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"Demon Speaking"

'Demon Thinking'

"Jutsu"

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Chapter 10- Getsuo Motonari, Father's Sin

Cell Thirteen raced out of the giant gateway of the North Gate of Konoha, making their way up north to Yuki-no-Kuni, The Land of Snow. They leaped up to the tree line as they leaped from branch to branch, not wanting to waste time getting their. Ryatsu sighed to himself as he stayed at the rear of the group, his shades pressed up to his face. He glances down to his wrist to see Jenara coiled over the tattoo she gave him and Tenten, her emerald eyes glancing around from side to side. He nodded to himself as he looked back up to his cell. Ahead of him at both sides were his girlfriend, Tenten and his "brother", Sasuke. Tenten had her scythe strapped securely to her back, while Sasuke had his twin nodachi at his sides, ready to strike. Sasuke glanced back, the black eye patch staring at Ryatsu offering a smirk at the grey haired kid he considered a brother. Ryatsu smirked back at him as his gaze then turned to their sensei ahead of them, Mitarashi Anko. Her coat tails were flying in the wind as she remained several branches ahead of them, stopping occasionally to see if they were still following her.

"Alright, let's stop and rest for now Cell Thirteen!" She declared suddenly as they stopped just a branch behind her, "We still have a way till we're out of Hi-no-Kuni, even more so till we're at Yuki. Are there any objections to this decision, none? Good!"

The three sweat-dropped at her sudden outburst as they shrugged in surrender, knowing that they couldn't persuade her otherwise, leaping down to the ground to starting to set up camp for the night. Their camp was simplistic at best, a simple are of stone and wood for a fire and two small tents. Anko oversaw them work as she pitched in herself every now and then. Overall, this was a good time for them, a chance to relax and chat with one another. Once they had finished setting up, Anko smiled seductively evil at them, the setting sun behind her made her menacing.

"Now that we have set up camp for now and we still have sometime before night falls on us…" She paused with a sadistic look on her face, pulling two kunai knives from her coat, "Run….run now maggots"

They didn't need to be told twice as they vanished in three different directions, getting a predatorily smirk from the Snake Mistress. She flashed through hand seals as two more clones of her appeared to her side in a poof of smoke. She instructed the clones to go after two of them while she hunted the other. The two nodded with the same smirk as they vanished from her view as she laughed slightly in an insane manner.

"Let the fun begin!" She shouted in glee as she vanished in a plume of smoke.

Sasuke continues running, changing direction as his eye scanned around. He kept his hands at his blades at all times. This was a normal occasion for their squad; their teacher would have her moments and chase them to a "death" simulation. This was training for them, and possibly the best method for them. He ducks suddenly as one of the Anko clones appeared before him, swiping at his head with one of the knives. He unsheathed one of his kodachi and swiped at her midsection. She deflected it with a spinning slash of her other knife. He got up quickly as he unsheathed his other blade, his eye narrowing on her as she spun the knives in her hand. She grinned as she dashed at him, twirling in mid-air as she thrust with one of the kunai, making then a quick spin slash with the other. He turned to the side quickly as one of his blades pushed the lunging knife out of the way, parrying quickly at the spinning knife as he leaped back as his crafty teacher brought one of her hands to the ground and aimed a low kick for his stomach.

"You gotten better at your reflexes Uchiha-gaki" She nodded as she whirled her knives at him, her grin growing, "But for how long can you keep dodging, eh?"

He gritted his teeth as his moved his swords in many patterns, doing his best to stave off the brutal assault of her faster knives. A sweat was quickly forming on his brow as he winced every once in a while as one of the spinning knives would slip past his blades a cut him lightly in a teasing manner. Anko laughed in pleasure as she spun another slash at him, knocking his blades to the side as she quickly round house kicked him in the stomach forcing him back away from her. He crashed to the ground, rolling back on his feet as his swords touched the ground to his sides. Panting heavily as he glared at her, he grip tightening on his swords.

"You have improved much in your Kenjutsu in the past month Sasuke…that much I can tell" She commented as she grinned, "But you have a lot to learn if you wish to out beat me, eh?"

Her grin grew as he lunged at her, slashing down at her with both of his blades. Her knives spun up above her head to block as her knees bent over from the impact. He flipped backwards from hit as he stabbed one of the blades into the ground, balancing on it. He smirked as he tossed the other blade into the air, its glare in the sunlight distracting Anko. He slammed to the ground as he pulled the first blade from the ground and flipped it in mid-air. He waited as the other blade fell back to earth as he spun around, slamming his foot onto the pommel of the blade in front of him, rocketing it into the other blade. Her eyes narrowed as she swiped the blade out of the way with her knives, widening her eyes suddenly in shock. Behind the first blade was the second blade, hiding behind the first and flying at her. She ducked quickly as the blade took a few strands of her head before embedding itself halfway into a tree behind her, the first blade landing in between her legs. Sasuke smirked as he panted heavily as Anko laughed in a joking fashion.

"How long have you been working on that little trick of yours?" She asked, having to know.

"All month" He uttered, "I've been practicing that technique all month, ever since you made fun of my swordsmanship. I made that to show you that even you would be tricked by it, Anko-Sensei."

She shook her head in amazement. He was right about one thing, she fell for that trick, all because of a trick of the light. She knew that he would only get better with his style with time.

"Return to camp, I had my fun with you." She stated as the clone dissipated from existence in a plume of smoke.

He raised an eyebrow before shrugging, moving to retrieve his blades. Sheathing them in one fluid motion he made the long way back to the campsite with one thing on his mind.

'I hope the others are faring better than I am at the moment with Sensei's bizarre methods' he sweat-dropped and shivered somewhat.

Tenten threw another barrage of weapons as she fought with tooth and nail to keep as much distance from Anko as possible. The deranged teacher giggled as she continued to dodge and deflect the many weapons flying at her, acting like a child at a playground. Tenten spun back further as she threw three more knives at her teacher, who surprisingly threw her knives to deflect them. She reached into her pouch, gasping when her hand felt empty space. Anko saw this as she took advantage of this, pulling out two more knives as she raced at her at her full speed. She stopped a few feet from her as she spun in a full circle, spinning the knives in her hands as she aimed to stab them into her ribs. Tenten thought fast as she rolled to the ground, avoiding the two buzz-saws like knives, her hand reaching for her scythe as she unhooked it from her back, swinging in a low arc at her legs. Her flipped back as the hook of the scythe just barely missed her sandaled feet. Tenten used the momentum of her sweep to rise up with an outreaching uppercut with the scythe, forcing her sensei to back flip once more to avoid the blade again. Once Anko made to her feet she saw Tenten spinning the scythe as she aimed the curved blade at her. She grinned at the challenge as she spun her knives again, lunging at her. Tenten was waiting for her this time as she thrust forward with the blade to meet the knives, spinning around as she made several arcing slashes at her teacher from various angles. Anko laughed maniacally as she continued to dance with the scythe, her knives fighting the blade as she slowly kept pushing Tenten back. Tenten's knees started to give out as she shouted in defiance. She pushed her chakra into the scythe as she slashed downwards at Anko, forcing her backwards. She spun the scythe around as she swung into an uppercut at her, launching a black shockwave of shadow off of the blade. Her eyes narrowed as she brought her knives to block, cracks beginning to appear on them from the pressure. She gritted her teeth as the wave was pushing her back. She suddenly felt a presence behind her as she turned her head back, widening her eyes in shock. Tenten had gotten behind her and was racing at her fast, her scythe's hook aimed for her. She cursed herself for her carelessness as she brought her leg up to block as the hook bounced off of her shin guard. Anko then quickly grabbed both knives with one hand as she pointed her sleeve as her.

"Sen'eijashu!" She shouted out.

Snakes escaped from her sleeve and ensnared tenten as they coiled tightly around her. She struggled as the snakes hissed dangerously at her. Anko sighed in relief as she felt the shockwave weakening.

"Nice try Kid….but you going to have to do better then that to beat me." She commented, ignoring the smirk growing on Tenten's face.

"Your right sensei…but this should" she commented as her hand made a simple hand seal, "Katsu..."

Anko spun around as the shockwave exploded in wisp of chakra, shattering her knives and forcing her past Tenten. The snakes released her and returned into Anko's sleeve as she got up slightly.

"That..was a dirty trick to play on your teacher." Anko stated before laughing a slapping her hard on the back, "I'm glad that I have the only serious Kunoichi on my Cell, you make me proud to be your sensei!"

Tenten looked up happily as she beamed up from the compliment, "Thank you Sensei."

"Anyway, get your ass back to camp now, my time with you is over." She said before vanishing in a plume of smoke, leaving her alone in the weapon ridden ground.

She breathes out deeply as she re-hooks her scythe back over her back as she looked to all the weapons along the ground. She sighed as she began the task of collecting all of her possession and replacing them into all of her pouches and storage scrolls.

"COME ON THEN MAGGOT, FIGHT LIKE YOU MEAN IT!" She screamed in excitement as her spinning knives pushed Ryatsu back again.

He ducked quickly as one of her knives spun past his head. He made a retaliating slash at her as she caught the blade with her knife. He kicked off of the blade as he forced her back from the added force. He panted heavily as his shades fell halfway down his nose, exposing his eyes just barely. He slashed back at Anko as she spun around the blade, scoring a few spinning cuts on him as he returned with a quick slash and thrust combination. She grinned; she was having so much fun with all of her students, each having improved much since she first met them. She swept at his feet with her leg as he jumped over it swiping at her head, causing her to duck in turn. He landed as she spun back around, the points of her knives aiming for him quickly. He brought his blade up as the three blades clashed, grey, shaded eyes met pale brown eyes.

"You're getting good Ryatsu, but for some reason I get the feeling your holding back, why is that, eh?" she asked as she pushed him back slightly.

He gritted his teeth as he continues to keep her at bay, his grey hair falling over his shades.

"That..sensei..is….NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!" He shouted out his last words as he kicked his blade again as she found her forced back a lot more than before.

She flipped once to regain her balance as he raced at her, his blade thrusting at her. She moved to the side quickly as part of her coat was cut from the blade. He stopped at mid thrust and slashed straight after her, causing her to widen her eyes. She brought her knives at to block the sword as sparks flew from the impact. She grunted, gritting her teeth has the blow pushed her slightly. He spun from the blade quickly as he kicked for her other side, blocked by her hand quickly as it was pushed back slightly from the impact. He spun in her hand as he made to ax kick for her head. Her eyes narrowed as she shoved the blade away and brought her forearm over her head to block the leg, pushed down once more. She shoved him off of her as she threw her knives at him, pinning him to a tree by his shoulders of his coat. She quickly flashed in front of him, a third knife at his throat as he froze still.

"You have gotten better Ryatsu…you just need to not hold back, it WILL" she emphasized the last word deadly serious as she pushed the knife closer to his neck, "get you killed. You got it punk?"

He nodded as he pushed his shades up to conceal his eyes before she could get a full look of them, "Hai…Anko-Sensei…"

She smiled happily as she pulled him off of the tree and kicked the blade from the ground and tossed it to him. He caught it deftly as he looked at him confused.

"Get to camp, your training is done for the night, the others should be done by now, "she pondered as she vanished in a plume of smoke.

Ryatsu blinked a few more times confused before making a slow walk back to the site, shaking his head of any thoughts he may have had. Sasuke and Ryatsu arrived at the camp about the same time, looking at each other to see them both worse for wear. They smiled at the other as they turned to see their sensei at the fire, eating a stick of dango. She waved at them innocently as they face planted, causing her to raise a brow.

"Whats up with you two?" she asked sickenly sweetly.

Tenten finally got back at about that time to see her at the fireside, sweat-dropping. Ryatsu and Sasuke slowly got up as the three looked at her with the same look.

"What! Can't I eat dango in peace without my students looking at me like a bunch of zombies?" she exclaimed.

They sighed heavily as they passed out, confusing her immensely, but causing a good laugh from her. She laughed for quite awhile at them before decided to continue eating her precious dango.

'I'll let them rest, they deserved it after all.' She thought to herself as she continue to munch on her favorite food, 'They really have gone a long way from where they started, who knows...perhaps the new generation will be able to surpass the high standards we set up. Well, some of them will at least.'

Hi-no-Kuni, Cell Thirteen Campsite- The Nest Day, 7:30a.m.

The three woke up to see their Sensei packing up their small site and destroying the unnecessary evidence. She turned to them and grinned.

"Good, you're all awake." She beamed as she threw the small camping gear at them, "Lets not waste the day, and we still have to make it to Yuki."

They nodded slowly as they all quickly stretched and prepared for the trek to their destination.

"Alright, we will not rest this time until we see that village gates. LET MOVE OUT THEN CELL THIRTEEN!" She instructed them before running off north.

They panicked quickly as they quickly moved to catch up with their slightly insane teacher. They started looking at each other as they continue to follow their ever energetic sensei as they discussed what happened to them during their "training" session with Anko. Jenara listened ever so often before dozing off to sleep again, finding the trip boring in her mind. They eventually got to the conclusion that their teacher was just that way because quote on quote, "Its just Anko-Sensei".

It was around evening when they finally reached the border of Hi-no-Kuni. Sasuke and Tenten looked around in awe as Ryatsu looked down, the memories of his past flashing in his mind. Anko looked at her students and frowned slightly when she saw the downed look on Ryatsu's face. She shrugged it off for now as she pushed her ever growing questions into the back of her mind.

"Alright maggots, behind me is Yuki-no-Kuni. Its must different than most of you are use to in Konohagure so pay attention to what I have to say." She began to instruct before interrupted by a cough from Ryatsu.

"Anko-sensei, if I may take over..." He stated quietly, receiving a stubborn nod from her as he sighed, pushing his shades up further, "Yuki-no-Kuni...The Land of Snow, is a cold mistress. She will throw her worst to outsiders and if you are not ready for her frigid winds, than she will claim your soul and leave your body a frozen statue in her empty garden. If you have any means of keeping warm, do so. If you have fire, keep it alive as if your life depended upon it."

With those words of advice he walked past Anko and entered the wintery lands of Yuki. His teammates looked at him with grim determination as Sasuke quickly made a torch, Tenten following quickly after Ryatsu. Anko stood speechless, her eye wide from her grey-haired students words.

'H-how...How can he?'she thought frantically before remembering a crucial detail and sighing deeply, sweating slightly, 'That's right..He's from Yuki. Still, how he put it...its as if we're venturing into the very heart of Hell.'

She turned and followed her students, unnerved by Ryatsu's manner of speaking. The three from Konoha followed Ryatsu as he continue to navigate along Yuki's barren white lands. To him, it was simply retracing his steps, for the others however, they were dependent on him, having no idea about the area. Yuki was a barren wasteland, deprived of nothing but white snow. A virtual desert of the cold, she made their travel as hard as possible, as if not wanting them to find their destination as a blizzard began to brew around them. Tenten clung tightly to Ryatsu's arm, desperate for his warmth. Sasuke kept the torch close to him as he shivered slightly, frost covering his raven black hair and eyepatch. Anko on the other hand, was suffering the most, her whole body was shivering. The trip through the blistering cold was finally brought to a end as they reached the frost ridden gates of Yuki. Ryatsu pushed his shades up further as he hugged his girlfriend closer to help warm her. The guards posted at the gate looked down and recognize them as the Leaf ninja they hired, opening the gates to let them in.

Yukihagure, House of Gestuo- The next day, 12:38 p.m.

"You are Leaf nin, are you not? Allow me to introduce myself, I am Getsuo Motonari" Motonari bowed before Cell Thirteen as he gave them a false smile.

"You must be our client then Getsuo-San." Anko nodded, "I am Mitarashi Anko, Snake Mistress of Konohagure and Jonin Sensei of Cell Thriteen. These are my students. Shizuka Tenten, our Weapons Speacialist. Uchiha Sasuke, One of the Surviving Uchiah brothers and our Swordsmen. and this is" She hesitated as she quickly came up a lie for Ryatsu, "Asura, he is our tracking and close quarters specialist."

Motonari eyes narrowed at the labeled "Asura" but ignored him as he bowed, "A pleasure it is to meet you all Shizuak-San, Uchiha-San, and Asura-San"

He motioned them all to sit down as they all did, Ryatsu, pushing his shades up further to conceil his eyes from his father. They were each offered a cup od tea by their client as he studied the mall behind the false smile menacingly.

"I hoope the trip here wasn't too harsh for you?" He asked in false concern.

"It was alittle different from what we expected Getsuo-San, but we prepared thankfully." Anko replied, "So, cutting all the crap aside, what did you asked of us to do anyway?"

He grinned more, unnerving the gennin, "I'm glad you asked. You see, my villiage has been plagued for years now by a demon. A Snake hiding in human form." He paused as he saw their reactions ,taking note as he continued, "I tried t okill it myself years ago...but I failed..and that monster took my beloved wife, Satsuki from me."

Tenten reached for Ryatsu's hand from under the small table and squeezed it lightly, telling him she understood as he lowered his head, hiding his look of utter loathing from him. sasuke noted this and scowled slightly at the man in front of them, seeing the lies clearly.

"This is where you come in..I plan to trap the demon in this house..and I want you to kill the demon for me, I will handsomely reward your villiage for your efforts for ridding Yuki of it's plight."

They all rise up as Ryatsu keeps his head down. They nod in agreement as they leave. They stop as he calls for them.

"Could I speak to...Asura-san was it? I would like to speak to him..personally" He spoke with a venomous undertone in his voice.

Ryatsu looked up at his friends and Teammates as he pushed his shades up, signalling them silently, 'Don't leave teh place, stay behind the doors, I don't trust him' as he turned to him, "Yes Gatsuo-San?"

Anko nodded at the message as she and the rest of Cell Thirteen left the room, closing the doors as they sttod behind it, listening in for a que.

"Hijutsu:Cliffhanger-no-Jutsu!"

Join us next time as We start the showdoan with Getsuo Motonari and Ryatsu. The time of truth has arrived. Will Ryatsu fall to the Madness of his Father? Will his teammates and hisself be enough ot overcome him? What tricks will he have? Find out this and more in the next chapter of Enter the Dark One: A Tale of Pain, Chapter 11- Showdown in the House of Getsuo, Inner Demons Released.

Untill Next Time.

Mata Ne

~Orochi-no-Tsukiyomi