Chapter 13
Sasuke's POV:
"Alright, you two fan out in the forest and keep your eyes open. I'll handle this." the grass ninja says.
I watch as the creepy grass ninja that could make her tongue really long tells her partners to leave. I hear a noise behind me and Sakura is there. I tell her to recite the password and she gets it perfect as I knew she would. Naruto comes over next and I ask him to recite the password as well. He gets it perfect as well and I know it's an impostor. I throw a kunai at him and he jumps back.
"I have to say you are quicker than the last one."
"What are you doing now, he got the password perfectly right." Sakura says.
"Exactly. The real Naruto could never memorize that and get it word for word." I say.
"Aren't we the clever one." the fake Naruto says.
He poofs back into the creepy grass ninja.
"Tell me. If your teammate is really that stupid why did you come up with a password he would never remember?" she asks.
"It wasn't meant for Naruto but for anyone who might have been close enough to eavesdrop on us. It was meant as a trap, and you fell right into it." I say.
"I'm impressed." she says, "This promises to be very entertaining."
She takes out an earth scroll and Sakura gasps a bit.
"So you need an earth scroll. Well depending on who wins one of us will be walking away with both scrolls. And the other will be dead." she says and swallows her scroll whole.
Suddenly horrible images of my death flash across my mind and I'm paralyzed. I fall to my knees and so does Sakura. We've got to get out of here and away from her, she's death.
"Ha, you're paralyzed with fear." she says.
What's wrong with me. Come on I have to move. Move. Move Sasuke move. That's it if I can just get my hand a little closer to my kunai pouch. You can do this. Yes. I take my kunai out and stab myself in the leg, shocking me out of my frozen state, and stand up.
"Very good. Now what happens? Don't worry I'll make it quick. But I don't have to tell you that do I, you've seen it with your own eyes. I expected you to be more of a challenge. How disappointing." she says.
It's no use, I can't move again. I've got to do something before she kills us. Where are Hikari and Naruto when I need them? She lifts up her hand, getting ready to throw the kunai at me and Sakura. She throws them and I try to act as fast as I can. I stab myself with the kunai I'm holding and I grab Sakura and jump away.
Naruto's POV:
"Ugghhhh... That hurt." I groan.
I get up and look around. Where did Sakura, Sasuke, and Hikari go. A giant shadow falls over me and I look up. Holy crap is that what I think it is!? A giant snake lunges at me and I go flying. Its tail comes at me and wraps me up so I can't move. It picks me up and puts me towards its mouth. Oh no I do not want to be snake food. Too late. It swallows me whole and I go down its slippery throat. I try to cut it open with a kunai but it's no use. Wait a second, maybe if I feed it my rice ball it will let me go. I throw the rice ball and the snake digests it. Oh god that's gunna be me in another minute. Is this really how I'm going to die? By being digested by a giant snake. No way it's not gunna end like this, I'm getting out of here.
"Shadow clone jutsu!" I yell
Suddenly hundreds of me fill up the snakes stomach and it blows up leaving me covered in snake goo. Okay now I have to go find the rest of my team. I jump off in search of them only to find them being attacked by that creepy grass ninja. I throw some shuriken at her before she can get to Sasuke who is freaking out for some reason. That's not like him.
"Looks like I came just in time!" I yell.
"Naruto!" Sakura yells.
"Oh and by the way. What was the password again?" I smile.
"Forget it, I know it's you. You came!" Sakura says.
"Naruto get out of here! What are you thinking, you don't know what you're up against. Hurry, go now while you still can!" Sasuke screams.
"So you managed to escape from my friend. Well done." she says.
I get it. That wasn't a random snake it was sent by her, or it or whatever she is.
"I don't know what's going on here, but I don't like it when people pick on my friends. Now you better get out of here, snake lady, before I make a pair of shoes out of you!" I yell.
"You can have it. The scroll, it's what you want right? Well you can have it if you leave us alone." Sasuke says.
"Are you crazy? We can't just hand our scroll over to the enemy! What's wrong with you!?" I yell.
"Shut up and stay out of it!" Sasuke says.
"Very wise, very smart." she says.
I can't let him do this. I jump down and grab the scroll as Sasuke throws it to the snake lady. I land next to him on the tree branch and stand up and face him.
"Stop trying to be the hero Naruto. Just stay out of this and leave it to me!" Sasuke says as I turn around and punch him.
"You stupid fool! You don't know what you're doing!" Sasuke yells.
"I may not know the password but I know who I am, you're the one I'm not so sure about. How do we know you're who you say you are." I say.
"It's him Naruto, don't be so stupid!" Sakura yells.
"It is me you loser." Sasuke says.
"Liar. You may look and sound just like him, but the Sasuke I know would never give up. The Sasuke I know would never become a coward. You keep saying I don't understand but I do. You choked! That's what happened!" I yell.
"I can just kill you to get the scroll, so maybe I should finish it now." the snake lady says.
"Let's see you try to!" I yell and charge at her.
"NO NARUTO DON'T!" Sasuke yells.
"Summoning jutsu." she says.
A giant snake appears and lunges at me. I dodge as it tries to eat me over and over again. One of them hits me though and it sends me flying through a couple trees. I'm angry now. I can feel a shift in my chakra and I feel more powerful. I kick the snake and punch it multiple times. The snake lady uses a fire jutsu and I get stuck right in the middle of it. I fly back through more trees, again. I look up and the giant snake is heading towards Sasuke but he doesn't try to dodge it. I jump up and stop it before it hits him. The snake lady grabs me by my shirt collar and lifts me up to her height.
"You are a very interesting boy." she says to me.
"Let me down so I can beat the crap out of you!" I yell as she dose this weird thing with her fingers.
She puts this weird fire stuff on her fingers and lifts up my shirt. She pulls her hand back then slams it into my stomach, making me writhe in pain. I scream and then I get very weak. She throws me into a tree and I can feel my self falling.
"Nobody hurts my brother!" I hear before blacking out.
Hikari's POV:
I wake up in total darkness. How long have I been knocked out. I sit up and look around Where am I. More importantly where is my team. I get up and start jumping around looking for any sign of my team. I get to a fallen tree trunk with kunai stuck in it and drying blood on the ground. I look around and listen for any sudden noises. I hear some crashes and follow it. The crashing and noises start getting louder and I finally find myself in the middle of a battle between Naruto and that creepy grass ninja. I notice something weird about Naruto though. His eyes are different. They look like my eyes. Like the eyes of a... No he can't be, that's impossible! Suddenly the grass ninja slams her hand into Naruto's chest and throws him towards a tree.
"Nobody hurts my brother!" I yell as loud as I can.
I throw a kunai knife to catch my brother from falling to his death and he hangs there in the tree. The grass ninja extends her neck and bites Sasukes neck. He starts crying out in pain and he falls to the ground unconscious. I jump down and stand in front of Sakura as my anger grows larger.
"Sakura, take Sasuke and Naruto somewhere safe. I'll take care of this guy."
"But-"
"GO!" I yell.
She nods her head and grabs both of them. She carries them away as fast as she can until they are out of sight.
"Listen lady. I don't know who or what you are but nobody, I repeat NOBODY, messes with my brother and my teammates!" I yell.
"So the nine tails is your brother?" she says.
"My brother isn't the nine tails. He can't be, that's impossible."
"Or is it?" she says and lunges at me.
I dodge it easily and use one of my fire jutsus against her. She also dodges it easily and she sends her giant snake after me. It hits me with its tail and I go flying but I bounce of a tree branch and fly at the snake. It opens its big mouth and swallows me whole. Perfect. I do a quick fire jutsu and burn the snakes stomach. At the same time I do a wind jutsu which makes the flames bigger and causes a larger burn. The snake hisses loudly and starts to thrash around. I do a multi shadow clone jutsu. The snake blows up from the inside out and I fall to the ground covered in snake guts.
"You are also an interesting child. Almost as interesting as your brother." snake lady says.
I charge at her again and do and earth jutsu that puts a dome around her. I leave a small opening and do a fire jutsu then a wind jutsu. I then close the hole in my dome and wait to see if it worked. i don't hear anything and I start to get the feeling something isn't right. Suddenly a hand comes out of the ground and grabs my leg. The snake lady comes out of the ground fully and lifts me up.
"You are strong for such a small little girl." she says.
I use my free leg and kick her in the face and send her flying into a tree. The anger inside of me grows even more and I can feel the 2 tails trying to get out. I let out some of the chakra and I feel stronger.
"Interesting. So you are a jinchuriki like you're brother. How odd. Is he older than you or younger than you?"
"Older by 3 minutes." I say with a growl in my voice.
"Oh. I see. You're twins. This make things even more interesting than before."
She summons another giant snake and it comes towards me. I get ready to do the same thing I did before but somethings different, where did the lady go. Oh no. I turn around but too late. She stabs me in the stomach with a kunai as the snakes tail lands on me. I get crushed into the ground and I feel as if every bone in my body is broken. The snakes tail is lifted off of me and the lady bends down over me. She sneers in my face and I cough up blood. It splats all over her and she picks me up by the neck. She throws me with so much strength that I crash through 4 rather large trees and land in a small clearing. She walks towards me and lifts me up again. I look her in the eye and do a jutsu behind my back.
"Say goodbye little girl."
"GOODBYE!!" I yell and do a fire jutsu.
It hits her square in the face and she drops me to the ground and stumbles backwards screaming in pain as half of her face melts away to reveal another one. I try to get away but my legs don't want to work and I'm to weak from the fighting and the chakra loss.
"I see you are also clever." she says as her voice changes to a mans voice, "I wasn't expecting that."
"Who are you? And what do you want?" I ask.
"My name is Orochimaru. As to what I want, I want your friend Sasuke Uchiha. He's going to seek me out one day for my power. Just you wait and see. It was nice knowing you. I had fun fighting you. I just wish we could do it again sometime."
So I guess that lady was actually a guy? I'm really confused right now. He walks over to me and kicks me in the stomach. He picks me up one more time and throws me far into the forest. I fly through trees and finally fall to the ground leaving a large dent in the dirt. I try to get up, open my eyes, do something, but I'm so weak that I can't. I call out for my team before blacking out.