Disclaimer: Why do I even bother to write this anymore...?
Notes: I don't really have much to say this time except the same old stuff. I'm sorry it's taking so long for new chapters to come out, I wish I wasn't as busy as I am...anyways, I hope you like the chapter, Part 3 is going to come in a few chapters. 3
Chapter Fifteen
My hand raised in an instant, grabbing the fist coming toward me. My other hand shot out, grasping the side of the shoulder driving him to my other side. I saw Kabuto's face glaring at me, he knocked my feet from under me, and I jumped backward avoiding anymore contact.
My balance disappeared as I touched ground and I tumbled. Kabuto pinned me. Frowning, I wrenched my foot out, and kicked him off. I got off the ground, concentrating chakra to my foot, slammed it into his back.
He jerked up slightly. I stepped backwards out of his immediate reach, and wondered in anger what he was doing.
I saw him stumble and stand up, charging towards me once more. My hand shot out in front of me, pushing a huge amount of chakra out, creating a wall between us.
He hit the wall, and it flashed for a moment. The flash grew as I noticed his hand light up in chakra, and the wall crumbled. I jumped away, my eyes glowed dangerously. "Quit messing with me, Kabuto. You're not the only one who's been training… plus I'm no longer in the mood to mess with you," I growled.
"You have no idea for the problems set ahead of you," he growled in return, turning to walk away. "You're going to need more strength than that to survive them."
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I yawned and sat up in my bed. Now, I get to head of and meet Orochimaru. He would probably kill me for fighting with Kabuto.
I made my way down to where I knew he would be waiting for me.
The moment I stood in front of the doors, they opened for me. I stepped in, and took my usual spot in front of Orochimaru.
"What was so extremely important last night?"
"I have a mission for your group."
I stared at him in disbelief, "Already! We just got back from one! Plus, Aikyo and Arashi are injured!"
"Actually, you won't be participating in this mission. It's for Aikyo and Arashi," Orochimaru stated bluntly.
I shook my head in anger, "Then why did you call me here? Why not go talk to them?" I growled.
"Because, you're the captain--"
"Yeah! The captain who's being left out of her own team's mission!" I shouted.
"You will inform them to meet me here at Three."
I turned on my heel and strode toward the door. I was sick of this retarded place. My hand touched the door knob when Orochimaru spoke again.
"Oh, and I would appreciate if you didn't always try to spar with Kabuto. I would rather that he didn't get hurt, he's needed here, unlike some people."
I turned around slowly to face him, "If I'm not needed here," I said slowly, "Then throw me out. I could truly care less."
His lips began to curl as I swerved and threw the door open, leaving. Why had I so willingly decided to come back to this stupid place…?
> >
"Hey, Aikyo, Arashi," I said, hitting both of them on the head. Thankfully they woke up, if they hadn't I might have had to whack them again.
"Whaddaya want…?" Aikyo whispered, rolling over in her bed, stuffing her head in her pillow.
"When are you getting out of this place anyways?"
"When are they kicking us out, you mean?" Arashi asked. "This afternoon at twelve…"
"Yeah." Aikyo's voice was muffled by the pillow. "Let us sleep with the limited time we have left…"
I rolled my eyes, "You guys have been in here sleeping for who knows how long while I've been working my ass off, you have no right to complain. At least," I said, twirling a piece of my hair in my fingers, "I'm not the one with a mission coming up."
The both sat up immediately, and stared at me. "What!"
"Oh, did I forget to mention that?" I tapped my cheek innocently. "Well, Orochimaru wants to see you at three to tell you about this mission he has set up for you."
Satisfied by their shocked looked I smiled, "Now, I have some training to do, talk to you guys later."
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I made my way out to the training grounds, I wasn't really sure why I wasn't in the mission, but I decided not to let it bother me. It would give me more of a chance to train or something, who knows.
It was going to be hard to continue my training in Tsunade's super-human strength without crushing everything. So I decided since I had already destroyed the training section I was in, to just continue to tear it down…but maybe I could practice Medic jutsu first…
I spend about two hours down there training, and then at twelve made my way back for lunch. After that, I would do some research on medic jutsu…but my plans were altered, and during lunch I met up with Sasuke.
I had forgotten our training session. "Hey Sasuke!" I yelled, quickly rushing up to him, "I'm so sorry I forgot! Can we train after lunch?"
He shrugged, "Maybe."
"What's that supposed to mean! I don't want to get in trouble with Orochimaru!"
"Since when did you care about getting into trouble with Orochimaru, Kirei?"
That made me think… "I don't care."
Sasuke nodded, "That's what I thought. Let's train after lunch, if Orochimaru gets angry with us, then, he does. I just need to train, I don't care when or how."
"Why are you so bent on killing Itachi?" I asked quietly.
"Well I could ask you why you're so bent on being with him," Sasuke replied curtly. "He left me alone, killed off my whole family. He deceived me."
That made me remember how much my family hated me because I had deceived them, and then I almost instantly knew that it was just how someone feels they have to act when something that terrible happens. My family felt the same way toward me.
I finally replied, "Because that's who I am…and--"
"That's who I am. I thought you of all people knew how much events changed a person."
I grinned, and ruffled his hair. Which…resulted in a "don't touch me again or I'm going to break your arm" look. Oops?
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I saw Arashi and Aikyo walking back to their rooms after my training with Sasuke, so I headed over to them to see how their meeting with Orochimaru had gone.
"What's the mission for?" I asked, taking side-step with them.
Arashi sighed, "It's for that kyuubi boy from Konoha, Uzumaki Naruto and his companion, Haruno Sakura. They're coming here to look for Sasuke-kun. One of the legendary Sannin accompanies them, Jiraiya." He paused for a moment and took a deep breathe. "Sesame-chan is with them, my cousin."
"Why would she be with them…? She isn't from Konoha or anything…"
"I'm guessing…" Aikyo said quietly, "That she's looking for you, Arashi. She wants you to go back--"
"I came here so they would be safe! I'm not going back!" he yelled cutting her off.
"We're leaving tomorrow morning, they are going to a different Headquarters. We are to meet them there." Aikyo's voice trembled slightly. I wouldn't want to be the one fighting one of the legendary Sannin…
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As the next day came, I did the usual thing. I went and trained, met up with Sasuke during lunch and then trained with him afterwards. He was improving greatly, which probably wasn't a good thing.
The only thing that was different was my worry for Aikyo and Arashi.
I leapt backwards from the spar with Sasuke, panting slightly.
"Your reaction time is off, you're not paying attention and you're going easy on me. Get with it," Sasuke snarled.
My eyes turned to glare at him, "Excuse me for worrying about my friends."
"Who cares about your friends. Having friends only brings you down."
I shook my head, "That's where your wrong, Sasuke. Me having friends gives me a reason to live and to keep going. And knowing that I have people that worry about me too, also pushes me forward. I live and get stronger to keep them safe." I paused, hoping that what I said would have an effect on him. "That's why I'm here. Because I have to keep three of my friends safe."
"You remind me of my 'friend' Naruto, you're too naïve." Sasuke gave me a look of annoyance. "You'd think that since you were older that you would understand more, you've gone through the same things as me, yet you don't understand."
I closed my eyes, memories swarmed. "I'll see you tomorrow, I'm not dealing with this."
"Suit yourself." I heard Sasuke reply as I left.
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I decided to stay in bed until 12. What's wrong with that? Isn't a person allowed to sleep? Arashi and Aikyo would be back anytime now…so why didn't I get up to go meet them? Why? Because I was scared to death something was going to or already happened to them and I was just too cowardice to go find out.
After another half and hour of arguing with myself, I finally pulled myself out of bed, and got changed. I looked out of the door, right and left, and sneaked down to the main hall. I didn't want to be caught by Sasuke or Kabuto. Kabuto was strong, even though I beat him up all the time…for some reason I think that Orochimaru told him to go easy on me or something…
I made it to the entrance hall and just stood there, it was like I had just expected them to show up the minute I came in or something, does that mean I'm spoiled?
After standing there for fifteen minutes, like an idiot, I was confronted by Sasuke. He stared at me, "Where have you been all morning?"
"Sleeping," I replied dully.
"When are we going to train?" he asked. He wasn't asking in a nice polite way like you would expect kids to do, it was far from sweet. Instead, he was demanding the answer.
"When I say so." I could be strict if I wanted, or stubborn. I nodded, "Let's get some lunch." In all truth I had to get away from this entrance hall, it had seemed like I had been standing here forever and nothing was happening.
As I began to turn around and follow Sasuke, I heard the doors bang open, and a group of Ninja, including Orochimaru entered. Immediately I spotted Aikyo…and I glanced at Sasuke, who was now staring at me. "I'll meet up with you later, 'kay?" I asked him. He just shrugged.
When I started toward Aikyo, I noticed something different in her eyes. They were no longer light and airy, filled with happiness. They were wide in shock. She was bloody, and dirt stains covered her clothes, and in the dirt on her face, I saw tear streaks.
I looked at her oddly, and rushed up to her, "Aikyo…what's wrong?" She whimpered slightly, and I pulled her into a hug. Only more tears came…and it left me crying right along with her.
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A bit after Aikyo had come back, I had taken her to medic center. It hadn't taken her long to fall asleep, and then I left to go train Sasuke. If I hadn't, I had a feeling that something bad would have happened. I couldn't exactly remember what we had worked on…mostly because I was so worried about Aikyo I hadn't been paying attention.
After training, I had stopped by the cafeteria and bribed one of the ladies to give me some left over food since I hadn't eaten anything all day. Then, I preceded directly to the medic center, and a thought had dawned on me…where was Arashi?
I went straight to a person I never thought I would trust for anything, Kabuto. My first guess was that he would be in the medic center with Aikyo, and that's where I found him.
Grabbing the front of his shirt, I pulled him out into the hall. "Tell me," I was whispering now, "Where's Arashi?"
He must have sensed the urgency in my eyes, because he didn't respond with a rude comment or anything, he just lowered his head.
"What happened!" I cried.
"The fortress crumbled," he said, looking at me lightly, "There was no way he could make it out. But, he did fight it out very well with Jiraiya-sama and the kyuubi…"
"No…" I whispered, "He is here, somewhere…right? Somewhere in here?"
"I'm sorry," he said, "But he didn't make it out. He's dead…."
I shook my head, "You're being kind to me, too kind, you have to be playing some sick joke, I don't believe it…"
"I'm truly sorry," he said again. This was the first time that Kabuto had spoke in a nice tone with me…and hadn't treated me like I was a complete bother.
I turned, and ran. Running…this wasn't like me. In the heated face of a battle, I would never turn and run, even if it meant death, yet here I was running away from the truth that I had been told. Running like a child, refusing to believe what happened…just like when I had run away with Itachi from Konoha.
Preview for Chapter Sixteen:
When I met up with Orochimaru, he had a smug look on his face, "Well I must say Kirei, this has definitely been fun, but all fun has to end."
My eyes widened suddenly, "What do you mean?"
"You being here, it's certainly been great. You did what we needed you to do. You brought around Sasuke-kun, he has no doubts in being here anymore."
"You took me from everything I knew and wanted just for that!" I screamed. "Now that you have what you want, what are you going to do?" Nothing was making sense. I heard people advancing behind me.
Natsu: Looking forward to seeing you next chapter!