Then once all of that was over Tsunade, Kakashi and the others showed up only to watch me take them hostage and leave with public enemy number one! Oh and the best part is I'm pretty sure Orochimaru is going to make me go see Kabuto to get my skin back on my hand, so I have that to look forward to and I still can't kill him!
~You need to get laid.~
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"WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM I'M THIRTEEN YOU ASSHAT!"
~Eh, whatever. It's an excellent stress reliever. We could have brought the mindwalker back with us. I'm sure she'd be willing.~
"That's just – but why would you – Sasuke kill – Ino would never – thirteen – what the fuck?!"
"Alvarcus?" Orochimaru says with a great deal of concern. "Are you okay?"
"No I'm not okay! The Jiongu just told me to get – you know what never mind. All you need to know is that the Jiongu said something stupid. I'm going to go now. So... yeah."
I sprint out of the prison complex as fast as I can.
"That was strange. I wonder what the Jiongu said to make him so flustered?" Orochimaru swiftly turns to leave as well.
The two guards share a look between themselves.
"So." The one on the left says. "That was one of Orochimaru-sama's prodigies."
"Yeah. He's not what I expected to be honest." The other replies.
"I know right? At first he was all buddy buddy with the boss but the he went full on cold blooded killer. Sure we get some people here with loose morals but to actually stop and give a speech? He's got to be a different kind of killer. One who really enjoys it."
"Talk about scary! One of the prisoners called him a black eyed demon. It's not that far off, did you see his eyes? They're solid black."
"They're creepy as hell! But then that bit at the end..."
"...Yeah. Totally ruined his whole image."
"When we tell the others about this we should leave that part out."
"No shit! I'm not going to be caught saying that one of Orochimaru-sama's prized students is insane!"
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Alvarcus's Room
I slam the door shut the second I'm back in my room.
"Never again Jiongu. Please. Never do that again. You should never mention sex to me at all. Like ever. EVER."
~No deal. That was too much fun. Plus it distracted you very nicely, didn't it?~
"And this is why people think you're crazy."
My head snaps towards the unexpected voice.
"Sasuke?" He's sitting at my desk with the chair spun around to face the room. He's completely out of his mission clothes, now he's just wearing casual black shorts and a dark blue t-shirt. "What are you doing here?"
"We need to talk." He points at my bed. "Sit down."
"Ooookay?" What the hell is this about? Is he going to ask my why I picked Orochimaru?
"Alvarcus, why did you lie to everyone? When we went against the Konoha gennin you put on this fake face. You said things that I know you would never mean. You went out of your way to hurt them. Why?"
Oh. That's not what I expected.
"You spun a tale about your parent's death. I know that the only people you blame for that are Orochimaru, Kabuto and yourself. When we left you tried to get me to stay by throwing their names at me. I know you, you would never hurt them like that. But you did, I saw it happen right before me. So tell me why."
"It's my way of helping them."
"Bullshit! That wouldn't help anyone!" Sasuke shouts at me.
"Sasuke, they're weak. Look at how easily we took them apart. It was eight on two and we bested them. We didn't even do anything that impressive! Only my Dance of the Dragons was what stands out about the techniques we used, all you used was kenjutsu and genjutsu. I only used mid tier ninjutsu that they've already seen before and Keji who can't actually fight. They didn't just lose, they were destroyed. It wasn't even close. If they are going to have any hope of surviving in this world they need to improve and quickly. So I gave them a reason to. I showed them just how big the gap between us is and I dared them to close it. I gave them a promise that I'll go back if they beat me. It was all a ruse, a facade, to make them push themselves to become better."
"You did all of that for everyone else?" Sasuke says in bewilderment. "You turned that entire cluster fuck of a situation into something positive?"
"Yes." I say with a tinge of pride. It may have been extremely underhanded but it was still magnificent to pull it off. "Now they'll push their sensei's to train them more. They'll be more motivated than ever before. I've never stopped caring about them."
"I knew it." Sasuke smirks. "You manipulative bastard I knew it! Do you have any idea how worried I was that Orochimaru corrupted you?"
"And while we're on the topic of improving oneself, I convinced Orochimaru to start taking your training seriously. So expect to go through hell because he's going to put you through it." It's my turn to smirk at Sasuke. "Have fun with that. I know I sure as hell didn't."
"Dude." Sasuke is staring at me. "Really?"
"Yep."
"Alvarcus you've got to do something for yourself every once in a while." Sasuke sternly says. "All you ever do is look out for everyone else. Do something for you."
"What? Are you not grateful that I got Orochimaru to start taking you seriously?" I should probably tell him what I had to do to convince Orochimaru. "Oh by the way I may have hinted that I'm okay with him taking your body. Just a heads up so you don't freak out if you find that out later. Consider it as a bargaining chip to make him do it."
"You did what? You know what, it doesn't matter. I know you plan on killing him before then. But seriously you need to stop devoting your entire being to others. Be greedy and do something for you."
"Fine, fine I'll do that. Don't really know how to do that though."
"That is so sad. Just figure it out." Sasuke rises up and heads out the door.
"I will. See ya tomorrow."
"Bye." He shuts the door behind him.
"Well I can't really do something for me right now. I have to do some damage control to see if I really did get kicked out of Konoha for good. Which would suck. Talk about the understatement of the century." I push myself up from my bed and make my way to the desk. "Well, here goes nothing. No clue at all how to word this."
A solid ten minutes pass with only the sound of pencil on paper. I scrapped two copies and started over before settling on the third. I still don't feel that good about it.
"Summoning Jutsu!" I touch the ground and a puff of smoke appears before me.
"Alvarcus what the hell have you been up to?" Shirokumo asks the second he's here. He didn't even wait for the smoke to clear. "Keji is kinda strange but he isn't a liar, but I don't know if I can believe the things he said."
"Oh. You mean the part where he helped me take down all of the Konoha gennin then saw me, Sasuke and Orochimaru confront Tsunade, Kakashi, Gai, Asuma and Kurenai?"
"Yes! That!" He's scuttling back and forth across the floor.
"Totally true. He didn't see the part where I kinda maybe sorta... took the gennin hostage to force Tsunade and company to let us escape." I offer up a half shrug. "It was no big deal."
"Alvarcus you moron! Orochimaru could have died then! It could have been over! All you had to do was let her kill him!" Never thought I'd get a dressing down from a big white spider.
"Orochimaru is not her's to kill." I growl out.
Shirokumo stops his frantic pacing. "Kami dammit Al, you have got to be the most stubborn person I've ever met. That's why you let him live? Because he wasn't in your web when he died?"
"I'd be more likely to use a kunai, but yes." In the end that's all it boiled down to. I wanted to kill him myself.
But he saved me. He had a choice between saving the precious Sharingan, something he's wanted for his entire life, or me. He picked me. Maybe, just maybe, he's starting down the road of redemption earlier than in cannon?
No! Stop that right now Alvarcus! It doesn't change all the horrors he's put me through. That man is evil and deserves to die! I don't care if he turns out okay in the end of the story. I don't care that he can be redeemed. He will die and it'll be my hand that swings the blade.
"I'm sure that went over really well with everyone else." Shirokumo says sarcastically as he crawls up the wall to his webs.
"Yeah so about that." I gently shake the letter I've written. "Up for delivering a letter?"
"Fine." He grumbles as descends down a web to reach the piece of paper. "I'm blaming you if I get squished."
"I can accept that. Tsunade is reasonable. Okay maybe not this time. I may have crossed a line so be ready to dodge. A lot. You know what just be ready to throw the letter at her then poof away. That's the safest plan."
"Why is nothing ever simple with you?"
POOF
"I ask myself that question all the time. Shit always goes wrong around me." I reach into my coat and pull out a storage scroll. "Now, where to put that couch at? And Sasuke says I never do anything for myself. Shows what he knows."
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