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Chapter 10 is here! Anyway there's I hope you liked the last one and you like this one too. Unfortunately it involves a party crasher and the Raikage's son decides to make an appearance. Please review and tell me what you think of this chapter!
Miharu-Uchiha
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Chapter 9:Recap!
With the song finished Sakura caught his eye and smiled. She jumped down off the stage handing the microphone off to the next singer and Sasuke tried to get to her. As the next song started, he wanted to talk to her, and as couples around him began to dance, he felt his heart started to open. If only a little bit, only Sakura could do that to him.
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Chapter 10: UnwelcomeSasuke almost made it to Sakura when another Cloud shinobi took his place. A young man with deep brown hair and cerulean blue eyes walked up and asked Sakura to dance. She glanced his way with a somewhat pained looked, but this young shinobi persisted. Sakura finally agreed flashing an apologetic smile Sasuke's way. As the young man turned his way, Sasuke was shocked. He looked so familiar, but Sasuke couldn't place him. The ninja smirked at him flashing his canines, and then smiled gently at Sakura.
"Bastard…" Sasuke muttered under his breath.
"Aw, I think I smell a little green monster," Naruto teased coming out from nowhere and grinning.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sasuke retorted.
"Someone's jealous," Naruto laughed.
"Why would I be…? Oh never mind! I'm going to find Kakashi," Sasuke said angrily storming off.
"Hey Sasuke!" Naruto yelled after him.
"What?" Sasuke said stopping.
"Kakashi's the other way," Naruto laughed again.
Sasuke paused and then turned and stormed off in the opposite direction. Kakashi handed him a drink as Sasuke walked towards him.
"So what's up with you?" Kakashi asked.
"Hnn," Sasuke said glaring out over the crowd.
Kakashi noticed Sasuke's hand clenching into a fist and then relaxing in repetitive motion. Following his gaze Kakashi said Sakura dancing with a young cloud nin and understood immediately. "You know that glaring at him won't help," he teased.
"I'm not," Sasuke retorted.
Sasuke watched the dance until it was over. The shinobi bowed to Sakura and Sasuke wanted to punch him. He felt twice as infuriated and crushed his cup when the cloud shinobi kissed Sakura on the forehead. Kakashi noticed and waited until Sakura was close enough and tripped the young Uchiha. Sasuke felt a hand on his back and Kakashi's foot at his feet. The next thing he knew he was falling straight towards Sakura and fell into her. Kakashi smiled as both of them went bright red and then he left.
"Um…hi…Sakura," Sasuke said trying for words.
"Hi to you too," Sakura replied as she regrouped her thoughts.
"I…um…I liked the song," Sasuke said feeling like an idiot the moment he did.
"I'm glad you did," Sakura said with a smile.
"Who was that guy?" Sasuke said wanting this awkward conversation to end.
"You mean the cloud nin? He didn't say his name," Sakura replied. "Why? Did he bother you?"
"No, I just…never mind," Sasuke said shaking his head. "Sakura…would you…I mean…" He stammered. He had never been good at asking things like this or asking in general.
"If you want to dance, my answer is yes," Sakura said to the red Uchiha.
With a sigh, Sasuke nodded and Sakura grabbed his hand leading him out into the crowd once more. The light caught the glitter in her hair as she spun to face him and in spite of himself Sasuke let a slight smile tug at his mouth. The next song started up and he placed his hands obediently around her waist and let hers go around his neck.
"You're happy today," Sakura said catching him off guard.
"Hnn…I guess so," Sasuke mumbled. "I'd rather be going after Toshikai, but…" He didn't finish, but shrugged his shoulders.
"I wonder why he turned on them so easily," Sakura said quietly. "He sounds like Itachi in a way."
Sasuke didn't answer that for a moment, but pondered what she had said. What made someone do what his brother had done? What drove them to destroying everything at the expense of others? Someone caught Sasuke's eye and he noticed the same shinobi from before and realized who he was a little too late. He stepped up onto the stage and kicked the singer off. It was the ninja that moments ago Sakura had danced with and it was also the same one from the small village hiding in the shadows.
"What the…?" Sasuke mumbled to himself.
"Hello, loyal citizens of my former village," the ninja said replacing his slashed hitai-ate, the long ends billowing in the breeze that had picked up. "Don't look so surprised, it's only me the rightful future Raikage. You hear that father? Your boy's back!"
Sasuke watched as the ninja onstage let the brown in his hair fade back into it's natural white blonde and his eyes returned to their deep forest green color that shone almost luminescent in the light. He pulled the annoying sleeves and cut them at the shoulders revealing lightning tattoos that spiraled down the length of his arms. He bent down and slipped a katana sheath over his shoulder and fastened the buckle on it.
"Much better," he mumbled.
"Toshikai!" The Raikage said moving through the crowd towards his son. "Don't do this! How many more will have to suffer as you end their loved ones lives? You killed your own mother Toshikai! This doesn't need to happen, not again!"
"Shut up! You promised and then stole my dream away from me in an instant! It's not my fault they're dead!" Toshikai retorted the mention of his mother flaring his temper. "Anymore blood spilt is now on your hands including hers!" Turning to the men filling the area behind him, Toshikai smiled and went on, "Hear that boys? Everything's on my pop, so take whatever you want. I'm sure he won't mind at all."
Nodding, the rogue ninja poured into the village like a dam that had broken. Most were from the Cloud village, but Sasuke spotted a few from the neighboring villages including two from their own. He grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her through the panicking crowd to Kakashi. The civilians in the mass were trying to get out of the area while the few shinobi were trying to hold back the oncoming mob.
"Kakashi!" Sakura yelled pulling off her kimono, which was getting in the way, amidst the pandemonium. Luckily she had been prepared and wore her shorts, mesh shirt, and her shirt tucked into her obi as well.
Sasuke followed her lead and pulled off his own hazardous robes and pulling his shirt from where he had tucked it, much like Sakura, beneath his robes, and slipping it over his head. Naruto did the same as Kakashi merely cut the robe away with a kunai. He looked much the same as he usually did minus his jonin jacket.
"Find the Raikage!" Kakashi said above the noise. "He knows the layout of the city better than any of us."
The squad nodded and searched through the chaos looking for the Raikage pulling their own hitai-ate on. People, in a state of panic and mob members ran this way and that not caring who they ran into. Anyone in squad 7's way was basically shoved to the side in the effort to find the Raikage and waste no time with the rest until he was safe. They finally found him with a few of his jonin elite preparing to fight Toshikai.
"You're blind aren't you," Seizo said to his son with a sigh. "I did pick you to begin with, but you were not and will not ever make a good Raikage. You only care about you and that's not what a Raikage is. You have to be willing to sacrifice yourself for the ones you love."
"I don't love anyone. Not even you anymore," Toshikai said raising his hand to draw his sword. "I will take the scroll and this village will belong to me."
"Do you really intend to use that sword against me?" Seizo chuckled. "You have no power to wield it."
"We'll see who has power!" an enraged Toshikai spat at his father.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Kakashi said blocking him from unsheathing his katana. "You'll be dead before you try."
Toshikai smirked and glanced around. Each member of squad 7 had a kunai ready to attack him. Rolling his eyes Toshikai dropped his hand to his side.
"So this is the mighty Raikage Seizo, who wields the blade of thunder and has Yosei to guard his village, and you're asking Leaf village shinobi for help?" Toshikai said glancing around at the burning buildings around him. "Pathetic old fool."
He flew through a series of handsigns so fast that Kakashi barely caught them. The ground trembled in a shock wave that knocked everyone save Kakashi to the ground. The attacking force started to immediately dissipated with looks of anger.
"I finally understand why I have never and will never need you," Toshikai said, malice dripping from his words, to his father. "It's not over."
Him and the rest of the rogue ninja disappeared from the village in clouds of smoke and Kakashi moved to follow after them until the Raikage shook his head. Most of the jonin were assembling around the Raikage and the rest totaling damages and dead.
"Don't bother Kakashi, at least not yet," he said solemnly glancing around the destroyed village. "My son will get what he deserves whether he likes it or not. First, we have to work out a plan."
"Raikage Seizo, Toshikai mentioned a blade of thunder, what is that?' Kakashi wondered.
"There are two legendary blades made a long time ago in this village. One was the blade of lightning, very fast and very sharp, it can go through any armor like butter. The second was the blade of thunder, the sister sword to the other, it was forged to be the stronger of the two. Up until a few days before you arrived, I possessed both of them.
"However, Toshikai broke into my house and managed to steal the blade of lightning. Unfortunately when the swords were made, they were not meant to be used separately, but to act as a single weapon. Toshikai tried to kill me with it, but he hit my wife, his mother killing her. He escaped with the sword, but I still have the blade of thunder and I wouldn't hesitate to raise it once again to protect this village even against my own son," Seizo explained in reply to Kakashi.
"Lord Raikage, we've totaled the number of people injured and thankfully no one is dead save a few of the rogues themselves," a jonin said running up to where they stood amongst the debris. "We've also totaled damages and the like. It's a miracle they didn't hit the hospital."
"Yes, it is. Kakashi, get some rest and once this mess has been sorted out," the Raikage said, "I'll alert you of the plan."
"I'll be waiting," Kakashi replied to the nodding Raikage.
"If you'll excuse me then," Seizo replied turning to talk to one of his jonin.
Squad 7 watched as the Raikage walked away soon joined by several other jonin and then surveyed the damage done. Most of the surrounding buildings were or had been on fire and black charred rubble littered the ground. The rest of the town had more or less survived missing the main area of onslaught by the rogues. The rogue mob had only dented the village, but it had sure made an impact.
"Shall we go get cleaned up?" Kakashi said eyeing his dirty students with a chuckle. "You guys look like crap."
"You're no better sensei," Sakura replied with a grin as they headed off towards the bathhouse.
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