154Chapter 47
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.
CLAIMER: I OWN Yami Uchiha. Do NOT steal.
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~
Itachi shuddered at the cold dip of the brush Jiraiya was using to draw a henge seal on his back. The seal will transform Itachi's appearance into a more solid henge that will prevent others from seeing through the jutsu. Despite Itachi being tricked in his act of genocide, Konoha would be out for blood if they were to see Itachi inside the village again. The seventeen year old felt the rush of chakra the Gama Sennin (Toad Sage) pressed into the completed seal and the Uchiha's body glowed with a soft blue hue before the henge settled over him. Jiraiya took in Itachi's temporary look with a grin. Itachi's murky black orbs were now a deep hazel and his long ebony locks had been replaced with ear length light brown hair. He was still pale, but Itachi's tear tracks had vanished.
"Alright, you will be safe during your hospital stay in Konoha. No one will recognize you nor will the Hyuga's eyes be able to see through the henge in case they happen to grow suspicious," Jiraiya said with pride at his work. "Now…your smell is a different story, so stay away from the Inuzuka Clan until everything is settled with the Hokage."
Itachi nodded, giving the white haired man a thankful look before slipping on a clean gray shirt. Tsunade stepped over to Jiraiya and handed him a scroll while Yami lead Itachi out of the room to where the others were waiting to leave.
"I'm not sure which additives the antidote calls for, so find as much of the plant you can and get back to Konoha as soon as possible. The scroll I handed you contains a stasis seal that will preserve the plant for seventy-two hours," Tsunade told her old teammate, her teal eyes darting to the window and back to Jiraiya as she spoke.
Ever since the group had decided to head back to Konoha instead of waiting for Orochimaru to show, Tsunade had been paranoid that someone was watching her every move. Knowing this, Jiraiya lifted a hand, intending to cup the blonde's face. He stopped at the last moment, his arm falling back to his side as his other hand placed the scroll inside his haori.
"Keep to the southern entrance. If Orochimaru suspects you to be returning to Konoha, he'll mostly stay near the northern and western entrance. Circling around will take a few days longer, but you should be out of his range," Jiraiya voiced, his serious face morphing into his regular grin. "I'll be leaving first, Hime (princess). Ja ne (good bye)."
As soon as Jiraiya vanished with a shunshin, Tsunade walked out of the room to see everyone waiting on her. With Itachi insisting that he could travel the distance to Konoha without having to lean on someone, the seventeen year old had to compromise with his younger brother and older cousin. Sasuke and Yami gave Itachi no choice but to travel between the two in the most likely of chances that Itachi collapses again.
~oOo~
Inside Konoha's hospital, Tsunade put Shizune in charge of healing the Sandaime so that she could put all of her focus into experimenting with different medicinal herbs and plants. It did not take long for every medic in the building to fall under the Slug Sannin's orders, all knowing full well of her legendary temper. Tsunade's presence allowed for few questions and very little suspicion when Yami and Kakashi helped a henged Itachi to a private room in the ICU department of the hospital. Before entering the hospital, Yami had ordered Sasuke away and for Sakura and Naruto to make sure that Sasuke kept his distance until he or Kakashi came to see them. Tsunade stood to the right side of the bed, her back facing the room's locked door. Yami stood opposite of Tsunade with Kakashi standing at the foot of the bed.
"Yami-Itoko…I am glad Sasuke has you here with him," Itachi said, giving Yami a rare smile.
Yami bumped his knuckles lightly against Itachi's chin.
"Aa."
Taking a deep breath, Yami broke open the skin on the pad of his thumb. He then proceeded with the somewhat familiar hand signs of a summoning jutsu.
'Daburu Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Iyasu and Kōhō (Double Summoning Technique).'
Instead of the regular single cloud of smoke that followed a summoning technique, a second cloud erupted from Yami's open palm. As the smoke disapated from the room, Iyasu stood in all of her forest green glory. Kōhō, Iyasu's apprentice, stood at attention with his two front legs sticking high into the air. The spiderling was white with red chelicerae and three black rings around his two frontal legs. Lowering his legs, Kōhō bowed to Yami like Iyasu had instructed him to.
"Yami-sama, it is a high honor to be summoned by you," Kōhō spoke politely, his male voice carrying a slight change in pitch.
"Ita-chan looks different from how you described, Yami-sama. I suspect that this is the work of a henge?" Iyasu asked quietly, her voice gently as always.
Yami nodded, not worried about Iyasu being overheard on account that Tsunade had activated the room's mandatory privacy seals.
"Itachi-san, I will layer my chakra over you as soon as Kōhō injects his venom into your bloodstream. My chakra will keep you stable, but I cannot say that your pain receptors will be dulled. I apologize before hand," Iyasu explained, her glassy black eyes focused on her master's cousin.
Itachi nodded.
"I understand," Itachi stated; his tone solemn.
Taking that as his cue, Kōhō jumped off of Yami's palm and landed on Itachi's chest. The ailing Uchiha froze almost immediately. Iyasu moved to hover over the bed, causing Yami, Kakashi and Tsunade to step back.
"Try to relax, Ita-chan," Yami ordered calmly.
Kōhō extended his fangs, aiming to pierce the skin above Itachi's heart. The bite itself was painless. It was the venom introduced to his bloodstream that caused a searing agony within Itachi. Almost immediately, Itachi began to thrash around as a bloodcurdling scream escaped the seventeen year old. Face ashened, Yami moved forward to keep Itachi from hurting himself, but Kōhō leaped at him. Yami was forced to catch the spiderling, the distraction giving Iyasu enough time to cuff Itachi's wrists and ankles with her chakra.
"Yami-sama, please do not touch Ita-chan. None of you should touch him at this moment," Iyasu spoke quickly, her chakra seeping into Itachi's pores and circulating Kōhō's venom.
Pitch black orbs shot from teal to charcoal, the three human's exchanging worried and tense glances with one another. The continuous screams only began to cease when Itachi's voice could not handle the strain and began to fade.
~oOo~
Emerald and cerulean orbs watched at their raven haired teammate paced a trough into the backyard of the Uchiha's main house. Letting out a sigh, Sakura tucked a loose pink strand behind her ear before standing up. She covered the short distance to her crush/teammate, thinking of a way to get the worried male to stop. His pacing was beginning to make her fidget.
"Sasuke-kun, please stop pacing. You're making me dizzy just watching you," Sakura voiced tiredly, willing to do anything to save the ground any further torture from Sasuke's feet.
"Then leave," Sasuke snapped, not stopping his hurried movement.
Sakura flinched back from the harsh tone she had grown used to not hearing from the young Uchiha. Seeing the pinkette's hurt look, Naruto hopped to his feet and pouched on his rival/best friend.
"Oi! Teme! Don't speak to Sakura-chan that way! She's just worried about you being worried!" Naruto shouted, bopping his fist against the ravenette's head to get his attention elsewhere.
Sasuke swung his own fist, though the power behind it was anything but lacking. The punch had the blonde falling back onto the ground, having not prepared for the physical rebuttal from Sasuke. Before Naruto could get up, Sasuke was throwing himself at the blonde, gearing for a fight. Kicks and punches were exchanged in a fierce battle of anger, mostly on the Uchiha's side.
"Sas—Sasuke-kun! Naruto! Stop it!" Sakura shouted, unsure of how to break the two away from each other.
SMACK!
CRUNCH!
THUD!
"Ugh, damn it, Teme!" Naruto groaned, nursing his bleeding nose from Sasuke's last kick.
The sight of blood seemed to do the trick into knocking some sense into the ravenette, his obsidian orbs growing wide as he watched Sakura kneel down beside the blonde to begin healing him. Bright emeralds flashed dark as Sakura glared up at Sasuke, her healing chakra knitting Naruto's cartilage back together.
"SASUKE, WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO HURT YOUR FRIENDS!"
Sasuke was not sure what he was more stunned about. The fact that Sakura called him by his name without an honorific or the fact that she was yelling angrily at him. His shoulders slumped before he knelt down beside his two friends. Naruto's muffled chuckle had the two looking at him.
"At least you're not pacing anymore." The blonde joked, scratching the back of his neck sheepishly.
PUNCH!
"Gah! Sakura-chan, why do you hurt me so?" Naruto cried out, rubbing the pulsing red lump forming on his head.
The pinkette rolled her eyes before healing the lump as well.
"…nk…u." Sasuke mumbled.
"What? Speak up, Teme. You're mumbling," Naruto stated, flinching away at Sakura's threatening wave of her hand.
"Hn." Sasuke turned his head away from the two. "Thank you." He ground through clenched teeth.
Sakura threw her arms around the ravenette's shoulders, hugging him from behind.
"Don't thank us, Sasuke-kun. We're teammates and friends…we're family," Sakura said, taking the change to relish having her crush in her arms.
Naruto threw his arms around them both, capturing them in a tight, unintentional choke hold. The blonde realized his blue-faced teammates when their flailing arms kept smacking him in the face.
"Ah! Sorry, Sakura-chan! Teme!" Naruto apologized to the gasping two.
"NA—RU—TO!" Sakura growled, cracking her knuckles.
The corners of Sasuke's mouth twisted into a smirk as he watched the pinkette chase down the fumbling blonde around the backyard. She managed to catch Naruto when the blonde tripped over a seemingly invisible wire that just happened to be placed in his path. Sasuke's smirk grew at Naruto's strangled cry of mercy from Sakura's knuckle sandwich.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter. I will be trying to get another chapter up by tomorrow night, so bear with me. Okay! The next chapter will have Jiraiya and a little bit about his journey. It will contain a short time skip to cover the 28 days of finding the blooming flower. There will also be a little bit of chaos...okay, a LOT of chaos depending on what you all classify as chaos within the Naruto world. It could be nothing at all or everything. You'll just have to wait and see. Ja ne!
~Reena