"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Chapter 7
"Be careful you incompetent fool!" An irate Orochimaru shoved a near tears nurse off of himself as she tried to change the bandages that covered his eyes. She mumbled an apology as she ran out of the room to which he growled in response. To say he was in a pissy mood was an understatement. Thanks to a certain Sasuke Uchiha his normal doctor Sasori was now dead and he was forced to employ a general health doctor whom he felt had probably bought his degree from the internet.
"Pein I want the bitch found and killed! I want her head on a fucking platter for what she's done to me!" raged the blind senator.
A man with spiky reddish hair watched calmly as Orochimaru raged on. "Sir" Orochimaru turned his head towards the sound of the man's voice. "They're bound to want revenge for her kidnapping and the death of the blonde hooker." He fingered one of the many piercings in his ear. "Why not let them come to you? I can assure your protection as you are transferred and during your recovery. Why not set a little trap?" The end of Pein's mouth turned up slightly as the senator grinned evilly.
"Of course. Call Zabuza and his little puppet back from wherever we sent them."
"We sent them down south sir."
"Ah yes, the swamp"
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes" Orochimaru's grin grew, twisted, and gained an insane look.
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"Our intelligence tells us that tomorrow at eleven o'clock AM Senator Orochimaru will be moved to his private recovery suite at the top of his office building, here." A red dot appeared on a screen that showed a picture of a large office building. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi sat in front of the screen in relative darkness. All that could be seen was the screen.
"He has tight security. Everyone has been security checked so there's no way we could infiltrate undercover."
"Are there any back entrances, maybe an open air-conditioning system?"
"No they have guards at every entrance and the building is completely ventless."
"What about entering between shifts?"
"Guards stay on shift and extra ten minutes after the new ones come on to provide double security so there is no possibility of weakness. We'd have a better chance of getting in during the middle of a shift."
"Looks like we're left with my favorite infiltration technique." The light flickered on and everyone turned their heads to see Naruto standing up and grinning with his hands splayed on the table. "We rush the front door with guns blazing!"
"You've got to be kidding me!" shouted Sakura. "You seriously think with security that tight we could just rush the building? We'd be shot down within seconds."
"Not if we go directly through the front lobby." Everyone looked at Sasuke. "I was looking through the security plan and there's only one receptionist and a panic button from 9am to 6pm and they change at 1pm. There is no overlap except if they stop to talk. We could easily get through to an elevator."
"That could actually work Sasuke. And if they cut off the elevators we could just shimmy up the cables and blast open a door on the floor under Orochimaru's and run up the stairs. At most we'd only have to face a dozen guards and the receptionist," said Kakashi.
"We should use lethal injection to kill him. Our bullets are custom from Gaara so they'd be easily traced and he doesn't need anymore shit from us." said Sakura.
"Alright so at one o'clock tomorrow we'll take down Orochimaru." Naruto moved towards the door. "I'll be in the downstairs if you need me." He exited the small conference room.
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"Hello lover"
Sasuke turned his head from the papers scattered over his desk and saw Hinata in the doorway. He sighed and shook his head. "Is it really necessary for you to tease me?"
"No, but don't tell me you don't enjoy it"
"Hn" Sasuke swung his chair around and went back to his papers.
Hinata rolled her eyes. "You know I had something to give you from your brother but-"
Sasuke dragged her into his room and shut the door behind them. "Speak" He commanded.
She pulled out the CD. "Itachi told me to give this to you and that when you got a chance you should look at it."
"Did he tell you what's on it?" Sasuke sighed and combed his hand through his hair.
"No. He only said 'All is not as it seems'."
"What the hell does that mean?" Sasuke shouted. It was just like his brother to be all cryptic. There was silence for awhile.
"Well are you going to open it?" asked Hinata
"Yes. What are you still doing here?"
"You don't honestly expect me to leave do you? I mean he gave me the CD. What if there's some password you need to type in to keep it from self-destructing and I'm the only one that knows it? I'm staying."
Sasuke sighed. "Fine you can stay but you can't tell anyone about this especially not Naruto. Got it?"
"Yeah."
Hinata grabbed an extra chair and sat down next to Sasuke. He put the CD into his laptop and listened to it whir and buzz as it tried to open the files. Suddenly a large grey window opened with the Uchiha fan right in the middle. A row of files was shown in the side bar.
"Open that one." Hinata pointed to the first file that said Sharingan 1. Another, slightly smaller window opened showing a contact lens with a red iris and one black apostrophe near the pupil. On it's own the eye divided into several different layers. "What is it?"
"I'm not sure but it look like a project my brother was working on. These must be the different stages of this sharingan thing." Without another word Sasuke minimized the window and proceeded to open the next two folders which all did the same thing the only difference being the number of apostrophes next to the pupil, the highest being three.
The last folder labeled 'Mangekyo', however, did something completely different. The pupil was warped into the form of a pinwheel. The iris glowed and a list of features showed up next to it.
Sasuke groaned and slouched back into his chair. "Itachi you bastard why'd you make this?"
"What's the matter what are they?" asked Hinata
"They're basically high-tech binoculars in the form of a contact lens except more dangerous. They have night vision, x-ray vision and can zoom in and out."
"It says that each feature is triggered by a certain number of blinks. Hm, that's pretty cool." Said Hinata reading from the screen. "What do you think vision repair is?" Before Sasuke could answer Hinata clicked on it and a QuickTime screen opened. Itachi appeared on it in a dark workroom.
"Hey little brother I'm glad you decided to look at the disc. If I know you you've probably already looked through the sharingan stages and well welcome to my masterpiece's page. I'm assuming you've already read the Mangekyo's features so I'll just skip to the point; vision repair. I originally designed the sharingan to help out on the field but through a fortunate wiring mistake I made them stronger. You remember my vision problems right? Well right now I'm practically blind but when I wear this little beauty I've got sight better than a hawks and can see better in the dark than an owl. Unfortunately Orochimaru found out and wants them for himself as a future health investment. You have to meet me at my workshop as soon as possible so I can give them to you. If you hide them I'm sure Orochimaru will never find them. Meet me at 2 am on April 1st, 2008 but just a warning I only come here once every five years so if I don't see you there you'll have to wait. Seeya then!" The screen closed and a map of the Earth opened up.
"Well that's just great I missed the deadline. The bastard must've forgotten to record a new message before he gave it to you." sighed Sasuke.
"So you've got to wait five years until you can see him again. Wow that's a long time," said Hinata.
"Yeah how the hell am I supposed to stay put for five whole years with this shit on my mind?" shouted Sasuke
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Not many people know this but underneath the Menagerie there is actually a garage but it's not just any garage. Inside are fast, expensive cars and weapons of every kind. Shelves of bullet cases and racks of brand new Kevlar vests. That evening Naruto sat at a desk putting together an AK47 rifle and fitting it with a telescopic lens. Suddenly he was hugged from behind and felt a feather soft kiss on his neck.
"Why so tense love?" Hinata purred into his ear. "Would you like me to work that out of you?"
"Not right now" said Naruto
Slightly put off by his refusal of her Hinata pressed on to gain his attention. "Well then how 'bout I tell you a little story then? You wanted to know how my eyes got this color." She let go of his back and sat down in a chair across from him. Naruto put down the gun and looked straight into her pale, moon colored eyes. "When I was little I wore contacts. My natural eye color was blue but they only ever had grey contacts. One day during the summer Neji, TenTen and I had a contest to see who could stare at the sun the longest and guess who one."
Naruto framed her face with his hands and chuckled, "That is actually really funny"
Hinata pouted. "Maybe for you but it hurt like a bitch! The lenses melted on my eyes and turned them this silver color. On the plus side though my vision is perfect" They both laughed.
"Are you only telling me this because I might not make it back?" asked Naruto in a serious tone.
"Maybe" She got up and headed towards the door. "Try not to work to hard. I'll be wanting company on your last night alive." She walked away swinging her hips.
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Bright and early the next day Tsunade and Iruka entered Jiraiya's suite at the hospital. She asked the nurse who had been feeding him oatmeal away leaving Jiraiya with a very sad look on his face.
"What was so important that you had to send Naomi out?" asked Jiraiya as he crossed his arms and pouted. Iruka and Tsunade were silent. "Well?" Iruka sat in an armchair and held his forehead in his hand. Tsunade crossed to the window and looked out of it at the nearly risen sun. "Tsunade?"
Tsunade finally turned around with tears falling down her face. "My little boys leave today Jiraiya." She crossed her arms and hugged herself. "They're going after our big brother today."
"Oh Tsunade" said Jiraiya.
Silence enveloped the room as the three lost themselves in their thoughts.
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Back at the Menagerie a slightly more comical scene was taking place. The Team had been ready to go before Sasuke had decided to grab an extra grenade form the trunk and lo and behold Hinata was there with her gun and a lightweight Kevlar vest.
"What the hell are you doing in there?" questioned Sasuke
Hinata chuckled nervously, "Um…you see I thought I could be of some help and I really do deserve my revenge on Orochimaru for killing my father and making Neji and TenTen's life a living hell" she said quickly.
"Get out"
"No"
"Naruto! Your stupid girlfriend has a death wish!"
Naruto got out of the car and sighed when he saw Hinata shyly waving at him from the trunk. "Hinata what the hell? Lord, come here!" He picked Hinata up and slung her easily over his shoulder and carried her back into the building. He grabbed a chair from the bar and brought them to an obscure closet. He set her down and proceeded to tie her to the chair with some rope from the closet.
"Let me go! You need me!" shouted Hinata
Naruto silenced her with a kiss, "You're right I do need you. But I need you stay here. We don't know who's protecting Orochimaru and I don't want you to get hurt."
"But you no I'm good. I can protect myself. Plus I need to get the bastard back"
"You have a point there."
"So I can come?"
"Nope!"
"Bastard"
"Hey listen, if by some miracle I make it back. I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
A tear fell from her eye and trickled down her face, "But you barely know me and if Neji found out he'd kill you. Scarecrow would help."
He smiled and kissed her forehead while wiping away the tear "I know but Nata I'd die for you"
"Then of course I'll marry you."
"Good, now be quiet. You can start screaming for help after I leave." He closed the door quietly and locked it. "Goodbye Nata" He walked away with his hands in his pockets and his shoulders slumped.
AN: Sorry this took so long, I hate school!