shiver.

"I finally found you; I told you that running only prolonged the pain."

"It's not my fault!" Shikamaru exclaimed, "I'm sorry about the misunderstanding!"

"Sorry's not good enough anymore!"

She leaped forward with her fan, which she had somehow found, ready to strike.

"Help me!" Shikamaru pleaded.

Orochimaru shook his head; he wasn't going to get in the way of the legendary 'Sand Bitch'. He still had to carry out his plans.

"WHAT?!" Shikamaru exploded, "You're supposed to be one of the most powerful ninja ever and you're just going to sit this one out?!"

He nodded his head.

"What's going on here?" a voice said from behind.

They all turned to see a very angry Gaara.

"I finally have the ability to sleep and now YOU all are making all this noise!" he complained, "Now just go back to your cells and we can deal with you later."

"I don't care!" Temari retorted, "I'm going to make him pay!"

"Temari?"

Gaara rubbed his eyes, and once he could see clearly he put two and two together. He quickly jumped at Shikamaru.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SISTER?!" he exploded.

This reaction wouldn't have happened if he wasn't so tired and annoyed by the others…

"Nothing!" Shikamaru confessed, "She's just overreacting."

Gaara mouthed a silent 'oh' before backing away.

"See?" he said, gesturing to Shikamaru.

"I DON'T CARE!" she blasted back.

Shikamaru slouched in his chair, not liking where this was going.

"Troublesome…" he muttered.

"WHAT?" Temari demanded.

He just shook his head.

"You're troublesome, you know that?"

"What?" all of them except for Temari asked.

"Troublesome, how many times do I have to say that?"

Gaara looked over to Orochimaru.

"I think we have a solution…"

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"You really mean it?" Tenten asked, tears in her eyes.

Neji nodded; he really was sorry. The weapons mistress just gave him a tight hug.

"Uh, Tenten? Could you let go?" he asked.

She blushed before stepping away.

Gaara was watching through the window in the door. Everyone had been returned to normal, or as close to normal as possible except for two people… The Kazekage walked up to Sasuke's cell, failing to notice that Tsunade was kicking the crap out of Jiraiya, ranting about his pervertedness…

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The door creaked open, and Uchiha Sasuke was currently chained to the wall. He was bloodied up and you could tell that he had come within an inch of his life.

"Hello Uchiha," Gaara 'greeted'.

"Sabaku?" he asked, "Can I leave? There's no reason for me to stay."

"Oh but there is; you were the leader of an army for Konoha's own civil war."

"It was Orochimaru's idea," he stated, "And I agree; it was the only way to make sure that this Light didn't take over. And it worked. Can I go now?"

"No."

"Kisama."

"So…" Sasuke began again, "What do you want to know?"

"Everything."

"I don't swing that way…"

"I mean about the rebellion you baka!"

"Oh, right. So, it all started when Naruto was acting like… well, like I used to. He was depressed for some reason and then walked off after Kakashi went to cry somewhere. Afterwards, Sakura and I split up because I didn't want to spend the day with her and she actually took the hint.

"Anyway, I was later walking down the street when I found Lee who was sulking on the curb. I asked him what was wrong because I had nothing to do at the time and he said something about lies. I ignored him and moved on with my life.

"Later, I decided to find Naruto and find out what was wrong with him. I didn't really want him to take my image of coolness… I could've sworn he took my smirk… back to the point; I went to Ichiraku's. I doubted that I wouldn't find him at the stand during lunch. But he never showed up. Sadly, I had wasted all that time for nothing."

"Why didn't you use your shinobi abilities?" Gaara questioned.

"Che! Why didn't I think of that?!" he exclaimed.

Gaara sweatdropped.

"Back to the story; I was hungry after all that waiting so I was forced to order some ramen."

"You could go home because-?"

"Curses!" Sasuke exclaimed, "Should have thought of that… It's all Kakashi's fault."

"Right…"

"So ANYWAY, I ordered some ramen. But I was SO hungry, see, I couldn't go home, I ate a few bowls of that starch/ sodium mix. For some reason, I felt strange and couldn't shake the feeling. For some reason, I decided to abandon my 'mission' and wander off. But I guess I was so high on sodium that I tripped into some ditch. I don't know how anyone can eat that much salt! Well, after that near death experience-"

'He's got to be kidding…'

"-I decided to be nicer to others. For instance, I asked Hinata out after she saved me, and then Sakura for being mean to her all those years."

"Naruto claimed that he made you see The Light; when did that happen?"

"I had asked him to tell Sakura that I couldn't go out on a date that night because she probably wasn't listening when I told her what date. He wasn't very happy about it and said something about him killing me with 'The Light', and I kind of thought that was strange. But I figured that it was nothing. Sadly, that night, I was forced to eat ramen because it was the only food I had which is strange because I never buy the junk… Well, the next day, I had to almost die by salt again."

"Why didn't you just buy new food?"

Sasuke slammed his head against the wall; it seems that he hadn't thought of that either…

"Continue…"

Sasuke sighed.

"That night, I took Hinata out and then I saw Sakura drinking with Lee who I thought was strange. I was going to interfere, but the salt made me say totally the opposite of what I was feeling.

"Then Naruto dropped down and decided to kill me for 'interfering' and so we fought. I have to admit, he was pretty impressive and I was horrible. If only I hadn't been forced to eat so much salt…"

'It was so his fault…' Gaara thought.

"Well, he was GOING to kill me, but Kabuto stopped him by taking me away back to Orochimaru's lair. Then, he… never mind, you don't want to know. So, he told me that Konoha was going to be taken over by Naruto so I decided to for a rebellion.

"I later found Naruto and he skewered me on a sword form a clone."

"Was that the salt's fault too?"

"No, actually, it was because my eyes were half blind after… that horrible sight."

The Kazekage didn't want to push further into that subject and let Sasuke continue.

"Once again, I was saved by Orochimaru who had Kabuto heal me. Afterwards, I went back out to assemble forces. This was the day you arrived here. Remember how Hinata was SUPPOSED to kill me? Well, she did. But Orochimaru brought me back to life for some reason… I don't see why he doesn't just find some other body to take over, really! But, I was brought back to life without a catch and I went back to assemble forces. That's when we had our battle and you know the rest."

Gaara nodded; he wouldn't get anymore information out of Sasuke.

"Thanks," he said before opening the door.

"Hey, aren't you going to let me out?" Sasuke asked.

The red-head turned around, trying to suppress a smile.

"No."

Before he closed the door, a shout of 'Kisama!' was heard.

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A/N: Ok, ok, I didn't put Tenten's interview in, but there really wasn't a point in doing so. Also, Sasuke's monologue was longer than I thought so Naruto's and the solution will be next chapter. I'm debating on whether I should make an epilogue or not… I'm thinking yes, but I'm not too sure… Anyway, next chapter, you won't believe whose fault it is! And no, it's not salt. Here's a preview:

"So, happy now?" Naruto asked, a scowl on his face.

"Yeah," Gaara replied, "And I have a good idea of who's responsible."

Naruto grinned a non-evil grin for the first time in days.

"Can I help you beat him to a pulp?"

"No."

"I hate you."

"Deal with it."

So there's you're little preview of the last official chapter. Can you guess who it is? I bet you can't, ha-ha; I do!