A/N: Ah man guys..this is pretty darn crazy..i was just thinking about it, and I made myself crack up just a wee bit. I was working on this chapter, and to make sure I was putting in the stuff I needed, ya know continuing where I left off, I was looking at my last chapter, but before I got to it I had to of course choose it from the long list of chapters I had. And I seriously said whoa. Just like that..WHOA. That's a hella of a lot of chapters, yeah? I remember back in the day, when I first started this story, I kinda had it planned how I was gonna end it, it was LAME by the way, but nonetheless, not gonna be more then 14 chapters…and wadya know..its about triple that AND or BUT, thanks to you guys, no really, it's a lot better than I had imagined, and a hella of a lot longer… sooo yea that's my totally amazing random story. XD. Hehe.
Disclaimer: If I owned the Naruto series, they would actually show Kakashi's little cool story about how he got his eye and stuff BEFORE the whole thing with Sasori and Deidara and Gaara Biju thing…ya know..like the manga did…buuuut that's just me. Or I may have read the manga wrong cause I was a little confused about where to start, where it left off, all that good stuff. Wow I'm a dummy..buut there it is.
Warnings: Chuck Norris will set your house ablaze. No really. Actually I have no clue who the hell that guy/girl/thing is. I remember when people always used to say that, Chuck Norris this, Chuck Norris that..I just kinda gave that dumb look. But yea. I know, I tell AMAY-zing stories, yea yea I try. …maybe I should google it. Dan a na na na na BATMAN!!
Oh and by the way, if any of you readers actually play the songs i suggest for my story, or if you want to, just go to youtube (dot) com (damn i hate how you can't type links in on here) and type in NARUTO OST, then you can find the songs just like that. That's what i do to find ones that would fit in. Fo sho. So all the songs i use for this fanfic are on youtube, for all you who don't feel like breaking the law and downloading for free. Which by the way, Limewire and Ares does excellently. :)
Behind The Smile
Chapter 36: Acsending Situations!
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(Naruto song: Evil)
Flashback
His confident steps slowed to a halt as he came upon the edge of the cliff. He looked on below in diagonal proportion, his snake-like eyes gleaming with confidence, satisfaction. A grin made its way to his face as he positioned a hand on his waist, letting it rest on the rope-like band securing his clothing. Next to him stepped another figure, his silver hair swaying in the wind. He put his hands in his pocket as he blandly stared down below as well. He seemed curious, yet unsure. He brought up a hand to briefly reposition his glass lenses further up the bridge of his nose.
The sound of water moving along a wide river sounded the area, along with its source, a great waterfall in the distance. A small pebble of a rock slipped off the cliff, beginning it's decent towards the water many yards below. Without a word, Orochimaru dropped down gracefully, Kabuto following suit. Their meeting with the running water was gentle, little small rapids sprouting from where they had landed. The small pebble that had fallen met the water as well, though unlike the two shinobi, it was engulfed by the current.
They both looked on at the huge boulder like formation attached the cliff wall. The water beating at it did nothing to erode or change its state. A seal was carved on the rock, seemingly the source of its stillness. Eyes never leaving the formation, Orochimaru brought up one of his hands in a seal. Almost simultaneously the seal on the rock formation lit up in glow, creating more currents of gushing water as the rock rumbled, slowly starting its ascent. A light stripped opening in the cliff wall entreated them.
Kabuto's unsteady eyes traveled to Orochimaru as the sannin made his way towards it. He then followed pursuit, entering the cave behind him. Orochimaru's eyes remained trained in front of him, his amused eyes looking upwards some distance into the cave. The rock formation then started it's ascent to fall into its former position, enclosing them inside; this left little to no light at all in the damp cave. Kabuto's slightly awed, yet cautious eyes looked up at the huge statue that stood against the wall in the distance.
It resembled the relics of the powerful beast named Anima, centuries old, and millenniums dead. Its hands rested in front of it, their foundation coming from the ground in front of it. One finger was large enough to allow someone to stand on it, and more than twice the size of the average height person.
"Orochimaru-sama, are you sure?" Orochimaru kept his amused eyes on the statue as Kabuto sounded his inquiry.
"It takes all for the technique, only one for the looting." He responded, the grin on his face growing wider. "Now which one was it?" His snake-like eyes seemed to be scanning each of the fingers, which seemed to be glowing in anticipation, however dimly, as if the sources of their glowing were no more. Though one finger, the pinky belonging to the left hand, was not glowing at all, as if it had not been occupied for use in some time. When his eyes caught this anomaly, he jumped up, landing on it.
"It's been quite some time, hasn't it?" He seemed to be talking to himself, or the finger which he now occupied. He then brought up in his finger in a seal once again. Immediately a small glow flickered dimly, before glowing more properly like the others, among the small glow came a seal, one matching the seal insignia on the ring Orochimaru bore. (sky, empty bottle?)
They eyes on the Anima statue glowed a bright read as it's mouth started opening wider, the movement sounded like rock carving against rock, and it seemed so as small debris and pieces of rubble crumbled to the ground. Orochimaru's eyes seemed to gleam with anticipation as the mouth continued to open. As the slow movement halted, a small, yet wicked chuckle erupted from Orochimaru's throat, his eyes trained on the space inside the opened space Kabuto watched with slightly surprised yet grave, uncertain eyes as he stared into the concrete mouth. The contents of the small opening reflected in the lenses of his glasses, and as they slightly slipped down the bridge of his nose, he did nothing to push them up.
Inside the huge concrete mouth of the statue, lay another small opening, one which glowed with many colors from the contents inside; neatly, laid a small pile of scrolls, from which the insides seemed to be emanating glows, each holding its own separate color. The glows seemed to come from smile vials, rolled and coveted safely inside the sealed scrolls. Orochimaru's beaming eyes scanned them from his position on the giant finger first, seeming to count their numbers.
"Oh, what a shame, they were only to collect the seven of them." He let out a small laugh as he jumped, landing on the extended jaw line of the statue. One of his hands grasping one of the huge razor concrete fangs hanging from above, Orochimaru leaned his entire body in, carefully grasping the huge bundle of scrolls under the shelter of his arm. He then jumped down, and in a seemingly excited hurry, laid the scrolls out in front of him.
One by one, he proceeded to open up the scrolls. As he did so, Kabuto finally made his way over, kneeling next to Orochimaru, who seemed like an excited child. As each long series of scroll rolled out, the glow from the vials emanated brighter, its source actually stemming from the seals adorning their surface. They sealed vials seemed attached to the middle of the scrolls.
The seal "Shukaku(Ichibi)" emanated a bright yellow glow from its position its scroll.
The seal "Nekomata(Nibi)" emanated a bright purple glow from its position on its scroll.
The seal "Isonade(Sanbi)" emanated a bright green glow from its position on its scroll.
The seal "Sokou(Yonbi)" emanated a bright blue glow from its position on its scroll.
The seal "Houkou(Gobi)" emanated a bright crimson glow from its position on its scroll.
The seal "Raijuu(Rokubi)" emanated a bright brown glow from its position on its scroll.
The seal "Kaku(Shichibi)" emanated a bright white glow from its position on its scroll.
The glows from each vial reflected onto Orochimaru and Kabuto. Kabuto's eyes transitioned from the vials to Orochimaru with unsteady, speculating eyes, as if he was analyzing something in his head. He didn't seem as trusting and confident as Orochimaru did. A foreboding feeling rushing through him was easily noticeable.
"This will make for a fine finale!"
It was then that an ear-piercing, maniacal laugh could be heard, its vibration echoing throughout the small cave.
End Flashback
They had been standing there, unmoving for quite some time now, his decaying hands were still positioned on the scrolls secured with the rope-like band of his clothing. Even in the bright day, the glows emanating from them were perceivable, however minuscule. Even as his eyes looked on in slight fear and discontent, a grim smirk made its way to Orochimaru's face. Though his voice still seemed old, strained.
"I never presumed that I, myself would be controlling them. It's a surprise to find you aren't as informed of certain things about your brother as I am."
Itachi's Sharingan eyes slightly twitched before regaining their previous state, a tale-tail sign that his attention had been grasped. Orochimaru seemed slightly relieved, realizing that he could delay, maybe even distract the former Akatsuki member, however slight the chance, from battling any time soon. Conversation was his main goal at the moment.
"Sasuke is the only one, besides the deceased former First Hokage of this village, who can control the beasts, suppress them. Yes, it's true that you know how to reverse their transformation, and seal them, Itachi-kun. But you do not posses the knowledge and acquired ability to suppress the Biju's while they are broken out of the seal. Sasuke is able to, and has done so with the Kyuubi, even while it was inside its jinchuuriki, I must add he was able to do so with much ease."
(Naruto Song: Rising Fighting Spirit)
"I understand." Itachi replied, seemingly not going to speak further by the abruptness of his tone. Though he continued with his words, holding that same impassiveness, clearly showing that he was unfazed by the newfound information. "However, you will not obtain that ability, just as you will not obtain Sasuke's body. So telling me this is useless." He already seemed aware of Orochimaru's futile attempts at prolonging battle.
Orochimaru slightly cringed as Itachi said this; his lips were pursed tightly together, and his eyes slightly narrowed in frustration. He seemed ready to take any type of evasive action. His troubled sneer was easily noticeable, refining even more as he couldn't find words to say. Kabuto lowered into a fighting position, jumping onto another rooftop that was a closer distance to Orochimaru. Itachi simply glanced at him, studying him for a while before refocusing his eyes on Orochimaru.
"Releasing them will only result in destruction. You will not control them; only perish as much of this country will."
It was then that a however grim, yet slightly amused grin made its way to Orochimaru's face once again. Though the amusement seemed feigned, as if he were about to bluff.
"Itachi-kun, clearly you have seen my immortality. My body can not be destroyed-"
"Yet you cower in fear before me". Itachi interrupted, his Sharingan eyes were not fooled by any feigned look or word from Orochimaru. "That is a clear enough sign of the mortality that weakens you, bringing the fear of your own demise. That body is not yours, and I am well aware of the time limit each container possesses. If you do not obtain a body before this day's end you will be no more." Itachi's eyes traveled to look at the sky, which had already begun its dimming, the sunset creating clashes of colors in the sky. They then resettled onto Orochimaru, surprisingly with a sense of impatience, however calm.
"Your time is short, and your body greatly decaying. This surely causes you much agony. It is the same as those years ago, though I will end this, taking more than your hand."
It was then that Itachi seemingly disappeared.
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The sound of a great amount of electric energy, along with the sound of chirping birds sounded in sync with the huge explosion. Bursts of the fire and huge pieces of debris blocking the way exploded completely, flying to various places. Wasting no time, Sasuke ran through the opening, Shikamaru following right behind him.
Now the crackling and whistling of the burning flames was all the sounded the area. Every once and a while the cracking and crumbling of various places in the building tuned in. Both shinobi hollered their corresponding kunoichi's names as they caught sight of them. They were sprawled out on the ground, partially covered in smoke and dirt. They were motionless. The two shinobi had no time to check if the unconscious women were alright as piece after piece of material from the burning ceiling crumbled, threatening to consume them. The only way out was by making their own way out.
Sasuke was bout to briefly place Sakura back on the ground to perform his Chidori once again, but paused as the sound of the wall exploding behind him caught his ears. He looked to his side at the huge shadow hand, which quickly retreated back to Shikamaru. They shared gazed for a brief second before bolting out of the opening in the wall.
It seemed just in time as a large explosion rocked from inside the building, sending flares out through what was left of the windows, and leaving the building to topple over itself.
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It was quiet for a while as the shinobi jumped from rooftop to rooftop, all eyes trained ahead of them.
"Guys, I didn't know if I should have told you right from the start, but earlier, there was a lot of fighting going on over there." Chouji finally spoke.
Neji's and Tenten's eyes glanced at Chouji.
"What do you mean?" Tenten asked.
"There was a huge number of snakes, all huddled in that area, and there was one person fighting them. Though what irked me the most, were the techniques that person was using." Chouji paused, recalling the flaming fires the erupted, the bursts of lightning and electricity. "They reminded me of Uchiha Sasuke."
There was no audible sound at the name, only a moment of contemplation and foreboding.
"But it's been really calm for a long while, so I don't know what's going on over there, and who's over there besides Shikamaru." He quickly added.
"Neji?" Tenten seemed to signal.
"I know." Neji assured before they all came to a halt.
"Byakuugan!" Veins slightly protruded, the lines around his eyes coming prominent as his pearl eyes reinforced. His vision scoped more and more towards the abandoned part of the village. What was once a vague view of the area, closed in deeper, showing more detail to every part. He scanned the area, first resting on a burning building. Something seemed odd about it. After a moment it was then that he perceived a small burst of what seemed to be lighting. The whole building had went through a small shock, before it was no more. When nothing else happened, his eyes scanned more of the decimated area, finally resting on the figures. He then scoped in closer, inching his view to depict exact detail.
Letting out a small release of breath resembling a gasp, the Byakuugan faded from his eyes.
"It's Orochimaru and Kabuto." He started. "Itachi is fighting them."
"What?!" Both Tenten and Chouji exclaimed at the same time.
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Hinata let out a small gasp as the Byakuugan faded from her eyes.
"It's Orochimaru and Kabuto." Her surprised pearl eyes traveled to Naruto's. Naruto's cerulean eyes darkened as the name sounded his ears. "Itachi's fighting them!"
Naruto didn't say anything; his head was slightly bowed down.
Orochimaru…Itachi…
His fists tightly clenched.
"Hinata-chan..don't follow me." He started his voice grave. Hinata's surprised eyes studied him. Right when Naruto took his first step to run, she grabbed onto his arm with both of hers, holding on to it tightly.
"I'm coming with you!" Surprised, Naruto's stopped, looking at the young kunoichi who held onto his arm for dear life.
(Naruto song: Sadness and Sorrow)(Grief and Sorrow?)
"I-I'm tired of you always being the one to do everything, y-you always get hurt, sacrifice yourself for others. E-Everything bad always h-happens to you.. "She grasped his arm even tighter, squeezing her eyes shut as tears twinkled in their corners. "This time… I want to be there with you! ..and if you have to hurt, I want to hurt with you!"
"Hinata-chan…"
"Y-You're always alone, bearing e-everything without a complaint..suffering..I-I don't want you to have to bear that burden anymore!" Her grasp on his arm grew weaker as she found herself fighting the tears that threatened to fall. Naruto gently pulled his arm out of her desperate grasp before bringing her into the confines of his arms. She tightly hugged his middle while his strong arms wrapped themselves above, his head resting on hers.
His cerulean eyes reflected deep thought and troubling as he looked at nowhere in particular. He had been hurting himself, beating himself up over things that happened. He could never forget the things that happened, even though the others had, or at least moved on. All the while he was doing this, he didn't realize how much he was hurting others, how much he was hurting her. It made him hate himself even more.
"W-What happened to y-you? You used to be so carefree, so… y-you." Naruto's troubled eyes seemed to darken even more as she said this, a sort of guilt creeping in. "Bad things would always happen, but you would keep trying, no matter how hard things would get. A-and" She paused, sniffling as she struggled with the words to say.
"You would a-always give me that smile, and say that everything was alright. E-even if it wasn't, you still said that, because that's just how you w-were." She let out a small sob as she buried her face even further into his chest.
"I'm sorry.." It was all he could say, he didn't know what else to say. What had happened to him? An enormous amount of thoughts were running through his head, troubling, complicated thoughts. After a small while his cerulean eyes traveled to look off in the distance, the direction which the abandoned part of Konoha village rest.
"Can you promise me something?" He finally started, his eyes still trained in the distance. "If things get too dangerous, you get away as fast as you can, and don't look back." His deep, yet dark cerulean eyes held a sense of foreboding. Hinata paused for a moment before she brought her head up, letting her chin rest on his chest as she looked up at his serious face. His gaze traveled to hers, and they stood there for a moment, gazing into one another with meaning, speculation.
"Promise me, Hinata-chan."
Her eyes traveled downwards for a moment, before refocusing back on his urgent gaze.
"I-I can't-"
It was then that Naruto pulled her away from him, almost roughly as if what she said agitated him greatly. He still grasped her upper arms almost tightly in his hands as he briefly shook her. Her surprised, terrified pearl eyes focused on his. They were full of anger, but behind it, was the unmistakable grief, sorrow.
"Yes you will Hinata-chan! Do you hear me?!" They stood in the position for a moment, time standing still. It was when she struggled to hold in a sob when he abruptly let her go, guilt and apology flashing through his eyes. He turned around, facing the abandoned part of Konoha. His voice was slightly quieter now.
"I've already lost Sakura-chan to those bastards..I can't...I won't lose you too.."
Her pearl eyes widened as they caught sight of little droplets of water fall to the ground before him. His fists clenched tightly. He let out a small chuckle in disbelief, though it was not out of humor.
"She promised me.…she would come back.." His shaky voice could be heard, though his cerulean eyes still looked off in the distance. His fists clenched even tighter. "And I promised her..I promised that I would protect her…but I didn't do a good job of that.." He rose his head up towards the sky. "Did I Sakura-chan?" He brought his head down quickly, painfully.
"Naruto-kun.." She didn't stop the tears as the now fell the ground before her.
"Please Hinata-chan..keep that promise. Because I can't promise that I can protect you," He paused bringing his head up to its normal length. His voice was now steady again, a tone of seriousness to it. "That was a mistake I made once, and I won't make it again." With that, Naruto let out a huge sigh, standing up the tallest he could.
"The Kyuubi, it's still inside of me..but I can't draw on it's power anymore. When things get rough, I'll have nothing to rely on, but myself. I won't be able to do things that I normally do. And when that happens..I won't be able to protect you and others like I normally do. So that's why." His voice was almost cheerful, as if was it was just a small little random fact he was introducing.
"Alright!" He seemed to have regained his better demeanor, his voice bubbly as he placed his hands on his hips, looking off into the distance.
"Let's go, Hinata-chan." He glanced behind back at her, giving her a huge grin, he extended his hand out to her, holding that grin as his eyes gleamed at her. Though as she looked at him, she was still able to see the remnants of the tears framing his eyes.
You've changed…Naruto-kun..
She studied him, almost tearing up more as she realized what he was doing. He put on the smile for her, and she was thankful.
She then reached her hand out to his, letting him lead her up to the top of a roof before they parted hands. They were traveling in the direction that was the abandoned, decimated part of Konoha. Every once and a while, her deep pearl eyes would rest on Naruto, looking on at the complete change in his demeanor as they traveled towards his most hated enemies.
And I don't know if that's a good thing, or bad..
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"Sakura.." He called her name as he slightly patted her cheek. His eyes were searching frantically for any major wound on her body, for any movement that would signal she was ok. He paused, turning his head as he let out a small cough to the side. He was in there only for a short period of time, and he had inhaled an overwhelming amount of smoke. It only made him wonder how much she had inhaled.
That's when it struck him.
He put the side of his face in front of hers to see if he could feel that small tickle of breath on his face, he didn't.
"Kuso.." He silently cursed. He automatically lowered his face to hers, ready to try and breathe air back into her. Even in his rush, he slightly paused right before her lips, déjà vu flashing through him. He pushed those thoughts aside as he forced his mouth over hers.
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"C'mon Ino.." His troubled voice murmured as he brought his head up from her mouth. He brought his mouth back over hers again, repeating the process as he had several time. He breathed in another puff of air into her immobile lungs.
It was then that her body slightly propelled upwards air seeped into her lungs. She let out a series of coughs as a surprised Shikamaru held her up.
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She let out her last series of coughs before falling back into Sasuke. Her face was twisted into pain, her eyes closed as her head lulled to the side.
"Sakura" He firmly called her name as he brushed a few strands of hair behind her ear. He then let that same hand slightly cup her face before patting her cheek once again. In response, Sakura slightly moaned as she lulled her head to the side once again. Though this time her eyes subtly fluttered before slightly opening to gaze at Sasuke.
"Sas..?" She paused as a few coughs racked her body. During the transaction Sasuke slightly lifted her up further into a better sitting posistion, letting her back lean against him. She tilted her head upwards as she once again tried to make out his features through her hazy view. Her emerald eyes widened slightly as she looked up at him.
She was about to say more, but both hers and Sasuke's eyes snapped to the area in front of them, where a lone shinobi jumped over the roof before them. Before he had a chance to do more, Sasuke was immediately upon him, shoving his fist into the Sound shinobi's abdomen. He fell incapacitated to the ground. Sakura pushed herself up into a sitting posistion, her face scrunching up in slight pain as she grabbed her ribs. She watched Sasuke as he casually walked back towards her, sitting on the ground next to her. He brought one of his legs up for his arm to rest on, while leaving the other leg, the one closest to her, bent almost indian style.
"Why did you come here? It's dangerous being near Orochimaru." Her voice was soft, almost shakey as she looked at him.
"I don't care about that, Sakura." Although abrupt, his tone was almost soft. The presence of Orochimaru wouldn't keep him away from here, he wasn't afraid of him. Though something else, something else scared him. It was inside of him, something that directed his movements, his thoughts. He looked away from her emerald eyes, looking to his side at nothing in particular. He had gotten over his great releif that she was alive, but now something else was troubling his mind. It was almost akward, uncomfortable to be around her, and for reasons he knew she remembered, and knew she would inquire about. He knew her well enough to know it would be widely indirect, subtle. Her questions.
She continued to gaze at him silently for a moment, this time unable to stop the tears from brimming her eyes. She seemed to be thinking about something.
"Why did you come?" Her voice was very soft, reflecting the tears that were soon to come, her tone high as she tried to control her emotion. For some reason, she almost seemed to be in a sort of denial. She wasn't ready to beleive the things that had sounded her ears only moments earlier. Her emarald eys wavered as she looked at his cast away eyes, his silence deafening to her ears.
"She understood you, forgave you. She accepted you for the monster you've become."
"Sasuke.." She muttered, the cry in her voice unmistakable. Her eyes slightly squinted as the first tears came.
"You didn't beleive redemption lied for a fool on such a path as you were. But she showed you otherwise, didn't she? This honorable, and beautiful kunoichi was willing to give up everything for you, she waited for you, waited for a love she thought never to be returned. And because of this, you finally realized how much you adored her, loved her."
"You came for me.."
When she said this, Sasuke's gaze met hers.
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"Shikamaru.." Ino murmured. She let out another small cough as her eyes slight opening.
"Ino, are you ok?" He worriedly asked.
"Where's..Sakura.." Her voice was weak, and barely audible through her disorientation. Shikamaru's eyes scanned no particular place. He had finally found himself then going through the shock at what he had seen earlier. That Sakura was still alive. Even more so that Uchiha Sasuke was here, and had desperately been looking for her amongst the burning building as he had been for Ino.
For some reason, even though Sasuke was supposed to be an enemy, he wasn't worried about Sakura. Could she have possible been with him this whole time? He pushed the thoughts out of his head as looked back at Ino. He could hear the sound of distant fighting; he was both not in the mood to fight and wanted to get Ino to a safer place, not that there was such an area here anymore.
"Can you get up, Ino?" She slightly murmured a positive at his question, seemingly too out of it to remember she had asked about Sakura. Shikamaru put her arm around his shoulders, and positioned her free arm around her waist. He brought her up, slightly grunting as he realized he was supporting all her wait. As he head lulled onto his shoulder, he realized that she had fallen unconscious again.
No "troublesome" or complaint came from his mouth as he shifted her onto his back, sliding his arms under and around her legs. He jumped up to a rooftop, traveling in the opposite direction of the fighting.
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Orochimaru rested on one knee as he sought to regain the air lost to his lungs. Even more perspiration coated his decaying forehead, lines of both pain and strain adorning his face. Kabuto jumped back next to him, coming from an encounter with Itachi. He let out a small breath, lowering into battle position again, with his eyes still trained on Itachi, who stood calmly on the other rooftop.
Orochimaru's frustrated face cringed even more as a thought overcame him.
"He's not at his full strength, lacks much of his chakra, suffers deep wounds, but he's still..stronger than me."
"Orochimaru-sama, stay back." Kabuto insisted, seemingly willing to take on the blunt of Itachi's attacks. A response to Kabuto's words, Orochimaru reinforced his snake-like eyes. Immediately a huge puff of smoke appeared. When it dissipated, a small armada of snakes surrounded Itachi at a wide range. Their appearance destroyed the surrounding buildings.
That was the last I could do..
Orochimaru looked at the huge group of snakes, their countless numbers seemed to add up to near a hundred. Their meeting with the earth had caused a huge quake, one that the entire village of Konoha no doubt suffered. From any point in the war ravaged village they could be seen. Their numbers were deadly for just one person to fight.
Itachi didn't move at all as his eyes scanned the snakes, he still seemed calm, unsuprised and always stoic. They then transitioned back to Orochimaru and Kabuto.
"Don't look into his eyes." Orochimaru finally added, he studied Itachi more, seemingly trying to find any weakness in the already wounded Uchiha. "No.." He started, his eyes squinting as he seemed to have realized something. Small relief flashed through his eyes, if only momentary. "He can't use them…" Orochimaru could see the slight strain it caused Itachi to keep his Sharingan activated. Should he use his Mangekyou, it would deteriorate his vision even more so, as well as his chakra supply, mainly due to him using it very recently. That was, if he remembered correctly. He slightly grinned.
"What's wrong, Itachi-kun? You seem, strained." Amusement somehow managed to make it's way into his course voice. He somehow just that more releived that, after time, Itachi might somehow be weakened enough to be vulnerable."How might you deal with these numerous foes?"
"It is of no concern." He replied. For some reason, Orochimaru was convinced by his abrupt words, the amusement leaving him. It really was of no concern to the Uchiha. He would continue to fight for however long he needed to., and with his skill, the numerous snakes must not be as bad as they seem. But for the wounded chakra lacking Uchiha, it might be a lot more strenuous then normal.
"Let me take care of him, Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto then lowered into a fighting position, seemingly even more confident now that the enormous snakes were present.
"It would be in your best interest, Kabuto-san, to step aside." Kabuto slightly grinned at Itachi's words.
"Your mannerisms are still the same...but... it's been so long, Itachi-kun. I feel we should be reacquainted." Itachi seemed to contemplate, or more so analyze his words.Weighing the situations in his mind. Any time he was not fighting Orochimaru it would give him a chance to slip away, or use the biju's, he had no other options, especially if Kabuto was eliminated.
"Hn..then you will finally meet your fate for your betrayal." He finally answered, his voice calm and stoic as always. Orochimaru listened silently. He once again brought his hand up to the rope band that secured the numerous scrolls to him. His eyes then scanned the numerous snakes which he had created.
This..will be a finale to remember, Itachi-kun
Orochimaru seemed to reinforce his snake-like eyes as he watched Itachi. A grave, yet anticipating look in his eyes. It was then that the group of large snakes closed in on Itachi, and Kabuto bolted towards him, leaving the Uchiha no where to retreat. It seemed to go in slow motion as they grew closer to the former Akatsuki member.
Itachi's eyes slightly opened wider as he reinforced his Sharingan.
Da na na na na na na na THANKS FOR READING!
Oh and by the way, if you were slightly unaware by what i meant with Itachi's and Kabuto's convo, if you've read the manga you should know, and if you HAVEN'T read the manga and don't want a small little spoiler, even though it's not really a spoiler, just something from the past, DON'T READ PAST HERE.
In that past, Akatsuki had sent Kabuto as a spy, to of course, spy on Orochimaru. But Orochimaru sooned figured it out and convinced Kabuto to join in, thus betraying the Akatsuki. THUS what Itachi meant by betrayal. Now there, that wasn't so bad was it?Also, if any were a little confused by what Itachi meant when speaking to Orochimaru about "Taking more then your hand" he was referring to when Orochimaru was part of the Akatsuki years ago. He had tried to take Itachi's body, but the hottie beat his ass, cutting off his hand the one that had his Akatsuki ring on it, signifying he was out, and was 'bout to cut more than that, but Orochimaru managed to escape, taking his little snake hand with him.
Yea, Itachi has a great memory now doesn't he?
Chea..so reviews would be totally amazing, ambrodia, anyone? Please and ThankYou!
