Sighhz, as i have promised, Itachi is in the story, though i have added a slight bit of angsty to it xP to make it a bit more interesting.
Sasuke: interesting? More interesting? Since when was it interesting baka?
Naruto: neeee! Sasuke-teme! don't be so mean! it's not that bad!
.. What... What the... not THAT bad??!!
Naruto: -snicker- EEK! SASUKE-KUN! SHE'S HARRASSING ME!
but.. but I...!
Sasuke: -activates the Sharingan- hoho...
sa-sasuke-chan?
-Silence-
Naruto: By some odd and weird luck, the author's body parts were completely disembowled except for her eyes, brain (though slightly mentally damaged), and hands, which have allowed her to finish typing this story. Oh, and one more thing, she doesn't, and never will, own Naruto or Inuyasha. kehkehkeh...
sniffle.. you're so mean Naruto-kun...
Chapter 5
Kagome sighed in distress, her brain whirling in confusion. What was the meeting with Tsunade about? She didn't understand it. And everyone looked so distressed at the mention of the name... Itachi.
-Flashback- (yaaay! I got into italics already! xD)
"There have been Akatsuki members sighted near the forest lately by some passerby, though noone has been injured physically...most of them are in poor mental state."
Kagome felt the whole room tense up, as though something forbidden had been mentioned.
"Ne, Tsunade-sama, who... was it?" Sakura asked, cutting through the silence.
Tsunade narrowed her eyes as she turned slightly to look at Sasuke.
"... Itachi."
Kagome felt her own spine tingle in an unpleasant way as the name was mentioned. Kagome noticed that all eyes were directed at Sasuke, who's own eyes were narrowed in hate. Kagome could feel the blood-lust radiating off him as his fists were clenched together, though still managing to control his facial features from going awry.
"When will we go?"
"Gomen Sasuke, but you will be asked to be excused from this mission, and in your place will be Kagome."
Sasuke did not even bother controlling his rage now.
"NANI?! You want me to be 'excused' from this mission??? YOU WANT ME TO STOP FROM SEEING ITACHI? WHY? WHY DAMMIT??!l" Naruto flinched at the rage-filled voice.
"You will do reckless things. We don't want to lose one of Konoha's most elite ninja over something like this." She replied briskly, as though the conversation had ended there.
"Yes s-Sasuke-kun! Ts-Tsunade-sama is right!" Sakura added quickly, wanting to change her beloved's mind rather than let him go and die.
Sasuke shot Naruto a death glare, daring him to side with 'them'. Naruto just shrugged.
"I dunnno, I mean, if Sasuke really wants to go, can anyone, other than myself of course, stop him? He is a jounin after all, though weaker than me. Though I would prefer if he decided against a pointless death, but really, we can't stop him if he had already decided to go. So I say it's really his choice."
Everyone looked at Naruto in surprise at the extremely mature/out of character things Naruto was saying. Tsunade looked around thoughtfully.
"Oi, I never thought I'd say this, but Naruto is right! -crowd gasps- After all, can we really stop him? We can't spare a lot of shinobis right now since everyone is needed to protect Konoha."
Sasuke looked around, his previous anger dissipating at the level of intelligence in Naruto's answer, though he'd ever admit that of course. Perhaps his dobe has gotten more intelligent?
"Yo."
"EEEEYAAAAAAAAAH! KAKASHI SENSEI!" The cute blonde screamed out.
Sasuke sighed... guess not.
"Kakashi. You're late." Tsunade pointed out bluntly.
"Gomen, gomen-nasai! There was this little dolphin near the lake who needed my help with something, and of course, who could resist a cute little dolphin? So what I did was.."
"LIAR!"
"-Gaspeh!- I would never Naruto-kun! If you'd just lemme.."
"Kakashi! I don't care what you got into this time, and frankly, I just don't care. Itachi has been sighted near the forest and I want you to take team seven and go to investigate it. Kagome will come along with you. I want you all to meet tomorrow morning at the gates of Konoha."
Kakashi nodded.
"Then you are dismissed."
Four clouds appeared as Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, and Sakura disappeared.
"BYE TSUNADE-OBAACHAN!" Naruto screamed before disappearing.
Kagome shook her head in confusion. Dammit! Why didn't people tell you anything anym...
"KAGOME-CHAN!!!" An unidentifiable bouncing object jumped on her, knocking her breath out.
"Mmph!" Kagome ... well... mmphed as she fell face flat into the ground.
"Oi.. Gomen... Do you think I went a lil to hard on her?"
"Hn. What do you think dobe?" (Guess who just said that! If you guess wrong, I'll slap you until you can guess right... :D)
"Dammit teme! Stop calling me dobe! Teme!"
"MMPH!"
"Oh... right.. Gomen-nasai Kagome-chan!" Naruto said his hurried apology as he quickly got off Kagome.
"Hmph...well.. What are you guys doing here?"
"Sasuke-teme is getting me ramen!"
Kagome raised a brow at Sasuke in question. Sasuke replied by giving her a look that said 'ask and die'.
"Why?"
"Hm... you know... I never really thought about it Kagome-chan, I just thought that ..."
"Tradition." The stoic Uchiha blurted out, not wanting Naruto to say something stupid that made Sasuke feel like an idiot (not that he didn't already feel like one... Sasuke: -glares- ...AHEM! on with the story!).
"Nani? Sasuke-kun, you only buy me ramen on..."
"If you keep talking, no one's getting ramen."
"Neee??!! I must go now Kagome-chan! TO ICHIRAKU!!!"
Kagome smirked. Ohohohohohohoho. She felt pretty hungry too.. And after all.. She was penniless. Kagome put on her best puppy dog face.
"Sasuke-kuuuuun... I, I'm hungry too Sasuke-kuuuun."
"No."
"N-n-nani? So why do you let Naruto.."
"Yes.. Ramen, for both of you."
"ARIGATO SASUKE-KUN!!!"
Poor Sasuke.
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Sasuke felt a small migraine forming as he recalled the earlier events.
-Flashback-
-slurp slurp chomp chomp chomp slurp-
"ANOTHER BOWL PLEASE!"
Sasuke watched in utter horror and fascination as the raven haired girl ate bowl after bowl, creating a even match with Naruto's appetite.
He dodged a piece of noodle flying out from a bowl (he couldn't quite tell which one, since the rate they were eating at were so fact, it was impossible to tell) feeling quite disgusted, when another piece of noodle hit him square on the forehead.
"Bill, bill please." The uchiha stated calmly, wiping the piece of noodle off his nose.
"Neeee, Sasuke-teme! I'm not done yet! I.."
Sasuke sent Naruto a death glare, earning a rewarding silence from the kyuubi container.
Sasuke quickly scanned over the bill. Oh my God. They've got to be joking. That was worth more than the store! They couldn't... no. they were lying. That simply couldn't be true.
"Gomen, but I think you've made an mistake."
The noodle man (for lack of better word) smiled knowingly, having experienced this a few time with Naruto.
"Check again onegai shimasu."
Sasuke scanned over the price, adding the prices together. Oh my God. He was right!
"We're going." He mumbled faintly as he threw all that was in his wallet at the guy.
"Arigato, please come again!"
"But sasukeeeee, I'm still hungry."
"No."
"But Sasukeeee-chaaan.."
Sasuke quickly flashed the bill at Kagome, shutting the raven up immediately.
"ARIGATO GOZAIMASU SASUKE-KUN!"
"Hai, arigato Sasuke-chan." Kagome voice was still a little faint, she didn't think she'd ever seen so much zeros on one check.
"Hn."
Sasuke mentally groaned as the horrifying experience replayed itself in his head.
"Well, Ja mata, Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun, I'm going to look around a bit now, see you later!"
Kagome winked at Sasuke before disappearing.
"Mm. I'm going too. Sayonara Naruto-baka."
"Neeeeeee, Sasuke-kuuuuun... it's so dark. And scarry..." Naruto pulled out his famous look, not even Sakura could resist that one.
"-Sigh- Fine. But I'm only taking you to.."
"YATA!!" Naruto yelled in triumph, choking Sasuke in a giant hug/squeeze.
Sasuke sighed, though blushing lightly (author: awwwww kawaii! Sasuke: I was Not blushing. Uchiha's do Not blush. Author: ohohohoho, so what was that pinkish tinge? Uchina: Naruto was too heavy. The heat radiating of his body, from the body fat made it too hot. Naruto: NANI?!) at the contact, this was going to be a long night.
(I thought of ending it here, but I did promise to bring Itachi in... sigh, my promises always get the best of me...xDD)
They were running down a corridor. Endless doors awaited their fate. But which one to choose? There could be only one. Only one that will take us out of this cage. But which one?
Sango looked over at her partner for help, only to find that he was gone.
She called his name hurriedly.
"Miroku?"
Suddenly laughter shook the room and she felt herself being dragged into a tunnel.
She glanced behind her in fear, only to see her beloved Miroku, a crooked smile upon his face, while sucking her slowly into his hell-hole.
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Sango woke up, her body drenched in sweat. She quickly felt herself (not in the perverted way!) And felt a small relief overwhelming her. But it was quickly replaced by fear as she realized where she was. Wait. Where exactly was she?
She was in some kinda dungeon room to be exact, pile of straw at one corner of the room which was most likely, the bed.
"Ano... Lady Sango?"
Sango looked to her right, at the opposite end sat Miroku, wide awake.
As Sango looked into Miroku's eyes, some kind of understanding passed through them.
"We can't wait anymore. We will just have to begin the fight without lady Kagome."
"Yes, but how will we begin?"
The sound of footsteps echoed down the hall. They froze.
A dark silhouette came into place. No. It couldn't be. Could it?
Kikyo came into view, with Shippo on her shoulder and Inuyasha by her side.
"YOU BITCH! GIVE THEM BACK! GIVE THEM BACK!" Sango yelled, losing her calm exterior.
Kikyo just smirked.
"Oh no, Inuyasha's the bitch rather, in fact, he's the 'son- of-a-bitch'." Kikyo's smirk grew wider.
"Right Inuyasha?"
"Hai." Inuyasha murmured, as he placed a chaste kiss upon Kikyo's lips.
Sango watched in horror as Inuyasha threw away all his pride and dignity he'd shown around Kagome and them.
"Inuyasha?" Sango wimpered. It couldn't be him. Inuyasha had become a brother-like figure to her, a role-model perhaps, she had always admired him for his strength (and hair, though not as much) and it hurt to see him like this, so vulnerable.
Inuyasha looked at Sango. Sango started to sob silently. His eyes used to be full of fire and arrogance, rather like lady Kagome's eyes (hers however was a soft chocolate brown colour) but now...they held no emotion, it was as if his soul had left him.
"Inuyasha? INUYASHA! INUYASHA DAMMIT! SAY SOMETHING! ANSWER ME!" Sango screamed while jumping up and attempting to wrench down the cell-bars.
Inuyasha looked to kikyo, as though for permission to answer. Kikyo just responded with a smirk.
"I do not know who you are, much less what you're doing here, but I suggest you remain more calm around the lovely lady Kikyo."
"WHAT THE HELL INUYASHA! WHAT ABOUT KAGOME? DON'T YOU REMEMBER KAGOME?"
Inuyasha's eyes had flashed quickly, revealing some of his old spike, but it was gone in a second.
"Who is she?"
Kagome awoke, her body drenched in sweat from yet another nightmare. She had a few nightmares like these, but she'd never really took notice of them, afterall, they were just dreams right?
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"Ooi, Sasuke-teme! Where's Kakashi?"
"How should I know dobe?"
"Well. You are his star pupil afterall." Naruto drawled out lazily, enjoying the soft breeze that caressed him.
"So?"
"You should know his whereabouts at all times."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. Naruto was teasing him. They both knew about Kakashi-sensei's 'relationship' with Iruka-sensei, though they didn't know the 'full extent' of their relationship, they knew somewhat that the two were past the 'friendship-line'.
"Baka Naruto, are you still insistent about that dare?"
Naruto chuckled. Oh yes, the dare. He had dared Sasuke to go spy on Iruka and Kakashi. And surprisingly enough, Sasuke had turned him down, that dare being the only one he turned down. He somehow had a feeling that even his sharingan wouldn't help him then, and trust me, Uchiha's were very spiritual with these sorts of things.
"-whine- Nan de Sasuukeeee- kuuuuuun? Do it for me please? -poof-" Naruto had attempted to use the 'sexy-jutsu' on Sasuke.. But something went wrong this time..
"NANI?!" Naruto shouted out in rage as he realized that his hair was still short, his chest hadn't developed at all and ... omfg... OMFG! He! He! He! He was NAKED! Not like female 'eeek' naked like MALE NAKED! LIKE ---- NAKED!
Sasuke felt all his blood rush to his head as he realized that something had gone wrong with Naruto's usual jutsu. Sadly for Sasuke however, when Naruto turned around, he'd seen Sasuke looking at him.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! SASUKE-TEME IS A PERVERT! SASUKE TEME IS A PERVERT!" Naruto had developed a few clones, attempting to use them to jump on Sasuke to block his view... and ... well... ahem... you smart readers know where this is going.
Sasuke felt small droplets of blood... oh hell... a lake of blood was sploshing out from his nose as several naked Narutos jumped him. Sasuke felt his vision waver from the large amount of blood loss. He'd always wanted to die that way... being glomped, or so he thought, by several naked Narutos...
- Now a quick time skip, those who want to read this can, it's your choice really. I'm just gonna explain what happened. Naruto arrived latest of all, looking a bit flushed. Kagome looked a little down, not as perky as usual. Sakura was complaining about the fact that Naruto was slowing down the group. Sasuke... was.. Well.. Sasuke, no emotions, though his face a bit more pale than usual, and sending occasional stares at Naruto, whom ignored them with a strange sense of dignity for someone who had just glomped someone else very much nakedly. And kakashi had a evil glint in his eye, at usual, but it was directed at the two boys. -
-groowwwll-
"Shut up dobe, you'll alert the enemy."
"I can't help it! I'm hungry!"
-growwl-
"Sasuke-kun told you to stop it Naruto!"
-growl-
"Try to hold it in Naruto-kun, we're all hungry."
-ROAR!-
-sigh-
"Here you go."
Naruto caught the energy bar lovingly, and ate it all in one gulp, his stomach giving an approving growl before finally going quiet.
"Arigato Kagome-chan."
Silence.
Something was wrong.
Kagome could feel it.
She couldn't here anything at all.
It was never this silent in the forest. Not in the Feudal Era. And not here.
She down to the ground beneath her.
She felt surprise jolting here, as though something had shot her. Pain rippled through her body and she felt her legs going weak.
There was Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi. They were all there. Naruto was still wearing his stupidly idiotic grin which was way to big for his face. Sasuke still emotionless as ever. Sakura.. Well... no one really cares about her. And Kakashi was still sporting that little upside down u eye, that perverted smirk still visible beneath his mask.
But something was wrong.
They weren't moving.
They're just lying there.
WHY ARE THEY LYING THERE?
MOVE DAMMIT!
MOVE!
MOVE!
"MOVE!!!" Kagome shouted out in despair.
She felt hot tears slide down her face, dripping down her chin.
She felt her heart broken as she saw the team, covered in blood.
Then she saw out of the corner of her eye, another figure stirred. Was it Sasuke? He had black hair like Sasuke's, his eyes were red too, just like Sasuke's sharingan.
"Sasuke?" Kagome whispered weakly.
No. It wasn't Sasuke. Sasuke had softer eyes. Those eyes contained no emotions, they were filled with the spirit of a killer. But if you looked just a little bit deeper, you could see the pain, the tortured souls of all the spirits inside those eyes. They were so undescribably beautiful. The crimson colour glowing in the shadows.
"Who are you?"
"That is no concern of yours."
Kagome smiled. The little action looked so delicate, so fragile as though one could break it with one crush of their hand.
He was like Sesshomaru, Kagome had decided then.
"Why are you smiling?"
"Because it's funny. You remind me of someone."
The silhouetted figure raised an eyebrow. This girl was interesting. Different from all the other girl's he had met. He would love to feel her blood dripping down his hand.
"Oh really? How very... nice. Now. Who are these people?"
Kagome finally felt realization hit her as she looked over her shoulders to see her comrades, sleeping an eternal sleep.
"Those... were close friends of mine."
"Oh? Really? Tell me about them."
Itachi was enjoying this. Bringing up the pain inside the girl. Afterall, that's what he was best at.
"The pink haired girl... she'd always loved Sasuke, but she was selfish, using Naruto's affections towards her to stir up trouble between the two."
Kagome felt a sense of longing claim her. Sakura would never learn what true love would be like. She'd never actually spared one glance towards the taijutsu kid. Who would do anything for her.
"Kakashi. He was their sensei. Always reading that perverted book of his."
Kagome felt pain stab her heart. What would Iruka-sensei say once he found out about this? They would've never proclaimed their love. Kakashi had been planning to propose to Iruka that night.
"Sasuke, the one who looks like you."
Kagome felt the stranger stiffen slightly at the description, but she paid no heed to it.
"He had always loved Naruto. Always trying to impress him."
And he was getting somewhere too, Kagome added silently in her mind. But it was a love that could never be now... at least they'll be together now... forever.
"And.. And..." Oh Gods. She didn't want to do this. Not him.
"The blonde one." Kagome felt her heart wrenching open.
"He. He had always loved Sakura, ignoring all the little hints Sasuke gave him that hinted against his one sided love."
And he would never get to be Hokage.
Kagome felt anger well up inside her.
"Who would do this?"
Itachi smirked.
"I would."
YOSH! my first cliffy! well.. sorta.. not really.. but... urm... uuh... -cough cough- MY FIRST CLIFFY! (btw, for those who dun noe, cliffycliffhanger) ... well, cya laters! Ja ne!
oh right, one more thing
Itachi- 25