*Okay well, I would like to address something that has come up on more than one occasion. Apparently, I've given off the impression that I would incorporate rape into this story, mainly revolving around Izumi and Iwagakure ninja. So first and foremost, to get any ideas out of you guy's heads. No, no I am not nor will I ever describe rape in this fanfic. I can and will write about rather graphic things in the future but, trust me when I say rape is not one of them. It's a sensitive topic for some people, and I don't see how it would fit in this story, also I don't like reading rape scenes. Simple! Anyways, just wanting to clear that up, I'm sure you guys are tired of my ranting so, here's the story. Oh, wait! One more thing. Please excuse my writing in this chapter, I'm all over the place! Just an awful mess! So forgive me :D. Thank you, I hope you all enjoyed your Halloween!
In His Own Right:
Chapter Thirteen:
She felt warmth, comfort, and security. It was abnormal in all honesty, that she a shinobi would feel comfortable from something so trivial as being held, but it was an activity that she rarely partook in. The only person to hold her this tenderly before was her mother in her yonder years. It seemed so far, so distant and different of a time so much more...peaceful and a much happier time. Being held, feeling secure in someone's arms that she truly cared for, brought feelings of nostalgia, comfort and security. She gazed up at the blond, a tint of red spreading across his features. She allowed a small smirk to fall upon her, she looked away. They had kissed, and she could hardly believe how bold she had been, the fact that she had acted upon the kiss and even deepened it was rather surprising. She had surprised herself in so many ways today, her actions at least, it was rather whimsical thinking about it. She was even an enigma to her own self.
"Uhhh...that was...", Naruto let out the first words.
"...nice.", she finished.
"...unexpected.", he retorted coolly.
She only pushed her nose closer into his chest at this.
"Hm, why is that?",
"Because well..you kissed me...one and you are...well, you...", he said possibly looking for the correct words to correlate.
She pondered on that for a second. 'You are you'.
"...you just don't seem like the type of person to do...well these type of things.",
She rose an eyebrow. "Then what type of person does these type of things.",
He rubbed his chin for a second.
"well...",
"A Normal person, correct?", she answered the question for him. Which resulted in a quick and hard defense from the boy.
"What, no I didn't say that!",
"It's fine, I'm not a normal girl and that's okay. But, I am still a human and I can definitely enjoy 'these things.' " he watched her with an unknown gaze in his eyes.
With this, the three sat in silence. Surprisingly, Jiraiya remaining rather calm and unchanged by their PDA. Or at least she didn't notice. They sat in silence for a short while, Izumi actually found herself drifting in and out of sleep, -he also had fallen into a catnap- staying within the arms of the man she now considered being courted by. That is, if they were to get out of their current situation. Yes, that would be nice, but their future wasn't exactly set in stone, nor were villages known to have mercy for shinobi hailing from other lands.
"We probably should figure out how we're going to convince these people to let us free.", Jiraiya broke the silence, randomly his eyes staring at downwards at the floor.
Her eye fluctuated from Jiraiya to the sleeping blond that still embraced her. She slowly removed his arm as she straightened her body up to speak. "It would be in our best interest to be blunt and truthful, we'll tell them the exact reasonings behind our intrusion. And it's simple, if they still keep us in incarceration, then we'll use brute force to escape.",
"Ah, passive then full-on aggression. I like it.", The white-haired sage, nodded. "It would be a shame if they intended on keeping us here.", he smiled. "I feel bad for the guards who'd be on duty.", a small chuckle emanated from his throat at this.
She allowed a grin to fall on her face, soft but still present one. "To think I could be sleeping with a beautiful woman right now. But instead, I'm sitting here in on this cold concrete floor. ",
"Life is quite the conundrum.", she heard the man hum in agreement.
"I can't agree anymore.", she fell silent.
"So this thing with my student, Naruto?",
"Hm?", she responded with all her impassiveness.
"You two are dating.",
She scrolled her head to her left side, the boy lay against the cell wall napping. His chest moving inwards and outwards as the boy breathed.
She then answered "I don't know.",
"Ah, well it sure looked like you did. I'm just curious as to how someone like you got paired up with a screw head like my student.",
"I'm not entirely sure how relationships work. I do believe that since we kissed we are on a standard that is more than friends.",
He rubbed his chin "I see.",
"I would like to be in one, however. After we return home of course.",
She watched the man smile and shake his head. The conversation ended there, and the inner mechanisms of Jiraiya's mind on the subject were left in mystery.
*Two days earlier*
The cries of an on raging battle, explosions in the background and the sparking of metal colliding with metal sounded off in the background. Sasuke looked Danzo up and down, as he stared expectantly at the man.
"Yes, this is a very interesting story, the story about how the Uchiha clan attempted to execute a coup and take the village for themselves-",
"What? That's ridiculous the Uchiha are loyal to the village!",
Danzo shook his head. "It wasn't always that way. The truth be told, the Uchiha clan and the village heads have had much tension in the past.", he paused trailing off before offering Sasuke a shake of his head in displeasure as if he were genuinely disappointed at the way things had turned out. "I had attempted to negotiate, but your father the clan head wanted to hear nothing of it. He didn't believe the Uchiha were being treated fairly, being segregated and all. Ultimately this led your sister to become a double agent for the village, a spy to survey her own family.",
His sword came forward again.
"Stop, I've heard enough!", his weapon sparked an azure blue again.
"I have yet to finish the story, boy!", The elder retorted.
He grabbed his head, feeling the pain return. "You're a liar, as I stated before.",
"Five minutes! You said I have five minutes, at least stand by your word.", Danzo said.
Sasuke had said that actually.
"Hm, go on.",
The older man smiled.
"She reported on everything that you clan did, any sudden movements and plans that could potentially harm the village. Making a long story short, lets just say that things hit the fan. The situation had become extremely critical. I had hoped to push for more negotiations, but the third had ordered your sister to exterminate every single living Uchiha, including your family and yourself.", Danzo stopped speaking, as Sasuke began to absorb what he said. All the boy could do was stare at the concrete floor and blink. He knew it was lie. Or rather he wanted it to be a lie, some form of manipulating. But, something, a distant force or voice, one of which he could distinguish kept telling him that there was some truth to his story.
"And she had all intentions of going through with it, if I had not stopped it. Listen, the village is corrupt and there needs to be a transition, a new era of the leaf village and era of peace and prosperity. I am the catalyst for this peace, and this is my duty as a shinobi to do what is right for the village.",
He stiffened clenching his fists. "Bullshit. Complete bullshit!", his sword became an inferno of electricity.
"Are you stupid boy? That is the truth!", Danzo spat.
"No! So, what if Izumi was going to kill everyone including myself, that may be true. My sister would never do anything that wasn't for a perfectly logical reason. You on the other hand, you're a crazy bastard, what you're doing isn't helping you're causing unnecessary bloodshed. You're a terrible shinobi and an even worse human being. I'll ask her myself... But right now, I'm going to slice you to shreds!", Sasuke jumped at the man kicking him to in the throat, Sasuke then slashed at his stomach cutting through his clothing and creating a long and deep laceration. He leaked red liquid as he fell backward onto his back, the man gazing up at the young Uchiha with hatred.
"You ignorant child, you know absolutely nothing!",
Sasuke didn't reply but instead danced his sword around Danzo's neck. He was going to kill him. Yes, Sasuke would rid the world of someone so malicious as him. He'd do it swiftly and without hesitation.
His sword came downwards as he aimed to kill the man.
A force stopped his hand from moving any further. Sasuke was stunned for a second before his crimson red eyes switched to His side.
More Root!
He wiggled his way out of the man's grip before thrusting his sword into his chest. He turned back to Danzo. His eyes narrowing, five root Agents now stood in front of Danzo.
"Where do you guys come from anyway? Isn't Lee supposed to be taking care of you?", he looked towards where Lee currently was, still in combat as he unleashed his prodigy like skills.
"I guess I'll just have to do this myself. Look, I'm going to kill Danzo, and there is no is nothing you guys can do about it...",
They did nothing to react to his words, they stood as fearless and loose as any good shinobi.
He shook his head as he brought his Katana shoulder height. He would kill all of the traitors before moving on to Danzo if that was what it would take, his actions would be totally justified. The wagers of war and treason are death. Hell, he would even be a hero. He threw his Katana in the air on a complete 90-degree angle, the projectile driving straight up into the sky. This all occurred faster than you could say Sharingan.
He jumped into the air an instant after, catching the sword by its hilt before passing the maximum height it had reached prior. He allowed the blue azure element known as lightning to drench the Katana successfully amplifying its power. He would end this all in a quick thrust of his weapon. At this, he dived, in what could only be expressed as a cannon ball like position, the blade of his weapon going downwards head first, the electricity crackling with the sound of a thousand chirping birds. The Root shinobi threw shuriken and Kunai of all types in an attempt to stop his attack. They were futile, even though some grazed and lodged themselves into the Uchiha teen, nothing would stop him. Danzo was now on his feet as he looked upwards, his one eye a cloud of dark hatred.
Finally, his sword impacted with the ground, center of all five of the ninja, as he did this a shock wave of the blue element surrounded the area, the men cried out in pain as it engulfed them.
No, this didn't kill them, it was only meant to incapacitate them. But, his next attack would.
His hands came together, creating the hand signals that he favored for this moment.
Flames erupted from his mouth, fire spewing out like an inferno. The shinobi found themselves being burnt to a crisp, as he finished his attack.
The area was clear, and through his fighting, he had traveled a considerable distance from the mansion and his comrades.
"You're pretty slick, hell I'm impressed.", Sasuke gazed at the quiet man, his left eye closed. He seemed to have no response towards the fact that Sasuke had literally just killed his subordinates.
"I should be the one who's impressed.", the elder asked.
"Hm, don't flatter yourself. You're way past your heyday.",
"Let us finish this, I intend to take my place as Hokage before the day is over, you're simply a hindrance.", he finished as Danzo allowed air bullets to fire from his mouth. They traveled at rapid speeds.
Sasuke ducked dodging the attack that was faster than an instant, he ran at the dark brown haired ninja. This was it! Sasuke felt it, this was it! His eyes fixed like a hawk, keen on his opponent, his Sharingan giving him perception, allowing the boy to see everything he needed. He could predict movement and hopefully react accordingly' He was ending this now, and that was that was it.
In that instant the man allowed his usage of the wind to enhance his Kunai, the blade long almost rivaling the length of Sasuke's very own, the elder man pounced.
"I will not let you ruin what I've pushed forward, I won't let anyone destroy what is right for this village!", Danzo hissed.
Their eyes met. Sharingan red and faded brown. Sasuke thrust weapon forward, the sword moving fast, as he used his range to his advantage. The swords blue electrified blade impaled the man through his stomach, as he thrust his weapon further through the man's flesh, he also felt the force of the enhanced wind stabbing him through his right shoulder. Sasuke ignored the pain as he pushed the weapon deeper, hold nothing back and not even pondering on the conception of remorse.
A pause...
There was a pause in time. It was almost as if clockwork itself had chosen to stop, the two remained still both. All that he could hear or remember for that much, was their breathing. Their hard and deep breaths, as the two inspected the damage down to their opponent and themselves. Suddenly, Danzo began to cough erratically, blood and saliva spewed from his mouth when he did this.
His eyes became heavy as he looked at the Uchiha in pain.
Sasuke removed his Katana, as he did this the wind evaporated from Danzo's Kunai, the dagger falling to the floor with a cling, the man no longer seeming to have the strength to hold it let alone stand fell onto his back. The elder man's clothing began to soak in crimson.
He too felt liquid rush down his shoulder, but compared to Danzo, his injuries were minor.
He approached the man.
"Kill me, go ahead. I have failed!",
His hands gripped the hilt of his fine Katana. The charcoal black haired Uchiha had all intentions of killing this man, but now at this moment...for some reason.. He felt, indecisive. So much for hesitation! He gaEd at the blood-drenched man. He was asking for it, the man wanted death, so who was Sasuke to neglect him of such a thing. After all, he had caused enough trouble and it was probably better off if he were dead. Hell, he had a fucked up ideology, he definitely wasn't someone you would want to be alive. He surveyed the damage that the man had sustained. His face still bleeding from. The one laceration Sasuke had gifted him. His stomach had a deep wound that had an entry and exit wound. He was probably bleeding out. Sasuke looked down at the man, his sword hovering over the man the man's neck.
"Come on, why...do I see hesitation in...your eyes. You're a ninja for Hell's sake! Do it!", he gargled on blood as he spoke.
The fact of the matter was that if a medic ninja could get to him in time, he could possibly live. But the question really came down to. Did he deserve to live? After all, this, and many things Tsunade and Kakashi had accused of him. Yes, he did deserve to die. However, also deserved to suffer for his actions. With death...came well... Death... Nothing... It was a mystery, an enigma...And the man would simply be gone without facing any consequences. So what should he do? What would his sister do? His eyes fell back to the now weak and pale looking man.
"Believe you me, I would like nothing more than to end your pitiful and cruel existence. However, that's too easy of a way out for you. No, you'll pay for your actions. I'll make sure of it.", Sasuke pronounced throwing his weapon to the floor.
"You coward, how could you possibly consider yourself a ninja?",
He rotated away from the man. "I'm more of a ninja than you'll ever be. Trust me.",
Five figures appeared behind Sasuke. He made an about-face as he faced the figures. He sighed in relief.
"What took you guys so long?", he asked nonchalantly.
"Oh, we were busy. Killing traitors you know.", Kakashi answered.
Typical of Kakashi to be so nonchalant even in the heat of a battle.
"You defeated Danzo, by yourself?", It was Guy who asked this.
"Surprised?", Kakashi asked. "He was my student after all.", Guy just gazed at Lee, both ninja shrugging.
"He's not dead is he?", Hinata the one female of the group asked in all her shyness.
"No, he's not.", Neji answered this question, Danzo coughed at this. "At least not yet.",
"No, but he's bleeding out, we'll need a medic here if we're to save him.", the ninja became silent at this, all gazing at Sasuke with a perplexed gaze.
"Medic ninja?", Guy inquired.
"Why did you not just kill him, Uchiha-san?", the male of his rival clan asked.
He knew they'd ask this question, and he had the perfect answer to said question. "Killing him isn't a good enough punishment. Hyuga-san. He literally laid there begging me to kill him moments ago. No, I'd rather him live and pay for his actions.",
A wave of quietness washed over them at his words.
More figures appeared before Sasuke and his team. It was a squad of about 10 Anbu operatives. They stood before Kakashi.
"Kakashi-san...", the obvious captain and squad leader addressed the white haired man. "...the Godaime is fine and well. All the civilians have been evacuated and she has called all available ninja to proceed with a counter attack. You are to proceed immediately after you are given the operation details.",
"Ah, finally.", answered the lazy white haired jounin. "Let's get a move on then team.",
"Wait, before we do that.", Sasuke approached the Anbu captain. "You see that old man over, choking on his own bodily liquids? That's Danzo the man responsible for all this. You wouldn't happen to have a medic on your team?",
The Anbu captain's eyes went to Kakashi's one eye. Kakashi simply nodded, before the captain call for his medic.
"Yeah, fix him up. Make sure he can breathe correctly. We want him to be good and healthy for his trial.", And with that said and done he joined his team as they prepared for a counter attack.
He had carried Sakura to a nearby room. She was bleeding a whole lot, her blood dripped and his knowledge of health was extremely limited. He placed pressure on the wound and hoped for the best, up until he realized she needed more than his amateur skills. He ran out the room at a great pace. Skidding across the floor before he came upon a small brown head girl. She wore the traditional medic uniform.
"You, Sakura is hurt she needs your help!",
She gazed up at the tall man. "Sakura-senpai?",
"Yes, Sakura Senpai!", he replied, grabbing her wrist. "C'mon!",
"What happened to her?",
He grabbed her by the wrist dashing off into the direction of the hospital bay. "Uchiha-san! What happened to her?!",
He kept moving up until they reached the open room. The small pinket laying almost pale like on the bed. Blood soaked the white blankets and the mattress.
"She was attacked by one of those foundation bastards. She fought them off but one of them caught her off guard.", he explained
"Gosh, wh- what's going on?", she stuttered, her face a shivering mess. She approached Sakura, bending down so that she were leveled with the girl and began feeling around her body inspecting her damage.
Shisui watched on intrigued.
"Her neck, hands, right arm. God what did they do to you Senpai?", Green aura erupted from the small light haired brunette. She started with her right arm, seeing as that had taken the most damage. She moved about, her body, the aura emanating light into the rather dark room. The hospital shifted, Shisui and the girl remained balanced at the tremor caught them off guard. It was an explosion that seemed to sound off in the far distance.
"What the hell is going on?", her words came out quickly and with concern.
"Just worry about Sakura, okay?" He gazed at the door. Wary of anyone else.
She continued to send chakra through Sakura, the glowing from her healing abilities seeming to intensify then diminish at random intervals. It was silent between the two for a short while, as the girl worked on Sakura alone, Shisui watched her and the door intently.
The girl lifted her chin in his direction, he gazed at her expectingly.
"She's suffering from exsanguination.", She began.
"Exsaga- what?",
"She was bleeding out!",
"I already told you that!",
The girl nodded shyly, in agreement. Shisui fought the urge to roll his eyes.
"I closed her wounds and stopped the bleeding, but the amount of blood loss is...considerable.",
He nodded, "So what are you telling me, she's lost too much blood?",
"Y-yes!",
He looked the girl, her usual vibrant face now dull and gray. Her pink hair seeming to be less bright than usual.
"Oh... Sakura-senpai.", the girl caressed her hair saying this. "All we can do is wait now.",
He didn't know Sakura too much. Sure they were friends, but not on a personal level. He'd met her through Sasuke and her overbearing presence with Naruto. They seemed to always be in the Uchiha compound. He looked at a certain pale Sakura. She looked weak and fragile now.
His eyes immediately went to the door, a rush of footsteps sounding from outside. His eyes suddenly went red, as he activated his Sharingan.
"Hey, can fight?", he asked.
"Um, kind of question is that?",
"Good, I'll need you to be my support. Someone's moving, hide your Chakra Signature. We'll use their movement against them.",
He held his hand out. "Do you have a Kunai on you?",
"Y-yes.", she withdrew the weapon from her pouch, placing it in his hand.
He nodded, "Good.", as he approached the door, the clanking of sandals upon the ground becoming louder. They were high classed stealth ninja, their feet were barely audible, in that moment he thanked his intense training for helping him build such beautiful and precise hearing. He zoned in on the footsteps, they were getting closer, and closer. They were moving fast, turning through the hallway, and if he could tell by the occasional opening of closed doors, they seemed to have been checking rooms.
He turned towards the girl, who also held a Kunai to her chest she stood closely behind.
"Shh..." he placed a finger on his lips, informing her to be quiet."Stay right here, but stay outta sight.", He slid to the side of the entrance where he would ambush them. From the movement of their feet, there were three. Just his luck! They were close now. He held the dagger, bringing it up towards his face vertically so that the ring on the pommel pointed upwards. Their footsteps now sounded from directly outside the door.
The circumstances that brought them here were questionable. And yes, they were a very irritating set of circumstances indeed. If Izumi could show the irritation she had felt with herself, it would have not been a pretty site. She didn't exactly like having a mission side tracked, nor did she like submitting to others. But what could she do about it now? There were actually a lot of things running through her mind, and they were moderately inappropriate. For one, their mission in retrieving Jiraiya and bringing him home had been interrupted, and that was the huge dilemma at the moment. Thankfully, a certain whisker-faced shinobi had went out of his way to comfort her.
It had been a cool night, nothing too drastic mild and favorable. They had been removed from their cells, after a few hours of incarceration a correlation of events unknown to them occurring within the head of the village that apparently called for them to have a special audience with the Tsuchikage. Their Anbu escorts seeming to handle her and her team with much less aggression she noted. Their treatment was unusual. The three remained silent as they found themselves in the office of the village leader himself. She swished her eyes to both her sides, gazing at the set of ninja to her side, all of which were Anbu and stood to the side. Izumi then looked towards the elder Tsuchikage, he gazed at her tiredly in his seat, gesturing for the girl to approach. His eyes looking the three shinobi up and down.
"Jiraiya of the legendary Sannin, it's been quite the while.", his eyes then shifted to the blond and the long haired Uchiha girl. "And this must one of your notorious pupil, Naruto of team Seven and of course, the Uchiha heiress herself Izumi of the Sharingan. I apologize for the inconvenience. My subordinates were simply following the correct protocol. Thank-you for not taking it upon yourself to kill them.", He addressed them warmly, the skin under his eyes seeming to be black from being weariness.
"Creating more conflict wasn't out intentions.", she moved a long strand of hair from her face.
"Conflict and peace, just as opposite as Ying and yang.",
The old man then cleared his throat. Indicating that he was changing the subject.
"An unfortunate wave of events have brought you here, which is why I'm allowing you guys to leave. So, getting directly to the nitty gritty, yes. Well, there has been an attack on your home village.",
What? She blinked for a second, almost losing her composure. What? Her mind repeated before swirling in question.
"An attack?", Jiraiya questioned.
The Kage nodded.
"Who?", Naruto asked being as direct as possible. Obviously erupted by the news of their beloved village being under attack.
"That's still unknown, we have yet to receive a response from your Hokage after the first distress call. She explained everything, including your reasonings for you being here. That is why I'll be letting you three leave, your intrusion here is totally justified.", he finished leaning back, the short man closing his eyes for an instant.
"We should be leaving immediately, hell the village is under attack!", Naruto cried a tad bit agitated. The Anbu in the room were light on their feet, stiffening at Naruto's aggressive nature.
The Kage didn't seem to react too much, he just simply yawned.
"Yes, I'll let you go, your village could use your skills. I'll be sending a four-man escort.", but he then turned to the right facing the shinobi. "Make sure they reach home without a scratch on them!",
"Hai!", they all replied.
Izumi stepped back as four of the operatives came forward, they then gestured with their hands telling them to follow. And thus began their long trot home.
Secure the hospital. There first work of business centered around the hospital. The hospital was one of the first places to be put under foundation control, so it was only logical that it'd be the first place to liberated.
They separated their six-man squad into two pairs of three man squads after obtaining their orders. Sasuke's squad which consisted of Neji, himself and Hinata had entered via the North entrance and Kakashi, Rocklee and Guy team entering through the western entrance. They found themselves rushing through the halls of the first floor, searching from room to room for any patients, staff or possibly any traitors. However, the rooms seemed to have been left in an empty rush. But they went through their sweep in a quick and efficient fashion. They made sure enough to run with stealth and to stay prone on the balls of their feet. Sasuke had taken the front, as they finished their swoop of the hallway, the three continued around a corner and went down the last hallway in the rectangle that was the first floor. It was totally empty, they probably had evacuated or moved towards another floor.
They had been almost finished, their last swoop of this floor before moving upwards. One last hallway and they would have covered the whole entire hospital. Suddenly, Before Sasuke experienced himself being pulled into a room. His eyes widened in surprise, as all he could do was reach for his weapon of choice; his katana. He pushed his weapon out horizontal at their person's neck, just as he himself felt a pointy wedge sticking his neck. Sasuke stared at the individual, two pairs of red almost twin like eyes stared at each other.
"Sasuke?",
"Shisui... Matsuri?", his eyes fell upon both his elder cousin clad in the hospital wear and the young medic student who held a Kunai tensely.
"Uchi- I mean Sasuke-san.",
"Reinforcements, huh?", Shisui asked pointing towards Hinata and Neji, bot of which were prepared to attack Shisui.
"Yeah, glad to see that you're okay.",
He shrugged, "I could be doing a lot worse, baby cousin. Just look...", Sasuke rose an eyebrow, as Shisui stepped to the side allowing him to get a better look of the room. A full head of pink fluff caught his eyes, he found his mouth dropping to the floor as he noticed the lack of color on the girl's face. His teammate, the only female teammate that he's become rather close to over the years. She looked...dead.
"What the hell happened to her?", he rose his voice approaching the bed. Matsuri stepped back allowing him to come to the bed. He looked at her as questions began to slap him in the face repeatedly.
"Is that Sakura?", he heard Neji ask from behind.
"She fought off a bunch of foundation fucks. And one caught her slipping up-",
"Is she alive?", he asked cutting Shisui off and feeling her neck for a pulse. He felt his head begin to throb, a bitter feeling swelling within. Sakura had been hurt and he hadn't been around to protect her, he felt bitter and guilty both of which were directed towards himself. Kami, how could I have allowed this to happen.",
"Yes, she's still alive, thanks to Matsuri.", he felt a small portion of reassurance at this.
"Sasuke-san, she's not dead, but she has lost a lot of blood. I've fixed up her wounds, for the most part, but there is no telling how much blood she's lost.",
He touched her face, it was still soft and as smooth as he'd remembered.
"Will she be okay?",
"That, that's uncertain.",
That was a sword to the heart. He gazed down at her pain in his eyes.
"Neji radio in, that we have an injured ally, and that it's Sakura.", the Hyuga did so, walking out of the room, followed by a concerned Hinata, who had been quiet throughout the entire ordeal.
He knew he couldn't stay long, and that fact irritated Sasuke, he wanted to make sure his teammate was okay, that she would be okay and that he could protect her.
He then looked towards Shisui, urgency in his eyes "Shisui, Matsuri, promise me...",
They looked at the youngest of the Uchiha head family. "...that you'll make sure that Sakura is alright for me.",
Shisui and Matsuri's crossed, before looking back at Sasuke. "Of course.",
There was a solemn and tense silence that came with their departure back home. She didn't mind the silence, it's a known fact that Izumi of all people was a very quiet individual. But, she did so by will, right now, no one spoke. Not the Iwagakure escorts, not Jiraiya, not even Naruto. They just jumped forward, passing from branch to branch. No one spoke, not even to ask for a break, they just kept moving. Which was not a problem at all. It was normal of course, they all were concerned. Something had occurred in the village, something rather serious so much so that the Hokage herself sent out an alibi for Izumi's team and a distress call from the village to her sister villages. To say the least, they were quiet and concerned, mainly due to the fact that they were left in the dark and left with so many questions. Who had attacked the village? When and why? Was it another village, those questions remained a mystery as they made their way back home. Was everyone alright? Her mother, Father, Sasuke, Shisui? Were they alright, had Shisui recovered, and was Danzo punished for his actions? Everything ran through her head faster than anything Shisui has ever thrown at her. What was the state of the village?
The air swooshed, leaves swinging as the ninja and their escorts came upon a ridge that gazed over the village. They stood, as they looked down at their home, a significant and devastating change from the one they had left three days ago. Her eyes narrowed. She gestured towards everyone, telling them to follow her. They moved down from the ridge and entered the village without passing through the gates. The ninja and their escorts ended up on the roof a tall building, that overlooked the rest of Konoha. She activated her Sharingan as she got a better view. Oh, it was terrible she hadn't been home to protect the village when it needed her.
"Shit!", Naruto yelled.
"There was an attack alright.", Jiraiya said from behind his student. "Just look at the Hokage tower.",
How could this have happened? Who could have possibly done this?
"Izumi-san.", she turned to her side, a purple haired Anbu standing to their side. Izumi was unaware of the girl's presence until now.
The purple haired Anbu with long flowing silky hair then looked at Naruto Jiraiya and their Iwaga escorts.
"Naruto-san. Jiraiya-sama...", she began. "The Godaime wishes to speak with you and your escorts. Follow me this way.", she gestured with a hand before leaving.
Izumi, concerned and totally left in the blue complied and followed, her team shortly behind.
"And you say Deidara has been killed?", the voice was masculine and filled with authority. The voice echoing throughout the cave, as Kisame gazed at the projection of there leader.
"Yes, Sasori always said that he was the type to die young.",
"And the body?",
"Unrecovered.", he answered. The leader grunted at this.
"Information on the Kyuubi?",
"Absolutely, nothing. Leader-sama.",
"Did you give our invitation to Izumi Uchiha?",
"No, Leader-sama.",
The leader became silent, his face as unreadable as ever.
"And who did you say killed Deidara?",
Kisame didn't even have to think. "Shisui Uchiha.",
"Shisui of the body flicker. I see.", the leader's monotonous voice carried out through the cave, and if Kisame was a lesser man he probably would have shivered at his unnaturally disturbing tone. "Interesting.",
"We may have to push things faster than intended. Obviously, capturing the Kyuubi is much more difficult than our first preconceptions. I cannot spare another comrade. Our hiatus is over and now this world will know pain, I'll make sure of it.",
A storm was coming, his leader was planning something big, and Kisame was sure it dealt with something more than pain and peace.
*Oh Snap! We're almost finished with this portion of the story. I guess you can call it the first arc. And this story is definitely nowhere near done, I have a lot in mind for upcoming chapters. Just wait and see guys! Now, do you guys believe Danzo should be killed or do you agree with Sasuke's decision (Because it's staying) that he should be allowed to live to that he could suffer. Leave your response in a review below, and I'll see you guys for the next chapter. Also, as you can obviously see some character's personalities have been slightly altered for the plot of the story...So yeah, deal with it.