"Okay! Talk!"
Kabuto whirled at the sound of the door slamming open.
"Hai, Tsunade-hime?"
Kabuto seemed quite at ease with Tsunade charging in on him and Orochimaru, but the other sannin did not seem so content. His mission report had been disrupted.
"What, Tsunade? Finally decided to help me?"
"You're healed!" Tsunade shouted, stalking over to the snake. "Pathetic little-!"
"Ah, I see you've finally found me out, hn?"
Kabuto grinned and stepped forward. "Yup, that's me, the annoying little traitor-but hey, everyone knows one."
"Oh, a lot of people are gonna know you," Tsunade spat, and marched right up to Kabuto, seizing the front of his shirt and hauling him up to her face. "In either the torture chambers or hell!"
Kabuto's smirk only increased, and he made no move to pull away from Tsunade. "You expect me to just tell you, like that? Please. I was trained in torture resistance by Orochimaru-sama himself. And trust me-he's good."
Orochimaru jumped forward, pulling Kabuto out of Tsunade's reach. "Let's just talk for a minute, Tsunade," he purred. "Unless you want to run."
Tsunade's fists clenched at her sides. "You have six seconds until I set the place on fire!"
"How did you find me, Tsunade-chan?" Orochimaru asked lightly. "I sure to cover my tracks, and unless that brat leaked, I don't know-"
"Oh nobody leaked!" Tsunade shouted. "I found you by following a certain someone's trail!"
Kabuto's cocky expression faltered for a second.
"And who might that be?"
"Him!" Kabuto looked astonished.
"What? Me?" he asked innocently. "I haven't even been in Konoha since-"
"Since you were last taking the Chuunins," Tsunade finished. "Spying for Orochimaru. Hayate found you, talking with that Sunganin, and you killed him. You tried to kill Sasuke and you tricked Kakashi and ran away."
Kabuto's confident smirk returned in full. "Of course. Poor Kakashi, he was so beat up last I saw him…how is he anyway?"
Tsunade's face reddened, and her shoulders came up. "He's alright…no thanks to you."
"Oh, good," Orochimaru purred. "I'm going to need him…"
Tsunade knew she wasn't going to get far like this. She needed a new approach…but what…?
"Oh, Tsunade…my love, please, I'm tired of running. Let's walk for a minute, shall we?"
"I gave you up a while ago."
Orochimaru shrugged. "But I never gave up you."
"Now's a great time to give up," Tsunade hissed, "Because I'm never going to have anything to do with you ever again!"
Orochimaru sighed. "Ever been told to let someone down gently?"
"Many times," Tsunade hissed, and her hands began to move for her kunai pouch. "But it doesn't mean I'm changing how I tell you you're a faggot!"
Orochimaru sighed again. "Oh, well. I tried."
Tsunade's kunai leapt into her hand, and she charged Kabuto with no thought at all. The genin moved quickly to avoid her, and Orochimaru stepped back. Within seconds, a fistfight between Kabuto and Tsunade had erupted, and Orochimaru knew he had to do something. Tsunade had already seen Kabuto's attacks, abilities, and defenses. And she knew them inside and out, given that they were hers as well. But had she seen everything Orochimaru had…?
But that depended on what she was after.
"Take six seconds to listen to me!" Orochimaru called, but Tsunade showed no signs of relenting in her pounding of Kabuto. So far, the genin was doing fairly well, but Tsunade had the advantage. She was older, more experienced, a sannin, and had more jutsu in her arsenal. Orochimaru had already calculated the difference, and Tsunade's stamina was greater, as was her brute strength. But what she lacked in finesse, Kabuto made up for in his own skills. In other words, evenly matched for the next…eleven minutes exactly. After that, the battle would start taking its toll on Kabuto, and he would be worn down. Orochimaru sighed. What he really needed was to stop the fight long enough for Kabuto to recharge and ready his attacks, even fifteen seconds would be enough-
"Would you please stop long enough to hear what I'm trying to say to you?!"
"If its another love story, no thanks!" Tsunade called, and Orochimaru flinched at the next blow she landed on Kabuto.
"Shut up!"
"Orochimaru-sama, just stop. Stop now," Kabuto groaned.
Orochimaru sighed. One last shot and he was out of here. "I think Kakashi will need to hear this!"
Tsunade froze, her fists only an inch from Kabuto's face. The genin had tried to back away, but only succeeded in backing himself into the corner. He was curled up, trying to cover himself, but Tsunade was showing no mercy. Already, bruises speckled Kabuto's arms from where he had put up a guard and been kicked.
Orochimaru exhaled softly. The rest was up to Kabuto now…
"Certainly you want to know what's going on?" Orochimaru said smoothly, inching forward. "Don't you want to know why your precious Kakashi is falling apart?"
Tsunade's eyes narrowed. "One more step…"
Orochimaru shrugged. "He's mine. I left him for a reason. I want him, and I will have him. You see, that little fling with the Akatsuki-that was no 'little' fling. I still am a member. And Kakashi, with his bloodline, is the prize of the Akatsuki. And personally, I think he is very pretty."
Tsunade's rage boiled over.
"So that's why you want him?!" she shrieked, charged Orochimaru. "For sex?"
Orochimaru shook his head, laughing and dodging Tsunade's furious blows. "Tsunade, Tsunade! You always did take things the wrong way…anyway, Kakashi's bloodline is precious, and I think he would do just wonderfully under Sasori's tutelage…"
Tsunade went after Orochimaru again, faster than Orochimaru could even see let alone dodge, and soon had the other sannin pinned to the wall by the neck.
"Anyone move I strangle him or snap his neck."
Kabuto swallowed the pill for the chakra scalpel and ran at Tsunade's back. One shot…
Tsunade whipped around and buried her fist in Kabuto's stomach. The medic slowly curled over, eyes wide with shock and blood spilling from the corners of his mouth. Tsunade let him sink to the ground, unconscious from the blow, and turned back to Orochimaru.
"Guess where you're going Princess," she sneered. Orochimaru swallowed hard past Tsunade's fist.
"Konoha torture rooms?"
"Bingo."
OOOOOOOOO
Kakashi sat on top of the mountain, waiting.
Kakashi? Why did you call me? Did something happen again?
…I need advice…and a few more answers. I'm sorry-
It's okay. I wanted to talk to you as well.
You first.
Rock.
Scissors; damn.
Haha. Anyway, you first.
Fine. It's about Orochimaru…That toxic little brat? Where are you, chained to a wall in one of his dungeons as a test subject for his latest curse technique?
Haha, funny. No, I'm on your mountain.
That's a relief. What do you want to know?
Where I can find very old clan information, and very new at the same time.
The Hokage's restricted databases. I'll tell you the password, but if you abuse this-
Yeah, yeah. When my life's at stake, I think you can trust me not to do anything that might put me closer to the pot of boiling oil.
Cute. Anyway, you know where Tsunade's computer is?
…Hai…
That's it. Just put in the password I'm about to give you, and you're in. But I warn you; Tsunade changes it at the very least once a week. You won't be able to get into it again, and even this password may not check out. It's an old one.
Hai, hai! Please, go on!
The password is IcingontheCakeisCash51. Put it in and hit "enter." You'll be in, but Tsunade is guaranteed to change it shortly after. Like I said, she changes it often. So you've only got one shot. Once you're in, a desktop will appear. In the file icon "profiles" is everything you would ever want to and need to know about the ninja of this village. Past, present, everything under the sun is in those files.
Thank you so much, Yondaime-sensei! How can I ever repay you?…There is a way…you can bring me back…
WHAT??!!! Why didn't you tell me sooner??!!!!I wasn't sure if it would work. But please, Kakashi, go do what you have to. Then come back and talk to me again. But bring Tsunade.
But-Bring Tsunade if you are coming to bring me back.
Kakashi sighed. Fine.
Good. Now go-hurry, Tsunade is on a mission!
Kakashi split and didn't look back.
If he did, he knew he would regret it.
A/N: Haha, cliffy! Review please…and animaniac-101 has been fantastic to me all this time and I have totally neglected to thank you properly! So you get your own dedication one-shot!! "Rules" in my profile. Thanks for being so great, and sorry I haven't really thanked you so far!