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Snake

Sasuke leapt into the air, throwing several kunai, images of Itachi doing the exact same thing flooding his mind. He threw more and still more until he ended by throwing two kunai past the wall before him then bouncing two kunai off of them, all four kunai hitting the last four targets, two of which were hidden behind the wall. Finally, he sent out a Chidori Stream to the kunai, destroying all of the targets in the room but leaving the room itself intact. Then, he smirked. It was time.

He smirked and left the room, heading toward Orochimaru's room. When he reached the door, he activated his Sharingan. Then, he held out his left hand and created his new Chidori Spear, sending it through the door at Orochimaru, who he knew from experience sat directly across from it, an unwise decision. After a moment, he heard it impact with something and drew his chokuto, cutting the door into pieces. His Chidori Spear was impaled through Orochimaru's forearms stopping just short of his chest. Sasuke began to walk forward, forcing the Chidori Spear forward as his Curse Mark spread over his body, but Orochimaru moved his hands up and to the left making the Chidori Spear miss his torso and impale the wall instead.

"Sasuke!" Orochimaru hissed. "What is the meaning of this!"

"I have nothing more to learn from you," Sasuke stated simply. "It's time I moved on. But I won't have you dogging me through my life. Therefore, you must die."

"How dare you!?" Orochimaru spat. "I will not be killed by a brat like you! Your body will be mine!"

Sasuke retracted his Chidori Spear and put his chokuto away, drawing his Fire Sword instead. Then, suddenly, he appeared in front of Orochimaru, moving to stab him. Something shot out of Orochimaru's mouth and when he turned to look, he saw a massive snake. It was white, with small white snakes lining its body. It's head, while misshapen and hideous, bared a large resemblance to Orochimaru's human body.

"The Giant White Scaled Snake," Sasuke mused. "So this is your true form."

"Now Sasuke, you are mine!" Orochimaru hissed. "Give me your body!"

He lunged forward but Sasuke easily jumped over his attack. Two of the snakes on Orochimaru's back came to life, shooting up at Sasuke and he easily removed their heads. Orochimaru turned toward him as Sasuke landed and sent a dozen of the snakes at him. Sasuke began removing their heads as more and more attacked him. After a moment, he leapt back, putting his sword away before he pulled his arms out of his shirt, entering his Curse Mark Level Two form, the hand-like wings extending from his back not affecting his shirt like they had the first time. As he did, the snakes wrapped themselves around him covering him.

"A snake that crawled on the earth, dreamt of soaring through the sky, knowing full well it was impossible," Sasuke stated. "Still hoping beyond hope, it kept its eye on a baby bird that it nurtured in its own nest, never realizing that..."

Orochimaru hissed in pain as the snakes exploded off of Sasuke.

"The snake is now the prey," Sasuke continued. "Because that bird is a hawk, ready to take to the sky."

Orochimaru hissed in anger sending seven snakes at Sasuke who leapt into the air before slashing the snakes with his Chidori Spear. Orochimaru Shot toward Sasuke once again but Sasuke easily flew in a spiral around Orochimaru chopping him into perfect segments of two feet. Then, he landed and stared down at Orochimaru's body, exiting his Curse Mark Level Two form.

"So that's it?" Sasuke questioned. "Well that was disappointing."

Suddenly, his legs gave out and he fell to one knee, catching himself his his hand. A moment later, Orochimaru began to laugh as a thick red vapor became apparent from the blood around the room.

"Looks like it's beginning to take effect now," Orochimaru laughed the segment with his head raising itself. "The bodily fluids of the Great Snake evaporate when they meet the air. They have a numbing effect and I see they're already weakening you! I am immortal. I am eternal! Even your most powerful jutsu can't come close to killing me! Now...let me take you!"

He lunged forward one last time and biting him, sending him into a realm partially genjutsu and partially alternate dimension. The ground was a writhing mass of flesh and tentacles and the sky was dark.

"Where am I?" Sasuke demanded.

"This, is the universe inside of me," Orochimaru stated as a mass of flesh rose from the ground before him. "This is where the Transference Ritual will be held."

Suddenly, the flesh parted revealing Orochimaru's face which instantly let his tongue hand out.

"Shall we begin?" Orochimaru questioned as flesh began to wrap around Sasuke's right leg and grow off of his body forming disgusting snakes as more flesh mounds sporting the faces of Orochimaru's previous victims rose behind Sasuke.

Sasuke looked at the corpses then at Orochimaru with an emotionless look. Suddenly, Orochimaru was caught in a genjutsu that caused several massive rusty metal spikes to appear in him holding him in place. After a moment, Orochimaru began to move forward anyway, the flesh around him stretching as if actually caught. Finally, Orochimaru reached forward, his arms two thin tentacles of flesh that connected to the mound that had formed around Sasuke.

After a moment, Sasuke activated his Curse Mark, which spread over the entire mound turned black and grew three large tentacle snakes armed with fangs, unlike the smaller ones that Orochimaru was able to form. The snakes instantly shot forward and latched onto Orochimaru, turning the flesh around him black as well, while the flesh disappeared from around Sasuke. Then, the entire realm began to change, turning the same shade of black as Sasuke's snakes. Orochimaru stared at Sasuke in terror as a massive wall of flesh rose behind Sasuke. It formed a massive monstrosity with three gaping mouths lined with sharp teeth.

"Orochimaru," Sasuke spoke up. "Try all the jutsu you like, but...my eyes...surely you must know already..."

"No!" Orochimaru cried out. "I will not allow this to happen! Especially not here! I am the immortal Orochimaru! I am the one who will unlock the secrets of nature! I am the one who will receive everything!"

And with that, one of the three heads crashed down on Orochimaru, silencing him. Then, it was over. Sasuke was standing in the room with Orochimaru's now inanimate corpse again and Kabuto was crouching behind the door frame.

"Is that Kabuto?" Sasuke questioned and Kabuto stepped into view.

Sasuke silently walked past him, turning and walking toward the exit.

"Just tell me one thing," Kabuto called out. "Exactly which one are you?"

"You tell me Kabuto," Sasuke said flatly turning and activating his Sharingan, using a genjutsu to show him Orochimaru's failure.

"Then Lord Orochimaru is dead," Kabuto breathed as the images ended. "No, it's more like..."

"I have absorbed him completely," Sasuke smirked. "And nothing at all remains."

With that, Sasuke turned and walked away, returning to his room to send the first of two letters to Naruto.


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