A/N: Hi again all! Try and "hear" Orochimaru talking during the conversation parts. It'll chill you a bit. Well now, we've got a lot of ground to cover in a short chapter, so let's get right to it. Enjoy!
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Anko hid from Kurenai. She wanted to run away. She thought to herself she can't possibly know! Unless she saw us today. She did say she was going out at lunch to pick up some things. Maybe she did see us. What am I going to do! I'm going to kill Kakashi for making me go to that fucking obi shop! DAMN! I'm going to have to come up with a pretty big story to cover my ass if she did see us. Anko looked at her watch and wondered where Kakashi was. He'd been gone for almost half an hour. Hm. He'd better get his ass back here soon so I can beat him senseless!
Kakashi stared at Orochimaru. He said, "What have you done with Korekimi?"
Orochimaru said, "Oh nothing. She's perfectly fine. She's just sleeping off a genjutsu. She won't be harmed. I heard you were back, and I wanted to welcome you home." Kakashi scowled at the evil sannin. Orochimaru continued, "Why the angry face? I'm just welcoming you home."
"How the hell did you get inside the village?"
"Same way I always do. I just come in as someone else. I'm good at that, don't you think?"
Kakashi was having none of it. He said, "I'm going to ask you again. What do you want?"
"First of all, let me tell you I know all about your little 'secret.' I think congratulations are in order."
Oh my God. Oh fuck - no way.
Orochimaru continued, "By the look on your face, I take it I've said the wrong thing. What? Are you not happy to be getting married?" Kakashi refused to answer and play this little game. "You should be happy to have such a lovely creature as Anko in your life. She's very special indeed."
Kakashi stared daggers at Orochimaru as he thought tell me something I don't know.
Orochimaru continued, "In fact, she's so special that I have need for her certain, shall we say, talents."
Kakashi's eyes shot open. "Over my dead body you twisted fuck."
"Oh, I don't want to kill you. Yet. But I do think you'll be helpful in getting her to come back to me. And there's one more thing," Orochimaru turned his back on Kakashi and walked away from him a bit, "I wouldn't mind having that sharingan of yours either. I'll make sure I take it from you before I kill you. No use wasting such an incredible weapon."
Kakashi never panicked. He was a truly brave and fearsome shinobi. But he knew that facing someone as powerful and sadistic as Orochimaru would end up with both probably being gravely injured. If he happened to be defeated, Orochimaru would find a way to take Anko by force. He had to get away and get back to Anko, as well as alert Tsunade immediately that the snake summoner was in the village, and what his plans seemed to be.
Orochimaru still had his back to Kakashi. He said, "Don't even think about leaving. You're coming with me."
Kakashi growled, "And how do you expect to accomplish that?" Suddenly the air started to fill with electricity as the sound of thousands of birds erupted in the room.
Orochimaru turned and faced Kakashi, whose face was being illuminated by the electricity and chakra emitting from his hand. He said, "You can't use that unless you're moving, and you can't move."
Kakashi attempted to lunge forward but was instantly imprisoned in solid white hooks of varying sizes. He felt heat against his back. He tried to turn back to see what had imprisoned him, but he couldn't move. His torso, arms, and even his legs were being held in place by unbelievably strong bonds that seemed to appear around his entire body.
Kakashi managed to move his wrist slightly and was barely able push his crackling chidori against one of the bonds that held him. The bond began to crack, but did not break. Seeing that his chidori would not help him, he stopped the jutsu rather than use up more chakra than he could afford to use at the moment.
Orochimaru walked closer to him and said, "If I wanted to play with you, I wouldn't have subdued you. Also, too bad you didn't get that sharingan out before you were imprisoned. I hear you've developed it into quite a weapon. You might have gotten me with that if you'd moved a little quicker."
Kakashi seethed, rage building inside him. All he could think about was tearing Orochimaru in half and getting back to Anko.
Orochimaru looked Kakashi in the eye and said, "I don't believe you've ever had the pleasure of meeting my companion. He's one of my greatest discoveries. Say hello, Kimimaro."
Kimimaro leaned toward Kakashi's ear and said, "So this is Kakashi. He doesn't look like much."
"Don't underestimate him Kimimaro. He is one of the finest that Konoha has to offer. But he's not what I want. I need him to get to his fiancé. Anko will come to us when she finds out that we've got him."
Kakashi's rage built even more at the thought that Anko would be led right into a trap. The fear of losing her again began to rear its ugly head. But he remained in control of that fear, as he knew that at the first opportunity available to him, he'd injure or possibly kill both his captors and get back to her immediately.
Orochimaru said, "Wonder why Kimimaro's got such a good grip on you? It's his shikotsu myaku – his own bloodline limit – and he's the last of his kind. Quite a find isn't he? But enough of this. Kimimaro, I think Kakashi needs to lose consciousness. Just don't kill him, we need him alive."
"As you wish my lord." Kimimaro's clavicle bones began to push through the skin of both of his shoulders. Kakashi saw one of them out of the corner of his exposed eye. He felt them wrap around his throat and tighten effectively cutting off his air supply. As Kakashi started to fade, his thoughts turned to Anko. Nothing mattered but Anko, and he had to find a way to protect her, even if that meant giving up his own life. He'd never let Orochimaru have her. But first he had to figure out a way to get away from the prison that was slowly robbing him of his consciousness.
When Kakashi's face turned red and he slumped in Kimimaro's grip, Orochimaru said, "That's enough. Release him." Kimimaro's bones began to recede back into his body, a little at a time, causing Kakashi to fall forward to the floor. Orochimaru then produced many small snakes from his hands that bound Kakashi's hands and feet.
Kimimaro stood over Kakashi. Orochimaru looked down on him. He said, "I'll be right back. Keep an eye on him, but don't do him any further harm." Kimimaro nodded as his master left the room and went back to Shinju. He said to her, "Shinju, make sure this note gets delivered to Anko by 3:30 today. She'll be very concerned where her precious Kakashi is by then, and this note will, shall we say, inspire her to find him as soon as possible."
"Of course my lord. Is there anything else you'll need from me?"
"Just take care of Korekimi as I will have further need of her in the future."
"Yes, Orochimaru. I'll make sure she's healthy and fine."
"Her information is very valuable to me. You've done well." Shinju bowed her head and accepted her compliment, knowing that she'd do anything to serve her master.
Orochimaru turned and headed back to Korekimi's office, where he hoped Kimimaro had only guarded Kakashi, and not injured him further. As soon as he got there, and saw that everything was as he'd left it he said, "Time to go Kimimaro." They picked up the bound Kakashi and walked outside. They laid him on the ground and both squatted with a hand on Kakashi, then they slowly began to sink into the ground.
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A/N: Oooh, the suspense! And now you know who Orochimaru's friend is! I needed another henchman for him, so I resurrected Kimimaro to do the job. Get ready, much more drama is in store!
Next up: Anko's worry grows as Kakashi is later than he would ever be. Anko finally gets her note and the horror of what's happening makes her react irrationally. See you soon!
