Schemes and Blood Festival - 3

Sasuke suddenly got up and started pacing back and forth in his room with his arms behind his back. He looked worried.

[Sasuke-inner-thought: Fuck, Fuck, Fuck. What to do? What to do? I don't want to kill shinobis from the Senju, Yamanaka, Akimichi, Nara, Sarutobi, Uchiha….]

He then stops and drops his hands that were behind his back. His face suddenly changed from worried to about to cry. 

[Sasuke-inner-thought: Aren't all those the most prominent clans of this era?]

He then dropped to the ground as if strength left him and tears started to pour out of his eyes.

[Sasuke-inner-thought: I can't not kill them. Last time, I crippled all the members from the prominent clans. But I can't keep doing that all the time. How would I survive then If I do this?]

Until now no sound has come out from his mouth.

He suddenly gets up and his face changes to that of a crazy person.

Sasuke: FUCK YOU FATE! FUCK YOU! I GIVE UP. I DON'T CARE WHETHER TIMELINE CHANGES OR NOT!

He shouted to the sky. Then, he stopped. He cried again and his face changed to a pitiful person.

Sasuke: But ... .But What happens if the timeline does change and I cease to exist…..(tears run down from his eyes)

He wipes his tears and his expression changes to a serious one.

Sasuke: No, I am a living butterfly effect. My existence itself is probably changing the timeline. At this point, I should consider that the timeline has already changed.

His face changes again and tears build up in his eyes and he is about to cry again.

Sasuke: Bu…But…(cry and tears run down)...I tried to minimize the changes to the timeline by myself as much as possible. What if I haven't disappeared yet because my impact has been minimal (cry and tears run down).

He wipes his tears again and has a determined look.

Sasuke: NO! The invasion beyond the border proves that this timeline has already changed ... . But in the anime no one knows as it wasn't shown (tears start coming out again)...NO!!!....I have to consider that the timeline is going where it is supposed to go (determined look).....But….(tears coming out again).....What if I am wrong?

While he was having an existential crisis and a talk to himself, Someone knocked on the door.

Knock Knock

Sasuke(wipes his tears in a hurry): YES!

Servant: Sasuke-sama, did you bring a cat or a dog into your room? People in the rooms below say that they hear a crying sound or as if a dog barked once or twice.

Sasuke: WHAT? WHO SAID IT?

Servant: Umm…2 people from the rooms down below.

Sasuke: Tell them to fucking go to sleep otherwise I will release my Ninken on them.

Servant: Umm…But one of the people who said it is Hayami-sama and the other is a minister.

Sasuke:.....(Silence)...Well then, tell Hayami-sama that I will send my pet away and tell the fucking minister that my Ninken can eat a man whole so he better go to sleep.

Servant: Yes.

The servant then leaves and Sasuke turns to a pillar in the room and punches it in anger.

Sasuke: Damn it. One can't even contemplate his existence and the existence of time peacefully. FFFFUUUUUCCCCKKKK!....Oh, I wasn't supposed to shout. Fuck it, Now then how do I decide my future course of action.

He brings his right hand to his chin and thinks seriously. After thinking deeply in that pose as if he is a statue for 1 min, He then comes up with a decision.

Sasuke: Yes, my future actions that could very well decide whether I will continue to exist or simply go poof with the timeline can be decided by that method. YES!!! That method has been proven to be effective when making important decisions. It is used when one wants to decide his/her future.

He then looked determined and peaceful as if he was assured that the method he chose would give him the perfect answer. He then runs to the window of his room and jumps out. He goes to the garden of the castle and finds a plant with a flower.

Sasuke: Hmm…..I got a couple of choices: yellow flower, red flower which is a rose, purple, pink, green…..white, black…OH! They even have blue...…..FUCK!!! Which flower is gonna give me the correct answer? (Looks to the sky and shouts with a frustrated face)

…

In another place, Sasuke's clone was hiding in shrubs and looking at the cave. He can see that there are 2 guards outside.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: Hmm…..The traces led to here and those two guys are probably not bouncers for a popular party that might be happening in that cave…..They are definitely related to the people that caused the massacre in all the villages. Now, they don't look like shinobis sent by the land of grass. SO WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING!!??]

He arrived just 20 mins ago and decided to scope out the place. He has been hiding and keeping an eye for 10 mins.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: Hmm…..or maybe I am wrong and those two are guards and maybe an orgy is happening in that cave and people I have been chasing just decided to join that orgy.....Maybe I can join them?]

As he was contemplating that when a group moved near to the entrance. The group had people from children to old both males and females, bound with their hands and led by 3 people in similar robes as the guards.

Cave guard: Halt! Which group are you from?

Jashin group leader(bringing captives): We are from the group that went south east. We took too long due to the ritual. I and my group mates have sacrificed 20 to Jashin-sama and brought 49 for the blood festival.

Cave guard: Hmm….I see. Go in then, hurry, the saint has decided to do the blood festival tonight in 2 hours.

Jashin group leader(bringing captives): WHAT? But I thought it would be a few more days…

Cave guard: Don't ask me, the saint decided that because tonight is a red moon even if we don't have enough sacrifices, our festival will make Jashin-sama happy.

Jashin group leader(bringing captives): Then I need to go and help others.

Cave guard: Yeah, hurry up.

The captor then took his captives inside the cave with his group.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: Hmm…..So there wasn't an orgy? FFFFUUUCCCKKK! No, I don't have time for such thoughts. JASHIN!!!??? SERIOUSLY???? ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT HIDAN'S CULT IS IN MOTION? ARE ALL OF THESE IMMORTALS???? HOW THE FUCK AM I GONNA WIN AGAINST ALL OF THEM? I AM STRONG BUT AGAINST A WHOLE GROUP THAT IS IMMORTAL??? I WOULD FUCKING LOSE.]

His mind suddenly had a crisis and his face reflected this with his expression and sweat suddenly started pouring from his forehead. But then suddenly he realised.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: No wait a minute ... .there is no way that all of them could be immortal. I mean, at Hidan's time he was considered to be a success after countless failures. Hmm ... .Maybe the cult of this era will lose the way to make them immortal and only in the naruto's era would they figure out their way again. Then Hidan who was a success after countless failures will kill most of the other cult members with only a few surviving. Hmm…..Then that means that a person or a group caused the cult to be near extinct in this era and they will keep their heads down till naruto's era. Hmm….THAT PERSON IS FUCKING ME THEN! AS I AM ON THE SCENE NOW! I FUCKING FOUND THEM OUT FIRST AS THEY ENTERED THE LAND OF FIRE FOR ATTACKING HIYAMI'S DOMAIN! MEANING, THIS IS THE FIRST DOMAIN THEY ARE ATTACKING! AND I AM THE FIRST PERSON TO FIND THEM OUT! I AM A FUCKING JASHIN SLAYER AND I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY FATE TO KILL ALL THESE FANATICS!]

He worked everything out in his mind and when he realised that a group or person is gonna cause the cult to go near extinction his mind made deductions faster and at the end his face changed as if he had looked into the future. Then he calmed down and his face changed as if he smelled shit.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: Seriously? I was chosen by fate? MORE LIKE FATE WANTS ME TO FIGHT ALL THESE FANATICS AND DIE!!! NO!!! FATE IS A BITCH AMONG BITCHES! SHE PROBABLY WANTS ME AND THESE FANATICS TO DESTROY EACH OTHER. FFFFFFUUUCCCCKKKK!!!!!!]

He held his head with both hands as he realised fate's true intentions and the crisis he is in. His face changed to extremely worried.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: There is no way that this is everything regarding fate's plan. Just one group attack??? MORE LIKE THERE ARE MORE ATTACKS IMMINENT!!!]

In Sasuke's mind, fate appeared in the form of a slut and bitch. In his mind, he imagined that fate was looking down on him and laughing arrogantly with perfect make up on her face and nails properly manicured.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: THAT BITCH!!!! I AM GONNA KILL HER ONE DAY! WHAT TO DO? DESTROYING ONE GROUP IS NOT DIFFICULT OR MAYBE FATE WANTS ME TO THINK THAT WAY AND THERE IS SOMEONE REALLY STRONG IN THAT CAVE.]

Suddenly, he reached an epiphany. He felt like Sherlock Holms reaching the conclusion to an impossible mystery.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: YES!!! I AM FUCKING CORRECT. FATE SAW THAT I SURVIVED SO LONG SO SHE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS ERA MORE BRUTAL BY MAKING THESE CULTIST ATTACK OTHER LANDS. NO, MAYBE THESE CULTIST HAVE GROWN SO MUCH IN THIS ERA THAT THEY NO LONGER NEED TO HIDE AND FATE IS USING THEM AS PAWNS TO KILL ME.]

His craziness has grown to the point that he can predict the future correctly with a few hints. Even though he is crazy and he is probably considering that there is a supernatural entity that controls destiny is conspiring to kill him, he did reach to one correct conclusion without any evidence or interrogation. The correct conclusion being that the cultists have grown so much in power that they no longer need to hide and are gonna continue attacking even if he destroys this group.

[Sasuke's-clone-inner-thought: I need to let the original know. [Shadow Clone Jutsu]]

He made a hand sign to create a shadow clone with minimal chakra. The clone appeared and he then cancelled the clone so that the original would get the memories. He had complete trust in his analysis and conclusion. In just a few moments, he has figured out the flow of the current era and the direction it is heading in.

…

Back to the original Sasuke in the Castle….

Sasuke: I kill all of them, I kill not, I kill all of them, I kill not…..

Sasuke was down to his last flower. He decided that instead of choosing just one flower, why not just decide through all of them. That was not one flower of each color but all the flowers of the garden. So, in one night that beautiful garden that was full of flowers was destroyed and he is on his last flower to decide his fate.

Sasuke: I kill, I kill not, I kill, I kill not, kill, not kill, kill, not kill, kill.

The last petal that he plucked gave him his answer. He looked at the remains of a naked branch to confirm that he really did pluck all the petals.

Sasuke: Hmm .... kill it is.

He then dropped his hands and looked at the red moon as he came to his decision.

Sasuke: The sure fire, perfect method tells me to kill. Hmm...Well, I am crazy and I did decide that whatever results gonna be I will follow. Even if there is a chance that I will go poof. (Sigh….takes a long breath and breathe out the air)

Sasuke then stretched his arms as he is feeling tired in his hands and shoulders.

Sasuke: Ah, so peaceful. Sometimes being crazy is so helpful. I can make the most difficult of decisions most easily and peacefully act on those even If I were to die. So, killing all the mother fuckers it is for the future.

Suddenly, he became still as a statue. He just received memories from his clone. His face then turns that of a maniac with great anger as his face is turning red. He then looks at the sky and shouts.

Sasuke: FUCK YOU! YOU BITCH! DIE! DIE! DIE!

He then pulls out his two middle fingers and moves his hands forward to sky.

Sasuke: I WILL LIVE THROUGH THIS AS WELL. I HOPE YOU HAVE MENOPAUSE!!!!

[?]: Sasuke-sama? Why? What did I do?

Sasuke: Huh???

He then suddenly realized that he was facing towards the castle and anyone would think that he was cursing someone inside it. Upon seeing the person in the window that asked him, he quickly hid his hands behind his back and bowed.

Sasuke: MY APOLOGIES HIYAMI-SAMA! I WAS TRAINING AND SLEPT AND THEN HAD A NIGHTMARE. I WASN'T SAYING THAT TO YOU.

Hayami: Huh? WH..WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GARDEN?

Sasuke looks at the destruction behind him that was caused during his maniacal episode. He then looked back and bowed.

Sasuke: MY APOLOGIES! I WAS TESTING OUT A JUTSU AND IT SEEMED TO HAVE DESTROYED YOUR GARDEN! I AM REALLY SORRY.

Hayami suddenly became angry. She liked that garden. She has memories with her grandfather that happened in it.

Hayami: SASUKE-SAMA, HOW COULD YOU? I REALLY CHERISHED THAT GARDEN.

Sasuke: I AM SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME I WAS TRAINING…

Hayami: AND YOU DECIDED TO TRAIN IN MY GARDEN? DON'T YOU HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU TRAIN THE ORPHANS?

Sasuke: I AM REALLY SORRY. BELIEVE ME, IT WAS LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL.

Hayami: YOU WILL NOT GET ANY PAY THIS MONTH AND YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE GARDENERS TO FIX IT.

Sasuke: What? But I am a shinobi.

Hayami: AM I CLEAR?

Sasuke: HAI! CLEAR AS WATER.

Hayami: ALSO, GO TO SLEEP. FIRST WITH THE PET AND NOW THIS? WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SLEEP AND REST.

Sasuke: Umm…Hayami-sama, I have information regarding the issue of villages related to the border for which I assigned my clone. If I were to sleep right now I can assure you we would have a big problem on our hands.

When Hayami heard this, she calmed down and looked at him seriously.

Hayami: Is the issue serious?

Sasuke: Yes. But I am about to take action so please go to sleep. I will inform you in the morning.

Hayami: You are not lying are you?

Sasuke: Hayami-sama I never lie to you. It is very serious.

Hayami: But you are talking about it as if you are about to go fix a broken wall or some other easy chore.

Sasuke: That is because I am a really incredible shinobi.

Hayami: Hmm….

When she heard him say that she knew he was telling the truth. As she has come to know that the things that others would be worried about are things he would just laugh at or treat as if simple. Now that she is learning from him, she can tell he is incredible not only as a shinobi but also as someone with knowledge. She is sure that he is probably smarter than her ministers.

Hayami: Are you sure you don't need to discuss it with me?

Sasuke: No. You can't help anyway as only with my skills as a shinobi I can resolve it. If it was something that your power, democracy or politics could solve then I would definitely approach you.

Hayami: Hmm…Okay then inform me in the morning. I am going to sleep. Also, stop shouting and let others sleep as well.

She then walked towards her room. She woke up a while ago and couldn't go to sleep again so she decided to take a walk. That's when she heard Sasuke.

Hayami: He doesn't need my help huh.

She asked herself rhetorically and she was sad. She was quite happy that Sasuke could handle whatever problem that came up but she knew if he said that the problem was serious then it was not just serious but disasterly more serious. She was sad that uptill now she hasn't been much help to him and a part of her is saying to her mind that if she keeps being useless then he will just give up and leave.

Hayami: I need to become his strength if I don't want him to give up and leave.

She decided to work harder from tomorrow.

…

Back to Sasuke….

Sasuke: Now then….What to do?

He was in a thinking posture with right hand grabbing his chin and left hand grabbing his right elbow.

Sasuke: I know.

He brought down his right fist on his left hand palm as he decided on his plan.

Sasuke: Muhahahahahahahahahaaha…..I am a fucking genius. Hahahahahahahahaha....Hmm…..I really want to laugh loudly without any reservations but I can't.

In the beginning of his laugh, his face was that of a maniac with teeth showing and his smile reaching his ears. But as he couldn't laugh loudly he contemplated and then calmed down.

Sasuke: I need to laugh freely for me to feel free. Hmm….Let's go in the town below and find a space to laugh freely before acting on the plan. Oh, I also need to let the clone know so that he doesn't act impulsively.

He then created a shadow clone and released it to let the clone know.

He then disappeared from there and moved towards the town under the red moon. When he was jumping from one tree to another, during one of the moments, he could be seen in a cool pose mid air and the red moon perfectly behind him. At that perfect moment, something in him clicked and he couldn't hold back. He had a perfect smile with his mouth open, teeth visible and a smile stretched to ears as far back as possible and a crazy look in his eyes. He had the expression of a crazy villain that is about to act on his evil plan.

Sasuke: MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….HERE I COME INVADERS.