Chapter eight: Death of a confused kunoichi

The homunculi

Were dead.

Edward and Alphonse stared. And then…

"WOOHOO!"

They hooked arms (This was fairly difficult but they managed) and skipped around in circles. "THE HOMUNCULI ARE DEAD!" Edward cheered.

"NO MORE LOOKING OVER OUR SHOULDERS!"

"NO MORE WORRYING ABOUT WHERE WE GO!"

"NO MORE WORRYING, PERIOD!"

"RIGHT!"

"Wrong."

Edward and Alphonse stopped mid-skip. They stared at Scorpio. "Huh?"

Orochimaru himself popped from the trees and proceeded to walk to the dead homunculi, who were now reduced to puddles of dark red liquid. Kabuto scurried after his master. "Lovely, one of the vessels. The seven tailed cat, Kriinta?"

"You call me that and I'll reduce you to the pile of shit you are!"

"Hm. You're even worse than Sasuke."

"Are you calling her better than me!" Sasuke demanded. He jumped down next to Scorpio and glared at him. "You DESERVE to burn in Hell!"

Lightning began to be absorbed by Scorpio again. "Allow me, Sasuke…"

"No, me!"

"NEITHER of you will do ANYTHING!"

Sasuke and Scorpio turned. Virgo pushed past them and walked towards Orochimaru. "He wants me. It's got nothing to do with you."

"V… Virgo?" Scorpio gasped. "But… He's… evil!"

"He wants me to kill Sasuke, Scorpio."

Scorpio froze at the words. "Wha… What?"

"In exchanged for Sasuke's head, Orochimaru will restore the lives of our parents." Virgo explained quietly. She stopped and turned beside Orochimaru. "Orochimaru will heal our injuries. He will lift the curse on my eye." She closed her eye, then opened it, bitter tears dripping down her cheek. "He will leave us alone, Scorpio! Orochimaru's evil hand will not touch the children of Leo and Aquarius Elementé. We will live and prosper as we are, no other way! Kill him, Scorpio! Kill him!"

Scorpio looked at Sasuke, then her sister. "Just… Just shut up!"

"If you don't mind, Virgo, I asked you specifically to kill him." Orochimaru prompted.

Virgo twitched, her eyes widening nervously. "Y…Yes, Orochimaru."

She began to make hand signs. Sasuke, immediately recognizing them, began to mimic her, going quick to catch up. At the same time, they cupped hands around their mouths and blew out the famous Uchiha fireball jutsu. When it finally cleared, both were left standing. Some grass smoldered nearby.

Small fire began to lick across Sasuke's face as he activated the curse seal. "You don't know exactly who you're up against, Virgo."

"Oh, believe me, I do."

Small spirals and swirls fluttered across her skin as her curse seal glowed red. "I'm up against Sasuke Uchiha. Hidden Leaf chuunin. Cursed with a seal at level two. But, dear Sasuke, mine is at level four. You don't have the chance of a pig against me."

Sasuke remember what she did with Aries' chidori several days before, and didn't want to risk it. She could add chakra and make it explode in his palm.

When finally Sasuke's skin turned brown and hard and his hair turned white, he felt that he was ready to kill Orochimaru. And, if he had to, Virgo.

Virgo's skin turned brown, too, when she reached level two. Her hair turned white and rather stiff, but she didn't stop there. She kept changing. At level three, she had milky white skin and hair blacker than oblivion. And finally, at level four, she had white skin, white hair, and pink eyes. By God, she turned albino altogether. In fact, the eye that was permanently closed was open now. He was surprised to see it actually looked like the other one… Pink and rather normal.

"Orochimaru, do I…" She whispered. "Why can't… He's right… You could…"

"No."

Virgo stared at Orochimaru. From his place, rather far away I might add, Sasuke could see the immense fear in her eyes. Scorpio was on her knees, her head in her hands, trying to decide whether to obey her sister, or do what she thought was right.

A small red sphere appeared in Virgo's hands, which were turning in small circles opposite one another. Virgo looked up at Sasuke, and the look in her eye was unquestionable; Virgo had never killed another person before.And if she did, it was either by accident, or it was an enemy. But she had never killed a friend.

Sighing, she threw the ball into the air. Sasuke got ready to dodge anything that happened, but nothing did.

"FIRE! LIGHTNING! WATER! AIR!"

Sasuke flinched. What was Virgo doing?

"Lend me the strength of the stars! Rain your fire down upon us! Open your great mouth and blow out flames to scorch even the lord of Hell! Release your fury upon the great land of the Earth. Open the sky and let years and years of growing anger descend! DEATH RAIN NO JUTSU!"

The clouds darkened and the sky rumbled. The red sphere flew into the sky, disappearing behind the clouds. Finally, the sky itself was torn open, revealing an ugly red fate.

At first, they were small. Then, they were about the size of basketballs. Hundreds and hundreds of fireballs poured out of the sky, as if hail. However, the cloud was only above the forest, and luckily didn't reach the Hidden Leaf Village. Virgo wasn't very specific about where to rain upon, but the sky seemed to know.

The fireballs kicked up such a smoke that Virgo couldn't even see her hand in front of her face. When it cleared, she noticed with satisfaction, the Uchiha boy's curse seal switched off and his body lying amidst burning plants and trees.

She looked contemptibly at Orochimaru and Kabuto, then walked over to him, her curse seal fading. Soon she was normal again. Staggering, for the 'Death rain no jutsu' had used a lot of chakra, she weakly made her way towards Sasuke. She didn't want to kill him. But she had to. In exchange for the safety of her family and the lives of her parents.

Virgo looked down at Sasuke, who was limp and silent. So he was dead. She looked at Orochimaru and mouthed the words, 'he's dead, sir' and began to walk back. Her senses being weak, she didn't head Sasuke move.

"CHIDORI!"

And it was all over.

Virgo flew into a tree, already weak. And a direct hit chidori attack didn't help. She slid to the ground, her hair becoming tangled with the bark. Her eyes were misty and her face was dull.

Virgo was dead.