The Road Less Taken
Chapter 10: Memories of Betrayal
A/N: Sorry about the wait, my computer crashed after I was at about ten thousand words and I was pissed and hadn't written. I was actually tempted to start a new story, or even possibly continue Serpentine Savior but that's staying on hiatus for now. It was more or less a one shot that could be continued at one point and I was going through a booty call when I wrote that. Next project after this fic will be Equilibrium, a time travel fic or a Boy and His Master. That's a fic about Naruto growing up outside of the village with Jiraiya but nevertheless drop a line and let me know which you want to see. Requiem should be up in two weeks hopefully…
I
Anko swiftly pulled a kunai out of her coat, and was ready to slice Arashi's head off cleanly until the body dissolved into water, much to her surprise. Her eyes widened up and instinctively rolled out of the way, narrowly missing a kunai that would have entered her spinal column had she not moved.
"You didn't think it'd be that easy Anko-chan? I'm a chuunin, son of the Mizukage, and not to mention I have Uchiha blood coursing through my veins, I won't be beaten by some dumb bitch like you." Arashi growled out, forming his hand in the ram seal as his chakra flared up for a second, blue wisps of energy swirling around him, forming a formidable aura around him.
"Actually, I did." Anko replied.
Kazama Arashi's dark blue eyes sparkled for a second, his outrage and anger conveyed within his blue orbs. "Sorry to disappoint, Anko-chan." He retorted bitterly, before flaring up his chakra once more and whispering, "Sharingan." Dark blue began swirling about, before turning red with three tomoes, spinning vividly in his eyes.
"Don't take it personal kid." Anko replied, before sending chakra to her feet and bursting off the ground, shooting towards him quickly. He telegraphed her movement and her next attack but found he wasn't fast enough to move out of the way as Anko's sandal heel connected with his face, sending him stumbling backwards.
"Seneijashu." Anko bit out, sending snakes shooting out of her outstretched hands. The snakes flew towards Arashi's neck, but he quickly sidestepped the serpents, reaching behind him and pulling out a katana and bringing it towards them in an upwards arc.
Anko's brain began formulating several options on how to take on Arashi. Normally one was supposed to run from a Sharingan user, especially one with a fully matured Sharingan. But she couldn't afford to run, her mission was clear. Pulling out a kunai and twirling it around he r fingers in a dramatic fashion.
"You'll die for your betrayal, Anko-chan. It's a shame that a body like that has to go to waste, I actually liked you." Arashi confessed sadly, before glaring at her with blood red eyes.
"I don't think I will." The Special Jounin replied evenly, reaching into her shuriken holster, before sending five shuriken whizzing at him. "Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." The five shuriken multiplied into fifty and flew towards him.
Arashi saw the movements of the shuriken and adjusted his body accordingly, slipping in between them and sprinting towards Anko. "You're done bitch." Arashi threatened dangerously, parrying the last of the shuriken with his katana and moving towards her.
"Kage Shuriken no Jutsu success." She retorted, holding a set of ninja wire in each hand.
Arashi's eyes widened before going through his own set of hand seals. "Kirigakure no Jutsu." He yelled out and a mist began to cover the room.
Anko yanked back on the wire and the shuriken that had been attached suddenly shot towards Arashi, with another set of shuriken hiding under its shadow. One hundred shuriken attached to the wires suddenly closed in and Arashi let out a scream as they connected as the ninja wire wrapped around him, a hundred shuriken digging into his body.
Anko grinned, despite that she couldn't see the platinum blonde, and his scream was enough to let her drop her guard for a second. Releasing the wire and deftly pulling a kunai out of her sleeve, she charged into the mist, ready to finish him off.
The smell of his blood tainted the air with its reek, metallic tang and it was easy enough to discern his location. Gripping the kunai tightly, she quickly decapitated the Kiri chuunin. Panting slightly, she backed away only to have a kunai rammed into her spine, and a blood curdling scream escaped her mouth before she could stop it.
"Mizu Bunshin success."
II
"Hey guys, how about we hit up a bar?" Sakura offered to the group. Naruto, Temari, Sasuke, Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Lee had been hanging out all afternoon after accidentally meeting up at Ichiraku's. Afterwards they had caught a few movies, and then gone to the beach for a bit to hang out. Only Lee and Chouji had actually gotten in the water, Naruto and Temari had been too busy making out on the sand to do little more than that.
Sakura and Ino had been posted up talking gossip about them while Sasuke had worked on his water walking technique. Shikamaru had simply complained all afternoon about how troublesome everything was.
"I cannot Sakura. It is unyouthful for me to partake in underage drinking. I will head back and find guy and rekindle my flames of youth." Lee replied, giving the group a small nod before heading out.
"Freak." Ino whispered when Lee was out of earshot.
"I have to go, my dad wants to teach me some family jutsu. That, and I don't want to miss dinner, my mom bitches if I do, what a drag." Shikamaru complained before disappearing as well.
"Dinner sounds good about now." Chouji said as his mouth watered up with all the possibilities.
"You just stuffed your face not too long ago piggy." Ino cried out in outrage.
"But not enough. Plus, I'm too big boned to be drinking." Chouji retorted angrily. "I don't want to get any bigger."
"I seriously doubt you could." Ino bit off.
"So I guess it's going to be me and you fighting over Sasuke again Ino-pig, just like old times since Naruto's going to be sucking Temari-san's face all night." Sakura said with a smirk on her face.
Sasuke groaned loudly, that was just what he needed.
"I resent that." Naruto said, breaking off his kiss with Temari. Sakura arched her eyebrow at him, and one look into her emerald eyes was enough to shut Naruto up for a bit.
"Can we just go and drink?" Sasuke asked, running his fingers through his mane of jet black hair.
"Hold up alcoholic." Naruto replied and Sasuke gave him a glare. "What, Uchiha's exempt from being alcoholics, too beneath you?" Naruto asked with a sneer, but his Sasuke knew his best friend was only jesting.
"Let's go." Ino chimed in, agreeing with Sasuke full heartedly.
Sasuke groaned once more.
"I thought your dad was going to train you?" Temari asked, giving Naruto a sly smile.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Hey Sasuke-chan, you're on your own with the girls tonight, I've got some special training with the Hokage." Naruto spoke with an air of aloofness.
Sasuke raised his eyebrow at him, and Naruto tried his hardest to look innocent. "Baka, we're not stupid." Sakura yelled before clubbing him upside his head.
"Jeez Sakura-chan, you hit harder than most guys I know. I guess I know who'll be the seme in your relationships." Naruto replied, giving grabbing Temari around the waist and disappearing in a flash.
"NARUTO!" Sakura screeched out shrilly and Sasuke honestly hopped his ears weren't bleeding.
Naruto stopped at the Namikaze estate. "I don't mean to be perverted, but you can stay the night if you want." Naruto offered to his future wife. Temari gave him a small smile before nodding.
"Hai." She responded before pulling him in for a kiss. "What about your parents?"
"I like to think that they have selective hearing." Naruto replied, suddenly pressing his lean figure against hers as the blood began to flow south. Temari noticed the beginnings of an erection and grinded against it softly.
"Got to love the selective memory." Temari smirked, before breaking off the kiss and following Naruto inside, the man she'd been ordered to betray, to kill. If only she didn't have to…
After giving her a small tour of the house the two went upstairs to Naruto's room, and Temari closed the door behind her. "What about Kakashi-san?"
"He'll probably be hanging out with Konohamaru training somewhere." Naruto replied. "Nervous much?"
"A little…I'm a virgin, Naruto-san."
"We don't have to if you don't want to." Naruto started, but Temari pulled him to the bed, before wrapping her legs around him, her kimono riding up some and exposing some more of her toned legs.
"I want to very much."
"Shouldn't we wait till the wedding and all?" Naruto asked.
"Whatever makes you happy." Temari whispered before bringing his face down for another kiss, capturing his bottom lip between her own and sucking it softly intentionally, serving only to fuel his desire for her.
"Let's wait then. The wedding is a month away, we can hold out until then." Naruto whispered into her mouth, before letting his tongue dart in.
"I need you Naruto, right now." Temari panted into his mouth.
"I'm not going to take your virginity, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun." Naruto smirked against her lips coyly, his hand sliding between her thighs.
Moments later, she climaxed hard, loud enough to where selective hearing just didn't cut it for Kakashi.
III
"What happened to Fugaku?" Yukani demanded.
"All business huh… Before you can fully grasp what happened, tell me, exactly how much do you know about the foundation of Konoha?" Minato replied, pulling out a cigarette out of his jounin vest and lighting it up with his silver Zippo.
"Not much more than what they taught us in the academy. Just that Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were close friends and leaders of their clans and merged to form Konohagakure no Sato under Hi no Kuni." Yukani spoke diplomatically, as if quoting some written text.
"Yeah, straight bullshit. That stuff they taught you in the academy was lies. Konoha was founded on blood and Madara and the Shodaime were bitter enemies." Minato retorted with a sarcastic chuckle.
"Just what exactly does that have to do with Fugaku-nii's death?" Yukani demanded desperately.
"I'd probably get there if you'd let me finish." Minato stated with cold indifference. Yukani shut up quickly and let him continue. "Years ago, eighty years ago to be exact, there were no five nations, there was just one big land full of several clans. Clans would get hired by whomever, only problem was that due to some of the clan's unique abilities and kekkei genkai's, they were chose predominantly over others, causing ire amongst the smaller clans and starting clan wars.
"The biggest clans at the time were the Senju, the Uchiha, the Hyuuga, and the Namikaze. War began spreading, the Uchihas began fighting the Senju for clan dominancy and the Hyuuga and Namikaze were attacked by other clans, smaller ones like the Kaguya, the Yamanaka, the Nara and Akimichis. The first Fire Daimyo tired of the war and tried to resolve it by forming a ninja nation, the foundations of Konohagakure no Sato. As I said earlier, each clan had unique abilities that set them off from others, case in point, the Namikaze had unreal brute strength and easy adaptation to ninjutsu of all sorts. We were the first clan to be asked to join Konohagakure no Sato and while we were a strong clan, we were for the most part docile, and peace loving.
"Wanting peace for everybody, the Namikaze's extended the offer to the Uchiha and the Senju as well as the Hyuuga and the smaller branches that would now take foundation in Konoha. They accepted and agreed to meet at a convention to work out the kinks on who would become leader and such, but for all the wrong reason. While the Namikaze were peace loving, we were the most feared clan in the history due to our connections to the Maiban empire and the original wielder of the Rin'negan, so at the convention all the clans who would become Konoha rebelled against the Namikaze and slaughtered us to the point of extinction, hoping to cleanse the land of the most powerful clan ever." Minato spoke, his voice becoming haggard, as if he had been around at the time.
"All the clans rebelled?" Yukani asked, her eyes watering up in sympathy.
"Yeah, they slaughtered us like cattle wiping us off the face of Hi no Kuni, and the last of our kind ran away to the new villages who were starting out such as Amegakure, Kirigakure, and others. As you know the leaders of the Uchiha clan was Uchiha Madara, easily the most powerful Uchiha due to the fact that he had the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan…"
"Sorry to interrupt but what is the Eternal Mangekyou as you called it? I've never heard of it." Yukani asked.
"You probably wouldn't have… It's a well kept secret usually passed down from male heir to male heir. The EMS as I'll call it is an upgraded version of the Mangekyou, stage two of the Sharingan." Minato began. Seeing Yukani's frown of confusion, he elaborated, "There are several versions of the Sharingan, the one tomoed Sharingan, still in the developmental stages, the two tomoed, which is the one most Uchihas get to. Thirdly is the fully matured, three tomoed Sharingan, not too many Uchihas have actually got their. The first to unlock the Mangekyou, the kaleidoscope Sharingan was Madara and his brother Izuna, which helped them maintain their ground against the powerful Senju clan. According to the scrolls the brothers left behind, the Mangekyou can only be obtained by the self committed murder of your closest friend. Despite gaining such a power, it had one major drawback besides the constant drain of chakra, it blinds.
"It is unknown if it happens as a punishment for the murder of one's best friend to gain such a power, but the Mangekyou slowly eats away at your retinas and destroys your vision. Madara flaunted his Mangekyou to the Senju, relying on it heavily until he found out the price to be paid, which leads us to the Eternal Mangekyou. The only way to achieve it is to kill your own brother and take his eyes, combining both Mangekyous and the darkness would fade away. Fearing his loss of power, Madara killed Izuna and snatched his eyes gaining the final stage of Sharingan." Minato explained.
"I still don't get…"
"After the betrayal to the Namikaze clan, the clans needed a leader, the 'Kage' of the village and both Uchiha Madara and Hashirama applied for the position now that the Namikaze were out of the way. As you know, Hashirama had gotten the job, and Madara had been angered. He felt betrayed by the Uchihas, who refused to join his campaign, calling him a monster who had killed his brother in order to take his eyes and gain the EMS. Betrayed, Madara left the village and sought more power, and got what he wanted. He found that his hateful eyes could control the Kyuubi no Yoko, and controlling it, he returned to Hi no Kuni to fight the Shodaime at the Valley of the End, where he supposedly died.
"Years after this, the few remaining Namikaze's had joined forces under Amegakure and the leader over there called Hanzou. I was young, too young to remember, but my family had moved to Amegakure only to be slaughtered by Hanzou and his shinobi who feared the strength of the Namikaze just as the Uchiha had. As the war with Konoha continued, Jiraiya stumbled upon me and pitied me, bringing me back to Hi no Kuni where one day I'd grow up to become a student of his, as well as his unofficial son. I was raised here, becoming an elite jounin quickly as my Namikaze strength was unmatched by anyone, and finally I was chosen by the Sandaime as his replacement, but the Council feared the repercussions, fearing I was too bitter because in essence Konoha slaughtered my clan and I was its only survivor."
"What happened then?"
Minato flicked his cigarette outside and pulled out another one and lit it up quickly, taking in a deep drag and blowing smoke in Yukani's face much to her dismay. "They leaked my family's information to the Uchiha and the Hyuuga and they tried on numerous occasions to assassinate me. So the Sandaime kept the position for a bit longer, and when the enemy heard of a possible civil war on the breakout, Iwagakure attacked Konoha, and the same people who tried to have me killed wanted me as their weapon. Eager to prove my allegiance to Konoha, I slaughtered Iwagakure's troops nearly single-handedly with the use of the Hiraishin no Jutsu. The war ended and I became Hokage as reward, but that didn't settle well with the Uchiha who already feared retaliation. Since I took office they've been planning a coup d'tat, hoping to take me out before I could take them out.
"Their treachery reached the power hungry Uchiha Madara, and when he found out about the existence of a single Namikaze, using the Kyuubi he attacked while remaining low key. The Council thought he was dead and blamed it secretly on the Uchihas which had been planning to overtake the position of Hokage, namely your nii-san."
"Nii-san would never have!" Yukani retorted, snarling.
"Yes, he would have. I tried saving him, I honestly did, but it was too late. Uchiha Itachi was sent to the ANBU by the Uchiha to serve as a spy among our ranks but instead he fed me information on the current coup d'tat lead by your brother. Already suspicious of the Uchiha due to the Kyuubi attack, Danzou and the village council ordered the execution of Uchiha Fugaku by Itachi to serve as a message to the clan and it worked, they settled down and maintained the police force."
"That's bullshit." Yukani argued weakly.
"Really, why do you think Fugaku accepted our marriage? He was going to use you against me as a spy. Shamed by his actions, Itachi-kun parted ways with the village only asking that incase one day there'd be a need to finish off the clan, I'd spare his otouto Sasuke. You're brother was a traitor Yukani, mislead by arrogance and prejudice against a clan that had been slaughtered years prior. He was no better than Uchiha Madara and the quicker you realize it, the better." Minato replied, taking another drag off his cigarette.
Yukani was seething, teeth bared, and knuckles clenched tightly. "You're the reason nii-chan died?" she accused angrily as her tears began to spill.
"Am I really to blame for the fact that your ancestors and the Senju exterminated my clan? That despite the fact that all I wanted to do was help the village I had assassination attempts daily? Your brother was a terrorist and nothing more, he reveled in prejudice and hoped to do what Madara hadn't finished, become Hokage. I know you loved him dearly, but baby he was using you. Using you as a spy for me, and almost used you to gain the Eternal Mangekyou, he had already killed his best friend but he wasn't one of the few to unlock it. If he had, he would have came after your eyes in the end." Minato explained.
"Minato, I don't ever want to see you again." Sitting up from her chair, Yukani turned and left the office without another word.
Sighing to himself, Minato wondered why he had become Hokage in the first place. He remembered the briefing he had with Anko six months ago.
oOo
"Hokage-sama, you have to listen to me?" Anko pleaded with him, grabbing him by the lapels of his jacket. Surprised by her aggressiveness and lack of formality, he gave her a nod to continue. "Remember the mission where I found out that Zabuza might join the Akatsuki and then you gave me this mission to find out what Zabuza had decided. He declined the offer, he's too busy trying to find a way to become Mizukage, but while Zabuza and Kisame were arguing I was paying attention.." Anko panted for a second, before continuing, "Apparently Uchiha Madara is still alive and posing as the Sandaime Mizukage, and he has a son to boot with a fully matured Sharingan."
Minato's eyes widened for a second. "How sure are you?"
"One hundred percent positive. While I can't identify the Mizukage as Madara, the son did have a fully matured Sharingan and the Mizukage wears an orange mask to hide his face, going by the name of…"
"Kazama Tobi, ne?"
"Yeah…" Anko replied, taking back another shot.
"Fuck, I'll have to bring this up to the Council, great job Anko on the information." Minato commented, before going through a specific set of hand seals and yelling out, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu."
There was a poof of smoke and Gamakichi, son of Gamabunta arrived. "What's going on, oyabun?" the six foot toad asked.
"Find Jiraiya and tell him he's been summoned to see the Hokage as soon as possible."
oOo
"What's going on Minato?" Jiraiya asked, giving the waitress a sidelong glance. All he knew was that he had been traveling for the last week to see the Hokage who had summoned him so erratically.
"Mitarashi Anko had been on a stealth mission in Kirigakure finding out more information on the Akatsuki and their plans with Naruto and apparently one of their members is none other than Uchiha Madara." Minato replied as calmly as he could, while scanning the area for intruders.
"You've got to be shitting me." Jiraiya snorted.
"I'm pretty fucking serious sensei. Madara's been posing as Kazama Tobi, Sandaime Mizukage of Kirigakure." Minato barked out, giving his teacher a slight snarl.
"How come none of my spies found any of that out?" Jiraiya asked incredulously.
"Mitarashi-san may have been mistaken, but I honestly doubt that. She's one of the best jounin I have when it comes to information gathering. That's where you come into play sensei, I need you and Tsunade to get all the information you can get on the Mizukage and his son."
oOo
"You were right about Madara, Minato-kun." Jiraiya stated morosely, entering the Hokage's office without knocking.
"Fuck… this complicate things." The Yondaime stated, before running his fingers through his hair, pondering what to do next.
"I have intel on several members of the Akatsuki, for example, Madara's the leader of the Akatsuki or second in command. Next there's Uchiha Itachi to deal with…the kid who murdered his best friend and father…" Jiraiya said, shaking his head in disgust.
"I'm not worried about him."
"Why not?" Jiraiya demanded.
"Itachi and I have some sort of agreement. What he did on that night was all under orders of Danzou and the Village Council." Minato admitted.
Jiraiya arched his eyebrow at Minato. "I don't even want to know right now. Anyway, Deidara, A-ranked terrorist of Iwagakure is also in the group, Sasori of the Red Sands and two guys who've only been referred to as the Immortals are in as well. I've gotten word from my connects that the Leader, or the most important member is in Amegakure right now, and if the rumors are true, he's the one who killed Hanzou, the previous leader."
"We're going to need some information on him as well. Do you think you can handle it sensei?" Minato asked hopefully.
"Come on kid, Jiraiya is no liar. I'll get your intel right after I get back from the honeymoon with Tsunade." Jiraiya confessed, his cheeks flushing at the prospect of finally having Tsunade in bed.
"You two fossils finally got hitched, I'd never thought I'd see the day." Minato retorted with a small chuckle. The two men stood up and embraced in a small hug. "Stay safe sensei." Minato finished and Jiraiya disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
oOo
"Tsunade's dead…" Minato stared at the broken man in front of him, the man who he still called sensei out of respect. Tears stung his eyes as the man who he looked up to as his father clung to him desperately, sobbing loudly, over racked with grief at having lost his wife after only being married a month.
Minato deep down knew the pain, he had lost Kushina.
"I've loved her all my life, and when she was finally mine for a month, Pein took her away. We were nothing to him, nothing, two of the Sannin and he took us apart like nothing. Pein destroyed my arm and stabbed me in the throat and Tsunade used all her strength to heal me, leaving her vulnerable… he killed her Minato…"
"We'll make him pay sensei. On everything I love, I won't die until Pein's dead, do you hear me?"
"She's dead." Jiraiya ignored him as if he couldn't hear him, his fragile mind still in the middle of Amegakure where his wife lay broken.
oOo
"You know Sunagakure's going to betray you right. They don't intend to actually let Temari marry Naruto, you should tell him before he gets attached." Jiraiya pointed out astutely.
"I know, but in order to strike them where it hurts, they can't know that I know, and Naruto's not the brightest kid, he'd tip them off accidentally. We're going to have to think of a ruse to separate Anko and Naruto while he woos the Kazekage's daughter, leaving him vulnerable at the Chuunin exams where I'll go in for the kill." Minato confessed.
"You scare me at times." Jiraiya stated truthfully. "You're almost always so peaceful, but when the time calls you can be particularly ruthless and vicious."
"Such is the job of a Kage." Minato muttered unapologetically.
"I know you got a lot on your plate with Suna but Orochimaru's forming an alliance with them and if he does, expect them both to attack at the Chuunin Finals in an attempt to wipe out the village."
"I know, two for one." Minato said grinning, refusing to let the news worry him, or take away his happiness.
"What's with you, you got laid last night?" Jiraiya asked.
"Nah. You have no idea how proud of Naruto I am, he's becoming stronger by the day, and he can even manipulate fire into the Rasengan and his taijutsu. He can summon the toads perfectly, he'll become better than me." Minato said proudly.
"All that's left is to teach him the Hiraishin and we're good to go." Jiraiya said seriously. "That and some good old fashioned Senjutsu training and he'll be right on his way to Hokage."
"I love that kid so much more than he knows." Minato said offhandedly.
"Then maybe he should know."
"What? What are you talking about?" Minato asked.
"Just because I wasn't a good father to you doesn't mean you should do the same baka." Jiraiya replied haughtily.
oOo
"Anko, I need you to break up with Naruto for now. You're going on a SS-ranked mission to assassinate the son of the Mizukage and return to Konoha safely and with leaving evidence that would make Konoha look like a bad guy."
"Hai, but how do you think Naruto will take it?" Anko asked.
"Not good, but he's a strong kid. I wouldn't worry too much about my boy, he's the next Hokage after all." Minato bragged uncharacteristically "So in the meantime I'm going to have people believe I'm against your relationship with Naruto, I'd fill him in but he's too straightforward with information. He'd immediately confront the Sand delegation and that's one thing we can't have, they have to honestly believe Naruto's heartbroken and that Temari's getting to him."
"Hai, understood Hokage-sama."
"Assassinate target Kazama Arashi by any means necessary and maintain your cover in Kirigakure until you receive word from Jiraiya-sama, do you understand Anko?"
"Yes Hokage-sama."
"The future of Konoha relies heavily on how well you can go undercover."
"I know and will pass the mission." Anko retorted, none too happy with her mission. She didn't mind assassinating Arashi, but breaking Naruto's heart, she never thought she'd be put in a situation where she'd have to do that.
"Hai, you're dismissed Mitarashi-san until further notice."
***End Flashback***
IV
Arashi cackled as he stood over the broken body of Mitarashi Anko. "Now all I have to do is report this to my father…"
"Can't let you do that." A voice interrupted him and pain seared across his body. "Seneijashu." The voice spoke as snakes bit into his body. Using all his strength, he pushed off the ground with chakra and spun in midair launching his own set of shuriken at the attacker.
It was Anko.
"But you're dead." He replied shakily. Arashi stared at where her body once was, and saw the body dissolve into mud.
"For a wielder of the Sharingan you're pretty stupid." Anko reprimanded, a maniacal sneer on her face. "When you used the Kirigakure jutsu to blind me, you didn't think I'd realize how blind you'd be as well. Just like you did, I created a clone and sent that one into the mist to chase you out. A shinobi must use all tools at his disposal, one being eyesight. If I can't see you, do you think I'd jump in headfirst into the mist with you." Anko chastised.
Arashi cursed under his breath. She did have a point after all. "It's of no consequence." Arashi stated boldly. As he was about to go through a set of hand seals, Anko vanished from sight and appeared in front of him, fist cocked back. He didn't have time to brace himself and the punch landed, smashing him clean across the face and sending him crashing into the wall.
"You probably shouldn't have brought me to your house so far away from the center of the village where dear daddy could help you." Anko replied laughing.
"Stupid bitch, we had ANBU tagging you the whole time." Arashi confessed angrily.
Anko's eyes widened dramatically. "Nooo…I'm so busted. Dipshit, let me let you in on a secret, there all dead." Anko replied sarcastically.
Arashi now had a frightful look upon his face. "You fucking bitch… you don't have the gall to kill me."
Anko sprinted forward and Arashi stood up, Sharingan eyes ready to copy her movement. "It's useless if you can't see me." Anko chastised once more, before using the Shunpo, accelerating her speed even faster.
Before Arashi could move, she crossed the distance between them and launched a kunai at him. Arashi blocked the kunai, but by then it was already too late, there was no distance between him and Anko and she stabbed his left hand with a kunai pinning him to a wall, then pinning his right hand with another one as he froze momentarily in pain.
"I'm going to kill you." Arashi declared, trying not to scream from the pain.
"I sincerely doubt it. Those kunai that are holding you in place have bomb seals attached all around them. The instant I activate them or the instant you move they go off, blowing you apart, so I suggest you do as I fucking say." Anko growled out.
"What do you want?" Arashi asked fearfully.
"I want information on your father and the Akatsuki." Anko asked.
"I'd rather die bitch." Arashi bellowed out, ripping his hands free from the wall.
The explosion that came next rocked the whole building.
A/N: Sorry about the wait once more. Please let me know what you thought of this chapter, I've seriously shortened it and rushed it to make sure you got it on time. Next chapter, Yukani's reflection on Fugaku's death, the aftermath of the explosion, some father and son time, and a guest appearance by none other than the Sandaime and Ero-Sennin, plus the start of the Chuunin Finals.