Double Edge Blossom

Summary: before Orochimaru took over Sasuke's body, Sasuke is taken back to Konoha. Three years after; history repeats and Sasuke goes to Orochimaru… again. And once again, the rescue team is going after him… A war is brewing and everything is not what it seems… May contain slight spoilers…

Rookie Nine: 18 yrs old

Team Gai: 19 yrs old

Warning: lots of character OOC-ness

Chapter 11: War

"Minna! This is for the survival of our village!" declared Kyoko, "if they take us down… we must immediately go to plan B…"

All the Shinobis lowered their heads, Kyoko continued, "but I hope it does not go to that. Today is the day that we will be written down in history… today is the… reckoning! PREPARE FOR BATTLE!!!"

Thousands of Shinobis were lined up at the end of the lush meadow… in their battle formation.

In the distance, they saw two big crowds emerge into one and started to charge towards their defenses.

'Konoha, Sound… Akatsuki…' thought Kyoko bitterly.

Sakura's eyes snapped open.

"Don't you think this is a little…. What's the term for this??? Low?" asked a Shinobi.

"We're only fighting fire with fire," spat Sasuke.

"Teme…" growled Naruto under his breathe.

"There's no dignity in this," commented Neji.

"Stuff your pride, Hyuuga," snapped Sasuke. "A man is not fully a man until he stuffs his pride."

"Have you looked in a mirror lately?" muttered Kiba.

"Che… this is getting troublesome," said Shikamaru as he saw an army of Sound Shinobis making their way towards them. What was surprising was that Akatsuki was with them as well.

"What in Hokage's name is going on?" muttered Shikamaru.

"What the Hell is going on here?" shouted Naruto, "What the hell is that snake-teme doing here with the Akatsuki?"

Everyone stopped facing each other. Konoha Shinobis were facing Sound and Akatsuki; most of them were showing their contempt for each other.

"WE have a common enemy," declared Tsunade as she stood in front of Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru-sama," said Sasuke as he bowed to him.

"Ah, Sasuke-kun," greeted Orochimaru.

"Traitorous bastard," mutter Kiba.

"Aren't you suppose to be dead?" shouted Naruto as he pointed an accusing figure at him and Kabuto who was next to him.

"Yes… well you see it was very uncomfortable to have your head separate from your body," said Orochimaru as he moved his head from side to side, showing the long scar around his neck. "Tsunade was a big help of course as well as Jiraiya..."

"Jiraiya?" questioned Naruto, "He'd never do that! Ero-sennin, defend yourself!"

He looked around and could not see Jiraiya.

"Eh! Where is he?" asked Naruto.

The Akatsuki Leader just chuckled, "he's around here somewhere."

"Now, does anyone know where this dear girl Haru is? I would like to pay her back for the pleasant experience…" said Orochimaru with a flick of his snake like tongue.

"We haven't a clue," snarled Kiba.

"Very well then, shall we proceed to the village?" asked the leader of Akatsuki.

Where Kyoko is

"I have a bad feeling about this," muttered Kyoko, as the enemy started to charge towards them, the battle begun. Shurikens and kunais were met and thrown; weapons clashed and bodies dropped to the ground. Medics on both ends were slaughtered to stop wounded being healed. Tsunade and Kyoko stood in front of each other, none of them were moving.

"You'll never win this war," said Tsunade, "or use that weapon."

"What are you talking about? You old hag!" questioned Kyoko angrily.

"You're ultimate weapon," said Orochimaru from behind her.

"That could destroy villages," continued the Akatsuki leader.

"Kuso!!! (Shit!)," cursed Kyoko, 'how could I have been so careless?'

"Leader-sama what are you doing here?" asked Kisame. "You too, Itachi…"

"What are you doing with the traitor, Orochimaru, Un?" asked Deidara.

"It seems that we have been double crossed," said Sasori.

"You are either with us or against us," said Leader.

"This whole time… we were staking out rather than having a vacation," said Kisame.

"Everything we've done has been a lie Un…" said Deidara.

"Why must we listen to you?" declared Sasori.

Itachi smirked, "I told you so…"

All of a sudden their weapons clashed, around them their comrade were trying their best to defend their homeland. Except, they were overpowered, many Solace Shinobis fell eventually all that stood were Akatsuki, Tsunade, Orochimaru and Kyoko.

The lush field was now splattered with red blood, it was a grave yard. The survivors were all breathing heavily. Then Poof!

Itachi, Leader, Tsunade and Orochimaru all disappeared.

Kuso…

"That was the perfect plan," said Orochimaru with a chuckle.

They drew near the front gate and could see that the whole village was unguarded. It was only a matter of time, before the whole village of Solace would crash and burn to the ground. They were only a few metres from the gate now… when the figure skid to a stop right in front of the gate before them…

'Sakura…'

sry for not updating for so long... to make it up to u... i'll put 2 more chapters up today... 8.58 pm 16/ 4/07... promise!!!