Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 37

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor The Gamer. I own nothing, really.

Chapter 37

"Thought you would come and say hello to your old teacher, Anko?" Orochimaru asked with that disgustingly satisfied tone of his, as if everything that happened was part of his plan. And the worst thing was... that he was probably right.

"Something like that," My sensei admitted, and I could hear the smirk on her face.

The reason became apparent when, as Orochimaru turned to my left to look at Anko, someone else stabbed him right on the back, the black blade coming out of his chest. 'It's not going to be that easy, is it?' I thought wryly.

"A good attempt, Raidou-kun," The bastard's voice said, this time from up on the trees on my right. At the same time, the body that had been standing in front of me started dripping down, showing that it was a mud clone. 'Called it,' I grimaced, annoyed at being right.

Taking a deep breath in, I slowly stood up.

"Relax, kiddo," Anko said, apparently having come down from the tree she had been on and standing next to me and Raidou, the three of us looking straight at the Snake Sannin. You just don't look away from a man like that, especially considering that he was an enemy. "We've got it from here."

"You think you can take me? With two Tokubetsu Jounin?" Orochimaru asked, sounding just as amused as before. "I'm almost insult-"

I interrupted his little speech, one of my ninja wires shooting up from the branch he had been standing on and wrapping around his calf. Instantly, I used both Stunning Thread and Chakra Flow. I wanted to shock the bastard silly or, more realistically, give him a nasty surprise.

A groan escaped his mouth and, for the first time, he lost his insufferable smile. Instead, he scowled down at his leg, which, apparently, had stopped hurting him after the first second for some reason. 'Gotta hate stupidly powerful people,' I grumbled mentally.

"That wasn't nice, Eiji-kun," He said, as he turned to glare at me. Anko, for her part, spoke right afterwards, positively delighted by my actions.

"On the contrary, that was perfect, Ei-"

She didn't get to finish the sentence, bending forward and one hand snapping towards her neck. I knew exactly why she did that too, a shot of pain worse than anything I had felt before hit me right where the Cursed Mark had been placed on me. I fell to my knees, gasping for breath as my everything started to burn, the sensation focusing mainly on the mark.

"I would have loved to play some more," The Sannin spoke calmly, his voice cold and unforgiving. A stark contrast from his amused tone from before, to be sure. Raidou, as the only unaffected one of us, took a defensive stance. "You know, catch up with my old student and all that. But there's always someone willing to ruin the moment."

"You are weak, all of you," He continued, his voice cutting right through my pain, even as my white spots started filling my vision. 'He is doing that on purpose,' A part of my mind realized. 'Letting me hear him clearly despite the Mark's effect.'

'Fuck you,' A bigger portion of my concious decided, as I snarled at the air, my sight long since blurred due to what Orochimaru was doing to my Mark and my sensei's. Joke was on him, it was actually helping distract me from the overall pain my body felt due to the Marking I had just gone through. Another wire shot up, my mind barely able to keep itself focused on that alone, and wrapped around his other leg.

"Won't catch me with that a second time, Eij-" The Snake Bastard tried to mock.

Raidou, thankfully, realized what I was doing and dashed towards our enemy, his blade quickly cleaving through Orochimaru's body and cutting it in half.