"Poison Veil" – By: Kiba Inubake
It's short, I know. But I wanted Sasuke to learn summoning early on in the story. Anyway, here it is.
Much inspiration was from episodes 53-54 of the (Japanese) Naruto anime.
Chapter 3: "Toxic Cloak"
The sun hadn't even risen yet, and Sasuke was already being called on by his sensei. He dragged his exhausted body to Training Ground #44. His hair a mess, he blinked sleepily, brimming with murderous intent. It was safe to say he wasn't a morning person. (A/N: Sasuke was told to meet Anko at the Forest of Death at 4:00 AM the next morning; that said, this does not contradict his early start in the first chapter.) He sat down—or rather collapsed—on a soft patch of dark green grass. The blades tickled his skin.
"So, you're here!" Sasuke looked behind him to see Anko grinning, perched on a sturdy branch high above him. "I'm glad you're committed. Now…" Anko flung herself down to Sasuke's eye level. "…I want to teach you how to summon support."
Sasuke seemed to snap into focus. "Summoning jutsu…?" His mind drifted into a fantasy, imagining being able to summon snakes. "…Teach me, Anko-sensei."
She grinned. "Now that's the spirit! First I'll show you. Watch carefully." Biting her right thumb, she wiped the resulting blood across her left palm, and thrust it onto the ground. An immense cloud of smoke shrouded Anko, and when it cleared, she was standing on the curled body of a black snake about Sasuke's height at the moment. The snake's protruding tongue wrapped around a scroll, which it then lowered and offered to the Uchiha boy, who accepted it. "Open that scroll," Anko said. "That's the contract of the snakes for summoning purposes. It's been passed down for many generations, and now I have it."
Sasuke proceeded to opening it. "First, write your name down with your blood. And beneath that, put down your handprint. Got it?" Anko informed him. Gazing over the list of names, he worked his way down to a free space. He then bit his thumb as his sensei did and did as he was told. "The seals are Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, and Ram. Go ahead and try it out, Sasuke."
"Heh, I'm already trying," Sasuke replied somewhat rudely. Making the seals, he threw his palm to the ground. "Summoning jutsu…!" Their vision was clouded by an obscuring smokescreen. And sure enough, the prodigy has succeeded yet again. Sasuke now stood atop the head of a dark green serpent twice the size of Anko's.
Anko gazed in elation. "Now that puts me in a good mood!" With a big smile, she hopped onto the other snake and put an arm around Sasuke, bringing him close to her. "I'm buyin' you dumplings today!" –End of Chapter!!
I admit, I took some dialogue from episode 54. At least my research was put to good use, right? Heh, please review.
