Hello, all! I'm terribly sorry that this chapter is a day late. I did mention that it would take a while longer to make the last two chapters, but last night, I was at a show and I got home very late. I was exhausted! I also apologize for any messed up typing, I tried to make it as detailed as possible, but since I have school tomorrow, there was no time to proof-read. I hope there isn't too many silly words around here. If some things do not make sense to you, please let me know, and I'll explain things, or try and edit the chapter.
Anyways, here we go!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Chapter 35: The Strength Of Two
The sound of birds chirping in the trees, the rustling of the leaves, and the light tapping of wind on the windows. Sounds of morning time filled the layer of Orochimaru's sound ninja.
All the halls and rooms were filled with brightness, especially Sasuke's room. Considering that his room happened to be right in front of the sunlight, the ray of morning sun seeped through his window.
There he lay, fast asleep on his futon, but he was not alone. Kagome lay right next to him, his arm wrapped around her shoulder, holding her close as they slept beside one another. His blanket covered him up to below his belly-button, his bare chest lit brightly by the sun's rays. He stirred as the rising sun became brighter on his face, his eyes twitched before they opened. He grunted from being awoken.
Sasuke looked out the window, noticing the new morning. He was still groggy, but remembered clearly the night before. His eyes shifted to his side, seeing the girl lying beside him, torn bandage wrap was draped near her face on the pillow.
Kagome lied on her side, her hands rested near her face, and she wore a large kimono top, it looked to be Sasuke's, since it looked much to big for her. The front of the top conveniently covered her bare breasts. Her lips were slightly parted, and she breathed calmly through her mouth.
A smile came across Sasuke's tired face, and he placed one hand on her cheek, stroking her face with his thumb. His body turned to its side so he could face her completely.
He felt her body move, and heard a small groan from her small voice. Kagome's eyes slowly opened, and the first vision of the day was Sasuke's onyx eyes glimmering from the sunlight, and his smile gleaming at her. She yawned lightly, and then returned the smile.
"Sleep okay?" Sasuke asked, his voice was at a soft volume.
Kagome nodded with a tired smile, "Mmhmm, you?"
"I slept great." Sasuke replied, he scooted closer to her and gave her a small, soft kiss on the lips, which Kagome gladly returned.
"Nn. . .what time is it?" Kagome asked as she opened her eyes from the kiss.
"Not sure, but we should both get up."
"Okay."
Kagome yawned before she and Sasuke both stood up from the bed. She crossed the front of her top across her chest, the long length of the robe covered her chest and underwear. Sasuke walked over to the end of the room, picking up his pants and putting them on over his dark boxer shorts.
Once Kagome completely covered herself, she walked over to another end of the room, and knelt down. She picked up her own pants and dug her hand through the pockets, taking out a small bottle that was orange with a white cap. She opened it and popped two red pills in her hand.
"What are those?" Sasuke asked as he tightened his pants on his waist.
"The pills that I'm supposed to take for my heart, they upped my dosage once my fits started, and because I stopped taking them for a while. Now I have to have two in the morning, and one at night, and it's bad if I don't take them, if I'm not careful." Kagome stood up and put both pills in her mouth, dry-swallowing them.
"Your heart never healed?"
"Not really, they said that I have two holes in the muscle, they aren't huge, but they're decent sized enough to make me have a heart-attack at any given time."
"Damn." Sasuke scratched the back of his head, "Then it's all my fault, huh? Your fits made it worse?"
"Somewhat. . .but it's nothing for you to lose your head over. I forgave you, and I'm taking care of myself." Kagome smiled at Sasuke as she put the bottle on the dresser table of the room before she began to put her pants on over her legs.
Sasuke walked back over to Kagome, he stood behind her and put his arms around her stomach, then rested his chin on her shoulder.
"I know I said this a few times last night, but I'm sorry." he said softly.
Kagome smiled again, "And I said it's alright."
"Good. . . Now, can I have my shirt back?"
Kagome laughed, she walked out of Sasuke's grasp and bent over to the ground, picking up her own kimono top. She took the one that she wore off her and tossed it to Sasuke. Her own robe was draped over her shoulders, and she wore it with both sleeves on this time, to cover her chest, saving the wrapping of bandage on her for later.
Both turned to look at each other, smiling, and laughing at the situation. Kagome sat down on the floor, tying the rope on her waist.
"So. . .Sasuke, I've been meaning to ask. . ."
"Yeah?" Sasuke sat down next to her, "What is it?"
"I know that you came here for power. . .but what are you going to do after you gain it?"
"Well. . ." Sasuke crossed his legs and rested his arms on them, "I'm going after Itachi, that is. . .after Orochimaru is destroyed himself."
"Destroy Orochimaru?" Kagome looked to Sasuke, "Why would you destroy him if you're being trained by him?"
A smirk came across Sasuke's face, "That's the only way I'll gain power. If I destroy him. . .that means I'm more powerful than he is. He has been training me, but in my spare time, I've been plotting things on my own on how to gain power faster to kill him."
"Is that why--?"
"Exactly why I came here." He looked at her, the smirk still on his face, "If I learned Orochimaru's own abilities, then I could become stronger than him, strong enough to kill him, and kill my brother."
"Clever." Kagome had a look of surprise, "I wish I had known that before."
"What's done is done. I had to keep it from you, for the sake of you being safe. But, I don't want to repeat everything we explained the other night." Sasuke chuckled.
"Well. . .what I also meant to ask was, when you go after Itachi. . .will you go back to Konoha?"
Sasuke looked down, he was silent for a few moments, and his eyelids closed half way.
"I. . .don't know." he said, "I doubt that I would be welcome back, I'm a rogue ninja now. . ."
"Right." Kagome looked down as well, "As am I, technically, but. . . I know that I could try and come back and give it a shot. But. . .I want you to go back with me."
"Kagome. . ." Sasuke said quickly.
"I know, you have to find Itachi. . .But. . .are you going to leave me again to find him?"
Sasuke's eyes opened completely, and he looked back to Kagome, taking her hand into his own, and holding it to his chest.
"You have to believe me when I say that I don't know." He said, "After seeing what Orochimaru did to you yesterday. . .I don't think I could handle seeing Itachi hurt you either. And Itachi wouldn't just dangle you around and hurt you instead of killing you, he'd torture you until you begged for death."
Kagome looked straight at Sasuke, face to face. She had no look of disappointment, but her expression was blank.
"But. . .what if I'm strong enough to just be near you? I won't interfere in the battle, I promise. You didn't interfere when I killed Shinra. . .so. . ."
"I'm not so sure. . .we'll see how we make it out of here, okay?" Sasuke's eyes glimmered in the sunlight as he smiled again, "If we're both out of here unharmed, and you believe that you can handle anything, then maybe."
"Promise?" Kagome's eyes widened with hope.
"I promise. I don't want to repeat what happened a year ago. I won't leave you the way I did before, not now, not ever again."
"What if. . .I can't come with you, and we're separated again?"
His eyes still were fixed on Kagome's face, and Sasuke still smiled at her as he lifted her hand from his chest, and gently kissed it.
"I'll find you, I swear."
"Sasuke. . ." Kagome sighed happily, she put her arms around his shoulders and kissed his cheek, "I'm so glad."
"Good, I want you to be." Sasuke put his arms around Kagome's waist and he pressed his face near Kagome's, their cheeks touching.
As they stood in each others' embrace, both heard a knock on Sasuke's door. Quickly, the let go of each other, and Sasuke quickly put on his robe top.
"I shouldn't be in here. . .should I?" Kagome asked, whispering.
"We don't want it to be obvious to anyone that you were in here last night. Who knows what could happen?" Sasuke answered. He waved his hand sideways, directing Kagome to go to the other side of the room where the door didn't face.
Kagome listened, and she walked over to a corner in the room, pushing herself against the wall.
Sasuke cleared his throat and slid the door open. Before him was Orochimaru, who had a calm smile on his face.
"Good morning, Sasuke-kun." He said, "I came to speak of some business for today."
"Yeah? What is it?"
"Well, it's for both you and Kagome-chan, I hope I'm not interrupting anything between you two."
"What?" Sasuke tried to sound curious.
"I know she's in there. It's quite alright, I don't mind anything. This isn't a camp where the opposite sex is separated." Orochimaru chuckled, and he let himself in the room, past Sasuke.
Kagome sighed and walked forward as Sasuke closed the door again and walked to Kagome.
"Now, Kagome, I wish to examine your neck some time today, to study the effects."
"Uh, yes, Orochimaru." Kagome nodded her head, she was quiet as she spoke, and seemed embarrassed to be caught in Sasuke's room so early in the morning.
"As for you, Sasuke, I'll need some assistance with business relating to Kagome later on. We'll meet this after noon, alright?"
Both Sasuke and Kagome bowed slightly to Orochimaru.
"Right." Sasuke replied.
"Oh, and Kagome, can you leave the room for a moment? I wish to speak to Sasuke alone."
"Oh. . .yes, sir." Kagome nodded and turned around to leave the room.
Both Sasuke and Orochimaru watched her walk out of the room, and then close the door behind her. She walked across the hall to her own room, and went through her bag to find her bandage wrap to cover her chest.
Sasuke and Orochimaru were left alone. Placing one hand on his waist, Sasuke relaxed as he stood before the pale man.
"Now, I must tell you something of great importance." Orochimaru said.
"Yeah? And what's that?"
Orochimaru laughed, he began to pace around Sasuke in a circle, placing his index finger on the back of Sasuke's neck, and dragging the tip of it against his skin.
"I'm very glad that you've found a comfort of happiness while you're here, since you are re-united with Kagome, but. . ."
"Huh? Is something wrong?" Sasuke asked, his eyes shifting back and forth, following Orochimaru's pacing trail.
"Somewhat. You see. . . I certainly am hoping that you aren't going to begin to lose sight of what the situation really is while you're here."
"What are you talking about? I haven't lost sight of anything."
"Of course, but I'm trying to prevent you from doing so." Orochimaru stopped, standing behind Sasuke. His tongue began to stretch out from his mouth, the length of it growing as it began to wrap itself around Sasuke's neck. The tip of the moist flesh touched Sasuke's cheek.
A look of disgust filled Sasuke's expression, but he stayed completely still.
Orochimaru's tongue slid away from Sasuke's neck, and back into his mouth. He continued to speak.
"Because, you see, the day that you came here, you became mine. Any mistake you make here, can be punished to the fullest extent."
"Mistake?"
"Partaking in intolerable acts while under my wing. You get yourself more attached to that girl, and I will have to separate you, because I can clearly see you stopping her from being the height of my experiments."
"I thought the injection was the only thing you were testing on her, I didn't interfere with that, so what are you babbling about?" Sasuke turned around so he faced Orochimaru.
"Ah, but that is where you are wrong." Orochimaru glared at Sasuke sharply, "She made an agreement with me to let me do whatever I please in exchange for her cure, therefore, I can do anything, as long as I keep my end of the bargain. That means, if you break your deal of following my orders by protecting her, there will be consequences."
"I haven't done anything!" Sasuke began to be annoyed, he wasn't quite sure where this was coming from with Orochimaru.
'You may have not, but I am warning you, if you let that love you have for Kagome get in the way, you will regret it. I will not tolerate any insubordination here, especially since both you and her were inseparable last night."
Sasuke's body twitched slightly, it was obvious to him that Orochimaru might have possibly seen what happened before he closed the door, or perhaps heard things. He was speechless.
Orochimaru chuckled, yet again.
"I plan to continue my research on her, and if it is to cause her pain, you will not get in the way for your woman's protection. I have seen what one does to protect a loved one, and I will not witness it out of you."
"Wait!" Sasuke's eyebrows narrowed, "What do you plan to do to her while continuing your research?"
"Hm, that is for both Kagome and I to know. This is why I had this discussion with you. Interfere, and it will be worse than you think right now, stay away, and things will be fine."
Sasuke growled, "Tell me what you're going to do to her! That injection you gave her was infected, tainted! What is it that you gave her if you're continuing experimentation?! It should have been a regular cure!"
"You are just proving my point by each second, my Sasuke. Your concern will only make matters worse. Just as I said, what I do to her in continuation of the experiments is for her and I to know ourselves."
"I'm not liking what I'm hearing, Orochimaru!"
"And I'm not liking your sudden temper. Make this conversation continue, and this day will not end well."
He took a deep breath, Sasuke stood still for a moment to let himself calm down. His mind wasn't quite sure as to what was going on, but he wasn't liking it one bit. Orochimaru wouldn't just have a discussion about this with him for no reason. He was sure that Orochimaru was up to something, or at least was planning something dangerous.
He had to figure something out.
"I'm going. . .to train, or something." Sasuke said.
"That's my boy. Now, I will see you later on today."
Before Sasuke could even begin to get angry again, he walked out of the room, and out to the hall, leaving Orochimaru on his own.
Orochimaru watched Sasuke walk out, and a smile was glued on his face. He walked around the room, just pacing around his surroundings. His walk around the room was quite a few seconds, until he came across something on Sasuke's dresser. A bottle. . .
"Hm, what is this?" he asked himself.
He walked over to the dresser, and picked up the bottle. The first thing that he had seen was Kagome's name typed on a label, and words that looked to be the names of medication, and the instructions on when to take each pill. Orochimaru grinned as he saw a note written on the bottom which said, 'MUST TAKE, DO NOT SKIP ANY DOSAGE'.
"I wonder. . .heh." Orochimaru whispered as he tossed the bottle up and down, catching it, before he placed the bottle in his pocket, and walked out of the room.
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Sasuke walked across the hall quickly, until he came straight to Kagome's room. He didn't knock, just opened the door and barged in, closing the door behind him. Kagome had just finished bandaging her chest, and taking off her one other sleeve as she had worn it before. She looked up at him with some concern.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
Walking straight up to her, Sasuke made sure his face was close to hers, so he could speak in a quiet tone, keeping anyone else, but her, from hearing what he had to say.
"Orochimaru will be killed tonight." he said, and a sound of seriousness boldly came in his voice.
"What? Why now?" Kagome's expression quickly turned to shock.
"Listen, when you are called to see him tonight, I'm coming with you. I'll hide for a while, but whenever he takes out either a needle or any tool, or makes any physical contact, you will give a signal, and we'll attack. He MUST be killed!"
"Sasuke, what's going on? Did he say something that angered you?"
"Damn right, he did! He's not planning to easily keep his promises, and he doesn't seem to care if he hurts you or anyone else, it ends now! You understand, we end this tonight!"
". . . O-okay." Kagome nodded her head, staring at Sasuke's determined face.
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Hours had passed, and the day had turned to night quickly. The rest of the day, Sasuke had stayed with Kagome, planning out exactly what her signal would be, and exactly what they would do to destroy their enemy. The signal was for Kagome to raise her left hand, and scratch the back of her head.
They were occupied with the plans for hours, until the sun had finally gone down.
It wasn't long until Kagome was called upon by one of Orochimaru's lackey's to go down to the lab. It was time for the plans to begin.
Sasuke went over the plan quickly with Kagome before wishing her luck and telling her to not worry before she finally left. She made her way to the lab, while Sasuke waited behind. He had to stand back for a while, giving Kagome time to speak with Orochimaru, converse with him to keep him at bay as Sasuke prepared himself with weapons and artillery.
He walked around the room, taking weapons that were packed in Kagome's back, luckily, they hadn't been taken from her the day she came, for the purpose of training and target practice.
Sasuke helped himself, knowing that Kagome wouldn't mind, and he dug though her bag. He took out all the kunai and shuriken he found, along with various tools for battle. He cleared the entire bag until he managed to find something else.
A torn in half picture of his squad, and the silver locket he had given to her. Despite the fact that Sasuke knew why it wasn't worn by Kagome, and the picture was ripped, he still smiled to see each object, knowing that things between him and Kagome were mended for the most part. He put both the picture and locket in his robe and stood up after placing all his weapons in his pockets.
His sword was taken out of his room, and Sasuke placed it in his rope wrapped around his waist. It was time for Sasuke to run down to the lab, which he did as quick as possible.
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"Very good, you came just on time."
Orochimaru walked Kagome down to the very seat she had the first time she had entered the lab, the one filled with buckles.
As she sat, Orochimaru walked behind her to gather possibly the items he would use tonight for experimentation.
"Now, answer a few questions for me. Have you received any reactions to the injection? Have you had any fits?"
"Well. . ." Kagome looked around the room, "The mark is infected. . .but I believe that is just because the needle wasn't sterile. . .other than that, no fits, but then again, yesterday had no problems, and I didn't get too angry."
"I see. . .well then, we will see what happens after tonight."
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Sasuke was now at the doors to the lab, he kept his ears opened for any odd sound, and his eyes looked through the small window that the door provided, he stared at Kagome, awaiting the signal.
'Come on, Kagome. . .It's all up to you.' He thought.
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"What will you do this time?" Kagome asked.
"Hm, you shall see, won't you?"
Orochimaru walked near Kagome, right behind her. He placed his hand on her neck, and with his other hand, brushed away her hair. Kagome bit her lower lip, she closed her eyes and quickly, lifted her left hand and scratched the back of her head, knocking away Orochimaru's hand.
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"Now!"
Sasuke backed up, and he kicked the door open. He didn't hesitate at all to run into the room, and as he did, he unsheathed his sword and came behind the surprised, but amused Orochimaru. The back side of the sword, the side that was unsharpened, pressed against his neck.
"Move, Kagome!" Sasuke shouted.
Kagome nodded and got out of her seat. She quickly put her hand in her robe, and pulled out a kunai knife, and held it out in front of him.
"It's done, Orochimaru!" she yelled, "Your human experimentation and destruction of people's villages and lives are over!"
"Tonight, you die!" Sasuke added.
Orochimaru stood still, but immediately, he began to laugh hysterically.
"Ah, did I see this coming?" He said, "The both of you are so obvious!"
"What?" Kagome's head tilted sideways.
"Enough with your smart ass talk!" Sasuke pushed the sword against Orochimaru's neck harder, "Even if you saw this coming, there's no way you'll survive!"
"Hm. . . It is quite amusing that both of you are defying me. You do remember, Kagome, that we had a deal."
Kagome stared down over at Orochimaru, she clenched her kunai tightly.
"Realize, Kagome-chan, that defying me, and going against my commands, is a big mistake."
"Don't listen to him, Kagome! Now come on, both of us will attack him at once! Use anything!"
She nodded, and Kagome quickly ran toward Orochimaru, her kunai ready to stab him quickly. As soon as she did so, Orochimaru seemed to slither quickly out of Sasuke's hold. He came behind her, and grabbed both her arms, knocking her weapon out of her hand.
Sasuke sheathed his sword back to his rope, and he did several hand signs, summoning his chakra. He held his hand down near the ground, and the sounds of chirping birds filled the room, along with the glow of blue electricity emanating from his palm.
"Chidori!" He shouted.
Orochimaru watched Sasuke, amused. Kagome knew that she had to get out of the way, and she quickly struck Orochimaru in the stomach, slipping from his grasp and running to the side. She picked up her kunai from the ground, and knowing that no water resided in the room, she cut her hand, and smeared her blood all over her palms. She immediately activated the Sukashime, and focused all her energy to the blood's water in her hands.
Sasuke ran toward Orochimaru with Chidori in hand. As soon as he struck his arm to his face, Orochimaru was sly, grabbing his arm. Of course, Orochimaru's sleeve was burned, and his skin was contacted with the electric slashing of the chakra energy, his arm was burned and marred.
"My, my, has your power grown!" he said, "Let me see it at its full extent, shall I?!"
Without another moment's notice, Orochimaru pulled Sasuke's arm over his own shoulder, and threw him over his body, and against the wall. Sasuke's chidori still resided in his hand, and as he was knocked against the wall, the electric shock crawled all over his hand and arm. Sasuke winced in the pain his own body caused.
"Step any closer to him, and you'll regret it, Orochimaru!" Kagome shouted.
She held both her hands out, her bloody palms faced Orochimaru head on, and her bright blue eyes glared to him.
Orochimaru grinned, "The Sukashime, how I longed to see this at work again. . ."
"And it will be the last time you do!"
Kagome took a deep breath, and blinked her eyes tightly once, and when they opened again, the blood around her hands began to form in a large orb, the red water danced around her fingers. She shouted loudly as the water began to blast over to Orochimaru. Once the red sheet of water shot to him, Orochimaru's fast body moved out of the way, making the water aim to the door. He quickly stood in front of her and pushed her to the wall.
His arms pinned her shoulders, keeping her from moving, and he left Sasuke to pick himself up from his pain.
"You know, it is very irresponsible to be going up against me now, don't you think?" Orochimaru asked.
"Get the hell off me!" Kagome yelled, "I don't care what you say!"
"Ah, but you should, you see. . .it is very careless for you to be picking a fight with me now." His tongue stretched out of his mouth, and to his pocket, and as it moved back out, Kagome could see her bottle of pills wrapped in his pink, moist muscle.
"That's my. . ." Kagome's mouth dropped, she forgot to take her night dosage of medication for her heart.
Orochimaru's tongue returned the bottle to his pocket, and stretched back into his mouth.
"Yes, and I know your exact weakness, now. It is your life that is on the line, not mine."
Kagome pushed him off of her, and she ran straight to Sasuke, helping him up.
"Come on, let's get him before anything else happens, he has my heart medication! I need it!"
"R-right!" Sasuke got up as fast as he could, and he quickly unsheathed his sword again.
Sasuke's body moved automatically, and his sword swung in the air as he began to run to Orochimaru.
"Ah, ah, ah, that is enough." Orochimaru said as he held out his hand, telling Sasuke to stop his movement, "I suggest you refrain from making another move."
"And why shouldn't I?!"
"Well, we wouldn't want something. . .unfortunate to happen. . .such as-" Orochimaru stopped himself from speaking, and he snapped his fingers.
It was a few seconds of silence, until Sasuke's attention was caught to the side of him. He heard Kagome gasp, and saw her grab her neck, and bend to the ground.
"You forget that I have complete control over her."
"What did you--" Kagome scratched at her neck, "I thought you--"
"Yes, I did inject you with something that would cease the reactions to your mark. . .on my own command!"
"What?!" Sasuke held his sword to his side, and clenched it tightly.
"Not only did I have control of her mark before. . .but with the chemicals that I added. . ."
"Ah. . .AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kagome began to scream louder, her entire body collapsed to the ground.
"Give me a new advantage." Orochimaru continued, "Just watch."
Orochimaru held out one hand, and he rose it upward, and as he did, Kagome stood up. Her face was now covered with black markings, and her eyes were shut tightly. She grunted from pain that filled her entire body.
"Kagome!" Sasuke ran to her and placed his arms on her shoulders.
"That isn't it, there's more."
Orochimaru lowered his palm downward, and as soon as he did, Kagome's hands moved up to her face. Her nails began to dig into her cheeks, and the side of her eyes. She began to scratch herself until she bled.
"H-hey, Kagome, stop!" Sasuke yelled.
"I-I. . . can't!!" Kagome yelled, still screaming in pain.
"And then. . ." Orochimaru rose his hand again, this time, making his palm face up to the ceiling.
The movement of his hand caused Kagome to push away from Sasuke's embrace, and she held out both of her fists. Her eyes continued to stay shut as her fists began to punch at her chest, they punched so strongly, that the sound of pounding could be heard very clearly.
Sasuke's first reaction was to try and pull her fists away from herself, but it didn't work in the least bit. Kagome ended up knocking herself down, continuing to punch herself in the chest. Sasuke looked over to Orochimaru angrily.
"That's it!" He yelled, and without anything else, Sasuke ran to Orochimaru, his sword in hand, ready to strike.
"This is it!" Orochimaru replied as he continued to move his hands.
Kagome continued to scream and punch at herself. The pain of being impacted by fists mixed with the burning of her neck caused Kagome's heart to pound terribly. Her mind went blank as her heart beat began to go off the scale. The beating must have been ten times faster than normal. She couldn't breathe, her head became light, and she was dizzy, but she couldn't stop punching at her chest.
Her stomach began to turn, and she became nauseous. It wasn't long until Kagome turned her body over, falling on her side to the ground, and vomited. Her throat burned from the acids that filled her insides. Her heart pounded faster by the second as the combination of nausea, burning, and hits to her chest caused her entire being to just, pass out. Her energy fleeted from her, and her hands finally fell to the ground, her fists unlocking. Kagome's entire body lied on the ground, motionless, and her eyes were now wide opened and her heart beat now. . .slowing down.
Sasuke's sword was pushed to Orochimaru, who quickly grabbed it with two hands. Despite how the flesh of his hands were sliced, Orochimaru looked at Sasuke as if he felt no pain at all. His eyes shifted to where Kagome was, telling Sasuke to do the same.
"It's a shame how easily she can have a heart attack. . .isn't it?"
"W-what?"
Sasuke looked to Kagome, still pushing his sword against Orochimaru's hands to keep him from attacking for the moment. He stared at her; first her face, then her stomach. He tried to see if there was movements, showing that she was breathing, but. . . It looked as if she was barely breathing at all. All that Kagome was doing, was lying completely still, saliva sliding down the side of her mouth, and her eyes wide opened, not moving.
"K-Kagome. . .?" Sasuke let go of Orochimaru's grasp, taking his sword with him, and running to Kagome's body.
Orochimaru leaned against the wall, watching with a large grin on his face.
Sasuke leaned down to Kagome, dropping his sword to his side on the ground, and quickly picked her up. He shook her.
"Wake up! Kagome, wake up!!" He put his ear near her mouth, trying to hear any sign of breathing, then he leaned down to her chest, all he heard was a tiny beat that got slower, and slower by the second, it was hard to hear.
The beat was quieter and quieter, her pulse became low. Sasuke lifted his head up, and stared with shock and terror.
". . .Kagome!!!!!!"
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To Be Continued. . .End of Chapter 35
Preview to chapter 36:
"You bastard! I'll make you pay!!!"
Is there possibly a death among us?
The anger that flows deep within his body. . .it builds and builds until it releases with strong fury and rage.
No mercy will be held.
There will be a victory on one side in the end!
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And when that victory comes. . .reminiscing comes along. . .
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The return to a familiar, warm, land. . .
An awaiting to come. . .
True hope. . .
And words to be remembered.
Next time on Naruto: The New Chronicles: Their Famous Last Words
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Oh my goodness. . . That chapter gave me the shivers!! So, now time for all of you readers to guess what happens! What do YOU think?
I am so excited, yet sad at the same time. The next chapter will be the final chapter of Naruto: The New Chronicles, and hopefully, all my readers here will continue on to the next version! So no need to be TOO sad, that's what I'm telling myself, at least haha.
Once again, I am SO sorry the update was delayed. I received writers block today, on top of the fact that I couldn't write last night xP. Also, I am currently working on the lemon portion of last chapter, as a request. I'm trying, we'll see if it turns out well enough for me to post! lol. Subscribe to the Naruto: The New Chronicles Deleted Scenes for the Lemon Chapter if you want to read it if I post it!
Anyways, please, check in next week, and it will be updated! I promise, the next chapter will be the best I can make it!!!
Thank you all so much! Please review!
Hugs,
Ninja Chan