A/N: Aha! I managed to make another long chapter (by my standards)
I feel proud.
Thanks to all who reviewed, enjoy chapter twenty-five!
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine...not even Gaara T-T
There was silence between the two sisters for a moment, which was cut off by a Kisame. "I'm confused. Why aren't you two fighting?"
Neither of them answered. The blue-skinned man sighed and lifted his Samehada at Naruto. Layuki swore and made to go by his side but she found that her sister was holding on to her with a firm grip, smiling. "Let's not interfere, shall we?"
She scowled and tried to struggle free. "Naruto!" Her call was too late, the large sword had been swung directly at the blonde boy who was attempting to perform the summoning jutsu. The attack, however, was stopped when a giant toad appeared out of a pouf of smoke with the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, standing on its back with an unconscious woman slung over his shoulder.
The sage gently laid the woman against the wall and addressed the Akatsuki members. "You guys don't know at all. I'm better than you think I am. I won't let a girl seduce me with her beauty when those as lovely as I am, women come to fawn over my own beauty."
"Wow what a speech," Layuki muttered sarcastically as she sweatdropped. But she obviously wasn't the only one who was disappointed at the Sannin; her sister was looking at the man as well as if he belonged in an asylum.
Naruto pointed an angry finger at him. "Don't be like that, Ero-Sennin, you were swooning after a wink from that lady!"
"Layuki, look at me." Satsuki placed a hand on her sister's shoulder. Layuki tore her gaze away from the scene unfolding. When she looked at her sister, she gasped when she saw that her eyes were completely reversed. White was black and black was white. The parts around the iris was a dark onyx colour and the pupil was a bright alabaster located in the midst of the dull grey iris's the same colour as the younger Fuyaku's.
"What the hell," was all Layuki was able to mutter before she felt her eyes flutter and roll to the back of her head as she collapsed into a heap on the floor.
Kisame was the first to notice what happened. Then one by one people turned to look at the two siblings, even Sasuke and Itachi had temporarily stopped in their fight. Naruto ran towards his friend, but Jiraiya pulled him back, and just in time too. A wall of lightning sparked up right from where Naruto's foot was a moment ago.
"That's Satsuki, alright." Kisame explained to the white-haired man. "She's a master of combining jutsu's. She set up a genjutsu in a circle around herself, when someone crosses that she's alerted and her ninjutsu pops up along the border of that circle. You could call it an absolute defense that she only uses when her Hirukagan is activated, that's when she's oblivious to all else."
Jiraiya was silent for a moment. "I see. So then it's true what they say about how strong the Akatsuki is."
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The next thing Layuki knew she was standing somewhere pitch black. It was odd to her; if she looked at her arm she could see it clearly, but there seemed to be nothing else but her. Hesitantly she called out, "Hello?"
"I'm behind you." Layuki spun around to see her sister seated in a wooden chair, her left leg crossed over her right one. Then before she knew it, she was in a chair as well. "Drink?" Satsuki offered, and Layuki stared at her, still confused. When she looked at her hand she noticed there was a glass of water in it, which she dropped in surprise. When the glass shattered on what seemed to be the ground, she felt a small throb of pain in her head.
Confused she looked up at her sister. "Where are we? What kind of jutsu is this?"
Satsuki stared at the small girl for a moment, "Where indeed." Then she took a sip of her own water, never taking her oddly coloured eyes off the fidgeting young girl. "What indeed." She added as an after thought. "Another glass?"
Before the words were out another glass of water appeared in Layuki's hands. She swore as she began to lose her temper. Then she threw the glass to the floor, hard. The pain that went through her head this time was almost enough her cry out. "Damn it Satsuki-nee, what the hell is this?"
"This? Why this is a jutsu of course." Satsuki smiled sweetly. "I wouldn't throw any tantrums if I were you, you're the only one that's going to get hurt."
Layuki scowled and made a lunge at her sister. Then suddenly a wall popped up from the floor and she barely managed to stop in time to avoid colliding head first into the solid…well she didn't exactly know what it was. Exasperatedly she said, "Onee-chan, I really would appreciate it if you tell me what you did."
"Alright then. I brought you into your mind." She answered simply, taking another sip of her water. "That's why whenever you throw something at the floor it hurts, because the floor is your head."
"You make no sense, this is not my mind. I'm not this boring."
"Yes, I certainly hope you're not. I've taken over your mind for the time being, but don't worry, you'll have it back soon." She paused to make her chair change into a rocking chair and she rocked back and forth. "Itachi-kun is probably busy torturing his brother right now, so I figured we should talk. What have you been up to this past year? Any boys I should know about?" then Satsuki paused to think. "Oh wait, I saw this one in your head…he's rather cute, Layuki, good job. What did he look like again?"
Satsuki waved her hand in the air and Gaara suddenly appeared beside her chair, but his hair was a chocolaty brown. "You got his hair wrong," Layuki whispered, "It's a blood red. And the scar is on the left side of his forehead." Her sister fixed up the offsets and looked at her handywork.
"Hmm, yes cute. But he looks sort of murderous. Hmm, wasn't there another one?" With another wave of her hand Kiba appeared as well, and like Gaara, he stood still, only blinking once in a while.
Layuki blinked. Once, twice, three times. Then she rubbed her eyes. "This is insane, I'm losing my mind."
Her sister laughed, "Yes, I guess that's one way of putting it. But you've already lost it. Don't worry, like I said, I'll give it back soon." Then Satsuki paused, "Oh yes, I suppose you'd want to know what this is?"
"That's a very good supposition, sister dear." Layuki replied sarcastically. Then before she knew it she was sitting down again in a couch with another glass of water in her hand.
Satsuki smiled. "Long story short: When I found Itachi-kun again, he told me stories of his Mangekyou Sharingan, and I decided to do an experiment. Itachi-kun showed me the hand seals and I altered them slightly to fit more to my preference. Since the Hirukagan is distantly related to the Sharingan, I figured I could make my kekkei genkai change to the heightened state as well." Then she paused to take yet another sip of her water. "It shows me so much more of the human mind than the normal Hirukagan could ever. Surprisingly enough, it barely takes up any chakra, much less than the third stage. I suppose we could call it the Mangekyou Hirukagan, ne?"
"Mangekyou…Hirukagan…?" Layuki's eyes sparkled with excitement and she completely forgot about the figures of Kiba and Gaara. "Onee-chan! That's amazing…you've gotta teach me!"
Satsuki looked her sister over. "Sorry, I don't think you have the guts for it."
Layuki scowled. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that I don't think you're capable of obtaining this." Then she paused and made her empty glass of water disappear. "The only way you can get this is if you kill your best friend."
Silence. Neither of the sister's talked, Layuki's eyes widened. "Kill…Shikamaru…?"
"Yep, I was right, you don't have the guts. Why don't you practise?" With another wave of her hand, Satsuki made a figure of Shikamaru appear. When the younger girl looked at her hands she saw several kunai. "So little sister, let's see if you're capable of killing your best friend. Let me tell you one thing though, it's totally worth it. The power of the Mangekyou is even more addicting than the power of your glove."
Layuki scowled and threw the kunai at her sister instead. A wall came up again, blocking the kunai. When the weapons made contact, the pain was enough for Layuki to fall to her knees clutching her head. "No" she whispered. "I'm not going to turn into a sadistic killer like you."
Satsuki tilted her head. "That's a shame. You're best friend is a shinobi, ne? Well, most shinobi die on missions anyways, and I figure he'd rather you kill him than anyone else." Then with another wave of her hand all the three figures fell over in a pool of blood, making Layuki gasp, even though she knew it wasn't real. "If they die, then would you turn into a…what did you call me? A sadistic killer? Anyways, if all your friends die, then would you join me? Because if that's what it takes, I'll kill them all for you if you wish."
"No!" the younger girl got back on her feet and pointed an angry finger at her sister, her voice dead serious. "I don't care about what you did to the clan, but I treasure my friends more than anything. If you lay a finger on any them then I will kill you, no matter what it takes I will kill you."
Satsuki observed her sister for a moment. "Very well then. I have nothing else to say." So she closed her eyes and started forming hand signs, which Layuki supposed were to get them out of her mind. Then a thought crossed her.
"Satsuki-nee?" She paused looking for the right words. "What happens if someone dies in their mind?"
The older sister grinned, looking completely malevolent. "Then they go brain dead. Believe me little sister, it's not something you want me to do to you."
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When Layuki opened her eyes the first thing she saw was her sister standing up and leaving. The next thing she saw was orange goo, which turned out to be toad innards, surrounding everything. What happened next was an explosion and Jiraiya yelling at Naruto. Groggily, she stood up and walked over to the noise.
"Layuki-chan!" she heard Naruto call her name when she neared then he ran over to her. "You're okay!"
She looked at him quizzically, "Why wouldn't I be?" then she noticed Sasuke's motionless body and walked over to him. After a moment, she knelt down and placed two fingers on his neck to feel an irregular heart beat. But it wasn't until she looked into his eyes that she saw he wasn't going to wake up anytime soon. They were bland, and the pupils were much too large for the light they were in. Sighing, she stood up and walked back to where the Sannin was pulling out the scroll to put out the black fire.
"This should do, we should check up on Sasuke." Said Jiraiya after he put his scroll away.
Layuki leaned against the wall, which was still covered with orange stuff but she didn't care. "It's no use. Sasuke's in some kind of forcefully induced coma, it'll be a while before he regains consciousness."
"What's wrong with him?" Naruto's voice was angry as he grabbed on to her hitai-ate.
She glared and pried his fingers away. "Itachi used a kind of genjutsu against him, and it must have been extremely powerful. For all I know he can be permanently psychologically damaged, but I don't know, and frankly I don't really care. I have more pressing matters to worry about right now and they're not about Sasuke-san." She paused when she saw a kunai fly out of nowhere and Gai suddenly appear. "Good luck on your journey Naruto, please don't die." With that, she jumped out of the hole after giving a quick nod to Gai.
As she ran back to Konohagakure, her mind was filled with thoughts about her encounter with her sister. Then she grinned. The Mangekyou Hirukagan…I think I like the sound of that.
A/N: Ooh what's the meaning of this? ;)
We reach a climax at last
well not really seeing as I have no plot..
but yay :D
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