Chapter 12

Sound vs. Rain

Nakashima awakened in his cell. He rubbed his eyes. His head was throbbing. Kuroda's body was dumped on the floor by the door, someone had removed the needles and her body was covered in punctures.

There was the sound of footsteps from outside, the sound of a confrontation. There was the sound of weapons being drawn and the screams of some men. The door clicked open. Someone stepped and grabbed Kuroda, turned to Nakashima and gestured that he should follow.

The figure turned and ran down the hall.

Nakashima followed, grabbing his sword from a rack on the wall. He unsheathed it.

They encountered no resistance on the way out.

They ran into the forest, when they were a good distance from the city the figure dropped Kuroda and turned.

Nakashima readied his sword. "You!" He yelled.

The sound ninja looked down at Kuroda and kicked her. "She really loved you." The sound ninja smirked. "I did you a favour. Now you don't have anything close to you, life is always easier!"

Nakashima ran at the sound ninja sword raised. The sound ninja Sakamoto easily sidestepped. "You'll have to do better then that." Sakamoto laughed.

He dagger cam down and nicked Nakashima's thigh, he growled in pain.

He turned back to the Sakamoto.

"Why? Why did you do it?" Nakashima asked.

"What free you, our kill your minion?" Sakamoto was enjoying this.

Nakashima roared and charged again. Sakamoto drew some needles and threw them. They all hit Nakashima. He exploded in a cloud of smoke.

Sakamoto looked mildly surprised, "Shadow Replication? How did you learn that?" She asked.

Nakashima jumped from the trees behind Sakamoto. "Dance of the Crescent Moon!" Nakashima yelled.

"Shit!" exclaimed Sakamoto. The three blades came crashing down.

Sakamoto jumped backwards, the blades just cutting down her front. The blood dribbled onto the floor. She gasped in pain, stumbled and tripped, she fell over backwards.

Nakashima ran forward raising his sword for the finish. Sakamoto wanted to say stop, the words forming on her lips.

"Stop!" A voice behind them said.Kuroda was standing up, her face scored by black marks, the puncture wounds had dissappeared.

"She dosent know the truth. She is disillusioned." Kuroda said.

Nakashima began to object but Kuroda's face returned to normal and she collapsed.

"Run!" Sakamoto said.

Nakashima grabbed Kuroda and jumped into the trees. I can jump like Kisame and Itachi? This is amazing!

Kuroda stirred, she mumbled something.

Sakamoto stood up her bloody body shaking. She knelt down and bowed her head.

"Orochimaru-sama." She whispered

A tall man with long black hair walked into the forest.

"They were stronger than I had thought!" Sakamoto said apologeticaly.

"Then you are worth nothing to me!" Orochimaru said. A snake came out of his mouth and a sword extended from it. He drove it through Sakamoto's head.