Some more of the replacements' abilities will be revealed here. They have their originals' abilities with some additions. Most will be shown in this chapter, and any that aren't shown here will definitely be shown off a couple chapters later.
Everyone hurried to where Ningyou stood. She was holding a stack of papers that actually looked new despite the age of the house.
"What are those?" Sakan asked, reaching for the paper on top. Before he could take it, Kuroi spoke from the hall.
"There's someone coming. He has glasses and silver hair that's tied back in a ponytail. His forehead protector has a music note on it."
Everyone looked at each other. "Grab a weapon or something. Be prepared to defend yourselves if this person is hostile," Itami instructed.
Sakan found a long bandaged sword in the corner that looked more like an ironing board.
"What's that gonna do?" Fumetsu scoffed.
"It's better than nothing," Sakan snapped.
The group proceeded outside once everyone was ready. Sure enough, there was a person standing outside that matched Kuroi's description perfectly.
The person smiled. "I should start by congratulating you all on your escape," he smirked.
"You know about us?" Shiro asked, rising up from the ground.
"Yes, I do. My name is Kabuto. You were all created by my master, Orochimaru-sama," he answered, still wearing that annoying smirk.
"What do you mean?" Karasu asked. Everyone except Kabuto flinched at her dangerous tone; Kabuto's grin grew bigger.
'I see you've found the files I planted in the house," Kabuto said, satisfaction hanging onto every word. "Very well, I'll tell you. Somewhere out there, there is a group of S-ranked criminal shinobis. They call themselves the Akatsuki. About a year ago, I obtained the DNA and chakra patterns of almost every Akatsuki member. Orochimaru used that information to create all of you." He pointed at Karasu,"I'll use you as an example. Find your photo in the file."
Ningyou shuffled the papers around until Karasu's file was on top. Everyone looked at the file over Ningyou's shoulder.
"Hey, why are there two pictures? I think one would be enough!" Fumetsu complained.
"That second photo isn't Karasu, idiot. Karasu doesn't have those tear troughs. Besides, that person is a guy," Sutetchi countered.
"It says this person is called Itachi. Uchiha Itachi," Kuroi noted.
"Yes," Kabuto said, "Uchiha Itachi is your original and will be the person you kill."
Karasu frowned. "Why would I kill him? I don't even know him."
"You were created to destroy him. After all, the Akatsuki wronged Orochimaru-sama in the past. I guess you could say they will fall under their own hands," Kabuto explained.
"So we were created in order to be used by Orochimaru for revenge?" Nendo demanded.
Kabuto nodded. "Yes, you were. In fact, you all have a lifespan of five years. After your five years are up, you will just drop dead."
Fumetsu's last nerve snapped. "Shut up!" she roared, swinging her scythe at Kabuto.
She missed, and Kabuto took the chance to throw a couple of shurikens at her. Two more ninjas also dropped out of the sky, landing next to Kabuto. The shurikens were deflected by Tenchi, who had created shurikens from paper while Fumetsu took on one of the newly-arrived enemies. The second ninja went for Ningyou. Kabuto himself attacked Sakan.
Karasu turned to assist Ningyou, parrying the opponent's attacks with kunais, and finally managing to pin him down on the ground with a wind demon shuriken. Ningyou attached her chakra strings that extended from her fingertips to a fallen log nearby. She dropped the log on top of their assailant, crushing his skull and killing him.
Sutetchi went to help Fumetsu, but was declined when Fumetsu shouted that she could do this herself. She had turned black and white and was standing on this odd symbol on the ground. Taking her spear, she stabbed herself through the heart. As Sutetchi watched, the ninja keeled over, dead. Fumetsu, however, looked perfectly fine.
Kabuto was fighting Itami, Tenchi, Nendo, Kuroi, Shiro, and Sakan despite the fact that Sakan's sword was draining his chakra. He was still able to defend himself against all six of them at once. One reason he was capable of doing this was due to the inexperience of the six. Even though he was able to hold his ground against six of them, he knew that he wouldn't be able to take on all ten of them at once. He quickly took a smoke bomb from his pocket and escaped.
"And don't come back, you freaking loser!" Fumetsu screamed after him, her spear still sticking out from her chest.
Now only Itami, Nendo, and Karasu need a chance to show off their abilities. Don't worry; I have a chapter planned out for them. Wanna know what happens? Just wait and see! *wink*