A/N: I have a rather interesting announcement I want to give. You see... I was recently delivered some interesting news involving my health. It's not bad so I'm not dying. However it has left me shaken to my very core and in order to get my mind off it, I will be writing things more often. Which means I might be updating more than story a day... and maybe even on days I didn't intend to write a story. That's interesting, right? Anyways, enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 105: 1,000 Chirping Birds

Zoro stood with his single sword. He knew Mr. 1 was ready for an attack. However, he knew that Mr. 1 couldn't win.

"You think you can defend yourself with one sword?" asked Mr. 1.

"I won't need to defend myself." Said Zoro.

"Prepared to die?" said Mr. 1, "Suit yourself."

Mr. 1 skated up to Zoro, (the bottom of his feet were like ice skates)

"Lion's Strike!" shouted Zoro.

"Atomic Dicer!" shouted Mr. 1.

And that winner was Zoro, as Mr. 1 fell to a crumple heap nearby.

Meanwhile with Sasuke, he glared at his opponent. "I have to beat him!" he thought.

That's when Kabuto's hands began to glow once again. He moved quickly to Sasuke who dodged each hit.

"I need to have some space to perform Chidori." Thought Sasuke.

Sasuke began to back away smooth, when Kabuto appeared behind him and struck his good arm and one of his legs. Sasuke screamed in pain because of it.

"You honestly thought I wasn't that fast?" asked Kabuto.

"Why you…" growled Sasuke, getting up but struggling to stand.

"I noticed something when you were using the Chidori…" said Kabuto, "It needs for a large amount of distance and high speed."

Sasuke's eyes widened when he heard that, "He figured it out." He thought.

"It maybe be a powerful attack, but even they have their weaknesses." Said Kabuto.

Kabuto was about strike once again, but Sasuke mange to jump away.

"So you can still move." Said Kabuto.

"I can." Said Sasuke with a smirk… but on the inside he was freaking out.

"He knows the Chidori's weakness and he can heal… what should I do." Thought Sasuke.

That's when it came to him…

"I better hope it will work." Thought Sasuke.

Kabuto ran towards Sasuke, Sasuke dodged and punched Kabuto in the face than ran.

As he ran Kabuto blocked his path.

"You really thought that would work?" asked Kabuto.

Sasuke gritted his teeth as he performed a roundhouse kick the leg.

However Kabuto hit the leg as he fell causing Sasuke to fall to the ground screaming.

"Oh come on! You really thought that would work?" asked Kabuto with a laugh, "Honestly, that is pathetic."

Sasuke glared harshly at Kabuto, "What am I supposed to do… will I be able to even do both?"

"Oh so it looks like Itachi's little brother is in pain." Mocked Kabuto.

That one sentence was the trigger… the trigger, to make Sasuke angry.

"Never call me that again!" yelled Sasuke.

Sasuke kicked Kabuto in the face, then punched him in the gut. Kabuto wavered for a bit.

"So he has a fuse." Thought Kabuto with a smirk, "This makes it even more perfect."

"I will win." Thought Sasuke.

Sasuke once again punched Kabuto in the face. And then, while performing a handstand, used his legs to grab his head and slammed it into the ground face first.

Sasuke got up and smirked at his handy work, "He's going to have a hard time getting up from that." He said.

"Oh really?" asked Kabuto getting up.

"Damn it…" thought Sasuke falling to his knees.

"Looks like you can't fight anymore…" said Kabuto smirking evilly.

Kabuto prepared his own form of the Gentle Fist, he ran towards Sasuke with his glowing hands. Sasuke managed to get up and began to dodge each strike that Kabuto aimed with.

"How can you be standing?" asked Kabuto, "You're body is being pushed to the limit!"

"I live with several idiots! Every time they fight, they always push themselves to the limit. I'm not surprised that it's starting to rub off on me." Said Sasuke with a smirk.

"Is that so?" asked Kabuto.

"I know I can beat you!" said Sasuke.

That's when Sasuke kicked Kabuto high into the air. Kabuto found himself floating the air.

"I've heard of this move." Said Kabuto, "For you to perform it now…"

"That's not all." Said Sasuke.

That's when Sasuke began to beat up the double agent in midair. With each hit, Kabuto was injured, that's when he performed one final kick while shouting "Lion's Barrage!"

Kabuto was forced into the ground hard. Kabuto was able to get up… but it took a minute.

"That was difficult to recover from…" mumbled Kabuto.

That's when he noticed Sasuke far away from him, his arm buzzing with electricity.

"Time to finish this!" said Sasuke.

He ran as fast as he could towards Kabuto, the electricity surrounding his arm making a noise… a noise sounding like 1,000 chirping birds, which is why it was called Chidori, which means 1,000 Chirping Birds.

Kabuto tried to get up but found he couldn't, "Damn it." He thought.

That's when Sasuke hit Kabuto, while it missed Kabuto's vital organs, it did create a large hole in his shoulder.

Kabuto fell to the ground, "I've reached my limit… I can't seem to heal myself right now. So you win." Said Kabuto.

"What do you know about Itachi?" asked Sasuke.

"I met him once." Said Kabuto, "But only once. He and Orochimaru used to be allies. Part of the same group. But I don't know much about it. Orochimaru left the group on the worst of terms. In fact he left because of your brother."

"Orochimaru and my brother are enemies?" asked Sasuke surprised by this fact.

"That's right." Said Kabuto, "I don't know your relationship is with him… but I can tell you want to find him."

"Your right." Said Sasuke with no emotion on his face.

"Sorry I don't know where he is… but that's all I know." Said Kabuto.

"I see." Said Sasuke walking away.

As Sasuke walked away, Kabuto smirked.

"So… Uchiha Sasuke… he has what Lord Orochimaru is looking for." Thought Kabuto.

Sasuke ducked began to a building, he began to cough up some blood while strange bruises appeared.

"I can't believe I was able to take that beating." He thought, "I should take a rest before I'm able to find Sakura."

Meanwhile with Zoro and Mr. 1.

"You got stronger during the fight." Said Mr. 1 all bloodied, "What are you going to do next? Cut a diamond?"

"That would be a waste." Said Zoro.

"Heh… you got me." Said Mr. 1 before he passed out.

Zoro then fell to the ground in pain.

"I lost a lot of blood." He thought, "The wound isn't deep but it hurts."

But as stated before, he was the winner.

And so both Zoro and Sasuke won their fights, with Zoro gaining a new skill and Sasuke learning more about what his brother been up to. And with that… all but one fight for the Straw Hats… was fought… but that doesn't mean that something else was going on… No it doesn't.

Next Time: Vivi comes up with a plan to stop the rebellion... meanwhile it's the fight you've all been looking for... wait... strike that... a lot of you have been waiting for: Orochimaru VS. the Kazekage. What will happen? Find out next time!