154Chapter 46
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Naruto or any of it's characters. Kishimoto Masashi does. I do not make any type of profit from writing this fanfiction. This is strictly for my and my readers' pleasure. The Japanese language used in this fanfiction is translated by Google.
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RATED: R and is subject to change.
WARNING: This is an YAOI/MALE+MALE story.
BETA READER: None; so there will be errors that I miss.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The scenarios involved in this fanfiction are fictional. The main character may also strike readers as a Mary Sue/Gary Stue. If this fact bothers you, turn back now. Construction criticism is welcomed. No flames. I also have this story posted on my Mibba account titled Kumo no Su De.
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Hand Signing
~oOo~STORY START~oOo~
Silence filled the room for a full twenty seconds before the room became oppressed by Yami's KI. The force of Yami's chakra brought the three genin to their knees before they were laying flat on their stomachs gasping for breath. Kakashi took a step towards Yami only to collapse to a knee, his hands clenched. Shizune was in the same shape at the genin. Just as soon at Yami's KI hit everyone in the room, it was gone, proving to be the longest five seconds they've ever experienced around the Uchiha. Inhaling a shaky breath, Yami turned on his heel and walked out of the room. As soon as he left the hotel, Yami shunshined out of Tanzaku Gai. Arriving in a clearing, Yami brought his thumb to his mouth, biting into the pad to draw blood. He swiped his bleeding thumb over his palm before his hands flew into a series of hand signs.
'Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Iyasu (Summoning Technique).'
A large cloud of smoke appeared and within it was a large arachnid the size of a horse. Forest green hairs glowing faintly of healing chakra covered the arachnid and eight pitch black glassy eyes peered down at Yami. Feeling the distress coming from her master, Iyasu knelt down to be eye level with Yami.
"Yami-sama, what ails you?" Iyasu asked, her soft voice full of concern for her summoner.
Iyasu, Yami began to sign, afraid that if he spoke that he would break down right then and there. Ita-chan…he is dying.
Iyasu's two front legs reached around Yami, curling around the ravenette in a form of comfort.
"Is no one able to heal him?" Iyasu questioned softly, the healing chakra coating her forest green hairs ghosting across Yami's body.
Yami's sight blurred. His hands rose before his fingers latched onto a fist full of green hairs. Yami pressed his face up against Iyasu, ignoring the tickling sensation caused from her hairs.
"Yami-sama…what are the symptoms?"
Muscle liquidation and deterioration of lungs and heart tissue. Yami signed, face still hidden.
Iyasu shifted, causing Yami to lean back to glance up at that large arachnid. She used her palps to dry his tears.
"I may be able to help," Iyasu stated calmly. "There is a young spiderling that I have been teaching the ways of healing. His name is Kōhō and his venom has reversal effects that may give Ita-chan the time he needs for a cure to be found."
"Really? Can Kōhō really heal Nii-san?" Sasuke spoke from behind Yami, surprising the older Uchiha has he had been too distracted to sense the young ravenette.
"No, Kōhō will not be able to heal your nii-san. His venom will only reverse the effects to before they began to appear. His disease will relapse, but the progression will be much quicker than the first time. That is the repercussion of Kōhō's venom," Iyasu explained, remembering Sasuke from the time she was keeping Yami alive at the hospital. "Also… Kōhō's bite will be most painful, almost to the point where death will be wish upon."
Itachi was dying at this very moment. Maybe not right now, but soon if by the way Tsunade acted. Itachi is suffering from his disease and Kōhō has the ability to help him, but it is only a temporary solution. Also, Iyasu said that Kōhō's bite is painful enough that the one bitten would rather die. Is putting Itachi through that amount of pain worth the selfish act? Yami contemplated every thought and only had two options. Let Itachi die comfortably or have him experience a bite worse than death in order to prolong his life? Either way…it seemed that Yami would lose one of his precious people and Sasuke would lose his older brother.
"It-Ito-Itoko…Itoko, ple-please. I can't—*sob*—I can't lose him again," Sasuke cried, begging Yami to save his brother.
Swallowing the lump raising in his throat, Yami turned his head to look at Iyasu, giving the arachnid a nod as his response.
"Very well. I will prepare Kōhō for his first summon at once," Iyasu voiced before poofing out of existence.
~oOo~
"So you are saying that you have a way to keep Itachi alive, but the method to do so will cause him to want to die?" Tsunade questioned Yami, her arms crossed under her breasts and her eyebrow raised.
"Aa. Iyasu has an apprentice that can reverse Itachi's disease," Yami stated with a nod.
Yami, Jiraiya, Kakashi and Tsunade were currently at the bar located within the hotel Tsunade was renting a room in. Shizune and the genin were put in charge of watching over Itachi to make sure his health does not repeat itself. The ill Uchiha had woken up half an hour ago, but was refused permission to get out of bed. To make sure Itachi stayed, Jiraiya had placed a seal on the Uchiha, preventing him from moving.
"What are the risks?" Kakashi asked from his spot next to Yami.
"Since it is not a cure for the disease, it will relapse at a much quicker rate and Itachi will eventually die if a cure is not found," Yami told them.
Tsunade's frown deepened and she tossed back her entire cup of sake before rubbing her forehead.
"That means that in less than half a year or so, Itachi will be back to where he is now…give or take a few months." Jiraiya said, leaning back in his chair with a heavy sigh.
"A while back I heard a rumor about a plant that grows in Rai no Kuni (Land of Lightning). It is said that its properties can cure any disease if mixed with the right additives." Tsunade spoke up after a few minutes of silence passed between the four. "The plant is rare and can only be found in the crevasses of the tallest mountains. It only blooms once every ten years on the last full moon of summer."
This caught the other three's attention.
"Hime (princess), when was the last time this plant bloomed?" Jiraiya asked the blonde sitting next to him.
"Nine years and 337 days ago." She replied.
"That gives us only twenty-eight days to find the plant." Yami voiced.
"Do you know what it looks like?" Kakashi asked Tsunade.
She shook her head 'no'.
"Unfortunately, no one knows what it looks like. Most people do not even believe that this plant exists," She stated.
"I'll look into it. If it exists, I'll be able to find it," Jiraiya told them, planning to push his spy network to its fullest capacity.
"If we are going to do this, we will have to do it soon. Firstly, I think that I should tell you three that Orochimaru showed up this morning," Tsunade said, taking a quick sip of her sake.
The men tensed, all with very different reasons why. Yami's was the most obvious reaction as a bead of sweat trailed down the side of the ravenette's face, getting soaked up by his bandages. Kakashi's hand gave Yami's knee a protective squeeze.
"When were you planning on sharing this information with us, Tsunade?" Jiraiya asked, his voice serious and not at all playful like it usually is when talking to the blonde woman.
"Right before Itachi collapsed," She admitted, downing the rest of her sake before filling her cup up again. "He offered me something in exchange for healing him. He gave me until the end of the week to give him my answer."
"Then we'll just have to not be here when he arrives," Jiraiya said, earning him a look from the blonde.
"And where do you plan we go? Orochimaru will not give up on something once he had settled it into his mind that he wants it." Tsunade voiced, glaring at Jiraiya in annoyance.
The two Sannin missed the exchanged brief looks between Yami and Kakashi, their hands lacing underneath the table. Kakashi's hand tightened around Yami's at the thought of Orochimaru not giving up until he got a hold of Yami again. The silver haired jonin's jaw clenched. Like hell would he let that hebi-bastard touch Yami again. Not as long as he was alive.
"Orochimaru will run out of time once the week is up. He'll have no choice but to do what he has always resorted in doing." Jiraiya answered. "He'll switch bodies with someone."
A/N: Itachi is not out of the woods yet. Obstacles will be faced and challenge the group. Decisions will be made. So, comment now on whether you want Itachi to live or die.