Sweet Sensations
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"Do you feel that Naruto?" Shikamaru said quietly.
Splitting up into pairs, the team searched for whoever wise was in the large forest along with them. Dodging Shuriken thrown at them, Naruto and Kakashi landed gracefully and were on high alert as two figured appeared from above and tried to perform a head assault, resulting in the two shinobi avoiding their weapons.
"Itachi..." Both men breathed in realization.
Both their eyes scanned over the other cloaked figure who they had no clue was. Narrowing his eyes at the young member of Akatsuki, Naruto got into a fighting pose and ran at them head first, fist raised at the small boy who easily dodged.
"Who is he!?!" Naruto growled.
Silence reigned over the four men, as everyone stayed completely still and watched as Itachi parted his lips and spoke in a stern voice.
"My son..."
Their eyes widened at what they had just heard...
"What?"
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Chapter 25: Why!?!
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As the breeze blew by and rustled the leaves of the trees, Naruto and Kakashi continued to stare at the Uchiha in complete shock. Had their ears just deceived them, or was Itachi just playing with their minds?
They had no clue...
Smirking at the two, Itachi took out a kunai as well as his son, Daichi. Both approached the two men as they disappeared and reappeared behind them, weapons raised. Gripping their arms, Kakashi and Naruto delivered a kick to their stomachs, but frowned when the figured out that they were just clones...
Doing a back flip to avoid a series of shuriken, Naruto glanced around until he found Daichi already above and with a weapon in hand. Jumping out of the way, Naruto wiped sweat off his forehead as he spoke in a low monotone voice...
"If Itachi's your father then..."
"Who is your mother...?"
Daichi stayed still, contemplating if he should answer the older male or not. Parting his lips with a sigh, Daichi spoke in a quiet voice.
"My mother... is-"
"Watch out, Daichi!" His father screamed as Kakashi threw a kunai his way.
Avoiding the soaring weapon, Daichi went right back to fighting Naruto, who seemed to have the upper hand at the moment. Grunting when the tip of the kunai grazed his cheek and left a small cut in its wake; crimson blood dripped from the new wound and trailed down the rest of his cheek...
Wiping the blood away with the back of his hand, Daichi stands up straight and narrows his eyes on the new hokage...
Activating the sharingan, a blood trait that was passed down from his father to him, Daichi watches with his inhuman eyes as Naruto disappears and almost subconsciously ducks to avoid a kunai to the back.
He could already feel the immense power filling him, making him whole... Jumping into the air with, kunai and shuriken in hand and mouth, Daichi began to quickly throw them towards Naruto who dodged as many as he could possibly avoid.
One was embedded deep in the flesh of his upper leg, causing him to wince each and every time he took a single step. Fighting against the urge to fall to his knees in pain, Naruto ran at Daichi, creating 5 clones that helped pin the young man down.
Crying out in protest, Naruto limped towards his imprisoned enemy and brought a kunai to Daichi's throat.
"Now... about your mother..." He breathed.
Growling in annoyance, Daichi tried to shake the clones off of him but to no avail, they held him fast in place...
Pressing the kunai closer to Daichi's throat, drawing a small amount of blood, Naruto watched as he parted his lips set in a grim line and spoke hoarsely.
"Her name is..."
"Sakura."
The weapon fell from Naruto's tight grip he had on it, hitting the forest floor and left forgotten...
"S... Sakura-chan?" He whispered.
Moving away from the boy, Naruto instantly gripped his collar and brought his face close to Daichi's, yelling in his face.
"Where is she!?!"
Shoving Naruto away from him, Daichi grabbed the fallen kunai and ran towards the 6th hokage who nearly kicked himself in the back of the head for leaving the weapon up for grabs...
"Why would I tell you where she is?" Daichi screamed.
Jumping backwards, Naruto gripped Daichi's wrist and tightened his hold on it until he grunted in pain and tried to yank his hand away.
"What are you doing her anyways?" Daichi breathed out while dodging Naruto.
"Mission." Naruto said flatly.
Taking an interest in the conversation like battle they were having, Daichi asked another question and was shocked when the other male answered him, as if he were his friend instead of an enemy.
"Where to?"
"Sound..." The 6th hokage said.
Pinning Naruto down, Daichi gave him a questioning look.
"That's where we are going..."
Kicking him off, Naruto stood up and thought it might be a good idea to rid himself of the kunai still embedded into his leg. Gripping what was sticking out, Naruto pulled and gave out a cry when he successfully took it out and watched as more blood stained his pants...
"Kuso..."
Looking up at the sky, Naruto noticed that it was nearly the afternoon. Everyone else was probably wondering what the hell they were doing to hold them back for so long.
"Kakashi!" Naruto called.
"We should cut this battle short, what about the reason were here for!?!"
Knocking Itachi to the floor, Kakashi and Naruto jumped into a large tree and just like that, they were gone. Leaving Itachi and Daichi to question what had just occurred...
"What now?" Daichi asked.
"We finish the mission..." Itachi stated as he began to run in the direction of Sound.
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"Kakashi..." Naruto started.
"Hmm..."
"That boy... he said that Sakura-chan was his mother..."
Kakashi stopped in his tracks and turned to Naruto. His one eyes narrowed as he looked down at his feet.
"Are you sure?" He said sternly.
Nodding his head vigorously, Naruto clenched a fist.
"I'm positive."
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Itachi and Daichi met up with the other 3 Akatsuki members; telling them of what happened between two hidden leaf shinobi a few minutes ago.
"Were still going through with the mission, right?" Deidara questioned.
"Hai..." Itachi responded while continuously running in the direction of Sound.
Did that man know my mother...?
But how...?
Maybe they were friends...
Snapping out of his thoughts as the sounds of grunting and screaming filled his ears. Daichi watched as his father slaughtered any Sound ninja that got in his way, making sure not to show them any mercy...
He wanted so desperately to cover his ears with his hands; try and keep that awful and gruesome screams from entering his ears, making him shudder... Nearly bumping into Kisame who he was currently running behind, Daichi glanced around their surroundings...
The area was still densely populated with trees, meaning that they were still somewhere in the largely spacious forest...
"Dad are-"He was interrupted by Itachi.
"Shh!"
Immediately shutting his mouth, Daichi watched as 10 Sound ninja surrounded them, weapons in hand, smirks plastered on their smug faces...
At once they all began a battle to the death, Itachi taking on 3 by himself and Daichi taking care of one, while the other members took care of the remaining... Itachi's son personally felt somehow intimidated by the tall and bulky male.
His long blue hair was pulled up in a high ponytail and around some parts of his body were metal plated protection. He would have to be careful not punch any of those... Coming at the young male, Daichi reluctantly dodged a fist from colliding with his gut...
Gripping a kunai tightly, Daichi forced it down upon the Sound ninja's shoulder where it should have pierced his skin and blood she have been pouring out... But the only thing that did happen was the ripping of the man's sleeve, revealing metal covering most of his upper arm...
"Dammit..." He cursed under his breath as a series of shuriken whizzed past his head, missing him by mere milliliters...
"I've gotta be more careful..."
Catching the ninja's fist in his small hand, Daichi forced the enemy backwards and managed to punch the side of his face. It seemed to have hurt Daichi more than the Sound ninja, who still seemed to be in perfect condition.
Catching Daichi off guard, the Sound ninja's fist collided with Daichi's chest; causing him to loose his breath for a second and hit the ground hard. His coughing fit started even as he stood and began to run towards him.
The Sound ninja was currently picking himself up from the ground as Daichi fell to his knees and clamped a hand to his mouth; pulling back as a faint blood mark stained the inside of his hand; making his eyes go wide.
This can't be good...
Seeing as his son was down and the enemy was approaching him, Itachi quickly finished his last ninja off and tackled the bulky male to the ground, making him slide into a tree and cause leaves to float gracefully down...
"Bastard!" The male spat at Itachi who could care less.
He was pulling his son to his feet, looking at his hand coated in blotches of blood. Itachi placed his hands on his shoulders and instructed Daichi to go where it was safe and that he would finish off the remaining ninja.
"Y... yes... father..." Daichi said in-between coughs.
Letting his body collapse near a tree, Daichi let his eyes stay half lidden as he watched his father defeat the Sound shinobi...
Knowing that the Sound ninja was protected by metal, Itachi decided to aim for his head which was left unprotected. By the time the Sound ninja hit the ground for the 2nd time, his entire left side of his face was blue and black with bruises.
Deciding to finish him off quickly, Itachi took out a kunai and disappeared only to reappear behind the ninja and drag the tip of the kunai along his exposed throat; making him gurgle and choke on his own blood...
The ninja's body went limp as he hit the ground and basked in his own blood pouring out of the wound in his neck... Running to his son's aid, Itachi once again helped him up and draped Daichi's arm around his neck, hauling him up and helping him walk towards the other members.
"He's hurt..." Itachi stated.
Blood stained some of the front part of his Akatsuki cloak as his son continued to cough non-stop. Holding in a cough, Daichi removed his arm from around his dad's neck and stood on wobbly legs, wiping the blood that trailed from the corner of his lip to his chin...
"Don't... stop because of me... please, let's keep going..." Daichi said in a pleading tone.
Looking down, Itachi caught his son's gaze and parted his lips, speaking slowly...
"Daichi... I'm not putting your life on the line for-"
"Please! I can handle a little injury!" Daichi cried.
Giving his son a stern expression, Itachi spoke again, this time not interrupted...
"Are you certain you want to keep going?"
Nodding his head, Daichi took off before the rest could even blink their eyes. Instantly, Itachi ran beside Daichi and the rest followed behind...
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"Finally..." Deidara breathed.
Yes, the journey had been long but it seemed as if they had arrived before Naruto and whoever else he brought. Itachi smirked and all 5 of them began to run towards the castle like base in the center of a clearing...
Large mountains were situated behind the castle base, large ones... Kisame knocked down the door and all of them ran in a line down a long corridor, they could sense a powerful chakra coming from somewhere at the end of the long corridor.
As they reached the door, Itachi felt as if he had somehow felt this chakra before... It seemed to be so much stronger and immense than before though... This made him wonder...
As they entered the room, they were blinded by lights. The entire room was lit up, making them all squint and adjust to the brightness...
What is going on?
And it was at that very moment that Itachi understood the chakra he had felt and was feeling so much more at the moment; for a tall dark haired shinobi stood, back facing them, hands on his hips...
"You..." Itachi said lowly as the ninja turned his body in their direction...
Ink orbs staring into crimson ones...
Now I recognize this chakra...
He's different...
The shinobi, Uchiha Sasuke, thought to have been long dead, stood in the middle of the room, his lips formed a smirk as he looked at his older brother...
So he's the new ruler of Sound...
Taking Orochimaru's place...
He wore an outfit almost identical to Orochimaru's old one, though it wasn't tightly fitted, loose in the leg and arm parts and a bit tighter in the rest... A Sound symbol was stitched on the back of Sasuke's grey robe, indicting that he had no more ties to the leaf village...
Taking one look at the young boy, Sasuke could at once tell that Daichi was Itachi's son. He was almost a replica of him, his sharingan had been activated which helped him figure it out further...
"Your father..." Sasuke said slowly, enjoying what would come next...
"Is a murderer..."
Crimson eyes went wide, while Itachi stayed completely silent, only glaring at his younger brother with a hate so immense he couldn't even begin to explain...
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Author's Note
Lol, I guess I left you at a cliff hanger there again... tee hee... Umm... not much to say but, what did all you readers think of it? Thanx to Yuki-Sui who let me use her idea from her story, (part where Tsunade dies) Thank you so much!
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