Enjoying it??? Ah, well... here is a bit of a confusing scene. As per usual, I refer you to my girlfriend or my reviews for all complaints of its oddness.
Orochimaru halted on a large branch high in a tree. Nami followed suit.
"Nami, keep heading north until you meet a gray-haired young man named Kabuto. We have followers!" ordered Orochimaru. "Make sure the demon doesn't awake."
Nami's face remained blank. "Yes, sensei," she said as she carried on.
Orochimaru turned towards the approaching ninjas. "Looks like we'll need a distraction." He placed Rohne, whom he had been carrying himself, against the trunk of the tree.
"Ahahah- beer…" Rohne murmured drunkenly as she slept.
"For a powerful half-demon, you're sure stupid." Orochimaru rapidly formed a few handsigns. "Kage bunshin no jutsu!" he exclaimed. In a cloud of smoke, another Nami and Orochimaru appeared. "Run west," he said. The clones nodded and took off.
"Hey, over there!" Gai yelled. Orochimaru smiled evilly as the rustling of the leaves, signaling his pursuit, disappeared into the distance. He turned, Rohne in tow, and caught up with Nami. When he got to her, Nami was standing next to Kabuto. Dark was on the ground, still unconscious. Orochimaru walked over and set Rohne down next to him. He turned to Nami.
"Good job, Nami. You're a lot stronger, now."
Nami's face remained impassive.
"You can sleep now," continued Orochimaru. "You've done your job, for now." In response, Nami sat down next to Dark.
"That girl is very obedient," Kabuto remarked.
"The mark, that's why. She's so unresponsive and disobediant that I designed her mark for total control," he explained.
Kabuto smiled in the darkness. "But she's still not very loyal."
"Not true."
"What?" Kabuto asked.
"When she 'ran away' from me, she never disclosed my hideout. She never told. So, she never betrayed me."
Kabuto said nothing.
"Speechless?"
"Definitely. Umm… If you don't mind me asking…what's your plan?"
Orochimaru evilishly smiled. "I'm going to destroy the leaf village, then the sand. I just need you to get rid of a few…flies."
"But how do you destroy the leaf village?" Kabuto asked.
Orochimaru rolled his eyes at his lackey's stupidity. "In case you haven't noticed, I have three incredibly powerful full- and half-demons at my disposal."
"Oh."
"Dark is the most powerful, since he is a demon. Nami is the most powerful half-demon, then that drunkard I carried, Rohne. I doubt she'll be able to do much damage, but we'll see."
Kabuto was about to fawn over his leader's brilliant, original cough, hack, cough plan, when something disastrous happened:
Dark woke up.
He had been lying next to Nami, and so the first thing he saw was her blank, unresponsive face. The next thing he saw was Orochimaru's twisted, snake-like one.
This, now, was the opportunity for many, many thoughts to flash through Dark's head. However, only one thought made it through, and it stuck in his brain, playing over and over like a broken record. It was… a math problem.
Orochimaru + Nami KILL THEM!!!
All hell broke loose.
His purple eyes turned red and his pupils narrowed. "Oh, no," he whispered. Black waves of darkness arose from the ground and formed around him, soon devouring him.
Orochimaru and Kabuto turned. "No, get Nami, hurry!" Orochimaru ordered. Kabuto dashed over to Nami and quickly swiped her up from the ground. Orochimaru picked up Rohne, who mumbled, "Get it away, get it away!" Suddenly, her eyes flickered open. "No!!" Her grey eyes turned lighter. Orochimaru grunted and dropped her. Then… BAM!
A large explosion echoed through the forest. Flocks of birds took a wing into the sky as the trees they were nesting in were annihilated. In the midst of it all, a large black wolf appeared. His eyes were the color of blood; his coat the color of pure darkness. He had sprouted wings, dark and bird-like. He had two long tails that swirled around uncontrollably.
Alongside him stood a gray, ghost-like wolf, flecks of red-gold fur offsetting the gray. Fierce, stormy gray eyes glinted with sadness and anger.
Author's Note: I don't understand this next scene, either. Ask Nami-kun.
Both snarled at each other, Rhone completely under Orochimaru's control, as saliva fell from their mouths.
"Kabuto, release Nami. She'll protect us while we get away!" Orochimaru yelled. Kabuto did as he was told and let her go. Orochimaru made a handsign. "Release."
The teen opened her eyes and snarled. "Hurry, go!" she yelled.
"Good, she's still under my control," Orochimaru whispered. "Nami, transform, now!"
In obedience, Nami began to grow. She knelt down on all fours and transformed into a white tiger with deep, golden eyes. Driger, Nami's demon, took control of her and bared his teeth at the other two. He was taller than the gray wolf, but slightly shorter than the black one, Modaka, who was Dark's demon. Turning his attention to Modaka, Driger readied himself to attack. As he charged for Modaka, the wolf's eyes began to turn red and Driger backed off, commenting, "Can't do that."
"Back off, kitty-cat; we've received orders from Orochimaru to destroy the leaf village. Don't get in our way." Modaka threatened with his dark, icy voice.
"We don't want to hurt you," added Bloodfarrow, Rohne's demon.
Driger stood his ground.
"Have it your way," Modaka said as he disappeared, then reappeared behind Driger. He swiped his large up Driger's side, sending him almost forty feet away, crashing into trees and landing, hard, on the ground.
"Too easy. Now to the village."
"Hey, I'm not done you son of a bitch!" Driger yelled, standing. He dug his claws into the ground and charged at Modaka
"Don't you ever learn?" Modaka taunted. His eyes turned red and Driger froze in his tracks. "I'll just have to rid myself of you now."
Bloodfarrow walked over to Driger's side and whipped her tail under his chin, trying to tease the white tiger demon. "How should we do it?"
Modaka grinned evilly. "Lets cut it in half," he suggested.
"I have a better idea. How about we chase it up a tree?" grinned Bloodfarrow wolfishly.
"No, I want to cut it in half. Besides, Bloodfarrow, you're too childish."
Modaka swished his two razor-sharp tails around. "Goodbye, feline."
Just as he was going to split Driger, a strain came into his head, stopping his attack.
"Why didn't you split it in half?" Rohne asked
"I don't know." Modaka looked at Driger, then another powerful strain came into his head. "Ah, forget about him; my spell should hold the cat for a good ten minutes."
"Yes, time for destruction!" howled Bloodfarrow as she jolted towards the village.
Modaka stayed behind, passing one more glance over the frozen tiger. "You're lucky," he sneered, then followed Bloodfarrow.
He had barely gotten three yards down the path when he heard Bloodfarrow, ahead of him, shout.
"Damn it! Get out of the way!"
Modaka skidded to a halt beside her. The rest of the demolished party was sprawled in a skirmish line in front of them.
"I told you to stay away from my daughter!" Kakashi yelled at Modaka.
"I don't know who she is. Now get out of my way." Modaka flicked his tails at Kakashi… and fatally split him in half. "I have no time for this nonsense. I'll take the skies."
His large, feathered wings began flapping continuously, sending dust and debris everywhere. "Sorry, Bloodfarrow; you're on your own.
Bloodfarrow licked her lips, growling happily. "My pleasure." She lunged first for Miyoko, jaws snapping at the girl's throat. Miyoko cried out and trust her hands out blindly. She was caught off-guard and was unable to make her own transformation into a wolf. Bashing out at Bloodfarrow, Miyoko stood her ground, but was thrown against a tree and put soundly out of commission.
Bloodfarrow wheeled on Tamer, who looked abosballylutely terrified. The small girl was murmuring under her breath to her own demon.
"Kaid, please calm down. Don't go near the sword, don't go the sword. No, I can handle her. Please, let me do it… barzhuln it, Kaid, I know you want to have fun, but… fine, fine!"
Bloodfarrow smiled. Tamer's demon was an otter. What the hell kind of damage can a foot-tall rodent do?
As Bloodfarrow watched, Tamer screwed up her eyes, then – then Bloodfarrow blinked, and suddenly Tamer stood before her, transformed…
…kind of.
It was pathetic, really. Small, rounded ears popped out from her head and a thick, plank-like tail appeared. Her nails elongated slightly, and her teeth became small and sharp. Her hands gained a texture like paw-pads. And that was it. Less than frightening.
Suddenly, though, her eyes changed from emerald to black. "Don't kill her…" Tamer murmured, then Kaid took control.
Quick as a lightening flash, Tamer's katana was drawn and she lunged at Bloodfarrow. A grin of grim satifaction played upon her face. She thrust and slashed mercilessly at Bloodfarrow, leaving her powerless to defend. Bloodfarrow fell, unconscious.
Kaid smirked, "I win" written all over his features.
"Annoying runt!" Modaka yelled. He lashed out with his tail. Kaid stood there, frozen, and the tail almost made contact before a flash of silver reflected it.
"Driger?! You're supposed to be frozen!"
"Its been ten minutes," he answered. He leaped up towards Modaka and rammed his head into Modaka's stomach. The demon lost his focus and plunged towards the ground. Driger landed on his feet while Modaka landed on his back. "Now, time to kill you." Driger extended his claws for the final blow, but a surge of brain overcame his mind. What is Nami trying to tell me? Driger began to shrink. Oh, of course, that must be Dark. Driger let go as he turned back to Nami. The teen looked at Modaka. "Dark, its me! Not Orochimaru, not anymore."
"Nami!" Modaka looked at her, another wave of pain ripping through his head. "Nami?" he asked. Somehow, Dark's voice was able to break through Modaka's for a moment. "Nami! You have to hit me in the head. Hurry!"
Nami nodded in understanding and ran at Modaka. The demon didn't struggle when she punched him in the head.
"Useless being!" Modaka ranted, now fully in control of himself. "You'll never stop me!" he howled. He lifted his wings as a gust of wind began hissing through the forest. "DIE!" Modaka's razor-sharp feathers began flinging themselves in the air.
Kaid lashed his katana out, blocking the flying feathers. Nami did her best to dodge every one of them, though a couple were able to slash her skin deeply.
"Yet you still don't die!" Modaka began to stand, when his body froze.
"Nami!" Dark's voice broke through again. "Hurry! Bash your head on mine and look me in the eyes as you're doing it. Quickly, before my control of my body runs out!" he ordered.
Nami nodded and charged at Modaka. "Take- THIS!!" she yelled, bashing her head on Modaka's as they both glared into each other's eyes.
Modaka howled in pain, sending Nami flying. She hit the trunk of a tree.
A black sphere formed around Modaka, and, as it lifted away, Dark reappeared, fainting onto the ground.
Kaid gave Tamer back her control and she landed on her knees, panting, then passing out altogether.
Nami exhaled deeply. "…Thank god."
Orochimaru and Kabuto peered over the forest, glaring down at the group. "Well, I guess that didn't work," said Kabuto, adjusting his glasses.
Orochimaru chuckled. "Oh, no, this is just the beginning. I at least go to see the three monsters' powers. Extraordinary. We just need to make sure that once they are in their demonic form, they'll stay that way. Then we won't have to worry about their feelings getting the better of them." He smiled.
"How are you going to do that?"
"I have complete control over all three of them. As long as there is a mark on every one of them, I can control their bodies.
As the two ran back to their hideout, Orochimaru began to think horrible thoughts. I feel like having some fun, he snickered evilly.
o0 Ooooh, what will happen next? I'll try to update soon!