Ame (Rain) beyond the world
authors note: keep in mind that The word 'Ame' means rain... :) and I need more reviews... please!
(I'm not telling you who's talking/thinking over here, figure it out… hehe)
"He's already dead… another one …" I closed my eyes. The rain powdered my body with little droplets. Descending from the gray sky…
Rain…
cascading from the snow clouds. It's something beyond this world. It doesn't have a straight path and is never still. Always moving. It can't be understood… but I'm set between the rain and clouds, surrounded with water.
Rain…
You can never see through it and no one can ever see me clearly…
Rain…
Veins of water line my face and slowly drip down… The cold, fragrant wind of the destroyed city blew against my face… Konan stood before me. Her dark purple hair tied in a bun, with a blue-violet origami rose on the side, as always. Her long robe swayed in the wet wind. Her eyes looked deeply into mine.
"We have others… Sasuke will come to us… and the best part… will be when the Kyuubi will be ours…" Konan softly told me.
I turned my face towards the sky… My thoughts grew and the rain showered down faster…
(Kakashi)
Clouds huddled together. Lightning lit up the sky. Thunder roared across its kingdom as if it were a lion. It was already raining. I let the rain pour on me... just as I forced my self to hear what came next.
"AHHHHH!" Obito screamed at the top of his lungs and fell to the floor with a thud. Those same black flames covered Obito. I glanced at Sasuke for a moment and looked back at him. Sasuke's eye was bleeding! This… jutsu looks like… the Amaterasu! How could Sasuke have developed that jutsu now!
I couldn't stand the sight of my former friend die… I regret fighting him now. I can't believe I just completely let my rage out on him… Frustration and confusion led to anger and mental torture which finally came down to physical torture. I realized it wasn't fair on Obito… he never attacked me and never tried to…
My body just moved in front of Obito…
"Kakashi…" his voice was hoarse. There was still a hint of gratefulness I could sense in his tone.
(Sasuke)
This is like when… I protected Naruto from Haku… such a long time ago, when I was weak. I shook my head and concentrated on Madara Uchiha. I had no time to ponder about those days… If I did, I would never be this strong. Kakashi's move was still shocking.
(Obito)
Why did Kakashi try to protect me when just a few minutes ago he hated me and tried to kill me? I guess he finally realized that part of me is still his friend. The other part sought after the Kyuubi.
(Kakashi)
I punched the now terrified Sasuke as he fell down the tunnel of trees. His Amaterasu must have weakened him immensely. I jumped down to Sasuke who was falling amid the trees… like the rain. I raced down to him and stabbed his leg with a kunai. Right after that I emended direction in air to the back of his head and one punch knocked him out. His body hit the ground and there lay Sasuke Uchiha… We were lucky he was not full of power and not at his best or he would have killed us all. We better leave since Deidara is dead and Sasuke is knocked out. Obito… I should get back to him.
After jumping up the trees I was standing in front of Obito.
"Obito… I shouldn't have fought against you. It was wrong of me. I… still consider you as my friend I was just confused. Reality just slapped me in the face. You… still… alive… it muddled up my mind. I'm sorry Obito."
He stood up and said those words I would never forget.
"Those who don't follow the rules and regulations are trash" he proudly said.
"But those who don't care about their companions are worse than trash" he let me finish the meaningful and nostalgic phrase. I learnt a lot from him.
"Kakashi…" no one was behind us as we stood separated from the others. They could still hear though. He took off his mask and revealed his true face; short black hair and brown eyes. It was the same but what I valued him the most for was still there. His face was still flooded with optimism and life of friendship. A warm, accommodating smile spread across his face.
"We're still friends. A part of me is still with you… literally." His smile widened and I couldn't help but do the same. I even laughed a bit.
"We'll always be friends…" with that Obito put his mask back on and left. He left but with a huge and memorable impact that will forever remain with me… but in a good way.
"Eh… Kakashi… did you just apologize to an Akatsuki member?!?" Ino questioned. Her face amalgamated with puzzlement.
I partly turned around and faced Ino.
"The best way to put it would be… I apologized to my friend… He maybe a part of the Akatsuki but he's still my friend and I'm still his friend. There's no way I'd kill him…" I turned my head away from the confused teenagers. My gaze led to where Obito was running off to. Wind swirled around ruffling through my hair.
"We should catch up to the others and Naruto" Shikamaru insisted. He just ruined the moment!!!
(Kakashi)
"Tsunade and Jiraya-sama are asleep… everyone shut up!" Ino whispered somewhat loudly. The rain covered her loudness.
We stared over to where they slept. They looked like peaceful little overgrown children. We entered the tower through a barred window that was already broken and met up with the others there. We were no longer team two. This tower must have been where Naruto was held captive but who helped him escape? The thought quickly came to mind. Hinata was never here. She was missing but I think I know where she was going.
"Shikamaru… you said you couldn't find Hinata anywhere."
"Yeah I looked all over town. Her dad said she left the house early to train in the woods but never came back."
"You don't suppose… that Hinata was the one who helped Naruto out of the tower."
"She must be headed back to the village!" Lee yelled.
"Excellent work Lee!" Gai was always with his… student.
"Oh, thank you Gai-sensei!"
"This is no time for being over emotional… again." I calmly told them.
"Kakashi is right; we should be on our best behavior!"
"Wakarimashta (understood)!" Lee saluted.
I rolled my eyes. Tears of 'I don't know what for' ran down his… proud face?
"Anyway… if Hinata is going back to the village then… we went around in a circle but we killed Deidara…" and I went back a few years, met a friend. Though, I'd still have to keep an eye on him. "So I guess it was worth it." everyone agreed.
Kiba sniffed the area and only smelled blood. I had to summon the nin-dogs. "Kuchiyose!" my hand stamped down on the floor. "Poof!" and a massive cloud emerged out of the blue. The cloud of smoke cleared and the nine dogs I had summoned were now visible.
"Pakkun track down whoever's blood this is" I pointed to the blood on the floor.
"Right" he barked and sniffed the blood, his puppy nose only a few centimeters from dipping into the blood. He scampered off following the scent of the blood and we trailed behind him. For a change it felt and seemed as if we were the dogs and Pakkun was our owner.
(You've probably figured it out but still… I'm not telling you!)
"Itachi, let's go…"
(Hinata)
I was afraid a storm would come. The clouds were gathering near the afternoon sun trying to engulf it. Rain drizzled down and struck me gently. I loved rain but I suddenly got the feeling that something bad was going to wash us off our path to Konoha… something or someone… was coming for us…
"Naruto you ok?"
"Yeah just really exhausted…" he actually sounded exhausted!
"Were almost there… Konoha is just a few miles ahead. I'll treat you with that sealing medicine as soon as we get home." I turned my head… two men were standing in front of me just as I finished explaining what I had to say to Naruto… I stopped dead.
The man on the left gave me mysterious vibes. He was tall with light brownish caramel hair dancing around in the wind. Different colored rings circled around his large eyes. His nose was pierced. There were three piercings (three metal dots on each side), starting from just under the area between his eyes to the bridge of his nose; right before the cartilage. There were also two sharp fanglike piercings each under the side of his lower lip. I wondered if the piercings were more than just metal. I recognized the other man instantly… Uchiha, Itachi. He looked grim and depressed, maybe even a little emo yet full of anger. They were both Akatsuki members. They were responsible for what happened to Tsunade-sama and Jiraya-sama. My eyebrows arched downward in anger at Itachi. I was ready to fight but Naruto was with me and I couldn't afford to put him down. Should I run away… what if they don't let me?!
"Move or I'll kill you!" I didn't sound scared but firm in my words.
"We're not very different so it might be worth fighting or killing you…" Itachi was referring to my Byakugan. The Sharingan and Byakugan were both extremely powerful. I haven't really fought a sharingan user except Sasuke and I don't want to fight that guy with the piercings at all. I glared into his eyes… noticed something about them. Something powerful. A power that can kill… the Rinnegan eye…
I had no other option. Putting Naruto down and fighting them is the only choice I have. There are two of them, I'm at a disadvantage. If I fight one of them, the other will go after Naruto and I won't be able to save him because the one I'm fighting will stop me! Then I'll do my best to keep both of them occupied… I set Naruto beside a nearby tree.
Itachi lunged forward with great speed and descended to the ground from the tree branch. It would be intricate to fight him considering that I couldn't look into his eyes.
"Eight trigrams palm rotation!" at the speed of light my body twirled around creating a circular chakra force field. I've trained a hell lot so it's an even better attack now. I felt something strike against my palms… I actually hit Itachi! I stopped spinning and found that his body was thrown to the ground. It wasn't a genjutsu because nothing unusual had happened and I hadn't looked into Itachi's sharingan eyes. I glanced back to check if Naruto was still there… he was. I threw an influx wave of sharp shuriken at Itachi. Following that I punched him with more of my palm attacks. They all hit him hard. Still didn't look into his eyes. The other member stood on a tree branch his arms dangling at his sides. It seemed as if he was waiting for something.
I resumed my fight with Itachi not paying any attention to that mysterious man over there… I threw a kunai at him but he effortlessly dodged it… a futile move. Next I threw a large shuriken and quickly used some medicine while he tried to avoid that. He managed to dodge the shuriken. In return he sent an entire army of shuriken and kunai flying at me. I didn't succeed in missing all of them all though I should have! None of my attacks were affecting him anymore. A powerful force restrained me from increasing my speed. It felt odd and I felt slow. I hadn't read up on Sharingan users but I knew most of their attacks… it's some type of jutsu involving Sharingan. It must be that then… I knew how to force the jutsu back now. Reality then broke down revealing Itachi had used Tsukuyomi. A jutsu used to slow down your rival's movement or speed. I released my self from the jutsu. Our eyes met for a split second but I'm sure that won't have any effect on me... I hope. That man just standing there bothered me… he kept staring at… Naruto!
"You're strong … but not as strong as I am" Itachi was stunned. He didn't expect me to escape the jutsu that easily.
I quickly gained the upper hand and dropped Itachi quickly with yet another variant of an eight trigrams palm rotation attack. However, Itachi's body appeared to have been… an illusion and dispersed into a murder of crows. No it can't be… a genjutsu! I can't afford to be trapped in a genjutsu! Naruto! What's going to happen to him!? Is that what the Rinnegan eyed man was waiting for? Itachi pulled his ultimate move off and he was going to make his move now…
(Naruto)
I hope Hinata can defeat those guys. I'm nowhere near recovering! That man standing high and mighty… gives me a strange feeling… like he's some mysterious powerful… being, not even human. The colored rings around his eyes meant something but I just didn't know what. He hid his emotions behind a blank expression that was impossible to fathom. He stared at me continuously. His never ending rainbow eyes were trying to tell me something…
(Kakashi)
Gliding through the wet sky touching the leaves as we swept by the ever greens… we were almost there… just one problem… the entire group was extremely fatigued but I was still vigorous! We didn't really have much of a choice we had to stop. Half of them were already sleeping. I should go with Pakkun or who knows what kind of turmoil Hinata and Naruto must be in right now.
"Pakkun are you tired?"
"No… not really I can go on for another round of searching"
"Okay then let's go on ahead… while the others rest"
"Right!" he yipped.
"Gai... were going to keep moving... if we rest even a little longer we might not be able to save them if the Akatsuki are lurking around"
"Alright..." he was half asleep too.
Leaving the others behind I went on with Pakkun afraid the Akatsuki had already introduced themselves to Hinata and Naruto.
A few minutes later...
(Kakashi)
"Release!"
"Uh… Kakashi-sensei!" Hinata escaped the illusion when I released it for her by merely touching her shoulder. I was right on time. The genjutsu would have had a greater affect if I had come later on.
"We assumed you took Naruto with you. He wasn't at the tower when we went looking for him."
"W-well I kind of umm left as soon as I heard what had happened to Naruto, I was there when it Naruto first lost control so I took the responsibility to go after him before anything worse could happen." at first Hinata sounded sorry but then changed the tone of her voice, realizing she had done the right thing.
"Hinata… you were the only brave one to independently rescue Naruto and you succeeded in doing so." I decided not to take this the wrong way and praised her instead of telling her that leaving early in the morning and not coming back… worried us.
"Arigatou (Thank you) Kakashi-san. I felt I had to do something… "
"I understand…"
I observed the new Akatsuki member… seems mysterious and very, very powerful. Especially those eyes… iridescent, rainbow eyes… Rinnegan. Here's what I've analyzed so far about this. Usage of the Rinnegan was said to give the user mastery over all six forms of chakra nature manipulation… an exceedingly advanced and powerful blood inheritance... The result... how the fuck are we supposed to kill him.
"Hinata has the other one done anything to you?"
"No he's been standing there staring at me through those multi-colored eyes…"
"Stay away from him; he doesn't give me good vibes …"
"You read my mind" Hinata whispered.
"And especially his Rinnegan eyes… for a poker faced man his eyes show a lot of meaning… and horrible power once in use."
(Naruto)
I feel better now. Hinata's medicine always does the trick. I should be aware of my surroundings. Rainbow eyes looks like he's going to pounce on me any second and give me a heart attack after standing there for God knows how many hours…
(Kakashi)
"You're not doing me a favor by standing there" Itachi blurted out… but he was right.
His associate turned his head and stared down hard at him. A moment later his gaze fixed back on Naruto. His weird behavior impelled me to punch him.
(Naruto)
I should do something constructive… hehe.
(Kakashi)
I in the blink of an eye the Rinnegan inheritor was standing right next to Naruto. "Ah!" Naruto yelped as he held his head pulling Naruto's hair. He pulled a kunai out of his pouch… shit…
"Naruto move!!" I yelled.
"I'm too weak t..." before he could finish the kunai was already through his back…
"Naruto…!"