Chapter 20: Truth Be Told
"Kiba, can you have Akamaru watch over Yukio and Suki while we take down these guys?" Temari asked, making it sound more like an order than a question, "This shouldn't take us long" She stated as she grabbed for her giant iron fan.
Kiba nodded, then looked over at Akamaru, "Can you take them back to the village?" Akamaru barked, grabbed ShiShimaru by the neck, picking him up, then walked over in the middle of the Jonin Parents, "Now Yukio, Suki get on top-"
Kiba was interrupted by one of the sound throwing three kunai at him, he grabbed a kunai of his own, and deflected each weapon thrown at him, But the Kunai were only a distraction so the sound could attempt their real attack.
The sound men began to move forward until a gust of wind blew them back, and a wall of shadow surrounded the 3 Jonin, 2 kids, Akamaru and ShiShimaru.
Shikamaru, with his hands clasped together, looked at the 2 kids, "Get on Akamaru and go back to the village. Akamaru will take you guys to Hinata, stay with her until we come back" He ordered.
"But what about Emiko?" Suki asked, looking up at her parents, "She is still with the enemy"
"Don't worry about your sister, right now I want you guys to go back to Kohona" Temari said, "Now go!"
Suki and Yukio got on top of Akamaru, then the giant dog began to run towards Kohona with ShiShimaru in his mouth, and the children on his back.
Shikamaru waited until the kids were gone then he looked at Temari and Kiba, "Do we really have to fight them? Cant we just make some clones and let them play with these guys?" He asked, in his lazy tone.
"You two go get Emiko, I'll fight these idiots" Kiba said, "I got some venting I need to do…and they're just the guys I wanna vent on" He said, cracking his knuckles.
"If you say so Kiba" Temari looked at Shikamaru, "Now you don't have to fight…lets go find our daughter" She said, placing her fan back behind her.
Shikamaru nodded, "Once we get far enough away from here, the wall will disappear and you'll be able to attack" he explained to Kiba.
Kiba nodded, then Temari and Shikamaru quickly leaped off in the direction he told hem he smelled Emiko at. After they had gotten far away, Shikamaru's wall of Shadow's disappeared and Kiba grinned at the many Shinobi around him, "Now its my turn" He said, preparing to fight.
"Nara…Nara wake up" A familiar boy's voice called shaking Emiko's sleeping body. "You gotta get up before-" The boy was cut off by a loud smack.
Emiko's eyes opened and she slapped the young boy sitting beside her. She quickly sat up, glaring at the boy, her cheeks slightly red from being smacked by Kabuto. "What do you want?" She asked, standing up and backing away from the small boy.
"I want to help you leave, Kabuto and my brother have both left. I'm not sure why they left, but I still need to get you out before they get back" Toshi explained, he also stood up, "I know what Kabuto and Orochimaru want….and its not really you and your sister."
"Then who?" Emiko asked, a curious look on her face, "Wait! You want to help me? Aren't you and your brother the ones who knocked me out, and brought me here?" She asked.
Toshi nodded, and looked down, "Your right, my brother and I did bring you here, but….I didn't want to, it was an order, and I was promised to finally meet my mother if I helped Orochimaru and Kabuto."
"Your Mother? You mean you've never met your mom…ever?" Emiko asked now feeling a bit sad for the young Uchiha. "But…if you were told to capture me so you can meet your mom, why would you help me?"
"because I know what Kabuto and Orochimaru want to do. They want to use you and your sister as bait to get your parents out here, then Orochimaru is going to force your parents to fight against your village." he explained, looking back up at the young girls green eyes.
"mom and dad would never fight against Leaf" Emiko said.
"oh really?" A mans voice said behind Emiko's small body, "I'm pretty sure they'll do what I want as long as I have their precious daughters."
Toshi's eyes widened as he saw Orochimaru behind Emiko, he was about to say something when he was struck in the back of the neck, knocking him out.
"Toshi!" Emiko shouted, she got ready to run over towards the boy, when a snaked wrapped around her body, "W-What the-Get off me!" She shouted, "Tamasine do something! How can you just stand there as your brother-"
"he was weak, and a traitor to father and the rest of us" Tamasine said as he walked away from his brother, "He almost ruined the entire plan"
Emiko glared at the boy, "He's not the one who was the traitor, its You! You're the one who turned your back on your village, and worse you attacked your own brother!" She shouted, "If anyone did anything wrong, it was you!"
"Silence!" Orochimaru shouted, "I'm tired of listening to you children arguing-"
"Let go of our daughter!" Temari shouted, appearing behind Tamasine holding a kunai to his neck, "As must as I hate to put children in danger, this one has put mine in danger" She glared up at Orochimaru, "Let me daughter go and I'll let Tamasine go" She said, a very serious look on her face.
In return of Temari's threat, Orochimaru laughed, "You think I care about that brat?! HA! He has served his purpose" He then looked around, "Oh Shikamaru, you can come out, I know you're here I can feel your presence."
Shikamaru placed a kunai up to Orochimaru's throat, "You found me, not let go of my daughter" he demanded.
"D-Dad" Emiko cried, she then looked over at Temari, "Wh-Where's Suki?" She asked, still unable to move any, due to the giant snake wrapped around her body.
"Don't worry about her Emiko, your sister is-" Temari was interrupted by the sound of a door slamming. He head looked over towards the direction of the sound.
"Lord Orochimaru, I'm back with the other girl" Kabuto said, walking to the door way, noticing Temari and Shikamaru, "Oh I see that we have some company." He let out a sigh of relief, holding Suki in his arms, "It looks like your plan has worked just as you thought it would"
"Yes…it would seem that they have gone as predicted." Orochimaru laughed.
Shikamaru then pushed his kunai against Orochimaru's neck, only to witness his body vanish in white smoke. He quickly ran to his daughter, Emiko, and stabbed the snake, causing it to also vanish in white smoke.
Emiko turned hugging her father, "Its okay Emiko, just stay behind me" he said, pushing her behind him, as he glared at Kabuto, "Let Suki go!" He shouted.
"I'm sorry Shikamaru, but I cannot do that, she, along with the rest of your family, is needed for Lord Orochimaru's plans to be completely successful" Kabuto explained with a smile on his face.
"What have you done with Yukio?" Temari asked, still standing behind Tamasine.
Kabuto laughed, "Heh, he was…how can I say this, taken care of"
Emiko's eyes widened, "b-but what was Yukio doing….why'd you hurt him?!"
Kiba had finally finished fighting the last of the Sound Ninjas. He looked around, "And here I thought-" He was interrupted by the scent of blood…fresh blood, along with his son. "Yukio!"
He quickly ran towards the scent of blood and Yukio, 'hold on son, I'll be there a soon as I can' He thought as he leapt from tree to tree, to get to his son.
Just before he could reach Yukio, a familiar shinobi jumped in front of Kiba, "In a hurry…Kiba?"
"Move Sasuke!" He shouted, "I have to get to my-"
Kiba was hushed by Sasuke creating a various amount of unfamiliar hand signs, "You want to see your son?" He asked finishing the last of the hand signs, "Then I'll show you, but you might not like what you see"
A giant black mass appeared between Kiba and Sasuke, inside the mass was an unconscious boy, Yukio. He was laying on a dark ground, the boy looked to of been beaten. Laying beside the boy were 2 dogs, one was Akamaru, whom was covered in blood, and ShiShimaru also unconscious but not bloody.
"Y-Yukio…" Kiba created a fist at his side as the black mass disappeared, "How could you of done such a thing!?" He looked up, glaring at the Uchiha, "Where is he?!" Kiba shouted, demanding to know the answer.
"I'll tell you" he said, drawing out his long sword from behind him, "After you beat me in a duel" he smirked.
-End of chapter! Okay, so this one is a little longer than usual hope you like. Please tell me what you think…and once again, sorry for the late update…I'm gonna only post during the week days, cause I'm too lazy to do it during the weekends….well, now you gotta wait till the next chapter to read more…-