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First Chapter 6 (if you have already read it where the curse-mark was revealed at the end) = HUGE BUST!
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For those who didn't read it, don't worry. This one is a bajillion times better.
So, I retyped it because it was hard to flow through.
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Episode 6 – THE TRUTH REVEALED:
Sasuke heard Kaiya's screams of terror disappear down the looming hallway.
The clones had him pinned.
I can't let them take her!
Mustering nearly all the chakra he had left, Sasuke broke away from the iron grip of the five clones and sprinted after Kaiya.
The screams had stopped.
Sasuke sprinted faster until he entered a huge arena-like room at the end of the looming hallway. It was dimly lit and cold. Everything was concrete; the balcony overhead, the walls and the floor, except for a few titanium tables crowded in the far left corner.
Sasuke spied three shadowy figures at the far wall. One of those figures appeared to be restraining Kaiya, but as Sasuke walked closer, Orochimaru, Kabuto and Kaiya were all standing side by side.
"Kaiya?"
Kabuto clicked his fingers and a barrage of his clones swarmed over Sasuke before he could make a single move. They pinned him down to his knees, their titanium grip unbreakable.
"What's going on?" Sasuke demanded.
"Nice work, my dear," Orochimaru cackled, resting a hand on Kaiya's shoulder.
Sasuke gaped at Kaiya in shock as he tried to resist the clones' grip. "This was all an act?"
"Well, this was the only way we could get what we want; what Kaiya could get what she wanted," Kabuto replied.
"What?" Sasuke said, still completely in the dark.
"Kaiya, you held up your end of the deal, now it's my turn," Orochimaru said, snapping his fingers. Immediately, the clones picked Sasuke up and strode him over to a huge, painted summoning circle, and prepared to chain him to the floor.
"Let me go!"
"Calm down, Sasuke," Kabuto said. "Once we acquire your chakra, you can leave." He and Orochimaru turned and left the room.
"My chakra? What for?" Sasuke protested.
"Orochimaru needs it," Kaiya said bluntly. "He needs it to help me."
Sasuke stopped resisting the clones force and let himself be chained up. "Help you?" The shackles on his neck, wrists and ankles clicked shut and the clones disappeared in a puff of white smoke. Sasuke tried to break free, but he couldn't; he had barely enough chakra to do so.
Solemnly, Kaiya walked up to Sasuke, reached up to her left shoulder, curled her fingers under the rim of her long sleeve top and ripped it. The shard of clothing flopped to the concrete floor.
"We have a lot more in common than you realize, Sasuke," she said, turning her exposed shoulder to Sasuke.
Sasuke gasped in shock.
A curse-mark!
Sasuke's entire body froze.
"You… you…"
"Have a curse-mark; yes," she said solemnly. "But it's killing me, Sasuke, and that's why I will extract your chakra. Some of Orochimaru's power is in you; it's in your curse-mark… and he needs that power to help me; to rid it from my body forever."
"Killing you? How?"
Kaiya's blank expression shifted and became sorrowful.
(Story Flashback)
When I was a little girl, I was found wandering around at the age of seven. My small village was under siege.
People of the clan littered the streets, juggling their belongings, while others juggled struggled to hold their children's hands. The sky was a burnt, dirty red. Smoke choked the lungs of all who tried to flee.
"Run, children!" the head of the clan boomed. While running, he scooped up a small girl, crying girl from the side of a street. Women and children ran for their lives, crying while the men of the clan tried to fend off the soldiers. Proud men of the clan fell dead, one by one, while evil soldiers did the same; all one by one.
The original ruler of the village had been overthrown some years ago, and ever since, there had been nothing but trouble. Finally, the village's last pillar had crumbled and the society as we knew it fell into anarchy; soldiers roamed the streets, mercilessly killing the members of the Shizuoka Clan; my clan. The new leader, Ryouichi, secretly feared our clan. He then ordered the manslaughter of our clan.
"Men!" Ryouichi boomed from his pedestal. Battalions with thousands of soldiers stood at attention as they were to heed every word from the cruel dictator.
He was a tall, heavily built man. His dark hair and dark sideburns were combed back and glistened as he soaked them in hair gel.
"These vermin need to be eliminated!" he echoed, shaking his fist in the air. "They are a menace to our peaceful village!"
The soldiers cheered in agreement and raised their swords.
Our clan was the most powerful clan in history; even more powerful than yours, Sasuke. We had the great honor of having an infinite, unlimited source of chakra run through our veins. Hence, we were the only clan to have access to the most powerful, rare and forbidden jutsu to ever be executed. Ryouichi feared that our unlimited power could be used to overthrow him and reclaim the village as our own. He was scared of us and that's why he had us killed. But, my people were a peaceful kind. Yes; we had infinite chakra and the most powerful and dangerous jutsus in the world, but we took sacred vows before entering the academy to not abuse such power, nor use it for war, as it would have catastrophic consequences. The elimination of this vow was hotly debated when we secretly learned of Ryouichi's plan of destruction. Although, if a ninja broke the vow, the elders would restrain him and cast a Relinquishing Jutsu on said ninja.
The Relinquishing Jutsu is passed down from one female elder to only one other female elder, generation to generation. It is used to suck every drop of chakra, and inherited traits, from the individual, leaving them at zero levels of chakra for all eternity.
"Let me go!" the man begged. He was pinned to his knees by guards in a giant summoning circle. An elder strode up to him.
"You have betrayed the sanctity of our clan!" she boomed, conjuring hand signs as she came closer. The man squirmed and protested as he was chained to the floor, still on his knees.
"Relinquishing Jutsu!" she echoed. She then held her palm up over the poor man and spread her fingers. The man gazed helplessly up at her hand.
Suddenly, a blue aura rose from the man like glowing smoke. The aura grew as the seconds ticked by.
The man howled in pain as the last drops of chakra were extracted from his body. When the last of the blue aura was absorbed into the elder's hand, the man's eyes rolled into the back of his head, and he fell over onto his face, unconscious.
Then, that person was to be banished from the village, forever. Yes; it meant that they could no longer perform of learn jutsu. That's how we dealt with troublemakers back in our village. But that stupid bastard Ryouichi wouldn't hear of it. He thought we would rebel and use the Relinquishing Jutsu on him, thereby overthrowing him and restoring peace to our broken village. But that greedy asshole had plans of his own. He was one step ahead. He had every person from my clan murdered. He had my mother and my friends murdered. Everyone I knew… Murdered.
I was the only one who managed to escape. I don't know how I did it, but I did. Hearing my mother die, and seeing my mother dead, right infront of my eyes, was… horrifying.
My dad was also never found; he left us to help protect everyone and defeat the soldiers.
"Daddy!" I screamed. I ran up to him and wrapped myself around his leg. "Please don't go!"
I buried my head into his pants-leg and began to cry. He unlatched me from his leg and knelt down.
"Hey, don't worry sweetheart," he said, looking into my wet eyes. "Daddy won't be gone for long. I promise. You need to stay here with Mommy and protect her, got it?" he kissed me on the forehead, then kissed my mother, told us he loved us, picked up his rucksack and walked out the door.
I didn't pack anything as I fled the village. I grabbed my mother's locket and ran. I just ran and ran until my lungs were on fire.
Then one day, while I was walking alone in the forest, Orochimaru found me. He offered to take me in when no one else would. I had no family and no friends. So I followed him. When he was training me, he discovered my chakra was unstable. Upon research, he learned that I was a Shizuoka.
My unstable chakra was causing problems when I'd learnt a new jutsu. I could execute it perfectly, but then it got out of hand and I would almost destroy everything in my path, or even myself.
"Once more, child," Orochimaru instructed.
I was tired. My body was physically exhausted, but I wanted to learn this jutsu so badly!
Orochimaru had dragged me to a large clearing to train me.
"Okay."
I stood back, took a deep breath and slowly, but precisely, conjured up the hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fire Whip Jutsu!"
I stanced and felt the fire emerge from the palm of my right hand. I used my chakra to expand it as long as I could without losing control. Awkwardly, the fire grew. I held the whip in my hand.
"I-I did it!" I cheered, gazing triumphantly at the beautiful Fire Whip in my hand.
Orochimaru didn't seem too impressed. "Make it larger," he ordered.
I turned and gazed blankly at him. "But…"
"Do it."
Like a good girl, I obeyed. I let more chakra seep out, but the fire sucked it up in an instant and hungrily ate into more of my chakra.
I had lost control.
I panicked.
The fire grew too big for me to handle. The fire handle grew too thick. It seared my hand and I let go. I shrieked in pain and fell to my knees as the fire whip exploded in a mini fire-storm above our heads, burning the treetops and some of the grass around me.
I crouched over on my knees, holding my hand into my stomach with my other hand. Tears sprung from my eyes. I unbent slightly and looked at my right hand. It was red, blistered and bleeding. And I was in tremendous pain.
Before Orochimaru could get to me, I ran to the creek. The creek was about 300 meters from here. I flopped down at the edge, my hair wild about my face; some parts of it were singed. I quickly conjured hand signs with my left hand and placed my right hand in the water. I cringed in pain as I submerged it in the cool, blue water. After a few moments, glowed a light blue, and healed.
I sighed in relief.
"Child… how… did you do that?" Orochimaru stuttered. I turned and looked up to see him standing over me, dumbfounded, eyes wide. He had followed me and saw the whole thing.
To control this, Orochimaru offered his help. That's when he gave me the curse-mark.
"Don't be scared, child," Orochimaru whispered. "it will all be over soon."
I hesitated. "Well, o-okay, if you're s-sure…" I stuttered. I took one last look at the forest clearing around me and took a deep breath, closed my eyes and waited.
My whole body jerked sharply as I felt Orochimaru's teeth dig into the corner of my neck. My eyes shot open. I tried to breathe, but all I could manage was choking sounds. I dropped to my knees as Orochimaru kept his teeth firmly gripped into my skin. After a few more seconds, he receded, the mark appeared and my neck began to sear in a burning sensation that I've never felt before. I cupped my hands over where he had bitten and doubled over in intense pain. I was shrieking so loud that the leaves on the trees shook. I don't know how long I was shrieking for. By the end of it all, my eyes were red from crying and my head was pounding. My hands were cramping from gripping the side of my neck so hard.
It helped a great deal; it suppressed my chakra and would only let out a certain amount; enough for me to control. A year later, I escaped from Orochimaru when I learned of the horrible experiments he conducted. I thought he was going to use me and toss me aside, so I ran.
A few months ago, the curse-mark stared doing funny things to me and my chakra; as I got stronger, the curse-mark wouldn't let anymore chakra out than what I wanted it to. Every time I tried, it would either let out way too much, or it would suppress it within me so hard that it would burn my insides, causing my organs to be constantly battered and bruised, even sometimes cut. I would use my water healing jutsu, but it could never completely fix the problem.
About four weeks ago, I crossed paths with Orochimaru. He saw what the curse-mark was doing to me. I caved in; I begged him to help me, as I knew that my organs could not sustain anymore damage. He offered to help me, on one condition… that I bring you to him. He told me that he could not fully remove my curse-mark, as he was not as powerful as he used to be. He also explained that some of his power was in you, and that he had to have it in order to help me.
Having infiltrated my clan elder's private quarters when I was younger; I learned the hand signs and requirements of the Relinquishing Jutsu.
"And this is where it's brought us," Kaiya said.
Sasuke lowered his head in defeat, his facial features remained taught.
"I… I can't believe you used me…" Sasuke muttered disappointingly.
Kaiya said nothing for a few moments.
"It's just business," she muttered, turning away from Sasuke.
Something inside Sasuke snapped. His fury and chakra boiled within him as he shattered the chains holding him down.
Kaiya gasped as she spun around. Sasuke stormed toward her, his onyx eyes ablaze with fury.
"Sasuke—"
"—I can't believe you used me!" he yelled, pushing Kaiya's chest, causing her to stumble. "And I believed you—!" He pushed Kaiya again, this time causing her to fall over. Kaiya gazed up at Sasuke in fear. She held her left hand infront of her as if to shield herself.
"—Sasuke, what the—?"
He continued. "—and I not only believed you, I actually—aaargh!" He closed his eyes, raised his hand to his forehead and cringed in frustration and hurt.
Sasuke opened his eyes and drew his sword.
"Get up!" he screamed, his voice cracking, the fury still ablaze in his onyx eyes. "You're not getting my chakra without a fight!"
Kaiya stood up and brushed herself off.
Kabuto leaned over to Orochimaru
"Shouldn't we help her?" He whispered as they watched form the overhead balcony.
Orochimaru shook his head. An evil grin appeared on his skinny lips.
"No, Kabuto," he said, uttering a small laugh.
"I want to see how much she has grown."
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I hope you liked it!
By the way, the name of the leader (Ryouichi) and Kaiya's clan/surname (Shizuoka) are ones I just got off a site that had Japanese names and surnames, so no, I don't own them.
Everything else; the plot idea, ALL the jutsu names and descriptions, Kaiya's whole life story, I OWN THEM! They're mine.
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