Poetic Justice – Part 2
By: Clever Audrey (with inspiration from fellow Archivists)
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except possibly Sini.
Warnings: One naughty word?
AN: Since I've been offered Pocky... ;) Here you go!
"I don't believe you, Sasuke-teme!" Naruto scowled at him. He smirked.
"It's true all the same, dobe."
"Just show us already, kid," Tsunade interrupted their shouting match before it could get going.
Sasuke had reappeared unexpectedly in Konoha, claiming that he had summoned Manda and ordered him to eat Orochimaru. Tsunade was, of course, extremely skeptical of this story – but when early scouting reports did seem to indicate that Sound village was in a state of chaos, she began to wonder if their runaway wasn't telling the truth.
So, she had dragged him here to a flat plain well outside the village to let him try and prove his claim. If he had summoned Manda, then the rest of his story was likely true; the king snake held little love for its former summoner.
Naruto, of course, had insisted on coming along to see whether or not Sasuke could really hold up his story.
"Hn." Sasuke took a deep, calming breath and gathered his chakra. His hands flying through the appropriate seals, he bit his thumb and quickly slammed his hand to the ground. "Kuchiyose no jutsu!"
He waited, bracing himself for the sudden rush upwards as Manda appeared beneath him.
Except…there was no rush. There was an explosion, just like last time, and smoke…but….
The smoke cleared.
Sasuke stared, disbelieving, at the small black snake (maybe a foot long) that curled its head around to glare at him.
"Who ssummoned me? I wass bussy catching fliessss…"
Naruto fell over laughing. "Whaaat? That's not Manda, teme!"
Tsunade tried unsuccessfully to hide a chuckle behind her hand. Sasuke quit gaping long enough to turn his darkest scowl on both of them.
"Ansswer me! Ssstupid human…"
"I'm not stupid! And where the hell is Manda?"
"'Tousssan doesssn't come out for jussst any sssummonsss, ssstupid." Her tone implied that he was completely hopeless for not knowing that.
Naruto, still laughing, rose to his feet and whipped through a few seals of his own, bit his thumb and called out "Kuchiyose no jutsu!"
"Yo!" the smoke from the blond's summoning cleared to reveal Gamakichi, greeting them with one raised 'hand.'
"Yo!" Naruto returned, grinning, then pointed behind him.
The young toad turned, and saw the snake. "Ah, so it's you, Sini."
"Yesss."
"Your pops feeling any better?" the toad grinned. "My pops did quite a number on him last time they fought."
The little snake hunched herself back into a striking pose and hissed angrily. "Only becaussse hiss lassst massster wassss sssssstupid."
"His last master?" Tsunade asked quickly.
"Yessss."
"Who is his new summoner?"
The snake threw the Fifth Hokage a look that said she was a dumb as everyone else. "Thisss ssstupid human of courssse." Her head jerked toward Sasuke.
The dark-haired boy nodded curtly, trying to use the acknowledgement to ease his hurt pride.
"I see," Tsunade said, shaking her head over the snake's behavior. Manda really shouldn't have children; one bitchy snake running around was bad enough. "Then I'll have to assume that the rest of what you told me is true, Sasuke. The evidence does appear to support it. Though," and she snickered, "you're going to have to work on your summoning skills."
Naruto, dismissing Gamakichi before he and the snake could get into a real fight, broke out laughing again.
Sasuke decided then and there that he was going to prove to Naruto that he could summon the king snake, no matter what.
AN: More poetic justice...? I'll let you guys decide. ;D
TBC….?
