Well, here's a new chapter despite school or the writers block! FOR ONCE I WIN!
Itachi with a box: ...Are you done?
For the moment. So, whats with that?
Itachi: This? Well, since you pay me for support, I thought I would get you this. (Opens the box to reveal a monkey and a cattle prod) Its called a shockey monkey, trained to help motivate the simple minded with a simple sentence. Don't you have a story to write? (The primate activated his over sized tazer and smacked the hapless author).
Itachi: ...Well now he's more quiet...
Pillz-E who just walked in: WhydoIsmellbacon?
Ch. 11: The exile & preliminaries.
-Meanwhile, back at the Akatsuki-
Itachi stood in the middle of the 'councel' room which now contained all its current living members, a first since the organization started. The members stood silent as Pein stood from his seat to look at the Uchiha, fury burning in his eyes.
"Itachi Uchiha," he started, "It has been 5 days since the demon container escaped from under your watch. Since his disappearance, we first thought not much of it, until of recently. We are to believe that you are responsible for his escape."
"So what gave you the idea?" The Uchiha asked coolly. "There was no reason for me to, and as I said before, I could care less about him."
"Yet here we are. Your loyalty was unwavering, you were distant and only did the job on hand, but always spent your free time with the child. There where times you shown compassion and unless if I am mistaken, you even taught him high level techniques. The last to check up the child was you, and so the idea is obvious."
"So rather spend your time to look for him, you rather accuse me?" muttered Itachi.
"The biggest thing that gave it away that led to this was your eyes when I asked you last. In your claim to not care for him, your eyes wandered. The telltale to any lie. Now what you did is treason and gives me every right to kill you now, a few have offered to give you a chance. You are to be kept under lock and key until 24 hours are up. If you cooperate and find the brat, all would be forgiven. Until then, enjoy your cell."
The puppet man Sasori and Kakuzu jumped from their spot and grabbed Itachis arms, although didn't receive any resistance as they took him to a cell deep within the hideout.
-8 hours later-
Kisame walked down the path to his teammate's cell which was guarded by the art loving Deidara.
"Did he say anything yet?" questioned the fish man.
"No, but did you really expect him to, un?" Deidara replied, boardly.
"Well, let me talk to him. I might draw something out."
The blond man chuckled to himself a bit as he pulled out a key to the (iron) prison door. "He resisted almost everything including torture, so I don't think you could fare much better, un."
As it was unlocked, Kisame walked through showing a evil grin. "That's because they don't know what I do."
He entered to a dimly lit room to find the Uchiha sitting in a corner badly injured, although how didn't surprise him. He knew what damage the torture left, as in his right arm was broken along with a black eye and fractured leg, he was a mess that managed to not show his pain.
"Kisami? What do you want?" He asked, blood trickleing out his mouth.
"I'm here because I know you better than anyone else. You care for that kid like he was your own flesh and blood. I believe you know where he is, and I want to take you to him. I want to help you escape."
Itachi looked at his fishy partner with a raised eyebrow. "Why do you want to help me?"
Kisame laughed under his breath for a second. "I know you wont tell me where he would go, and therefore would die here because of it. Frankly, I can care less about him, but as much as I hate to say it, I owe you so much that I can't just let you die. So I'm going to help you escape."
The Uchiha was surprised with this sudden request. "But why? If they find out, they'll kill you too!"
"Please, ever since I lost my first fight to you, I was thinking on a way to regain my lost honor. If that means to save your miserable ass, than I'll do it. That and… (ahem) … you were the only person I could call a friend. Mushy crap aside, these people were becoming pricks anyways."
"Thanks." He said, getting up. "I was planning on doing it anyways if it wasn't for the fact of the odds where against me. Just knock out the guard, and I'll make my escape."
Kisame nodded and left, and Itachi stood near the door wincing a bit from his arm. In a second, he heard a persons bone crack and the door fling opened, Kisame with a grin, and Deidara unconscious. "Now lets get outta here."
-As Kisame and Itachi ran 10 miles from the base, a mile away they heard commotion.-
Angry yells filled the air as the two ran as best as Itachi could in his current state.
"They'll be on us soon." Itachi said.
Kisame growled, "Then I'll have to hold them off while you run." But Itachi wasn't going to have it.
"If you stay and fight, they will kill you."
Kisame stopped and said "Then after this consider us even for all the times you saved my life. Now pain or not, run as fast as you can, and don't look back."
Itachi nodded and ran, pushing his body much harder and wincing because of it. Making great time, he already cleared a mile by the time Kisame saw his former organisation.
"Well, lets see how I can fare with my superiors. Water style: Grand Whirlpool technique!"
…
-As Itachi made it to the outskirts of the city, an explosion was heard far off.-
Itachi walked through the nearby forest and propped himself against a tree.
'Now how do I get in, and more importantly to a hospital?'
Then an Anbu member in a weasel mask jumped down in front of the gate, saying, "What was that?" to himself.
Itachi just looked up and mouthed out 'Thank you' before activating the Sharingan.
…
-Noon back at the tower within the forest of death. -
Naruto stood there along with a small crowd of ninjas impatiently as the last few ninjas arrived. Having to wait all night, he was finally ready to see how everyone will fight.
"All right, everyone welcome to the third part of the exams." Said a sickly looking proctor. "My names Hayate Gekkou, and before (Coughs) we start, is there anyone who wants to leave? This part of the exam will be difficult as we will pair (Cough) you genin against each other."
"I would like to drop out." Said a silver haired nin that once again struck Naruto as familiar.
"Anyone else?" Naruto would gladly offer his clones, if he would of remembered them. In the end it was easier to say that a giant snake ate them.
"Alright," coughed Hayate, "well then, because there are so many of you, this round will be the preliminary to the final exam. We will use a computer (points to the giant monitor) to randomly choose who would fight whom. Now that should be it, so lets get the first match started."
The computer flashed the names across until it landed on… Temari vs. Zaku Abumi.
The two nin jumped from the balconey to the ring and gave each other a glare (which was a bit hard for the boy because of a patch over a black eye).
Hayate lifted arm as the two got into battle position and said, "Fight… Begin!"
Temari wasted no time in whipping her huge fan and using her air power to send a blast to Zaku who wasn't expecting another wind user, so took the first hit head on, sending him crashing towards a wall. At the last possible second, he used the 'wind cutter jutsu' to soffen the blow.
While still against the wall, he kicked off (still using his jutsu like a rocket to propel himself) and flew to the kunoichi. Concentrating, she folded up her fan and swung its iron side smacking the sound nin across the face. It flung the boy across the room and landed directly on… Anko, knocking her down.
He saw birds for a moment, then whom he was on top of, and finally a hand, which sent him flying once again to the opposite side of the room at an extreme speed onto his back crushing the wall.
'…Nice shot.' Naruto thought as he laughed a little. Hayate ran across to the down boy to see if he was still alive. Eyes wide, knocked out, and had a bit of a nosebleed, the proctor announced "Temari Wins."
Temari joined her siblings as the computer brought up the next match…
Neji Hyuga vs Rock Lee.
