Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Crossing to the Other side ❯ Revalations 2 ( Chapter 19 )

 

“It's hard to explain and I don't entirely understand it my self but this is what I do understand. Orochimaru wants the Sharingan to copy all the jutsu's in the world and be the strongest shinobi to ever live. Uchiha Madara wanted the Kyuubi for the same reasons, how and when the two meet I don't know but I do know they made a deal. Orochimaru would lure the Kyuubi into attacking Konoha, since the Yondamie had developed a sealing jutsu with the Shingimi, Madara was going to use his technique to seal the Kyuubi in his body since he volunteered to be the container. He never imagined that the Yondiame would use his own son and since he didn't know the details of the jutsu there was no way he could have been the container any way.” Kat paused taking a deep breath, she didn't look at Sasuke or anyone for that matter her eyes remained trained to the ground she wanted to get this over with as fast as possible. Beside her Naruto squeezed the hand he was holding conveying his support. It was taking more then she thought to defend the `murder' and explain what little details she had pieced together from what Itachi had told her and what she had seen in his mind.

“I think it might have been possible for the Yondamie to seal Kyuubi in his own body but the seal itself would have been too weak and the demon would have escaped so Naruto-kun was used.” She had only stopped for a moment to drink some much needed water when she was interrupted.

“That explains a little, why the Kyuubi recognized my Sharingan.” Sasuke had spoken his voice dry, brittle. Naruto nodded his head with a slight grimace, he could recall clearly that day 3 years ago.

 

 

 

“So this is the source of you power.” Sasuke regarded the semi-solid demon in front of him his left hand raised in front of the beasts nose warding it off. The blonde looked stunned to find his best friend here in his mind, standing in the shallow pool of water that bubbled and hissed, able to see the Kyuubi.

Kyuubi laughed the sound vibrated in the camber.

“So you are one of the Uchiha let me congratulate you on making it this far!”

The dark haired avenger regarded the demon levelly.

“Its hard to believe you have something like `this' inside you.” Sharingan eyes glared at the beast before clenching his fist on the nose of the creature exploding the body in a shower of bubbles and foam, effectively suppressing its power back behind the sealed gates.

“I…warn you… don't kill….Na..ruto…you will…regret..”

With that the creature was gone and both teens were once again facing one another in the real world.

 

 

Both teens exchanged a look,

`I'm sorry I will protect you.'

`I know brother I love you and will protect you.'

Kat smiled slightly, she knew of the bond the two young men shared and was glad of it, clearing her throat she brought everyone's attention back to her self.

“Madara was lost fighting the Kyuubi during the battle to keep him from the village and disappeared. Orochimaru having been cheated out of his prey faded into the back ground his job was done for the time being he could attack the village and take what he wanted it was to dangerous to act then and he had a better idea, he used the deal he forged with Madara but twisted it to his advantage.” Red bangs fell forward over her eyes and Kat fiddled with the hem of her shirt, she was coming to the crucial point in her narrative. This would hurt Sasuke the most and she loathed what would follow. Standing up she nudged the blonde closer to his brother, Sakura being the every observant medic slide closer to the Uchiha as well, after moving a little distance away she turned to face them again from shadows of the tree she leaned against.

“The Sannin approached the head of the Uchiha clan, he could give them the power they sought to take over in Konoha restoring clan pride and control in exchange for a son of the clan with enough potential to be his.”

Sasuke didn't move but every muscle in his body was tensed like a coaled spring, cold sweat formed a layer on his back and slide down it creating goose flesh in its wake. He heard her words and understood them as language but the implications where to shocking,. He remembered Orochimaru saying Itachi was to strong for him now could this have been why his clan was killed why his niisan had slaughtered them all. But why kill every one..

“He didn't say who he wanted just that he would make his choice soon.” Arms folded over her chest Kat tried to keep her breathing slow and even but the aura emanating from Sasuke was making it hard to do that. The clearing the group sat in was strangled in silence, there was no nervous energy save for her own and it was swiftly dwindling gather fortitude Kat continued. “He picked Uchiha Itachi, by then Itachi-san was ANBU and the only other people to know about the deal where the clan elders and some select few who I don't really know. A problem arose when Uchiha Fugaku protested the selection of his eldest and heir as clan head. I don't know what all happened during the meetings and Itachi-san would not tell me anything about it other then he had been away on missions during the first few and so he was never told he was first choice. He did however find out who was second for him through Uchiha Shushi, who had been helping him all along. He was only able to tell me his friend was murdered and died in his arms,” Kat pressed her back hard into he tree behind her as if trying to disappear into its bark so she wouldn't have to finish her tale.

“Who was chosen?” Sasuke was looking at her intently from the fringe of his eyelashes and bangs. Kat flinched but it was hidden by the darkness she didn't want to answer she had been trying to power through this and not have to say his father had betrayed him.

“I only have his memory's to go by from when he used Tsukiyomi on me, since the seal in my mind was still in use I could see into his mind, and those may be incorrect since a genjutsu was used on him during that time by the Snake Sannin himself. Orochimaru attacked the clan to get to Itachi he gave him a vague picture of a man slaughter his family or at least that's what I say of his memory's. That's why I know he didn't kill the clan it was Orochimaru he was using that as a way to break him and have him come to him for power to avenge his clan. That's why when Itachi went to Akatsuki instead he followed him and That's why he attacked team 7 in the Forest of Death during the Chunnin exams he just forgot about me and Madara he assumed Everyone was dead.”

“What do you mean Madara-san? He died during the battle with the Kyuubi.” Kakashi said his visible eye guarded and his eyebrow drawn down in a frown.

“No he was lost during the battle I never said he died.” Kat replied though she was looking at all of them she saw Sasuke twitch but remain silent he had yet to re-ask his question.

“If the Uchiha Madara is still alive then what happened to him?” Gai had asked this time, he was on the edge of his seat his student/copy wide eyed as well.

“He's the Leader of Akatsuki.” She let the bomb drop and waited for the reaction, and they didn't let her down. Several voices raised eyes widened to what should have been impossible lengths, debates rose and it took several heated minutes before Kakashi announced he would send a hawk to the Hokage immediately with the information and a request for additional support to which Gai shouting about youth and speed volunteered himself and Rock Lee as runners to speed to the village and deliver the message personally. During that time Sasuke stood up placing a hand on both Naruto's and Sakura's shoulders he shook his head indicating he didn't want them to follow him as he tilted his head at Kat a clear enough command to follow him. Kat hesitated she knew what he wanted, she watched his back being swallowed by the dark. She didn't want to answer his question in public let alone private and she toyed with the idea of pretending that she didn't notice his action before he left only to look up again to a warm wall of firm chest and blonde good looks.

“Go, he wont hurt you your family.” His hands resting on her shoulders sqeezed gently and he pulled her into a hug.

“That's exactly why I shouldn't.” Head on his chest she missed the amused look he aimed at her. “So much of his family has betrayed him, perceived and real.” She wrapped her arms around the blonde pressing close stealing some of his warmth. He stepped back slightly, placing a finger under her chin he tilted her face up.

“That's exactly why you should.” He smiled his eyes squinting shut before turning her in the direction Sasuke had taken and giving her shove. Kat took a step then shot a glare over her shoulder at the blonde shinobi before being swallowed by the night.

 

Sasuke was sitting on a tree branch leaning his back against the trunk, he was waiting for Kat he knew she hadn't wanted to talk to him in private and her late appearance spoke volumes about her hesitance. She was standing directly under his branch looking around for him and he could tell she wanted to go back to the others without having to deal with this now.

“Up here.” He said simply and watched as her back went ram rod straight, an indifferent mask slipping over her features. He would have laughed at that but stopped himself, it was not so long ago that he did those same things him self. Leaping up to join him Kat picked a spot far enough away that she could run if she needed to but close enough that she could whisper and he would still hear her.

“So who was picked?”

 

“Ever to the point.”

 

“Just answer the question.” He ordered in a bored tone usually reserved for Naruto when he was being a Baka. Kat folded her arms shifting her weight and fidgeting. “Stop it, I'm not going to do anything to you.” She gave him a sarcastic smile then returned to looking at the ground.

“You.” Kat didn't move she just listened tensely and when he did it was only to stand and lean his shoulder into the tree facing the same way as her.

“I take it you read the scrolls in the temple as well then.” It was statement of fact but she nodded anyway. “How was it you saw his memory's?” Kat pondered for a moment then answered.

“When he used Tsukiyomi on me I still had the seal from my sensei so I had something in my mind that was foreign already it helped me focus, that and he didn't know I had the Sharingan as well so he wasn't guarding those parts of his mind when we where there.”

“So you put the pieces you had together and came to the conclusion you did.” His tone was low but it held a quality to it that she couldn't identify, again she nodded her head.

“What did Itachi tell you?” The bitterness in his voice ate at her heart, she wanted a family that would love her as much as she would love them and to not only find she had a family but one that was broken and fractured with lies was killing her.

“Very, very little. He didn't really want to talk to me at all and I thought he would kill me when I asked him about Shushi-san.” Sasuke only nodded, he felt a great well of anger at the betrayal of his father, he had read the same scrolls, they had been vague on the deal itself much less the choice of sacrifice but he could now better understand Itachi's attitude during those last few days.

“Hn.” He couldn't make him self give her more than that. His heart hurt as much as his head, unconsciously his fingers gripped his upper arms tighter the nails biting into the flesh and drawing blood. Brooding was always something that Naruto and Sakura told him he did to much of and now was no different, so deep in thoughts he failed to note Kat edging closer to him until she rested her hand over his clenched fingers closest to her.

“Gomensai.” Startled he looked down meeting hazel eyes. “Gomensai for dropping this in your lap. Gomensai for making you hurt. Gomensai..” she stopped unable to meet his gaze her eyes wet with tears that threatened to leak out, her throat tightened forming a lump that made swallowing nearly impossible and the pain in her chest becoming unbearable so much that she wanted to clutch her chest and cry to relieve the pressure building inside of her. She didn't want him to hurt any more not after every thing she had learned that had happened to him and his friends. She just wanted desperately to share in the warmth they held for one another to have a place in all of their hearts especial Sasuke's since now she was able to recognize the feelings he evoked in her, that of a sibling. The dark haired shinobi held perfectly still, the only other persons who had ever cried for him were sitting back at the camp.

“Gomen…niisan.” Her voice came as a whisper and he could barely hear it, if she hadn't been standing right next to him he would have missed it. He had always been accused of being a bastard, actually Naruto was fond of tagging teme to the end of his name he didn't know how he felt about these new discoveries but one thing he was sure of this young woman had become family even if she had not proved to be blood related by proof of the Sharingan.

“Uchiha Ryu Katsuo…Neechan.” Kat looked up sharply she hadn't expected that. “Its one more thing that idiot will have to answer to me for.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well here it is Kat's theory. It took FOR EVER FOR to get it organized but I intentionally left holes in it because…well its like figuring out a mystery and you have to remember she's going off of some one else's memory's that he may or may not have been feeding to her as false images remember he is a genius and miss leading information is key when you want the upper hand in anything. Well back to the grind. Feed a hungry authoress! I haven't even started on the next chapter cause this one took so long to organize so give me motivation! Ja Ne