Retribution

Chapter 18

After arriving in Kagome's room he set the books out and sent a clone to alert Lady Tsunade of his arrival. Not long after did she appear with Shizune and Shikamaru. Her eyes brightened at seeing the selection he brought with him and noticed he was still unpacking the large bag. Seeing a note fall out she reached down and picked it up before reading the contents.

Dear Kagome,

You haven't been home in a long time and InuYasha has yet to tell me what is going on. Your friend Itachi came by to get you some supplies and books. I have him eating a snack in your room right now and once I am done with this we are going to sit down for tea. Even though I know you hide some of the things that happen to keep me from worrying more, I hope you will still visit soon, after all you did miss your birthday and now your presents are collecting dust. I hope you are all right dear. I will be sending some winter clothing back with InuYasha the next time I see him.

Love Always,

Mom

Tsunade looked at the note before setting it down, emotions ready to come through her calm façade. The love of a mother from years in the past, written to her comatose daughter, years in the future put a real perspective on things and the fact this girl has a mother back home trying to remain strong. She looked down at the young woman as she stirred once again in her sleep but just couldn't seem to wake up. This girl was a fighter she knew, she doesn't give up and they will find a way to release her from whomever it is that did this. She knew it couldn't be Itachi, Sasuke, or Kakashi but who else could it be?

She turned around and watched the other three. Itachi and Shikamaru were already paging through the books while Shizune put the girls things away that her mother sent. Hearing a knock on the door she gave the command for them to come in and watched Ino walk into the room.

"We are ready when you are Lady Tsunade." Nodding, she began with Shizune's help at taking the IV out and followed up with the feeding tube. In a few minutes they had her set to be carried to the interrogation room. They had no intention on interrogating the girl but they needed the device to help get in her mind so they could help her.

By the time they reached the room Sasuke had joined up and both he and his brother had their eyes activated. Kakashi appeared to help guard them in case anything happens. Itachi placed her in the chamber while everyone else took their spots. Ino and three other Shinobi stood at the table on the other side as Ibiki chose to stand next to him.

They began their jutsu and entered her mind, a few seconds later all four of them stumbled backwards holding their heads in pain, the jutsu broken. It wasn't looking good. After a minute they resumed their spots and once their jutsu was complete Itachi nodded at Sasuke and they too entered her mind but once there Itachi activated his Tsukuyomi against the enemy and trapped them in his genjutsu.

Once there he got a good look at the enemy minus them being black and white in a primarily red world. His torture started but before he could finish they had broken it, signaling it was an Uchiha that he didn't know existed. Entering her mind he noted they had left, probably still recovering from his genjutsu.

A few minutes later Kagome began to stir but she had been suppressed once more and three of the others were kicked out leaving only Sasuke and Ino in her mind. Ino was finally reaching where she would be able to actually see Kagome's memories and noted the others were not appearing at their spots.

She put her hands out and began to scroll through them but instead of finding her moments with Kabuto she came upon what could only be a dream or something happening in her mind while she was in a coma. The man looked just like an Uchiha and kept going on about power, blood, and the God tree. He appeared to be trying to brainwash her and after Kagome started screaming, 'get out of my head' did he finally say more.

"Power is the answer to bringing peace. Your blood will be my blood just as my blood became yours. Your body is now power. Power of chakra and power of the holy and that power will be mine." She could see his Sharingan, the blue around his eyes, his long brown hair, and the kimono he wore, closed by a dark sash.

The light colored Kimono had tomoe surrounding the collar and he had a serious look to his face. She tried to dive in deeper but she started feeling like she was being pushed out so she stubbornly pushed forward and then he was before her, his sharingan eyes were a swirl pattern. She stood her ground, preparing for what he might do.

"Who are you?" She questioned. Not receiving an answer she instead questioned, "Why are you keeping her trapped within her own mind?" He didn't answer to that either. "You're obviously an Uchiha, where have you been this whole time?"

And then he finally started talking but as he answered her questions his eyes changed and when she looked up again she found herself in a genjutsu she couldn't break. Back in the physical world everyone watched Ino push on. Her face full of determination and then after several moments she broke her jutsu and collapsed. Sasuke's eyes changed as he fought the other sharingan eyes in a battle before he placed him in his own Tsukuyomi and then he came out, feeling taxed and deactivating his eyes before looking at the others.

Sasuke remarked, "I couldn't see him, just his eyes but I forced him out of her head."

"Damn it! Curse them," Tsunade swore before giving out orders. Ino and Kagome were taken to Kagome's room to recover.

Later on as everyone paged through her books and looked at maps and pictures they could hear Kagome stir before she finally opened her eyes. Itachi waited patiently by her side, adjusting her bed to a sitting position and waiting for her eyes to focus but instead they remained a dark grey and then a faded coloring of the swirling sharingan appeared in her eyes.

Everyone took a defensive position as they watched her mouth move silently before they could quietly hear, "Power. Blood. God Tree. Power. Blood. God Tree-," her quiet words lacking no emotion or any trace of herself had them all on edge.

"Kagome," Itachi lifted her chin so she could look straight at him. "Kagome snap out of it." He tried deactivating the jutsu but nothing would release it. He shook her lightly, not wanting to cause her harm, he watched as her head came up until she was looking straight ahead. Wondering if she was starting to come out of it he backed off to give her space.

"Power. Blood. God Tree. Power is the answer to bringing peace. Your blood will be my blood just as my blood became yours. Your body is now power. Power of chakra and power of the holy and that power will be mine. Power. Blood. God Tree. Power is the answer to bringing peace. My blood will be your blood just as your blood became my blood. My body is now power. Power of chakra and power of the holy and that power will be yours. Power. Blood. God Tree. Power is the answer to bringing peace. Your blood will be my blood just as my blood became yours. Your body is now power. Power of chakra and power of the holy and that power will be mine. Power. Blood. God Tree. Power is the answer to bringing peace. My blood will be your blood just as your blood became my blood. My body is now power. Power of chakra and power of the holy and that power will be yours."

"We should look inside Ino's mind and see if she got anything, she was in there a long time." Itachi was right, they didn't wish to do this to yet another but they needed answers. "Sasuke, is the shrine still standing?"

"Yes."

"I want to go there immediately. Did anything survive Pain's destruction of the village? Old scrolls like a recording of our clan's heritage?"

Sasuke nodded, "I copied it all twice and placed one in my home and the other at the shrine. We should bring Kakashi; his eye would be able to read it all as well."

"Agreed, Kakashi?" With a nod from him and the okay from Tsunade they left.

An hour later the others were searching Ino's mind coming across the same scene she found before he took his attention to her. Remembering every word they waited it out until they came across the mind torture and left. "Lady Hokage, we have a clear description and answers to his identity."

Underground, beneath the shrine the three men with the sharingan were using their eyes to read old text, looking for the possibility of an illegitimate child, abduction, or something to give them a clue. The problem they found was there had been several that went missing, abducted most likely by Danzō and Orochimaru so that lead them back to the snake for questions.

Sakura came in with the final test results shortly after everyone had gathered once more. "With Itachi's samples I was able to track the serum to having similar qualities as the Goshinboku on Kagome's shrine plus further in the past. It is not an exact replica but with an old sample I had of Zetsu I did find an even closer match meaning they are all connected. The other injection she had been given was blood. To be precise it is blood of an Uchiha but not anyone in our database. Oh, she is awake. How are you doing Kagome?" Hearing the quiet murmuring she stepped closer hearing the chant. Taking out a flashlight she looked at her eyes, noticing change and proceeding to back away after her faint pupils did not dilate or retract.

"He has brainwashed her and put her under some kind of mind control," Shizune answered, stepping up with Tonton in her arms.

"Who?" Sakura questioned as she began to turn around and face everyone behind her.

Then a movement caught her and using the Kamui technique he appeared. She jumped back and everyone was on the defense. He stood at the head of the bed looking at them before replying, "Me." Looking down at Kagome he looped his arms under hers and proceeded to use Kamui and disappear. Itachi, Sasuke, and Kakashi were the first ones on the roof looking for where they reappeared. Kakashi could see them on the Hokage monument, alerting the other two everyone went after him.