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Virtue and Venom: Chapter 18

With Mamushi and Hiruzen

Mamushi charged at Orochimaru with a face splitting smile; Mamushi held out her right arm towards Orochimaru. Mamushi in an act that surprised both Hiruzen and Orochimaru began to shift the snake tattoo on her arm; the snake tattoo then detached itself from Mamushi's arm into a solid object and went towards Orochimaru.

Orochimaru dodged the snake tattoo as it then buried itself into the ground 'damn she's gotten more powerful than last time' he thought. Orochimaru began to go after Mamushi but was stopped by Hiruzen; Hiruzen jumped in and used his staff to hit Orochimaru across the face.

Orochimaru despite being in his snake transformation still felt the hit and was sent skidding back across the roof; Hiruzen was about to press on with his attack but was stopped when he blocked a punch from a enraged Mamushi.

"Stay out of my goddamn way" Mamushi said as she began to rapidly throw punches and kicks at Hiruzen "he's mine" she yelled; Hiruzen blocked the attacks as he looked at Mamushi in concern.

'Mamushi what has gotten into you' Hiruzen thought; Hiruzen then looked closely at her and saw her tattoos 'those look a lot like Sasuke's markings; did Orochimaru mark you too' he thought.

Mamushi was about to kick Hiruzen until she was hit from behind; Orochimaru used his tail to hit Mamushi sending her flying across the arena roof.

"Orochimaru; you marked her with your damn seal" Hiruzen shouted "Does your depravity know no end" he shouted and Orochimaru scowled.

'The syringe I gave Kabuto should've killed her' Orochimaru thought 'did something not work' he thought; Orochimaru was brought out of his thoughts when he was a stream of purple liquid coming at him. Orochimaru attempted to dodge the attack but was still hit by a small amount; Orochimaru screamed as the liquid began to melt his flesh.

Mamushi was walking up wiping a small bit of the purple liquid from her mouth "interesting" Mamushi said with a smirk "looks like even the great snake sanin Orochimaru cannot handle a little venom from his daughter" she said.

Orochimaru was going over his options; Mamushi pushed him to the edge in the forest of death, and now she is here again stronger than before. And what's worse is that Hiruzen was also here; Orochimaru took in a deep breath and made his decision.

Orochimaru transformed back into his human form and held his left arm which was burned by Mamushi "retreat, all sound forces retreat; we are cutting out losses" Orochimaru shouted.

With Naruto

Naruto was still fighting against Kidomaru when he heard Orochimaru shout the retreat; Naruto launched himself towards Kidomaru preparing for another attack. Naruto slashed at Kidomaru with his trench knives and Kidomaru dodged; Kidomaru then jumped into the air and went through hand signs.

Kidomaru then spat out a net made of spider web at Naruto; Naruto was too close to dodge and was subdued by the net.

"Hey get this thing off me so I can Kick your ass" Naruto shouted at the fleeing Kidomaru.

"Next time I see you; you're going to pay for my arm" Kidomaru shouted as he ran off.

With Anko

Anko dodged another punch from Jirobo and retaliated with a kick to the chin nailing the boy; Jirobo was sent flying back and crashed onto the roof. As Jirobo got back up he heard Orochimaru sound the retreat.

"You lucked out bitch" Jirobo shouted "next time I see you I'll grind you to dust" he said as he jumped off.

Anko fell to one knee panting; Anko's face was swollen, her ribs were broken and her vision was shaking "fuck you fat ass" Anko said as she began to limp away.

With Sasuke

Sasuke grabbed onto Tayuya's wrist knocking the flute she used out of her hand; Sasuke then performed a sweep kick to her legs sending her to the ground.

"You little bastard" Tayuya spat at Sasuke; Sasuke did not respond as he mounted her and brought back his fist. Sasuke with one solid punch knocked Tayuya out; Sasuke was panting as he used a lot of chakra and took a lot of hit during the fight.

Sasuke then heard Orochimaru call the retreat and saw Sound ninja begin to flee on mass; Sasuke then looked down to the unconscious Tayuya and flipped her over. Sasuke then took out his ninja wire and began to tie her hands together.

"I'm sure Anko and Mamushi will love to have a chat with you" Sasuke said as he restrained the sound Kunoichi.

With Ino and Lee

Ino saw the sound ninja begin to flee and saw Kankuro look around in confusion; Kankuro cursed as it looks like the invasion has failed.

"Damn it" Kankuro cursed "Temari lets go; the sound is falling back" Kankuro said.

Temari looked Kankuro "what about Gaara; we can't just leave him" she said and Kankuro scoffed.

"Screw him he made his choice" Kankuro said; Temari looked at him in shock, Gaara may have been a monster but she knew he changed a little.

" " Lee said gaining her attention "please surrender; there is no need for further fighting" he said; Temari looked at him and after a moment of thought nodded.

Temari dropped her fan and raised her hands in the air "I surrender" Temari said and Kankuro looked at her in surprise.

"Goddamn it Temari" Kankuro shouted; Kankuro then let his puppet fall to the ground and raise his hand "I surrender" Kakuro said.

Ino then came up and threw Kankuro to the ground; Ino then began to tie Kankuro's hands together.

"Hold still and I won't hurt you" Ino said as she picked Kankuro up and began to escort him away 'Naruto please be ok' Ino thought.

With Mamushi and Hiruzen

Orochimaru undid the edo tensei and looked at Mamushi "Mamushi" Orochimaru said with venom and contempt in his voice "I will rectify my mistake and kill you; mark my words" he said as he vanished in a swirl of leaves.

Mamushi seeing her target flee began to shout "come back here and fight me you coward" Mamushi shouted; Mamushi then began to release a dark purple chakra around her body. The chakra began to crack the tiles and shake the roof; Mamushi's rage and anger boiled as Orochimaru escaped her once again.

Mamushi was so angry she did not hear Hiruzen coming up from behind her.

'Five-pronged seal' Hiruzen slammed his hand down on the curse mark on the back on Mamushi's neck; Mamushi went wide eyed and felt her power begin to drain. Mamushi then attempted to kick Hiruzen which made the old man go wide eyed,

"You cannot stop me old man" Mamushi said struggling through the pain "I will be back, I will not be held inside this girl, you will not stop me from fulfilling my destiny" Mamushi said through gritted teeth. Mamushi then fell to the ground unconscious as the seal took full effect.

Hiruzen walked up and looked down at the unconscious girl 'Mamushi what happened to you' he thought 'I best let Jiraya take a look at her' he thought. Hiruzen then looked around at the destruction all around him and sighed 'but first let's bring order to this chaos' Hiruzen thought.

The next day

Hiruzen and Jiraya were both sitting inside the hokage office going over what Jiraya had found "So this right here is Sasuke's 'heaven' seal" Jiraya pointed at the picture. "This sea provides the user increased strength, durability, speed and bloodlust; the down side is that it slowly erodes the body and mind of the user" Jiraya said and Hiruzen nodded.

Jiraya then pulled up multiple pictures of Mamushi revealing her back, arms, legs and abdomen which all had her snake tattoo's and one of 3 snakes in a triangle on the nape of her neck.

"The tattoo here on the back of Mamushi's neck is completely different" Jiraya said making Hiruzen look at him curiously "from what I'm told Mamushi is already showing the same traits of the curse mark while it's not activated; my best guess is that the curse mark is so ingrained in her that she has those traits permanently" he said and Hiruzen nodded.

"Then what's the point of the seal on her neck and the snake tattoos on her body" Hiruzen asked and Jiraya nodded.

"From what I see that seal is not a seal to give power, but to regulate it" Jiraya said making Hiruzen go wide eyed "my best guess is that Mamushi here was too much of a powerhouse so Orochimaru used a modified curse seal to keep her on a leash" he said. "As for the snake tattoos; from what you told me she used them as a weapon of some kind" he said and Hiruzen nodded "I think it a special ability from the curse mark" he said.

"And how is she now" Hiruzen asked "when I was with her, she was in a completely mad rage; is she normal again" he said and Jiraya nodded.

"Yeah, when she woke up this morning, she was acting normally from what Naruto told me" Jiraya said "I have no frame of reference of what normal is for her but she wasn't violent" he said and Hiruzen nodded.

"Very well Jiraya" Hiruzen said "keep tabs on Mamushi's curse mark; and also keep your feeler out for Tsunade" he said. "It's high time this old man retires" Hiruzen said and Jiraya chuckled.

"Sure, thing Sensei" Jiraya said as he jumped out of the window.

Hiruzen looked down at the pictures of Mamushi's markings and let out a deep sigh 'what the hell is going on' he thought.

With Naruto, Mamushi, Ino and Sasuke

"Geez I never thought we'd have to stay the night in the hospital" Naruto said "I wasn't even hurt that bad" he said and Ino looked at him.

"It's better to double check Naruto" Ino said "I'd prefer it if my boyfriend didn't have brain damage" she said.

"What he didn't have any before" Sasuke said with a smirk which made Naruto turn around.

"Hey shut it dick head" Naruto shouted "I just want to go back home and relax" he said; as they rounded the corner, they all stopped. "Aww damn it" Naruto whined.

Naruto and Mamushi's apartment complex was burned and half destroyed.

"Oh my god Kiiro" Mamushi shouted as she ran inside the burned apartment.

"Kiiro" Sasuke asked in confusion.

"Her stuffed banana" Ino said making Sasuke sweat drop "c'mon let's go see what we can find" she said. As they entered, they saw the vast majority of the apartment was burned and ruined.

As they walked in Naruto turned and saw his room was completely destroyed "crap" Naruto said as he walked in to his charred room "my clothes, my money, my porn; all gone" he said as anime tears came down his cheeks.

"Wait your what" Ino said holding her hands on her hips with an angry look on her face.

"Nothing honey" Naruto said trying to skirt by that conversation.

"Oh my god" Mamushi shouted which made everyone run to her room; upon entering they saw that only a little bit of her room was burned "Kiiro; I was so worried about you, momma's here" she said cuddling her stuffed animal which made the others sweat drop.

"You really love that, Banana; don't you" Sasuke said and Mamushi nodded.

"Of course," Mamushi said before turning Kiiro around and opening his stitching; Mamushi then reached inside and pulled out 2 large wads of money "Kiiro is not only my friend but he watches my money" she said and everyone went wide eyed.

"How do you have so much" Ino asked and Mamushi smiled.

"I work with Anko's friends and the 'garbage dump'" she said with a wink and all 3 shivered.

"Well, I'm glad that Kiiro is safe" Naruto said "but where are we going to live; we have no home" he said.

Ino then went wide eyed and looked to Naruto "I have a idea" she said with a smile.

Yamanaka compound

Inoichi was looking at a smiling Ino, a nervous looking Naruto, a bored Sasuke and a bouncing Mamushi holding her stuffed banana.

"Daddy" Ino said innocently "Naruto and Mamushi don't have a home since theirs burned down; can they live with us for a while" she asked.

"Mamushi yes, Naruto no" Inoichi said pointing at the boy "I like you Naruto; but there is no way in hell I'm letting you sleep in the same house as my precious baby girl" he said and Naruto got a tick mark.

"Oh, come on what's the worse that can happen" Naruto said and Mamushi spoke up.

"I think is thinking you and Ino are going to have sex while you're here behind his back" Mamushi said making both Naruto and Ino blush at the implication.

"You are as subtle as a brick you know that" Sasuke said looking at Mamushi who stuck her tongue out.

"Mr. Yamanaka, I promise you I won't be doing anything like that with Ino while I'm here" Naruto said; Inoichi looked at the boy and let out a sigh.

"Ok fine" Inoichi said "but if you do anything and I mean anything I'll cut your balls off" he said and Naruto nodded while holding his man parts.

"Thanks daddy you are the best" Ino said giving him a hug and a kiss "c'mon Naruto let me show you to the guest room; Mamushi you can take the same room as last time" Ino said as she grabbed Naruto and led him into the house.

"Yay another sleep over" Mamushi said as she began to walk in; Sasuke decided to walk in after her.

With Anko and Kakashi

Kakashi was in his apartment sitting on the couch with his arm in a sling as he saw a bandages and bruised Anko walk up to him.

"Alright 2 orders of dango and 2 cups of red bean soup" Anko chirped as she put the food down on the coffee table in front of the couch. Kakashi seeing this chuckled.

"How did I know you were going to bring this" Kakashi said and Anko stuck her tongue out.

"It's one of the few places open today; after all a decent chunk of the village was destroyed" Anko said; Anko then leaned in close to Kakashi and pulled down his mask and picked up a stick of dango. "Now the since you're hurt it's my responsibility to feed you" she said with a smirk "say ah" Anko said.

Kakashi blushed at that but sighed "ah" Kakashi said opening his mouth; Anko brought the stick closer to Kakashi and Kakashi chomped down taking a piece of dango. Kakashi leaned back chewing his food as Anko chuckled at Kakashi's bashfulness.

"Tastes good" Kakashi said and Anko smiled before going bringing the stick back in for another bite "you're enjoying this aren't you" Kakashi said and Anko nodded. Kakashi sighed 'well this isn't too terrible' he thought as he took another bite.

Yamanaka house hold: Later that night

Naruto finished getting into his pajama's and hopped into bed 'well at least I get to sleep in a bed tonight' he thought; Naruto turned off the lights and was about to go to sleep when he heard the door open up.

"Naruto are you awake" Ino whispered and Naruto sat up.

"Yeah, I'm about to go to sleep; why" Naruto asked; Ino then walked over to the bed and crawled in making Naruto go wide eyed "Ino what are you doing; your dad, if he catches us- "Naruto began.

"I left a shadow clone in my bed; don't worry" Ino said as she crawled over to Naruto "besides we sleep together in the same sleeping bag when we are on missions" she said. Naruto hesitated but soon gave in.

"Fine" Naurto said making Ino smile "but if we get caught you are taking the blame" he said.

"Deal" Ino said; Naruto then wrapped her arms around Naruto and put her head on his chest "goodnight, Naruto; love you" she said snuggling into Naruto.

"I love you too Ino" Naruto said as he kissed the top of her head. Both blondes fell asleep in each other's arms.

OK another chapter down; I hope you all enjoy it. So yeah, basically Orochimaru dipped out because he had to go all out fighting Mamushi the first time and barely got away; now with her being back and fighting Hiruzen, Orochimaru decided to make a tactical retreat. Next arc will be the Tsunade retrieval arc so stay tuned. Ok then if you are enjoying the story please like, comment and share with your friends; and until next time bye.