Kurenai had just released her soul for the Shintenshin when Yasu charged at her at Kabuto's shout. She knew it would hit anyway; her bloodline ensured that. That wasn't what she was worried about. It was Yasu's ability to fight the Shintenshin that concerned her. Only the bloodline itself could fight it, and Yasu was the only other living possessor of it.

How truly strong could Kurenai be against her own half-sister?

Kurenai felt the part of her soul she had sent out strike Yasu squarely and smiled. This is what made the Sakura Shintenshin different from something the Yamanaka might use; Kurenai possessed her opponent with only part of her soul, the rest stayed in her own body, enabling her to use the second part of her jutsu. Sakura blossoms, like Cherry Blossom Suffocation, would cover the opponent's body, but only the extremities. Kurenai would use them to manipulate the opponent's body any way she wished, using her control over the cherry blossoms.

Kurenai waited until she was sure her entity had sunk in. The sides clashed violently, Sounds and Akatsuki striking at Konoha. But Kurenai didn't care. She just needed this jutsu to work-

Cherry blossoms erupted around Yasu.

Kurenai grinned, realizing her jutsu had worked. She slowly moved her fingers and, like one of Kankuro's puppets, Yasu moved exactly as Kurenai wanted her to. Kurenai directed her to the heart of the battle and after Hidan, who was chopping at Ino with his massive scythe. "Yasu" pulled out a kunai and swept it along the missing-nin's back.

Hidan froze.

"Yasu-sama…?"

Kurenai pasted a smile on her sister's face and moved her again.

OOOOOOOOO

Tsunade dashed through the forest, dragging Itachi along. The former Leaf nin had whined so much that she had ended up slapping him and gagging him. Temari had just about collapsed laughing, Kankuro had snickered uncontrollably, and a sadistic smirk had overcome Gaara's features. Then Tsunade had kicked him up and started dragging him again. Itachi had almost bitten her in the process, though, and he had ended up with another steaming handprint across the side of his face.

Tsunade broke through the tree line, into a clearing with a waterfall: the very same one that Kakashi had found sanctuary in.

"Everybody get a drink and rest for a few minutes," she called back. The rest of her squads stopped next to her, then hesitantly stepped up to the water's edge. The ANBU removed their gloves and masks and pooled water in their palms. The rest of her ninja went upstream to drink, and Tsunade waited until everyone else was done to let Itachi drink. She pulled off the gag and, holding Itachi by the hair, allowed the Uchiha to lower his head to the water. The Uchiha gulped down as much as he could before Tsunade pulled him back and handed him off to an ANBU so she herself could drink. Itachi waited quietly, on his knees, then put on his sweetest puppy-eyes look and stared up at Tsunade. The Hokage sighed and let him drink again.

"Thank you."

"Don't suck it up," Tsunade warned, pulling him back from the water. "And don't beg either; save your dignity."

Itachi sighed and allowed Tsunade to adjust his bonds again. "Very well."

"Do as I say, and I won't have to hurt you. Disobey me, and count on torture."

Itachi glanced at her, and then shifted his gaze to the other ANBU in a "help me!" kind of look.

"Oh, stop, you," Tsunade grouched. "We all know you hate me."

Itachi made a face and settled against Tsunade's shins. Tsunade looked down and placed a hand in his hair.

"You can put on quite a sweet face when you want to," she said dryly. "In the state you're in right now, I could probably make you my pet." Looking up to the ANBU, she called out, "Okay, who wants him next?"

No one raised his or her hands.

OOOOOOOOO

Kakashi knew they had left; their scent was gone and there was no noise. Kakashi's dogs stopped abruptly, confused and sniffing.

"Find them!" Kakashi commanded. "When you do, call me!"

"Found 'em."

Kakashi whirled at the sound of a foreign voice, nearly tripping over the dogs, who were trying to form a wall between him and the ninja.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Hatake brat," Kabuto drawled. "Son of a cowardly whore. I've been dying to teach you a lesson for a while."

Kakashi snickered. "You? Feh. Last time you couldn't touch me."

"But Sasuke could."

Kakashi faltered. "I let him!"

"But he could touch you none the less."

"If I decided to, I could have killed him!"

"But you didn't."

"Stop it!"

"Every touch, every caress, every kiss, every thrust-you're telling me that that was all your will, and yours alone?"

"Stop it!!"

The dogs felt Kakashi's distress and several smaller ones began to crowd into his legs, marking him with their scent and "crying" against his legs, expressing their concern for him and anxious with fear for their master.

"You're trying to tell me that-"

"Stop!" Kakashi broke off, trembling and struggling to control himself. "Please…just stop now…"

"Don't beg," Kabuto taunted heartlessly. "Spare yourself the dignity and me the headache."

Kakashi was silent.

Snarls broke from the dog's throats as snakes began to slither up on all sides.

"Don't rattle them" came a calm voice from behind. Kakashi didn't have to turn to know who it was: he'd recognize that voice anywhere.

"Sasuke," he murmured. "Don't do this…please, stop…"

The second Uchiha lifted his nose haughtily. "Kabuto told you not to beg. Don't."

"Sasuke, I never intended for you to go that far!"

"Then you never should have intended for me to go after me!" Sasuke snapped. "The only choice I had left was to break you."

"Why?" Kakashi cried. "Why would you, how could you? One of your own to an extent, your sensei, your half-blood-"

"You aren't a purebred, not even close!" Sasuke shouted. "How dare you defile my clan with your blood claims?! The only relationship I ever had with you was one of tolerance, and then I broke you, once and for all! And hell, no, I don't regret it, but I was supposed to leave you alive!"

Sasuke stopped abruptly, realizing what he had just said. Kakashi slowly backed up, stunned by Sasuke's words.

"So…it was your full intent to…" He gasped and whirled, trying to run, but colliding with Kabuto in the process. Kabuto seized the jounin's shaking wrists and bent them up to Kakashi's chest, pressing him back even further. Kakashi snatched his hands away, stepped away from Kabuto, and allowed the dogs to jump in front of him protectively.

"You…" Orochimaru said slowly, directing a he snake to lower him to Kakashi's level. "You're Tsunade's love interest, aren't you?"

"What's that got to do with anything?" Kakashi asked, a bit hesitantly.

"I used to be her love interest."

Kakashi recoiled as if slapped. "No…no way…in hell would Tsunade-sama ever…!"

"A way on earth," Orochimaru said smugly. "We loved each other until she found out about my thing with deadly jutsu. Then she left me, I left Konoha, Dan came and went, and we have remained so…until now."

Kakashi turned in a circle, searching for an escape route. He found none. Orochimaru was in front of him, Sasuke and Kabuto were on his sides, and the Sound Four had appeared around him. No way out.

Still hoping a bit, Kakashi straightened. "What do you want from me? Besides sex."

Orochimaru's deadly golden eyes narrowed. "Hold your tongue and respect me, otherwise you will pay the price," he hissed. "And there are many things we want from you."

Kakashi stood stock still as Orochimaru stepped off the snake and onto Kakashi's tree branch. "Like what?" Kakashi asked. He was trying to hide his fear, but even he could tell he wasn't doing a very good job of it.

Orochimaru chuckled and advanced on Kakashi. "Oh, such beautiful fire," he mused, backing Kakashi into the tree trunk. "Too bad I have to break it again."

Kakashi barely fought down a whimper as Orochimaru's hands captured his, and within the second he was shoved to his knees and pain was washing over his senses like a wave of fire.

A/N: Sorry for the late update…I have no excuse. Oh well…I have a new story, and it's Sound smut if anyone likes that kind of stuff. Thanks to all who reviewed, no flames please, and you know what I'm going to say but just to nag you again…I will laugh, throw coal at your ass, and delete your flame. Thank you!!