Lee's Long Day
Epilogue
"So Jurioh has failed?" said a voice, hoarse and withered with age. All around there was darkness breached only by a small candle flame, so his face was unclear. Another man, younger, stepped into the dim light of the candle.
"Yes father," he said sadly. "Before he could even get into Konoha he was killed by a man and boy in green. The man is still in the hospital, but the boy is out and training for the exams."
The old man coughed loudly. "I will not stand for this!" he said in a surprisingly powerful voice. "I order that not only the man and boy be punished, but all of Konoha!"
"But father," protested another man, what if the Hokage knew our plan? Perhaps that is why Jurioh was killed."
The old man laughed, he laughed a weak wheezing laugh that made the younger man tremble as if he were hearing fingernails on a chalkboard. "My son, my dear son Tream. I know Jurioh isn't, er- wasn't stupid, hotheaded yes, but not stupid. He would not give away anything that would lead them to believe he was there doing anything other than negotiations."
"But he did father!" said the first young man. "That is why he was attacked! Oh, my foolish brother, my foolish, foolish hotheaded brother! He thought he could kill the man and the boy! That there was nothing to fear if they were going to die anyway!"
"Silence!" shouted the old man, standing up and towering over his seated son. "They still did not discover our plans and they shall not! Konoha's Hokage will fall and we will become the most powerful clan in the world! My children, I swear to you as your father that before I die, Konoha will fall!"
All of the men around him went immediately to their knees, some even kissed his feet. They murmured praise to him, which was interrupted by a sound behind them. Everything went silent as two others approached the old man. One was obviously taller than the other. They could see that even in the dark.
"Ah! And here is the man that will help us do just that!" said the old man looking at his former student. Even in the dark he could see exactly what the taller one looked like in his mind's eye. His face was almost pure white, and his black hair reached all the way to his shoulders. He wore a light colored robe with a large purple string tied in the bunny ears fashion. As the shorter person came closer to the candle he was able to make out some of his features. His face was bruised and bloody, he had black eyes and hair. His hair was spiked toward the back. He was garbed in all black, a black shirt and black shorts.
"So, are you ready to take over Konoha, my former student?" asked the old man.
"It's been far too long already," replied Orochimaru. Saskue smiled as his master said this, thinking of all the power to come with Konoha gone. Soon, very soon, Itachi would know the wrath of Saskue Uchiha!