Chapter 5
Thanks for your reviews, hope you are enjoying the story so far! I'm sure those of you are dying to find out who this leader of sound is-well, I is not telling but it's NOT an OC coz I'm not a fan of OC's unless they're minor characters, mwahaha...anyway, enjoy chapter 5 :D!
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Soukai scrambled off of his bed and grasped the picture in his hands. "U-uncle...?"
"Soukai..."
Soukai looked around him again as the voice ehoed around the room. The voice was low and similar to Sasuke's. Did it belong to Itachi?
"Let me out Soukai..."
Soukai shook his head. "No! You killed our clan!"
"Our clan was dead long before I killed them..."
A brush of wind blew over the room-like a sudden force of ice. Soukai shielded his eyes. He looked up and all was silent...
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Sakura took a walk through the village, as the wind swept through her hair. She lowered her eyes to the ground as he fumbled with her hair pin. 'Soukai must feel so out of place...' Entering a clear space of the forest, she stretched and took a seat on the grass. Laying back Sakura gazed up at the clouds as they passed her by. She grabbed clumps of grass in her hand and ripped them from their roots.
Suddenly, she felt a wave of chakra pulses below her. It seemed to be coming from under the ground. The pulse was repetitive. She forced herself to sit up and place her ear on the ground, studying the pulses and time between each one. 'It isn't a jutsu-nor is it a person...however, chakra waves are surging through the earth and focusing on this particular spot...why? What is that?' Her first instinct was to tell the hokage-aka, her best friend. If something was strange, Naruto would want to hear about it.
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"The bird is ready to take flight..." The blond from the shadows said with a humor to his tone.
"Finally...it's our time...plan B," the other spoke.
A woman stepped out of the shadows with a smirk. "Our last resort..."
"Katsu..."
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The earth began to rumble around Sakura. She took a step backwards as the ground began to rise below her. She widened her eyes as something began to ascend from the ground. 'No way! Th-this is-!'
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Soukai breathed heavily as he threw the photograph out of the window. His father was right-Itachi wasn't the person he thought he was.
"That displeases me greatly..."
Soukai stared at his hands in horror as he saw Itachi's sharingan eye in each palm. "Gah-get out of here!" Itachi's head began to crawl its way out of Soukai's shoulder.
"You are a disappointment to the Uchiha name...no one accepts you for who you are...you are just like me Soukai..."
"No, no I'm not!" Soukai protested. "Get off of me!" The words Itachi spoke kept repeating in his mind-the sharingan on his palms, Itachi's face on his shoulder. "Stay away from me!"
Sasuke ran into the room as he heards his son's cries. "Release!"
The gen-jutsu dispersed and Soukai fell to the ground in exhaustion. He took in deep breaths. "F-father..."
Sasuke ran to Soukai's side. "What happened?" Sasuke had sensed the gen-jutsu, and the moment he entered the room he saw his son struggling. The gen-jutsu itself was invisible to Sasuke's eye, but it was real.
"Itachi...was everywhere! On my hands, in my shoulder!" Soukai cried.
Sasuke placed a comforting hand round his son. "I won't let anyone hurt you-that's a promise." He gazed at his surroundings. 'Itachi is dead...I know he is...how is this possible?' "I need you to tell me something Soukai-where did you find that picture?"
"I...didn't fine it..." Soukai said, wiping away his tears. "I was given it..."
Sasuke's heart skipped a beat. Who would give him something like that? "When were you given it?"
"Two weeks ago..." Soukai answered, wiping his tears. "I dreamt about someone giving me a picture and when I woke up the picture was beside me."
Sasuke raised a brow as he wiped his son's tears. "Who gave it to you in the dream?"
"Y...you did..."
Sasuke paused. "Gen-jutsu..." 'Someone has been placing gen-jutsu on my son...and whoever it is will pay...' "Well I didn't give you that picture...but I need you to stay by my side or your mother's at all times, no matter what...if anything happened to you..." Sasuke shook off the feeling of remorse. He couldn't allow his son to concern himself with danger at such a young age. "Let's get you some ramen...okay?"
Soukai nodded as he smiled. "I don't...hate you..."
"Heh, I know..." Sasuke replied, taking him out of the Uchiha compound.
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Sakura sat on the floor, crawling backwards as the white bird came rising from the ground like a demon from hell. Sakura had no idea what to do-if she went to tell the hokage then anyone could go near it without knowing what it was-but if she stayed then it was possible she'd be blown up. 'This is one of Deidara's bombs, but we haven't heard from the Akatsuki in 5 years-not only that, it came from under the ground! Unless he planted it there...so why is it going off now?' Sakura couldn't sense any chakra around her-aside from the pulses surged within the bomb. It could go off anytime.
'Think Sakura, think! Tsunade taught you some knowledge about bombs-it was part of your medical training seven years back...when the particles heat up, it causes a chemical reaction, which sets off the bomb, however this is chakra infused therefore it is controlled by Deidara's chakra and he can choose when to detonate it...that means, if I block chakra pules from reaching the exterior shell it won't be set off...however, I would need to get my hand right in there and do a sealing jutsu...how do I open a bomb without it setting off?'
Sakura would need some tools...she could operate on this bomb-but she would require utensils. Sakura couldn't risk getting them herself. Then, she remembered what her and Sasuke had planned together on a mission 3 years back. By tracking his sharingan using chakra pulses to his brainwaves, Sakura could let him know she was in danger-however, it would only work at a certain distance and Sakura had no idea if she could focus chakra into her husband's brain waves so easily when the bomb could disrupt her signature. As well as this, Sasuke's sharingan would have to be activated. With that in mind, Sakura did a hand sign and sent off a pulse of chakra to Sasuke, praying he would pick up on it.
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"Good ramen?" Sasuke asked, watching his son gulping the food down.
"Hai!" Soukai answered, wiping his mouth. "Arigatou."
Sasuke gave a curt nod before getting up to leave the bar. "Let's go walk somewhere." He watched his son with concern. It seemed the incident earlier had not affected his current mood, however, he was 4 and has been placed under a gen-jutsu-it would have been a close call if it wasn't for Sasuke releasing it in time. 'Hn...that's another thing-that gen-jutsu was weak, as if the person could barely keep it up, which is why it was so easy to release-I had no problem whatsoever. But still-I can't shake off the feeling...' He gazed at the sky above. 'That Itachi could be...' He flinched slightly as he felt a pulse of chakra hitting him suddenly. He turned to face the direction it was coming from. The chakra was so faint, he couldn't even work out who it was. Sasuke activated his sharingan without Soukai noticing. Now he could see-it was a green glow, that seemed to rush into his body then back out.
"Soukai-your mother, she wants us, let's go!" Sasuke said urgently, taking his son by the hand and heading straight to the woods. He prayed she was alright-with the incident that happened earlier, he could only fear the worst.
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Sorry it took me a while to upload, I've been so busy! The next chapter should be longer, please review! Thank you!