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Tired of writing the rest...
Onii-san...
Jyro stopped his mid-air attack when he felt his sister reach out to him, 'Marumi... no!'
Sasuke(O) saw his chance to strike and slammed the bat into the wall, causing it to immediately crumble under the pressure.
Jyro didn't move from his position amongst the rumble, 'I can't sense her chakra anymore.. she's gone, I failed.'
Sasuke(O) approached the fallen man with no remorse, "Stand up." But the man ignored his order, depression was starting to set in at the realization that he was the last of his clan. But just before he wished for the floor beneath him to swallow him up, another thought dawned on him.
'If Isis had left this alone, and not gone after the girl, then Marumi would still be alive!' Anger consumed his being, all thought of depression gone.
'If he's just going to lay there, then I should just kill him. Has he lost his mind so quickly?' Sasuke brought forth the chidori, not wasting time. Jyro's survival instincts kicked in, sensing the danger near, his wings moved on their on; pulling up and away from the Uchiha. He clung to the ceiling, much like a vampire would, which was creepy in and of itself. He crawled across the ceiling making his way back down the hall he had come from. 'I can't let him escape!' Sasuke gave chase, but lost him when Jyro disappeared in a black puff of smoke.
'W-what's... what's going on? What happened?'
"Fire style: Fire ball jutsu!"
'S-sasuke?... He came... he came for me.' Apple green eyes opened, trying to focus on the many people in the room. The woman that tried to kill her was fighting someone else, firing jutsu off across the room. Then she sensed a very dark and menacing chakra source close by, she tried looking around the room without drawing attention to herself, she didn't want Isis to realize that she was still alive. 'Obviously she's never killed anyone before, seeing as how she didn't do it right... I guess I should be grateful.' The jutsu Sakura used to keep herself alive used a lot of chakra so she was too tired to mover her head anyway.
"Water style: Water Serpent jutsu! You see Uchiha, you can't beat me!"
'Uchiha? Sasuke-kun... you're fighting her!?'
"Chidori!"
"Aaaahhhhh!"
There was a loud crash as Isis hit the wall from the strength behind the boy's attack, a loud chuckle could be heard to Sakura's right; where the strange chakra's center was located.
"You never wish to listen Isis, I told you not to underestimate him."
Sakura froze at the voice that brought her nightmares, 'It... it can't be... Orochimaru is dead, Sasuke killed him.' Sakura raised her head slightly, trying to look at the man closest to her; she was very confused when she saw that sleazy little henchmen of Orochimaru's standing there instead of the snake sannin. From her angle on the floor, and where he was standing, Sakura couldn't get a good look at his face.
"Get away from her Kabuto!" Sasuke's enraged voice startled her, she had never heard him so emotional before.
"A lot has changed since we last spoke Sasuke-kun, we did not leave on very friendly terms," Kabuto smirked, farther angering the younger man.
"I killed you once, and I'll do it again only this time a lot slower."
"I'm surprised at how malice you've become... all for this girl? If memory serves correctly... this is that same girl from the chunin exam, it appears she hasn't changed much. You're a protector instead of an avenger now eh, Sasuke-kun?"
'Orochimaru has taken over Kabuto's body, that's why he wants the kids... he's looking for a new body, the sick bastard!' If Sakura had enough chakra to mover to her right leg, she would have kicked his legs out from under him, but as it stood now, she barely had enough to stay conscience.
Isis sat up groaning in pain, rubbing the back of her head where a bump was already forming.
"So, you've decided to rejoin us again I see."
"I apologize lord Kabuto, I will not allow him to surprise me again," Isis got to her feet, and once she was stable enough she started making hand signs again. 'I used a lot of chakra killing the girl, I have enough for maybe two justu... unless I transform. But I want to prove to lord Kabuto that I am strong without it.' "Ninja art: Water Prism justu!"
'Isn't that the justu Zabuza used on Kakashi?' Sasuke thought looking down at his feet, seeing water appear out of nowhere and surround him; before he knew it he was in cased in a water bubble much like the one Kakashi was in back when they were 12... only with this jutsu Isis didn't need to be touching the water to keep the jutsu in place.
'She's not very smart, making the same mistake twice is just stupid. Chidori Nagashi!' The lighting disrupted the water particles, once it was charged and the current changed, the water feel away from his body.
"What! That's impossible... how did yo-."
"Isis!" Jyro's enraged voice filled the room as he appeared in that black puff of smoke.
'Jyro!?' the woman was shocked at what she was seeing, she had been his partner for only a few months now and yet she has never seen his transformation... until now.
"She's dead!"
"W-who's dead!?" Isis had no clue what he was talking about, but the chakra emitting from his body was proof enough that he was loosing it.
"Marumi is dead!"
"Why are you mad at me? It's not my fault!"
"If you didn't kidnap the girl, my sister wouldn't be dead!"
"Jyro... you must not lose your temper, I'm quite surprised at you."
"L-lord Mizukage! What are you doing here?"
'Orochimaru... is the Mizukage!?' both Sasuke and Sakura couldn't believe this new information.
"I came because I don't have those children in my grasp yet. I merely came to see why not."
"I see, we have been distracted by unnecessary events," Jyro growled in Isis's direction.
"Yes, Isis has informed me of the events that have accord, but you have to put your anger aside for now."
"But my lord," Jyro was in utter shock by his lord's words, but one look from the Mizukage silenced him.
"Isis and you are the only ones left to finish the mission... and you will finish the mission."
"I don't think that will be possible anymore lord Kabuto. Seeing as how that was their mother I just killed," Isis smirked in triumph.
"Yes you're right, there would be a problem... if she were dead," Orochimaru's statement drew 4 confused and shocked expressions from the others in the room.
'He knows I'm alive!'
'That's impossible! That was my best jutsu, how could she still be alive!?'
'Marumi died for nothing.'
'She's alive... she's ok,' Sasuke tried to get a good look at Sakura from his position, but Orochimaru was now blocking his view. 'I have to get her out of here before they try to do something to her.'
"Well then if she's not dead, I'll kill her this time," Isis pulled a kunai and turned to the girl laying helpless against the wall. But Sasuke was quicker, slamming his katana into her shoulder (Much like he did to Yamato in the shippuuden episodes). "Aaaahhhh!" 'When did he get so fast?'
"Last time it was only enough to knock you out," he looked over at Sakura, allowing his rage to build again, "I won't make that mistake again," he tightened his grip on the sword, pushing it farther into her flesh.
"You think a little electricity can hurt me?" Sasuke watched as her skin turn a deathly blue color, scales appeared here and there on her arms and face, and gills appeared on her neck.
'She's a fish...' Sasuke smirked at her stupid decision, "A little might not, but a lot can kill." Sasuke never liked killing people, he could never bring himself to do it. Even when he was Orochimaru's student, he refused to kill the snake sannin's subordinates when he was suppose too. But this woman was going to continue to go after Sakura, and he couldn't have that, he was going to protect her from this... whatever she was.
He released the chidori into his sword which in turn shot through her body, and being a fish, it hurt a lot worse than a human. Once he was sure she wasn't going to ever move again, he pulled the katana out of her body.
"It's quite a shame, if only she focused on her mission then she wouldn't have ended up this way."
"What do mean my lord?" Jyro's tone was much more calm now that Isis was dead, he didn't care who killed her, or how she died; just that she did, payment for his sister.
"I should have never trusted any other shinobi on this mission but you. You've always had the clearest head, I've wastes precious materials on all the others. And the tests are still in complete... I need those kids in order to strengthen the formal for the next wave of shinobi. Your sister's death won't be in vain," Orochimaru placed a hand on the other man's shoulder, "I assure you... as long as you bring me those kids."
Sasuke walked over to where Sakura was tied up, he looked her over to see if there were any bruises or cuts and scrapes on her arms and legs. He broke the chains that bound her to the wall, "Sakura... can you hear me?" he whispered, gently turning her head to face him. He was relieved to see her eyes were open, looking at him and that she was breathing, "Sakura?"
"I'm... fine... just tired," she had tears in her eyes pleading with him to protect her.
"Don't worry... I'm taking you back home, just don't move and let me handle this," he gently stroked her cheek to calm her down.
She nodded being able to focus better now that the chakra bind was broken, she noticed his sharingan was spinning, but yet it wasn't hurting her. She then noticed that Sasuke's older self had just walked into the room.
"Orochimaru!"
'So he really did take over Kabuto's body, he's using the shinobi from the 3 villages to do his dirty work. He killed the Mizukage and took over his place, just like he did with the Kazekage during our chunin exam,' Sakura quickly put the pieces of the puzzle together.
"Well, this just got interesting," Orochimaru, in Kabuto's body, looked from the man a the door, to the couple across the room on the floor.
"Sasuke! Get her out of here!"
"No," Sasuke stood, moving in front of Sakura to protect her, "I listened before, but I'm not this time... they die here!"
"That is not your mission, you were to get to Sakura, and get her out safely; now do it!"
He didn't leave room for argument, Sasuke bit the inside of his mouth, drawling blood to cool his rage. He swallowed the coppery tasting liquid then sheathed his sword, he turned back to Sakura, picked her up bridal style then disappeared.
Note: So Orochimaru is really behind all this, he's posing as Kabuto and is the Mizukage this time! And everyone will be happy that SAKURA IS NOT DEAD! YAY! I just couldn't kill her in this story like in the other two I wrote, the kids need to be born!
Special Thanks to:
hollydevinlovesdeidera
Mezumi Azuma
Tiger Priestess(She was the closes in guessing how Sakura survived, you'll find out in the next chapter, coz sakura is going to explain how she lived.)
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Kawaii.Princess.of.Socks
kattylin
SCB2011
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I so happy, look at all the long reviews I got for the last chapter... yay! REVIEW,REVIEW,REVIEW!