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Reunion of Shadows	By : Lisea18 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Kakashi/Sasuke Views: 1902 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Title: Reunion of Shadows

Author: Lisea18

Rating: T will be M later

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I'm making no money from writing this
A big thank you to Lady Valtaya who was my Beta for this story!!
Author's
note: English is not my first language, so please forgive my mistakes.�

Reunion of Shadows 11
Sasuke parried the huge sword bearing down
on him with his katana, using his left hand to steady the blade, the chidori coursing through it preventing it from breaking in
half. His knees bent as his feet got pushed into the ground by the sheer force
of the blow. He groaned but in one incredibly fast motion, gracefully slid his
weight to the side. His adversary fell forward, loosing balance. Sasuke leapt in the air, and smacked him in the back of his
head with the hilt of the blade, making him crash on the floor. He kicked Zabuza�s old sword out of his hands and pushed his head
into the dirt.
"Suigetsu,"
he growled, grinding the water nin's
head more into the dust for good measure.
"We were just
lonely," mumbled Suigetsu before turning into
water, to get out of his predicament.
"Crap I thought I
would be able to get rid of that chick but you just had to get in my way,"
grumbled Karin, drilling mental holes in Naruto's
head.
"You fucking scared
us!" the blonde squawked, shaking a fist at them.
Suigetsu snickered nursing a bottle of water
in his hand, his impish grin firmly in place. His partner in crime, Karin, was
pleased too, even if she would die rather than admit that. They were still
sniggering at the pissed looks send their way when their heads suddenly were
smacked together with a loud thump.
"Ow!!!"
they screamed in unison, turning to see it was Juugo
that had whacked them.
They had obviously tricked
him into not following them right away, maybe with a squirrel. However despite
being silent, Juugo was not stupid and had caught on
fast enough. They both grinned sheepishly at him as he glowered down at them,
brows furrowed disapprovingly, his huge form looming above them.
"What? We were just
having a little fun!" exclaimed Suigetsu, not
feeling guilty for the life of him, "Besides Karin wanted to make sure Sasuke wasn't kissing that girl!"
"That's not
true!" shrieked the brunet, punching Suigetsu
and only meeting water.
"Not that Sasuke�s ever been interested in kissing girls before�"
sniggered the blue-haired nin
who yelped as a surge of electricity jolted through him, courtesy of a pissed
raven.
"Come eat and shut
up," ordered the latter, done with his cooking.
Itoko followed the whole ordeal from
afar, and couldn't help but wonder if he knew his team would come for him... Because
seriously; they had just enough fish for everyone. They started eating in a blissful
silence... but that didn't last long as Suigetsu jumped
right back into teasing Karin. The ambiance wasn't fitting at all for a Chuunin exam, they were laughing, playing tricks, bantering
during the meal, it was more like they were in bar between friends.
"Hey, did you get the
second scroll?" asked Naruto, totally out of the
blue.
And that's all they needed
to suddenly launch into a full out fight, but even Itoko
could tell it was all a pretext for them to have fun. That was proven perfectly
when no-one noticed her digging in the bags until she found Suigetsu's
team scroll. And then it took another five minutes for them to stop beating the
crap out of each other when she told them it was useless because they had the
same one.
They finally settled for
the night, using the same camp, and taking turns for watch. Itoko
took the first one and wondered why they made her since it was obvious they weren't
going to sleep just yet.
Karin was kicking away Naruto's sleeping bag, wanting to take the spot next to Sasuke. That made her and the blonde bicker until they
decided to sleep at each side of the raven, which left Sasuke
a little cramped. The Uchiha decided to be the mature
one and let that go but Sasuke growled when he felt
hands creeping up one arm or leg.
Ikoto chuckled behind her hand, wondering
along with Sasuke how the hell he ended up stuck
between two love struck morons. It was finally settled when the Uchiha chidori Nagashi them and Suigetsu, because
he was laughing his ass off. Then he dragged his sleeping bag to Juugo's side. When the three other moved in his direction,
all Juugo had to do was to crack his knuckles to have
them all freeze and mutter.
The night ended without too
much trouble, if you didn't count the three humorous attacks by other genin teams. And she didn�t because both teams now had
their missing scrolls. In fact, the whole exam looked like a piece of cake now.
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After another day in the
forest, they finally came in view of the tower. They would reach it in about an
hour, if everything went as planned. They knew perfectly well that some teams
were waiting to ambush them. Already they had had to deal with quite a bit of
them, Sasuke being surprised the morons bothered
allying themselves to try and beat them� which was of course, as useless as the
other teams attacking them individually.
Never the less during the
last skirmish, Itoko had been injured. A kunai had
slashed her right thigh; but they let her deal with herself as much as
possible. So she tried hard not to let it deter her either. �
Sasuke felt Juugo
lend on the branch right next to him, casting his protective shadow above him.
He gave a curt nod and glanced at Naruto, he had felt
it too. Only Itoko seemed totally oblivious at what
was going on� which only proved they were right to be suspicious. The guys sneaking
up on them this time weren't genin; they mask their
presence far too well to be.
"Itoko,
you're slowing us down, go see Karin so she can fix you," ordered Sasuke, his tone not leaving room for argument.
Itoko hissed in anger, feeling mortified,
but complied. She didn't like how the air seemed tense suddenly. Even if Naruto was still grinning and nothing had changed, she felt
the tension. The moment she reached Karin, she yelped as she was
unceremoniously grabbed. In the blink of an eye Karin had started a full run,
taking her away from the group. Itoko's heart beat
loudly for a fraction of seconds when she thought maybe the woman wanted to get
rid of her� but as she looked back, she saw Anbu
swoop down on the rest of the team. She knew she was being protected- taken out
of the fight so she couldn't be used as a hostage.
They had been surrounded in
the blink of an eye- all were dressed in Anbu vests
and masks. Two wore a red scarf, pointing them out as being the leaders. One
had a wolf mask the other was a raccoon. Something in the way they stood
slightly crouched showed the sheer amount of power they held. The seven other
people standing a tad bit behind them seemed far less threatening, but had to
be taken into account: they were Anbu, obviously root
Anbu.
The wolf made a sign with
one hand, Anbu codes. Immediately the raccoon broke
the circle, another taking his place, and dashed in the direction Karin had
taken. An underling followed him.
"Karin isn't strong
enough to fight them while protecting Ikoto," Sasuke said glancing pointedly at Naruto.
"No
way. I'm not
leaving you," growled the blonde.
"What happened to that
non-sense you�re always spouting about not being worthy of the Hokage title if you can't protect your friends?"
Naruto swore under his breath. Point
taken, he couldn't leave the two females on their own
and he had a feeling Suigetsu would be too busy enjoying
the fight to protect them. Juugo wouldn't leave Sasuke's side under no circumstances, so it had to be him. �
"Don't you dare die, Teme," he threatened as he made a hundred clones and
escaped.
"Tch,"
replied Sasuke, smirking.
He had his eyes locked on
the wolf. They had let Naruto go. Pursuing Karin was
just a way to split them. They had wanted the blonde to go too, that's why they
had sent a strong guy, to be sure it would be him and no other that would follow.
The second Naruto and his clones were out of sight, they all launched
into battle, not exchanging a word. Sasuke was facing
the wolf while Suigetsu and Juugo
each took three Anbus. The situation proved
difficult. The guys weren't small fries either. From what he could gather they
had researched their strengths. Suigetsu was facing a
Raiton user as well as a Suiton
and a F�ton one. And he was pretty sure each could
use more than one element. On his hand, he was facing a majorly Doton user. They were cornered and outnumbered, soon ended
up back to back.
"Hoy, permission to
kill?" wondered Suigetsu as he nearly beheaded a
man and kicked another one in the guts, parrying the last one by turning half
his body into water.
"If necessary," replied
Sasuke, frowning.
That he had to ask was a
clear admittance they were going to lose if they couldn't go all out. He could
see Suigetsu and Juugo were
already littered with small injuries. Sasuke was
unscathed for the moment, but he had only been facing one guy. But now wasn't
the time to ponder things.
The raven evaded an earth
shake and pieces of stone trying to impale him. Jumping and parrying the doton with chidori, he tried to
land a blow on the wolf, but didn't succeed. He glanced at his team while
moving on his fingers, still dodging the attacks. Suigetsu
had just caught an Anbu in his sword's hole,
efficiently breaking his neck as he pulled the sword back to slash at another
one. Juugo had gotten rid of one of his too, breaking
both legs and arms of the poor dude.
Sasuke smirked as he pretended he hadn't
noticed the wolf using the Doton Shinjuu
Zanshu no Jutsu. As if he
would fall for that, after Kakashi had used it on him
at their genin exam, he wasn't about to forget it.
As the man went for his leg
Sasuke, promptly plunged his sword in his hand but as
he was about the make chidori course through it, he
gasped and jumped away. He elbowed Suigetsu in the
stomach, sending him away from his adversary and then he tripped Juugo.
Right about that moment,
the wolf ended his seals, and the necklaces they had been forced to wear since
the judgment began to change. Dark markings snaked around their bodies, swiftly
sealing their chakra.
Sasuke winced as he watched some earth spikes
impale him while he couldn�t move. Damn. One had lodged itself in his right
shoulder, another in his left thigh; some had mostly caused scratches different
places- until a particularly vicious one tore through his right side, almost
gutting him. The pain was unreal and the wound was already seeping abnormally
dark blood. Crap. Apparently, that one had found his kidney.
"Sasuke!"
yelled Suigetsu, pushing his sword off him; he
couldn't use it anymore now that his chakra was sealed.
Juugo was already at his side, punching
the anbu coming at him right in the face. Even
without Ninjutsu, the guy was still a force of
nature. However, they couldn't protect him while dealing with five trained Anbu. Juugo cursed realizing that
he couldn't heal Sasuke, but didn't lose time on
that, trying to keep him safe with Suigetsu. The
raven gritted his teeth as he stood up, being in serious pain. Shaking, he
dipped his finger on some of his blood and mentally thanked one disgusting
snake for teaching him some useful forbidden jutsu. Between
the dark seals on his body, he drew some new ones in blood, lessening the seal
and totally negating the pain.
He formed the hand seals and
four dragons of thunder roared to life, taking with them two poor unsuspecting Anbu. The wolf guy didn't seem impressed at all, not even
when thunder crashed right on his head, but it was stopped as one of his henchman protected him. The man�s arm was charred in the
process, but his life was spared, as he was also a thunder user.
Suigetsu used this opportunity to drag the
remaining Anbu into a one on one fight, taking him
away from his leader. He nearly got killed as an ear splitting scream ringed
out behind him though- Sasuke's. The wolf had just
made a fast hand seal. A light appeared within Sasuke's
necklace, then expanded into a seal resembling the tattoo
on Neji's forehead. It burned itself into his skin,
causing him to writhe in agony- as if it were attacking his brain directly.
Juugo parried the Anbu,
and turned to cover Sasuke, but didn't manage to
prevent the wolf from kicking the raven in the ribs. The sound of bones
breaking was unmistakable as Sasuke coughed up blood indicating
his lungs had just been punctured. His convulsions continued as well.
That was all it needed for Juugo to lose all control. His necklace went flying into
pieces as his demented self took over. Suigetsu watched
as the two henchmen were captured in his oversized hands and torn literally in
half. Then the corpses were bashed on the ground
until he finally got tired of them.
The wolf Anbu took a step back.
He�d been waiting for Juugo to show this level of anger and he was calm as he began
a strange dance, hitting the man in precise points that only he could see. He
had closed the giant�s chakra channels. The man was still trying to kill him
but a few earth spikes later, he too was being drained of blood.
With that taken care of, he
deemed it better to safely retreat now that his mission was mostly done. After
all, Sasuke now lay unconscious on the ground and already
stood little chance of surviving, and Suigetsu was in
a bad shape as well. There was even a chance that in this condition, Juugo might even finish the job for them when he broke free
of the spikes.
However, he didn�t stay to
see how wrong he was.
Juugo did brake free and he stomped over to
Suigetsu. But for once, all was needed for Juugo to snap back to his old self was the whisper of Sasuke's name. Suigetsu was on
the verge of passing out too; he needed water and couldn't move anymore without
it. Juugo looked around, he couldn't heal them- he didn't
have enough strength for that. He couldn't contact Naruto
or Karin either. His eyes caught the tower, still almost an hour away.
Not hesitating, he made
sure he had all the scrolls and took Sasuke on his
back, making sure he was secured. Then he scooped up Suigetsu,
he was as gentle as possible, but he was still half dragging him with one arm. Luckily,
the mist nin was in far
better shape than Sasuke so would survive that.
Slowly he made his way
through the forest, animals surrounded him, and they made sure that nothing
stood in his way. He didn't pay attention to the pain or the blood dripping
from his wounds, even though one of them dangerously close to the heart. The sticky
liquid was drenching his clothes and leaving a trail behind him. He didn't slow
down even as his vision began to fade, trusting his friends to guide him.
As he reached their door
and entered the tower, relief washing over him for the familiar voice of Karin rang
out, worried. Then the blonde that Sasuke cared for
was next to him, obviously in a lot of pain. Their group wasn't in good shape
either. But he didn't care; he pushed Suigetsu in Naruto's arms as he took Sasuke
down from his back. His legs finally gave out and he settled on the floor, with
the raven�s head resting securely on his lap. He grabbed Karin's arm, but she
had already ripped her shirt off, ready to give what was left of her healing
chakra to Sasuke.
Naruto grabbed the scrolls and kicked them
opened. He knew people would be invoked, and they would help them. In two puffs
Iruka and Sakura appeared, cheering them before realizing
the situation and acting quickly. Iruka went for the medics
while Sakura reached for Juugo, seeing how badly
injured he was.
"No," ordered Juugo, slapping her hands away and tilting his head toward Sasuke.
Sakura looked at Karin who nodded;
her eyes were desperate knowing she didn�t have enough chakra left. She had tried
to close the kidney wound so it would stop poisoning Sasuke's
body, but she knew she had only slowed the bleeding. And, they still had to fix
the lungs and other internal injuries; he would have to go to the hospital to
heal everything properly, clean his wounds and understand what the two strange
seal on him had done.
Karin had collapsed from
over use of chakra, while Naruto had patched up Suigetsu as much as he could before letting the shocked Itoko watch over him. He was now pacing but he watched Sakura
intently, biting his lips as he gave Sasuke's dying
form desperate glances.
Itoko felt lost in this situation- she�d
never dreamed that a battle could go so wrong that quickly. She hated feeling
so useless. She was crying silently even though she hardly knew them. They had
allowed her to try to fit in with them- even while they protected her from what
they were facing. Suigetsu looked even paler than
before and she wished that someone would teach her the healing jutsu that the medics were all using�
Just as the medics arrived,
dark eyes fluttered open, meeting Juugo's face.
"Juugo?"
he asked, his eyes silently ordering Sakura to check him immediately.
The pink haired girl
complied, as other medics took her place to heal Sasuke.
The latter narrowed his eyes as he saw her bit her lips, and cast her eyes
away.
"No�" he growled,
shaking his head.
He had his head and upper
body on Juugo's lap, the latter�s large hands were resting
on his shoulders. He could see the man's face, his eyes were empty but a soft and
contented smile rested on his lips. Despite protests from the medics, he propped
himself up, facing Juugo, his hands taking support on
his large frame. Like the silent protector he had always been, he had protected
him till the end, using his body as a pillow for his injured leader, his back
straight even in death as if to make sure nothing could hurt him.
"Juugo?" Sasuke tried again,
his voice catching in his throat as he saw Sakura shook his head, confirming
that his friend was gone.
Suigetsu and Karin had also been revived by the
medics, wincing as they inched closer to their fallen comrade. Naruto was rooted on place; he didn't even react when Sasuke punched the floor next to Juugo,
shattering the thick tiles with a chidori from his
fist. A silent scream escaped the raven as he hugged Juugo
close to him. Sakura blinked back tears as she injected Sasuke
with a sedative so he could be taken to the hospital while they might still have
enough time to save him.
Itoko let herself be led out of the room
unaware that she was still crying this was her first time confronting death.
Worse, she knew that if she hadn�t been here, they wouldn�t have had to split
up. More than ever she felt like she was just in the way. This was also the
first time she understood why she hadn�t passed the exam before. Now she realized
that teamwork wasn�t just about the goal. It meant protecting each other in
order to pursue the objective.
Until now, she�d always thought
that she was relatively safe on the battlefield. Because injuries were always minor
like the gash on her leg- after all they were invincible ninjas. Serious wounds
only happened to the enemy. Such childish thoughts made her feel insignificant and
ashamed in the face of Juugo�s bravery. He put his
friends� first and accepted his death in order to protect them. His courage
amazed her. And yet, she knew if she died in battle someday, she hoped that someone
would say that about her too.
Karin let Suigetsu take her into his arms as Naruto
and Iruka took Juugo away. Their
team-mates death wouldn't be forgiven.
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Kakashi nearly lost it when Shizune forbid him to enter the room where Sasuke was. He could see his slender body lost in the white
of the bed and covered in bandages, littered with IVs, his face obstructed by a
breathing machine. A loud series of regular beeps could be heard and that was
all that was keeping Kakashi sane, as it was
monitoring Sasuke's heart beat.
"What happened?" he
demanded, his voice low, controlled but not hiding how pissed he was.
It didn't help that the
council was right behind him. Chattering between themselves as crows would
around a juicy corpse. They were speculating on what had happened, making
decisions, judging. Kakashi would have kicked them out
if he hadn't had something far more important to worry about.
"They are all out of
danger now but it's almost a miracle we pulled Sasuke
out of that one. The guys that attacked them used their monitor necklaces to
seal off their chakra. But they added a Hyuuga branch
seal on Sasuke�s; it was all concealed in the necklaces.
Thankfully it didn't release totally, something must have stopped the man
before he could literally char Sasuke's brain. Anyway,
with Neji's help as well as the Hyuuga
clan's head, we managed to remove it completely so there will be no lingering
effects or damage. He should be totally fine, once his body is healed, I mean,"
explained Shizune, nodding to the clan's head.
He was silent, leaning against
a wall beside Neji, for once he wasn�t taking part in the council�s endless chattering,
even though he was its head.
Kakashi took a deep ragged breath.
It meant a Hyuuga main branch member was involved, it also meant a
member of the council had put that seal in the necklace. Seeing how pale Hiashi was, it wasn't his doing and he understood very well
what that meant for him. His clan was suspected, which would be a hard blow to
their reputation. More importantly Sasuke would never
let that matter go, Juugo had lost his life and
nothing would prevent the raven from extracting vengeance. He just had to pray Sasuke would only target the one directly responsible and
not destroy the Hyuuga Clan in the process� which he might
have the power to do.
Kakashi passed a hand into his hair; Sasuke had given Konoha a chance
to be his home. The home it had never truly been. What would it be now? Would
he still think Konoha was worth another try? After everything
the village had done to him? He had lost a precious person once again.
"The Anbu ordered to monitor Sasuke
and his team were all killed. As for the ones they fought, they are all dead too,
and the ones that the Kyuubi-vessel encountered
committed suicide before being caught. Well at least we were told they did, it
is possible that Naruto might have covered up the
truth for his friend," a member council started to report.
As Kakashi's
eyes settled on him, he continued crisply.
"We believe Sasuke killed the ones watching him but they got time to
call for help; that would explain the presence of all these Anbu.
After all he's a missing nin, still in
probation," ended the man.
"Sure, he destroyed
three Anbu teams for fun. Then he killed Juugo just to cover himself up, right?" drawled Kakashi, sarcasm heavy in his words, "and while he was
on probation, I'm sure he went out for ice cream where he snuck into the Hyuuga clan's secret room on the way home so he could put
the seal on himself too, but no one noticed any of that either, right?"
Shizune stifled a laugh but quickly paled
as she saw Kakashi's visible eye suddenly narrow. He
had just looked at Sasuke again and noticed the
necklace still around his neck.
"Why didn't you take
that off and destroy it?" he asked.
"We can't- only a
council member can," she carefully replied.
That was the last straw. Kakashi grabbed the unfortunate man that he had been
mocking a second ago by his robes.
"Get that thing off of him now!"
he yelled, slamming the man into the wall before catching him by the nape,
visibly intent on dragging his sorry ass into the room so he could take off the
sealing device.
An arm blocked his way and the
hand on his made him release the council member. Gai
was standing right there.
"Calm down Kakashi. I know he's your student and you put a lot of work
trying to make him fell like Konoha could be his
home, but calm down."
He then patted his shoulder
and gave him the thumb up.
"Ah yes, being in the
spring of youth makes you act so hot headed, my dear rival!" he chortled,
pushing him safely away from the council.
Kakashi let him do so, because he knew his
friend too well not to notice the awfully serious look in his eyes. He had just
covered for him, as always a faithful friend. Of course Gai
knew Kakashi had lost it because he loved the proud
raven. He also knew he was berating himself for not protecting him enough; that
he had thought he had lost him. Kakashi nodded and
felt the vice like grip on his shoulder release.
He turned and saw Hiashi enter Sasuke's room and
knew his order had been obeyed. Hiashi then went to
take care of the necklaces on Suigetsu and Karin. It
seemed he had now an unwilling ally. Because Hiashi
knew that only he and Naruto could give Konoha bit of control on the Uchiha's
actions and he had no choice but to obey Kakashi to
protect his clan.
Once everyone was gone but
the medic-nin, Kakashi
dragged a chair into Sasuke's room and sat next to
him, porn in hand. None dared to disturb him and Shizune
decided that for once, she would handle the Hokage's paperwork.
Naruto joined him later on, but they were both
quiet, wrestling with feelings of guilt.
---------To be continued--------
(cries)
I love Juugo but it was him or Suigetsu,
and after a long discussion with Val (my beta) we decided it would be him. (cries more)

Sorry for the awfully late updates, but I'm the head in my thesis (yeah again,
one by year tch) and shouldn't even have been working
on that.
Reviews would be awesome,
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