Sorry about the late post, I decided to take a short hiatus because I had a pretty bad week... Don't ask XD (But I'll make this chapter longer as a compensation :))
Sasuke: I'm starting really hate this series...
Sarada: I'm not gonna die am I *shivers*?
Himawari: White obaa-chan does not own Papa! Wait... Sara nee-chan, you're not going to die are you?
Sasuke: ...
Sarada
I bounced onto my feet as soon as I managed to break through the ropes before ripping off the cloth restricting my speech. I had barely dodged Papa's furious swipes and I knew I had no chance of escaping him. White baa-san was occupied with Rikuu as she slashed her sword towards him, so she couldn't help me even if she tried.
Suddenly, Rikuu had taken out a small satchel and poured the entire contents of it into his mouth. I noticed that it was those strange pills that he had consumed when Papa first fought with him.
I managed to dodge another swipe of Papa's katana, and suddenly, the moment Rikuu swallowed the pills, Papa collapsed onto his knees, gasping in pain as he clutched his head. Rikuu laughed maniacally as his skin began to bubble and darken, he morphed and twisted until he turned into a strange monster. Random tufts of pale orange fur stuck out of random parts of his body, he had grew long, dangerous looking claws as his face had twisted into a grotesque mixture of snake, wolf and human. He had a furry tail sprouting out of his tailbone, swishing hypnotically and his legs had bent and twisted into the powerful haunches of a wolf.
Papa took a shaky breath, before standing up, his eyes glazed and lifeless. Rikuu howled maniacally and snarled "Go on... kill your daughter by your own hands... You're only a powerless pawn of mine now..."
Papa stumbled slightly as he took another step towards me, his sword raised. I backed up and grabbed a kunai, which only raised my hopelessly small chance of surviving by only half a percent. White baa-san leapt towards me to stop Papa but she was smashed backwards by Rikuu and he growled "You're my opponent, just enjoy the show..." White baa-san grimaced before her eyes spun into an ominous purple, she then disappeared suddenly and slashed Rikuu in the back.
Rikuu howled in annoyance rather than pain and swiped at her. I could only dodge Papa's sword as my attention was directed back to him when he had already advanced towards me.
He took in a gasping breath and opened his mouth "Sara...da..." he said raspily, as he grimaced again, stepping forward towards me as his sword sizzled and cracked with bolts of electricity. I backed up and activated my Sharingan, my fist clenching the kunai as I turned and ran, only to be stopped when Papa flew up in the air and landed in front of me, his sword slashing towards me.
I barely dodged it but the sword grazed my arm even so. A jolt of electricity ran through me and I fell on the floor, unable to move. My heartbeat quickened as Papa walked towards me, his sword raised. Tears ran down my eyes as I stared, horrified, at Papa. "I... I'm sorry... forgive... me..." Papa said suddenly, as he strained his voice to talk to me.
He brought down his sword and I closed my eyes ready to accept my fate, when I heard a loud pained scream, that was not my voice. Opening my eyes cautiously, I saw Papa's sword impaled in his shoulder, crimson blood staining his clothes.
"What?! You're not supposed to do that!" Rikuu exclaimed as he barely dodged one of White baa-san's bijuu-chakra charged Chidori. Papa smirked weakly as he managed to mutter out "Don't... underestimate... us...Uchihas..." My eyes glistened with tears as I whispered "Papa... you..."
"ARGH! That's it, I can only use my final weapon to end this world with my pawn... My pawn, Uchiha Sasuke!" Rikuu screamed as he launched a dart towards Papa, White baa-san quickly moved to catch the dart but Rikuu blocked her again and punched her in the gut.
Papa, who was still fatigued and fighting against Rikuu's control, could not dodge the dart and his eyes widened as the dart buried itself in his neck. "Papa!" I screamed before watching black light wash over Papa as it completely enveloped him and blasted into the sky.
"Oi! What happened!?" the familiar voice of Nanadaime-sama was heard. I turned around and ran towards him, noticing how Itachi ji-san and Mama was next to him. "Rikuu threw a dart at Papa and that's what happened!" I exclaimed pointing at the beam of dark chakra roaring through the village. White baa-san was still clashing with Rikuu, summoning her Susano'o now.
"Itachi... help White with Rikuu, Sakura-chan and me will take care of Sasuke..." Nanadaime-sama ordered Itachi ji-san. He nodded grimly and leapt towards White baa-san to help her fight Rikuu.
I watched as the beam of dark chakra slowly dissipate and soon I saw a figure standing in the middle of the smoky crater. My eyes widened as I watched the figure step out of the crater.
It was still Papa obviously but he seemed to be wearing a karasutengu (1)-like mask that only covered half of his face and his pointed horns had melded with the mask, curving out slightly in a yokai-like manner. His arms were completely enveloped by the scales and had terrifying claws sprouting out of his fingers. His attire had also changed to one of a more intricate purple and gold armor, melded onto him, while his large wings had further expanded and grown, thin obsidian plating covered the base and tips of each raven feathered wing. His tail and protruding bones were also covered in the same thin plating and the dark marks that marred his face were glowing ominously purple.
Rikuu cackled and said "Rise... Uchiha no Daitengu (2)..." before he was forced to dodge both of Itachi ji-san and White baa-san's Susano'o based weapon. Papa walked confidently towards me, his eyes glazed over with no emotion. Mama and Nanadaime-sama got into position and pulled out a kunai.
Almost immediately Papa disappeared and appeared behind me, his sword drawn and ready to slice at me. Mama turned around and kicked Papa in the gut, "I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun..." She murmured as she turned to protect me.
"Gah! Sasuke-teme why do you always have to make everything so complicated!" Nanadaime-sama exclaimed, but he formed a shroud using his bijuu's chakra to block Papa's next attack.
"Naruto! What do we do?" Mama exclaimed as she activated her seal and charged her fists with chakra. Nanadaime-sama grimaced and said "Let Itachi and White deal with Rikuu and we'll rejoin to stop Sasuke."
I closed my eyes and hoped that things will turn out better, before I refocused my attention to Papa.
White/Itachi
They hacked and slashed at Rikuu, White especially, considering to all the pain Rikuu brought to her life. "Tch, bastard, you just won't fall..." White muttered as she raised her Susano'o's sword and parried with Rikuu's claws. Itachi ran behind and slashed at Rikuu, his Totsuka Blade grazing the beast slightly before he raised the Yata Mirror to block Rikuu's onslaught of dark chakra needles.
She then summoned her bijuu mode and called "Itachi! Fuse your Susano'o with me!" She carefully maneuvered her large glowing avatar away from the buildings and Itachi leapt towards her giant form and immediately the Susano'o became one with the hundred tailed fox. They slashed at the tiny figure of Rikuu, managing to cut deeply into his back.
The monstrous man howled in pain and send a slash of dark chakra towards the two. It was immediately deflected by the Yata Mirror, and Itachi and White sent a mixture of Rasenshuriken and Amaterasu towards the man, also dubbed by Yondaime Hokage Minato, 'Scorch Release: Halo Hurricane Jet Black Arrow Style Zero' He dodged it, but was surprised when he saw the brunette smirk and lift up her hand. On the tip of her finger, was a fine chakra string connected to the whirring ball of blackened flames and compressed wind chakra.
White twitched her finger slightly to the right, where Rikuu was standing and just like one would control a shuriken in motion with wires, she sent the dangerous jutsu reeling towards the monster with extreme speed and accuracy.
It smashed into Rikuu and he snarled "No! No, I will not die! Sasuke will not lose his modifications even if I die!" He began to laugh uncontrollably as the black flames began the engulf him completely. White moved the avatar in front of the burning man, before smashing it's foot onto him. "Begone..." She muttered before making sure that the bijuu chakra had completely vaporized any part of the man that once stood there.
She and Itachi released the jutsu and ran towards where Sakura and Naruto resided, trying to ward off Sasuke, who was still under, the now dead man, Rikuu's control. He had shown no sign of transforming back to normal, nor did it seem that he was trying to fight back the controlling chakra.
He summoned an ethereal cloak around his body, almost like Susano'o yet it seemed more... godlike... not to mention demonic at the same time. He emotionlessly slashed his sword at Sakura as if her life never mattered to him, and Itachi was barely able to block the blow with a smaller version of his Yata Mirror.
"Damn... What are we going to do..." White muttered.
Sarada
After White baa-san and Itachi ji-san killed Rikuu, they immediately ran towards Mama and Nanadaime-sama. Papa was still emotionlessly attacking us his eyes blazing with both his Mangekyou Sharingan and his famed Rinnegan. He blocked Nanadaime's Rasengan with his wings, albeit it was cloaked with the chakra armor, so it did not affect him at all.
The four powerful ninjas slashed and dodged Papa's cold and ruthless attacks, calling out to him, trying to get him back but to no avail. I stood behind them watching helplessly as Papa deflected Mama's attack and swiped his sword towards her.
Summoning his chidori, Papa charged towards Itachi Ji-san, and that's when I felt my legs moving. "PAPA! YAMETTE!" I screamed and jumped in front of Itachi Ji-san. Time seemed to freeze as everyone's eyes widened and watched as Papa pierce his hand through my chest.
The time almost immediately unfroze and burning, paralyzingly pain ran through my body. I felt blood drip down my mouth and I saw Papa's eyes suddenly blink and return to their normal look. His eyes widened when he saw what he was doing.
"Papa... I'm glad... You came... Back..." I managed to say touching his arms like the way I would hold his hands when I was a toddler. The chidori sizzled away and Papa quickly pulled his hand out, immediately more pain ran through my body as I felt myself drop limply on the floor.
Only to be caught by Papa. He held me tightly and whispered something before everything went black. All I could hear was "I'm sorry... Sarada."
Sasuke
Sarada was immediately transported to the Emergency Room, Sakura stating that she was in critical condition, though she was lucky that he didn't pierce her heart.
Sasuke stood next to the room, his large raven wings furled neatly behind his back as his tail swished back and forth impatiently. He had only decided to fully look at himself when Sarada was in the ER. His hair was tangled and stuck out in random places and his body had completely changed, thanks to Rikuu. He tested out his clawed hands and clenched them into fists, unable to look at his left arm. The one that has pierced Sarada and was still coated with her blood.
"You know... Even though she said she hated you, she never meant that... She only wanted you to act fatherly to her rather than being cold and distant. It should be a parent's instinct to know that their child loves them.. You do understand that, otouto...' Itachi said quietly as he walked up to Sasuke.
Sasuke said nothing and looked away from his elder brother, his gilded armor shifting slightly. Even after Rikuu died he still managed to torture Sasuke, it made the Uchiha hate the Fujimori with burning rage and anger.
White walked out of the ER, her face grim and said "She doesn't to have much hope being revived... You- She was pierced extremely close to the heart, barely grazing it put her lung was puncture badly and it broke 3 of her ribs... We're trying our very best to bring her back... Sakura's already used up half of her chakra trying to save Sarada..." A loud beeping noise was heard inside and a strangled yell of "NO!" came immediately after. White pressed her lips together tightly and quickly rushed back inside.
Itachi paced around the hallways, his eyes covered by his long bangs but Sasuke could tell that he was deep in thought. Sasuke could not help but slide down on the wall and clutch his head painfully. "This... This is all my fault..." He murmured dully as he covered himself with his large wings. Itachi stopped pacing and stared at Sasuke.
"Are you implying that you are giving up hope on your own daughter? Otouto, I thought you were better than this..." Itachi said, shaking his head. Sasuke immediately stood up and snarled "I was not implying that I gave up hope on Sarada. She is an Uchiha and we Uchihas do not give up so easily!"
Itachi merely smirked and flicked Sasuke in the forehead (rather it was his mask... but...) "There's the brother I know..." He said amusedly. "Now go and help Sakura and imouto*"
Sasuke grunted, and looked away slightly, but he did as Itachi said and walked into the room. Inside, he saw Sakura and White working as hard as they could on Sarada who lay on a bed, machinery and IVs attached to her, keeping check on her. Even Tsunade was inside, working furiously on trying to bring the young Uchiha back.
"How come it's not healing?" Sakura fumed and she put more chakra into her palm, trying to heal the wound.
White grimaced and replied "It could be that Sasuke's chidori was infused with the chakra that Rikuu had forced his body to continuously mold and form more, which causes the wound to reject any sign of healing chakra."
Tsunade nodded and said "White's theory has a very high chance of being correct, I'll take a sample and see how we can reverse it's effects." She pulled out a syringe and extracted some of the blood and quickly strode over to the machinery and computers.
Sakura looked up for a moment and her eyes widened. "Sasuke-kun, what are you doing here?!" She questioned, before quickly moving back to tending Sarada's wounds. Sasuke cleared his throat and replied "I'm here to help... It's my fault that Sarada's in danger of dying... But I have a theory that if we use my chakra on the chakra I had inflicted on Sarada, we can maybe nullify it's effects... It's a gamble but we have to take the chance..."
A long painful silence hung over the atmosphere, before Sakura closed her eyes and breathed in deeply. "We'll... take the gamble..." She said uncertainly. White nodded and bit her thumb, tracing a symbol on the wound before she inserted some chakra onto the blood. Almost immediately a hue of purple chakra enveloped Sarada.
"This is a special technique I developed to heal the person without anyone tending them, the chakra will gradually wear off, but it'll stabilize Sarada for awhile as we prepare..." White explained. Sasuke and Sakura nodded grimly before everyone set out to work.
Sasuke gently set a hand on Sarada's stomach and let a small amount of his dark chakra flow into her body. Sarada twitched and started struggling away from the chakra. "No...no...no... stay.. 'way... from...me.." She murmured unconsciously edging away from Sasuke's hand.
Sasuke felt a twinge of hurt run through him, but he continued to let a small amount of chakra trickle into his daughter's body. Sakura and White immediately worked to heal the fatal wound, Tsunade suddenly exclaimed "It's working... The Uchiha's theory is actually correct, Sarada's wounds are healing and her body is ridding itself of the chakra!"
Sasuke let a small smirk slide onto his mouth, before pulling his hand away. Sakura immediately started to heal the wound while White stabilized the young girl's body. Sasuke then left the room quietly.
Itachi stood at the door, smirking approvingly. "I see that you succeeded... Sarada's chakra is slowly doing it's job and it's speeding up the process. Sasuke nodded and replied "Aa, I managed to use my own chakra to fight against the chakra was accidentally left in Sarada's body when I pulled away."
"Soga... Well then let us wait until they come out of the room." Itachi said thoughtfully, crossing his arms, as he stared at the closed doors of the ER. Sasuke nodded and plopped down on a hard, plastic chair, ignoring the looks of fright that many nurses were shooting at him.
(1) Karasunotengu- Crow Tengu(a japanese mythological demon with distinct pointed noses, the Susano'o design is based off of the demons)
(2) Uchiha no Daitengu- Uchiha's Top Tengu (a Daitengu is considered one of the top or most powerful tengus of the race)
* Itachi calls White 'imouto' because at one point when the Fujimori clan was massacred, she was taken in by the Uchihas and lived with Sasuke and Itachi for a short period of time, before moving to the Fujimori Manor with her cousins. White is 1 year older than Team 7.*
This chapter is pretty good (at least to me) I feel like putting in more Japanese based mythology into the story makes it more interesting while still retaining the oriental touch. Plus I was rereading my old chapters of this story and I was so ashamed of my first try in trying to write a story, so I'm going to fix it up and edit everything after this story ends :)
Sasuke: I'm going to leave *He is done.*
Sarada: *snickers* I thought you were a shinobi... and we shinobi endure.
White: True... *smirks at Sasuke*
Sasuke: *glares coldly at White and shakes his head disapprovingly at Sarada*
Himawari: R&R for White obaa-chan and tell us if Sasuke ojii-chan looks constipated when he glares.
Sasuke: I'm going to kill that dobe... teaching his daughter to say those things.
Boruto: Hm... You do look constipated when you glare... Nyahahahahaha, that's so funny!
Sarada: *smashes Boruto onto the ground* Shut up. *looks up and smiles innocently* Ja matta, minna!
White/Sasuke: ...