Kai and Takamura, despite the pain they were in, stared into Izumi's eyes. They could see the full might of the Sharingan staring at them, but...it was not like any Sharingan they had ever seen before from any other Uchiha. It looked more developed, defined, The three-tomoe shapes had come together to form a sharp pattern not so different from a shuriken.
Slowly, time slowed down for them both. Izumi picked up her blade. "I will tear it down. Everything that Itachi protected, everything that my family ever loved, everything that makes this world run smoothly, I will burn it to cinders and ashes. I will make Itachi watch as I create miles of graveyards wrought with the bodies of the living,"
Izumi picked up her blade and slashed Kai's chest. The female Shingen tried to scream, but she found her vocal trapped by...something she couldn't identify. "Shhh, you make too much noise. Let me...savor this. Let me...keep cutting you like this...for the next 144 Hours," Izumi said.
She turned to Takamura. She grabbed him by the throat and shoved him against the wall. "Don't die too quickly. I've studied a lot about the human body. I might not be as good as a Sannin, but I can keep you breathing!" Izumi said as the throes of bloodlust darkened her speech. Takamura screamed, but no sound came up. He looked down and he saw Izumi's blade stabbing through his crotch. He stared at her and all he could see...was the spinning wheel of her Sharingan.
Izumi opened the hidden door to the room that had been her entertainment. She stared at the mangled, disfigured, and dismembered corpses of her victims. Her eyes squinted as blood continued to pour away. Her breath was heavy and so was her body. "Don't get too comfortable Shingen Family. I'll be sure to send Itachi to you for company," Izumi said as she closed the door.
The female Uchiha started walking away and the building behind her exploded as fires took to the trees. She paid them no mind. She was tired. She would also have to find a plan to deal with the Inuzuka clan's meeting for Hana.
"How do you feel?" Izumi turned her gaze to see Anko Mitarashi standing in front of the gate of training ground 44, better known as the Forest of Death.
Izumi licked a piece of blood from her cheek. "I feel...hungry. I'm in a mood. Order me some dango," she replied. A chuckle escaped from Anko's lips.
"Well, at least you have good taste," the snake mistress replied. She stuffed her hands into her pockets and fell into step with the Uchiha.
"By the way, Izumi, have you ever heard of a group called...The Akatsuki?" Anko asked.
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"I can't leave the compound?! Do I look like I'm Kiba to you?! I've been jailed to my house for three days like some criminal! Why can't I leave?!" Hana asked.
"Because I said so! You have nothing to do anyway. I know because Hokage-sama and I cleared your schedule. If you want to go out, then go train in the compound. You could use more practice in your collaboration techniques anyway. This discussion is over, Hana," Tsume returned fiercely.
Hana felt like her mind was being snapped into pieces. She could feel her chest pumping, and she could feel the excess chakra rushing through her body. Each day, each night, Naruto's words rang in her ears. She...was a Dog Soldier. She could feel her body getting restless. She could feel her senses heightening. She could feel her aggression levels rising.
"YOU DARE TURN YOUR BACK TO ME, MOTHER?!" Hana asked, her voice full of anger that surprised Tsume. The Matriarch of the Inuzuka clan turned around and she could see her daughter's once black eyes, now take the color of harsh gold. Like a great beast, her pupils hung vertically in her eyes. Her teeth were sharpened like blades. Her hands itched for blood.
Tsume slowly held up her hands. "Hana, listen to me. You've got to calm down. I know it's been hard on you, but you can't leave the compound. If you need something I will task a clan member to get it. Someone else can cover the vet duties. There is nothing you need that requires you to be away from the compound,"
Hana felt like her mind was being ripped into two different pieces. Adrenaline was rushing through her body. Chemicals and hormones released by her were constantly being released into her brain and lower organs. "Calm down?! Calm down! You dare tell me to be calm?! I don't need to be catered to by a bunch of lower, sniveling dogs! You take me for a fool?! If you don't move, I'll rip the heads off every INUZUKA CLAN MEMBER IN THIS DAMN COMPOUND," Hana said. Her voice was filled with fire and steel. She could feel her mind slipping away.
"Good girl, Hana. Just like that. The days get closer to the full moon. You can feel the power that Konoha's tried to suppress and control inside you. Do you see the way Tsume hides her left hand? A syringe lays behind it. It will restrain your aggression and relieve your mind of its consciousness," a voice spoke to her.
"I have been trapped in her like some caged animal for three days. I only wished to go out to spend some time to myself. I am not even allowed that. Naruto, I am afraid. What are they going to do to me if I fall asleep? I have not slept for 3 days from this fear. The base below the bar is the only place I feel safe to rest. I would rather slit my own throat than eat anymore food they give me!"
"Have no fears, Hana. Izumi is aware of the timeframe. Besides, you've continued to grow for so long. They can't keep your growth from rising forever nor will they. However, since you're hungry, why don't you...feast?" Naruto said from within her mind.
"Yes sir,"
"Hana, I'm warning you! Stand down!" Tsume ordered. As soon as those words left her mouth, three Inuzuka clan members and their ninken surrounded Hana in the corridor that separated her from the outside. A deep growl ruptured from the daughter of Tsume. She turned back to her mother and saw Kuromaru standing with her.
"Stand down?! A loser bitch and her brood dares me to stand down?!" Hana asked. She took a step forward. As soon as that step landed, the walls and floors cracked from the pressure of her chakra. She could see the beads of sweat fall from the faces of those around her. The weight of her chakra and her intent of murder was so strong that even Tsume felt her foot step back.
"Her chakra is so strong it's visible! She didn't have this much strength even two weeks ago! What happened? Where did she gain all of this power from?!" Tsume thought to herself. This...this was getting dangerous. She would have to inform the Hokage about this. How dense had Hana's chakra coils become?
"If you want me to stand down, then why don't you make me!" Hana screamed as she charged her mother. With her enhanced vision and reaction speed, it would have been easy for her to dodge the weapon she knew was coming, but she did not. Instead, she felt her mother stab her neck with the syringe and push the liquid into her daughter's bloodstream.
In an instant, Hana slumped over Tsume's body. The latter picked up her daughter into her arms. "Take her to her room. I want two Inuzuka stationed at the door. She does not leave her room under any circumstances,"
"Hai, Tsume-sama. Consider it done," one of them said. They took the unconscious woman from her mother and walked away. Tsume watched them leave with Hana while Kuromaru looked at his partner.
"Something's wrong. It should have been easy for her to dodge that. Even in the narrow corridor, she had the space," the wolf-dog said. The frown on Tsume's face deepened.
"I agree, but it's also easy to think she was drunk on her own rising power that she underestimated me. I never thought I'd have to use that syringe. It has enough drugs to even put down the Hokage for two days. She shouldn't wake up until the dinner. We can then move her and observe her," Tsume said to him. The two walked away.
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