Naruto Shippuden -H-: Chapter 011: Orochimaru's Decree
Orochimaru had begun to tell his story pertaining to Sasuke's wishes.
"He was that bad, eh?" asked Sasuke. "You know, you were not exactly a saint yourself." said Sasuke as he was still not buying what Orochimaru was saying.
"Believe what you want, but this Hirudeguarn was indeed my older brother, and he was an unique fellow to say the least, especially when it comes to how he dealt with things." said Orochimaru as he was getting irritated slightly by Sasuke's questioning.
"Is this Hirudeguarn one of the Knights of Dawn?" asked Sasuke as he decided to jump to conclusions.
"No, he is not, but he could be related to this incident in one way or another." said Orochimaru as he was placing a lot of different scrolls into a snake that he summoned prior to Sasuke's arrival.
"I know you grew up as the top student of the Third Hokage, that you took interest in becoming like the Sage of the Six Paths, that you were carrying out the Konoha Crush for your dead parents, but what does this Hirudeguarn fit into all of this?" asked Sasuke who was not willing to listen to one of Orochimaru's detailed accounts of his life.
"Hmph, you sure are in a hurry, it is like I said, their will be no way to fully tell you what you want to know until I confirm it myself." said Orochimaru as he walked passed Sasuke.
"You know, my parents loved my dearly too, my thoughts were never aimed at murder or experimentation during those times." said Orochimaru as he glanced over at Sasuke.
"Everyone changes when they grow up, do you expect me to believe that you would be any different?" said Sasuke.
"Well, you have changed many times too, be it your vengeance against Itachi, vengeance against Konoha, or that revolution, it seems that you went through many more changes that anyone else, and now you are trying to find something that may or may not be there." said Orochimaru as he seemed visually agitated.
"What has came over you now, deciding to lash out at me for now reason?" asked Sasuke who was confused.
"I have had enough of this little questionnaire, go tell Naruto that the ones who are wishing too see him live around three hundred miles northwest of the Land of Stone, in an area that is well outside of the five great shinobi nations." said Orochimaru as he sat down on one of his throne-like chairs.
"So you know where they are, you could have told me that earlier, it is past sunrise, Naruto could already be out exhausting pointless energy looking for them, that is how he is." said Sasuke as he began to leave.
"Sasuke, I suggest you do not handle this the same way you deal with every other problem, brashly, hehehehe, you rush this predicament, and you might end up getting both of the Sage's Son's reincarnations killed." laughed Orochimaru as he closed his eyes and began to think of all of his rapidly racing thoughts on what move he should make next.
"Even with the presented information, I will never fully understand you, but at least I have a location now." said Sasuke as he was about to leave.
"No, thank you for letting me in on the know, Sasuke, thank you indeed." said Orochimaru as he walked back into one of his rooms which contained a map and other supplies.
"I am leaving, you can do whatever you like, just stay out of myself and Naruto's way." said Sasuke as he used his Amenotejikara to quickly teleport several meters out of the underground hideout.
All of a sudden, Karin came running through the door with Suigetsu and Jugo in tow.
"Lord Orochimaru, I know Sasuke was in here, where did he go?" asked Karin with a saddened tone.
"He probably left without telling us again, you know how he is, he does not really care about us." said Suigetsu who felt the same way most of the time about Karin.
"Sasuke had something important to do, and do not concern yourself with where he could have gone, try to contribute to the situation in your own way." said Jugo who had heard one too many of Suigetsu's woes about Sasuke.
"You got me, fine, I will do something." said Suigetsu as he planned on tracking down Sasuke.
"Suigetsu, Karin, Jugo, their is no reason to worry about what Sasuke is going to do, we are going on our own mission, do you hear me!" exclaimed Orochimaru as he emerged from one of his rooms with several supplies stored in his summoned snakes.
"What kind of mission could this possibly be, kidnap more defenseless civilians, hehehe." laughed Suigetsu sarcastically.
"No, you ingrate, we are going to see the boss of these so-called Knights of Dawn, and I just happen to possess the means to get there within a weeks time." said Orochimaru with a look of excitement on his face.
"Now we are talking, maybe I can find someone who will actually appreciate me on this journey." said Karin as she knew that Sasuke had already professed his love to Sakura.
"Well, Suigetsu, it looks like you got your wish, we will finally be able to undertake in something very special, the day Orochimaru's experiments became his team-mates." said Jugo.
"That is one way too look at it but as I said before, you are no longer Hebi anyway." said Orochimaru as he and Team Taka walked out of the hideout.
"Sasuke, I know what you are thinking, that you and Naruto will be able to forcefully end this, but heed to what I told you earlier, be sure to listen to my decree." thought Orochimaru thinking of Sasuke's nature.
Naruto and Shikamaru had arrived in Kakashi's office where Yamato was also in attendance.
"Oh Naruto, you are here after all, it has been eons since I saw you." said Yamato with a tone of joy.
"Yes, not since the end of the Fourth World War did we last meet, but we have some urgent news from an occurrence that took place last night." said Naruto as he remembered what Shikamaru told him.
"I am aware, Sheppard was killed by some kind of jutsu that activated from within his head, most likely a result of those three men that got away." said Kakashi as he continued to look over many papers that were pertaining to funds related to repairing the village.
"You said tomorrow I can open this scroll right?" asked Naruto as he wished to honor what his former sensei told him.
"Yes, I know that you are eager to see what those three men want from you, but just hold out 'till tomorrow morning, I will have a team best suited for you, once you decide what to do after discovering the contents of that scroll." said Kakashi as he seemed half awake.
"You are more stressed than any of us." said Shikamaru with a sly smile.
"Well, I am the Sixth Hokage, their must not be a single document that escapes my grasp without my signature on it." said Kakashi as he instructed Naruto to hold tight until the next day.
"Naruto, if you help me out, we can have those walls that were destroyed yesterday fixed in under half an hour." said Yamato referring to his Wood Release and Naruto's Yang Power.
"Gotcha' Yamato-taicho, I will be right behind you, I will see you soon Shikamaru, and Kakashi." said Naruto as deep down, he had a feeling of uncertain thoughts relating to the scroll that he had tucked away in his pocket.
"It would be best to come here around eight in the morning tomorrow, you can open the scroll and read it in my office, just to be on the safe side, once you discover what those soldiers want from you, we can create a team that best suit your needs and act accordingly." said Kakashi to Naruto as he and Yamato headed out to fix the Eastern and Western walls.
"I am sure glad that we have you as Hokage, thank you for all that you have done so far." said Shikamaru as he bowed to Kakashi and left behind Naruto and Yamato.
Sakura was busy looking over a list of medical practices that she was going to teach to her students today, while she was fixing up her room.
"No, this is not right at all dammit, Shannaroo!" yelled Sakura as he threw all of her documents onto the floor.
"These medical procedures are outdated, I cannot be caught teaching my students techniques this pointless." said Sakura as she paced herself and quickly had her room looking very clean.
"Heh, everything looks as good as new, now it is time that I train myself for a while before I go to the academy." said Sakura as she was the instructor for the Medic-Ninja in training at Konoha Academy.
"If I can master the Ninja Art Creation Rebirth - Strength of A Hundred Technique, I will be able to aim even higher." said Sakura to herself as she was determined to compliment Naruto and Sasuke's abilities as a member of Team Seven.
"Of course, I must also teach my own students the Mystical Palm Technique within the next three months, I hope they can do it in time for the Allied Chunin Exams." said Sakura as she walked outside of her house only to notice Naruto and Yamato head towards the Western wall a few blocks away from her house.
"Naruto and Yamato, what are they up to, hmmm, I better just worry about my own training for now." said Sakura as she headed towards the Old Training Grounds to work on her jutsu undisturbed.
"Sakura, you are taking this time of peace seriously too." thought Naruto to himself as he could sense Sakura as he and Yamato arrived at the destroyed Western Wall where Raido and other shinobi had already started re-constructing it.
"Hey, me and Naruto are here now, no need to strain yourselves too much." said Yamato as he and Naruto began to combine the Yang and Wood Release to quickly replace the destroyed gate with a new one that looked identical.
"Well damn, I guess we should be thankful for you guys." said Raido in disbelief.
"Thanks to Naruto's Yang Release Power in the palm of his hand when he touches my back, I do not get tired nearly as much when I perform chakra taxing jutsu." said Yamato as he and Naruto prepared to fix the Eastern Wall as well.
Jesei, Antoine, and Lunesto had all arrived at the door of the Castle of Leviticus where a large pair of Golden Doors with brass and Silver around them awaited the three men.
"You don't think they locked us out do you?" asked Lunesto with a dumb-founded look on his face.
"It is probably a form of punishment for being late." said Jesei.
"The door is not locked, for goodness sakes, just come on in." said Antoine as he turned the large lever on the castle doors to open them.
The three men entered the main room of the castle with several elevators and stairs leading up and down the many floors of the gothic-looking castle.
"I heard that this meeting would be on the third floor." said Jesei as he decided to take the stairs to the meeting.
"I am just going to take the elevator, so I can have time to be alone before this lame-ass meeting takes place." sighed Lunesto.
"Yeah, I hear that, I am looking forward to a long nap on the beach after this is over." said Antoine as he thought about have his favorite tropical sake.
"Ya' are late-o, my dumbass bitches, but welcome aboard anyway!" said a dark-skinned man wearing a fedora and a suit, with sunglasses.
"Andarius Reiko, goddamn, can I just go to these meetings without being disturbed all of the fucking time?" said Jesei with a comically irritated jester as he slowly arrived at the room on the left end of the hallway on the third floor of the castle.
"Yo, Lunesto and Antoine, you two made it as well, c'mon now, we do not want this shit to go on for too long, I hate these meetings as much as you three." said Andarius as Lunesto and Antoine followed him to the room where the meeting was to take place.
"I hope that the room is cleaned, last time I looked on this floor, everything was dirty, I am sure the boss would be upset if he knew that his own Knights could not properly keep the place nice and tidy." said Lunesto jokingly to Andarius.
"Shit, well at least I know what I have to do after the meeting is over." said Andarius.
"I take it everyone is here?" asked the light-green skinned man with the long, blue, spiky hair.
"Yes, Dreatoen, we are here." said Jesei with a grumpy tone.
"Antoine Keido here as well, and damn this coffee tastes like complete shit!" said Antoine as his thoughts on tropical sake began to intensify.
"Lunesto Amire here, and things are still in shambles around the castle, does anyone not know how to keep this place looking good, I mean really." said Lunesto with a pout.
"Aww' c'mon damn it, I will clean this shit fo' you soon, I swear!" said Andarius speaking to Lunesto. "Oh, and umm, Andarius Reiko here as well. hehehe." said Andarius as the other seven men looked at him with a look of disbelief.
"Ahem, Tetsuga Marshlo present, and no spies to report of around the city." said a man with golden brown spiky hair and a suit.
"Lehourihm Nante here, my meditation did not reveal any disturbances around the vicinity." said a large man with a suit, dark skin, and a hair-style resembling orange and red flames.
"Zaire here, though I would rather fuckin' be elsewhere." said a tall young man with medium-length brown hair, blue eyes, and a five o'clock shadow.
"Dreatoen Morea here, and I will be the mediator of this meeting, as soon as I am finished with my introduction, we will go over what the boss expects from us." said Dreatoen.
"Naruto Uzumaki, that is what you mean." said Jesei as he did not like to beat around the bushes.
"Yes, that is correct, now let's begin this meeting." said Dreatoen with an emotionless look on his face.
"We eight shinobi are the Knights of Dawn, the sacred army of Lazarus, and the holy missionaries of his majesty, The Apathetic Judge, his kingdom come, his will be done, only once when depression ends, I now declare that the meeting begins!" yelled Dreatoen with a look of glee in the red pupils and dark yellow sclerae of the dragon-like man.
-To be continued next time with Chapter 012...-