Naruto : Venom

”Fine.” I growl out. ”If he ever becomes a problem will you let me deal with it? I don’t know why but he rubs me the wrong way.” Sometimes even more than you do.

Orochimaru raises a skeptical eyebrow. ”Interesting.”

...

I walk out of his now trashed office. I’m not sorry about that at all. With my head held high I go back to my room. ”Kami I’ve missed you bed. Murasakino’s hammocks sure are nice but nothing beats a bed. I wish I knew why Kabuto rubs me the wrong way.”

Hold up a moment. I can figure out why Kabuto irritates me, I’m an aspiring spymaster now.

I hop out of bed. ”Summoning Jutsu!”

POOF

”Sup Al? How’s things back in Sound?” Shirokumo scuttles up a wall to the web covered ceiling. ”Oh I’ve missed this. There’s something special about webs you make yourself.”

”Yeah, you’ve got a mini fortress going on up there. Anyways I need your help.” I plop back down on my bed. Now that he’s here there’s no need to stand.

”With what?”

”Remember Kabuto Yakushi? I had you deliver a report on him once.”

”Vaguely. Never met the guy in person but I do have a plethora of information on him.”

”Cool. Basically he rubs me the wrong way, there’s something about him that I can’t quite place that causes me to hate him but I can’t figure it out. I want you to figure it out for me.” Wait a moment. ”How do you have information on him?”

”Oh that?” Shirokumo smirks from his web. ”I’ve got a network set up here already. I did it while we were in Kusa. Figured you might need help spying on people here.”

”Shirokumo you’re brilliant!”

”I know I am.” He smirks at me. ”Honestly I just wanted to take some stuff off of your hands. You really overwork yourself. How many different things are yo trying to plan around now? Firstly you’re protecting Sasuke to the extreme, you’re spying on Orochimaru while being trained by him and I have no idea how that’s still going on, then there’s whatever the hell Akatsuki is. Anything else you want to add to the list?”

”Well... There’s the whole Rinnegan thing.” I have no idea how I’m going to handle that.

Firstly I need to somehow be in a position to do something and frankly I have no idea if the plot is even intact anymore. Then comes the real question, what do I do with them? The easiest solution is to destroy them. No Rinnegan means no one can summon the Gedo Mazu to imprison the bijuu and reform the Ten Tails, no one can use Rinne Rebirth to bring back Madara, and then no one will be able to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and that means no Kaguya. Honestly that’s probably the best idea I’ll have.

But, and this is a major but, I have the Jiongu. It can take in other organs to enhance me, for example all of my hearts. It’s feasible that I could take them for myself. Sure they might be a massive chakra drain but I have the chakra of more than one person, that won’t be a problem at all. Then I’d always have access to all of the elements and I get way more dangerous if I use any of the Six Paths, especially the Asura Path.

The Asura Path grants the user mechanized limbs, weaponry and armor. I have a head full of memories from another world and in them is a bunch of weapons that no one here has ever seen. Hell if I do it right I could make a Gatling gun. I don’t care how good of a shinobi you are, no one can stand up to two thousand metal slugs a minute.

Is it worth it?

”ALVARCUS!” Shirokumo yells.

”Hmm sorry what?” I sputter out. ”Got lost in thought there.”

”No shit. I was calling your name for a good thirty seconds.” All eight of his eyes roll. ”Now correct me if I’m wrong, the Rinnegan is the legendary dojutsu of the Sage of the Six Paths himself, yes?”

”Yep that’s the one.” I confirm.

”You know what? Fuck it, I don’t want to know. Let’s get back to the Kabuto guy. You know, the whole reason you summoned me in the first place?”

”Yeah that’s probably for the best. Start with the closest problem. You said you have information on him, let’s hear it. We’re looking for any interactions he’s had with me for starters.”

”Let’s see, there’s the whole Konoha Chunin Exams thing. Kabuto approached the gennin under the guise of a helpful older nin who you all could turn to for advice and help. He was also supposed to help Sasuke, and by extension you, get to the tower after Orochimaru gave him the cursed seal.”

”Knew that already. I don’t think it’s from the Exams.” What could it be? ”How about before? Did he scout me for anything?” I’m pretty sure Kabuto was Root trained. Did Danzo take an interest in me before now?

”Hmm... no. Maybe. If he did there’s no record of it here.” So that’s possible then.

”Dammit. When did he leave Konoha? Let’s try and narrow down our time frame.”

”He left during the invasion.” Shirokumo really knows his stuff. ”No one reported him missing, in fact I’m pretty sure they assumed him KIA. I think his name is on the Monument and everything.”

”Wow. I’ll have to fix that when I go back. If I go back.” I pause. ”The invasion? What did he do during it? I never saw him.”

”If my information is accurate - and it should be since it’s from Orochimaru’s files - he was the one who cast the genjutsu that put the stadium to sleep.”

No. Could it be? Impossible.

”He was masquerading as a Suna ANBU to hide in plain sight.”

I refuse. I don’t want this to be true.

”There’s this part I don’t get though, the report got really evasive and inarticulate. From what I saw I think he was given a special task to complete before the tournament even started. It looks like Orochimaru had him hunt down and kill a random gennin for something. It doesn’t make sense, the files didn’t say what the purpose of it was. The gennin wasn’t even a clan kid, there was no bloodline present at all. Kinda strange if you ask me, all of the other mission reports were very detailed and specific.”

”The gennin. What was their name?” I whisper out.

”Let’s see... if memory serves it was Sakura Haruno.”

”Shirokumo get me to the Nest. Now.” I’m livid. Those bastard. I’m going to kill them. I’m going to kill every last mother fucker who had anything to do with this!

”What? Why? I just got here!”

”Because I’m about to freak out. Really freak out. If I don’t get out of here right now I’m going to slaughter everyone here until someone kills me.” My voice is laced with fury.

”Give me ten seconds.”

He poofs away.

I’m soon to follow.

...

The Nest

I land on my feet in a large empty clearing. Shirokumo is a healthy distance away from me.

”Shirokumo, warn the others to leave me alone for a while. I need to express some unadulterated rage.”

”You got it.” He runs off.

”They’re behind it. They’re behind Sakura’s death. They’re behind my parent’s deaths. They’re the reason I never met my sibling!”

I raise giant earth mounds out of the ground. I need a punching bag.

PUNCH

~They stole from us!~

The force of my blow causes a tremor in the ground. ”I know!”

PUNCH

~What will you do now? Will you let them get away with this? Let them get away with the pain and suffering they’ve caused you?~

”Never! Their lives are forfeit! They will die!”

PUNCH

~I don’t believe you. You’ve always known something has been off about that day, about that moment. You’ve never had proof, but deep down you knew it was them. Yet you live with these murderers, you break bread with them! Show me your resolve!~

”Oh believe me, they will die. Dying isn’t enough, no it isn’t near enough. They have to suffer first. They have to feel the pain I did!”

PUNCH

~YES! How will you do it? They took the only things you treasure in life, it’s only fitting you do the same to them. Tell me, what will you do? How will you achieve your revenge?~

”I will tear Otogakure to the ground. I will force Orochimaru to watch as I pull Sasuke away from him, I will force him to watch as I burn everything he has worked so hard to build up. Then, and only then will he get to die.”

PUNCH

~And how do you plan on killing him when that moment comes? A slit throat like your teammate? A beheading like your parents?~

”No. I’m going to do the only thing that I can, I’m going to put you inside him. I’m going to let him experience the agony that he put me through.”

~MAGNIFICENT!~

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