Captive Brethren
Chapter Two
Kakashi glowers at the Uchiha. It was mid-mourning now and the sun Ultraviolet energy shone through the clouds past throughout the trees. A soft breeze blew through the sensei's grayish-whitish hair. Itachi's eyes were half hidden in his straw hat that had bells ringing attached to it. His partner, who did not wear hi hat, Kisame who was a missing nin from Kirigakure. On his left shoulder was a knocked out Naruto Uzumaki.
"Itachi let Naruto go. Or I'll be sure Konoha and Kiri get corpses of their top criminals lie on their door steps." Kakashi threatened coldly. Sharingan met sharingan, one in anger the other blankly.
"You'd better make good on that threat, Kakashi." Itachi replied coolly. Then he laughs lightly yet darkly. "Our leader wants the Kyuubi now."
If I'm gonna, fight the kid who joined ANBU at age thirteen then I better be careful. The sensei thought in prudence. Then he remembered their little fight in Konoha three years ago, so he continued to improve his sharingan justu. Kakashi performed some head seals and atleast ten shadow clones of himself came out of white smoke. Kisame infront of Itachi and in the process dropped Naruto to the ground.
Kakashi then noticed his wounds on his student's limp, pale body. Seemly fatal wounds to his left side was covered in dry blood, was slowly healing now. There were deep cuts that bled slightly and bruises covered half of his face, most that would probably would scar him forever. His clothes were torn into chunks, especially at his arms and his headband was misplaced. Dry blood were underneath his lips and own his hands, which lay still lifeless at his sides. Itachi stares at his partner's back.
"What the hell are you doing Kisame?"
"Heh, someone's gotta stay behind. You're faster than me 'cause this sword on my back."
"I guess you're distracting then. Just be sure to catch up later." Itachi jeered impassive, but his eyes were unfeeling.
"Yeah, yeah. He'll be easier then that Gai person." Kisame sneered with a encouraging expression
"Don't underestimate him." With that Itachi picked up the fox demon's body and jumped away from the soon coming battle.
Three Kakashi shadow clones ran past Kisame in panic towards the Uchiha, but he that coming. Kisame was surprised by this also not pleased by this action. Uchiha launched four kunai knives at the clones, but they were too late to dodge it and departed within white smoke. Kakashi sighed heavily and then focused his sharingan eye on his enemy. Great. Gai's better at fighting this guy than I am. Well, this could take awhile, but by those wounds, Naruto wouldn't wake up for awhile. His thoughts reached him with the dreadful reality. No one else was out here to assist him now.
Kisame snarled with his eyes glaring at him. "Water release: Exploding Water Shockwake!"
Water rushed around the valley and nearly sinking everything in its path except Kakashi and Kisame. They faced each other with other clones. If Kakashi had reminisced presently that sword was called Samehada or shark skin that absorbs charka. Hmp. Impressive amount of charka he has just as good as Naruto when he's full Kyuubi form. Kakashi thought amused. He glanced at his surroundings. Water improves his abilities. Then water like clones of Kisame appeared beside him after he used some hand seals.
The Kisame clones came at him, but the Kakashi clones fought back. Shadow clone swords swung to mutilate the clones and clone kunais and shurikens were aim to kill. After the clones all vanished Kakashi ran at Kisame stabbing him with a kunai knife to the chest. Kisame coughed up blood and Kakashi kept his cool. Kisame sliced close to Kakashi, but the sensei missed it barely. The fish Akasuki member created more clones and they went at him.
But when he slashed their swords at him to suck charka away it turned out to be a clone. Hmm…he's cunning I'll give him that. Kisame admitted. Where could he be now? His answer came when the sensei dove from under and kicked the demon shark up into the air. Kakashi beat up his back and noticed the sword hit the liquid below. But then when he glanced up again, he was gone! Great, a clone too eh? He landed back onto the water gazing around the water filled area. There no sign of him anywhere. I hope he didn't get away. It won't be good for Naruto then. Kakashi added to his thoughts before.
Unknown to him Kisame was underwater trying to recover those amazing hits. It's a good thing I switched with a clone before hand or else I would've been royally screwed. He grunted in his mind. His arms were beginning to become badly wounded. That fight with the fox demon has left me worn out. Oh, well looks like I'll havta save some charka anyway. Kisame gripped his sword firmly and held it up with a smirk revealing his sharp triangle teeth. Truly his name meant demon shark since his repulsive exterior made him look like one.
"Come out, I don't have time to mess around." Kakashi called out intolerantly. Kisame sneered at this.
He swam to the surface and jumped back onto the water without loss of breath. Kakashi's arms were folded and didn't seemed really satisfied. "So you wanna get serious? Fine I'll show you my power." Kisame replied.
His sword spilt into thousands little pieces. Kakashi's eyes widened in comprehension and sudden apprehension. He wasn't sure which blade was the real one exactly. The charka was spilt into so many that on one could tell, not even Kakashi-sensei's sharingan could. Kakashi then summoned shadow clones to assist him, but when they were hit all were suddenly silenced quickly. The Kakashi was struck by the last blade and felt drained now. That was the only one blade hit him, the problem was…it was the real one. Kisame chuckled.
"Hmm…you're weaker than that Gai. Oh well you'll die easily." Kisame mused with a small jeer.
Shit. My charka's been cut apart now. I can't even move now. Shit, I'm sorry Naruto. It seems I won't make it after all. Kakashi said in his mind attempting to reach out to his student. He knew Sakura would be worried that he hadn't returned by now and demand that Tsunade should send for aid. But she would say that Kakashi could handle any enemy or…maybe she'd send for help anyway. Heh…good ol' Sakura is smart and now very brave. Then his thoughts drifted off to Obito and Rin. Guys, especially you Obito, I wish we'd spent more time together instead of fighting. But what's done is done. I regret everything I've done. Kakashi had owed Obito anyway for saving his life and used the Sharingan to prove that.
He knew he regretted letting his own sensei go through with his plan for sealing the Kyuubi into Naruto. Somehow he'd wished he'd prevented it from happening so Naruto would be happy and not saddened. Even when he was little, Naruto had envied and loathed everyone in the village for having love and family. Kisame threw his shark blade at Kakashi who couldn't move.
THIS IS THE END!!!
Then a huge gust of wind sent the sword backward splashing into the water. Kisame wasn't happy and glared at the wind user. Kakashi realized who it was now. She had short blond hair above her shoulder in little buns and greenish-bluish, tough eyes. She wore a black robe with her diverse headband wrapped onto her forehead. She was tall and skinny with a hard yet impatient face. Her fan inside was white with several purple dots.
"Who's this freak?" She asked glaring that the Akatsuki member.
"He's Akatsuki. His name is Kisame Hoshigaki, a missing nin from Kiri and high profile criminal." Kakashi responded. Then he changed his tone now. "What are you doing here Temari-san?"
She chuckled roughly now that high authority part added into her name. Kisame knew instantly that she was the Fifth Kazekage's elder sister; Temari. Her fan end hit the water and she glowered at the Akatsuki member. "So, these are the people who took my little brother eh?"
"We simply needed to borrow him for a couple of days really." Kisame taunted coldly at the sand nin. Her eyes narrowed onto him in anger. Temari glaring at someone was enough to die for.
"Well, you're messing with a powerful ninja than Hoshigaki." She bit down on her thump and spread her blood onto the fan. "You've now officially pissed me off for kidnapping my little brother."
Her voice became loud and waved it into the air. "Summoning justu!"
A huge squirrel emerged with an eye patch holding a scythe. It ran at Kisame and sliced at him into little pieces. But those little pieces turned out to be another clone. He got away. What a chicken. Temari thought darkly. She turned to Kakashi and he lifted his mask back up again. Then she had asked what was going on. At first Kakashi was hesitant to tell the female teen ninja, but gave up.
"Akatsuki kidnapped Naruto last night." Her eyes widened and stared off to the ground in dread. "They've finally decided to capture him and drain the Kyuubi out. They were lucky when they found Naruto out by himself."
"Why would that idiot just be by himself when he knew the risk?"
"Naruto's not been himself lately. He hasn't had any sleep and always is looking rather depressed. We tried to talk to him about it, but he dismissed it saying that he was okay just not wanting to talk." Kakashi replied hesitant still. Temari gazed at the ground in sorrow.
"If Gaara hears this, he'll probably go crazy with apprehension. Gaara's really been worried why Naruto's letters didn't sound as great as he thought they'd be." Temari muttered distraught by this news. Kakashi touched her shoulder lightly.
"Let's head back to the village and inform Tsunade-sama the bad news." Temari nodded.
Temari stared down at the ground as she pulled Kakashi's arms over her shoulder. Her fan weigh heavily on her back, but half the time she was pulled down by that and gravity. Being the eldest of three would be hard, especially if you had to tell you're little brother that his best friend was kidnapped. They've probably already sent the letter to the village. I'm worried how Gaara will react. If Akatsuki had actually succeed in extracting the Kyuubi then Gaara would be enraged and probably go after the members one by one. She knew that Gaara cared about the Konoha jinchuuriki deeply. She had to give some appreciation to the boy for help saving her little brother from being a psychotic, irrational slaughterer.
Gaara wouldn't be the Kazekage if Naruto hadn't distorted him. Temari had, like Sakura ascertained, that Naruto incorporated the Kyuubi. She knew the creature was disastrous and had attacked Konoha about sixteen years ago. She'd been a young child back then atleast three years old, Kankuro was only an infant, and Gaara just born months ago in January. Shukaku was already in Gaara by then thirsting for the blood of people or animals. Sometimes Temari wished she'd been by her little brother's side instead of being a coward.
"Don't try to unforgivable yourself for not helping Gaara." Kakashi's voice intermittent her train of thoughts. His dark eye gazed at her.
"I wish I had helped him instead of cowering in panic. Maybe he would've known love more before he met that blond idiot." Temari responded miserably. Her greenish-bluish eyes gazed up ahead.
The village's looked peaceful and she frowned at a disturbing thought. They've already sent the message.
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The sun's destructive rays beat down on the desert floor. The wind blew gently across the sand into it formed a tiny tornado. Of its own will it swirled over the ground in the little circles over the soil and then stopped/ In the middle of this harsh climate was Sunagakure, the Village Hidden in the Sand in the Land of Wind. There were strangely enough, no animals or even plants exist in this part of the world. The only known plants are in the greenhouse inside of Suna.
But something was out of place here. A brown coated and dark eyed bird with a red package containing a note flying. It flapped its wings has it saw the village over ahead. There were never any birds in the desert, but this was a messenger bird from Konoha. No one noticed it circling around the city, they carried on with their own well beings. The bird finally spotted a perch and dove for that empty perch rapidly. A teenage boy came into the view of the bird.
The messenger bird landed and chirped to get this boy's attention. After awhile he came to notice the bird. Once he began to walk over to it he realized it was from their ally village, Konoha. This boy had spiky, brown hair and dark eyes like the bird. There were red paint markings all over his face which to some people held no known meaning. On his back was something wrapped in white hospital bandages most would think it was a puppet hidden until the boy choose to display them. His name was Kankuro, he was the middle child of the sand siblings.
Probably another letter from Uzumaki. Kankuro thought amused then sighed. Ever since He'd saved Gaara, Naruto and him had been writing eachother a lot. They'd had started to catch up to make up for the last two and half years and plus it was nice to see his little brother once in awhile. He removed the letter from inside the package. He offered the bird seeds and it eagerly accepted it. Kankuro's dark eyes saw from the special seal that it was from the Fifth Hokage. Looking grim he opened it solemnly.
'Dear Gaara, Fifth Kazekage, I'm sorry to report that Naruto was taken by the Akasuki last night. I am told be Sakura that Kakashi went alone after them and hasn't returned let. We need assistance to find him. I know how close you're to Naruto and will insist to help to find him. From, Tsunade, Fifth Hokage.'
The middle child's eyes widened in astounded by this news. His body was now stiff, but trembling numbly and he gulped loudly. Oh no. Kankuro thought in alarm. He rushed out of the room in panic. He knew Gaara wasn't in the middle of a meeting today, just usual paper work. The middle sibling stopped when he reached the hallway two ways. Damn it! Which way is Gaara's office again? Kankuro couldn't think straight right now so he didn't know where to go. Then he remembered it was the left.
After passing and nearly bumping into three people Kankuro stopped at his brother's office. Before going in he was catching his breath for a moment. Kankuro never felt his much terror since the first time he saw the Shukaku and couldn't eat for a week. He slid the door open and saw that Gaara was staring out the window in his routine red robe. At first he didn't hear his elder brother come in because he was caught in thought.
It had been only after the Shukaku was sucked out at that Gaara began to sleep. Kankuro had noticed that nightmares troubled his younger sibling a lot. Gaara had often woken up in the middle of the night sweating and half the time sobbing. But then after hearing his elder brother's severe breathing patterns he turned to him in silence. His sea foam green eyes seemed anxious as he saw his brother.
"Kankuro, what's wrong?" He asked approaching him. Kankuro caught his breath again and handed him the letter.
Gaara's eyes broadened in surprise at it was from the Hokage. He calmly opened it and his eyes slowly moved across the lines of the short letter. Kankuro saw that his hands began to shudder a little and he narrowed his eyes upon the letter unfeeling. He felt the temperature drop suddenly in the room and gazed at his brother. Gaara's face was covered with stagger and anxiety. It was quiet now between the brothers.
"Kankuro, stay here and watch the village." Gaara ordered mutely. He curved away hiding his emotions and he avoided his elder brother's eyes.
"I'm coming with you. I wanna help Konoha too Gaara." Kankuro responded with confidence in his voice.
After awhile he agreed and decided to leave the village in Baki's hands for awhile. When he had ordered Baki to watch the village until he came back the teacher gazed at him in silence for a moment after looking at the letter. His dark eye looked concerned at him. "It seems you can't abandon you're precious comrade. After all he didn't abandon you."
"I can't just let the Akatsuki do that to him. Like they did to me. He'd never forsake his ninja way and neither will I." Gaara replies vacantly, but mentally he smiled. Naruto had always stuck to his nindo way and never left it.
"Gaara," Baki calls to him and Gaara gazed at him in stillness. "You shouldn't let your heart fail you. You're mother would've been proud of you of how you changed."
Enlightened by his sensei's words he smiled softly and then turned away not responding to this words. Kankuro smiled softly and nodded at Baki as they left. Gaara now stared off into the desert and he formed a sand board so he could float in the air without problems. After creating it Kankuro jumped onto it behind him. It was only big enough for two people. Its going to take atleast a day to get there by this. Gaara presumed in his mind. They flew fast through the air towards the leaf village. Please, Naruto, please don't let them take the Kyuubi.
