CHAPTER 4
Eventually Parker was able to leave the hospital, but he was still a little weak. While Parker was recovering, Kakashi and Gai returned to the lair to examine it. It had been abandoned a long time ago... Apparently, somehow Orochimaru had figured out that he was discovered, and ran.
"We're getting close." Kakashi said as the group left the hospital. Gai nodded. "It was abandoned, well, except for one shinobi, but he wasn't guarding anything, the place was wiped clean. There's no trace that they were ever there; but they couldnt've gone very far. So now, Gai and I need to gather information, while we're doing that, you guys are free to do whatever. Stay in town, be on your toes." Everyone nodded again, and then Kakashi and Gai disappeared to go find out where Orochimaru and Sasuke were hiding now. Parker looked around before asking what was on everyone's minds.
"So...what are we gonna do in a small town like this?" It was a good question. What do you do in a farming town as a ninja on a day off? Everyone decided to go do their own thing, maybe find something to do. Marissa, Parker, Chris, and Devin, were left alone. Chris looked at Parker, suddenly getting an idea.
"You, me, spar, now...bitch..." Parker looked back at him with a big evil smile and cracked his knuckles. Marissa and Devin just sighed. This was a very common thing, those two sparred constantly...but never with awesome ninja abilities...so this would be interesting. Marissa and Devin decided to watch, just for fun.
Parker and Chris stood there, staring each other down. Parker charged Chris, who drew his sword and swung at Parker's legs. Parker jumped into the air and kicked Chris in the face...who just disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Oh boy..." Parker said. Chris went to kick Parker from behind, but he was able to flip and roll over Chris' back, landing behind him. He spun around to kick again, this time, catching the real Chris in the back. Chris managed to deliver a kick to Parker's face before hitting the ground. They both got up quickly and faced each other again. Parker charged again, unaware of Chris' plan. Chris put his sword in the ground as Parker closed in. He closed his eyes, waiting for the right moment. Parker was almost within striking distance, when Chris opened his eyes, Parker froze as he looked into them. They were blue, with long black lines in the shape of a peace symbol (not quite, but similar).
Parker fell to the ground and started screaming as he crawled into a fetal position. "Jonas...Lauren...FRANCE! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" (A/N: Sorry, this is a serious inside joke, but if you knew what i meant...you'd start to cry as I am in the story).
Marissa, Devin, and Chris just started laughing at Parker. Eventually he got up and stormed over to Chris, pointing at him threateningly. "THAT WAS NOT COOL!" They all started laughing again, apparently, Chris had a new move. "Anyway, what was that? You just looked at me and I started hallucinating...well...you know..." Parker shuddered. Chris just smiled.
"I'm not sure what to call it yet, but basically, I found out that I have these eyes that make people hallucinate the worst fear that I can think of, so I picked...well...you know." Chris shuddered too at the thought.
Before long, Parker and Chris began sparring again, Parker being careful not to look Chris in the eyes, but those eyes weren't only for genjutsu...Turns out they could partially predict Parker's movements; not very well, but enough to give Chris an advantage. Even with those eyes though, the two friends found themselves at a standstill, so they eventually decided to switch partners. It was now Parker vs. Marissa and Devin vs. Chris.
Parker vs. Marissa
Marissa naturally charged Parker, throwing a fireball at him in mid-sprint. He clasped his fingers and pulled them apart, making tendrils of electricity between them. He caught the fireball in his electricity "net", being forced back a few feet. He then flung the orb back at Marissa, who jumped over it and punched Parker in the face. He flipped backwards and landed on his feet, without thinking, he ran at Marissa and was about to punch her, when something bad happened...his chivalry kicked in...
At the last second, Parker spun around, missing Marissa, and hitting a rather large rock next to her, which cracked under the force of his attack. Marissa took her chance and kicked him away, smiling evilly. "I saw that, you missed on purpose!" He just smiled.
"Girl clause..." They both started laughing, this happened often. They would constantly tell of how they were gonna beat each other up, but then she'd use the "girl clause", saying that he cant hurt her because she's a girl...and also adorable, and sadly...she was right. Parker was too chivalrous to punch a girl, even Marissa during a sparring match.
"I love that clause, now it means that I get to beat you up and you can't do anything about it!"
"Not true! I can do this!" Parker reached into his jacket as if to pull out a weapon, but pulled his hand out, without anything. He waved it back and forth once. "Bye!" With that, he turned in the other direction and ran for his life into the forest. Marissa started laughing as she gave chase, jumping through the trees to catch him. It may not be good for sparring, but it was good evasion and chase practice...and the motivation was good for both of them. Marissa: Hit Parker; Parker: Don't get hit by Marissa...
Devin vs. Chris
The match started as Chris drew his sword and swung at Devin. Devin just stood there, pretending to fix his nails as the sword phased through his midsection. Devin just looked at him and smiled. Chris' face darkened.
"Awww crap..." Devin stopped his taunting and charged Chris. Chris recalled that chakra attacks, like Parker's electricity, seemed to work...so in that case... Chris formed one hand seal and closed his eyes after sticking his sword in the ground. He opened his eyes as Devin closed the gap between the two fighters. Devin froze and fell to the ground in a fetal position, screaming.
"AHHHH! COBRAS!" (A/N: Inside joke, sorry:3)
After a few hours of training, the group was tired...VERY tired. So they decided to go back to the inn they checked into and get some sleep. Unfortunately, this sleep didn't last long... Parker awoke feeling very hot. He looked around to see why...his room was on fire... He quickly jumped out of bed and grabbed his gear; luckily, he was already dressed, not wanting to waste time putting on pajamas before sleeping. He jumped out of bed and walked outside to see fire...everywhere. Marissa was standing in front of the fire...and a multitude of charred corpses. Parker walked up to her and was about to ask what happened, when Marissa spoke.
"THAT'S WHAT YOU DAMN ASSASSINS GET FOR WAKING ME UP TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW!" Parker tried not to laugh...but found it increasingly difficult. He put his hand on her shoulder to calm her down. Next thing Parker knew, he was flying through the air, and into a wall. Marissa noticed who she just threw and ran over to her friend. 'SORRY!" She was laughing hysterically now.
"Yeah, SURE ya are!" He replied sarcastically. "So, these guys woke you up again?" He asked as she helped him up.
"Yeah, not a very good idea."
"I noticed..." Parker started laughing, until he noticed the enemy running at them with a sword. The man did a seal and his arms and sword separated into 8 arms, meaning 8 swords. He thrust all 8 arms at the two, Parker was able to react quickly enough to knock the swords out of the way. He delivered one strong electrical shock, killing the man. He turned around to check on Marissa, his questions were answered when he noticed the large red blotch forming on her shoulder. She grabbed the wound and winced.
"Damn, the bastard got me!"
"Here, let me see." He moved her hand and inspected the wound. "Hmm, it's not that deep, he missed anything vital, you'll be ok, but you'll experience some mild discomfort." He said, jokingly. He pulled out some medical equipment and started sterilizing the wound. "Now this will sting."
"WAIT! DON'T- AHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed as he poured antibacterial on the wound. She punched him with her good arm. "That hurt!" Parker rubbed his shoulder for a second, then started wrapping up her shoulder.
"Yeah, well better that than an infection. Anyway, you're good for a while, but we should get Sakura to look at it later." At that moment, Kakashi and Gai returned from putting out the fire and found the two. Kakashi put his face in his hand and sighed.
"Why is it that every time I leave you two alone, SOMETHING ends up on fire?"
They went back to the inn to finish sleeping, and then moved out in the morning, against Kakashi's will. Unfortunately for him, when Marissa wants sleep...she gets sleep... Kakashi and Gai were able to interrogate some local drunks. They found out that a band of strange characters was seen leaving the town and moving up North into the mountains. Their description of one boy almost perfectly matched that of Sasuke, so they were sure they were on the right track. So how did they get lost?
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GOT US LOST!" Sakura screamed. Kakashi was looking around frantically.
"I-I don't get it...we walked North, never turning, yet we somehow went in a complete circle? This isn't right." Kakashi was about to use his sharingan to check for genjutsu, but Chris enjoyed beating him to it.
"This is DEFNINITELY genjutsu." Kakashi looked back at Chris, surprised. He removed the headband over his left eye and was instantly shocked. They were in a forest, according to his left eye, but according to the right, in the mountains! Everyone simultaneously held two fingers to their faces and yelled
"Kai!" Instantly, a barrier was removed and they were now in a lush, green forest. They had left the mountains hours ago, but were under genjutsu the whole time. Everyone instinctively drew their weapons and/or got into defensive positions, darting their eyes around to find the source of the illusion. They found it. Bushes began to rattle as sound ninja burst out of their hiding spots and surrounded the band. The sound of someone clapping could be heard.
They all looked into the bushes as two figures walked out. One of them had pale, white skin, and piercing yellow eyes. The one behind him, had raven black hair spiked up into a single point behind his head; his eyes bore an emotionless glaze.
"Looks like we found you...Orochimaru, Sasuke." Kakashi said. Orochimaru smiled and stopped clapping.
"But I think we've found you."
"Maybe, but we found them first, Orochimaru..." They all turned to see the other party that had entered the conversation. A tall man stood there in a long black cloak decorated with red clouds. He looked up, and his identity was confirmed. Orochimaru's eyes widened.
"I-Itachi?"
"We are here to collect the jinchuuriki." He said, pointing to Naruto. At that time, another man walked out from behind Itachi. He wore the same cloak and outfit. He also wore a large hat which covered his face from view. It was not Kisame, though. He removed his hat and looked up at everyone. Parker, Marissa, Devin, and Chris all dropped their jaws at the sight.
"Oh! Hi guys!" The man yelled, enthusiastically.
"...JONAS?" They replied. Kakashi looked back at them.
"You know him?" The simply nodded, still shocked. Chris spoke first.
"How'd you get into Akastsuki as Itachi's partner?" Itachi sighed and put his face into his hand.
"Even I don't know that..." Jonas stepped forward, looking strangely evil all of a sudden. He took a familiar stance...the cobra, and prepared for battle.
"Come on guys! Fight me!" Parker and Chris looked at each other with huge grins and stepped forward, past Orochimaru's men.
They grew evil smiles as they cracked their knuckles. Parker's evil began to show.
"I've been wanting to do this for a looooooong time."
Uh oh! Jonas vs. Parker and Chris? What new powers does he have? Sure, he was a horrible fighter in real life, but now he's in akatsuki! Drama is gonna ensue here my friends...But you'll see that drama sooner if you review!...not really...my best reviewer, motivator and bud, Rhianikki, will make me post Ch5 by tomorrow...but reviews would lighten my mood! .
RESPONSE TO REVIEWS:
AznOrchadork : YAY! Thank you, my first positive review of my first fic, glad ya like it!
Ekz: Thanks, glad ya like the characters, cuz that means ya like me , nah, I'm jk. And the whole Marissa and Parker (me) controversy. We're actually very good friends, we just get violent sometimes. This might be very surprising, but she's actually the reason I even got up to chapter 4...and this fast. So yeah, now you know, in the beginnning, it's violent, but an alliance starts to form mid ch2. Anyway, glad you like it, keep reading:)