Chapter 14
Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto Characters, that one guy does.
Shisui followed Soryu through the maze-like hideout and until they came across Ayato engaged in a fight with another man wielding a giant sword.
"Ayato-sensei! Where's Jayne?" Shisui called out.
"Keep looking. I'll handle this bastard," Ayato yelled out to them while throwing a blade of sharp wind at his enemy.
Shisui notice there was another person in the room, a tall female standing off to the side. She didn't look like a ninja nor did she have a hostile attitude. Maybe she'd know where Jayne was. He ran up to her.
"Where's my teammate?" He growled. He couldn't help but have a terrible feeling in his stomach knowing Jayne was nowhere to be seen.
"You're Jayne's Teammate?" Her eyes widened. "You need to help her! She got kidnapped by some men around the same time you guys showed up. They probably escaped while the hideout was in such a loud commotion."
"Kidnapped? Who kidnapped her?" Soryu ran over and joined in the questioning.
"I don't know, some of Zabuza's men figured out her identity. If you guys came from that direction and didn't see them, then they must have taken the back passage towards the forest," the women said. "They can't be too far."
"Soryu, find the way to the back entrance," Shisui commanded.
"Wait, I can show you!" the lady motioned them to follow her.
The three genin followed her through another maze of tunnels below the waterfalls. Each of them with a tightness in their chest. I can't let them get away with Jayne, Shisui thought as he ran through the halls. They felt as if they were never ending and he was never going to get out of this damn hideout. He was never going to find Jayne and bring her home. Luckily, his despairing thoughts ended as soon as they reached the forest.
Itachi ran with his teammates through the woods until an unknown presence brought them to a stop. In front of them on the forest path was a heavier man waiting for them to arrive.
"You brats didn't think we could sense the three of ya' running up on us?" The man asked with a smug look on his face.
"Where's Jayne?" Shisui yelled
"My partner's probably got her long gone by now," the man said.
"Who are you guys and what do you want with her?" Itachi asked calmly.
"The names Yori, and me and my partner are gonna sell the girl to the mizukage for some good money. I'm not going to a few leaf brats get in the way of that," Yori said.
"Shisui, you take Soryu and go ahead and find Jayne. I will take care of this guy," Itachi said.
"You sure?" Shisui asked.
"Yeah, you guys go save Jayne. I will catch up with you after I deal with him," Itachi said getting ready to fight.
"Alright, see you soon," Shisui grabbed Soryu's shoulder and flicked away.
"Big mistake kid, I'm going to flatten you like a pancake," Yori slammed his large foot into the ground. The Earth started to shake below him creating an tremor through the ground.
Itachi jumped back from where the ground shook beneath him. He watched as Yori slammed his hands together. From his hands formed a seismic blast that shot towards Itachi with a huge radius. He tried to jump out of the way but the blast was too quick. He felt his body flying through the air until it stopped by crashing into a tree.
He picked himself up ignoring the aching in his back. He opened his eyes and activated his sharingan. With his enhanced sight he saw the attacks coming in more slowly and dodged each new seismic blast. Itachi quickly jumped out of the way but his constant fleeing prevented him from making his own attacks. He was finally able to hit a gap in Yori's attacks and blew a stream of fire out of his mouth straight at Yori. Yori wasn't able to move out of the way quick enough and got hit in the side by the fire leaving a nasty singed.
"You little brat! Yer going to regret that, 'cause now I'm real angry!" Yori roared.
Yori, in his new rage, produced more seismic blasts by beating his hands together even faster than before. He attacked in a wild frenzy destroying what was left of their surroundings. Itachi found himself constantly avoiding attacks with no time for breaks. He had to find another opening. Maybe Yori would tire soon and slow down. He'd have to eventually.
Yori began to switch up his fighting style. As he crashed his foot into the ground, instead of a rippling seismic wave, the ground began to break. The ground cracked, shaking between the two ninja. The ground was separating in all different areas. Itachi felt the ground below him tremble as it pulled apart from under him.
Itachi quickly grabbed onto the ledge of the Earth, holding himself up from the drop below. The Earth's tremors made it hard to hold. Itachi pulled out a kunai and stuck it deep into the ground for something sturdy to grab hold of. As the Earth began to steady it took him some time to regain his balance and strength.
His opponent approached his dangling body, standing high above him. He gave a deep chuckle, "Look how puny you are now!" Yori placed his foot on the kunai lodged into the dirt and began to push it around until it would loosen, leading Itachi to his eventual fall and demise.
Itachi grit his teeth as plans ran through his head to get out of his current predicament. He's quick enough and agile enough that he could get around the big, oafish man. Itachi decided to go for it. He used all his upper body strength to pull himself up with enough force to leap into the air. Itachi flipped over Yori's head landing behind him. Quickly pulling out a shuriken, he threw it and sent it slicing through his opponent's back.
A bloodcurdling scream spewed from Yori's mouth as the Shurkien sank deeply into his back. He stumbled forward from the force of the impact. Unfortunately for him, there was no forward, just a gaping pit in the ground. One he created. His body fell, disappearing into the darkness of the unlit innards of the Earth. Itachi stood over the open Earth and gazed down until he heard the thud of Yori hitting the bottom of the deep aperture in the ground.
He gave a deep sigh of relief after defeating his enemy. He wasn't sure what exactly to do with all these new holes the earthquakes created. However, that was a problem for another time. Shisui and Soryu were still out there going after Jayne and her abductor. Itachi leapt up into the trees hoping he would arrive in time to help them out. Who knows what kinds of power this other abductor has…
