Steve: And here we are for the third chapter of the new update!
Hinata: Looks like Sakura-san is in trouble...
Steve: Ah! But Naruto will save her... just like always.
Pen-pen: (Still nice to see her actually fight though.)
Steve: That's true. Anyways... if you guys wouldn't mind doing the disclaimer? Please?
Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)
Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.
Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
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"You forget that I can tell when you're bluffing girl." And then two golden eyes with slit pupils open as Sakura's eyes widen while her hand starts to shake. "And you're already finished!" Feeling a drop of sweat slowly making its way down the side of her face, Sakura takes a deep shuddering breath as she tries to steady her nerves.
'Damnit... Orochimaru! How the hell is it that I got into this situation again! Normally it's Naruto who does...' She then gulps a little as the figure steps fully into the light to reveal the rogue snake Sannin himself. She then steadies herself as she brings her kunai up into a ready position. "Well... I guess that curiosity really does kill the cat..." Orochimaru just laughs at this as he continues to walk forwards...
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Confronted with the sight of the rogue snake Sannin, Sakura trembles a little as she prepares herself for a fight that she truly doesn't expect to survive. 'Damnit! I wish that I had just a little bit of Naruto's infamous luck right now. Now I'm heading up against one of the most powerful Missing-nin out there...' Seeing the slight trembles, Orochimaru laughs before shaking his head.
"My... Look at you tremble like a new born puppy..." He then looks towards Kabuto with an amused look on his face. "Kabuto, put her out of her misery... but don't make her suffer. Do it quickly and painlessly." Kabuto just nods and agrees as Orochimaru walks away. Just as he's about to reach the door leading from the room, he leans to the side in time to dodge a kunai thrown by Sakura as she shouts at him. He then looks over his shoulder with a raised eyebrow. "Yes my dear? And what is it that you want now?" She just gives him her best glare possible in the situation she's in.
"You can start by telling me where the hell my team mate Sasuke is is? I know that you couldn't have already taken his body, so where is he? He has to be nearby since you would never let such a prized vessel out of your sight, you sick freak!" Orochimaru just raises an eyebrow before shrugging as he looks at Kabuto with a grin.
"It's no use hiding it any longer I suppose... Go ahead and tell her Kabuto, it won't make any difference as she'll be dead soon." Orochimaru then walks into the darkness beyond the door before it closes behind him. Kabuto uses a finger to push his glasses up the bridge of his nose as he watches Sakura.
"Unfortunately... Sasuke-kun was late in getting here, so Orochimaru-sama had to make do with another vessel that was selected just in case." Sakura perks up at this and smiles as she nods.
"So Sasuke is okay then... and likely in this very building!" Inner-Sakura just nods her head.
'And even if we don't find him, or he gets away, we'll still have three years before that hebi-teme Orochimaru can even try again! Yes! Shannaro!' Kabuto just gives Sakura an amused look as he shakes his head.
"Orochimaru-sama gave Uchiha Sasuke-kun the Curse Seal in order to prepare him for when he becomes the host for Orochimaru-sama's next incarnation." He then frowns a little, though to most it would be unnoticeable. "The problem is... not everyone can bare the burden of the Curse Seal." Sakura stiffens a little as she remembers when Orochimaru first marked both Harry and Sasuke in the Forest of Death. As well as the reactions they had to the seal activating. Her eyes then narrow as she shoots him a glare.
"No... You can't be telling me what I think that you are... it's not possible..." Kabuto just shrugs as he raises a hand.
"I'm afraid so... Sasuke-kun just couldn't handle the power and now he's nothing more than a memory. So sad really. And Orochimaru-sama had such high hopes for him as his next body." Sakura's eyes narrow even farther as she grinds her teeth.
"You're a liar... Sasuke wouldn't die from just that... If a person survives the initial activation then it's impossible for them to die from the seal. You're lying!" Kabuto just smiles at her as he shakes his head.
"Come on now... what could I possibly gain by lying to you?" He then brings up a kunai as Sakura raises her own knife, knowing that her own sword would be nothing more than a burden in the environment she's fighting in thanks to the pillars surrounding them. "Besides... it doesn't matter since in another minute you'll be dead. And since you're in such a hurry to join him, I'll even help you! You'll have all the time you need to be with him since you'll have all of eternity to spend in the afterlife..." Sakura just tenses herself as she notices Kabuto shifting his feet, already getting ready for his attack. He then twirls his kunai before stopping it in a ready thrown position as his smile grows. He then throws it at Sakura and she watches as it gets closer, only to smile moments before a shimmering ball slams into it, causing it to get disintegrated. His eyes wide, Kabuto turns to see Naruto rushing towards them.
"Don't you dare listen to a word coming from this teme's mouth Sakura-chan! He's full of it!" Sakura just softly smiles as she whispers his name causing the Chunin to smile himself before he wipes it off his face. Kabuto just smugly smiles as he places his hands on his hips.
"Well, now, isn't this a surprise? I would have thought that you had already drowned in that pit you fell into. Guess that we need an upgrade." Naruto just snarls at him, his pupils taking on the form of slits as his eyes glow.
"I keep every promise that I make asshole! Because that is my Nindo, my ninja way! And until we get Sasuke back, there's nothing in this world that's going to be able to stop me from completing a promise!" Kabuto's smile just grows at that.
"Hmm... how intriguing..." He then dashes behind a pillar as he throws two kunai at the two Konoha-nin. Naruto just grabs Sakura bridal style before dodging the kunai by leaping behind a pillar himself. Letting her down, he turns to her.
"Sakura-chan I need you to find a place in order to hide. When he's distracted, then you can strike." Sakura just nods as she dashes off. Naruto, for his part, leaps from behind the pillar into the air in time for Kabuto to try and kill him with two more thrown kunai. Naruto just makes a handsign as he flips midair. "Kage Bushin no jutsu!" A puff of smoke obscures him as him and his clones separate. Kabuto just grits his teeth as he looks around.
'Where did he just disappear to...?' Hearing a noise, he turns in time to see a Naruto pop out from behind a pillar.
"Yoooohooooo!" The clone manages to duck behind the pillar in time for shuriken that Kabuto threw at them to miss. And then another pops out from behind the pillar behind him before shaking it's ass at him and slapping it.
"Hey! Kabuto-chan, bet you want some of this eh?" The clone then laughs as it dodges another attack from an enraged Kabuto. the area then begins to resemble a Wack-A-Mole game as Naruto's Kage Bushin pop out from behind cover to tease and insult him, only to disappear once he turns to them.
'This... is getting on my nerves!' Finally pissed off and letting his frustration get the better of him, he starts to throw kunai and shuriken at the Naruto's willy-nilly, only to waste them and leave him with only one kunai left. Seeing this, he finally figures out what he was aiming for. 'Damn him...' A Naruto then steps out from behind a pillar with a smirk.
"Well, well..." The other Naruto's then appear as well as they slide their knives from their sheaths while they give him bloodthirsty grins. "Seems that someone is all out of kunai... too bad." They then rush him causing him to have to defend from several directions at once. The real Naruto is a few meters away and standing on the side of a pillar as he watches the fight through narrow eyes.
'Hmm... What's going on here? Kabuto is a LOT stronger than this. I know that for a fact. So why is he having so much trouble with my Kage Bushin when before he barely had any more trouble than I would with a bandit?' His eyes than narrow even farther as he steadily becomes even more confused with what's happening. 'Something's not quite right...' Finally having enough with being on the defence all the time, Kabuto leaps into the air above the mob.
"Get off of me!" He then scowls as he looks down. "These Kage Bushin are so irritating!" He then brings his hands up and starts to go through several handsigns, not seeing the real Naruto's eyes transform into the Akai Mahogan. "Katon! Kasumi Endu no Jutsu! (Fire Release! Mist Covering Technique!)" Taking a breath, Kabuto blows a seemingly harmless fine mist from his mouth towards the Naruto clones. But the true power of the technique is shown as it hits the candles and torches lighting the hallway, causing the mist to ignite into a massive fireball that heads directly at the bushin. They all catch fire and the real Naruto flinches as they dispel before glaring at Kabuto, who's watching all this with a smile. This soon vanishes, however, as he notices that there's no actual body burning in the remaining flames. "What the... where is he...?" He stiffens as he hears a sound behind him and turns to see Naruto creating a Rasengan.
"Too little... too late!" Naruto then rushes towards him as he prepares to attack and then hits Kabuto in the stomach. "RASENGAN!" Kabuto for his part, has his face frozen in pure agony as the attack drills into him. Then Naruto pushes even more into the attack causing Kabuto to go flying several pillars before slamming into the wall with enough force to leave a small crater. Panting, Naruto lets his arm fall to his side while frowning. 'That was too easy for someone of Kabuto's level.' Naruto's eyes then narrow to the point that they're slits. 'I'm starting to wonder whether or not this is even the real Kabuto or an imposter.' Sakura then comes running up, but Naruto stops her with a single hand raised as he whispers to her. "Sakura-chan... Something's not right here. Kabuto is MUCH stronger than this, so there's something wrong with this picture and I don't like it much at all." Sakura just nods in reply as they start walking towards the fallen Kabuto. As he's walking, Naruto begins to speak. "If you and that teme Orochimaru are here, then Sasuke is likely nearby. Now tell me... where is he? And I want the truth from you!" Kabuto just begins to softly chuckle causing Naruto to stop where he is. Sakura turns to him and is about to say something when she notices Naruto trembling as if he's trying to move against some restraint. "Wha... What the hell is going on here! What did you do! I can't move anymore!" Kabuto chuckles again, this time louder than he did before.
"What did I do? I'd advise you to look at yourself... notice anything funny?" Naruto then looks down and his eyes widen at the sight of a number of blue glowing strings attached to his body and wrapped all over it.
'What the... Chakra Strings? When the hell did he learn how to make those!' Naruto then looks back at Kabuto with a snarl. "What the hell did you do to me?" Kabuto's smile just widens.
"Do you see those threads around your body? They're made of chakra." He then smirks. "When you came in to attack me with your big finishing move, I managed to get them wrapped all around your body. Now then... Look carefully... See where those threads lead to?" Naruto then looks up and his eyes widen as he sees that they lead directly to Kabuto's chest, right where his heart is located. Feeling cold, Naruto trembles a little as he can feel a drop of sweat slowly make its way from his brow.
'No...' Kabuto just chuckles wetly again as he brings his hand up to where the chakra strings attach to his chest.
"That's right... they lead directly into my chest. You see... all those threads are wound up inside the chambers of my heart." Naruto's face slowly pales as he starts to guess as to what that means. "What's more Naruto-kun... the thread is weaving directly into your body as well. Right into your heart... and all the other internal organs that keep your body alive and functioning..." Naruto's eyes widen at this as he gasps due to hearing a double heartbeat. Kabuto's smirk widens as he hears this while he continues to taunt Naruto. "You can hear it, can't you? Our heart rates... they're synchronizing. Soon... they'll beat as one..." His smirk then becomes a bloodthirsty grin. Gritting his teeth, Naruto starts to try and tear the chakra strings from his body.
"Damnit! Get the fuck out of me!" Kabuto just laughs as he watches Naruto's struggles.
"You should just give up... those threads are made from pure chakra. nothing that you do can possibly break them." Naruto then stops his struggles as he feels the two heartbeats almost fully synchronize. Kabuto's grin almost breaks his face the next moment as they fully synchronize. "There... now our heartbeats are now fully in sync. the chakra in these threads have now linked my circulatory system to your own. Your heart beat is now fully under my control." Naruto just focuses inwards trying to cause his heart beat to change, only to discover to his horror that he can't.
'In the words of my nii-san "Aw, bloody fucking hell..."' He then tries again, only to once more fail. 'Shit! I can't change it!' Kabuto just chuckles.
"It's no use Naruto, you are no longer in control. I am. And if I should happen to want my heart to beat even faster... then your heart would beat at the same rate, right along with it." Kabuto then looks up at Naruto, looking at him in the eye. "And, of course, when my heart finally stops..." Kabuto's eyes narrow as he chuckles. "So too, will your's." Sakura just takes a step forwards and snarls at Kabuto.
"What the hell is the point of such a technique then! If your heart stops, than you'll die as well! It's suicide!" Kabuto just laughs a little before answering.
"Yes... I die as well of course." Kabuto then shrugs his shoulders before shaking his head. "Not that it matter of course. I already promised my body to Orochimaru-sama to use as he sees fit." A purple glow spreads from where his hand is as it seems to sink into his chest. Both Naruto and Sakura gain looks of disgust and horror as he seemingly pulls his own heart from his chest and holds it out towards them.
'Oh... shit... I have seen many fucking things that would give a person nightmares... but this takes the fucking cake!' Shaking it off, Naruto gulps. "And... what exactly are you planning on doing...?" Kabuto just chuckles.
"Now? Now all I got to is squeeze my hand..." His next words cause Naruto to freeze up. "And then I'll die... and so will you... Come on... Let's go onto the next life... I'll even come with you..." He then begins to squeeze his heart causing Naruto's heart to feel like it's being squeezed as well. And Naruto can do nothing at all but cry out. Kabuto just sighs. "So how does it feel... to have your heart crushed from inside your own chest?" He pants a little before getting his next words out. "But I wouldn't worry if I was you... You'll be out of your misery soon enough." He then squeezes it even tighter, causing Naruto to cry out again. Having had enough, Sakura rushes forwards with her knife.
"That's enough! Stop it!" She then moves to attack him when Kabuto's voice stops her.
"Stop being so foolish girl. If you take me out then you'll kill your little friend Naruto-kun there." Sakura just nods her head slowly.
"I know..." She then twirls around. "I got an even better idea! Let's try this!" She brings her knife down, only for it to bounce off the threads. "What!" She just keeps trying, even going as far as to try to saw through them. Kabuto just snorts from where he's sitting.
"Keep going... All you're really doing is wasting precious time for Naruto-kun. that thread is spun from chakra, it's can't be severed." Sakura just closes her eyes for a moment as she remembers when Naruto saved her from dying. She then opens her eyes to show that they're fully violet. Gripping the threads, she begins to try to pull them apart, her Dhampir enhanced strength giving it her all. "Nice try... but even Tsunade-hime with all her superhuman strength would be helpless before these threads." Unable to pull them apart, Sakura falls to her knees, her eyes unseeing.
'What... what do I do... I can't lose him... I can't lose Naruto!' She slowly gets back up as she hangs her head. She then looks over as Naruto begins to speak.
"Sakura-chan... don't worry about me... This won't stop me... I made a promise and... I have my precious people to come home to! I won't be stopped here!" He then starts to lean forwards. "And I won't be stopped! Not until I fulfill all of my promises!" Sakura just looks on with wide, tear filled eyes as Naruto grits his teeth against the pain. Kabuto just looks on with a sneer.
"Enough of this foolish bravado!" His face then schools itself into a calm expression. "It's time to leave this world behind... And then you'll see your beloved Sasuke!" He then squeezes his heart tightly as a green glow springs up around it. The glow then spreads along the threads towards Naruto. Naruto then growls as the glow reaches him and covers his body. Kabuto for his part, also suffers as he grits his teeth against the agony ripping through his very being. Naruto's mouth just opens in a silent scream as it feels like his chest is being crushed, all the air being driven from his lungs. Sakura seeing this screams.
"Naruto!" She goes to try and cut the threads again, only to be stopped by a voice shouting her name. She then turns and sees Sasame rushing towards them from the end of the hallway. "Sasame!" Sasame finally reaches them and nods at her.
"Sakura..." She then holds out a tag. "Here, take this tag and wrap it your around your knife's hilt." Sakura doesn't question her as she does so. A moment later, her eyes widen as the kunai begins to glow bright yellow. Not wasting any time with questions, Sakura whips around and grabs the chakra strings before bringing the knife down, shredding them in a single blow. Bolts of electricity seem to shoot between the threads as they break before they shoot along both sets and shock the person on the end. Sakura then rushes towards Naruto with wide eyes.
"Naruto!" Reaching, she kneels next to him while she whispers his name, "Naruto? Naruto, are you okay?" Getting no answer, she starts to tear up. "Naruto? Please say something! Anything!" Still not getting an answer, she hangs her head. "No... Please no... I can't... Naruto!" She then collapses on top of him while sobbing his name. She then stops as she hears his heart beat once, then twice. Still slightly out of it, she sits back up. "Na... Naruto?" She then notices Naruto opening his eyes with a smile on his face and a blush on his face.
"Oh yeah... There's nothing to start a guy's heart quite like the touch of a beautiful woman..." Sakura just clinches her fist for a moment before sighing as she lowers it.
"Damnit Naruto... I'll get you for that later." She then gives him a look of tear-filled eyes. "I was fucking scared that I had lost you, you asshole! Then you go and do something like this! I should beat the crap out of you and just wait until we get home and I tell the others!" Naruto pales at this as he imagines how many hits he's going to get from pulling what he did. Wanting to make it up to her, he pulls her into a kiss and then channels magic and chakra into it, causing her to moan. After a few moments, Naruto pulls away and asks how it was. Sakura just smiles. "It was good... and I'm still telling." Naruto just hangs his head in response. From where he is, Gamakichi just shakes his head.
"You really are hopeless, aren't you aniki?" Sasame just shakes her head and gives a small giggle.
'That Naruto...' She then thinks about the kiss that Naruto gave to Sakura and blushes a little as she taps her chin in thought. 'I wonder... how good was that kiss...?' She then blushes more as she realizes what she was thinking of. It's at this point that Sakura remembers about Sasame and asks what she's doing there causing her to start. "Um... That is... er..." Naruto just shakes his head and smiles.
"I'm just glad that she showed up when she did, otherwise I might not even be here." He then smiles over at Sasame. "Thank you for that by the way Sasame-chan." Sakura then blinks and asks what he means and Naruto nods as his eyes narrow. "That pit that me and Gamakichi was in started to fill with water..."
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Water just continues to rush into the pit as Naruto finds himself underwater, having been knocked from the air by a surge in the water. Eventually reaching the top, Naruto manages to catch a breath from the small bit of air that's trapped beneath the pit's ceiling. He then slams his hands against it. "Okay, here's the lid and the only way out of this fucking death trap!" He keeps banging on it, not wanting to use a Reducto since he wouldn't be able to avoid the shrapnel. Eventually however, the entire pit fully fills with water and Naruto slowly sinks downwards as he channels magic and chakra into his lungs in order to last longer. 'Damnit! I can't get the fuck out. I already tried to Apparate and the iron surround us is stopping me. And I can't use my more destructive spells because then I'll be injured as well... KAMI FUCKING DAMNIT!'
(Naruto's narration: The water had reached the top of the ceiling and I gave it my all, but it wouldn't budge. And the lid for the trap was my best way out since the current from the hole pumping in the water was too strong to swim against, even using magic and chakra to enhance my swimming speed didn't help me. Eventually... the water fully filled the pit and I thought for sure that I was a goner.)
Above the trap, Sasame is running along the hallway when she notices water gushing from the floor. Slightly shocked, she rushes over to where the water is coming from.
(Sasame's Narration: Jiraiya-sama had told me to head for the place where he had met Hanzaki, but... I was just so worried about Arashi that I just had to come...)
Reaching the spot that the water is coming from, Sasame bends down for a closer look and notices a crack. Reaching out with her foot, she taps the crack with the tip of her sandal and is shocked as the floor opens up. Down below her, Naruto gets hit in the head by the stone lid as it falls and floats to the surface where a stunned Sasame gasps. "Oh Kami! Is that you there Naruto-kun!" She doesn't get an answer as Naruto is currently knocked out. But then Gamakichi surfaces and gives her a wave.
"Hey... thanks for the save doll." Sasame's eyes just widen as she freaks out a bit at the sight of a talking toad.
"Wha! That frog just spoke to me!"
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Naruto then begins to chuckle as he rubs his neck. "Come to think of it... it was pretty silly of me to think that the traps lid would open from me simply pushing on it..." Sakura just sighs and hangs her head. But then Sakura blinks as she remembers what just happened and looks at her knife.
"But wait a second... what just happened here? Before. my knife couldn't cut through those chakra strings and yet... when I wrapped your tag around it, it cut through them with ease. Why is that?" Sasame just looks sadly at the knife before glancing at where Kabuto is leaning against the wall, his heart still in his hand and his face cast in shadow. She then sighs.
"Because the secret of the chakra threads is among the Fuuma clan's most guarded Ninjutsu..." Sakura starts at this as she looks at Sasame in shock.
"What? Do you mean... You mean that jutsu was one of the Fuuma clan's!" Sasame just nods as Naruto's eyes widen before narrowing as he glances at Kabuto.
"Just wait a second here... Then how did this guy know something like that!" He then blinks as pieces of "Kabuto's" skin begins to flake off. Walking over, he reaches under the chin and pulls away his face revealing that it wasn't Kabuto. "It's you...Just as I thought, it wasn't Kabuto." Sasame and Sakura gasp as it's revealed exactly who's under the mask. Sasame then bows her head in sadness.
"It's Kagero-Seishou... She's a Fuuma Jounin." Sakura's eyes widen at this piece of information before turning to Sasame.
"What is it Sasame? What's wrong?" They then hear running feet and they turn to see a slightly bloody Harry coming towards them with some long slashes on his clothing. He then slows down as he sees what's there and whistles.
"Whew! Now this is definitely not something that I didn't expect to see..." It's at this point that Kagero, beyond all expectations, raises her head and looks at them with a small smile on her face.
"Hey... Sasame. Don't be frightened... Orochimaru-sama has simply given me a second life..." Naruto just glares at her.
"Don't you see! He's playing you for a fool!" Sakura just nods.
"Yeah, he's done it before!" She then looks down. "Please... tell us where Sasuke and Arashi is... please. We want to save them!" Kagero just slowly shakes her head, none of them noticing as Harry swallows a soldier pill, or him drawing a gem from inside his Chunin vest that slowly loses it's glow.
"Don't... say such things... Orochimaru-sama is the saviour of the Fuuma clan... he'll lift us back into the light..." Harry just shakes his head as he places the gem back into the pocket before speaking.
"All Orochimaru cares for is Orochimaru. Nothing else. If he can use you, he will." Harry then walks over to her before bending down in front of her with a saddened look. "Look at yourself. I may not know what exactly happened here, but you shouldn't throw yourself away like this." He then turns and gives Sasame a smile. "Sasame, tell me something... even with all Kagero did, do you want her to die?" Sasame just shakes her head.
"No!" She then blinks away the tears in her eyes. "She's family... Even with everything she's done, I still consider her as such." Sasame then looks at Kagero directly in the eye. "Please... Kagero-Shishou... please tell me where Arashi is..." Kagero just looks towards the door that Orochimaru left through causing Naruto to nod.
"He's in there?" Kagero just nods.
"Yes... He's in there." She then looks at Sasame with a gentle expression. "You and your cousin... you were always so close to him... weren't you?" Her heart then gives a beat causing her to cringe in pain. "It... would be better if you didn't see him now..." Her heart then gives another beat as Harry watches her with sad eyes. Her heart then slowly slows down as the others watch. Finally... it stops as she slumps forwards and Sasame begins to softly sob at the loss of a family member. Seeing this, Harry looks at Kagero with a sad look.
'Seems... that some people will miss you Kagero...' He then glances at his bracers with a thoughtful look. 'I wonder... Could it work...?' Naruto just turns to Sasame as he lays a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Sasame-chan... what do you want to do...?" She thinks it over for a few moments before looking at him with a determined expression.
"I don't care what waits for me beyond that door! I came all this way for Arashi and I am not going to leave until I see him!" Naruto just nods as he smiles at her.
"Okay then Sasame... we're forging a head!" He then glances at Harry who's kneeling beside Kagero's body. "Hey, nii-san, you're coming?" Harry just shakes his head before grabbing Kagero's body and slowly picking her up bridal style. He then turns to Naruto.
"Sorry Naru-nii, I got to go and do something..." He then glances down at Kagero. "I don't know if it'll work but..." Naruto just nods as Harry vanishes. He then shakes his head.
"Guess that he must have had a portkey on him... or something." Outside the entrance, Harry reappears before setting Kagero down. He then softly smiles as he lays a hand on her chest.
"Don't you worry Kagero... I won't let Sasame be hurt by your death..." One of the gems on his bracers start to glow as blue sparks travel down his arm and into Kagero's chest. "And from what I saw... You really care for your family and would do anything for them..." The sparks now become a torrent as Kagero jerks a little. "So... I think that you deserve a third chance..." Meanwhile, back in the base Sasame, Naruto, and Sakura approach the door, only for it to open to reveal Orochimaru who smiles as he sees Sasame.
"It's good of you to come... Sasame. I have been waiting for you..." Sasame just gulps before bringing her hands up and clinching them.
"Where is my cousin... Where is Arashi?" In reply, Orochimaru reaches up and grabs the top of his head. He then pulls downwards revealing that he is, in fact, none other than the missing Arashi. Sasame gives a gasp of joy as this happens though Naruto's eyes narrow as he feels that something's wrong. "Arashi! Arashi!" She then runs towards him, only to be stopped by him raising a hand. "Huh? What's wrong Arashi?" Arashi just smiles as his voice deepens some.
"You're mistaken. I'm no longer the Arashi that you knew..." His skin then turns brown as his flesh seems to bulge in various places. Eventually, the bulge gets too big and rips his shirt. Soon afterwards, both Kamikiri's and Jigumo's faces appear from Arashi's shoulder causing Sasame to give a shriek of surprise and horror. She then stumbles back as Naruto pales.
"Okay... this has definitely turned into a horrorific freak show almost on par with the 'King-in-Yellow' incident... Oh yeah, I am SO getting nightmares from this." Arashi just chuckles as the two faces move around, moaning and groaning as he begins to speak in a whispery tone.
"The skills, minds, and bodies of the Fuuma clan's strongest Jounin have merged... And I have been reborn... as the ultimate Shinobi!" By this point, all that Arashi's eyes show is insanity and lust for even greater power. "Now... let me show you the most powerful ninjutsu that you have ever seen! Sasame!" Sasame just gulps from where she's being held by Sakura as her legs have become weak.
"Arashi... no... What have you done to yourself..." Naruto just grits his teeth.
"Orochimaru... you fucking snake teme! This... this is all your doing... I will NEVER forgive you and I will not rest until you are dead and burning in hell where a monster like you belongs..." Naruto's pupils become slitted as red begins to bleed into his eyes...
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Steve: And there we go! Good chapter or what?
Yui: More like a disturbing chapter.
Pen-pen: Waarrk. (Agreed.)
Hinata: (Glares at Steve) What is with you and putting Naruto-kun into dangerous situations...?
Steve: (Waves hands in front of him) Sorry about that! But you must understand Hinata, Naruto rushes into these things without my approval!
Hinata: (Raises an eyebrow) Really now...
Steve: (Nods rapidly) Yeah! That's right! (Hinata just shakes her head and turns away, not seeing Steve wipe the sweat from his forehead)
Yui: (Snaps fingers.) Wait a second! What about Kagero? Is Harry going to bring her back to life?
Steve: That, dear Yui-chan, you will find out in the next, and last, chapter of this update. Anyways... time to head on over! See you all there!"
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