Broken Dream Chapter 2
Author's note: Looks like some people noticed my first fiction's existence. Enjoy chapter two.
Half a decade had passed since Naruto's departure. Former Konoha citizens and other Fire Country villagers blamed the Kyuubi for the destruction of Konoha even after Naruto's disappearance. Rumors say that Naruto leaked information about Konoha to the Sound Village. Of course this wasn't true.
Many things happened in the past few years. The village seemed peaceful for the first few years after Naruto was banished. Hyuuga clan constantly challenged the Hokage's authority and Naruto was declared nukenin. These added to Gondaime's ever growing stress.
Then, the Gondaime Hokage passed away after 4 years of pressure.
Konoha was in panic and the debate over who should be in charge left Konoha leaderless and vulnerable.
Of course Sound Village and Cloud Village did not waste this chance. They went into action immediately. The enemy started ravaging the countryside, conquering most of northern and western Fire Country. Half of Fire Country was under Sound-Cloud control in less then 2 months of the war. None of Konoha's allies came to assist since Konoha's leaders never called for their help.
Konoha was divided in two: Hyuuga clan and Fire Council. While the Fire Council searched for a suitable Hokage to lead them in war, the Hyuuga Clan tried to take over the government. Division of loyalty and confusion in orders caused chaos. Minor civil wars erupted here and there, resulting in unnecessary casualties for Konoha.
The morale of the Sound-Cloud forces kept growing as they closed in the Konohagakure itself. Konoha ninjas tried stop the incoming Cloud-Sound forces. Many wise ninjas knew it was already too late. Konoha's supply routes were under enemy control: it could no longer support its population. Western and Northern escape routes were no longer safe. Civilians sought refugee in the East and South. Casualty rates were sky high for Konoha. Without stable leadership, Konoha ninjas were on their own.
The Konoha ninjas had no strategy and wits to outmaneuver the massive army without a solid leadership to rely on. Konoha Council and the Hyuuga Clan ignored the war and kept debating.
Time came when the members of the Council eventually left Konoha to seek refuge in other strongholds of Fire Country. The fools of Hyuuga Clan declared that Konoha was theirs to rule. Konoha was overrun and only a handful of defenders were left.
Unfortunately the Clan ran away also but not in time. Orochimaru's men interfered with the Hyuuga Clan's egress. They were ambushed and massacred.
Few Hyuuga that were more loyal to their village then their clan helped escort the Councilmen to refuge or remained in the village to die fighting.
Only a handful of ninjas were left in Konoha when Sound-Cloud army surrounded them. Those ninjas were the best of the best in Konoha. Combat specialists of Hyuuga Clan, former Rookie 9, its teachers, Gai's team, and few others were those last handful of ninjas.
Sadly, it took only one man to wipe out these brave defenders.
The one man was Orochimaru. After obtaining the sharingan, he started his hunt for jutsus. During his hunt, he encountered his old teammate, Jiraya. They engaged in combat. But it was Orochimaru who left the battle unscathed. This resulted in Orochimaru gaining the Mangyekou Sharingan.
For 9 years Orochimaru copied jutsus of great ninjas and trained his body to break the limit. Obviously, his new body had aged also. He had almost become an exact copy of Itachi.
Orochimaru single handedly eliminated the Akatsuki to measure his capacity. His faithful servant, Kabuto made a treaty with Cloud during his absence. Not only that, Kabuto had built an army of countless nukenin and criminals.
--- After the 'Battle' ---
Orochimaru stood over the dead bodies. He had told his company to standby and watch during his engagement with the remaining Leaf ninjas. Now they were free to rip the remains of Konoha to shreds. Orochimaru tasted the blood on his hands as he replayed the fight in his mind.
Orochimaru approached the Konoha ninjas. It looked like they were armed to the teeth, ready to die fighting. They were already engaged in combat. The bodies of Cloud, Sound, and Leaf were scattered across the field. Orochimaru approached and the fighting stopped. The company of about 100 Sound ninjas surrounded the Konoha defenders.
"Sasuke-kun…" whispered Sakura.
Kakashi put his hand on Sakura's shoulder, "You know who it is Sakura, don't let your emotions get in the way."
"Hai," Sakura discarded the image of Sasuke in her mind. It was replaced with Orochimaru biting Sasuke's neck. Anger filled her mind.
"Orochimaru you bastard! Just kill us dammit!" Kiba charged at Orochimaru, frustrated by the hopelessness of the situation. Akamaru followed.
Orochimaru stared into Kiba's eyes. Kiba suddenly came to a halt before Orochimaru. Then he started screaming. He fell to the ground and everyone could tell he stopped breathing. Akamaru shortly followed suit.
"Fufufufuu…" Orochimaru chuckled to himself.
"Mangyekou Sharingan: Tsukiyomi…" noted Gai under his breadth.
"Don't look into his eyes, keep your eyes on his feet," advised Gai to the team of ninja.
Few of the Hyuuga tried to attack the company of Sound ninjas.
Their torso split in half as Orochimaru's Kusanagi sliced through them as if they were grass.
"I am more then enough for you maggots," said Orochimaru.
The other Hyuuga grimaced as they heard this because they knew it was true. Enraged by Orochimaru's statement, the rest of the ninjas rushed toward him, keeping their eyes on his feet.
The less competent ninja fell to the Kusanagi as Orochimaru effortlessly slashed and sliced. The remaining ninja were: Kakashi, Gai, Sakura, Hiashi, Neji, and Shizune.
"We have to take down Orochimaru no matter what," Kakashi told his comrades. He took off his headband and dropped it on the ground, "Not for Konoha, but for survival"
Kakashi's sharingan was active. He formed a series of hand seals and yelled, "CHIDORI!"
Orochimaru activated his own sharingan and copied Kakashi's hand seals in less second. He rushed to intercept Kakashi's Chidori.
Kakashi saw that Orochimaru was rushing at him with his hand crackling in black chakra. 'I will only get one chance' thought Kakashi grimly.
Kakashi was close enough to see the bizarre shape of Mangyekou Sharingan. He plunged toward the snake's heart.
It was less then a second but it seemed like eternity to Kakashi. With lightning quick reflexes, Orochimaru ducked swiftly and shot his arm up toward Kakashi's abdomen.
Kakashi saw what happened before his eyes. His arm pierced the air where Orochimaru had been. Orochimaru vanished and appeared beneath him. His arm shot upward. Kakashi's Chidori missed but Orochimaru's did not.
With a gushing sound of gore Orochimaru impaled Kakashi's stomach. Blood sprayed like geysers from Kakashi's back.
"RIVAL!"
"KAKASHI-SENSEI!"
The cries of anguish did not last long. Orochimaru did a new set of hand seals.
The last of the Leaf ninja saw this and prepared counter measures.
"Hyouton: Kokuruuhou Fuusetsu (Ice Element: Black Dragon Blizzard)"
A humongous swirl of black chakra in the shape of a dragon rushed toward the Leaf Nins. Gai was instantly vaporized in the icy energy of chakra. The Hyuugas used Kaiten to block part of the attack but was crippled by the rest of it. Shizune managed to dodge it with her nimble reflexes. Sakura however wasn't lucky as the Shizune.
Sakura tried to manifest her chakra into the shape of a wall. This feeble wall collapsed like a sandcastle in a tidal wave as the dragon chakra hit her. The chakra wall blocked some extent of the jutsu because she wasn't vaporized like Gai. The dragon partially froze Sakura's skin. The surface of her body became encrusted in the color of blue. She was alive but just barely.
Neji and Hiashi kneeled side by side waiting for their deaths. The enemy was too strong; they never stood a chance. Orochimaru walk toward the Hyuugas. Shizune jumped and placed herself between the Hyuuga and Orochimaru. Shizune launched a set of senbon from her arm. She watched amazement as he took the shots and fell forward.
Its too easy… something doesn't feel right. The body dissolved into water.
"A bunshin!" she was quickly cut off by the sharp pain in her chest.
She looked down and saw the Kusanagi sticking out of her body. She coughed out blood and smiled. She was about to join her fallen comrades in afterlife.
Life left Shizune's body as Orochimaru pulled the blade out of her chest. The Hyuugas watched in horror: their turn was next.
Orochimaru squatted in front of them. The Hyuugas froze from the incoming killer intent. Orochimaru's hand stabbed into Hiashi's eye socket. He pulled out his hand with a firm grip on the Bakyugan. Hiashi screamed in pain.
The snake spoke, "Such pretty eyes for weaklings such as yourselves. I would love to have them for myself but it is hardly necessary. As you can see my Mangyekou Sharingan is far more superior to your Bakyugan."
Orochimaru squeezed the eyeball and it burst into white gore.
"Just kill us," replied Neji.
"I shall grant your wish," answered Orochimaru.
"Mangyekou Sharingan: Amaterasu" said Orochimaru just loud enough for the Hyuugas to hear.
The ground beneath the Hyuuga burst into black flames. It burned through flesh and bone rapidly. The two Hyuuga screamed in agony. Their voices faded as did their bodies. Nothing left but ash.
Tears fell from Sakura's eyes. She was going to die.
The pain was unbearable; it felt like being burned over and over by cold fire. She saw what the snake did to Shizune-san and the Hyuugas. She closed her eyes and waited for death.
Death did not come. She opened her eyes. Sakura saw that Orochimaru was watching her from the distance.
"Sakura," Her heart started to beat faster and images of Sasuke flashed before her, "Your skin doesn't look good."
"Maybe I should get rid of it for you," Orochimaru walked closer with the bloodied Kusanagi in his hand.
Sakura felt a chill down her spine. 'How ironic' she thought 'my body is chilled enough already.'
He grabbed her partially frozen arm and held her up. She looked into his eyes by accident. She panicked. Nothing happened.
"Maybe I should get rid of this ugly skin," with that Orochimaru flayed the skin off the arm he'd been holding. Sakura screamed in pain.
Orochimaru released the grip on the arm. He dropped the sword and put a hand on her jaw. Her arm was bleeding without stopping. He lifted her to eye level.
"Now you will feel the same pain repeatedly for the next 72 hours!" Orochimaru's mouth twisted into an insane smile. He will enjoy every minute of this torture.
Orochimaru ordered his troops to raid what they can use then burn the rest. There was a lot of medical equipment which Kabuto was overjoyed to see. To his disappointment, Konoha armory was almost empty.
Orochimaru laughed, "HUAHAHAHAHA, my revenge is complete! These Konoha ninjas were nothing but TRASH!"
Something fell out of Sakura's pocket. Orochimaru saw that it was a small book. Diary of Haruno Sakura.
His curiosity took over him as he flipped through the pages.
18 S.K. May 24th
Naruto-kun left the Village today…
Author's note: Dun dun duun! So what happened to Hinata? Naruto? That will all be revealed in Sakura's diary or chapter 3 I should say. Anyways read and review!