AN: Okay the POVs have some time skips, though they are not specifically mentioned, it is like seeing one story and then going back to see another. Sorry for the possible confusion.
I closed my eyes and concentrated, being bound to his mind was beneficial at this point.
Sasuke? Are you there? Just think about what you are going to say and picture yourself talking to me...just don't speak.
There was a silence in the room while Kabuto worked to bandage my injuries, and if I wasn't tied up, I would have slapped him. Kabuto kept a critical eye on his subjects, and I knew he was only examining me while playing doctor. If he kept up the work he might have found out about my tattoos.
They were made with pigments and my chakra, turning them into ink that was simply absorbed into my skin so they could set and I would always have some ink on me if I was in a bind, like now. Some of them were solid colors, like the upper left arm of my body, a simple rainbow ribbon wrapped itself around my shoulder to my elbow. My lower left contained my make-shift sword made of a mixture of colors, which I found out I could use a few weeks ago. If the colors were mixed they were stronger and more durable than the regular ones. Though if in the battle field my Fusion could only be used three times unless like the sword, I had already prepared it. On my right arm was a design of sparklers, made with metallic 'blue' iron, the 'sparks' were made with the Yellow Sting base and had red, orange, purple, blue, and green mixed into them. The purple mix worked like a sticky bomb, the blue would explode tiny metallic shards into the person, the red would make false wounds and had a powerful sedative mixed into the ink to give people the death state, and the green had various salves and would cover the person so they could heal, almost regenerate, while on the go. On my shoulder, it was a decoration of a wolf howling at the moon. Purples and grays created the wolf so it would have form for a long period of time, blues outlined it so it could be used for attacking, and tiny words were weaved into the lines so I could have it send messages if needed, thank you Inuzuka for the idea. On my interior forearms were kanji symbols for healing, heavy green ink created them, and poisons, and a mixture of toxic powder mixed with the red and green pigments so they would heal the skin over and rush into the bloodstream, kanji words meaning to fall were their symbol. The temporary tattoos had their uses, I didn't need to form hand seals for them since they were already created, just in a stasis like form. All I needed to do was mold my chakra and pump it into the design to reactivate them.
Sighing I waited for Sasuke to return my mental calls.
I am here. What is it?
What is Orochimaru doing?
He won't shut up. Are you fairing well.
Yeah, the shackles I can live without, and thanks for fucking up my leg...Nothing I can't handle...Kabuto is fawning over me...I don't know if he wants me for experiments or what, but it is creepy.
He won't do anything without permission from Orochimaru.
Not like I needed the reminder...but thanks. So can you speed up the 'he wants your body' thing?
He is speaking about it now.
Good. Keep him thinking he is in control...I will handle Kabuto.
You better keep your word.
Yeah, yeah. I know you will kill me if I don't.
"You seem distracted," said Kabuto.
"Trying to figure a way out of here," I said, "Counting how many steps it is to the door, how thick these chains are, and how I can knock you out."
"Such haughty words coming from someone whose Chakra paths I have overloaded," he smiled.
"We shall she about that," I said grinning.
Yuki's POV
I was sent to Tsunade's office, I was ready for the worst case scenario. I knew I had to tell her everything but without Kori, this was going to be difficult. I had to keep everyone in the building under genjutsu, it was going to kick my ass, but it wasn't impossible. I would just have to make sure everything was set up right...With the help of Shikamaru and Neji, we set up mini amplifiers for my voice, in the shape of large crystal bowls, charged with my chakra. They were placed around the halls for 'decoration' in spots so they would carry my voice. I wouldn't be able to use the sound system because the electronic equipment wouldn't carry my chakra, yet...if I remodeled I could but I couldn't think about that now. I had already forewarned Tsunade of the additions I was making to her office and she allowed it as the bowls were used in healing therapy. I used the excuse that she was under a lot of stress, and Kori once suggested it to me a while ago, since she was in the 'weird healing' stuff as people called it.
As I stepped in her office, I made sure she closed the windows and kept the door open. She looked at me and then she gave the signal that she was ready, though she didn't want to be under genjutsu, she knew the risk of people finding out the Kori intentionally left Konoha, even if it was temporary. I sighed and inhaled before I sang. The sound began to vibrate the bowls and slowly release the chakra carried within. I watched as Tsunade and the others in the office fell into a deep slumber, and after a few minutes of draining work, I changed the tune so Tsunade would be awake when she heard this, and only her. When it was done, Tsunade woke up and looked at me.
"Is there a reason for all the theatrics?" she asked.
"Yeah, you are being watched. By Danzo, Kori and I kept it a secret until now, and the only reason that we are going to tell secrets is because it is safer this way. With Kori out of town, we are in danger. We haven't really been separated since Haruko's Incident, and I worry about her, but she has entrusted me to deal with Itachi. If things go well, we can have the remainder of the Uchiha clan on our side, though there is still one that will cause us trouble," I told her, "Right now that isn't important. Sasuke is pissed and Kori is going to keep him occupied while working with him to fix his broken mental state, as she calls it. The two people that he is going to be after will be a man called Tobi, and Danzo. Danzo fully deserves what is coming to him, if left to his own devices, he will try and take over Konoha and put Sasuke on the 'to die' list. He will convince others that Sasuke is a danger to everyone around him, and at one point in time that was true, but not anymore. I am also here to tell you there is a war coming. The ones called the Akatsuki will be the ones indirectly involved...we can't remember why but we know they are responsible."
"Explain why Danzo, an elder of our village deserves to die?" she asked.
"Aside from working with the enemy? He worked with Orochimaru and desecrated the dead for his own, gain. He wants to take control of the world to secure peace...to do this he has an illegal org under his belt...don't do anything to them right now, we need one...Sai, to join Naruto. Those bandages of his, cover up the Sharringan he has stolen from the rightful owners, and Sasuke is pissed about it. He was the one who also caused Nagato to turn out like he did...er, that is all I am going to say on that subject. So we got a lot to do and little time to do it. I have to find Itachi before Sasuke right now. I have to explain things to him. I will need the aid of Shikamaru and Neji to help me find him, after that, either I will group with them or a more suitable team. I will be staying in Konoha for now until I figure out a good spot to start looking. If those two are needed for anything then by all means have them assigned to the mission...Er, that is unless something comes up," I told her.
"What evidence do you have against Danzo?" she asked.
"If I get a hold of his blood, then you can scan it and it will show unusual chakra and cells from someone named Hashirama Senju*," I said, "But getting his blood would be a far stretch of my abilities...your proof can come after we kill him."
"You openly admit to planning on killing a village elder?" Tsunade said.
"Oh no, not me...I have to find a way to get Tobi. Kori is on Danzo's case, that is why she left...look arrest me but all you have are words, no one is around to hear you...they are trapped in my genjutsu. Even if they are in earshot they will forget everything when the song ends...only you will remember with the underlying reverse genjutsu I put up...so yeah. Er, I am trusting you to do the right thing here... As for the others, Shikamaru and Neji, they don't know what I am up to. All they know is that I am out to hunt for Itachi...the rest of it...All you," I smiled, "So are you going to arrest me?"
"You made a point," said Tsunade, "I can't arrest you but I can't allow someone to assassinate an elder."
"Oh no, not planning on assassinating him...promise," I said winking, "Danzo will set himself up for it. All I need you to do is to make sure he stays off my case while I am doing research. He had Sai give us something...a scroll. It is still at the house, didn't open it but I don't trust him. All I know is it is some mind control thing...anyway..the genjutsu is almost over..."
The genjustu faded and everyone began waking up. They were slightly confused that they were on the floor but I just looked at Tsunade. She narrowed her eyes at me.
"So Tsunade what is up?" I asked.
"We haven't found word on your sister, but we are still hoping," said Tsunade, "She may or may not be alive."
"..." I kept silent and looked shocked, like I was going to say something but kept my mouth shut, hopefully this would keep appearances, "Anything I can do?"
"No," she said sharply, "You are to stay in Konoha and get some rest. Tanzo will be out of commission for a couple weeks, but he will make a full recovery. Until farther notice, you are to continue teaching at the Academy."
I bowed my head and stomped off. I then went back home and took the scroll that was still on the kitchen floor. I then took it and put it in my room, hiding it, just in case I would need it. Well working at the Academy would allow me to look up records of former students. That would help. So I decided to take the rest of the day to look up the records. Unfortunately there were thousands of files to search through, and even then there may not be a chance that his records were here. He was an S-rank criminal and he graduated nearly ten years ago, and I had no idea how long they kept the records. Sighing, I began to work on finding Itachi's records.
Kori's POV
Has he shut up yet?
No.
Oh for fuck's sake! Kill him...I really don't care at this point...I just had my shirt removed...
I did not want to know that.
You be stuck in a room, bored as hell with Doctor Creepy and see what happens...So yeah.
Yeah, sure enough Kabuto had to make sure my wounds weren't deep and cut up my tunic so he could examine me. I was sick and tired of this...So I began to close my eyes and concentrate.
'Healing at an abnormal rate, or the cuts were made shallow on purpose. She would be a great addition to the Chakra Enhancement experiment.' he thought.
Ew. I did not want to be addicted to drugs..I flexed my wrists and ankles to make sure no tendons were messed up that would prevent me from escaping. I didn't feel any pain but Kabuto may have pumped me full of drugs, so I had to be careful. I then began to check my chakra flow, which wasn't impeded in anyway...to my surprise. I reached out one final time.
Ready when you are sir.
Take out Kabuto. Make sure we are not followed.
Understood.
"Kabuto," I said, "Er. Come here for a second, my nose itches."
"I am not your personal scratcher," he said.
"Dude if I could do it myself I would!" I said blowing on my nose, "You know every time your hands are preoccupied permanently your nose itches!"
"There hasn't been proof of that," he said, wheeling a chair he was sitting on over so he was closer to my face.
"Aren't I proving it?" I said.
He sighed, before leaning down and fiddling with some mechanisms above my head, "No, there. You can move your left hand enough to scratch your nose."
"Alright," I said, moving it, "Er...why is your hair white?"
"I lack the eumelanin and phaeomelanin pigments that blend together and gives the hair color," he said, "You have a combination giving you your hair color."
I was hoping my questions would keep him off guard, I tried to get him close. Though he was brushing my skin with his hand, there wasn't long enough contact. I slowly scratched my nosed and then stopped, looking up I furrowed my brow. Narrowing my eyes, I tilted my head.
"What is that?" I asked, looking at nothing.
"Hmm?" he asked pausing and looking up.
He had his hand on the table close to my hip, leaning over. I jerked up and dislocated my right arm so I could have enough room to grab his neck, "Made you look."
I pushed as much chakra as I had into my hand and broke through any barriers he might have had. Instead of going into his mind, I used the Mystical Palm Technique and overloaded his system. Aside from the whole embarrassing thing of him going limp and face planting my abdomen, it worked. He would be out of it and wouldn't follow us. Then taking my chakra, I pumped a little into two purple sparks, and had them crawl up onto the binds that were around my wrists, and using a variation of Water Style:Water Bomb, I exploded the goo and broke myself free of the chains. Though I had burns, I was happy. I then pushed the comatose Kabuto off my body and worked on getting the chains off my feet. After that was finished I pulled off Kabuto's shirt and grabbed the remnants of my own garment and headed out of the room.
I am done Sasuke. Kabuto won't be bothering us.
Pulling his shirt over me, until I could sew my shirt back together, I scanned the area for Sasuke. I found him not too far away over the mangled corpse of Orochimaru. I covered my mouth and nose while I entered the room. Sasuke was standing there looking down at him.
"Let's go!" I called, "Stand there and you will be inhaling poison."
Sasuke calmly moved away from the corpse and walked beside me, stopping and looking down at my clothes. He rose an eyebrow.
"What you want me to run around topless? Sorry don't want the black eye..," I said snorting, "Sorry bad joke..Dont worry I got a bra on and you really didn't want to know that. Any who, since he is out of the way...we need a team. So got any ideas?"
"Why don't you tell me," he said glaring at me.
"No, your team is your choice," I said raising up my hands.
"Follow me then," he said closing his eyes and walking away.
After grabbing my missing gear, we then headed to where Suigetsu Hozuki was. Saske then proceeded to break him out of the tank. Suigetsu looked at me and then Sasuke.
"You are first," said Sasuke.
"What about her," asked Suigetsu.
"Ignore me, just a compass really," I said waving, "Ew...naked!"
"Like what you see?" smiled Suigetsu.
I covered my eyes, "Oh god, are all you men this perverted?"
"Anyway," interrupted Sasuke, "We are heading to the northern hideout."
"Jugo," I whispered.
"Say something?" asked Sasuke.
"Nothing!" I said smiling, "Anyone else?"
"No, you are an adept healer, and a sensory nin. Karin would have been my choice but with you here then I do not need her," he said flatly.
"Well yeah, that and I don't want your body in any way shape or form. Seriously, how do you attract creepers? I asked.
"Are you two going to ignore me?" asked Suigetsu.
"Pretty much until you are decent," I said turning around.
Suigetsu was instantly behind me, "Listen here you two. Good you freed me, but don't even think I am going to join in on this freak show. So what you beat Orochimaru, big deal. Don't think I am any less than you. Sasuke was his pet, what does that make you?"
"Prisoner of war," I said, "And an adept shinobi. Careful waterboy...I am not patient."
"Shut up both of you," said Sasuke, "We are leaving."
Ten minutes later we were outside heading towards where Jugo was.
"So what do you do?" asked Suigetsu.
"Healing, normal shinobi stuff, my base elemtent is Water, but I rarely use it by itself. The pack I carry has pigments and other stuff inside for use," I said walking, "I specalize in manipulating my chakra mixed with the pigments turning into ink. I also sense people's minds."
"Oh so you are a water user?" smirked Suigetsu.
"Before you try and drown me in your body because you can turn into water...I carry seven poisons within me at all times. I can also freeze your ass in place with little effort, and can dehydrate you with sulfuric acid...which I have in my pack. If you think I am bluffing, try it," I smiled, "Before you say anything. I know all there is about you. I was cursed with knowledge and have known you for six months or more. I know your tricks and your fascination with exotic swords."
He stopped in his tracks, "What experiment was she? I think she has been doped up beyond help."
"No, she does have a full extent of knowledge that other people do not have. Some of the things that she has shown me...It is hard to belive, but she is special," said Sasuke.
"Creepy," said Suigetsu.
Kori's POV
After hours of searching, I found what I was looking for. I took the file and copied all the important information that I needed to research. The second thing I needed to look up were his mission records, which were going to be harder to retrieve. This would give me a pattern, perhaps. Depending on how he did his missions, depended on how I was going to deal with him. Though Kori and I knew a lot about him, I needed everything. She even went so far as to prepare psudo-regeneration scrolls and a few potent curing salves sealed in scrolls to cover most bases of fatal illnesses. I needed things we weren't shown in our dreams right now.
I put everything back and then went back to Tsunade's offices, stopping by my house and getting the scroll. After returning I placed the scroll on her desk and asked her if I could go into the mission records room to look up Itachi. She didn't see how it would help but she gave me permission. Since I only had a day or so to do this, then I would have to work quickly...
After finding the records room, I began my work. It didn't take me long to find the records that I needed, there was one problem. Some of his records were missing, or blacked out. I couldn't take these home with me but I had to find out who tampered with them. Taking note of it, I gathered all I could find. When my work was complete I put everything back and went home to study the copies of things that I had.
After a few days I was teaching the children on some genjutsu techniques, and when I wasn't teaching I was brushing up on my knowledge. I knew Itachi joined the Akatsuki for protecting Konoha, he would personally do the missions if any inflitrating of Konoha was present. He did it before. Shikamaru helped me look over the files, seeing if there was anything I missed. When I thought I was prepared, I started to pack. I informed Tsunade of a lead about my 'sister' and she gave me the team I needed. Neji, Shikamaru, and I headed out to where I believed Itachi would be.
Following his patterns that we belived he took, when he wasn't out doing missions he was usually haunting traditional restraunts. Though we knew he was in the Akatsuki, we didn't know what sort of missions he would be doing. Though we managed to track him down to the border of Land of Hot Water, or at least that is where we hoped to find him. Since I was not known to the Akatsuki to be part of Konoha, it would be easy for me to get close to Itachi without sending of alarms. After we around, we found him in a small village. I told Neji and Shikamaru to stay out of the way but stay close enough to where if I needed help then they could come to my aid.
I changed into some civilian clothes in an in consisting of a knee length pink, orange, and gold kimono with black leggings underneath and pink sandals. I loosened my hair and put it into two long pony tails and tied a sash around my abdomen and hid a small blade in it, just in case. After changing, I also wore some make-up, though I had to get Shikamaru to do it, I wasn't really good at putting make-up on myself. After changing, I went into the restraunt that he was supposed to be. Stepping in, I quickly scanned the area and found them at the far end of the restraunt. I was seated close to them, and to keep up appearances I ordered some tea. After I got my tea, I began humming, focusing on Kisame. I knew his aggressive nature would cause trouble, so I began to try and keep him calm. After finishing my tea, I left, hoping they would follow.
Thankfully they did, so I had to keep walking. I wasn't sure if they noticed but we could follow them and keep a distance if need be. I found an alley that would limit movement and turned down it. I walked slowly to make sure that I was followed, and when they turned down the same place, Kisame first, I knew they took the bait. I focused on Itachi..I began to try and read him. It was difficult, he had various layers he kept in his heart, perhaps false images he used or lies he tried to tell himself. Either way, I found the heart string I was looking for...Sasuke.
"Everything I am
And everything in me
Wants to be the one
You wanted me to be
I'll never let you down
Even if I could
I'd give up everything
If only for your good
So hold me when I'm here
Right me when I'm wrong
You can hold me when I'm scared
You won't always be there
So love me when I'm gone," I sang.
I could hear the footsteps stop behind me. I turned around and saw that Itachi stopped before Kisame, who was now looking between me and Itachi. I stopped singing and closed my eyes.
"I am here to tell you that Sasuke is coming for you," I told him, "My sister is with him...if I know her, she has spilled the beans about everything. So I don't think his rampage is all on you sir."
"Who are you?" asked Itachi calmly.
"Yuki," I said, "No last name. I was found by Konoha, and I protect them, but above all else, my allegiance isn't to one person."
"So you are a missing-nin?" asked Kisame,
"No, I said it didn't belong to one person. It belongs to my friends back home. Only reason I am here is because you have to help me save her from her stupidity," I said.
"Why should I waste my time?" asked Itachi.
"She believes she can save him from all the hate he let himself be consumed by," I said, "I am also here to tell you, you failed. He knows who killed his clan...besides you. He knows who ordered it, and why. Another thing, he also knows about the desecration of your clan. Instead of letting the dead rest, Danzo of Konoha has stolen the clan's eyes and are planning to use them for his benefit. I am also here to tell you that if you don't help us, you will die alone a failure. I came to get you and take you to a location to be healed. I have some scrolls with me made by Kori, but I don't know if they will work. We don't know what you have."
"I told Danzo," he started to say.
"Well Danzo don't listen to anybody," I said, "Look I am going to open my eyes to show good faith. I warn you that I am a genjustu specialist, though your Sharringan and all versions of it will probably blow me out of the water. If you come with me, we can figure something out. Kisame is welcome too, as loyal as he is...and strong as hell...we could use him as an ally. Not that I wanna use him in any way, his choice of course. I only used genjutsu to keep him calm. I know how aggressive he is."
I opened my eyes and looked at him, hoping I could reason with him. Now it was a battle of wits and timing. One wrong move and I could be trapped in my mind for a long time. Though Itachi didn't know how I used my genjutsu, and that was the only trump card I had in my hand at the moment.
"Look Kori and I dream about you dying in vain, your little brother become a monster, and a lot of people like Kisame die in vain. Not that I am saying he is innocent, that is like calling an angry polar bear a cuddle buddy...anyways. We also know a lot about people, like yourself for instance. Our goal is to stop the needless deaths before they happen. It was painful to watch the first time, I don't want to experience that a second time. I am sure Kori would break and snap if she witnessed it. In a few months time, Naruto will come searching for you. Do what you have to, but after that...Kori will lead Sasuke to you and we hope that we can fix the future scars that were created," I continued, "I have the scolls nearby. After I heal you or at least try to help out, then you can leave. Anyway, I want you to come with me. There are two other Konoha nin with me but they won't hurt you I swear."
"Is all you want me to face my little brother?" he asked.
"No, we...I want to keep you alive. You are cool as hell! You to Kisame," I said calmly,"Look a war is coming and we need all the help we can get. If things go the way they are, then there is a lot of hurt that we can prevent."
"What if your meddling causes more hurt than good?" he asked.
"Right now we are playing it by ear, but Kori and I are not weak kittens," I said, "We can handle a lot of crap. So are you coming?"
"Before I go with you, tell me something," he said.
"What do you want to know?" I asked.
"If you know about me, how is my eye sight?" he asked.
"Terrible, in about four months, if it hasn't already died, you can barely see your hand in front of you. I am probably a blob of color. Only reason you know where I am is my voice and you are used to it. The Mangekyō Sharingan's drawbacks are the extreme amount of chakra used and the eye degradation. You will most likely need an eye transplant," I answered.
"You are lying!" snapped Kisame.
"No, she is correct. My eyesight has deteriorated," claimed Itachi, "The only ones who would know about the Mangekyō Sharingan's side effects should be the clan. How did you come by it?"
"I know things," I blushed, "Though I would much prefer you not pick my brain. I don't know what hell you would put me though."
"So where are these scrolls?" asked Kisame.
"Um, follow me," I said moving down the alley.
http:/www. tattoo-meanings .com/ -this is how I decided I would use the 'wolf'. There are lots of things and interesting facts about meanings behind tattoos here. Just if you want to look it up. And I will also go with, while it strikes me...Alpen, here is your appearance, you are going to be Kori's tattoo! Though I don't know when she is going to use him.
Sukaretto Miyuki, if you wish to be a part of this story...then all you have to do is PM me with everything, like being an OC or just a cameo...You will appear in the Omake episode (chapter) since you were gracious enough to give me the idea...though I haven't decided on how you are going to appear.
The bowls that I am using are called singing bowls or Tibetan Bowls, they are used to create certain sound vibrations to help reduce stress, alter consciousness and create a deep sense of peace. They are made out of various crystals or other metals, you can google what they are made out of if you wanna know. I am going to put more stress on the fact they alter consciousness, by using them as slight amplifiers for Yuki's Heartsong. Oh, if you ever get the chance look up how they sound, it is really amazing!
* I just realized something...That is Tsunade's grandfather, the First Hokage, he married Mito Uzumaki. She came from the clan which Naruto's mom is from...that makes him and Tsunade cousins right?
Song Quoted: When I'm Gone- Three Doors Down (yeah I see Itachi's relationship with his bro like this...)
Alpenwolf: Wow that is nice, though I can't pronounce it. Well right now we are officially delving into a Alternate Universe. So now uber Narutards are going to go crazy...lol. Plus with everything..these events now start the Shippuden-verse...sorta, out of order events are going to happen. So hopefully my mad writer skills can make sense of everything now.
Sukaretto Miyuki: oh, well sorry for misspelling Madara...I was doing a bit of mutli-tasking myself. Shame on me...I will fix it in future chapters...most the time Kori was saying his name anyway so I can get away with her purposely misspelling his name to make it sound like Mad-ra. Karin and Kori yes, they are similar, Karin was one of the characters I got inspiration from when making Kori, that is why she wears the knee high boots and short shorts. Yes while Kori can't sense Chakra like Karin, her ability is to sense minds, so they pretty much do the same thing but in different ways. Alright the kiss, er well, it is my fault for not fully explaining how they were bound. Thier arms were tied behind her back with her hands clasped to her elbow, to keep from hand seals being formed, my bad..that is why she had to kiss him, plus the kiss would be sufficient cover for her talking to him. Make others think she is crushin' when she is being devious. I have method to my madness. Yes, that is how I understood Itachi's will. I know it was so fluffy but I mean it works...if you think about it. Well when thinking about her inner world, I thought...well lets see, she is crazy, spontaneous, optimistic, and loud...she also has a darker side...so that is what came to mind. Though because of the 'infection of hate' we will possibly see the inner scenery change because she will be working with Sasuke to change him.. Yes the T.V., that was the look I was going for. Remember he is still evil and 'lost' atm...don't worry! Kori will pull through. Okay I understand your confusion and I tried to explain it a bit better in this chapter...did I do a good job? Okay, you don't watch Bleach, but you can easily look up Ichigo going into Bankai on youtube or may find pictures on google. As for Kabuto, I think I did a good job, I mean we really don't get to see a lot of him on a personal level until in the manga after Orochimaru dies...so yeah.
River: Here is another chapter, ladies and gents. I hope you like it. Now we have to ride out the rest of the months...so...Will Itachi agree to help Yuki? How will Kori work with Sasuke to change him? Plus a bunch of other things that my mind makes up. Loves!