Sorry I haven't updated sooner! Was busy with my other story, but here I am. BTW, there are alot of mixes. Like when they journey to the Bridge of Heaven and Earth, Kakashi will be along with them and so will my OC Ryuu...Oh and Sakura has a really awesome sword from her dad...OK I'm done...On with the story!
Don't own Naruto...only the badass Ryuu.
thoughts/flashback
Inner Sakura
The storm raged relentlessly overhead. A figure with onyx black hair pulled his dark cloak over his carmine armor, but it didn't offer much protection from the cold driplets of rain that trailed down his neck. Slowly he made his way to the hillside that over looked the borders of Sound and Fire Country. A sudden lightning strike and its accompanying crack of thunder were echoed through the frigid night air. The rain seemed to pelt harder with every closing step, while reducing visibility. But he was almost there. He knew these lands like he knew his own room. He was after all immortal.
Slowly, the silhouette of a man became visible through the falling rain. Though what was seen through the rain was dimmed by the dark. Reaching the hill, the silhouette shifted to see the man hidden in the dark cloak approach. They stood next to each other, in silence, and looked out to Fire Country only for the lightning to strike through the skies and disappear, illuminating the hundreds of trees.
"The arrangements have been made and you have Otogakure's full army behind you," stated the man with long hair that was tangled in a wet mess. The cloaked man shifted slightly next to him as a brisk wind wrapped around them.
"That's good to hear," he replied without turning to the long haired man. Golden eyes stared at the onyx haired man before a mallious smirk formed.
"What do you plan to do now?" He licked his lips before continuing, "No doubt, gather other villages to join us in our revolution will be top priority."
"Not quiet."
Long hair swayed and a confused frown conquered his features. "Then what are we going to do first?"
Lightning darted out over head, illuminating the carmine armor under the dark cloak. "Before we gather allies, we need more power...The Akatsuki have that power."
At the mention of Akatsuki, the second man scowled. "You know as well as I do that they will not have anything to do with this plan. They want to use that power for there own goals."
"And that is why I came to you first. They have all of the tailed demons sealed away in the King of Hell statue. Our work is nearly finished. All that is needed is to collect the power of the demons away from the Akatsuki...That's where your experiments come in." His deep voice boomed above the thunder effortless, yet quietly. The Mizukage stared at the clouds for a moment.
"Let's be rational Ryuu, they still haven't collected the nine-tailed...Are we really going to wait until they get it? It would be wise to start other arrangements while we wait."
"Orochimaru, you are a clever man but not brilliant. That is why your past attempts at revenge over Konoha have failed."
And your attempts succeeded? The Sannin thought bitterly. That was after all why "Ryuu" had come to him...he had failed before, but who was Orochimaru to say no to a chance at revenge? "Then what are the arrangements on Sasuke, hm? If he finds out about our plan to attack Akatsuki then he will take the opportunity to kill Itachi."
"If Sasuke does attack Itachi then let me handle it...There won't be any problems when he learns what his precious Konoha had done to his clan." Ryuu looked back to the forest of Fire Country. "Soon his hate will help us in our victory over Konoha and Suna."
"Kukuuku. So...," Orochimaru grinned and licked his lips again. "Let us see if Konoha will stand tall at the end of this Shinobi War..."
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A young woman stared out the window of her apartment. The early sun rose agonizingly slow across the village of Konoha. Questing hands caressed the curtains to the window before gently pulling it back to light the small room up. Long pink locks bounced against her mid-back as she looked out the window to the waking village. With a contempt sigh, she turned around and started to pick up random clothes that were sprung out across her floor.
Every since four months ago when her parents where killed, she had lived in this apartment just a few blocks from the hospitable. Pay from her missions and hospitable duty kept her on her feet easily, leaving extra money for more important things then bills....Such as ramen with Naruto and drinks with the other kunoichi on there annual Girl Nights.
You may be wondering what she was in such a good mood for...Well today was the day that her and Naruto would be going to the Bridge of Heaven and Earth. Of course she had already gotten a phone call from the knucklehead about there new stand-in member, Sai. Oh, she wasn't looking forward to the travel with Naruto and Sai. From what he said about the artist...he was a total dick. Sigh. She guessed that she would just have to cope. Then again, Tsunade had told her that Kakashi was going to be with her along with another Jounin. What was his name again....
...Yamato, reminded inner-Sakura.
Oh, that's right. Hopefully it wouldn't be another Maito Gai....
Emerald eyes looked over her attire in the mirror; red tank-top with the Haruno symbol on her back, black shorts under her medic-skirt. She smiled to herself and brushed her hair before pulling it into a high pony tail while letting her bangs fall around her face. Turning to the nightstand next to her bed, she grabbed her kunai pouch before kneeling under her bed.
Calloused hands reached under to pull out a long black leather box. Unlocking the silver latch before lifting the top with an old squeak. The long box was lined with scarlet satin and in the heart was a katana. With a steel blade, it said in black kanji "Stand, Fight, Resist thus the blade will be wielded". There was scarlet leather braided around the hilt with the sheath being and onyx scabbard. It was her father's sword before he was killed. He had used it many times, even in a battle that save the fourth Hokage. She had decided three months ago that she would learn to wield it in memory of her father. Since then, Kakashi had taught her sword play, even going so far as to teach her Anbu techniques.
She sighed and strapped it to her back. Today would be the first time she would use it for a mission. And it would be for a good use too. She just hoped that this time, they would get Sasuke back. Sakura stood up with a determined arua.
This time, she would not fail.
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Sakura sighed for the umpteenth time that day. She really was going to kill some one by night fall, that much was obvious. After a loooonnnng morning of constantly trying to keep everyone-cough-Sai and Naruto-from attacking each other, she was at the end of her rope. And what was up with Kakashi and Yamato? They seemed to always be talking in codes...or something. Ugh! She just couldn't take it much longer!! Of course inner Sakura wasn't helping either with her constant-Grrr! I'm gonna kick his faggot ass right now!! Cha! and If he calls us ugly one more time, I'll fucking knock his teeth in! Seriously, how much did she have to suffer?!
(Flashback)
"I'm sorry about earlier. I just wanted to know how strong you where seeing as we would be on the same team." Sai had said with his fake smile plastered on.
"Oh," Naruto began, "You didn't have to go that far."
"Well thanks to our little encounter, I learned that you are a useless, dickless pantywaist."
"..."
Silence...
then...
"What was that you asshole?!!" Naruto yelled as he struggled to get out of Sakura's hold.
"Naruto-He's our teammate now, don't start fights with him!" she reminded over his threats. As soon as he settled down, she had turned to Sai. "And you, you really are being a jerk."
But he just gave a small chuckle, "Oh really?"
"If you keep acting like that, everyone will hate you."
Then the poor boy had to keep talking..."Oh? But I really like ugly bitches like you..." He truly did have a death wish.
"..."
Silence...
then...
"What was that you asshole?!!" Only this time, Sai's savior had arrive just on time. Who was this masked hero...Well a certain white-gravity defying haired shinobi. "Remember what you just told Naruto!"
Sakura sighed...again. Perhaps she could focus on more important things...like the mission. After her recent battle with Akasuna No Sasori, she had gained information about a spy for Akatsuki. Apparently they had a little get together at the Heaven and Earth Bridge...This was there chance to get information to assassinate Orochimaru and to retrieve Sasuke...
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"I swear that I'll kill that damn copy-cat the next time I see him, yeah!" threatened a fuming blonde. "OW! Damn it Kakuzu-that hurts!"
"Oh, shut up, already," Kakuzu sighed. He pulled another string through Deidara's shoulder. "Next time keep your arms attached. Just because Hidan can pull himself apart and put his limbs back together doesn't mean you can, or should try."
"Don't compare me to that crazy ass sadist, un." Deidara pouted as he looked around the room to keep from watching Kakuzu sew his arm back on. It really was a...disturbing sight, even for this homicidal bomber. He was sitting in his room deep in the cave in River Country. After a few weeks ago, everyone had arrived to find the base completely oblivorated. Safe to say that they where thankful for the leader's knowledge on a few rebuilding jutsus and that the crazy puppeteer kept his opponents from destroying the living quarters deeper in the cave. Keh, he managed to do one thing right with his art before he died, yeah. A frown curled onto the blonde's lips. When he heard the news on Sasori's death, he didn't know what he felt. There was a deep pain in his chest but he couldn't bring himself to cry. Even though their ideals on art where relatively different, they still held respect for one another as artists. He would miss the puppeteer.
He did after all leave him to the craziest, most disturbing thing that Deidara had ever set his cerulean eyes on... Nightmares of this...thing had haunted him since the bastard tried to take his arm and he knew that he would do everything he could to survive the monstrosity....
The monstrosity known as...
Tobi
Kami knew that the brat would be the death of him soon enough...A sharp pain in his arm brought him out of his musings. "OWW! Kakuzu!"
"I said SHUT UP you pansy!!!"
"I'm not a pansy, yeah!"
"So you admit to it?"
"No, yeah."
"Is that a no or a yeah?"
"It's a 'Shove it up your ass!' Yeah!"
Each man glared at each other, unaware of an observer. "Will you two keep it down?" asked the stoic orange haired leader. Both men sobered up immediately. "Hai."
Just then Deidara's nightmare peeked his head around the door frame. "Senpia! Are you all right?!" He charged to Deidara who sat on his bed with Kakuzu in a chair next to him.
"No-no-noo, Tobi!" Deidara warned as he held his free arm out trying to signal to Tobi not to come closer. "Stay away-"
Glomp!
"Oh, Senpai! You have your arms back on! Tobi sorry that he was poking them..." He turned to Kakuzu who suddenly began to sweat. "Can Tobi sew his arms back on?! Tobi wants to help," he yelled while he jumped up and down on the bed.
"Uhh..." Kakuzu looked to the string in his hand to Tobi then back again.
"Wait, Kakuzu...Let's think about this, yeah," pleaded Deidara from Tobi's arm lock.
"Here you are Tobi," said the masked man as he handed him the string. Tobi eagerly grabbed the string and stared at the needle tip.
Suddenly the lights seemed to dim as Tobi turned agonizingly slow towards Deidara. With a skeptical glance towards the orange mask, a shine from the tip of the needle caught the light in a wink that promised a dark path that the blonde didn't want to think about. "N-now Tobi...You put that needle down slowly, un."
"Hehe, but Senpai...Tobi wants to fix you." His gloved hands reached for Deidara's arm that hung limply at his side, but the blonde jumped to his feet and was in front of Kakuzu-who was nearly out the door-in a flash.
"Move, Deidara." Kakuzu said as he tried to pass. "No-wait, un. I'll give you half my pay from my mission getting the tailed demon if you finish it, yeah."
Kakuzu stopped and thought for a moment. "I want 3/4's of it."
"That's not fair! I worked my ass of to get it!" He thought about it for a moment. Then a devious smirk crossed his handsome features. "I'll keep my payment but you can have Sasori's..."
"Deal." Kakuzu began to finish his suture and Pein just shook his head.
"B-but, Tobi wanted to help-"
"Tobi can help by staying away, un."
"Kakuzu," Pein said to the masked man. "How long until Deidara will be able to return to missions?"
"Hm," he pondered in mid-sew. "Give him a week tops." With two more sews he tied it off and stepped back. "How is it?"
Deidara flexed his fingers and rotated his arm in a ciricle. "It works great, yeah," he grinned.
"That's good to hear." Pein turned to leave the room when the doors suddenly busted open.
"Pein-sama," panted Konan. "The base is under attack...The others are trying to hold them off."
The stoic man narrowed his ringed eyes; immediately turning from calm leader to ruthless shinobi. "Looks like you don't have a week Deidara," he said as his cloak disappeared around the door frame, followed by Konan. Deidara and Kakuzu exchanged glances before nodding and grabbing their own weapons. Tobi watched them leave from his spot on the bed before looking at the clock on the dresser. 3:37pm... Quickly, Tobi jumped off the bed and ran after the others. "Senpai-wait for Tobiiii!!!"
After a few curves through twisted halls and tunnels, Deidara, Kakuzu and Tobi arrived to the once repaired cavern. There was a skylight opening in the middle to shed light down on the battle and the once calm waters through the cave floor rippled in small waves from various attacks. There across the scattered boulders and restless waters were at least 60 shinobi battling the Akatsuki. At the base of the towering King of Hell statue stood, Itachi and Kisame while Hidan zigged through the many enemies with his eerie scythe at his side. Konan was on a small over hang above Pein who fought along side of Zetsu.
"Looks like it'll be a bang, yeah!" said an enthusiastic bomber who dipped his hands in his clay pouch. Summoning chakra to the souls of his feet, he sprinted to the over hang that was 35ft from the ground before jumping off in a series of flips.
"Senpai! No-don't commit suicide!" Tobi yelled as he ran to the end but immediately stopped when a larde clay bird took to the air with Deidara on his back. "Go, Senpai!" cheered Tobi as he jumped up and down.
Deidara looked over his shoulder to the happy orange masked shinobi. "Shut up, yeah! You're embarrassing me!"
"Ooohh, Tobi sorry!!! Tobi will make it up to you, Senpai! Maybe Tobi can rub your feet later!!"
Deidara's eyebrow twitched. Oh he was going to kill him...Maybe he could accidentily drop a bomb on him during the fight...He chuckled deviously.
Meanwhile Kakuzu had jumped down next to Hidan who was happily chopping down a few opponants. "What happened?"
"What the fuck?" Hidan said before he realized it was Kakuzu. "Hey it's about fucking time you showed up, asshole!"
"Shut up, Hidan," he said as he summoned his monkey like mask. There was a green haired shinobi that charged at him with two sai's drawn. He leaped into the air but Kakuzu disappeared before meeting him in mid-air with a kunai to his gut. He flipped off the falling body, landing next to Hidan while the green-haired man fell to his knees; clutching the kunai in one hand, he stood slowly before giving Kakuzu and Hidan a toothy grin to show filed teeth much like Kisame's. "What the hell?"
"Oh, yeah,"grinned a cheerful Hidan. "If ya want to kill the fuckers, then you gotta cut their damn heads off." He turned his back his partner to block another attack from a different opponent.
"You dumbass-you should've told me sooner." He dodged another attack before sending some of his threads from his body to wrap around the ninja's throat. The threads tightened around his neck until he was motionless. Kakuzu released the lifeless body and turned to three others that surrounded him. Hidan stood behind him with his curse activated.
His skin was a jet black with skeleton like markings across his exposed body. As another enemy shinobi attacked, Hidan caught sight of the forehead protector to see a Sound symbol. he swung his crimson triple-bladed scythe horizontally, effectively cutting the poor ninja's head off. He looked over his shoulder to Kakuzu before reporting, "Hey, Kakuzu-these fuckers are from-"
He stopped mid-sentence when the same green-haired shinobi that was "killed" swung the pair of sais at Kakuzu's back. "Son of a bitch," he mumbled as he jumped in between his partner and the opponent while drawing said partner's attention. He raised his scythe just as the shiobi juped, causing him to hit the blade that sliced right through his neck. "I told you to fucking cut the damn heads off!"
"Shut up, Hidan," he warned while he blocked an attack carelessly. "I could've handled it without you getting in the way!"
"Tsh. Inconsiderate prick," he said turning back to the fight. "Maybe there too fucking hard for you to handle, eh? They're nearly immortal like me. You should probably go sit you lazy ass down so you don't fucking hurt your faggot self."
"Says the guy who needs help being put back together," Kakuzu said. As if to prove his point, he elbowed the back of Hidan's head, causing it to loll to the side, half attached.
"Fuck you, bastard!" Hidan killed one more opponent before straightening his head back onto his neck.
"Listen, dumbass, we need to hurry up and kill them-"
"No need to tell me, Kakuzu."
Across the cave, Zetsu and Tobi rounded a few of the enemies up. Each one had nearly seven opponents each and where struggling slightly. Together they sped through the opponents from under ground. "Why doesn't Zetsu eat the bodies? Maybe you eating will scare everyone away!"
"I will not eat their bodies...They reek of medications..."
"But Tobi thinks that you will scare everyone away..." Tobi ducked under a water blade attack before appearing behind the attacker and decapitating him.
Zetsu sighed as he came out of the ground behind another sharp toothed shinobi. "I'm not eating them Tobi." He couldn't figure it out but the smell of medication was overwhelming and with their strange behavior, he knew they weren't normal. Not one of them had said a single word throughout the fight and all they seemed to care about was the statue. After he had realized this, Pein and Konan had went to assist Itachi and Kisame to fend them off. He knew they weren't normal so... what were they? Were they after the tailed demons?
Meanwhile, Pein was busy thinking of a plan. Currently the numbers where decreasing in enemies but after the extraction no more then two weeks ago his men where still recovering from the extreme chakra use. It was apparent that the small army had their eyes on the King of Hell statue. With an idea forming he looked over his men. They were doing fine for the most part. But it seemed as if the enemy ninjas that were still alive were stronger and more skilled then the previous. When ever the enemy ninja grouped together or started to over power one of the other teams, Deidara seemed to take care of them from the air. But one thing was for sure...Pein wasn't willing to risk any more of his men's lives.
"Konan," his deep voice boomed through the echoing attacks. "I need one of your empty scrolls. Give me the most durable one you have."
Konan looked down from her spot on the statue's fingers. "Hai." Her blue hair had begun to fall from its usual bun and framed around her heart-shaped face. She pulled out a scroll and tossed it down to Pein who caught it just as he flipped over another shinobi. Grabbing the scroll, he summoned chakra to his feet and with a few long jumps, he reached the head of the statue. Unfortunately, the 15 that he was fighting followed after him, but just as they surrounded them, a wave of water crashed over the entire statue like a tsuname wave making all the enemies slide off as if it was ice. However Pein jumped out of reach just in time.
Looking down he saw that Kisame had sent the wave and with Itachi, had killed the falling enemies from the statue. "Itachi," he yelled down, attracting the stoic Uchiha's attention. "Kill any one who comes near this statue."
Itachi nodded his head to show that he heard before throwing a kunai into a kunoichi's throat.
"What does he think we've been doing this whole time? Drinking Sake," complained Kisame as he swiped Samahada vertically. "Man, I would like to be drinking Sake instead of fighting damn Sound-nin."
"Hn." Itachi activated a genjutsu on the surrounding ninja causing them all to stop in mid-attack. Each of there eye's shifted frantically from side to side but it didn't go unnoticed by crimson eyes. "They must be experiements," he mused aloud.
Kisame gave him a puzzled look. "What makes you say that, hm? They look like a bunch of retarded freaks to me."
Itachi sweat dropped. "Last time I checked, they didn't have blue skin..."
"..." Kisame stared wide-eyed at Itachi and pointed an accusing finger. "D-did you j-just make...a joke?"
Itachi glanced at him from the corner of his eyes and with a small twitch of the corner of his lips he answered, "Hn." before turning back to the ninja that had begun to attack each other from the genjutsu.
"Oi! Kisame-Itachi, un," yelled Deidara as his bird landed a few yards away from them. He jumped off with the wind from his bird's wings blowing his golden locks around his face. "There is a second wave of ninja coming, yeah! Only two miles away!"
Itachi and Kisame exchanged wary glances but before either could say anything, the remaining of Akatsuki joined the three. "What the fuck?! How many more are there?! If they walk through that shity boulder, I'll fucking rip them all apart."
"Realx man. If they come, I'll kill my fair share as well." Kisame grinned.
"Not if i kill the fags first," Hidan smirked as he fingered his blade. Kakuzu just rolled his eyes and Tobi watched the exchange with interest.
"You'll actually need Kisame's help on this one, un."
Hidan's smirk turned to a frown. "What-you don't think I can take them, bitch?"
Cerulean eyes narrowed. "Don't call me that, bastard, or I'll blow your sadistic ass up, yeah."
Hidan grinned and stepped in front of Deidara. "What part of immortal don't you understand?"
"Enough." Itachi said in a smooth voice. "Now what did you mean that we would need Kisame's help?"
Deidara turned to the onyx haired man. "These shinobi aren't just Sound-nin...They're Mist-nin too, yeah."
Before anyone could say anything else, a sudden rise of chakra shook the cave and they looked to the source to see Pein and Konan at the topof the statue. Waves of chakra rippled through the air almost knocking the Akatsuki on the ground. There was a deep groan and a light speared through the darkness. Itachi raised a hand to block the light from his sensitive eyes before a dark purple and orange chakra began to coil around the statue and sinking into the scroll at the top.
The cracks scattered across the fallow stone walls echoing a rumble that shook the cavern. Boulders began to fall and a terrible wind warped through the air towards the statue where it started to dissolve into the seal.
"We have to get out of here," said a winded Kakuzu.
"Not yet...We still don't have orders," Itachi stated as he jumped out of the way of a 2 ton boulder that crashed to the ground, forming a crater and dust to rise in a thick cloud.
"Fuck orders. Let's get out of here!" Hidan exclaimed.
"Is Hidan scared? Tobi thought that he wasn't scared of dying..." Tobi said shakily with a curious tilt of his head.
"Screw you, fag."
"Tobi's name isn't fag...Tobi's name is Tobi."
"I'm gonna sacrifice him..." he said as he started to make his way to the clueless masked man.
"Hidan-that's enough," said a voice from behind them. They turned around to see Pein and Konan finishing the seal before rolling the scroll up that was in the same place where the statue was before it was sealed. Pein stood slowly and put the scroll into his cloak.
The cave seemed to still for a split second before it rumbled with a shaky roar of boulders that tumbled to the cavern floor. "Let's get out of here," he ordered with Konan following right at his heels. "Do not fight unless you have to. I want us to stay together until we have successfully made it into the trees. Then you will split up into your teams and I will give your team directions to our meeting spot when it is clear."
"Hai," they said in unison as they stepped out of the collapsing cave. Clouds of smoke obscured the sun from the cave and the wind blew cold outside. Naturally their eyes adjusted in only a short time before they leapt into the branches. Just as planned, they split up into teams and Itachi and Kisame headed east towards Fire while hiding there chakra signatures.
"Hey, Itachi," asked Kisame's gruff voice next to him through the trees. After he got no responce, which he was used to, he continued. "Why are we heading east? That's where those crazy ninja would most likely be-Not that I care 'cause I don't, but it just isn't like you to disobey orders and go towards the fight..."
There was a small moment of silence. "...Hn."
Kisame rolled his eyes when he was sure the stoic Uchiha wasn't looking. Of course Itachi did see it...nothing got past him, but he decided to humor Kisame and pretend that he didn't.
They continued jumping from tree branch to tree branch but just as Kisame predicted, they ran into their fight soon enough. Both stopped on one branch above the charging ninja that hadn't noticed them yet. There cloaks billowed softly with the leaves eerily and Kisame gave a tooth grin. Too bad the ninjas didn't know they would soon be fried and barbequed...Hehe-poor bastards.
Itachi quickly performed a few hand signs before raising his right hand to his mouth for one of his favorite fire jutsus that he had created himself. With one deep breath he blew into his hand, causing a pure white flame, layered in shades of grays, to dart towards the unsuspecting Mist and Sound nin. Tongues of the flames licked at the trees and bodies of the frontline ninja that could put up little resistance against the flames. During this time the eldest Uchiha took the time to observe the mysterious shinobi. They did not wear armor like normal jounins or even Anbus. Instead nearly all the Sound-nin wore white robes with purple roped belts while the Mist wore abnormal vests and long pants that he had only seen a mental ninja wear. Something wasn't right about this...
Jumping to a closer branch to see the panicking ninja, he noticed that their eyes where dull and colorless and their skin was pale. Suddenly, just as Itachi came to a conclusion, it was only reaffirmed by what he saw next. Sensing a very familiar chakra, he signaled for Kisame to follow and they leapt to a high branch to see the new arrival.
"Kukukuu," chuckled a familiar voice from the shadows. "Looks like all my experiments have failed..." He walked into the light from the shadows of the trees, unaware that Itachi and Kisame where watching. Behind the long haired Sannin was a man with white hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail at the base of his neck. He pushed round glasses higher onto the bridge of his nose with a smirk of his own.
"I've gotten word that the Akatsuki have disappeared...They also sealed the statue with the demons in a scroll," Kabuto reported.
"Ah, yes, that causes a problem..." Orochimaru walked to the bodies of his experiments. "Ryuu will be disappointed....I suppose we will just have to start gathering allies on our own." As he kneeled to the smoldering body, he examined the jutsu. He had never witnessed a fire attack that used white flames...But like cold water, he froze. If there was anyone to invent a fire jutsu like this, it would be two Uchiha's and one was definitely out of the mix. Trying to play it in a relaxed tone, he stood up slowly. "Well are you going to say hi to me, Itachi?" he asked, hoping his guess was wrong...really wrong...
Two chakra signatures flared from the trees and Orochimaru hoped that he hadn't said too much information. "I see you have gotten strong, child."
Crimson eyes glared from where he stood. "Like wise...You seem to have use of your arms..."
"Ah, yes," he said while holding a hand out and flexing his fingers. "Kabuto, here, has learned a few new tricks...Along with an allie-Ryuu-san."
"Hn."
"Oh is that all that you have to say?" Golden eyes seemed to mock the Sharingan wielder. "What a shame. Come Kabuto we have a meeting with a certain shinobi at the bridge..." He turned around and started to walk back into the darkness of the trees, followed by Kabuto. They had said too much and needed to think of their plan....
"Aren't we going after them?" Kisame asked with a confused frown. He hated the snake-like bastard and was really itching for a good fight, but he knew that Itachi had used too much chakra. Hell even Kisame was tired from his battle and the extraction. It was a rare occasion indeed.
Meanwhile a few miles northeast, Pein and Konan stood on a high branch over looking a small valley. "Pein-sama," Konan said from her spot at his right side. "What do we plan to do?"
"..." He stood silent for a moment, deep in thought. "We will head to the one place that will be willing to accommodate us." Putting a hand to his ear, he activate the speaker. A small static told him he was on line. "Men we are heading east of our base..." He turned around to stare at the setting sun in the distance making masquerades of colors paint the sky. "...To Konohagakure..."
Dun-dun-duun!!! So now we have a few bad guys...and Akatsuki seemed to need some help. Wonder what Konoha is gonna do...And I wonder what will happen with Sakura and the meeting at the bridge...
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