Shinobi x Assassin - Naruto fanfiction(COMPLETED)

Chapter 10 : What happens when you freeze a snake

"Ah... I think I'll take Sasuke away with me after all. If he survives, he'll be my vessel and if he doesn't, well...I'll just reap his sharingan."

" I wouldn't touch him if I were you, hebi onna."

Sakura had never seen Akame ever insult someone. There was something about this opponent that screamed danger. Orochimaru looked in amusement at Akame who was glaring daggers at him. So the fun continues for a while longer. What can a mere genin do against one of the legendary sannin?

Flashback

Sakura ran towards Akame's collapsed body. When Naruto repeated Akame's words to her, she became suspicious. She hoped that Akame hadn't done anything stupid. Sasuke had collapsed after being bitten by Orochimaru. Things couldn't be allowed to go worse now...

But apparently things could. Akame had collapsed and Naruto was running low on chakra.

Suddenly Akame stopped shivering and woke up. She had no heartbeat... nor any pulse. Her skin was cold as Ice.

"Sakura, where is Sasuke-san?"

Sakura mutely pointed to Orochimaru just as Naruto collapsed.

End of flashback

Akame felt hot and cold. Oddly calm despite facing such an opponent and still her heart was racing in anticipation of the battle.

This feeling of Ice was beautiful. So Esdeath's Imperial arms had accepted her after all... Power. That was the key. Esdeath was solely driven by the need to be undefeatable. The Imperial arms recognized Akame's determination to be the strongest.

" Do you know what you get when you freeze a snake, hebi-san? Pretty much what you get when you freeze anything else."

Orochimaru leapt back all of a sudden. Akame was panting hard. The place where he had been standing a moment ago turned to Ice. Akame was turning the liquid in the atmosphere into Ice. Esdeath's ability... though she couldn't even tap 1% of it's true potential yet. Haku had actually been better than what Akame had demonstrated yet but she'll have to make do with it.

She had to somehow drive this combat into a close range fight...just one little cut using Murasame will do it. But...will she be able to do it or will she not be able to do it...that was the question.

Orochimaru was slightly interested in her ability so he merely dodged her attacks and patiently waited for her to make the moves.

Akame turned the water vapour in the air into invisible Ice shards but Orochimaru was skilled enough in battle to let his instincts guide him...besides he could figure out the direction from which the Ice shards were coming from based on her hand movements. Akame could not yet control Ice without physically directing it.

Whoever said that people grow during battles obviously didn't realize that it wouldn't apply to this battle.

Akame hated this type of battles. The longer the battle draws on...the lesser her chances of survival are.

"Hebi onna-san, might I ask you what fighting style do you use?"

Orochimaru chuckled while Sakura facepalmed. She realized that Akame never knew the opponent's name. She wasn't insulting him by calling him hebi onna(snake woman) but rather did so because she didn't know his name. The battle stopped while Orochimaru introduced himself.

Orochimaru: Why do you want to know my fighting style besides...why do you think that I would bother to answer?

Akame: Because you are proud as a shinobi. Despite people thinking that your fighting style is...um...peculiar...you are still proud of your competency.

Orochimaru: And why do you want to know?

Akame: Your style seems to be having two parts to it. One is you snake summons from...various...places...and the other seems to be some sort of marking of opponents. First Kabuto, then proctor Anko and now Sasuke...but somehow Kabuto has been marked less...he merely has your scent on him while the other two practically reek of your chakra...

Orochimaru grinned. Close...but not close enough... This girl has excellent intuition and deduction... the only thing she lacks is knowledge but that is something she can easily obtain in the future. She is of the same( if not higher) caliber as Kabuto.

Should he mark her with the cursed mark too?

Orochimaru let loose a lot of snakes towards Akame from his right hand. Akame dodged them desperately. This effectively brought the conversation to an end.

"Got you now~"

The previous attack was to lure her to where he wanted her to be. He bit Akame's neck but withdrew quickly. Akame seemed no worse for the attack. She had merely removed Murasame from its sheathe and made a small cut on her wrist. Use a stronger poison to counter a weaker poison if you don't have the time and resources to whip up an antidote. Warning: be certain that you have resistance or antidote to the stronger poison or else you'll die either way.

No curse mark appeared on her neck.

Akame: I thought you were marking them to weaken their power...why was there a surge of power from the marking instead?

This time she didn't bother to wait for the reply. He had come too close to bite her...and Murasame was already out of the sheathe... Perfect...

Orochimaru screamed. The spine-chilling shriek must have rung through the arena. Akame had managed to make a cut with Murasame! His death was guaranteed.

He didn't move for a moment. Akame began to freeze his body but before she could completely freeze him, a snake slithered out of her(he was in a woman's body) mouth and went away.

Akame wanted to kill him but Sakura held her back. They had to find a safe spot first. With two members out of commission, they were at a disadvantage. Besides Naruto and Sasuke needed rest. Akame nodded and the female duo began to search for a safe resting spot.