Demon Dragon Rider

Chapter 29: The Uchiha Contingency

{Konoha Hospital}

Itachi Uchiha quietly entered the preparation room, dressed only in a hospital gown and pants. Today was the day of the procedure. And by the end, he would either be dead or alive. Quite honestly, he wasn't sure which he would prefer. To be alive but most likely alone for the rest of his life. Or be dead and to finally atone for the sins of slaughtering his clansmen.

The Uchiha Slayer quietly sat down on the surgical bed and waited. When the time came, he would be taken to an operating room where Tsunade would begin the procedure to purge the illness from his body. He looked up at a clock on the wall. There was still a half hour to go.

In another part of that same hospital, two Anbu continued their duty of guarding Konan. Both stood at attention, silently scanning the hall, searching and listening for any sign of disturbance.

Such a sign came when a loud crashing noise echoed from the very room they were guarding, followed by Konan screaming. The two Anbu immediately burst into the room with weapons drawn.

They found Konan's bed tipped over, but no sign of the blue haired kunoichi herself. One of the Anbu slowly moved further into the room, scanning for any signs of the occupant of this room. The other Anbu whirled as Konan slammed the door shut, with the automatic locking seal activating, trapping the two Anbu inside. With a determined gaze, Konan rushed down the hallway.

Tsunade sighed quietly as she approached the operating room, having finished scrubbing. Itachi would be brought in soon for the operating. Quietly, she prayed that it was a success as she entered the operating room.

Konan stopped at a corner and peeked around it quickly. Spying on a lone nurse, she quietly snuck up on an unsuspecting woman and knocked her out with a quick jab to a nerve on her neck. Grabbing the unconscious woman, she dragged her into the empty room. A few minutes later, she stepped out, wearing the nurse's uniform. As calmly as she should, she proceeded down the hallway, reaching a nurse station. She quickly picked up a clipboard, scanning it. Her eyes widened and she dashed off, clutching the clipboard to her.

Itachi was in a wheelchair, even though he didn't need it. Shizune was wheeling him towards the operating room with two Anbu guards. He quietly looked at the doors as they approached. He closed his eyes, letting out a breath.

They were about to enter when they heard running feet. The two Anbu pulled kunais out and ready when a white shuriken ripped the kunais from their hands and pinned them to the walls. Shizune turned, only for her eyes to widen as she saw Konan there, with a now empty clipboard behind her on the floor. The shuriken was made from the paper of the clipboard.

Shizune raised her arms, about to unveil her hidden senbon launcher when Konan held up her arms. "Please...I...I need to talk to Itachi. Please," she begged.

Shizune bit her lip and was about to answer when a voice behind her do so for her. "You have five minutes," Tsunade said, standing there. She had exited the operating room when she heard the clatter of kunai hitting the floor and bodies hitting the wall.

Konan nodded before moving quickly to Itachi's side. The Uchiha in question looked up in confusion. "Miss Konan, what's going on?" he asked.

Konan immediately dropped to her knees next to the wheelchair, looking at him with tears barely being held back. "Did you mean it?" she asked. "What you said in your letter to me? Did you mean it?"