Serenade of the Crimson Rose
Chapter 11: The Flight of the Snake
It was never really clear what happened between Sarutobi and Orochimaru, the only information that was given about the incedent is that Orochimaru was practicing a forbidden jutsu and using members of the konohagakure as guinea pigs in his project. Sarutobi was unable to restrain him, and he escaped, but he hadn't gone far, Sarutobi had commanded the best squad of Anbu to go after him, this Squad happened to be Kakashi's Sqaud, they were by far the most talented, which was the reason they had been assigned to guard the Fourth in the first place.
"I can't believe we have to go after that guy" Obito muttered, as they jumped from tree to tree "He gives me the creeps" he exclaimed. Kakashi remained silent, a lot still weighed on his mind. Susande nodded in agreement "Me too, but he has that effect on people, some say that's why he is such a great shinobi, he appears as though a ghost" she said, grunting softly as she pushed off of a low branch. Suddenly Hayate stopped and put his hand in the air making them hault as well. They slowly jumped over to him, looking down they saw a man casually walking through the forest, Hayate crotched down and formed a seal, spliting into a clone(Shadow Clone), whom jumped across the gap, the person looked up, his face veiled by a sakkat and lengthy black hair, his veiw followed the clone, the clone turned around under the cover of the tree's and jumped down infront of the man.
"Hello, Have you seen anyone around here?" the clone asked the man, whom adjusted his hat.
"No one besides me has come this way" he said, his voice was soft but harsh.
"I see, Orochimaru-Sama, where are you planning on going?" the clone asked, his voice forceful. The mans form seemed to vibrate, they could hear him chuckle softly, suddenly from his sleeve a mass of snakes formed and ripped into the clone(Shadow Snake Hand), it dispersed suddenly, Hayate had already thrown needles at Orochimaru's form, for he knew he wouldn't come silently if at all, even Kakashi was surprised at Hayates accuracy, the Needles struck the forms neck and it turned into nothingness, for it was a clone as well(Shadow Clone). They all became surprised, looking around, the sound of a chuckle could be heard deeper in the depths of the forest.
"You shouldn't have come, Sarutobi is a fool to think I would be taken by four ANBU" his voice was loud and clear now, but it seemed to come from all around. It deepend their surprise to see that they were found out so quickly, had they been careless? No, he was just that good. They took a defensive stance, all waiting for some type of movement, when suddenly from a tree a fist flew forward, catching Obito in the jaw of his Mask, which shattered instantly revealing his face, Kakashi was amazed to see Obito move quickly to defend by throwing 3 Kunai at Vital points in the Body, the hand withdrew, and they all waited once more, their backs to each other. The next attack was focused on Kakashi himself, though it wasn't physical, it had been the first time in a long time he had thought he would loose his life, for the face of Orochimaru appeared in the tree infront of him, the look in his eyes seemed to freeze him in fear, he knew the technique well, for every ANBU did, but this was different, it was more powerful(Body Freeze Technique). He gasped for breath, suddenly a Kunai lashed out infront of him, slashing the face of Orochimaru, infront of his stood Obito, he looked back so that Kakashi could see his left eye, his jet black hair swishing to the side.
"Don't worry Kakashi, I won't never let my comrades die" he said simply, his eyes were crimson now not the black comforting eyes Kakashi had seen before, these eyes were Sharingan, the Copy Wheel Eye. He then knew why Obito was so quick to react, for he had heard about the eye before and that it was able to slow down the movements of the body, even seen through some Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Kakashi slowly with a trembling hand reached for a Kunai and cut the back of his hand to break the technique. Suddenly they heard a chuckle again, this time further away.
"I'll be back someday, tell the Hokage he better pick his successor soon" that was all he said, they never detected him moving away, so they stayed in their positions for a little less then an hour, waiting to make sure it wasn't a trap.
When they got back to Konoha they gave a full account of their actions, it was most troubling for Sarutobi to hear the words, even after he had confronted Orochimaru himself.
The rest of the day was spent on recovery, then things pretty much returned to normal for the rest of the week, the security around the Village had been lowered quite a bit and it was time for another day of relaxation. Obito and Kakashi had spent a lot of time together since that day, training and just talking, it had been a while since Kakashi had spoken to Susande, but Obito had seen her on a normal basis, they kept away from the subject for it made Kakashi uncomfortable, and Obito could tell this. Kakashi learned many things about Obito since then, for he felt more connected to him after what had taken place, he felt foolish having to be saved, he had been in countless battles with powerful foes. Obito told him not to worry about it, for he was probably just as scared, the difference was that Obito could see it was a clone, and that made it less real to him, he also avoided contacting the eyes. Obito knew a lot about Genjutsu and gave a lot of tips to Kakashi about it. Kakashi learned that Obito's ambitions were to learn multiple techniques and become known for for his ability to use his sharingan that way, but like he had said before, it was hard for him to do so, because he was a dense person, and slow learned.
"The Sharingan doesn't just slow down the movement's but it speeds up the brain's learning, therefor it's easier to learn techniques, I can learn a whole technique after seeing it 1-2 times, and then use it myself." He explained to Kakashi, who was very interested in learning about things of that Nature.
"Obito-san, why did you say what you did?" Kakashi asked him one day, he was referring to the time in the forest, which Obito knew.
"I said it more to myself, then to you Kakashi-kun, it's a personal promise I made to myself, I will protect my comrades til I die, that is my way of the Ninja.." he smiled softly ".. my comrades are precious to me, therefore I'd rather not live then to live without them, I suppose, so I said that to remind myself of that promise." Kakashi smiled, he had come to admire Obito greatly, almost as much as he had Yondiame.
Next Chapter: Farewell, My friend!
Chapter 11: The Flight of the Snake
It was never really clear what happened between Sarutobi and Orochimaru, the only information that was given about the incedent is that Orochimaru was practicing a forbidden jutsu and using members of the konohagakure as guinea pigs in his project. Sarutobi was unable to restrain him, and he escaped, but he hadn't gone far, Sarutobi had commanded the best squad of Anbu to go after him, this Squad happened to be Kakashi's Sqaud, they were by far the most talented, which was the reason they had been assigned to guard the Fourth in the first place.
"I can't believe we have to go after that guy" Obito muttered, as they jumped from tree to tree "He gives me the creeps" he exclaimed. Kakashi remained silent, a lot still weighed on his mind. Susande nodded in agreement "Me too, but he has that effect on people, some say that's why he is such a great shinobi, he appears as though a ghost" she said, grunting softly as she pushed off of a low branch. Suddenly Hayate stopped and put his hand in the air making them hault as well. They slowly jumped over to him, looking down they saw a man casually walking through the forest, Hayate crotched down and formed a seal, spliting into a clone(Shadow Clone), whom jumped across the gap, the person looked up, his face veiled by a sakkat and lengthy black hair, his veiw followed the clone, the clone turned around under the cover of the tree's and jumped down infront of the man.
"Hello, Have you seen anyone around here?" the clone asked the man, whom adjusted his hat.
"No one besides me has come this way" he said, his voice was soft but harsh.
"I see, Orochimaru-Sama, where are you planning on going?" the clone asked, his voice forceful. The mans form seemed to vibrate, they could hear him chuckle softly, suddenly from his sleeve a mass of snakes formed and ripped into the clone(Shadow Snake Hand), it dispersed suddenly, Hayate had already thrown needles at Orochimaru's form, for he knew he wouldn't come silently if at all, even Kakashi was surprised at Hayates accuracy, the Needles struck the forms neck and it turned into nothingness, for it was a clone as well(Shadow Clone). They all became surprised, looking around, the sound of a chuckle could be heard deeper in the depths of the forest.
"You shouldn't have come, Sarutobi is a fool to think I would be taken by four ANBU" his voice was loud and clear now, but it seemed to come from all around. It deepend their surprise to see that they were found out so quickly, had they been careless? No, he was just that good. They took a defensive stance, all waiting for some type of movement, when suddenly from a tree a fist flew forward, catching Obito in the jaw of his Mask, which shattered instantly revealing his face, Kakashi was amazed to see Obito move quickly to defend by throwing 3 Kunai at Vital points in the Body, the hand withdrew, and they all waited once more, their backs to each other. The next attack was focused on Kakashi himself, though it wasn't physical, it had been the first time in a long time he had thought he would loose his life, for the face of Orochimaru appeared in the tree infront of him, the look in his eyes seemed to freeze him in fear, he knew the technique well, for every ANBU did, but this was different, it was more powerful(Body Freeze Technique). He gasped for breath, suddenly a Kunai lashed out infront of him, slashing the face of Orochimaru, infront of his stood Obito, he looked back so that Kakashi could see his left eye, his jet black hair swishing to the side.
"Don't worry Kakashi, I won't never let my comrades die" he said simply, his eyes were crimson now not the black comforting eyes Kakashi had seen before, these eyes were Sharingan, the Copy Wheel Eye. He then knew why Obito was so quick to react, for he had heard about the eye before and that it was able to slow down the movements of the body, even seen through some Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Kakashi slowly with a trembling hand reached for a Kunai and cut the back of his hand to break the technique. Suddenly they heard a chuckle again, this time further away.
"I'll be back someday, tell the Hokage he better pick his successor soon" that was all he said, they never detected him moving away, so they stayed in their positions for a little less then an hour, waiting to make sure it wasn't a trap.
When they got back to Konoha they gave a full account of their actions, it was most troubling for Sarutobi to hear the words, even after he had confronted Orochimaru himself.
The rest of the day was spent on recovery, then things pretty much returned to normal for the rest of the week, the security around the Village had been lowered quite a bit and it was time for another day of relaxation. Obito and Kakashi had spent a lot of time together since that day, training and just talking, it had been a while since Kakashi had spoken to Susande, but Obito had seen her on a normal basis, they kept away from the subject for it made Kakashi uncomfortable, and Obito could tell this. Kakashi learned many things about Obito since then, for he felt more connected to him after what had taken place, he felt foolish having to be saved, he had been in countless battles with powerful foes. Obito told him not to worry about it, for he was probably just as scared, the difference was that Obito could see it was a clone, and that made it less real to him, he also avoided contacting the eyes. Obito knew a lot about Genjutsu and gave a lot of tips to Kakashi about it. Kakashi learned that Obito's ambitions were to learn multiple techniques and become known for for his ability to use his sharingan that way, but like he had said before, it was hard for him to do so, because he was a dense person, and slow learned.
"The Sharingan doesn't just slow down the movement's but it speeds up the brain's learning, therefor it's easier to learn techniques, I can learn a whole technique after seeing it 1-2 times, and then use it myself." He explained to Kakashi, who was very interested in learning about things of that Nature.
"Obito-san, why did you say what you did?" Kakashi asked him one day, he was referring to the time in the forest, which Obito knew.
"I said it more to myself, then to you Kakashi-kun, it's a personal promise I made to myself, I will protect my comrades til I die, that is my way of the Ninja.." he smiled softly ".. my comrades are precious to me, therefore I'd rather not live then to live without them, I suppose, so I said that to remind myself of that promise." Kakashi smiled, he had come to admire Obito greatly, almost as much as he had Yondiame.
Next Chapter: Farewell, My friend!