Chapter 15: The reason

“You really want to know?” The Uchiha asked. His infamous smirk still there. “Let me ask you this” Both swords broke away from each other as both Sasuke and the snake landed on the once soft lush green grass, that almost looked like a battle ground by the minute. “What do you think I’m fighting for?” Sasuke asked his cold careless monotone voice ringing through the sannin’s ears. Orochimaru was still holding onto his sword making sure not to drop it and let the Uchiha know that he had given up. A small chuckle came out of him.
“That’s easy…like the stubborn Uchiha you are…..Revenge…this is for revenge….revenge for all the happenings in your life…..Your taking your revenge on me…revenge for yourself and only yourself” Again his chuckle continued on as he stared coldly at the Uchiha. “Right?”
“Wrong” Sasuke said flatly. “Normally I would be fighting for myself” His red crimson eyes, scanning the area on what his next move would be. “I’m not fighting for myself this time…I’m fighting for her”
“So the Uchiha has changed?” Orochimaru asked him. Earning a harsh look from the Uchiha. “I never knew Uchihas could change. Taking your brother Itachi for example”
“Itachi and are a different” Sasuke said flatly. “I’m not like him”
“You act like you have more potential than he does”
“Itachi’s not my brother….yet he’s my target” A flicker of electric like Chakra started to manipulate in his body. His katana still in his hand. Wheels of the sharingan moving hastily. “I want to end this soon” Sasuke spoke up, all he wanted right now was the pink cherry haired kunochi by his side.

“Why am I here?” Sakura asked trying to confront the S-ranked Uchiha. Scars and bruises and stains of her own blood stained the side of her face and clothing. Itachi bent down to her height and spoke in his dull tone voice.
“You’re part of my plan” He said flatly and blankly.
“What plan?”
“To lure Sasuke here”
“Sasuke?”
“Un Sasuke….my brother….”
“What do you want with Sasuke?”
“I’ve heard many rumours over the years that he admires a certain someone”
“Who?” Sakura asked wanting to know who this person was, if it was a girl she would hunt that person down and kill them with her own two fists.
“Eager to know are we?” No answer when the Uchiha spoke. Just pure silence roamed free in the quiet dark cell. “The girl that Sasuke desires…….” Itachi started of, looking at the kunochi every once in a while to see her reaction to what he was going to say. He could see her fist clenched up in anger. Her eyes wielding with pure determination.  “It’s you” Sakura’s eyes turned to relief that she wouldn’t be able to kill anyone…but was even more shocked when the words came out of Itachi’s mouth.
“Me?” she echoed. “Me?” Making sure that she was right, or what she heard was right. Itachi nodded in agreement that she had indeed heard correct.

Chapter 16: Strong and Strike

Sasuke had figured out what moves that he was going to pull, he knew what the outcome was going to be…hopefully him winning successfully. He spotted at the corner of his eye a tree that lead towards the snake.
‘If I jump there….and move there’ he thought as he eyes scanned the area. Looking at what the tree he was looking at before leading to. ‘….jump from that branch….with my katana…I can strike him easily from behind’  His eyes adverted back to the snake that was now running towards him. A smirk came to his lips.

As Orochimaru came closer by the second, He wield his snake like sword which was now situated on the tip of his mouth towards the Uchiha, hoping it went straight through the young Uchiha leaving huge amounts of blood staining the dull brown landscape. The minute that he came close, Sasuke had already disappeared in an instant. Orochimaru’s eyes widen in shock as he still had the sword mouth and searching furiously for the sole survivor of the Uchiha clan.

Sasuke stayed hidden amongst the trees. Leaves flowing in the wind as he eyed them, making no sound and no movements yet. He still had his katana in one hand and observed the Snake at the bottom, with his red crimson eyes. He could see everything amongst the trees; He could see what the Snake was up to and what he was preparing next and also the haunting assistant at the bottom.

“Why of all people me?” Sakura asked. Her cute voice scared as ever. Itachi could sense it her fear amongst the words that came out of her now dull lips. He couldn’t be bothered answering all of her questions all day he got up and headed towards the entrance of the cell leaving the cherry alone with no answers. Once Itachi had left, Kisame locked the cell and gave her an evil grin that sent shivers down her spine.

Orochimaru tried scanning the area with his yellow like snake eyes, trying to spot the Uchiha.
‘Up?’  His eyes adverted up to the dull almost like stormy sky. Sasuke spotted this and knew this could be his advantage. His steps were slow yet quiet. Kabuto was also scanning the area.

The chain that hung around Sasuke’s neck was causing small amounts of rattling. He held onto it trying to make it stop. Eventually it did. The pendant reminded him of Sakura more than anything else and he didn’t want to lost it not know. Right now it was the second most important thing to him. Sakura as his first priority. He jumped on the branch that was closest to him, trying to not make a sound. Taking one more look at the Snake if he had discovered the his hiding spot. He still had his katana in one hand, concentrating hard on what the snake would pull.

Orochimaru felt like he was cornered. ‘Final Sasuke has improved…a real match indeed….with hopefully a successful outcome’  He thought evilly, he adverted his yellow eyes over to Kabuto seeing that he was still trying to spot the Uchiha. The Snake’s sword still in the tip of his tongue. One corner of his eyes he tried to find the missing opponent.

Sasuke knew that this was his chance. He ran swiftly nin-speed to a tree that was situated only metres away from the snake shinobi’s back. Taking his katana once again, his crimson red sharingan eyes moving hastily than ever, Sasuke rebounded from the tree branch and stashed his katana right through the snake sannin’s torso. Kabuto witnessed the shocking scene. Orochimaru now had a sword stuck within him. He adverted his gaze down seeing a metal sword sticking out of his torso, over drooling with blood. He turned his head in a slight ninety degrees seeing the Uchiha. The snake’s blood was on his cheek, as he stared at snake with a grinning smirk.