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~*~* 22 *~*~
He had fallen for it
again. That damn bloodline skill would be the death of him this time. Mangekyo
Sharingan. He had looked into those swirling pools of blood and lost it again.
Kakashi would never forgive himself for this mistake. Now he was chained against
the damp cave wall. The coldness was seeping through his clothes and he cursed
silently again. He was blindfolded and helpless like a new born kitten.
He could hear someone
breathing not far from him, but he didn’t know who it was. Kakashi tried to
remember what happened and the figments of his memory told him that he had
managed to summon his dogs to get Anko out of there before she died. That woman
didn’t know when to run away. ‘And neither did I apparently…’ Images of a
certain scar faced dolphin crossed through his head and it made Kakashi feel
even worse. He had promised Iruka that he would return and here he was, sitting
on a cold cave floor, getting his ass wet and he couldn’t do a thing about it.
‘Iruka will have my head if I ever get out of this
mess….’
Kakashi sighed and leaned
back his throbbing head. He had taken several blows to his body and the Mangekyo
Sharingan had made his mind believe that he had been gutted several times and
then got his knees smashed to pieces. It would take him several days before he
was back to normal again, and that was if he was not subjected to it again. It
was one nasty skill to own. He had the Sharingan, but not that highly evolved
one.
He strained his ears a
bit, trying to figure out what was going on around him. But the only thing he
heard was that soft sound of someone breathing. For now he could only wait and
hope that Anko made it back to Konoha and tell the Hokage about their capture.
His hope, his light, his Iruka. For Iruka, Kakashi would go through hell and
back again. No matter how much pain that weasel put him through, Kakashi would
survive if only for a few minutes with his Iruka. ‘My
beloved Iruka, I’m so sorry… I must be worrying now… But don’t worry too much,
I’ll come home again and then… and then I will train harder so that I won’t end
up in a mess like this again. That’s a promise Iruka.’
Kakashi was a bit
surprised as he felt his spirit rise at the thought of seeing Iruka again and a
new source of energy flowed through his veins. Somehow he was beginning to
understand on how Naruto could go on fighting even if it looked as if he would
loose. The boy found his strength and stamina in the knowledge that he was
protecting something that was precious to him. And that was a new experience to
the scarecrow, a good experience. He basked in the memories he had with the
Chuunin-teacher and smiled under his mask. As soon as he had a little more
strength he would try and break free from his bonds and find Gai and Ibiki.
~*~*~*~*~
Shikamaru could feel the
hairs in the back of his neck stand on end when he saw cloaked figures in front
of him. He stood face to face with the man known as Kisame. His long and strange
looking sword made Shikamaru want to turn around and run out of the cave as fast
as he was able. Shikamaru might be a lazy ninja, but he was not a coward.
“Kisame-san, deal with
these brats, I’m going to Konoha and see if I can’t find my little brother and
his pet fox,” said the man that was an older version of Sasuke.
‘That must be Uchiha,
Itachi,' thought Shikamaru as he watched the blue faced man smirk evilly and
nod. Itachi disappeared and Shikamaru could only hope that Gaara was able to
protect Hinata and himself from that monster.
“So which one of you
brats wants to die first?” asked Kisame as he made a sweep with his Samehade.
“Shikamaru-kun, let me
handle this one. You should go on and see if you can find Gai-sensei and the
others,” said Lee and stepped forward, his fists raised in front of him, his
black eyes had a stern grip on the intimidating blue ninja.
“Lee….” whispered Ino as
she stepped up to him.
“Don’t worry Ino-san, he
can not harm me, I will be alright. Just go and save the others!!”
The determination in the
young taijutsu-user’s voice made them all nod in agreement and as Lee got ready
to fight the blue bastard, they slipped away. Neji came up behind Shikamaru and
whispered in his ear. They were two more to worry about. Shikamaru nodded and
asked Neji to keep a look out for them.
~*~*~*~*~
Kisame growled when the
boy with the bowl-cut hair stopped his attempt to cut off the intruders. He
raised his sword and made a sweep at him. But there was something strange about
the brat, he didn’t seem to be effected by Samehade’s ability to “shave” off
people’s chakra.
“Your fight is with me
Kisame-san, please, don’t underestimate me,” said Lee as he ducked for the sword
but he could feel it brush off a bit of his hair. He retaliated with a low kick
towards the shark’s leg.
“Who are you?” asked
Kisame when he made an evasive move to avoid the kick.
“My name is Rock Lee and
you have captured my beloved sensei and for that I can not forgive you.”
‘For you Gai-sensei I will go through fire. Be proud of me
sensei….’
Kisame felt rage bubbling
inside him. This boy though he could take him on did he? Well, Kisame just had
to put the boy in his place and kick his little green ass to kingdom come.
‘I’ll kill him.’
But to kill him would
mean Kisame had to have a chance to strike at the polite speaking youth and that
was not an easy task. Not when said boy had set his mind on something. But the
boy was just too fast and the kicks and strikes he got on Kisame really hurt and
the blue faced man began to feel a slight panic. This was not supposed to
happen. How was it possible that a man, a mere child was able to take him on and
why did his sword have no effect on the boy? Because nobody could be this fast
or this strong if he didn’t use any chakra… right?
Lee could see that he was
confusing his opponent and smirked lightly. Let him believe that Lee used
chakra. That sword had no effect, no more than the usual broom would have
anyway. It was bad that they were in a cave or else he could open the first gate
of the Lotus, but inside here it could bring down the entire mountain on them.
But he didn’t have to hold back. He could both hear and feel the bones in the
blue faced man’s arm as he tried to block one of Lee’s kicks. Lee was certain
that the shark was depending heavily on his chakra-shaving sword and now when it
didn’t have any effect on his opponent, he didn’t know how to tackle the
situation.
As Lee saw the outcome of
the fight he couldn’t help but smile wickedly. He gathered power in his fist and
looked into pea-eyes. “And here I thought that a member from the legendary
Akatsuki would put up more of a challenge for me, but I was mistaking. This is
the end.”
Kisame’s eyes widened and
then his face was smashed and a loud crack echoed between the cave walls. The
world was freed from the shark, his neck had been broken.
Lee brushed his hands in
a typical “all in a good day’s work”-style. “Time to find the others. I can’t
hear anything so there can not be any fights….”
~*~*~*~*~
Outside the cave Hinata
was feeling restless. Gaara could feel it too but he didn’t show it, he just
stood there with his back resting against the mountain wall, waiting for some
kind of happening or something that could tell them what was going on inside the
cave. He looked at Hinata and saw her do something with her eyes.
“Hinata-san… what are you
doing?” he quietly asked and walked up to her.
“I have a feeling that it
will be the two of us that encounters Itachi-san, and from what I have learned,
that man possesses one rather unpleasant genjutsu. I want to be prepared for
it,” said Hinata as she tilted her head back and inserted something in her white
eyes. She blinked a few times and turned her head towards Gaara.
He couldn’t see anything
different about her eyes and it confused him. But if Hinata didn’t want to tell
him, he wouldn’t press her on the matter.
“Gaara-sama, I want you
to follow my instructions if it comes down to Itachi-san. During our exams you
used some form of an eye to help you with the answers, correct?”
“Correct, Hinata-san.”
“I want you to use it and
keep your eyes closed if we meet Itachi-san. Do not open your eyes or you might
be trapped. But keep your spirit alert and when I do this sign, aim small grains
of sand towards his eyes. His eyes are his weak spot,” said Hinata. She had
read a lot about her distant relatives and their advanced ability.
“I understand Hinata-san,
but what about you, will you not be exposed to his ability?” asked Gaara as he
reached for her hand and pulled her closer to him. He saw a gentle smirk on her
lips and suddenly he realized that she couldn’t see him. Although her eyes
looked just like they always had, she had done something that made her “blind”.
“I will be fine,
Gaara-sama,” she said with a smile and felt his arm go around her waist and pull
her up close. She could feel sand move over exposed neck, almost as if it was
caressing her, making sure that she was ok. It confused her a bit.
And as if Gaara had read
her mind… “Shukaku likes you I think,” he said as he put his nose against her
skin and breathed in her adraneline-spiked scent. “She wanted your blood at
first, but I think she has changed her mind and accepted you as a worthy mate to
her “son”.”
“Tell Shukaku-sama that I
will do my best to be worthy as your mate,” whispered Hinata and blushed as her
arms went around his neck and hugged him tightly. “And if she can not accept me,
too bad for her – because I will not give you up.”
Gaara could hear Shukaku
chuckle at the shy kunoichi’s statement. ‘I don’t regret accepting her… she’s
a strong female.’ Gaara agreed with that. Hinata may not look like it, she
may not act like it, but she was strong. She could even rival Naruto in that
compartment. He thanked the gods that he had met Hinata that morning when he
followed Naruto and Sasuke. The jealousy he had felt towards their happiness had
been replaced with a happiness of his very own.
But their little time was
interrupted by a voice that held an ocean of venom and menace.
“Now isn’t this nice.
Cousin, I see that you have found a boyfriend. I must admit, I never thought
that you ever was going to be able to find anyone.”
Gaara growled as he
turned towards the voice, but heeding Hinata’s words and kept his eyes closed.
~*~*~*~*~
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“Oh, shut up you two!!”
Kakashi frowned, what the
heck was going on. He strained his ears in order to figure out what was
happening in the neighbouring cave-room. It seemed as if Gai was free and Rock
Lee was with the rescuing squad. And both were scolded by the weapon’s master
Tenten. He recognized Shikamaru’s voice and that had to be Shizune-san talking.
And who the hell was talking about cabbage?
“Tenten, come on, we
don’t want to hang around here for long. God knows how much that cabbage-head
will smell once he begins to decompose.”
SMACK!!!
“Itaiii… why did you do
that for?”
“Don’t disrespect the
dead, you clown-faced ape!!”
“But Tenten-ch~aaan,”
came the wailing voice.
“Arrrhg!!”
“Shut up and kiss me
woman!!”
‘I’m confused now…,’
thought Kakashi as he listened in on the conversation. He heard someone come
close and the voice was familiar.
“Kakashi-sensei, you are
ok?” asked Neji as he kneeled next to the copy ninja and removed the blind fold
from him.
“Yes, I have a few broken
ribs I think and my body still thinks that I’ve been gutted and got my knees
smashed, but other then that, I’m alright,” said Kakashi and blinked a few times
to get used to the dusky light in the cave-room.
“Good, Shizune-san will
take a look at you and help you with your wounds and damages,” said Neji.
“How’s the others,
Anko-san, did she make it?” asked Kakashi and let out a moan as the warmth of
someone’s healing hands was placed on his bruised ribs.
“Yes, Anko-san made it.
Your dogs took her to Iruka-sensei and it was he that alerted the village about
your predicament,” said Neji as he stretched up. “Gai-sensei and Ibiki-san are
ok, bruised like you, but they will live.”
“Thank the gods for
that,” said Kakashi and took a deep and painful breath.
“You had your lover quite
upset, Iruka-sensei had to be sedated for a while,” said Shizune as she healed
the scarecrow.
“Ehh?”
“Don’t worry, he’ll be
alright when he sees you again.”
”Tell me who you have defeated to get here!” ordered Kakashi.
“Uchiha, Itachi got away
but the others have been eliminated,” said Neji truthfully.
“Kisame?”
“Lee broke his neck.”
“Lee? Rock Lee killed
Kisame?” asked Kakashi doubtfully.
“Yes, I have not heard
the whole story yet, but it seems that Kisame couldn’t use his sword against Lee
and thus he lost the fight. That shark trusted his chakra-swallowing sword too
much.”
Another argument between
Tenten and Kankurou erupted and Kakashi watched as the puppet-master grabbed the
little kunoichi and hugged her tightly before sucking face with her.
“What’s happening here?”
he asked the Hyuuga-prodigy.
“They are in love,”
answered Shizune instead of Neji. “According to Tsunade-sama, they have been
fighting like that since they met. Not to worry. What we should worry about is
that other asshole – Itachi. He’s still on the loose.”
“Help me up and we’ll go
and look for him,” said Kakashi and held out his right hand and Neji helped him
up on his feet.
“Lee!!!”
“Gai-sensei!!”
“Shut up!!!”
‘Well, the victory
seems to be ours anyway…,”
thought Kakashi with a light smile as he heard the voices from the other
cave-room.
~*~*~*~*~
“Hyuuga-san, you have
grown since I last saw you,” said Itachi as his eyes began to swirl with his
blood red Sharinga-wheel.
“And you have not lost
your confidence,” answered Hinata and turned her eyes towards Itachi.
“You have moved from one
demon-vessel to another I see, you have a thing for demon-vessels little
cousin?”
“I don’t care about
demons, I care about the persons that have sacrificed their lives in order to
protect others,” said Hinata and tightened her hold on Gaara’s hand. “And you
have threatened people that are very precious to me and that will not be
forgiven, Itachi-san.”
“Polite as always little
cousin? Rest assure, I will give your lover and your precious one a swift
death.”
“You will not lay a hand
on them.”
Itachi laughed and
focused his eyes on those pearly depths and let the Sharingan wheels swirl.
But it was useless, the
little Hyuuga-woman just smiled at him, she wasn’t effected at all by his
Mangekyo Sharingan. Suddenly he could feel sand in his eyes and tears began to
well up. The pain of sand brushing over his eye-bulbs was enough for the older
Uchiha to loose his grip on the ultimate form of his bloodline skill. His hands
came up to rub the sand away from his eyes but it was then he heard Hinata’s
voice.
“Kill him, Gaara-sama!!”
Gaara didn’t need another
confirmation. His sand swallowed the leader of the Akatsuki and then he put his
hand out and made a crushing sign. Hinata could hear him whisper the words ~
Sabaku Sousou ~ Desert Funeral. Blood splattered around them, chunks of
Uchiha-flesh tainted the mountain wall and the ground around them.
Hinata couldn’t help but
laugh bitterly. “That’s what you get for trusting one skill alone, Itachi-san.”
Silence entered the area
as the sand moved back into the gourd on Gaara’s back. Shukaku’s blood thirst
had been filled at the moment. The racoon-spirit had gotten her fill for the
day. Uchiha’s blood had been a very tasty one and she had Hinata-san to thank
for it. ‘She’s a good female son, take good care of her…’ whispered the
demon as she pulled back into the gourd on Gaara’s back.
“Hinata-san… how…?” asked
Gaara as he watched Hinata fish out a small container from her pocket.
“I just knew that I
someday would go up against Itachi, don’t ask me how I knew it, I just did and
for that knowledge alone I carried these fake lenses with me. They are formed to
look like my eyes, but they shield off anything that genjutsu can provide,
including the Mangekyo Sharingan. I’ll be blind while using them, but together
with a partner, you can fool the lot of the enemy,” said Hinata as she put her
finger into her eyes and picked out the lenses and put them into the small
container.
“HINATA-SAMA!!” Neji’s
voice shattered the thick tension that was lingering around the Kazekage and his
chosen one.
“Neji-niisan, you are
alright!!” whispered Hinata and tears began to form in her eyes. More people
exited from the cave-mouth… “You are all alright… I’m glad…”
“HINATA!!!” Gaara’s voice
broke through the haze she now entered.
“Just let me… I’m not
used to all…. to all this death…” mumbled Hinata and fell forward into Gaara’s
arms.
“HINATA!!”
“Kazekage-sama… take care
of my cousin,” said Neji as he scanned with his Byakugan over Hinata’s fallen
form. “She’s just a bit out of it, she’ll be alright in a few hours.”
“The mission?” asked
Gaara and cradled Hinata’s limp form in his arms.
“Completed with out any
losses. Can you reach the phone, we need to call the Hokage,” said Neji and saw
the sand nin reach into one of Hinata’s pockets and retrieve the phone.
Shikamaru accepted the
phone and he called his beloved leader.
~*~*~*~*~
“THEY DID IT!! THEY
DID IT!!” yelled Tsunade and dropped the phone on the table in front of her.
She began to dance a little victory dance and never noticed Kiba grabbing the
discarded phone.
“Shino… is Shino there?”
asked Kiba and heard Shikamaru call for the bug-using ninja.
“Kiba… ?” came Shino’s
calm voice over the line.
“Shino… you ok?”
“Yes, I am unharmed,”
said Shino and if you had been there you would have seen the soft smile that
lingered on his lips. But he hid it behind his high collared jacket. “It’s nice
to hear your voice again… Kiba-kun…”
“Come back and save me
from this place – it stinks,” mumbled Kiba as his heart settled down while
hearing the voice of his beloved boyfriend. “It really, really stinks…”
“Let me talk to
Kakashi-san!!” Iruka’s voice broke through and Shino handed over the phone to
the masked ninja.
“Iruka-sensei wishes to
speak to you,” said Shino as he saw Kakashi’s visible eye widened a bit.
Kakashi could hear the
frantic voice of his lover and he smiled a bit before answering the phone.
“Iruka-kun?”
“You bastard pervert!! Do
you have any idea how much you made me worry??!!” Iruka yelled into his ear. “I
thought…. I thought I lost you!”
“Iruka-kun… I’m sorry… I
didn’t mean for you to worry… “
“Bastard… I love you… you
almost broke my heart,” cried Iruka and the copy nin could hear the emotions
behind those words.
‘Iruka-chan… you were
my light, my strength… it was you that gave me hope…’
Kakashi wanted to tell Iruka this but he couldn’t, there were too many people
around him at the moment. He had to wait and told Iruka to give the phone back
to the Hokage just as he gave the phone to Shikamaru.
A few soft spoken words
was exchanged before Shikamaru closed the line and looked over his team. They
had made it. They had saved their fellow leaf-nin and that was enough to give
him another raise. He smiled as his eyes turned towards the sky, the morning sun
penetrated the fog and he just knew that everything was going to be ok.
~*~*~*~*~
Tsunade informed the
others that the mission had been a complete success. All they had to do know was
to wait until their comrades returned. She moved over to Sasuke and Naruto, her
light brown eyes glittered with both victory and sadness.
“Sasuke-kun…. you are now
the sole heir to the Uchiha-bloodline,” she said as she put her hand upon the
raven haired boy’s shoulder.
“Itachi is dead?” asked
Naruto as he put his arms around Sasuke.
“Yes, Hinata-san and the
Kazekage killed him.”
“Good,” was Sasuke’s only
response.
“He was your brother…”
she pointed out.
“No, the day he killed
our family he lost that title,” said Sasuke. “And I’m glad that he’s dead. If
they had not killed him – I would have if he would have tried on putting his
filthy hands on Naruto or our baby.”
‘One threat down…. and
one to go…’ thought Tsunade
as she saw a pink haired young woman in her mind. Sakura had yet to recover from
her madness. She was still locked up in the Hokage-tower’s basement. As long as
she remained in this lunatic state she would be a threat to Naruto and Sasuke.
~*~*~*~*~
This is how it is - I know of two names within the Akatsuki
and that is Itachi and Kisame.
The others... I might know their names, but I have no idea about the rest. But I
do know of a person that has a Venus Flytrap (or something like that) around his
head and thus - he becomes the Cabbage head. And since I don't know about their
personalities or names, I just skimmed over the action-scenes there. Use your
imagination for those ones...
And I do stink at actions scenes... sorry about that.
But otherwise... give me something to chew on...
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