Chương 82: Trap (Part 2)
"...sei! Sensei!" Kaname felt someone shake her arm, "You need to wake up, Sensei, you will bleed out!"
"*Ugh*..." slowly regaining her groggy conscience, made Kaname's nerve system pierced by agony, instantly making her mind go white from pain.
'... What has happened?' her brain reluctantly began to restart, 'Ah, the explosion... My chakra is slowly depleting.'
Kaname slowly opened her eyes, 'That's how I survived, Susano activated in the nick of time to save my organs.' around her body and the boy, she was still protected by a flaming-red ribcage.
"*Cough* Yo... Koji-chan." she murmured, spitting some of her blood on the top of his forehead.
"Sensei! Quickly, you are bleeding out! Your back, it was damaged by the explosion!" Koji shouted incoherently.
"*Shh* It's okay, Koji-chan, don't shout. I endured through much worse. I have to save two more of you. *Cough-cough*."
'Guh, I can't move my arms? The detonation broke my shoulder blades...'
"Koji-chan, there is a seal in my pocket on my right heap, activate it for me." Kaname requested silently.
As her student put his hand on her hip and activated her seal-formation, she heard her torso bones cracking and snapping back in place. "*Cough* Thanks, Koji." Regaining control of her hand, let Kaname concentrate on her spine. As she touched her bloodied back, a jolt of pain lanced through her body again, making her silently hiss in discomfort.
"... That will leave a scar." Kaname's palm lighted up in green, healing light making her sigh in comfort, 'Repairing a damaged spine by touch is a bad idea.' She slowly put her hands in a ram hand-seal, '<Kage Bunshin no Jutsu>.' Creating a single shadow clone almost knocked her out. 'Bastard! Is it the poison that is seeping my chakra reserves out?'
"Damn, Boss. The Snake did a number on you." Kana-1 replied, taking over the healing.
"No shit, Kana-1. Do you still feel like complaining some more?" Kaname retorted, "So Koji, how did Orochimaru caught the three of you?"
"No, you don't understand, it's a trap, they are here for you!"
"They?"
Koji nodded in response, "We, I mean, I and Toru-kun, were caught by two cloaked individuals. But before we went down, another one showed up, we were only to be a bait for you to come here. I'm sorry, Kaname-sensei."
"*Cough* Let me guess, Koji. Black cloaks with a sewed on red, white hemmed, clouds?" he once again nodded his head, "Fuck..."
"Koji-chan," Kana-1 continued, "Did you see a... man, yeah, let's call him that. That had a weird hobby of grossly overusing a face whitener?"
"No Sensei, one puppeteer shorty, and two towering men, one was a member of Hoshigaki clan, he looked like a shark. The other, masked one, had weird eyes, red sclerae with neon green pupils."
"Kakuzu? Double fuck!" Kana-1 shouted out, "That's why we're still alive, Boss. Snake Bastard is just playing with us."
"Yeah... How is the situation back there?"
"A rough makeshift job, Boss - it's easier said than done but don't move too much. Without the antidote, I could only slow down the poison's effect. *Sigh* You understand that Orochimaru will strike the moment when you will be at the weakest, most likely when you have to protect all three of your students at the same time?" The clone patted Kaname's healed, but still bloodied, back.
"Thanks. Koji, I have an order for you. Once the fight starts, I want the three of you out of here. I will try to give you a passage. Do you understand? Once I tell you to run, you run, no heroics, looking backs, or arguments, just run."
"But if there are four of them. You may need-," Koji complained.
"*Sigh*." Kana-1 interrupted him, "These are S-rank ninjas, Koji-chan. They will not hold back, and we will have to stay our hands to make sure we will not kill the three of you with our jutsus while protecting you at the same time."
"Ugh. Sensei, just promise me that you will come back to us, please."
Kaname patted her student's monkey-like brown mane with a sad smile, "I have a plan, I believe that Snake is getting anxious about us staying here for so long, I will Henge myself to my wounded state from before. Koji-kun, I want you to play my crutch and lead me to Torune's and Izumi's cells. It should allow me to surprise these assholes. Can you do that?"
"... So, it is that bad. You can't even promise me that you will live, can you?"
"I'm sorry, Koji-kun, you know my motto, I never break on a promise. Kana-1 stay here, jump out when it's necessary. Let's go, <Henge>!"
Hobbling out of Koji's cell she felt someone's intense glare from a hidden spot inside this big chamber, Kaname was led towards the next doors that Koji opened for her and closed right behind her.
"Stay next to Izumi-chan, Koji-kun," Kaname ordered, activating her Susano prematurely.
Once again, Kaname found an explosion seal on the body of her student, this time, it was on the bottom of the girl's thigh. Deactivating it first, Kaname safely was able to wake the girl up.
"Ugh... No Sensei, why did you come?" the girl whispered tiredly.
"Hi, Izumi-chan. Are you alright?"
"You should have let us-" Izumi started.
*Bonk*
"I'm not going to let any of you die. Is. That. Understood?"
"But Sensei, you don't understand, it's a trap!"
"Izumi-chan." Koji waved his hand in front of his teammate's face, "I explained everything already."
"Ah. Have you got a plan, Kaname-sensei?" Izumi questioned.
"Yep, take Torune-kun out of his cell and give you three a chance to flee, once you are out, I will soon follow."
Izumi rose her eyebrows in surprise, "That's not a very detailed plan, is it?"
"Yeah... I'm still working on it. Izumi-chan, I will Henge myself, into a very wounded state, it would be nice for you to play the part of an insanely worried student."
"That shouldn't be too hard, given our situation..." Izumi sneered.
"Yeah, I thought so. Ah! One more thing, if something bad happens to me, I want you to give this seal to my mom."
"... Wait, what do you mean if something bad happens?!"
"Better safe than sorry, Izumi-chan. <Henge>." Kaname replied, passing the seal and activating the jutsu.
"Damn..." Izumi's eyes widened instantly. She was looking inquiringly at her Sensei's battered up body.
"It's not a storytime yet, Izumi-chan. In general, these are the wounds I received freeing Koji-kun, you may ask him later." Kaname explained, "Let's go!"
Repeating the process, she woke her last student up, "It's inconceivable, you shouldn't have- Ah, Koji-san, Izumi-san. I understand they explained everything already, Kaname-sensei?"
"Yep."
"I believe you already have a plan?" the boy asked.
"A draft - I give you an order, and you run," Kaname replied.
"*Sigh* One question, Sensei. Are we a liability for you?"
'Heh, smartass, you asked this only for Koji-kun and Izumi-chan to understand the situation, did you not?' she smiled at her masked student, "At this moment? Yes, unfortunately. I'm not sure I can fight four S-rank shinobis myself. Fighting them while protecting all of you, is just a recipe for disaster."
"I see. Once we're back, I call the dibs on training with you. I will not let you fight alone again, Sensei."
"Hmph, get in line, Torune-kun." Izumi and Koji chorused.
"Haha, don't worry, after all of this ends, I will train you all. Just remember that whatever happens - you must get out of this prison, don't look back." Kaname laughed out, giving them a group hug, "I hope you are ready, we will get pummeled the moment we leave the doors. Remember, you are only to defend yourself. Under any circumstances you are to attack anyone, they're much more experienced than you and will easily overpower your attempts, is that understood?"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Affirmative!"
"Good, keep as close to me as possible." Opening the cell doors, Kaname noticed close to one hundred puppets waiting for them in the chamber, 'They don't even try to hide... .' As Torune walked out as the last one, she sensed someone flickering behind her student.
'This blade?!' Kaname instantly recognized a bandaged great sword that previously tore through her Susanoo like a hot knife through butter. Flickering towards her student, she pulled him back and deflected the slash from the shark-man with her sword.
'Ugh, heavy!' her bones creaked under the blow. With a cry of an eagle, a rain of thunderbolts plummeted down upon their heads. Kaname noticed a chaotic storm of four elemental jutsus closing in on Koji from the left and a thin katana blade extending itself and swiping at Izumi-head's from the right. "Susanoo!"
The clash between all-around attack and the use of her ultimate defense illuminated the dark chamber in an explosion of light, "*Tsk* Team 7, move to the middle of the room, slowly." Kaname ordered.
"But, Sensei, there are five of them."
"Yeah, I noticed it too, Izumi-chan.", Kaname took a deep breath, "Snake Bastard, I believe it's time for some introductions?!" she shouted out.
*Clap-clap*
"Fufufu, you have grown into a lovely lady, Little Kana-chan." A white-faced man slowly walked from the shadow of the room on their right.
"Nice for you to say that, Bastard. Fuck you very much." she bowed mockingly, 'There must be an easy to be offended one here, it would help immensely if at least one of them would impale himself on my sword. Let's test them.'
"Ha! I like her!" the Samehada wielder laughed out, standing behind Team 7.
"It does not matter, she will die today, and we gain the prize money for her head." Kakuzu walked out from the shadows to her left.
"Oh, Hi, Mr. Tentacle! Still feeling resentful about those hearts I ripped out of you?" Kaname shot back.
"Hearts? As in multiple?" Koji questioned, only for Kaname to wink her eye at him.
"Hahaha, she likes you, Kakuzu." A middle-aged man with greying brown hair slicked to his back landed next to the masked man. His body emitted blue electric sparks.
"Mr. Tentacle, is that Light Bulb your new boyfriend, did you tell him what I did to your last lover?" she sneered.
"B-boyfriend?!" Kakuzu's partner shouted out.
"Hmph, you were right, she has got a sharp tongue, Orochimaru." A small rotund puppeteer walked out from a group of his clanking pawns.
"Zip it, Midget. Aren't you too old to play with dolls? It's going to be a 'short' fight with you."
[AN: I don't have anything against people with dwarfism, one of my best friends has it :-) Kaname is only testing the grounds here :-P]
"Hahaha! She got you there, Sasori!"
"What about you, Sharky? Where is Pufferfish? He was the previous owner of Samehada, did I kill him with my single punch? It pains a morbid picture for you, being his successor and all that."
Kisame shrugged his shoulders, "Nah, I took the sword after I killed him. No biggie, he was a weakling."
"Sso~ Kana-chan, not like I mind you tire yoursself~ out holding the Sussanoo~ active for sso~ long. And yess~, I know about the clone you hid in the firsst~ cell, I know you're not as wounded as you make out to be. You can't hide anything from me. Maybe we could proceed to the more pleassurable~ part, my favorite - the pssychological~ torture? Fufufu."
"Hmm, thinking now, your eyes got paler, Snake Bastard. Did you start using the face whitener on your eyes?"
"... No, Kana-chan. I just borrowed them from someone." Orochimaru chuckled sinisterly.
"Hmm, I will kill you today, Snake Bastard. And get those eyes back to their rightful owner."
"Fufu, did I sstrike~ a nerve, Kana-chan? There iss~ more of that coming. You need to undersstand~ that you are sstill~ alive only becausse~ we allow it."
"Kiss my ass, Snake Bastard."
"Do you feel the chakra sseeping~ out of you already? It'ss~ only a matter of time, Kana-chan. You don't sstand~ a chance. Huhuhu."
"Don't worry about me, I'm swell. You clearly underestimate what I can and can't do, none of you are leaving this place alive." Kaname's voice growled.
"Is that impudence from an Uchiha, who would have thought? You are surrounded by five S-rank ninjas and still have the gall to threaten us." Sasori mocked back.
"Sasori, believe me, even weakened she is S-rank herself." Kakuzu pointed at Kaname.
"Hmm, you shouldn't look at me so much, Mr. Tentacle. Your boyfriend will get jealous."
"ENOUGH!" Kakuzu's partner broke first and shouted out, charging towards her with a massive single-edged bastard sword in hand.
'Ha, and we got the weakest link! Come closer...' Kaname prepared her Susanoo to skewer the man with all of the five flying swords.
"<Raiton: Tentei no Kaminari>!" (Tl. Lighting Release: Lord of Thunder)
As all five swords impaled the man, cracking the floor beneath his feet, Kaname noticed his body diffusing around the massive blades releasing sparks around them. He was standing there sneering at her, being sure of himself, he laughed out, "I'm immune to everything bitch! Bahahaha!".
"Hey, Mr. Tentacle! Is it only me, or did I hear that before? You should take better care of your boyfriends." she joked.
"Sstand~ down, you fool. It wassn't~ the plan!" Orochimaru hissed.
"Fuck the plan! And fuck you, if you're all so scared by a single girl, I will kill her myself!" he spat at the ground, looking at the Sannin.
"Perfect! I always thought your plan was shitty one, Snake. Who needs to prepare, if you can just overpower your opponent?" Kisame poised himself for a fight.
'Good, they're dividing their forces.' Kaname thought happily, "Hey, Sharky, you are a warrior like me, are you not? What do you think about a duel between fellow Kenjutsu users, without all this 'I got your students captive' bullshit?"
"Hmm." Kisame took a thinking pose, clearly debating the proposition.
"Don't listen to her, you brash idiot!" Sasori growled out.
'I can hold Susanoo for at least one more minute. Using it, I can probably eliminate two of them, but then what? Letting the kids wander around this labyrinth will only get them killed.'
Her planning was interrupted by Orochimaru's voice, "I have a gift for you, Kana-chan. <Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Edo Tensei>!" (Summoning Technique: Impure World Reincarnation). Kaname watched as a single brown coffin rose from the ground. As the lid fell off, she discerned a young girl slowly opening her eyes, she was the same age as her students with a red fang tattoo on her cheek.
"Ugh, where am I?" Maki sluggishly asked as Orochimaru put a seal inside the girl's belly.
"Maki?... You." Kaname narrowed her eyes towards the white-faced man standing next to her old teammate, "I congratulate you, Snake - just now you landed yourself on top of my shit list."
"Will you kill Maki-chan yourself, Kana-chan? Or let her kill you. It will be fascinating to watch."
"Kana-chan?! Wow, how many years- Eh? I can't move, why? It's you dickhead! LET ME GO!"
"*Sigh* I forgot how irritating Maki-chan wass~..." Orochimaru sighed out.
"Creep, scumbag, wanker, white shit, faggot, asswipe, vermin, ..." The battlefield silenced only to listen to Maki-chan's colorful bunch of swearing.
'That's Maki-chan in her full glory. Hahaha.' Kaname deadpanned.
"ENOUGH! I order you to attack her!" The Sannin thundered.
"Ha! Make me, Prick. Eh? Lookout, Kana-chan, my body is moving on its own!" Maki shot towards Kaname but bounced off her defense.
"Who is she, Sensei?" Torune requested.
"My late teammate I failed to-"
"LIKE HELL! YOU DIDN'T FAIL ME!" Maki's shout interrupted her, the Inuzuka landed on the ground, with her hands regenerating after trying to drill through Susanoo.
"But I couldn't-"
"SHUT UP, KANA-CHAN!" Maki interrupted her again, bouncing around her defense, "I can't give you the details, but I've always watched over you, I'm proud to be your teammate and I always will!"
'Eh? So the afterlife exists? Interesting.' Kaname smiled at Maki, "I have got a plan - it's going to be a quick one." she whispered, making her young teammates ready themselves, "Maki-chan, do you feel pain in this form?" she asked loudly.
"No. It's going to be hard, but I believe you can stop me."
"Good. Mind a little trick?"
"A trick? Sure, just kill those bastards for me."
"Heh," Kaname concentrated all of her chakra left in her body, "<Kanseitai - Susanoo>." (Complete Body Susanoo).
Her aura exploded around her, the white giantess, enveloped by two immaterial wings, crashed through a ceiling after another. Kaname's mountain-sized Susanoo, for the first time, stood up on its two legs. A white womanly figure was enveloped by a loose light kimono with mesh armor underneath. Head, hidden by a mean tengu mask, had a white hair very similar to Kaname's own style. Two massive red chakra butterfly wings blew away all debris close to the being and cleared the battlefield. Kaname with students stood atop of Susanoo's head, protected by a red crystal-like piece.
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(PoV Orochimaru)
I had to look far up to even notice Kaname's smirk. As she pointed her finger down at me and crossed it across her neck, thousands of colorless ripples opened behind her back.
"Fufufu, I may have underesstimated~ her. To me, if you want to live!" I ordered loudly, jumping as far away from her as I could, "<Kuchiyose: Sanjū Rashōmon>!" (Summoning: Triple Rashōmon). Kakuzu recognized what is going to happen, instantly appearing next to me hiding behind the protection of three, enormous ominous gates.
"Hahaha, even I would die after being hit with so many jutsus." Kisame laughed out flickering behind the cover as the second one, and then as Kaname released her projectiles, the chaos ensued.
Ten seconds of barrage later, a battered red-haired boy's body got thrown into my cover.
"And who the heck are you?" Kisame put the Samehada next to Sasori's real puppet body.
"*Growl* Fuck off, Kisame, Hiruko was destroyed," he growled out, ripping out his battered mechanical arm.
I shrugged, "You should act faster... SHIT, ABOVE US!"
"<Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku>!" (Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation) Kaname's clone flickered above us, releasing a sea of fire atop our heads.
"<Suiton: Suijinheki>!" (Water Release: Water Wall Formation) Kakuzu was ready for the attack and created a wall of water around our group.
"Hahaha, I will show you how an expert uses the water release, Kakuzu. <Suiton: Suikōdan no Jutsu>!" (Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique) As Kisame swung his sword, it released a room-sized water shark that skewered the clone.
Soon after the barrage stopped, I sent a shadow clone out of cover to check what has happened, as it dispelled I understood that the prison island is no more. Excluding the small part, we stand at, the rest of the island, and two of Rashōmon gates were exchanged with a barren wasteland.
"<Kai>!" (Release) I dispelled the last battered up gate. Looking further ahead, Kaname's Susanoo drifted away with the wind, as Kaname herself dropped back down to the ground with an accompaniment of her students.
'Weren't they supposed to run away?' I watched as Kaname landed on her knees, taking deep, tired breaths.
She smirked towards me, "Heh, mission accomplished, ready for round two, assholes?". Looking around the wasteland, I noticed the Edo Tensei of Maki slowly recovering.
'Fufu, it's a pity someone like her has to die for me to achieve a perfect form. I can't deny it, she is gallant even against all the odds.'
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dahnik
dahnik Here you go 3.2k words for you my dear readers, hope you liked it. The next chapter will be published... when it's ready :-) As always, I wait for your comments and ideas :-). And no, Maki-chan will stay dead :-P.
I believe this episode will have two more parts, I have it mostly planned out, but the next one will be mostly in Orochimaru's PoV.
If you found any mistakes please inform me, I don't like mistakes :-)