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Chapter 15: The Ugly Flower
"YAWN!" Naruto and Rain yawmed in unison, as the group with Sasuke and Sakura, Spike and Ryousuke along with them.
"Why you guys so tired?" Sakura asked, wondering why they were so sleepy.
"Some cat kept us up all night." Rain said, glaring at Spike.
"Not my fault I have to sleep in water!" Spike barked back, glaring at Rain.
"Sigh." Naruto sighed. How long were they going to do this?
"I forgot, thanks for lunch, Mama." Ryousuke said, holding up a well made lunch in a hankerchief. Sakura looked down at him, with a smile.
"Not a problem, Ryousuke. I figured you'd like the rice dumplings with the tomato fillings in them." Sakura said, as everyone continued walking. As everyone continued, they noticed that someone stopped. Both her and Ryousuke looked behind them.
"Guys, wait up!" Sakura called the boys, who stopped and turned around. They all saw Rain in her tracks, eyes closed, as if she was trying to get something figured out.
"What's up, Rain?" Sakura called, trying to continue. They were gonna be late, in sending Rain, Spike and Ryousuke home.
"I smell blood, over on the soft side of the village." Rain said, beginnning to run. Everyone joined her, as Spike had Ryousuke on his back. They turned around the corner, and saw...
"Gasp!" Rain gasped.
"What the..." Sasuke couldn't speak.
"HOLY SHIT!" Naruto screamed.
"Gasp!" Sakura gasped, as Spike tried to cover Ryousuke's eyes. Everyone in that village, the elderly, and the infants were lying in a small pool of blood.
"I can't believe this..." Sakura said, covering her mouth in shock. Rain walked up to an elderly man, laying on the ground. She got on one knee, and discovered that the jocular vein was ripped out of the neck. Naruto copied her.
"They're blood is gone. All of it." Rain confirmed, as Naruto gaved her a look of shock. Everyone pulled out they're kunais. Rain noticed a trail of blood, leading to a tree.
"Rain, what do you think?" Naruto asked, standing up as well.
"I don't think this happened intentionally by a human." Rain walked up to the tree and found the trail ending to a flower, which the base was a lilly pad, with wite rose petals, thick yellow honey suckle seeds coming out of it, with a cob of corn in the middle. Over all, it was an ugly flower. The leaves that were coming out of it, did not help, either. "Here's your culprit."
"A puny flower?" Naruto commented, when the cob opened up to reveal fangs.
"What the hell is that?" Rain said, freaked out. It litterally jumped from it's roots, sprang claw like legs, and ran towards the rest of the group.
"It's after Sakura! RUN!" Naruto screamed, seeing the direction it was heading. It jumped to Sakura's height, and aimed for Sakura's neck. Sasuke grabbed her hand, pulled her out of the way, but tripped and crashed into a flower shop, where the window was made out of glass, went through the window, and landed on the floor, next to a young female, who was dead due to the plant.
"MOM! DAD!" Rain screamed, and ran after the plant.
"Papa! Mama!" Ryousuke screamed, and saw the plant coming towards Spike.
"What the hell is this thing?" Spike screamed, jumping next to Naruto. It aimed for the boys, when Rain stepped on it, squishing it.
Bad move.
Blood came instantaneously, covering Rain from head to toe. She ended up tasting it, and was disgusted.
"It just ate!" Naruto screamed, and Rain turned very slowly to him, glaring at him that read 'No Shit, Sherlock'. Within a few minutes, an entire group of Jonin were there, collecting the bodies. Sasuke walked up to Sakura, who had a scratch on her cheek from the glass, and holding Ryousuke's hand.
"You ok?" Sasuke whispered to her.
"Yeah."
"Ok. Head to Ino's, take Ryousuke with you. I'll be there in a few minutes."
"Ok." With that being said, Sasuke kissed her cheek, and left to join Naruto, and Rain, who was trying to clean herself up.
"You need a bath." Spilke said, as Rain was trying to get the blood out of her hair.
"Spike. Shut up." Rain said, rather cold.
"What was that?" Sasuke asked, stopping in front of the two.
"Dunno. Never seen that before." Rain said, getting rid of the blood on her revealing arm. "But I do know the one lady who knows." Everyone who was there, consisting of Naruto, Spike, Kakashi, and Sasuke, looked at her.
"Care to tell who that is?" Kakashi asked with a smile. Rain nodded, and headed for the nearest hotspring.
"And where do you think you are going?" Naruto called out, confused.
"To take a bath." Rain said, rather dumbfoundly.
"I see. So your going to this island to investigate?" Tsunade asked. Rain came to her, after her bath and all.
"Yeah. There's an island, hidden in the fog of the Valley of Ends." Rain said, taking a pause. "Known as The Island of Cursed Souls."
"The Island of Cursed Souls?" Tsunade repeated. "I've heard legend. Do you know that island?"
"Yeah. I have a pass from the Empress herself." Rain said, revealing her pass. Written in kanji, that read:
I, Empress Katsuyachi, herby give
Rain Uchiha
Permission to enter the Isand of
Cursed Souls on her Behave
"Are you allowed to bring anyone with you?" Tsunade asked, and Rain nodded.
"Can I bring Squad Seven with?" Rain asked, really nicely.
"Squad Seven, why that squad?"
"There's a paticular clan there that Sasuke would be interested in." Tsunade eyes went from settle to huge.
"You don't mean..."
"...That's right." Rain said, confirming her suspicions. "The entire Uchiha Clan."
"But HOW!" Shizune asked, wanting to know more.
"When Itachi killed them, they couldn't find the right path to the good life..." She wasn't allowed to state that it was all Danzo and Madarra's idea to butcher the clan. "... And thanks to Madarra's curse, their doomed to walk the earth for all eternity, or until my father can get his head out of his ass."
"Interesting. And this island benefits them, how?" Tsunade asked.
"The Empress has given them a brain and a body to use on the island and the island only, and is allowing them to take refuge there."
"...Very well. Get Squad Seven here, and on the double." Tsunade ordered.
"So, where are we going." Naruto asked. They all just watched Ryousuke and Spike go home, so now it was down to Rain.
"We gotta go to an Island, and the lady who owns it is a real hot head." Rain said, as they headed for the border of the Land of Fire. Sakura and Sasuke were in toll, watching the two gossip. Kakashi was merely reading his book, as usual.
"Say, Sensei, do you know what happened to Fugaku?" Rain asked, and Naruto went green.
"Um...Your father sent it to dog training camp."
"DAD! HE WAS MY BUDDY!" Rain screamed, blowing out Sasuke's eardrums.
"You are no fit to take care of a dog!" Sasuke boasted, getting even with Rain. What was Kiba thinking, getting her an animal like that! It wasn't even potty trained. The next time he pulls a stunt like that, he outta be ready for an earful cause he was not taking that...
"There's a boat!" Naruto's screaming brought Sasuke back to his senses, and everyone saw the boat.
"Everyone load up!" Rain said with a smile. Everyone pushed on it, as Rain took the stick and began to stroke from behind the group. It was a quiet ride, just like with Tazuna and his friend. Only this boat doesn't have a motor. The trip lasted nearly two hours, until they came across an isand, covered in creepy fog.
"Kinda... Creepy..." Naruto muttered with chills in his voice. They came up to shore, as everyone got out, and Kakashi and Rain were left to pull the boat up, and tie it to the post. Sakura looked around and saw a young woman standing. In a gown of silk, that barely covered her shoulders and breasts, and a long pony blonde tail, that reached to the ground, and here eyes were white as the clouds.
"Welcome to my Island." The mysterious woman said, as Rain came up, and got on one knee.
"Empress Katsuyachi, it's been too long." Rain greeted, as everyone saw who Rain was talking to.
"Rain, welcome back. You don't need to bow for me. And I see you've broughten some friends." Empress Katsuyachi noticed Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi were with her.
"Yes, these are my parents and legal guardians of the future. Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha."
"Sasuke?" Katsuyachi questioned, then realized why Rain brought them here. "I see."
"Your majesty..." Kakashi's voice caught everyone's attention. "We have a report that needs to be dealt with. Apparently, there was a flower that caused a massacre in the Leaf village, and from Rain's reports, it came from your island."
"Oh no, you mean the Gatatsuku Flower escaped? Oh, god I am deeply in apologetic, I had no idea one escaped. Please, come this way." Katsuyachi motioned them to follow, which they did, a little hesitant, but Rain trusted her.
"Rain, you may take your friends to see your clan."
"Thank you. Come on, guys. Follow me." Rain said, running into the forest, as the others followed her.
"Hey, Rain! Wait a minute!" Sakura said, running after the boys and Rain. All of them ran until they came up to a gate with the Uchiha symbol on it. Everyone froze. Rain pulled out her pass, and showed it to the executioner standing guard. With a nod to his head, he opened the gate, and allowed everyone to enter. When they entered, Sasuke litterally dropped to his knees.
"Is this... For real?" Sakura asked shocked. Sasuke couldn't move. He couldn't breathe. There was an elderly woman, in brown, her hair in a bun, sweeping her doorstep, minding her own business, when she looked up and saw the kids. She froze when she saw Sasuke.
"...S...Sasuke...!" She muttered his name in a sweet voice. Naruto could tell how she knew him, and he held his face in grimace. Sasuke immediately ran into the woman's arms.
"AUNTIE!" Sasuke screamed. She was real. But he watched everyone suffer.
"S... Sasuke..." The elder woman couldn't believe it. Rain walked up to the woman, and with a kind smile.
"Don't worry. Sasuke's still alive. I was wondering if Granma and Granpa are in."
"Rain..." Sasuke's tear began, even more. He knew that voice. He let go of his aunt, and looked to see...
His father. Fugaku froze, the minute he saw Sasuke. His eyes got huge, and his hands were shaking.
"S-Sasuke..." At the sound of his voice, Sasuke ran into Fugaku's arms, and began sobbing into his shirt, not believing what he was seeing and feeling.
"F-...Father..." Sasuke said, inbetween sobs.
"Granpa... I thought it would be fair to bring Dad here." Rain said, not having a smile on her face at all. At that moment, she had an exact resemblance to Itachi. Naruto and Sakura didn't want to move. They both stood there. Fugaku took Sasuke into his arms, and got on his knees, and took a good look at him.
"...You've grown." Fugaku said, smiling. Sasuke was still crying, but he had every reason. "Let's go see your mother. Can I ask for the names of your friends?"
"Yeah..." Sasuke turned to the others. "Naruto is the blonde, Sakura is the girl, and Rain's..."
"Don't worry, I know who Rain is. The Empress keeps the Uchiha Clan well informed." Fugaku said, getting up to his feet, and walking towards his place. "Come along, son. We can't keep your mother waiting."
"Come on, guys. Don't worry, they're friendly." Rain said, following them. Naruto and Sakura joined them, and entered the main house, taking off their shoes.
"Mikoto, we have visitors." Fugaku called, as Sasuke froze, yet again. So did Mikoto, holding a plate in a rag. She dropped the plate, allowing it to shatter, and run to Sasuke, taking him into her arms. Sasuke was crying again, and wrapped his arms around her. Mikoto was crying, until she saw Rain, standing there, with Naruto and Sakura.
"Oh, thank god!" Her grip grew tighter around Sasuke, petting his hair. She just realized that her baby was still alive. "Oh, thank god!" She continued to chant, in between sobs, as she pulled away, and took a good look at Sasuke.
"Your all more than welcome to stay here for as long as you like." Fugaku said, drinking his tea in the kitchen. Mikoto was doing the dishes, and the kids were enjoying stories.
"Granpa," Rain began, catching Fugaku's attention. "Do you think we could work on some genjutsu?"
"I'm not very good that that, myself. Your granmother would be a better teacher at that." Fugaku said, blowing Rain off completely. Naruto noticed that Rain was looking down at her tea.
"I'm glad Sasuke has some great friends." Mikoto said, joining the group at the table. "Especially Naruto. Your mother would be proud."
"...My Mother..." Naruto questioned, shocked by her comment.
"Hn." Fugaku said, remembering his mother. "Kushina was an odd one."
"She had her good points." Mikoto commented. Sakura just sat there, being all diddly.
Ok, here is Chapter 15, and I might be taking a twist on things.
Naruto: Your mom's really pretty, Sasuke.
Sakura: Yeah, she really is.
Sasuke: -_-'...