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“Dialogue”
‘Thoughts’
-Author notes-
Chapter 201: The Real Face Behind
“ You…what did you do…” Kakashi revealed his hidden eye to look at Sasuke. He should have done this from the beginning, as now he could spot the evidence that something was wrong. There was a second source of charka in that body.
Sasuke's response to Kakashi was just a mocking grin. “ What is wrong, Sensei?, it is me, Sasuke. “ He said as he got out of the water.
The sword on his hip was then discarded, as he had no use for it. It was just something he had given the boy.
Yamato arrived at Kakashi's side and got ready for a fight, although he was clearly nervous about it. This was the last person in the world he had wanted to face.
“ Answer me!, what did you do to Sasuke!” Kakashi Sharingan spun around as if it was responding to his anger.
“ You know the answer to that…” The Sharingan on both of Sasuke's eyes also became fully active and the tomoes began to move around.
Kakashi gritted his teeth...seeing the Uchiha doujutsu being activated was more confirmation than he needed. This was no disguise or deceit...this had to be Sasuke's real body. Except the one using it was someone else.
“ You used that Reincarnation jutsu on him…”
That was exactly what he was afraid was going to happen after learning Sasuke went to him.
This is why the Hokage had given the order to kill Sasuke if they were unable to retrieve him…to prevent this exact scenario. Orochimaru with the body of a fully developed Uchiha.
“ Orochimaru….” Kakashi mutterd.
The Sannin seem to be taking a lot of joy in seeing Kakashi's reaction. His eyes would often move to Naruto, but the blonde boy was not responding at all.
“ How disappointed I am, Naruto… are not going to show even a bit of anger, after finding out what I did to your old teammate?”
Ignoring his taunt, Naruto addressed the other two Jonins.
“ Leave this one to me.”
“ What?” Yamato exclaimed.
“ Naruto…you really want to face this man alone?. You know who he is. We may have a chance if we fight him together.“ Kakashi suggested. He didn't want to risk losing his last student.
Naruto pointed at Orochimaru.
“ That is still Sasukes body. There may even be a sliver of his consciousness buried in there. Can you kill him?” He did not have much information on how this reincarnation jutsu of Orochimaru worked, since it was something he created. But he once came across a demonic cultivator who used something similar to extend his lifespan.
Kakashi flinched at the thought of having to harm a student of his. He hasn't planned things that far.
A part of him was wishing to get revenge, but that also meant that he would have to kill whatever was left of Sasuke. ‘ Can I do it without hesitation?’
“ See?.” Naruto glanced at him. “ You are too emotionally attached. He will take advantage of that and kill you instead.”
Yamato frowned. He wanted to respond to Naruto for looking down on the person he admired the most. But he couldn't…Naruto was right. If Kakashi had a flaw as a ninja, was that he was too kind.
He would definitely hesitate when fighting against his student…and Orochimaru would not let a single chance go. He will kill Kakashi.
“ And that one is shaking.” Naruto pointed at Yamato. “ I don't know what happened in your past, but you seem to have some story with this Sannin…you are terrified of him. “
Yamato looked down at his hands. He didn't even notice but they were shaking slightly.
Naruto got in front of them. “ Now stop wasting time and go away to stop Kabuto from doing...whatever it is they came here for. No matter what their goals are, it's safe to say that it will not be good for us. “
“ He is right, Kakashi,” Yamato told him. There was also the young boy that they had to save.
But then he glanced at Naruto and wondered if this young boy would truly be capable of confronting someone like Orochimaru and survive.
He had heard many things about his capabilities, and many had already compared him with the likes of Itachi Uchiha or Kakashi, who had been renowned geniuses of their respective generations.
Kakashi knew a lot more about Naruto's capabilities than Yamato, but even he was not sure. However, Naruto did not seem too worried about it. And if there was one thing that Kakashi had learned about the son of Minato…was that he was nothing like his father.
Naruto was not the type of person who would be willing to sacrifice his life for the sake of the village or to complete a mission.
‘ If he is willing to fight Orochimaru by himself…he must be sure of his survival.’ Kakashi concluded.
“Let's go then.” Kakashi turned to leave. “ We will leave this to you.”
Yamato was surprised to hear Kakashi say that. He had expected him to refuse Naruto's request and at least ask him to stay and assist him.
Kakashi glanced at Orochimaru for a second before turning back to Naruto.
The Sannin had not moved from his spot and seemed to be content to just wait. Making it obvious that only had an interested in earning time for whatever Kabuto was doing.
“ Can you really kill him?” Kakashi asked.
“ Probably,” Naruto responded. He could not give any guarantee without knowing all the tools that Orochimaru had at his disposal, but he was at least confident he wasn't going to lose.
As far as he was concerned, the Sannin had made a grievous mistake at coming out of his hiding spot, so soon after taking over a new body. And he was going to take advantage of that fact.
The smile disappeared from Orochimaru's face as he heard Naruto comment.
“ Probably?...you say…” He bit his finger and performed a few quick hand signs. “ Well, let me tell you something...none of you are leaving this shore.”
A giant cloud of smoke appeared in between them, and from within it, half a dozen colossal snakes came out and lunged at them with their mouths open and their venomous fangs showing.
