I'm bored and I really don't want to study for my exams so I'm going to not study and do this instead. I hope I don't royally flunk.

Disclaimer: Must we go through with this every single time? If I must repeat myself then I'm going to say it again. I DON'T OWN NARUTO!

Chapter 14 – The beginning of the end

Fuyu froze as the metal of the kunai touched her sensitive neck. She could already hear the screaming of the villagers as the attack began.

"What do we have here?" her captor stated softly.

"If you came here to talk, then just kill me because I have nothing to say to murderers," Fuyu replied coldly. The blade gently skimmed her throat, slightly cutting the skin. A small trickle of blood dripped from the wound, but it healed quickly.

"You're quite impolite for someone who's about to be killed," the person behind her said. The kunai was removed and Fuyu quickly turned around to look behind her. Fuyu's eyes narrowed and she glared.

"Itachi," she muttered. Said person smirked at her.

"I see you've heard about me," he responded smugly.

"Sasuke mentioned your name a few times," she answered. Itachi's smirk died down and a serious expression crossed his face.

"How is my little brother?" he asked.

"He's okay, but he rarely trust people. That's because of what you did!" Fuyu shouted angrily. Itachi visibly flinched and Fuyu observed him carefully.

"You ruined his life!" she argued. She saw a saw look appear on his face. Fuyu smirked.

'So that's your weakness,' she thought. Suddenly a giant fish man appeared behind Itachi, he immediately noticed the distressed look on his comrade's face.

"What's wrong?" Kisame questioned. Itachi cleared his throat and turned around to look at his partner.

"It's nothing. Let's go before the others come," he answered. He began to walk away, but Kisame stayed behind.

"What about the girl?" he asked.

"Just leave her! We need to go," he whispered. They both left, leaving Fuyu alone in the forest. Fuyu waited until they were gone and dashed off in the opposite direction.

'I must hurry and find Sasuke!' she thought desperately. Fuyu ran straight into the battlefield, looking for her adoptive brother. When she found him, he was battling some poorly trained opponents. Fuyu quickly rushed to his side.

"Sasuke!" she shouted as she joined into his fight. She kicked away one of the men around Sasuke and unsheathed one of her short swords she had strapped to herself. She charged at the nearest man and quickly slashed at him.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked.

"Itachi's here. I saw him," she announced. Sasuke frowned and sliced through another opponent with his weapon.

"Where?" he said immediately.

"He left, but there's something I must inform you about. Whenever I mentioned your name, he flinched and a sad look formed on his face," she explained.

"A trick," he answered.

"No Sasuke. I think your brother really does love you," Fuyu said. Sasuke tensed and took down the last of the enemy.

"That's not possible," he whispered.

Naruto!" Gaara shouted. Said person immediately appeared beside his friend.

"What's wrong?" he questioned.

"I can't find the others. Fuyu and Sasuke, I can't find them," Gaara answered. It was true. Naruto quietly observed the battlefield. Those two people where nowhere to be found. Naruto felt a stab of worry enter his heart.

"They might be fighting further on," he announced, trying to calm his own nerves. Gaara gladly accepted the explanation, noticing how uncomfortable Naruto looked. Suddenly a group of men jumped from out of the trees and surrounded the two of them. Naruto growled angrily and his eyes turned red.

'They're keeping me away from the others,' he thought as he charged and attacked them. Gaara followed his example. The two of them made a great team when they fought together.

Further on, Aki, Hiru, Natsu and Haru were fighting together as a group.

"I thought I told you to flee with the other villagers," Aki said to the two children by their side. Haru rolled his eyes.

"And you seriously thought that we'd listen to you," he replied. Hiru let out a small laugh and turned to his best friend.

"He does have a point there," he stated. Aki simply sighed and accepted the fact. A few meters away, Natsu was fighting a man twice her size in width and in height.

"I hate tall people when fighting," she mumbled as she quickly approached the man and hit a few pressure points in his legs to paralyse him. The man gave a shocked gasp as his arms began to flail around. The little girl quietly jumped into the air and kicked her opponent's head, making him fall unconscious. She ran back to the others, giving them a victory sign.

"I got another one!" she announced cutely. Aki smiled and patted the girl's head.

"Good job," he encouraged. Natsu's smile suddenly disappeared and she sniffed the air.

"What's wrong?" Hiru questioned. Natsu had a far away look in her eyes.

"I smell blood…Lots of it," she mumbled.

Meanwhile, somewhere else on the battlefield, Asa and Yoru were fighting together.

"What's your reason for being here?" Yoru questioned as she killed another Akatsuki member angrily.

"I'm just annoyed of everything. They've been chasing after me ever since I was a child and it's time to finally fight back. Not everyone is here because they want revenge," Asa answered as she continued to fight. Yoru paused briefly in her attack and frowned deeply.

"I know," she whispered. Then she began her assault on the soldiers once again. Asa killed her last opponent and looked off into the distance.

"What is it?" Yoru asked feeling completely drenched because of the hard rain.

"Something's happening in the northwest area of the battlefield. Everyone is on the ground and there's some purple mist floating around," she replied. Yoru's eyes went wide and she looked around frantically.

"Purple mist! Watch out everyone! Poison has been release into the battlefield!" she shouted desperately. Yoru grabbed Asa's hand and ran into the opposite direction, trying to get as far away as possible from the mist.

"Poison…" Fuyu stammered by Sasuke's side. They were stationed in the northwest flank of the field. Neither of them had noticed the mist, but now that it had been announced to them, they finally saw it.

"We have to get out!" Sasuke mumbled as he covered his face. Fuyu nodded, but her face had become quite pale because the poison affected her faster because of her heightened sensed. She could already smell the poison quite clearly.

"I don't feel so well," she muttered as her face began to turn a little green. Sasuke grabbed her wrist with his free hand and dragged her into the forest, where they could find some fresh air. Fuyu coughed and breathed the clean air greedily. She regained some of her original color.

"We meet again," someone said from behind them. They both turned around to see the smiling face of Itachi and Kisame.

Yeah! Finally the long awaited confrontation between two brothers. I wonder how this will turn out. Stay tuned for the next chapter or else you'll never find out.

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