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"Rasengan!"
"You have to be faster than that if you want to catch me," Marumi teased, dodging the swirling ball of wind in her opponent's hand.
"I don't need to be faster if there are more of me!" Two more Naruto popped out of the tree and grabbed the girl, preventing her from moving. "Got you!"
"Nanae, help me!" The shadow clone on her left suddenly disappeared when the sharp tip of the bird woman's sword was plunged into its chest. One her arm was free, Marumi sliced through the second clone then dodged the kunai that was thrown her way. "I told you, you have to be faster if you wish to catch me. And your shadow clones are pathetic, it's laughable!"
"We'll see who has the last laugh."
"You think we should help him... or wait here?"
"If Naruto can't handle it alone, we'll help; but you have to remember we're not suppose to be here!" Setoru stressing his uncomfort at being there.
Nanae jumped out of Naruto's range of vision, a few yards away, " Ninja art: Black Snow jutsu."
'What's this? It doesn't snow in May... wait a second! Is the snow black?' Naruto reached out to touch the oddly colored snow.
"Don't touch it Naruto!"
'Shiori? But that's impossible, Sasuke told them to go home; they wouldn't disobey him... right?'
"Fire style: Fire Tornado jutsu!" Setoru's fire storm ripped through the trees, melting every flake in sight.
'Whoa... I don't think Sasuke knows that one.' "Setoru, Shiori... what are you guys doing here? Your dad said-."
"To go back to the village, we know, but look you needed help... so we're here."
"But you're suppose to... oh never mind. What's wrong with the snow?"
"It's a genjutsu, you would have been caught in it if you touched it."
"Well then I'm glad you stopped me, and where'd you learn that intense jutsu? It was awesome!"
"Father taught it to me."
'Sasuke... he had such cool jutsu, it's so unfair!'
"So... you two were fighting the ugly twins, where are they?"
"If you're referring to blue and purple lizard boys... they won't be returning to the base any time soon."
"So you killed them, big deal, the only person that may miss them is Isis; I sure won't"
'This Isis woman sounds like a real viper... I hope Teme has found Sakura-chan, I hope she's okay.'
It was around dawn when Sasuke stepped into the abandoned sound base. If the group of rouge shinobi were living here, it was hard to tell. Walls were crumbling, small animals were scurrying around on the floors, and pieces of the ceiling were missing allowing the dawn light into the cracks. Sasuke remembered the base very well, he was only here for a little while, but the memories were still there.
Orochimaru ordered that he accompany his right hand man here for some reason or another, he couldn't really remember, but he did remember the screams. This base was solely used for Kabuto's little experiments. Piercing screams echoed throughout the corridors, blood caked the walls, and the horrid conditions the based was in back then... was no place for the men that were held prisoner here. After he killed his sensei, Sasuke really wished he had come here and destroyed this place, he only hoped that Kabuto had took all his tools when he left the base.
"Do you remember this place?"
"Hn... I try to forget," Sasuke tried to ignore his surroundings and focus on Sakura's chakra signature. 'She has to be here, why would they be so adamant about protecting this place if she wasn't here. Damn-it why can't I sense her!?'
"We have company," Sasuke could feel the large chakra signature moving down the hall. The younger man could sense the chakra now, just as Jyro appeared at the end of the corridor. Sasuke was about to pull Kusanagi from its sheath when his older self stepped in front of him.
"What are you doing?"
"Sakura is down that corridor, go and get her, you made a promise to Naruto. I'll handle him."
"I'm not backing down."
"You don't stand a chance against him, go and get Sakura," the older Uchiha growled, hinting there was no opposition to discuss.
But Sasuke didn't want to leave, he had a bad feeling about what he would find when he left in search of his teammate... but he would never openly admit that he was scared, because Uchiha don't get scared. However scared he was, which again he denied, he obeyed his older self and went down the other hall.
"You know what he will find when he enters that room," Jyro's question was more of a statement then an actually question.
"And you know what I'll do to you if she's dead."
"You haven't been able to this long, what makes you think you can? I'm still waiting for you to hold up on your threat of taking my life for killing the copycat-nin."
Sasuke(O) clenched his fist at the mention of his former sensei, "This is not about him."
"Is it? You've been after me for years, your reputation speaks truth; revenge follows you every where doesn't it? You and I are the same."
"I am nothing like you."
"Growing up in the village hidden in the mist did not mean I was blind to the outside world around me. The news spread quickly of the massacre of the famed Uchiha clan of leaf, and some time later the retribution by the sole remaining member. I could not understand, at the time, your motion of what drove you to betray your village. But now... I understand, Kakashi Hatake, the copycat nin of the village hidden in the leaves killed my clan. I was barely a chunin when he appeared out of the mist, I was only able to save my sister from the slaughter. Because leaf saw us as a threat, your Hokage sent him; I'll show you what a real threat looks like," Jyro growled, showing off the pure white fangs hiding behind his thin lips. His skin took on a purplish hue as he slipped off his knee length black jacket, revealing the white shirt and black pants underneath. The skin on his back began to expand and stretch as two bumps appeared. His shirt then began to rip and tear as the bumps grew bigger and spread allowing the purplish bat wings to fully emerge from his back; a tail appeared a short time later. "I heard that Orochimaru from the sound gave you the power needed to avenge your clan. Lord Kabuto gave me mine, so you see... we are the same. However, I am the strongest of the both of us," he boasted, opening his wings to their limit.
"How do you figure that?" Sasuke kept his cool throughout the whole conversation, while Jyro seemed to be getting more angry the longer he stayed in his animalistic form.
"I am the only shinobi thus far that has made it to elite status in my village."
"You obviously don't use your kekkei genkai that often to lose your mind... that's not skill."
"Who needs skill when you have the power?"
"Having power and not the skill to use it, is a death wish."
'I can't sense Sakura anywhere! Is he sure she's this way? Wait! Maybe they've concealed her chakra. I should focus on the other woman, she's probably with Sakura. I just hope she hasn't... no! Don't think like that. Focus Uchiha, the other woman... got her!' Sasuke caught a glint of the older woman's chakra to his left, down the hall, behind the door. He didn't waste anytime, and in a very Naruto like manor, knocked down the door; drawing his katana.
The explosion to her right drew Isis's attention, she smirked realizing who was there; then she released her jutsu. "You're not the Uchiha I wanted, but you'll do. To bad... you missed the fun part, you should have seen the look on her face," Isis began to laugh, not caring about the other two people in the room.
Sasuke got his first look at Sakura since mid-morning the previous day, "Sakura." The first thing he noticed was that she wasn't moving, her eyes weren't opening, she was dripping wet... and, panic crept up his spine, she wasn't breathing.
Note: Ok so Sasuke finally has gotten to the base and has found Sakura but... is she really dead? And now you found out what happened to Kakashi in the future and why they were talking about it in past chapters. Naruto and the boys are fighting, older Sasuke is fighting and Sasuke will begin his fight soon... who will win? Will everyone come out safe from this one. And sorry, I lied, the surprise chacter will be appearing in the next chapter, but it's your own fault... i got like 4 reviews for the last chapter! I can't believe that! 4 REVIEWS!
And now you found out... Jyro's animal is a bat, that's why his attacks are sonic based.
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