On with the mission! Yeah, this chapter's kinda short too... it might be a while before the next chapter's up, but R&R anyways.
: D Obito and Anko rock!

Note: I do not own Naruto or its awesome characters

Chapter 3

The two shinobi practically collapsed on the ground. Obito let out a sigh of relief.

"Gomennasai, Obito-kun," said Anko bowing, tears still drizzling from her deep purple eyes. Obito laughed with relief.

"It's okay Anko-chan," he said, grinning. "We should probably be getting back to the village, though," he said. Anko looked afraid.

"You go back, Orochimaru will find me no matter where I go," she whispered faintly. Obito looked at her, surprised.

"I'll protect you," he offered. Anko looked grateful, but she shook her head.

"I can't," she replied, her hand strayed to her shoulder and the curse mark. Obito's eyes narrowed as Anko gripped her shoulder in pain.

"What's wrong with your shoulder, Anko-chan?" he asked. She grimaced and pulled her hand away. Obito's eyes widened.

"Anko-chan…" he murmured touching the curse mark. Anko shied away from his warm fingers against her skin. "We need to get back to the village to get this treated," he said softly. "C'mon," he said getting up. "Let's go." Anko looked hesitant; Obito offered her a hand to help her up. She couldn't exactly ignore it. Gripping Anko's hand, Obito pulled her up. The two began to walk back towards the village.

"Anko…"

The two turned to see the last person they felt like seeing just then. Anko's eyes widened, and she took several steps back.

"Oro…Orochimaru…" she gasped. A smile crossed his pale face at her fear.

"Uchiha," he said softly looking at Obito, who was glaring at him. The Sannin smiled wider. Both of these children were good catches, Anko and her mad skills and Obito and the Sharingan. Obito was still glaring at him.

"What do you want with Anko?" he demanded of the Snake Master.

"Nothing, she's nothing compared to you," replied the Sannin licking his lips. Obito's eye twitched. What a creepo.

Suddenly Orochimaru's eyes narrowed and the air grew instantly thick. In a flash like a terrible explosion, Obito saw a thousand terrible things. Blood. Death. He felt sick. Weakly he dropped to his knees, breathing heavily, his onyx eyes wide with fear. The Sannin laughed.

"Such children these days, so weak,"

ANKO! Obito wrenched his mind away from the awful Sannin. He, shuddering, turned to Anko, who looked just as dazed as he did, her eyes filled with tears. Obito couldn't stand; Anko was not the person to just cry. He turned back to the Snake Master, angrily. He had no right to do that to Anko.

Obito rose to his feet, and charged the Sannin. Orochimaru stood arms crossed as Obito barreled towards him. Out of nowhere apparently, a snake struck. Obito had expected nothing less. He dodged out of the way and flung several kunai at Orochimaru. The Sannin caught them, with a slightly amused look on his face, and then he vanished. Crap, he's fast! Obito looked around. Where'd that jerk go!

"Obito-kun, watch out!" screamed Anko suddenly breaking through Orochimaru's illusion. Obito barely missed the shuriken stars, but they managed to distract him enough so that he did not see the snakes. They came from Orochimaru's sleeve, and sank their fangs into Obito's arm. With a cry, Obito was dragged to the feet of Orochimaru. Weakly he looked up at the evilly gleaming eyes of the Sannin.

"I'll…never…give in to you!" he gasped.

"Bold words, for a boy who can't even move," hissed Orochimaru. Anko couldn't stand it, she charged at Orochimaru.

"LEAVE OBITO-KUN ALONE!" she screamed. Orochimaru slapped her, sending her to the dirt.

"Obito-kun," sobbed Anko. "Gomennasai I couldn't do anything," she weakly cried.

Obito grasped a kunai and in one swift move severed the snakes' head from their bodies. The heads let go of his arm, and he scrambled back, too slow. Another snake stuck, wrapping around Obito. It was a huge snake. It began to slowly constrict around him.

The Sannin laughed as Obito futilely fought against the great beast. It can't end this way! Obito groaned; if only he could grab a kunai…

"Obito-kun!" yelled Anko flinging kunai at the snake, one missed and nearly hit Obito.

"Watch…where you're flinging…those things," yelled Obito. Then one hit the snake in a vital part. With a whining hiss it went limp, and Anko ran to Obito's side.

The Sannin watched on; he could have lots of fun toying with these two…

"Obito-kun, are you alright?" she asked softly. Obito groaned.

"I guess….so," he murmured trying to get up, but he was drained. Anko turned in fear to Orochimaru, as she did her shoulder panged in a violent wave of pain. She grasped her shoulder. Obito fought his way to a sitting position.

"What are we going to do?" asked Anko. Obito shook his head.

"We…could take him on… together," he replied. Anko looked at him like he was crazy.

"Are you insane? Even after what he just did to you?"

"What other choice do we have?" asked Obito softly.

"Are you even in any condition to fight?" Anko asked worriedly looking at his bloody arm. Obito shrugged; it hurt he would admit that but… he was a shinobi, he would not back down.

"We're shinobi…" he said to Anko. "We don't give up,"

"But…!"

Obito staggered up, and tugged off his beaten up jacket, showing off better the Uchiha emblem on his shirt.

"You see this, Slither lips?" he yelled at Orochimaru pointing at the fan. "I'm an Uchiha, and there's no way I'm giving up to you!"

To be continued...

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-Hammy Uchiha