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Helpless
"Naruto…" Sayuri sighed and visibly relaxed while Sasuke tensed even more looking between the blonde and the grass ninja.
"Naruto run! This guy is way out of our league!" Sasuke yelled at the young blonde who gave him a baffled look. Sayuri turned to the Uchiha surprised.
Since when did Sasuke become a… Sayuri trailed off when the grass ninja spoke out.
"Congratulations on your defeat of the giant snake…Naruto." The blonde crossed his arms and glared.
This guy's a freak! I bet that giant snake was his! Blue eyes took in the ninja.
Red eyes shifted from the blonde to the brunette beside him. Every time I try to save us, he screws things up! But there must be some way to…
"Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size!" Naruto yelled out catching the grass ninja's attention once again.
I've got to stop this before he gets us all killed… Sasuke thought as he shifted his stance.
Slowly Sayuri stood up, her brow furrowed in confusion. Why did he deactivate his Sharingan? The brunette watched as Sasuke pulled out a heaven scroll.
"If it's our scroll you want come and get it…Just take it and go!"
"Wha-" Sayuri whispered completely lost. "What are you doing Sasuke?" She got only a small glare in response.
"Is this some clever way to defeat the enemy? By giving away everything we've got?" Naruto asked completely outraged.
"Well done…you're obviously natural born prey." Sayuri shifted into a defensive stance when she saw the ninja move. "…Instinctively knowing that your only hope lies in the chance of the predator being distracted by some tastier bait."
"Here…" Sasuke tossed the scroll only to have Naruto snatch it away before it reached its destination. "STAY OUT OF THIS! YOU'LL RUIN EVERYTHING!" Sasuke yelled at the blonde that landed in front of him.
With a gasp Sayuri leap out of the way just as Naruto turned to punch Sasuke. Brown eyes looked down at the two in confusion and frustration as they bickered with one another.
"I forgot the stupid password so I can't prove it. But this so called Sasuke is obviously a fake!"
"What…?" Both Sakura and Sayuri asked in disbelief.
"Naruto…you idiot! I am me!"
"That's a lie!" Blue eyes glared at the Uchiha. "You're an idiot, idiot! You're a coward. Which Sasuke isn't. So you're not him!" Sasuke looked taken aback by this as he only stared at the blonde dumbfounded. "I'm not so sure we need to be afraid of this guy…And even if we did hand over the scroll there's no guarantee that he'd spare us! So even if you were Sasuke, I'd still be telling you that you're an idiot and a chicken too!"
"Oh, Naruto this is rich!" The four Genin turned to the grass ninja who liked his face. "And you're right. Why bargain when I can just kill you…and take the scroll!" He pulled up his sleeve revealing a pattern on his arm before biting his thumb and running it through the pattern on his arm.
That looks…familiar… Brown eyes watched as the blonde charged at the man before widening in horror. It's a summoning! Sayuri jumped down heading towards the blonde.
"Summoning Jutsu!" A snake appeared out of thin air making Naruto freeze on the spot.
"Naruto!" Sakura and Sasuke cried out as the snake smacked the blonde with its tail. Just before he hit the branch Sayuri snatched him out of the way and landed with a grunt on to the snakes left.
Slowly the snake turned around shooting its tail at the two. In an instant Naruto's once blue eyes turned bright red. Alarmed Sayuri pulled away from him and watched as the orange clad ninja jumped into the air and punched the snakes face.
"Naruto's…completely snapped…Where did he get that power?" Sakura wondered out loud.
"Is that really Naruto?" Sasuke wondered as he watched the blonde hit his head after the grass ninja blew smoke at him.
His eyes…they…Sayuri shivered being only able to watch.
"And it's Sasuke's turn next! How will he take it?" The grass ninja and his snake rushed towards the Uchiha who was frozen in his spot.
"Sasuke!" Sakura and Sayuri yelled out trying to get his attention but to no avail. Just as the snake was about to hit him something stood in the snake's way.
"Hey…are you ok...? You big chicken!"
Naruto… Sayuri stood up a worried expression on her face as she looked on to the two ninja.
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One large tree fell down smashing everything in its path, its roots forming a dome shielding its users from the ninja that tried to smash through.
"Can you sense her?" Green eyes flickered left and right but closed after a couple of seconds.
"Sorry Diachi but she's not in this direction." Suddenly the dome cracked at Diachi's left. Releasing the jutsu he and Hajime jumped out of the way landing a few feet away from their attackers.
"We suggest you stop running and fight." The bald grass ninja said with a smirk.
Both Konoha Genin took a defensive stance. "Look you two. We're missing a teammate and you're missing a teammate. If we don't find them both of our teams will be disqualified. How about we each go our separate ways and find them so that when we see each other again we can really have a go at it." Hajime reasoned.
"Ha. We already know where our team mate is…There's no need for us to worry. Now…" the ninja with the straw hat took out his katana "I suggest you start fighting, otherwise killing you two would not be as fun as we'd like it to be."
Diachi growled and took out his kunai. Hajime took a defensive stance as he took out his own katana.
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Naruto's body was suddenly jerked up by the ninja's tongue as the blonde flailed wildly trying to get free.
He laughed as he made a couple of hand signs. "The brat of the nine tails is still alive and kicking. How fascinating that, when he is consumed with rage he loses himself and a bit of the nine tailed foxed trapped within comes through. An amazing development!"
Sayuri watched in horror as the grass ninja lifted up Naruto's jacket and shoved his hand into the screaming blonde's abdomen. The blonde's screams died down as he slumped unconscious while his enemy moved to pull out the scroll from his pouch, flinging him aside once he got what he searched for.
Sakura quickly threw a kunai at Naruto catching him by the jacket so that he wouldn't fall. "Sasuke!" the rosette cried out watching the Uchiha tremble. "Naruto may be nothing like you. He's clumsy and he holds us back…And sometimes he's a big nuisance, but at least he's got guts…Naruto's not a coward!"
Different brown colored eyes flickered from Sakura to the Naruto then to Sasuke and back. Biting her lip she looked at the injured blonde dangling from a tree. "…Sasuke..." The boy in question only stood, too dumbstruck to move. "…You're pathetic." Sayuri glared down at the Uchiha who turned to look at the girl in shock.
"Water style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" Sayuri held a hand sign above her head slowly water began to pull around her taking the form of a dragon promptly before attacking the grass ninja and his snake. Alarmed the grass ninja jumped out of the way while his snake slithered away barely dodging the dragon as it smashed into the tree.
That girl…preformed a water jutsu without any body of water around! Only the 2nd Hokage and the Mizuchi clan are able to do that. He glared at the young girl who rushed at him.
She threw a handful of shuriken at him but they were stopped by the snake that slammed its tail at her. Using the tail as leverage she back flipped and landed on the branch across from them. The snake hissed and rushed at her just as Sayuri finished weaving three hand signs.
"Earth style: Earth blockade" the ground below shot up in the form of pillars forming a barrier between the snake and herself.
"That was cute." She heard the man laugh just before he smashed through the wall in seconds.
"SAYURI!" Both Sasuke and Sakura cried out as the young ninja was slammed into a tree with a small grunt. She slid down only to be caught by the collar by the snake's tongue.
The grass ninja's attention was drawn to the patter on her sleeve. Marihasha… He gave the brunette a smirk as he cupped her cheek. "Well, well, well…So you're Nagisa and Yūkan's daughter…" Brown eyes glared at the ninja who took out a kunai. "Say hello to them for me." He said with a menacing smile as he pulled back his kunai aiming it at her abdomen.
"SAYURI!"
The grass ninja laughed as he watched the young girls eyes widen. "Such a cute little thing…what a shame. Your parents should have thought you better before they passed."
Two hands gripped his arm making him laugh louder. "Holding on to me won't-"
"Lightning Style: Complete…Body Current…" the young girl whispered head bowed and suddenly her entire body was enveloped by strips of electricity shocking her attacker, who quickly threw her aside to tend to his injured arm.
"You pesky little brat! Time to die!" he yelled before rushing at the girl.
No! Sasuke glared at the ninja, his Sharingan activated. He rushed at the man aiming a kick at him effectively stopping the ninja just before he reached the brunette. Landing in front of the injured girl he took out kunai and shuriken before jumping into the air.
I've been living with the hope of one day killing my brother. I thought it was the most important thing…But maybe I'm the one who's been the idiot. Sasuke began his attack throwing kunai at the grass ninja who evaded each one of them. Because someone who can't even stand up and do what has to be done at a time like this…Wouldn't stand a chance against him! Gripping the tree next to him he swung around throwing his shuriken at the ninja.
Seeing Sasuke's weapon at the last minute the grass ninja jumped only to have Sasuke throw one final kunai at him.
Not bad! The way he anticipated my every move…the accuracy of his targeting…he sees me! He thought as he tilted his head just in time to avoid being struck by the kunai. He watched as Sasuke tugged at wire with his teeth as he still gripped at the tree trunk.
"A Sharingan windmill a three pronged attack!" the grass ninja turned just in time to catch the piece of metal with his teeth. "Heh…such a shame…"
"Hah!" Sasuke smirked at the man holding a single hand sign just as he blew a trail of fire across the wire burning his face.
"Sayuri he…" Sakura began from besides Sayuri who weakly blinked and smiled down at Sasuke.
He did it! She thought happily.
"That one so young has mastery of the Sharingan…Truly a worthy heir to the honored Uchiha clan!" Sasuke, Sakura, and Sayuri looked on in shock as the ninja lifted his head as his "face" peeled off. "In fact I believe I want you, after all…!"
"Sakura…" the rosette girl turned to Sayuri who nodded her head towards the Uchiha. Understanding she nodded and jumped down to stand next to him.
"It's been marvelous fun having you show me all your tricks" he looked at the two.
We're paralyzed! Sakura thought shocked.
"You really are his brother aren't you…You can see and conceal things with those eyes of yours that Itachi never dreamed of!"
Sayuri's eyes widened at the statement while Sasuke glared at him. "Just who the heck are you?"
"My name's Orochimaru…If you ever want a rematch then pass this exam as quickly as you can." Orochimaru said as he burned their heaven scroll. "I'll see you again if you manage to defeat the three sound ninja that answer to me."
Sakura glared. "What are you blabbering on about? We never want to see your face again!"
"Perhaps not…but wishing won't chase me away." He smiled making a hand sing just before his neck extended like a snake and he bit Sasuke's neck.
"Sasuke!" Orochimaru looked up at Sayuri just as he pulled back.
"I look forward to seeing you again Sasuke…In the quest for power." His eyes shifted back to Sayuri who lay on the tree staring at the man in shock. "My dear Lady Sayuri, don't look so upset! Especially since I'll soon reunite you with your parents!" He stared right into her eyes making hold her breath for a couple of seconds.
Her eyes widened just as Sasuke fell to his knees. "Sasuke?" Sakura knelt down beside him.
"Wha…What did you do…to him?" her voice was dry as she fought to stay conscious.
"Just a little something to remember me by…" And with that Orochimaru disappeared and Sasuke's screams became a distant echo as Sayuri's eyes flutter closed.
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