Author's Note: *sniff* Oh god, I've just been watching the newest episodes of Naruto… I bawled my eyes out to be perfectly honest TT_TT I can now see why so many people hate Madara- that little fucker! Although on the bright side I can never seem to stop laughing at the opening with that one shot of Killer Bee. Dear freaking Ramen Kings! I laughed so hard I could actually taste blood! But yeah, this is a week early so I hope you guys enjoy it XD
Warnings: You all know about the yaoi XD I think Obito and Shisui deserve a warning :3 Uhh, violence, blood, swearing- this is a big part after all! Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if this turned out to be over 10,000 words long! So, yeah, you might cry and hate me as well- HAVE SOME TISSUES READY, BITCHES!
Disclaimer: Ahem, sorry about that bit- so yeah- I don't own anyone in this fic apart from a couple extras that you'll meet. Fullmetal Gary owns Gary, Juura99 owns Kam, Kao, Juura, Stone, Ryoumen, Mizuru, Jinko and whoever else of hers I decide to put in =w= Misashi Kishimoto is the pimp to all the Naruto bitches. Trust me, after this chapter, you'll be glad I don't own them!
And now, a small message from Kaoru! Take the stage, sweetheart! *is shoved out of way by fuming Kaoru*
Kaoru: ALL ROMANTICISM BETWEEN ME AND RYOUMEN IS PURELY FOR THE SAKE OF THE STORY...because I'd rather die than be romantically involved with him otherwise. *stomps away, red in the face and grumbling about unfair yaoism*
Victory! XD
Chapter 10
A rustling was heard in the background and he whipped his head around to see what it was.
"Hello? Who's there?" he yelled into the darkness. A chuckle was heard, loud against the silence that threatened to engulf his whole being. A shiver made its way down his spine as he recognized the chuckled and who it belonged to. A stabbing pain in his neck, a hand over his mouth; an injection to his arm.
He felt everything as he fell to the floor, convulsing, shivering, certain he was dying. He called out, hoping for someone to hear him. This couldn't be happening. His eyes stung; but it wasn't from tears. His mind went blank; but it wasn't from unconsciousness. There was only one way to describe this feeling:
He was being possessed.
Naruto sat up, panting slightly at the weird dream that had just come forth in his mind. He looked around frantically, just to double check that he was in bed with Sasuke and not back in Orochimaru's lair. He looked to his left to see Sasuke sound asleep, one hand under his pillow and the other which had recently come free of Naruto's own. The blond sighed and settled back down, shivering slightly as he pressed himself closer to his lover. Sasuke's skin felt warm to the touch and he rubbed his hands up and down the toned chest, trying to get heat into his hand. The raven stirred and cracked a sleep hazed eye open.
"Naruto?" he yawned in question. Naruto nodded and looked to his boyfriend.
"Sorry for waking you Sasuke," he whispered. The raven in question just smiled slightly and shifted closer, pulling the blond into his arms.
"It's okay. What's wrong?" he asked, pressing a soft kiss to Naruto's forehead. The response was a sigh followed by the tightening of arms around the midsection of the raven.
"I had a strange dream," he admitted. Sasuke hummed in thought before pressing another soft kiss to the temple of his precious person.
"Don't worry about it. It was just a dream," he reassured, closing his eyes once more and trying to convince the blond to go back to sleep too. It was three in the morning, so the clock said, but Naruto still couldn't rest, even as Sasuke tried to reassure him into the unconscious bliss that was sleep. His counterpart fell asleep eventually but he stayed awake in his arms, contemplating what he had dreamed about. He couldn't think properly whilst wrapped in Sasuke's arms and so he waited until the raven was fully asleep before slipping out and replacing his body with a pillow. He crept along the halls until he arrived at the front door.
Quiet as a mouse, he pulled the handle down and stepped outside into the chilly January air. The soft wind nipped slightly at his cheeks as he stared up at the thousands of stars that were winking at him from their place in the sky. The splashes of the pond were in the distance, disturbing the otherwise silence of the night. A sigh escaped his lips as he walked onto the damp grass, feeling it squish beneath his toes. He walked further into the garden all the way up to the pond. He peered into it, glancing at his reflection. His hair was rumpled, eyes tired as well as the fact his pyjama shirt was creased where he was obviously tossing and turning before waking up. A twig snapped behind him and he whirled on the spot to come face to face with Obito.
"Hey there Naruto!" he exclaimed. Naruto winced at the loud tone.
"Dude, be quite! It's like half three in the morning!" he protested. Obito frowned.
"Oh, sorry. So, what are you doing out here?" he asked, standing next to the blond. Naruto huffed and crossed his arms.
"I could ask you the same thing!" he retorted.
"But I asked first!" Obito pouted. Naruto surveyed him with a confused look before sighing.
"I couldn't sleep- I had a weird dream," he admitted. Obito regarded him for a moment before looking at the stars that seemed to invade the sky like a legion of sparkling dots.
"I only came out to see what you were doing. How are you, by the way?" he asked, carefully observing the blond in front of him.
"I'm feeling better. I don't cough up much blood anymore," he admitted. Obito nodded, humming in content.
"That's good- but it's also bad," he muttered, a hand on his chin. Naruto was startled and blinked a few times.
"How is it bad?" he asked incredulously. Obito sighed before turning to face Naruto.
"I know it may be confusing but think about it. It's not just going to be a passing illness with Orochimaru is it? Knowing him, it's most probably the first stage before something even more terrible!" he whispered sharply, coming closer to the shivering blond.
"W-what?" he gasped. Obito grasped his shoulders, continuing with his rant.
"It's not going to be a onetime thing Naruto- it's going to stay dormant until the perfect moment when it'll cause the most damage! Trust me, Naruto, the blood was just the beginning- if you don't fight it, you'll end up hurting everyone you care about," he whispered. Naruto swallowed.
"H-How can you know this?" he gasped, stepping back and hitting something hard. He looked up to see Shisui looking down.
"We're spies for Kakashi, Naruto; it's our job to know this shit. I'm sorry but Obito's right. Don't let your guard down as it'll be the death of you and many others." He warned. Blue eyes widened as he processed the information. He stepped away from the- in his opinion- mental Uchihas.
"You're both wrong. I'd never hurt anyone!" he ranted, stepping back further before turning and running back to the house, leaving the two Uchihas by the pond.
"I think we scared him," Obito whispered to Shisui. The latter just frowned.
"He deserved to know the truth though. If he didn't, he'd be oblivious and even more dangerous," Shisui reassured. Obito nodded.
"Yeah, I guess so,"
Kaoru was warmer than usual for some reason. He also felt a heavy weight in his arms which confused him to no end. Deciding that he should at least see what was making him so warm and confused, he cracked open a sleep hazed eye to close it again instantly. He must be dreaming because there was no way that-
He decided to try again, this time opening both eyes as if he hoped that it was just the one eye playing tricks on him. First all he could see were glasses which sent his mind into overdrive- Was Cassie back? He shook his head. No, she couldn't be. Then who was this person in his-
"Good afternoon Kao-kun!" came the greeting from in his arms. He felt his jaw drop and his eyes widen.
'Oh holy shi-'
"Aren't you going to say good afternoon back?" the person in his arms pouted.
'Oh God, please smite this person where they lay!' he thought with desperation
"Ryoumen, get off of Kaoru," came another familiar voice. Kaoru whipped his head up to see another teen slightly older than him with dark brown hair which was covered by a hat- which also shielded his eyes from view. He had his hands shoved in his pocket and a smirk on his face.
"Make me Ishimaru!" he growled, sticking his tongue out.
"Help me Stone!" Kaoru mouthed to his best friend. Stone- or Ishimaru as Ryoumen called him- just rolled his eyes before walking over to the bed and prying Ryoumen from Kaoru's side. Said twin just gasped at the sensation of finally being able to breathe properly. Ryoumen shouted in complaint but was soon silenced as Kaoru sat up, revealing his bare chest. He went oddly silent, a heavy blush staining his cheeks whilst his inner person was just screaming at the display.
A head popped in the room, revealing a raven.
"C'mon guys, lunch is being served!" Sai complained. Stone looked towards Sai with a smirk.
"You try to separate this sexually frustrated guy from Kaoru," he joked. Ryoumen just huffed and crossed his arms from his position on Stone's shoulder.
"I'm not sexually frustrated!" he mumbled to himself.
"No, you're just dickless," Sai commented before walking out of the room.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Ryoumen yelled, struggling to get free from Stone's grip. Kaoru sighed before standing up.
"When did you guys get here?" he asked curiously. Stone sighed when Ryoumen had instantly changed his tone into something sickeningly sweet.
"About an hour ago, Kao-kun!" he smiled. Kaoru inwardly shuddered at the outward obvious affection.
"And you've been snuggling with me the whole time?" he asked, eye twitching. Ryoumen smiled innocently. It was then that a panicked yell sounded, snapping everyone out of their reverie. Kaoru flew out of bed- recognising the voice which had yelled- it was Naruto.
He flew down the corridor with Stone on his heels- still carrying a yelling Ryoumen over his shoulder like a stack of potatoes. He reached the kitchen and slid along the linoleum tiles with his socks, crashing into Shisui.
"What's wrong with Naruto?" he asked, panting at the short run. Shisui smirked as he glanced out of the kitchen window. Naruto was being advanced on by a girl with brown hair carrying some rope.
"C'mon closer sweet pea, I won't hurt you," she grinned. Naruto backed away, hitting a tree. The girl lunged at him, letting out a war cry as he dodged and ran into the house and into the kitchen. He bypassed Kaoru and the two new people. Flying to the cutlery draw, he grabbed the first thing and turned to the girl with the rope brandishing... a fork. She grinned and stepped closer.
"Now, now Blondie- I know you want to fork me but let's get to know each other fi-"
"MIZURU!" a yell sounded. The girl- obviously named Mizuru- flinched at the yell coming from the boy hanging on Stone's shoulders. Naruto jumped, only just realising the other two people in the kitchen. He held onto his blond locks in desperation.
"What the fuck's going on?" he yelled in desperation. Sasuke ran in.
"Naruto! There you are! Where the hell did you go? I woke up and you weren't there you dobe! Do you have any idea how worried I was!" he exclaimed, taking the blond's hands in his own, placing a hand upon his cheek when he realised the look of distress and the fork in his hand. He then looked to Kaoru who was snickering at the scene. Mizuru looked outraged at the fact that someone else had the blond before pouting and folding her arms across her chest. Sasuke then realised the teen on the shoulder of another one.
"Can you put me down now please Stone," he asked pensively. Stone sighed and placed the boy on the floor. Sakura walked into the kitchen and blinked a few times before walking out.
"I'm going to walk back in and everything's going to be normal. There will be no strangers in my kitchen- especially seeing as one of them has rope and another looks like he's going to rape Kaoru," she muttered as she walked back in. She opened her closed eyes to see that there was no-one there. She let out a sigh of relief as it was just Naruto, Sasuke and Kaoru standing in the kitchen. It was short lived however when from behind the open fridge door, three faces peered out.
"The milk's off," The one with the hat commented. That's when Sakura fainted. Ryoumen looked down at her and Mizuru had a piece of ham hanging from her lips. The door opened, hitting the floor-dwelling girl as it did so. A blond boy with black tips appeared and looked down at her.
"Um, guys?" he questioned, still trying to open the door, hitting Sakura each time. Naruto sighed and walked over to her, hoisting her up under the arms and dragging her to the living room to put her on the sofa, her legs on the arm rest, levitating them above her body. Sai walked in followed by Shikamaru, Chouji, Shino, Gary and Kamari.
"What happened to Sakura?" Gary asked, sitting on the arm of the sofa that wasn't occupied by the girl's legs.
"There were three people in the kitchen: Stone, Ryoumen and Mizuru if I remember correctly. There was also a blond kid as well." He recalled, counting them off on his fingers. Kamari's eyes widened.
"I didn't think they'd get here so quick!" he admitted, rushing out of the room as Sasuke walked in.
"Dobe, don't leave me in the kitchen with those strangers," he reprimanded. Naruto chuckled and rubbed the back of his head.
"Sorry Sasuke but I had to get Sakura out of there before she was mauled by the door," he explained. Sasuke just sighed before walking over to him and kissing him gently on the cheek. It was at that moment that Itachi decided to walk in.
"Who's arrived so far?" he asked them. Sasuke sighed once more.
"The Kamizukis' friends have arrived and that's all I know at the moment," he told his older brother. Itachi smirked at him as he noticed his pensive expression.
"What's wrong Otouto- wake up alone?" he asked. Sasuke scowled at his older brother before tightening his grip around Naruto's waist.
"Shut up Itachi," he growled. Itachi just snickered when the doorbell rang.
"That should be Deidara and his group," Itachi muttered, walking towards the door. Naruto and Sasuke followed to see who it was. The instant the door opened, they were assaulted by green and fuzzy eyebrows. Neji's left eye looked like it was vibrating with the amount it was twitching.
"AH! Such a brilliant day in which my youth can be put to good use!" the smaller version of the two males shouted enthusiastically. Naruto felt his jaw drop at the sight of them all. The group crusaded into the house.
Kakashi walked down the stairs and his eyes widened as he saw the sheer amount of people entering the house. It seemed that whilst he was 'tending' to Iruka, everyone whom anyone had made a call to had arrived- including some of the people he had contacted. Iruka walked down beside him, hair not as neat as he'd liked it to be. Everyone was now sitting in the living room being tended to. Most people were giving the green lovers a wide birth apart from Neji and Kiba- who seemed to have struck up a conversation with the younger one. Kakashi sighed as he spotted Shisui and Obito ogling a woman with scarlet eyes and an ample chest. Sakura was glaring at Shisui and Mizuru was staring without any shame at Sasuke and Naruto who were- to Kiba's dismay- getting on with some PDAs. Hinata was giggling at Kiba's attempts to stop the displays going on. Gary was absentmindedly talking with Ino and Shikamaru- the latter glaring at Kabuto who had a possessive arm around the blonde's waist as she talked enthusiastically. Gaara, Temari and Kankuro were talking with a man with sideburns and a toothpick in his mouth. Moegi, Udon and Konohamaru were giggling and drawing on Sai's face whilst he snoozed in the corner. Shino was being quiet and sitting next to Itachi and Kisame- obviously waiting for everyone to calm down. Juura had somehow been dragged over to Kamari and Kaoru's friends and was stuck in a conversation with them. The one with glasses and turquoise hair- Ryoumen- was sitting quite close to Kaoru, only just invading his personal bubble so that it wouldn't look too suspicious. Mizuru sighed at her brother's antics and looked away from Naruto and Sasuke to start arguing with Kamari when he disagreed with the blond- Jinko- on something. Stone sat there grinning at his friends' predicaments.
Soon enough, everyone was gathered in the living room and introductions were made. The green clad almost-twins introduced themselves as Rock Lee and Gai Might. Kaoru's friends all introduced themselves to the others. The man with sideburns was named Asuma who was married to the red-eyed woman named Kurenai. Gaara, Temari and Kankuro introduced themselves to the people who didn't know them and soon enough, after twenty minutes, everyone was introduced to each other. The living room was filled with people now and Kakashi was nervous. There were a lot of people. They'd be noticed quite quickly if they were to storm into Orochimaru's lair. He quickly dispelled the negative thoughts though when Itachi stood up cleared his throat.
"Okay, so you all know why you're here," he started. There was brief 'no shit' from Kaoru which was then ended by a hand to the back of his head courtesy of Naruto. Itachi coughed and continued.
"Tonight is the night we attack Orochimaru's place. We will begin the attack at 21:00 hours- 9pm, to the slow ones, he motioned to Naruto, Kaoru and the three younger ones who just scowled at him. Shisui snickered at that but that was silenced when Itachi looked to him with the next sentence.
"We have to designate team leaders to smaller groups. Naturally, it'll be the older ones escorting the younger ones," he continued. The adults nodded.
"We'll also need to protect Naruto," he added. After that comment, quite a few curious pairs of eyes settled on the blond who was cuddled up to Sasuke's side.
"Why?" Ryoumen asked, breaking the tense silence and asking the question that most were wondering about. Gaara sighed before turning jade eyes onto the foolish teen who had even asked the question.
"Did you pay attention to history when you were in school? Or did you flunk it?" he asked bitterly. Ryoumen flushed.
"O-of course I paid attention! I'm just wondering why we need to protect him so much!" he replied. Sasuke growled.
"Because, you twit, he's already been taken captive once- with no help from Kabuto of course," he replied, glaring at the silver haired man with glasses. Ryoumen's mouth made a small 'o' as he realised the situation.
"All right, so who's going with who?" he asked, secretly eager to be with Kaoru. Itachi smirked and looked to Sasuke.
"Well, we put you in groups so that there'd be no distractions. Kakashi shall be in charge of Sasuke, Kaoru and Jinko." He started off. There was obvious protest at that but Itachi soon shut them up with a glare. Sasuke looked worriedly to the blond in his arms. He didn't like being separated from him for too long but it was for the sake of the world and so he would have to bear it for a few hours. Itachi cleared his throat and looked around.
"If I can continue? Asuma, you'll be in charge of Sakura, Konohamaru, Gary and Mizuru." He relayed from his notepad as he placed a pair of reading glasses over his eyes. Naruto blinked, not realising that Itachi had needed reading glasses whilst Mizuru squealed on the inside.
"Iruka, I want you to take Moegi, Stone and Shikamaru." Iruka nodded at the arrangement before turning to nod at his team members.
"Kurenai, I'll need you to look after Udon, Sai and Hinata. Shisui, your wards are Kiba, Shino and Chouji." He explained. Shisui groaned.
"Whaaat? Why do I get dog-breath?" he complained. Itachi shot him a dark look before the other Uchiha shut his mouth and kept silent, nodding at the agreements.
"Gai, you're to take charge of Lee, Ryoumen and Neji. Obito, you've got Deidara, Sasori and Juura!" the two leaders nodded with sincerity, already separating into their squads.
"Shizune, I want you to take Gaara, Temari and Kankuro whilst Tsunade; you're going to be with Kabuto, Kisame and Jiraiya when he arrives," Itachi explained. The mentioned people- minus Jiraiya- nodded whilst also separating into groups. Soon everyone followed suit, leaving all but three people in the middle with no-where to go. It was Ino, Kamari and Naruto.
"You three are with me," Itachi claimed to the three teens that were still in the middle. Naruto paled.
"You've got to be kidding me!" he groaned. Itachi smirked evilly.
"Oh trust me Naruto-kun, I'm not kidding you. You need the most protection and so I'll help you," he told the blond sincerely. Naruto nodded, looking to Sasuke from the corner of his eye, who seemed to be restraining himself from hitting Kaoru. Jinko stood awkwardly, not too sure on how to go about the killing aura coming off the two boys when his leader was so blatantly ignoring them both.
The plan was long and complicated and by the time they'd gone through it, it was nearing eight 'o' clock. They needed to be down there by 8:45pm if they were to complete the attack on time. All equipment had been triple checked whilst the brief was going on and Jiraiya had arrived half way through. Needless to say, it had been troublesome to start the whole thing again for his benefit. Everyone was high-stung as they boarded into different cars. Ryoumen was tapping on the dashboard impatiently whilst he waited for the other seven passengers to climb in. They eventually got in before he sighed in relief and slammed his foot on the accelerator, making the van pulse down the motorway like a signal of high strung electricity. In the back, Naruto, Itachi, Sasuke, Sakura, Kaoru, Kamari and Stone were all stuck to the back of their chairs due to the G-force applied.
'And people thought I had anger issues!' Kaoru thought frantically as Ryoumen slammed the horn in the centre of the steering wheel.
"OUTTA MY WAY BITCHES! I GOT PLACES TO BE!" he screamed, leaning out of the window to shake his fist. In all his life, Itachi had never been scared but at that moment whilst he was in the car with Ryoumen driving- he'd rather be facing Orochimaru naked with a plastic straw as his only defence. Naruto flinched as Ryoumen continued to yell at other drivers.
"Hey asshole! Don't even think about cutting me off!" he roared, swerving the car dangerously, making it so that Naruto landed in Sasuke's lap- to no displeasure of the raven- in fact, he was rather enjoying the attention and leant down to continue it further when the brakes were painfully stomped on, making the van swerve. Sasuke's head knocked against Naruto's and everyone looked up shakily to see Ryoumen grinning like an idiot, glasses glinting in the light menacingly.
"Here we are!" he grinned. Kamari bolted upright, ripping off his seatbelt before diving out the door and throwing up his dinner on the pavement. They were barely half a mile away from Orochimaru's hideout and Ryoumen looked pleased with himself- having travelled three miles in under two minutes, an average of about seventy miles an hour in a pedestrian zone- and was stretching. The last few vans pulled up, allowing all other members to pour out. Jiraiya growled and stalked up to Ryoumen.
"That was dangerous driving! If I weren't on this mission, I'd have pulled your ass over!" he growled. Ryoumen shrunk back and hid behind Kaoru who just rolled his eyes and stepped out of the way. Kiba waltzed up to Naruto and slung his arm around his friend's shoulder.
"So Naruto, ready to kick some ass?" he asked. Naruto snorted and Kakashi growled.
"This isn't some video game where you die and then respawn! This is real life. You die and that's it. Some people have already found that out!" he snapped. Obito walked over to his friend and patted his shoulder.
"Calm down Kakashi. You need to keep a cool head at this," he reminded. Kakashi sighed and called everyone in for a group huddle. They were all giving their weapons a once-over before going on with a final briefing.
"This is it guys- the final attack. We fail this and it's over for the world. Orochimaru's gunna give it everything he's got. No doubt there will be bloodshed but we have to ignore that. From this moment on, we're all warriors- not friends, lovers or siblings- but fighters. We have to fight this darkness so that the future may have some light," he told them, a dark aura surrounding the grey haired man. The whole group swallowed and nodded before breaking off into their respective groups. Before Naruto had a chance to join Itachi, a hand pulled him back and a set of lips was pressed to his forehead.
"Be careful dobe," was the whisper that accompanied it. Naruto nodded.
"You too, teme." The two broke apart, not looking back at one another as they walked into their separate positions around the building. Itachi was next to Naruto, calming him with his own calm breathing. All of the team leaders had their watches synchronised down to the second. Ten seconds to go.
Nine.
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The doors in which each group surrounded were slammed open and all bodies pulled their weapons out when the sound of retaliating gunfire caught their ears. It was chaotic within those first ten seconds. Casualties had already been sustained. Sai clutched at his shoulder which had been grazed by a bullet. He peered around the edge of the table he had dived behind to see a woman with blue hair and piercings cocking her pistol. Udon was panting, somehow unscathed from the rapid bursts of fire. Hinata was the epitome of concentrated, her hand steady as anything as she reloaded her pistol and took deep breaths. Kurenai surveyed her team carefully, noting down Sai's handicap before crawling over to him.
"Are you okay?" she whispered. The raven nodded and hissed in pain when he took his hand away from the wound.
"Come on out children; I want to play!" the woman sneered. Hinata almost growled before jumping up and swinging her gun around.
The blue haired woman surveyed her carefully, levelling her own pistol with the girl's.
"Well, if it isn't another pretty girl!" she cooed. Hinata snorted.
"Yeah, whatever," she replied before tapping the trigger. In a swift movement, the woman had ducked, her black robe swishing, catching the bullet. In retaliation she swung back up and tapped her trigger. With a speed she never knew she had, Hinata rolled to the side, thanking the higher powers that had convinced her to put her hair into a bun for this. The blue haired woman was smiling.
"Not bad little girl, but you're going have to better than that. And let's not forget about your companions!" she taunted, turning her pistol to the wooden table and pulling the trigger once more. Hinata hear Sai cry out in pain as a bullet splintered through the table and struck his thigh. This enraged the girl further and Sai threw his pistol to her.
"Duel wield it Hinata, don't hold back!" he grunted. Hinata nodded, locking eyes with Udon and glancing at Kurenai. The okay was given and she dived out from the table in a matrix dive, shooting both pistols at the same time. As she was about to crash to the floor, she thrust a hand out, flipping herself and avoiding a bullet at the same time. The blue haired woman raised a pierced eyebrow.
"Nice moves, but mine are better!" she bragged. Hinata smirked.
"I doubt that!" she said confidently, for once glad that she had played DDR enough to have a good hand-eye-foot co-ordination. That and her father had enrolled her in martial arts classes when she was four years old. Confident in her ability, she ran towards the woman, dodging various shots before she arrived close enough to kick the weapon out of the woman's hands and pin her to the floor and press a gun to her heart.
"Now, who are you and where's Orochimaru?" she panted. The woman smiled.
"I'm not going to tell you- I'd rather die," she told her. Hinata's eyes widened as she saw the woman crunch down on something in her mouth. No sooner than five seconds later, bloody froth was falling from the corner of her now blue lips. Sai limped over to Hinata, pulling her off and over to Kurenai.
"A suicide pill, huh?" Kurenai asked. Hinata nodded and wiped her cheek where some of the foamy blood had splashed onto her. Udon looked around at the place before seeing a small camera. He aimed his pistol at it before snatching the trigger. The small device almost exploded with the force but that was the least of their worries.
"They were waiting for us," Sai supplied, looking around at the neatly organised battlefield. Kurenai hummed in agreement before approaching the door to the corridor. She leant her ear against it and upon hearing nothing, opened it to the area beyond.
Konohamaru flinched as another shot thudded into the wall above his head.
"Come out and play children!" the man sneered. Upon entering, they had been bombarded instantly with shotgun shells. Asuma had shoved the other three out of the way before taking the brunt of the attack. Sakura was trying to stem the bleeding of the open wound whilst Mizuru was making measurements quickly in her head. Calculations were solving themselves as she realised her plan. She leant over Asuma and took hold of his weapon. He looked to her cautiously but she just smiled before handing it to Konohamaru.
"Run over to the other table, I'll distract him. Sakura, keep Asuma-senpai in a stable condition!" she ordered. Sakura nodded with determination as Mizuru stepped from behind the table and faced the man with slicked back white hair.
"Lord Jashin will be pleased for another sacrifice so soon! That little brat isn't enough to satisfy him for long!" he sneered.
"You what?" she bit back. The man snickered.
"That feisty little brunet of yours. Unfortunately he's still alive- Jashin didn't want to take him just yet but he'll be gone soon." Sakura's eyes widened in understanding.
'How the Hell did they manage to capture Gary in such a short time?' she panicked. A coughing from beneath her brought her attention back to matters at hand. Mizuru snarled.
"Oh HELL no! Nobody picks on people younger than them- that's just wrong!" she screamed, pulling the trigger and aiming straight between the eyes of her supposed victim. Strangely, there was no mark.
"What the-" Mizuru managed before she was thrown across the room. The man before her had no need for a weapon. He was quick, strong and downright dangerous. In a panic, Sakura had forgotten about Asuma until Konohamaru roared at her to keep him safe. Sakura snapped back to reality when she realised that he needed her help. Konohamaru ran up to the man and tried to pistol whip him in the neck. Needless to say he failed at his task and was thrown across the room, hitting the wall and not getting back up again as a trail of blood appeared from under his fringe. The man stood up and chuckled, taking both pistols from the smaller boy before turning to Mizuru.
"Shit!" was the last thing to escape her mouth before the barrel was placed to her forehead and the trigger was pulled. Red decorated the walls behind the brunette and Sakura was frozen to the spot in fear. The man turned to her, assuming the man whom she was tending to to be dead already and not of importance. Tears were streaming from aqua green eyes as she stared down the barrel of the gun. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, a shifting in her arms brought her out of her stupor. Asuma was standing up, ignoring his wound as he roundhouse kicked the man in the jaw and snatching both guns from him. He threw one to Sakura who, in anger, cocked it and pointed it at the man who had just murdered her comrade. She pulled the trigger but the man dodged out of the way. Sakura cursed at that before ducking, avoiding the punch that was thrown her way. Using this to his advantage, Asuma brought his knee up to smash into the assailant's nose. Blood dripped to the floor and the man looked shocked. He looked up, hand covering his nose.
"You little cunt! Nobody makes me bleed my own BLOOD!" he roared, lunging for the injured man, punching him in the face in return. As sick as it made her feel, Sakura used it to her advantage. She walked up behind the man and pressed the cool metal in the juncture between where his skull and spine met.
"I learnt this one from George, bitch!" she snarled, pulling the trigger. The resounding 'clack' of an empty magazine echoed like a thousand shattering mirrors in a church. Sakura paled as the man turned with a snarl on his face.
"You vindictive little bitch! You were going to put me down like some mangy dog, weren't you?" he roared. Sakura flinched but stood her ground, vaguely aware of the stirring teenager not five meters away. She signalled with her fingers for him not to move. Konohamaru caught on and played dead. He fought the urge to jump up and help Sakura when the man had grabbed her around the throat and was constricting her airways. Behind the man, Asuma had risen up once more and withdrew the hidden blade which each person had on them in case of an emergency. With as much force as he could, Asuma plunged it down into the man's jugular vein, showering all three participants in the fight with blood, crimson and thick. As if by some hellish miracle, the man managed to pull the knife from his neck with a sickening 'schluck'. He turned to Asuma and with the last ounce of his strength, plunged it into the stomach of the man and ripping down, making similar movements as if he was gutting a fish. Sakura gasped and there was a retching from the corner as the innards of their team captain spilled onto the floor, coating their feet red. The two dead bodies fell together, creating a swimming pool of blood around the two survivors of the team of five. Sakura gathered Konohamaru in her arms, shielding him from the horrific sight. She was unable to take her eyes away from the scene before. The final moments were playing over and over again in her head. A tear fell to the floor, unnoticed in the red ribbon river which encompassed both survivors. A team member had been kidnapped, another shot- their team captain disembowelled and they only had one gun between the two of them. Sakura was left comforting the teenager for a long time. She just wanted to sleep and make it go away but she couldn't. She had to keep on fighting no matter what- it's what the others would be doing. Shakily, she stood up, coaxing Konohamaru to do so at the time. She staggered towards the metal door which was the only way out. It was as if they were both in a trance. Konohamaru took hold of Sakura's hand as if he was a child going for a walk with his mother. They arrived at the door.
"S-Sakura-chan." Konohamaru whispered. Sakura nodded in reply before opening the door.
As soon as they had entered, they'd been under constant gunfire. It was almost as if they were with a trigger-happy yank that you saw in those stereotypical American movies. Kaoru growled from his place behind a marble pillar. He desperately wanted to go out there and kick the guy's ass but he just wouldn't stop firing. Sasuke wasn't happy either; this guy was stopping them from getting past with his spray 'n' pray ways. Eventually, when the man had to stop and reload, Kakashi stepped from behind the pillar and shot the man's hand with a perfectly aimed shot and kicked the MG47 out of the way.
"Thank god that's over. I thought you'd never stop," he drawled. The man looked sort of frightened without his weapon. His dark glasses stopped anyone from seeing his eyes which would undoubtedly be filed with fear when face with the stern and fearsome gaze of The Kakashi Hatake. Sasuke smirked, also coming out along with Jinko and Kaoru, aiming their pistols at the head of the small and plump man before them. He instantly threw his hands into the air.
"W-whoa! Wait a minute! Don't shoot me!" he pleaded. Jinko sneered, showing the rare part of him which showed hatred.
"Why shouldn't we?" he snarled. Kaoru's eyes widened at the hatred in the tone- it wasn't usually suited to the blond with black tips. Sasuke watched the blond with interest.
"If you give us the information we desire-"
"NO! This piece of dirt is going to die!" Jinko yelled, pressing the cold metal of the barrel to the frightened mans forehead. Kaoru's jaw dropped, along with Sasuke's.
"J-Jinko, calm down," Kaoru ushered.
"He killed my parents Kaoru! This Gato is the reason why I'm an orphan!" he yelled. Kaoru turned to the man before him and joined in with pressing a barrel to his head.
"You little fucker," he growled. Sasuke felt a twist in his gut. This boy had been orphaned for no reason. A third pistol now joined in with pointing at his head. The man was starting to sweat now and looked pleadingly towards Kakashi who just shook his head with no remorse. The man- Gato- whimpered before three shots were fired simultaneously. A thud was heard as the almost headless body fell to the floor. The three looked at him with disdain before the action caught up with the blond.
"Oh my god," he whispered, clasping his hands over his mouth and collapsing onto his knees. Kakashi was over to him in an instant, a hand on the boy's shoulder as he wept slightly.
"I'm a murderer," he whispered over and over again. Kaoru knelt down beside him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Listen to me Jinko- you're not a murderer!" he reassured, rubbing his back. Jinko shook his head- kept on shaking it.
"No, no, no! What would Kam think of me? I can't DO this!" he yelled, pressing the gun to his temple. Kaoru looked shocked before he started tugging at the weapon in the hands of the small teenager.
"Jinko, let go of the gun now!" he yelled. Kakashi and Sasuke had come over to the boy and were trying to prise the fingers of the boy open so that they could take the pistol from him. It was a bad move on their part. It was uncertain on who had caused it, but due to all the tugging and pulling, a finger had pulled the trigger. The echoing bang ricocheted around the walls and red splattered to the ground. Kaoru was shaking as he pulled his hand away from the pistol where the tip was still smoking. Sasuke backed away slightly and Kakashi was still kneeling in a state of shock- mimicking the expression of the stone cold boy on the floor- as he placed the pistol on the floor.
"J-Jinko," Kaoru whispered, placing his hands over his mouth as if he was about to throw up.
"I- I never should've brought him along- he was too innocent!" Kaoru stressed, clutching at his hair as a few strands of red ponytail fell around his face. Kakashi turned to him with a stony look on his face.
"Now you listen here Kaoru, and you too Sasuke; you were in no way responsible for this boy's death. It was my fault for letting him go ahead and shoot Gato. I am taking the blame entirely so if any of you blame yourself, I will make it my personal task to make sure you see differently!" he snapped. Both boys nodded at the command but before anything else could be said, the room went dark. There were a few muffled yells, bangs and scrapes before everything went silent. The lights came back on to show that Kaoru had been knocked unconscious and Sasuke was missing. Kakashi looked around frantically.
"SASUKE!" Kakashi yelled into the air. There was a muffled yell and bang from further down the hall. Jinko's body had disappeared as well but the stains were still there. Kakashi crawled over to Kaoru and slapped him on the cheek. The twin stirred and sat bolt upright.
"What's going on?" he asked the grey haired man in front of him. Kakashi shook his head.
"I'm not too sure. Jinko's body has gone and Sasuke's disappeared!" Kakashi explained. Kaoru paled that and swallowed. The door to their right then burst open revealing a blood-stained Jiraiya with his group just barely intact. On their left another door burst open revealing a ruffled up and slightly bloodied Obito carrying an unconscious Juura. Deidara and Sasori were limping behind them.
"What happened to you guys?" Kakashi asked in shock. Obito gently placed the unconscious member on the floor.
"We were ambushed. They knew we were coming somehow," he panted, collapsing into a sitting position.
"Have you heard anything from the other teams?" Kakashi asked almost desperately. Jiraiya shook his head.
"We haven't, no; but we can only assume that they were ambushed too. I hope they were strong enough to hold their own. The guy we were fighting just didn't want to seem to die!" he added in dry humour. Kabuto was tending to Juura, making sure that she was okay whilst Tsunade went to check on what was wrong with Kaoru who was now shivering.
"They were ambushed. My little brother was ambushed," he muttered, wringing his hands together.
"My little brother and his best friend are dead, aren't they? After all I did to protect him it was for nothing!" he gasped, rocking backwards and forwards. Tsunade had he arms around the redhead.
"Kamari's going to be fine Kaoru- you can still feel him, can't you? You know in your gut that he's fine. You'll all be fine, I promise!" she whispered, cradling him as he rocked. She hadn't had to do this since he was five years old and suffering from a bad nightmare. He seemed to calm down slightly after that and nodded frantically.
"Kam's okay; he's fine," he whispered to himself. Kakashi turned to Obito.
"Are you okay?" he asked, concern filling his visible eye. The goggled Uchiha just smiled at him, revealing his answer. Relief unlike anything Kakashi had ever felt washed over him as he pushed himself up and pulled his friend into a crushing hug. Obito smiled gently and gently hugged his friend back. Jiraiya looked to Juura's unconscious form and then to the door that neither group had gone or come through.
"Tsunade, Kabuto, keep an eye on Juura and Kaoru whilst we go forward. Protect each other at all costs!" he ground out. The two nodded as the others stepped through the door.
Shizune sighed as she walked down what seemed like never-ending corridors. As soon as she and the Sabaku siblings had entered, they hadn't come into any enemy contact. The three siblings were getting restless, hoping for something to do. A door ahead of them creaked and out stepped a man with sandy hair and dark red- crimson- eyes. All four people froze at his arrival. He turned towards them with a feral grin on his face- it made him look like a raccoon in a way. He advanced on them slowly, no weapon in sight. He chuckled, his voice sounding like dry sandpaper.
"Well hello there. Have you come to play with Shukaku?" he whispered. Gaara's hand twitched towards his gun holster, the same with his other three teammates hands'. Crimson eyes glanced to where the fingers were itching to go and he laughed.
"Foolish children. How about we fight with these?" he asked silkily, pulling out four hidden swords. There were two on his back, one on either hip and a final one he withdrew from up his sleeve. He kept onto the one from his sleeve whilst he threw the other four towards the team opposite him. Gaara felt the weight of the scarlet sword in his hand. It wasn't that heavy, easily manoeuvrable- not too different to the fencing sword he used in his lessons. He saw Kankuro, Temari and Shizune sizing up their own weapon and he smiled. The Sabaku siblings were master swordsmen in their own right and he was sure with Shizune's confident smirk that she was more than capable of holding her own with a sword.
"Let us begin with a bow," the sandy haired man- Shukaku- whispered. All four of them bowed before rushing at the other man, swords at the ready.
Sparks flew as metal caressed metal in the most violent of dances. It was chemistry in its deadliest form, dance in its most fatal routine. One slip up from the performers and it'd be over- the curtain would fall. For one man against four, Shukaku was holding off expertly. He completed a few flourishes with the grace only a ballerina could accomplish and Shizune doubled back holding her arm.
"You're out," Shukaku commented as if it was merely a game and he didn't want to hurt them beyond repair. Shizune gasped as the man left her alone to just fight the siblings. It was as if he genuinely didn't want to kill anyone. Kankuro was the next to be 'eliminated' as he was sliced across the ankle and crumpled to the floor. More attacks were made, more footwork was applied. It was a never-ending three way waltz between Temari, Gaara and Shukaku. Temari was becoming frustrated and lunged blindly, missing the target as he ducked down low, his cloak swishing around him. He poked Temari in the thigh with his sword and she let out an 'oh' of surprise as she fell onto her behind. It was just Gaara against Shukaku now. The two were locked in a deadly embrace of swords, the cries of the metal were the only sound in the corridor as they were strained, trying to keep up with the dancers. The crescendo was building bit by bit, note by screeching, metal note. The two subjects danced around one another, blocking, hitting but never landing a blow. It was frustrating to watch, to see who the better swordsman was. Eventually, Gaara was held in a tight lock with Shukaku and it looked like he was losing. Shukaku was pressing harder and harder. Gaara shut his eyes, forcing his training to come back to him. He focused all of his power to the one place in the sword and shoved ruthlessly against the others, sensing the weak spot. Shukaku let out a gentle 'oh' of surprise as he fell backwards onto his behind after being sliced across the arm by Gaara's sword. He chuckled when he saw Gaara panting.
"Well done, you were able to beat me!" he said in friendly surprise.
"I'll allow you a free pass- seeing as you are the first ones to ever defeat me- even if it did take a while," he smiled at them with closed eyes before standing up and walking in the opposite direction. He was about to turn a corner when he turned around to the group.
"Oh, by the way, there's a first aid pack in the bathroom. Third door on your right," he explained before disappearing around the corner. The group just looked even more concerned now but continued anyway after patching up using the first aid kit from the bathroom which was- as Shukaku said- the third door on their right.
Shisui was annoyed. After almost being killed by an ambush, he had been found by that thing. The 'Thing' being called Gai. Now don't get him wrong, he was glad for the extra help- but one can only take so many 'Youth's before they start to go mad. His eye was twitching and he was sure that Ryoumen was on the verge of shooting his team leader should he mention the word 'youth' again. Chouji looked ready to drown himself in the next bathroom they came across, Kiba was contemplating suicide with the pistol he held in his hands, Neji's left eye was vibrating to a point where it had developed its own type of Morse code; Lee was enthusiastically joining in with his teacher whilst Shino just walked along, quiet and creepy.
They walked for quite a while until they heard a series of scuffles coming from a room and a few yells. Panicked, Shisui kicked the door open and swung his pistol up, his movement being followed by the other seven around him. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Iruka, Shikamaru, Stone and Moegi. He walked in, closing the door behind himself. Everyone was gathered around one table discussing their next course of action. It was eventually decided that they should go down and see if they could meet up with some of the others.
They walked for a while and entered a room which had a curious stain on the carpet. Shisui paled slightly and covered Moegi's eyes as he realised what it was. She squeaked in surprise at the sudden darkness but Shisui led her on, as well as the rest of the group. Ryoumen shuddered as he realised what the stain was too. He could see the brief signs of a struggle within the stains before something that curiously looked like a drag mark. His eyes widened as he realised something. He swallowed and turned back to see that he had become separated from the rest of his group.
"Damn!" he cursed, walking through the door where the drag mark led to. He opened it cautiously and peered inside. It was very dark and he felt along the wall for a switch. He found what he assumed to be a leather chain and pulled. He felt the bile rise to his throat when there was a wet sucking sound when he pulled and something warm and sticky ran down his arm. Now that he thought about it, he'd just pulled something that was meant to be inside a body.
"Oh God," he breathed, backing away slightly to where he could've sworn the door was. He felt behind him but there was nothing. No door; no handle. He was stuck in this closet of hell. His breaths came out shorter when he felt something slide across his clean arm, making it dirty.
"Oh god, oh god, oh god," he repeated as if the mantra would help him get out of there alive. He'd had enough- he wanted out. He screamed- loudly.
"HELP!" he screamed. In the background, he heard a door open and felt someone grab his arm. Panicked tears came to his eyes as he was dragged backwards out of the wardrobe of nightmares. He turned around to see who his saviour was and launched his arms around them in an appreciative hug- not caring that it was Stone that had dragged him out. His arm was still covered in blood which he'd accidentally smeared it onto his crush's best friend. Iruka walked back into the room and took in Ryoumen's appearance. He decided not to question it as he sighed.
"We're meeting up now. C'mon, it's time for the main attack in Orochimaru's quarters," he explained. Ryoumen nodded and trailed after Iruka, leaving Stone to wonder at what it was in the closet. He shook his head and walked out with Ryoumen to where the others would be meeting.
They walked down several corridors until they came to one where Iruka knocked three times. The heavy doors were opened and instantly Ryoumen launched himself at Kaoru and enveloping him into a tight hug.
"Oh my god, you're okay!" he whispered, pulling him closer. He looked around at everyone else.
"Where's Mizuru, Kamari, and Jinko?" he asked Kaoru, a hand on the redhead's cheeks. Kaoru just froze up and Kakashi cleared his throat.
"As you all know, we're here to fight Orochimaru. We're going to storm the main hall in less than two minutes. We're going to use this time to stock up on ammo and reload. We'll be meeting some of the others down there as it's not possible for them to make it to this room but don't worry- there are no bad reports as of yet- although I can vouch for one. It's been confirmed that Sasuke Uchiha is indeed missing and Jinko is now one of the deceased. I'll tell you the reasons later but for now, we need to prepare," Kakashi explained in a hard voice. Jiraiya sighed before going around and distributing ammunition. Ryoumen sat there in a state of shock.
"J-Jinko's d-dead?" he whispered. Kaoru nodded only slightly and Ryoumen felt all the air in his lungs leave in a great big whoosh.
"D-did they find anything on Mizuru?" he asked desperately. This time Kakashi answered him.
"She was in the group that should be waiting for us there," he told the teen who just nodded and swallowed. Obito checked his watch and signalled to Kakashi and Jiraiya. They both nodded.
"Okay guys, it's time to move out!"
Orochimaru grinned as he watched them all assemble in front of him. There was a look of confusion on everyone's faces as they looked around, obviously waiting for some other people. It was then that Neji realised it.
"What have you done to everyone else, you bastard?" he yelled, stepping closer. Orochimaru chuckled and gestured to the chairs where some figures sat, black bags over their heads. In the middle, however, was a person tied to a wooden post with a black bag over his head. A trickle of blood was seeping from under the rim and making its way down the orange shirt. It was obvious who was tied to that one. Ryoumen was now beyond breaking point.
"Where's my sister?" he yelled. Orochimaru snickered and pulled the hood off of the first person to reveal Mizuru with the bullet hole still in her head, her eyes wide open. Ryoumen clapped a hand over his mouth and took a few paces back.
"S-shit!" he whispered, trying not to let tears fall down his face. Orochimaru was still snickering, even when Kurenai was shouting about where her husband was. The second figure was revealed, showing Asuma as he'd died. Kurenai sank to her knees, sobbing into her hands. Kaoru was shaking, praying that his little brother was okay. One by one the figures were revealed how they'd been captured. The next one to be unveiled was Jinko which earned many gasps. Moegi turned away, hiding her face from the view. Juura felt enraged at what she saw. Shikamaru felt sick, looking at Asuma like that- he wished he could gouge his eyes out with a hot spoon.
After Jinko was unveiled, Orochimaru pulled four up at the same time. Gaara, Temari, Kankuro and Shizune had been knocked out. They were bleeding quite badly. Tsunade's breath caught in her throat as she spotted her assistant in that state. Ino was shown next, much to the fury of Kabuto. Red was staining her usual platinum blonde hair and it hung out of her ponytail, framing her face. Her nose was bleeding, indicating a struggle- but not a tough one. A few bruises littered her face and arms but that was about it. Next were Konohamaru and Sakura. Shisui sucked in a deep breath and Tsunade growled at the fact that Sarutobi's son had been treated in such a way. After that Gary was reveal and everyone winced. His face was bruised and bloody, arms cut to ribbons with the signs of a valiant struggle. Blood was caked onto one half of his face, almost glazing it and matting his hair together, almost like a glazed lollipop of blood. They couldn't speak- it was if they were under a trance and unable to say anything- that was until the next unveiling. It was the worst so far of the ones still alive.
"YOU FUCKER! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" Kaoru screamed at Orochimaru as his brother was revealed before him, covered in cuts and bruises. It was a miracle that he was even alive with the bruising and bleeding he was going through. His arms and legs were bound to the chair so tightly that he was bleeding slightly. There was a gunshot wound to his shoulder which was still bleeding slightly. A turquoise eye opened slightly and he tried to smile to his brother. I turned more into a grimace at the pain though. Orochimaru laughed as he witnessed the tears from everyone.
"Why are you crying now? We still have three more to unveil!" he said with giddy happiness. He unveiled Sasuke and Itachi who- apart from a little bleeding around the head- were perfectly fine. The evil glint in Orochimaru's eye put everyone on edge.
"First of all, I'd like to welcome you all to my home," he invited, pulling out a syringe from within his lab coat.
"Secondly, I need to make sure none of you can escape," he added, clapping his hands. About 40 strong men ran in and bound them to the chairs that were in the centre of the hall using thick rope. Sai hissed when his leg was jostled.
"Watch it, prick!" he snapped at the man who looked taken aback. Soon after that comment, everybody was gagged with a piece of white cloth that tasted bad.
"There we are, now we can watch the show!" he exclaimed gleefully, clapping his hands like an excited six year old on Christmas day. A feeling of dread settled in everyone's stomach as Orochimaru approached Sasuke and Itachi with a bucket. It turned out to be water as he roused the two brothers from their slumber. Sasuke looked up, blinking the reddish water out of his eyes. He felt disorientated and looked around to see what was going on. Itachi was doing the same. The last thing he could remember was walking along a long corridor with Naruto, Ino and Kamari when- He swallowed. They'd run into Orochimaru and he was too strong for them. Orochimaru looked to both of them before smiling.
"Ah, nice of you to join the living world!" he said cheerfully.
"I'm just about to entertain my guests- you're the entertainment," he smirked evilly. Itachi's and Sasuke's eyes widened at that and watched with curiosity as he approached the post where the last person was tied to. Orochimaru whipped the black bag up, revealing a very okay Naruto. There wasn't a blemish on his skin, but a small pin-prick on his neck where he'd obviously been tranquilised. Sasuke's breath caught in his throat as Orochimaru stole Naruto's Desert Eagle from his holster.
"Such a dangerous piece of equipment," Orochimaru muttered, fascinated. Sasuke growled.
"Don't touch him! If you touch anyone I'll kill you!" he snarled. Orochimaru giggled and went over to Sasuke before undoing his bonds. In an instant, Sasuke tried to deliver a right hook to Orochimaru who in turn manoeuvred to pointing the Desert Eagle at Itachi's head. Sasuke froze in his tracks, eyes wide with fear. Everyone held their breath, waiting to see what would happen. Sasuke backed down slowly and Orochimaru smiled.
"There's a good boy- now go and grab the syringe you made me drop," he said cheerfully, setting the hammer as he did so. Sasuke swallowed, hands shaking as he did so.
"Now what?" he asked, disgusted with himself for being so cowardly. Orochimaru chuckled, now moving the gun to point at Naruto's head. Sasuke's breath hitched as he saw Orochimaru's finger rest on the trigger.
"Get me the bucket of water Sasuke," he told him sweetly. Sasuke fetched the bucket of water.
"Now I want you to pour it over Naruto to wake him up," he said simply. Sasuke swallowed before pouring the freezing cold water over his boyfriend. The blond coughed and spluttered as the water cascaded down him. His eyes opened, covered with a thin sheet of haze.
"'Suke?" he asked blearily. Orochimaru smiled.
"Good work Sasuke, now inject Uzumaki," he told the youngest Uchiha, once more switching the gun's position so that it was pointing at Itachi and withdrawing another one so that it was pointed at Naruto's head.
"Sasuke, what's going on?" Naruto asked, panicked. Itachi just looked worriedly at Sasuke.
"Sasuke, don't do anything," he advised. Orochimaru tutted.
"Shh, Ita-chan otherwise I'll have Sasuke-kun's brains decorating my wall!" he said sweetly. Itachi soon shut up after that. Orochimaru then looked to Sasuke.
"So who's it going to be? Your lover, or your brother?" he asked. Sasuke was having an inner war- he didn't want to do this- he'd rather kill himself than have to do this. Hell, he'd-
"Sasuke," that heavenly voice.
"Sasuke, inject me." Onyx pupils dilated in fear.
"Wh-what?" Sasuke stuttered, looking his lover in the eyes.
"I said inject me Sasuke!" he repeated, more earnestly than the first time. Sasuke was shaking his head and Orochimaru chuckled.
"My my, this is entertaining!" he giggled, pulling both triggers to the first click. Sasuke's head snapped to the side.
"Goddamn it Sasuke, INJECT ME!" Naruto roared, struggling against his bonds. Sasuke stepped closer a tad, tears in his eyes. Naruto relaxed slightly.
"It's okay Sasuke. It'll be okay," he whispered. Sasuke backed away slightly and Naruto grew frustrated.
Dammnit! I'm sorry Sasuke! He thought before hooking his foot around Sasuke's ankle and yanking so that he fell into of him. The syringe hung loosely in Sasuke's hand, embedded into Naruto's arm. He gently pushed down on the syringe top, feeding the unknown substance into the body of the teen he loved. Orochimaru laughed.
"That was brilliant!" he applauded before Sasuke sank to his knees in front of Naruto. He couldn't bear to look at the people he had just unwillingly betrayed. They had sacrificed so much to keep Naruto safe and now he had gone and ruined everything. Tears fell unchecked down his face and he paid no mind to what Orochimaru was saying. It was all a blur to him until a sentence caught his attention.
"Here marks the beginning of a new chapter. Experiment Kyuubi is just one of the first to be developed and you shall be his first victims!" Orochimaru applauded loudly. A slicing was heard as the ropes around Naruto were sliced away but the blond was still standing. Sasuke looked up, hoping to meet blue eyes but instead black locked with blood red. Sasuke's heart leapt in fear as he was thrown across the room. He scrambled up -quickly untying Kakashi as he did so so that he could untie the others who were bound and gagged- and saw Naruto standing there on the podium, his whisker marks more predominant, his teeth sharper and his eyes blood red as noticed before.
"Kyuubi, kill!" Orochimaru screamed in a gleeful voice. Sasuke watched in horror as the boy he loved came rushing at them with a knife in hand. All of their weapons had been taken off of them when they'd been held captive. Kaoru instantly rushed to protect Kamari and stand in front of him. Naruto saw this and sensed the weakness. He diverged from his original path to get to Kaoru. The redhead braced himself for the pain to come as Naruto launched forward, too fast to be normal, raising his knife. A strained yell sounded and the pain never came. Kaoru opened his eyes that had somehow closed whilst waiting for death to have his vision assaulted by turquoise hair. Naruto paid no mind to this but just concentrated on the redness that was spilling and that kept on spilling as he dragged the blade further down, coating the polished tiles in red. Kaoru tried to open his mouth to talk but couldn't.
Moegi screamed.
Konohamaru yelled.
Sasuke sobbed.
Kaoru was stuck in limbo as Ryoumen crashed to the floor, convulsing in his puddle of blood. As if in a dream, Kaoru approached him and pressed his hands to the gash that was so blatantly beyond repair.
"Kao-kun?" Ryoumen asked. Kaoru snapped out of his daze and everything came rushing back to him. The noise of furniture being smashed, children screaming and Naruto growling. The only thing that drowned it out was looking at the teen that had just saved his life and as a knock on effect, his twin's. Never had anyone done that for him. He leant forward and gently pressed his lips to the bloodstained ones below him, a tear splashing onto the chilling cheek.
"Thank-you," he whispered against the lips that his were still attached to. A smile graced the lips of the dying.
"Any time," he whispered back before falling into a slumber he'd never awake from. Kaoru broke away, squeezing the last of the tears away from his eyes. He looked up to the chaos around him. Most of the adults were trying to reach Orochimaru so that he could reverse the effects of what he'd done. The other adults were evacuating the children. All of the people who were veiled as they came in were still tied up. Kaoru sniffed, wiping his bloodstained sleeve across his cheek before standing up and going to untie them.
Sasuke was at the forefront, trying to get Naruto to calm down. He realised that he couldn't not hurt his blond lover if he were to stop him. Sasuke took a deep breath when Naruto came running at him again. He roundhouse kicked the blond, making the knife fly from his hand. Naruto got up though, intent on fighting the Uchiha until the bitter end. He rushed at him again, using his speed to his advantage. Sasuke adjusted his footing as Naruto came closer and closer. As Naruto was about to punch him, he blocked the hit and every hit after that. The choreography continued as Sasuke countered each punch and delivered a few to have them blocked. Their bodies were too in sync with one another- their bodies were too familiar with one another. Too many nights filled with passion and love had made them know one another well enough to know what move was going to be made next and exactly how to counter that move. But surely, this meant something? If Naruto's body was still able to respond to his even with the virus inside of him, did that mean he wasn't completely gone? Sasuke hoped so because if it didn't, it was going to be an impossible fight: a fight that if Sasuke lost, he'd lose Naruto forever.
Holy shit! 11,191 words EXCLUDING the A/Ns and shit!
WOW! The band tATu are brilliant! I was listening to male covers of their songs and was like PHWOAR! What? Wrong time to fangirl? Did I make anybody cry...pleeeeease say I made SOMEBODY cry! SEE! This is what you do to me when you insist I stay up all night writing! I go crazy and start miming songs to the corner of my room, pretending there's a ghost that can hear me! Then I want to make you guys cry because otherwise I feel this chapter hasn't completed its objective! You can also see how my sicker (and somewhat better) writing skills come out when I'm tired ^-^ I also had to drink some NASTY juice and take some stay-awake pills (I found them in my medicine cupboard ^^) But yeah, the juice was NAAAAAsty :/ At some points I slapped myself across the face to wake me up. I also watched Godzilla half way through. I cried at the end when Godzilla died though :'( So sad ANYWAYS! *spins on wheelie chair* WHEEEEEEE! :D
Next Time...
It's an all out war between Naruto and Sasuke...will they survive it? They're putting their bond of trust to the test when Sasuke insists on doing what? Wait, why would you do that? And just what is experiment Kyuubi?
"I shall use this boy to change the world!"
"Sorry dude, but as you can plainly see, he can't even change his underpants at the moment so how do you expect him to change the world in this state?" (Teh Humour is back!) :D
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