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The Sinister Six
Chapter 9 Eki's Secret Revealed
Tsunade just smiled at the still hugging and kissing Haku and Sakura, but when they started making out she couldn't let that go.
"Sakura if you show him around the village you could probably find a better place to figure out what Haku ate for breakfast." They broke apart blushing.
"Sorry Lady Tsunade will be going now." She grabbed Haku's hand and started to drag him out of the office but stopped. "He had pancakes." She smiled before leaving the office and Tsunade burst out laughing.
In the Village
Sakura had pretty much dragged Haku around the village until they reached a training ground where Team 10 was sitting.
"Hey Ino." Called Sakura, the blonde girl and chubby boy eating potato chips got up and walked over to them.
"Sakura, you're looking happier today." She looked at Haku. "Who's the new girl?" Haku sulked.
"Um Ino, this is Haku, the boy I told you about, he's a Leaf ninja now so he's staying here now." Ino gave a high pitched squeal.
"Oh Sakura, that's wonderful, you finally found yourself a boyfriend." She turned to face Haku. "I'm Yamanaka Ino, the chubby guy eating the chips is Akimichi Choji."
"Hey I'm not chubby, I just need to keep up my strength."
"Yeah right, and this is…" she stopped and looked back toward a boy staring at the clouds. "Hey Shikamaru! SHIKAMARU!" her face contorted in anger. "SHIKAMARU GET YOUR LAZY ASS OVER HERE!" the boy got to his feet muttering something about a "troublesome woman".
"What do you want?" asked the boy as he yawned.
"I wanted to introduce you to Haku, the newest ninja in the Village." Shikamaru just stared blankly at Haku.
"Just what we need, another troublesome woman."
"I'm a boy, is it too "troublesome" for you to notice?" said Haku angry. Shikamaru just shrugged and started to walk away. "Hey, don't you just walk away from me." Haku pulled two senbon from his sleeve.
"Wait Haku don't kill him." screamed Sakura
"I'm not, I'm just going to hurt him." Haku started to throw but froze. "I can't move." Shikamaru turned around his hands in a seal
"Kage Mane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Technique) success." Said Shikamaru. Haku looked down and saw their shadows were connected. "Now let's see how you like this." He moved his hand to his neck, Haku did the same the only difference is Haku had a sharp pointy object in his hand.
"I give up." Shikamaru released Haku's shadow and Haku put the senbon away. "Sorry about that, I just get tired of people thinking I'm a girl." Shikamaru shrugged
"It would have too troublesome to fight you anyway." And he walked away and sat back staring at the clouds.
"Well that was interesting, well see you Ino we have to be going we have other teams to see." Said Sakura as she dragged Haku away to another training field. Haku saw a boy relaxing with a puppy and another boy observing bugs on a tree. "Kiba, Shino hey." They walked over to them.
"Hey Sakura." Said Kiba. "Who he?" he asked pointing at Haku
"I'm a guy you…wait you didn't call me a girl."
"Well your scent is male, unless I'm wrong, what do you think Akamaru?"
"Arf!" barked the dog.
"See you're a boy."
"Finally." Sighed Haku. "People always think I'm a girl. By the way I'm Haku."
"Inuzuka Kiba, and this is Akamaru."
"Arf!"
"And that guy over there is Aburame Shino, but don't expect him to give you a warm welcome."
"Well it was nice seeing you Kiba, do you know where Hinata is." Said Sakura
"Naruto showed up and they went into the woods awhile ago." Said Shino suddenly appearing next to them. Haku jumped.
"Don't do that." said Haku
"Sorry, force of…" Shino suddenly turned and Kikai bugs shot from his sleeves and into the woods, they came back a moment later carrying the bodies of three beetles. "It's more of those beetles, that makes ten today, Ikazuchi has been sending more and more of them, my family has been working round the clock to keep these things away but they just keep coming, he's up to something. Excuse me, but Lady Hokage wants us to bring these to her." And he vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Well that was interesting." Said Sakura. "Where did you say Hinata was again?"
"She and Naruto went into the woods for "private" training." Said Kiba with a raised eyebrow.
"And she used to be such an innocent girl." Sighed Sakura. "Well we have to go now, see you Kiba, Akamaru." Before she dragged Haku away again. (A/N Don't get any ideas about Hinata and Naruto, at most their just making out.)
Hokage tower
Shino poofed into the office.
"Lady Hokage." Said Shino as the smoke dissipated. Tsunade jumped.
"Use the door next time." Yelled Tsunade. "You scared the hell out of me, and that's not good in my condition."
"I'm sorry Lady Hokage, but I have three more beetles." He held them out.
"This is not good, including the ten you've brought in that makes nearly a hundred today." She grabbed her stomach protectively. "I fear for my child's safety. Shino, have your clan work double time to find all the beetles you can."
"Yes Lady Hokage." And Shino poofed away.
Hidden Sound.
Ikazuchi was sitting on a log watching his team train. Eki needed practically no training, and Kimimaro was good as well, and Kidomaru had only a little more to learn.
"Tsubaki no Mai." (Dance of the Camellia.) Kimimaro lunged his bone sword at Eki who skillfully dodged critical hits but still had scratches on her skin.
"Ha, not bad Bone Boy, you're actually hitting me now." She grabbed the skin on her arm and peeled a section of it off taking the cut with it. Kimimaro briefly saw normal human skin before the scales grew over it. "Now!" she pulled more sections of skin off, Kimimaro found he was strangely distracted by this. Unfortunately Eki noticed Kimimaro's wandering eye. "Like looking at my skin; then have a closer look." Eki threw her hands back, a piece of skin between each finger, the skin became infused with chakra. "Sukin Shuriken!"(Skin Shuriken) she threw the skin at him and he blocked them with his bone sword, but when he hit them they burst into individual scales and rained down on him cutting him.
"Interesting jutsu." Complimented Kimimaro, as his cuts healed. (A/N I think Kimimaro can heal small cuts, I mean his bones do burst out of his skin.)
"You haven't seen anything yet." And she took a fighting stance, her tail twitching.
She's cold and she's cruel
But she knows what she's doin'
She pushed me in the pool
At our last school reunion
She laughs at my dreams
But I dream about her laughter
Strange as it seems
She's the one I'm after
"Eki, show him the technique you learned while we took that trip to Sand last week." Said Ikazuchi. Kimimaro grew nervous slightly, like many lizards Eki was a mimic, she couldn't copy like Ikazuchi, but she could come close. And with her control over plants she had even mimicked Sawarbi no Mai (Dance of the Seedling Fern) with real ferns. Eki raised her hand toward Kimimaro.
"Hai Ikazuchi-sensei." Small lumps appeared on Eki's arms and fell to the ground, Kimimaro recognized that she was creating seeds. He knew a plant attack was coming. He activated his seal, it spread part way on his chest.
"Mori Kyuu!" (Forest Coffin) thick roots burst from under ground and wrapped around him. The pressure was incredible; his bones could barely stand it.
"When…did you…learn this?" he gasped. She gave him a smirk that flashed her fangs.
"Ikazuchi-sensei took me to Sand last to week, he wanted to check out the genin team from there, so I watched him fight and went from there to mimic his abilities, and I can't wait for the chunin exams; he's ruthless he'll be a great opponent. He can control sand like I control plants. But now." The roots constricted tighter. "Mori Soso!" (Forest Funeral) the roots constricted tightly and had it been anyone other than Kimimaro they would have died instantly. There was a burst of chakra and Kimimaro broke free of the roots and emerged in level two.
"I compliment you on making me go to level two."
"I didn't think you liked me that much, you changed your appearance to look more like a lizard."
"I don't have a choice in what my cursed form looks like, unlike you who has a choice, I know you have a human form but yet you stay in that lizard form."
"If you want to see my human form so badly, I'll show it to you as long as you can beat me." Before giving him another fang flashing smirk.
Cause she's bittersweet
She knocks me off of my feet
And I can't help myself
I don't want anyone else
She's a mystery
She's too much for me
But I keep comin' back for more
She's the just the girl I'm lookin' for
They charged towards each other, Kimimaro pulled his spine out to make a long staff. Eki made a long vine grow from her arm.
"Tessenka no Mai: Tsuru!" (Dance of the Clematis: Vine) they both shouted and ensnared each other. Kimimaro grew a massive bone drill on his other hand. Eki made a giant rose thorn.
"Tessenka no Mai: Hana!" (Dance of the Clematis: Flower)
"Bara no Mai: Toge!" (Dance of the Rose: Thorn) their attacks clashed and shattered. They flew back, and Kimimaro changed back to a human form. "I guess it's a tie, so here's a peek." She grabbed the skin just below her elbow and pulled it off. Showing normal skin on her arm, it was a slightly tan color. Kimimaro noticed she still had the claws. He was about to say something, but she cut him off. "If you're wondering about the claws I can't change them, they mark me for what I am." And the scales grew back.
"What are you?"
"Never ask me that again." She said angrily before stomping away back to Ikazuchi.
She can't keep a secret
For more than an hour
She runs on 100 proof attitude power
And the more she ignores me
The more I adore her
What can I do?
I'd do anything for her
Kimimaro just stared after her, he had never been one to actively pursue a girl, and he decided long ago he would never go by looks, most of the "kunoichis" in the village were weak who spent all there time just brushing their hair and trying to ask him out. He knew if he would ever even consider a girl he wanted someone who could take care of herself. To most Eki was some weird monster girl, but he could tell by her face that underneath the scales she could prove to be an exotic beauty.
"Hey Bone Boy, Ikazuchi-sensei wants to talk with us, so get over here." Called Eki. He started to walk over to them. That was another thing that intrigued him, her emotions towards him were a mystery; sometimes she would yell at him, other times she was a friendly rival. Then there were other things that confused him. Ikazuchi had explained her bloodline limit and that the drawback to her lizard form was the animal characteristics she took on, she was very vulnerable to cold although she would never admit it. It made her sluggish, so sometimes when they would be on missions they would sleep outside at night she would start out sleeping in a tree, but when he would wake up he would find her curled up asleep next to him. She would always say it was for warmth, but she often slept furthest away meaning she passed over the others to reach him. That he could shrug off as coincidence.
"Yes Ikazuchi-sensei." But there was another incident that made her hard to understand happened about a week and a half ago. Eki like all girls around his age had to deal with their monthly visitor. But once again the animal traits came back to haunt her, as Ikazuchi said she was in heat. Those were the longest two days of his life; Eki had become what everyone had called "clingy" towards him, she practically hung off his arm the entire time, and was reduced to giggling schoolgirl every time he spoke to her, she had even tried to kiss him but he wouldn't let her, at least when she wasn't herself. The worst part was that Ikazuchi said this had been a light episode, he said one time she had practically forced herself on a guy but had interfered before she could do anything. Thankfully Ikazuchi saw how this could interfere with training so he had developed a pill that would make it so she would only have episodes every six months, she just happened to be woken up at the wrong time. (A/N To all the girls who read this and take offense, I'm sorry, I just thought it made for a funny fluffy incident.)
"Good Kimimaro, I have a gift for you and Kidomaru."
"What kind of gift?" asked Kidomaru
"Both of me show me your Juin." They both exposed their seals. "This will hurt, but it's worth it." Ikazuchi infused his hands with chakra and extended claws, he stuck a claw in their seals, they immediately began to glow and they cringed in pain. After a moment the seals stopped glowing.
"What did you do?" asked Kimimaro
"I removed all side effects of the seal. Try it." The both spread their seals slightly.
"There's no pain."
"Exactly, you all know if you use the seal too often you'll end up a mindless shell, and lose your life. I researched Orochimaru's note on the seal and figured out a way to change it. You'll have the seals even should the one who gave them to you dies."
"Are you saying that technically Orochimaru no longer controls us." Asked Kidomaru
"Yes, now one other order of business, you and the other sound gennin team have a mission, B-ranked, assassination, a man traveling on the road is disguised as a peddler, he is a spy for Hidden Rock, we will wait for the other team to arrive, and then set out. Any questions.
"Yeah, why do I need to go with Bone Boy and Six Arms; I can handle myself, and I especially don't need that pitiful excuse of snake's team following me around." Griped Eki
"Orochimaru wants you to work with the other team since you'll be working together in the chunin exams. Anything else?"
"Yes." She turned towards her teammates. "You better not hold me back." She said forcefully.
Cause she's bittersweet
She knocks me off of my feet
And I can't help myself
I don't want anyone else
She's a mystery
She's too much for
But I keep comin' back for more
She's just the girl I'm lookin' for
The other three genin arrived.
"There you are, introduce yourselves." Said Ikazuchi
"Kinuta Dosu." Said a boy wrapped in bandages.
"Tsuchi Kin." Said a girl with long black hair.
"Abumi Zaku."
"Alright, the man is Jounin rank, I will be accompanying you to monitor the fight, the six of you should be enough." A buzzing was heard and a beetle landed on Ikazuchi's shoulder. "It's about time one of you made it back."
"What is it Ikazuchi-sensei?" asked Eki.
"I've been sending beetle after beetle to Leaf, but they kept getting killed one finally made it back." He held the beetle to his ear, his eye widened, and he got an angry look on his face. "Eki something troublesome has arisen, I won't be joining you. Can you handle this?" She nodded. "Good." And Ikazuchi disappeared.
"Alright, I'm in charge, and if you get in my way I'll kill you." she said before jumping into the trees, Kimimaro smirked before following suit.
She's just the girl I'm lookin' for
With Ikazuchi
Ikazuchi raced through the trees towards Leaf.
"Damn, with no beetles in Leaf I have to travel by foot, but this is a most troublesome occurrence. If my beetles are correct then Hinote's unborn son already has an impressive demonic aura, nearly 1/6th of Hinote, and he'll only get stronger, I will have to remove this thorn before it buds. I guess he wouldn't mind an early birthday gift." He smirked evilly before racing off.
Wave Country
Yochi, Kaosu and Tatsumaki stood on the water where Mizu fell.
"Goodbye Mizu, you lived and died honorably." Said Kaosu
"What do we do now Kaosu." Asked Yochi. "Do we try to find a replacement for her as well?"
"No, Ikazuchi is right, the Six is no more, and I tire of Orochimaru, it is time to leave Sound."
"Where should we go?" asked Tatsumaki
"I have been thinking lately, it is time to make amends for the atrocities we committed under his orders. I am returning to Leaf to swear allegiance to the Lady Tsunade; I now know I was wrong about Hinote, and I never should have tried to invade Leaf. Will you come with me?"
"I will follow you to the ends of the earth." Said Yochi, a gust of wind blew.
"A foul wind blows toward Leaf." Said Tatsumaki.
"Then we must get to Leaf." Said Kaosu before the vanished
Tsunade's room
Tsunade was sound asleep in her room, when a shadowy figure appeared. Ikazuchi stepped closer.
"All to easy." He whispered. "Happy birthday bastard." His chain snaked out, but then something happened he did not anticipate.
"Byu, byu!" called something loudly, and he felt something bite his leg. "Ahh what the hell!" he screamed. Tsunade stirred
"Tonton what is it?" she opened her eyes wide as she saw Ikazuchi standing over her, despite being very pregnant, she moved with unnatural speed to protect her unborn child. "Ikazuchi! Why are you here?"
"Getting rid of a thorn before it can grow." He shot his chain straight at her stomach, but to his she caught it. She pulled the chain and drew Ikazuchi to her.
"Never touch my child." And she punched him out the window. She ran after him and carefully walked down to the ground, but she was already worn, most of her chakra went to her child, she leaned against the fire flower tree trying to regain her strength.
"Is this the limit to your strength? Pathetic." His chain shot forward.
"Hinote." Whispered Tsunade
Naruto's room
Naruto was sleeping when suddenly a voice called.
"Kit wake up now!" called Kyuubi. Naruto started up.
"What!"
"My brother is in danger, get to Hokage tower now! And take father's shurikens."
"But I…"
"NOW!" Luckily Naruto had fallen asleep in his clothes; he grabbed Hinote's shurikens and jumped out of the window, red chakra flaring.
With Tsunade
Tsunade was expecting the attack, but it didn't come. She looked to see holding the chain in front of her was Hinote. He looked back at her and smiled, and threw the chain back at Ikazuchi.
"What is this?" yelled the beetle.
"Hey! Leave Granny Tsunade alone." Ikazuchi looked to see Naruto standing next to him, the shurikens strapped to his back, the chakra around him was in one tailed form. Naruto looked and saw Hinote who just nodded and smiled and faded out of sight.
"You really think you can beat me boy?"
"I can, Hinote told me I would know when the time was right. And that time is now." Naruto raised his hand into a seal. "Fire Unseal." The chakra around him flared, his aura now had the full nine tails. The shuriken flew of his back floating freely around him.
"Impressive chakra boy, you almost rival Hinote, but you've only just received this power, you've no idea how to wield it." Ikazuchi's chakra flared, his skin took on a plated armored appearance, his wing grew and his second set of arms extended. He took his stance. The glowing Mangekyo appearing beneath him, all four arms became charged. "Swift Shocking Strikes 10,000 hits!" he flew at Naruto. He flew the chakra barrier. "10 hits, 100 hits, 1,000 hits, 2,500 hits, 5,000 hits, 7,500 hits, 9,999 hits!" chakra charged his hand. "With this last hit your seal will shatter. 10,000 hits" he aimed straight for Naruto's seal, Naruto backed away at the last moment, but the attack still grazed his stomach and he flew back knocked out. "Now die by my most powerful Ougi." (Death Move) Energy charged in all his hands. "Yon Chidori!" (4,000 Birds) he raced at Naruto.
"Protect all within you aurora, Kouken Kisei!" (Guardian's Oath) Ikazuchi's attack was blocked by a rainbow colored aura. He looked to see Kaosu holding his katana, Yochi was holding Naruto, and Tatsumaki was aiding Tsunade. "Ikazuchi, you would attack a woman with child, and then a youth who comes to aid her. You have gone too far."
"You can't beat me old man, not since I returned to my prime using the jutsu you denied."
"So you've learned his techniques, it does not matter. Youth may make one stronger, but youth is a weakness, it makes you reckless. I will prove to you that power is not ones age, but comes from ones heart." He sheathed his sword. And took a fighting stance. "Byakugan!" and his eyes activated.
"I'm going to enjoy this." Suddenly there was a buzzing sound and a beetle flew to him. "I'm sorry to cut this short, but apparently my apprentice is in trouble." And he vanished in a bolt of lightning.
With Eki
Eki and her team watched the man on the road.
"I'll go first, since I'm strongest I can react if he pulls something." She said, she jumped in front of the man and made a thorn. "Die!" and she rammed it through his heart. The man slumped down.
"Was that it." Asked Zaku
"Something's not right here, it was too easy." She looked at the man and saw he was melting. "Clay?" she also saw chakra strings on him. "A puppet? Clay and puppetry, where have I heard of that?"
"Katsu!" the clay puppet exploded, she blocked it with vines. She turned around and saw two men, one with red hair and the other with blonde, wearing black cloaks with red clouds.
"You're coming with us girl." Said the blonde one.
"You want a fight bring it Akatsuki." Her eyes glowed and her pupils changed to slits, a dark green chakra surrounded her. But suddenly it vanished. "What happened to my chakra?" She turned around and saw a large blue man with a sword, and another man with the Sharingan.
"We've finally tracked you down Hachibi no Komodo Ryu." (Eight-Tailed Komodo Dragon) said the man with the Sharingan. He stepped closer.
"Uchiha Itachi." The man looked over to see Ikazuchi. "Stay away from my students." All of them tensed to fight. But Itachi held out his hand.
"No, he's mine."
Another chapter down, the fight between Ikazuchi and Itachi has been in my head forever. Eki's secret is revealed and what made Hinote appear. All will be answered next time. Also I figured out the theme for Ikazuchi, The Game by Drowning Pool.