A Week Later
Konoha
Kori's POV
My birthday went well and we were informed that the Kage Summit was at the end of the month, so we should start preparing. I spent as much time as I could with everyone, just in case something happened. With the reconstruction, I was unnerved, it was peaceful. There was nothing trying to attack us or no new threat. It worried me. I tried to relax and occupied my time helping Itachi and Sasuke fix up the Uchiha Compound. Tsunade called us up to her office to explain recent events.
"Alright," she began, "It would seem that we are to head to the Land of Iron at the end of them month, this should give everyone time to prepare."
"Well that is good," I said nervously.
"Is there something wrong?" asked Tsunade.
"Well call me paranoid, but things are really quiet. I do not do well with really quiet. Ever since I got here it has been on thing after another...I just, I don't know how to handle it," I said shifting around.
"Here I thought you would be happy, un," said Deidara, "I could start waking you up with explosives."
"That might help," I smiled.
Everyone else just shook their heads but Deidara smiled, "You always know what to say, un!"
"Yep I am here to bring smiles and sunshine," I said with mild sarcasm.
"Well you have twenty four hours before we begin to prepare to head out," said Tsunade, " Yuki, work with Shikakau and Shikamaru to split our forces into appropriate divisions, Kori and Miyuki will be under me along with Sakura for the medical corps, Deidara, Itachi, Neji, and Sasuke, you will work with Kakashi and the other clans with Kekkei Genkai and sort them among the other battalions to make sure that all of them are well rounded, and Suigetsu, Jugo, Hidan, Aiko, and Kisame, your job is to set up a set of perimeters around the battle field, ranging from small to large. If anything happens with this perimeter, then you shall try and come up with scenarios to attack and defend that area."
"That sounds like a lot of fucking work," huffed Hidan.
"Oh don't worry about it," smiled Aiko, "I will be there to stab you if you mess up, well depending on how you mess up. There are many things I wanted to try...that no one seems to be able to tell me about how it feels because they are dead, and the alive ones usually run because they have heard about my reputation and run away screaming."
Hidan had a smile on his face which caused me to quickly interrupt that thought, "Okay so we are all good?"
"It would seem so, but how are we going to explain them?" asked Yuki.
"I have it covered," said Tsunade handing us a few papers to look at.
"Impressive," I said looking over the document.
It was a trial that the Konoha Council presided over about everyone. It said that Jugo, Sasuke, and Suigetsu were all taken as experiments against their will and came back to make sure no one would be taken to used as experiments again, Itachi was cleared from his crimes when evidence was found in Danzo's old files indicating he was in fact working with a known enemy, the Akatsuki members were still pledged under Pein, who was now co-operating with us, and in short the crimes that were placed on Yuki and I were dismissed due to Danzo's old contacts.
"I wasn't the one who figured it out, that credit goes to Yuki and Shikamaru," she smiled at them, "Inochi, Ibiki had a field day with those who Danzo trusted most. Don't worry they were not harmed."
"Why weren't any of us questioned?" I asked.
"Well, Yuki was and she helped with the investigation greatly," she said, "Alright, you are dismissed. The commanders of the divisions will be informed of your arrival, and they have also been ordered to treat you with respect as well as an ally. Since we don't know how well this Summit will go, our allies are only Suna at the moment."
"Well we can only hope that the other Kage's will listen," I sighed.
"Dismissed," she said.
We filtered out and began to head back. Yuki's and my flat was already repaired and all the completely destroyed things were replaced but that really didn't feel like home to us anymore. We hardly ever stayed there anyway, most of our time was spent either at Tsunade's office or where ever we hung out at. So it really just was storage for our clothes and stuff. Entering in the flat, we decided to stay here for once, seeing as how we wouldn't be back for a while most likely and I was pretty sure everyone was sick of seeing us.
Yuki's POV
Morning arrived and I was the first one up, so I made breakfast. Kori came into the kitchen complaining about a headache, so I got her some medicine after serving the omlettes. While eating we decided to talk about everything.
"So what are you going to do?" I asked between bites.
She sighed, "Research I suppose. We have to find a way to stop Kabuto...When I first got with Sasuke, I didn't kill Kabuto. I didn't see the need."
"Seriously?" I squeaked, "He is the one who revives everyone...and you couldn't kill him?"
"Why should I have?" she asked, "Yeah he is evil and a prick but Sasuke just ordered me to take him out...not kill him. It was just so he couldn't follow us."
"You could have prevented a lot of grief," I sighed rubbing my temples.
"I-we...changed too much, I was afraid of what would happen if I killed Kabuto. I can handle his dorky ass, what if someone else wanted Orochimaru's power? We wouldn't know what to do or who it was," she said finishing her plate and cleaning up, "So what...I fucked up. When has anything we tried gone according to plan?"
"So what you are saying is that you kept him alive to prevent another evil from occurring? Really what a load, but I can see your reasoning, as bizzare as it is," I said following her and helped clean up, "It would have been nice if you had of told me months ago.."
"Yeah, yeah," she said walking to her room to get dressed.
Meanwhile
In the Mountain's Graveyard, Kabuto slithered(1) around looking or Madara. He found the said shinobi in question as he was about to face death when Madara popped out of the shadows trying to kill him. Kabuto, in a peace offering began to use the Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei along with a poor sap he picked up along the way. He used this to revive Kazuku and Sasori.
"I thought Kazuku's remains were destroyed," said Madara.
"Ah well, I traveled to Ame, there I found the most intresting thing. A doctor there treated all of the Akatsuki members and had samples of everyone, thankfully they left in a hurry," smiled Kabuto wickedly.
"Miyuki, yes she was very good at her job. She disappeared sometime after Pein attacked Konoha," said Madara, "I have been watching carefully. It would seem that those two kunochi had something to do with it. I have seen her in Konoha. Besides why are you here?"
"I propose a truce and partnership," hissed Kabuto.
"What are the terms?" he asked.
"That I have Sasuke and Itachi after all this is over," Kabuto smiled.
"Why should I hand over my great, great, grand-nephews(2)?" asked Madara, "What if I refuse?"
"I thought you may say that," he said before summoning another coffin that disturbed Madara.
"Alright," said Madara, "I will not hand them over until after the war, and while you are here you will be watched."
"Fine," said Kabuto bowing his scaly head,"Is there anything you want me to do?"
"Yes there might be some use for you," said Madara.
Kori's POV
I felt tired and on edge all day, however we managed to get some things done. It wasn't anything amazing but we had a good sense of where everything should be organized. After the day was over I went to stop by and see how Nagato was doing, just on a whim. I told Yuki I would meet her back at the flat later. As for Nagato, he was given a place to stay on the Uchiha residence. It wasn't like he could stay anywhere and it was quiet and some of the most powerful shinobi of Konoha were staying there. Only a moron would try and attack there.
When I arrived at his place, called out, "Nagato-san! Sorry to just drop by..."
I pulled off my shoes and entered the small building and went to where his room was. In the hallway I saw something odd. One of the side doors was open, and Konan wasn't to be seen. I looked into the room and found Konan on the floor dead. Running to her side, I looked her over and couldn't find any blood but I found two incision wounds on her wrist. I carefully scanned her body and found she was injected with textrodotoxin, a poison found in the puffer fish. I took up my sleeve and looked along the lines and kanji and found my 'wilting rose' tattoo which carried anti-venom and antidotes Tsunade gave me to use. Taking off one of the petals, I placed it on her lips, it began to liquefy slowly and work its way into her system.
After tending to her, I heard scuffling in the other room and ran toward it. I opened the door to Nagato's room and found him lying there covering his eyes. I went to him and touched him.
"Get away!" he yelled.
"N-nagato!" I called, "It's me Kori!"
"Get out!" he cried, "Here...AUGH!"
"What is wrong? Nagato!" I said after he went limp in my hands. I shook him slightly and checked his vitals, Curare was used, a muscle relaxant, one made from various planct. He was barely alive, and I could see bleeding around his head, and he had similar marks on his ankle like Konan had on her wrist. Thinking back I realized someone was here, I turned around and things went black, "Shit."
I woke up sometime later dizzy as hell and in the infirmary. Two people were there looking at me.
"You're conscious, good," said a blond woman, "What happened?"
"I don't know," I said recalling a huge blank, "Why am I here?"
"You were attacked, Sasuke found you a few hours ago. You are lucky...Nagato and Konan didn't have the same luck. Both were poisoned but treated early..I suppose you had something to do with that," she told me.
I looked at the black haired boy who smiled and touched my shoulder, I recoiled away from him. The boy had a worried expression on his face.
"I am not going to hurt you," he tried to reassure me.
"I don't know that," I said backing away.
"See if Starke knows anything," said Sasuke, "It would seem she has lost her memory."
"Starke?" I asked, my head hurt and I had a pain in my neck. Bringing up my hand I felt a hole there.
"Your wolf," said the boy.
"Alright, I just need to give you something," said the lady.
I will just give you something...something said in my head..it won't hurt a bit.
"This won't hurt a bit," said the lady.
She needs help, that wound had to have more to it than nothing, and Starke is missing. She is disoriented and..
I hope she is okay. I would feel terrible that she got hurt in my home..why was she there?
Loss of memory with traces of toxin in her system.I hope Yuki doesn't find out.She looks nervous.What is wrong?
I grabbed my head, "Shut up! Shut up!"
She can hear us? Oh no.
I jumped up and ran. I couldn't take it anymore. They weren't speaking but I could hear them. I was going out of my mind literally. When I went outside. I could hear screaming, laughing, crying, talking, and I grabbed my head and felt sick. I ran out of this place full of noise and kept running until I couldn't hear them anymore.
I was exhausted when I stopped and found a nearby cave to sit in. I curled up in a ball and cried. I didn't know what was happening to me. I ended up passing out in tears.
No POV
Tsunade watched as Kori ran from the room and out of a nearby window. As much as she wanted to help the kunochi, she knew that cornering a frightened girl would only end badly. She looked at Sasuke and cleared her throat.
"I will work on the samples I have taken, you find her sister and Neji," she said, "Don't scare her but make sure she is safe."
"On it," said Sasuke before disappearing.
Sasuke gathered everyone that was closest to Kori to try and find her. They went in pairs of two. Shikamaru and Yuki, Suigetsu and Miyuki, Aiko and Hidan, Itachi and himself, Neji and Hinata, and even Kisame and Sakura looked. They took different areas of where Kori may have been and even tried to call on Starke for assistance but there was nothing. As the sun set, they had to go back home and report to Tsunade, though Yuki was a bit less than willing to give up on the search.
"Where is she?" asked Yuki.
"No and she isn't dead, couldn't find blood anywhere. Shame though, would have made it easier to find her," said Aiko.
"Not helping," said Neji.
"What it would be," said Suigetsu, Kisame, and Hidan.
"Plus we have two med-nin," reminded Miyuki.
"Not even with the Byakuya could we find her...it is like she didn't exist," said Hinata, "Neji and I can see for miles...but no matter where we looked."
Kori's POV
I woke up sometime later, not feeling rested at all. I was in a strange place as well. It was dark and no matter where I turned I couldn't see anything but vauge shapes of rectangular pillars. I called out to the sky and there was no answer..I tried again and again until my voice was weak and scratchy. I sobbed again. I was alone, I shouldn't have ran but what could I do...I didn't know them.
"Could you stop yelling," came a voice before a man appeared.I screamed and ran across the pillars. The man sighed, "That isn't going to help."
I stopped at looked at him, "Wh-who are you?"
"You don't remember?" he asked in surprise. He inhaled and took a moment to gather his thoughts.
Interesting...this could... and other broken and half thought out words were picked up but he was able to keep me from hearing him.
"Well I am sorry. I thought they would have taken better care of you," he went on, "I am Tobi, a clan mate. We come from the same family, I was forced to give you up and our sister to save our Clan but I failed. They were killed by a terrible man who used our own people to kill the clan. Itachi was forced to kill our clan and his little brother was forced to watch. You and your sister were on the way to our new hideout, where the remainder of our clan was supposed to meet and were attacked and lost your memories. Konoha, being the twisted village it is, used you to try and kill me."
"I don't understand," I said, "What clan?"
"The Uchiha," he said, "You are safe here. Don't worry they won't get you."
"Um...how can I hear things? I can hear people speak when they don't move their lips," I told him.
"Ah, yes. You were special. While the Sharringan didn't manifest in your eyes, like the rest of the clan, you can touch people and learn about them. When Konoha destroyed the clan they were after you and your sister..I barely escaped back then," he said removing his mask.
He was older than me by a few years, age lines apparent on the corners of his mouth, he had a red eyes with black spots in them and a purple eye with many black circles in it, he had a few bags under them, his nose was long and straight, and he smiled with his thin lips but his smile was warm. Messy black spiky hair had the 'hat hair' look as he brushed his gloved hand through it. I looked at him and then felt along my own face to see if we had any similarities. My nose was shorter, but my eye shape was similar and jawline could be a possibility but he didn't try to attack me or do anything suspicious.
"How are we related?" I asked.
"I adopted you and your sister a long time ago," he said, "I wanted you to live in peace and erased all your memories prior to make sure that you would be safe. Those who would have known you were part of the clan were all dead, since you weren't born in Konoha originally."
"Where was I born?" I asked.
"Ame," he said, "Your mother died in childbirth with you. I wish I could have saved her but it was impossible. With our name being wanted I didn't allow you to take the last name Uchiha."
"Why do they not like us?" I asked.
"They were afraid of us, they thought we wanted to take over Konoha, but we wanted peace," he said.
"So are you my dad or something?" I asked again.
"Here," he said walking over to me and kneeling down, "Touch my forehead and you will learn everything about yourself."
"Will it hurt?" I said leaning away, scared.
"No, it shouldn't," he said.
"O-okay," I said touching his forehead.
I touched his forehead and memories assaulted my mind. I could see vague places and I could see him looking at me when I was young...in a few short moments I could see my life. Then I could see him try and help us as we fell off the cliff before he watched as Konoha nin found us and took us away from him. My question of what I was to him wasn't answered but he was familiar and it looked like he took care of me and a pink haired girl called Yuki.
"Nii-san?" I asked after taking my hand off him,
"You can call me that," he smiled.
"It didn't hurt," I smiled, "Thank you Nii-san."
"Do you want to stay here for a while longer?" he asked.
"Yes...I am sleepy," I yawned.
"Ah your chakra control knowledge must have been erased after they injected you with that serum," he frowned.
"I was injected," I said grabbing my neck.
"Yes, I am afraid so. They made a drug to keep you from asking questions and having hallucinations about me being the bad guy. I don't know if the drug is still in your system and I don't have any medical knowledge," he said hugging me, "I am just glad you are back."
"Thank you nii-san," I smiled before laying down, "Will you be here when I wake up?"
"I will," he said, "I promise."
1. I know Kabuto doesn't really slither like a snake unless he is in his snake form, but I will be using 'creepy' and 'morbid' ways of describing him because of his nature and the fact he has part of Orochimaru in him...which as an author, gives me great leverage on some jokes and a lot more good stuff.
2. I wanted to make up a relation to Sasuke, Itachi, and Madara. I don't know if they are actually blood related but I imagine that his younger brother Izuna would have had children and lets just say in this universe that they are related.
Textrodotoxin: Harvested from the Puffer Fish, and known as Zombie Powder..Tetrodotoxin blocks action potentials in nerves by binding to the voltage-gated, fast sodium channels in nerve cell membranes, essentially preventing any affected nerve cells from firing by blocking the channels used in the process. It can paryalize the the diaphram and other muscels givng people the 'death-like' state for several days after they have been injected with the toxin. The symptoms are Paresthesia of the lips and tongue is followed by sialorrhea, sweating, headache, weakness, lethargy, incoordination, tremor, paralysis, cyanosis, aphonia, dysphagia, seizures, dyspnea, bronchorrhea, bronchospasm, respiratory failure, coma, and hypotension. Gastroenteric symptoms are often severe and include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Cardiac arrhythmias may precede complete respiratory failure and cardiovascular collapse.
Curare: A posion made from various pants into an anistesia or a weapon when coated onto blow darts, arrow heads, or other crude weaponry. Curare is an example of a non-depolarizing muscle relaxant that blocks the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), one of the two types of acetylcholine (ACh) receptors. This was once used for surguries to replace Ether, Choloroform, and Clyclopropane which ran a high risk of killing the elderly or those with heart problems. However if overdosed it causes a drop in blood pressure. LoL...now you know why Nagato was given this...
Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei: Summoning: Impure World Resurrection-The Summoning: Impure World Resurrection is a forbidden technique used to revive the dead. It was originally developed by Tobirama Senju, and later completed by Orochimaru. Kabuto now claims to have mastered it to a degree even higher than them. Kabuto also claims this technique to be the "greatest, most powerful technique in the shinobi universe", as it poses no risk at all to the user. To perform this technique, the user must first acquire some of the DNA of the person they intend to revive. Kabuto remarks that this basically amounts to grave-robbing, although blood stains or organs salvaged after the target's death also work. The soul of the intended revived must also reside in the pure world (浄土, jōdo); those whose soul has been consumed by the Death God, for example, cannot be resurrected. Next, a living sacrifice is required for the soul of the resurrected to use as a vessel.[2] Once all prerequisites for the technique have been met, the acquired DNA of the person is smeared on a special scroll and once the scroll is activated, the remains spread out in the form of a special seal with the living sacrifice in the centre. Then dust and ash encase the sacrifice's body, giving them the same appearance that the revived had at the time of their death. The process is apparently somewhat painful as seen when Fū was used to revive Torune. The person is then revived and the end product is usually stored in a casket until summoned by the user. The user can theoretically revive a limitless number of people in this way, so long as they have enough sacrifices, chakra and DNA to perform the technique
Musical Inspairation- Sweet Dreams- Marylin Manson (Cover)
When You're Evil- Voltaire
Sukaretto Miyuki: Well thanks for the definition but I already knew what clever was. As for the Shinobi War, there have been three prior to the one you are talking about (FOURTH Shinobi War). Itachi, Minato, Danzo, Kakashi, and most of the older characters have been in or know about the Third Shinobi War. Okay, hun Aiko thought Hidan was a body guard for her target, so she took him out so he wouldn't alert the others...No the guy wasn't someone you would know and I didn't give him a name because he was introduced and died practically in the same story. Yes, Ran-Mao (Ranmao, or however it is spelled atm) uses the decorative clubs as her weapons, remember I based your character off her a bit. You are from Kiri love, it happens...remember until recently Kiri's Graduation Exam was to kill your classmates and the ones who survived became ninja. As for scaring the four, your character did know the Akatsuki members quite well. She was the head, if not only med-nin in Ame. Yes I did quite well on the match ups, hehee. -reads rest of review- Down girl...DOWN! -hands cookie- Good girl...(sorry couldn't resist).
ThorLuvR: Aww, if you want you can have Deidara, maybe calm him down from blowing up stuff. Well I wanted my readers to guess who gave her the handcuffs. Well I may bring up the hands thing in later chapters...Idk. Miyuki is actually the OC character of Sukaretto Miyuki she was mentioned in Healing Process and I decided to bring her back...and date Suigetsu. I will get to the firting, as morbid as it is, well more of it anyway. LOL, perhaps...I might as well make you his OC girlfriend..but that really is up to you.
gunitatsuhiko: Glad you like it and I apologize for they typo, I will go back and fix it. Wow really? I feel loved...You are welcome. Like I said, it is YOU readers that make all this possible. Yes I have a morbid sense of humor, I just didn't want to bring it out too early. I didn't want to scare you guys off, but I am amazed that you guys like it! Made me smile.
Alpenwolf: Yes you get to see funny moments with them, and a lighter side of both characters we would have never gotten to see in the Cannon. I have plans for those couples -evil laugh- Yes, glad you liked Kori's birthday bit...As for the link it didnt work...I even took out all the spaces and tried multiple times.