Outsider Chronicles: Breaking the Curse

Being reborn can be a pain in the ass as any Outsider can tell you. However, at least most are born as their own person. I wasn't so lucky and now I have to put up with being one of the most hated characters in Anime. Oh, and Fangirls. Help.

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Chapter 30

It had been a couple of days since I had been kidnapped by Orochimaru's goons and for some reason I was still in hospital.

"Seriously, why am I still here?" I growled, "I'm not hurt and Lady Tsunade already determined that there's nothing wrong with me.

"You're still here because I want Jiraiya to take a look at that Seal," said the Hokage as she entered my room.

"Oh, that," I said, "You don't need to worry, its been…"

"Hmm, interesting…"

"GAH!"

I nearly jumped out of my skin as I suddenly realized that Jiraiya had appeared behind me without me noticing and was currently studying my Cursed Seal.

"GOD DAMN IT PERVY SAGE, YOU NEARLY GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK!" I yelled.

Jiraiya twitched and slammed his fist into my head.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" he yelled, "Its bad enough Naruto calls me that, I don't need anyone else doing it."

"Its accurate though," I muttered.

"Well Jiraiya?" asked Tsunade, completely ignoring the exchange.

Jiraiya cleared his throat.

"Ahem, yes, well, I can safely say that this is no threat to him whatsoever," said Jiraiya, "It has the same base as Orochimaru's Curse Seal, but it has none of the dark Chakra thats in Anko's, or even that girl you had me examin."

I cocked my head on one side.

"Girl?" I asked.

"Yes, we managed to take one of the Sound Four prisoner," said Tsunade, "The red-headed girl with the foul mouth."

"Really? Huh," I muttered.

"We haven't managed to get much out of her other than threats and coarse language," said Tsunade.

"Try sending Kin in," I said, "I bet she could convince her to talk. Hell, she might even convince Tayuya to switch sides."

At the two Sannin's curious looks, I elaborated.

"They were friends in the Sound," I said, "Fairly close as far as I can tell. Mainly because when I brought up Kin Tayuya nearly killed me."

"Is that so…" muttered Tsunade, "On another note, if your Curse Mark is fine, you can go."

"By the way kid, is it possible to replicate what was done you yours?" asked Jiraiya.

I paused.

"Thats...a good question," I said, "Thing is, I wasn't the one who did it. I guess I could ask the Rabbits…"

"It is possible."

"GAH!"

We all jumped at the unexpected voice and spun around. Sitting on the other bed in the room was Black Rabbit, although she looked a little translucent and was flickering slightly.

"WHOA, HOT BUNNY GIRL!" yelled Jiraiya with hearts in his eyes.

"Don't bother," I said, "Shes not really here."

"Who is she?" asked Tsunade.

"Black Rabbit, the Sage of the Rabbit Clan," I said, "Shes also the one who taught me the Rabbit Style Jutsu."

Black Rabbit held up her hands and two orbs of thick, black fluid appeared. I recognized it as the substance that was held in the Black Garden.

"If you inject this into those with Curse Marks, it will cleanse them of Orochimaru's presence," she said.

"What exactly is that stuff?" I asked.

"You really don't want to know," said Black Rabbit with a smirk, "Now, I'm done here. This Projection Jutsu takes up a lot of Chakra. See ya."

She flickered and vanished, leaving the two orbs floating above the bed.

"Man, you're one lucky guy Sasuke," said Jiraiya, who was still drooling.

I ignored him in favor of grabbing the two orbs. Despite appearing as if they were liquid, they were actually solid to the touch.

"Right, I'm off," I said, "I gotta go shift Anko's Curse Mark. Later!"

"Bring Kin to Tayuya's room in a couple of hours," said Tsunade as I opened the window, "I want to see if your right. Having another of Orochimaru's men defect will be useful, especially one as high ranking as one of his personal guards."

"Got it," I said and jumped out of the window.

It didn't take me long to get home vire rooftops and I soon landed in front of my house.

"I'm ho...YIPES!" I yelped as a hand grabbed me by the collar and dragged me inside.

I gulped as I found myself staring into a pair of angry green eyes with yellow around the pupil.

"Alright Sasuke, enough is enough," said Sakura as she dragged me into the living room where Naruto, Anko and Kin were waiting, "You are gonna spill."

"Spill what?" I asked as Sakura shoved me into an armchair.

"How you know everything you do," said Naruto, "And don't try to say that your friend Angela told you. There is no way she could have told you everything you know, its way to convenient."

I looked around at my friends and immediately knew I wasn't getting out of this without telling them. Then again, its not like the timeline hasn't already been royally buggered. Between Naruto being the Hero, Sakura being Dragonborn, me still being loyal to the Leaf and Kaguya not being a crazy bitch, there is no way that the future can play out the same, no matter what. I let out a huff.

"Alright, I'll tell you," I said, "But kindly keep your tempers until after I'm done."

"Is it that bad?" asked Anko.

I shrugged.

"Not really," I said, "Just sayen. Now, first things first, a quick lesson on interdimensional theory."

The others blinked.

"You mean the idea that each decision we make spawns new timelines?" asked Sakura.

I blinked. Considering how much she'd changed and how she acted these days, it was easy to forget that Sakura was actually pretty smart.

"Thats it exactly," I said, "The theory goes a little deeper than that though. Basically, it also states that any work of fiction that exists also has its own universe where its real. You follow?"

"What does this have to do with your apparent impossible knowledge?" asked Kin.

"I was getting to that," I said, "So, extrapolating out the logic that any fictional worlds in this one have a world of their own, that also means that there are worlds out there where this world, or one very similar to it, are fiction as well."

I looked around at my friends, taking in their poleaxed expressions.

"Now, imagine what would happen if a person from one of those worlds died and was somehow reborn into the world of a popular Manga as one of the characters, with all of his memories still intact," I continued, "Do you honestly believe that he'd be content to allow things to go as they did in the story he read?"

Everyone stared at me, wide eyed.

"So you mean to tell us," said Sakura slowly, "That you are this...hypothetically reborn person?"

I nodded.

"Yep."

"And you didn't tell us...why?"

"Ever heard the phrase that knowing about ones own future is bad for them?" I asked.

"Then why tell us now?" asked Naruto.

"Because any chance of this world going the same way as the original is now gone completely," I deadpanned, "Had it done so, you would still be an idiot in orange, Sakura would still be a fangirl, Kin would be dead and I would be in Orochimaru's hands right now."

Kin went white as the others looked mildly sick.

"I-I'd be dead?" she said in a small voice.

"Orochimaru used you as a sacrifice for his Edo Tensei," I said.

"What about me?" asked Anko.

"Honesty? I have no idea," I said, "You weren't exactly a big character in the Manga."

I paused.

"You were responsible for Orochimaru coming back to life after Sasuke kicked his arse at his own Immortality Jutsu though."

"Huh?"

"Oh, theres a chunk of the bastards Soul in your Curse Mark."

There was silence as Anko went ghost white, her hand jumping to her shoulder.

"That reminds me," I said, reaching into my pouch and pulled out one of the orbs Black Rabbit had given me, "The Rabbit Sage gave me this. Apparently it can remove the bastards Soul…"

Before I could react, Anko and snatched the orb and swallowed it whole.

"Er, I'm not sure thats how it…" I started, right before Anko stiffened.

She let out a groan and curled up, grabbing at her shoulder as a sickly purple smoke began to leak out of the mark, forming into the shape of a screaming face, before it vanished with a dull thump.

"Huh, guess that does work," I said, "Hey Anko, you OK?"

Anko groaned and pushed herself up.

"That. Hurt," she said, "But I feel...lighter? Definitely stronger…"

"Well, thats a relief," I said, "Now, getting back on topic…"

"Interesssssting."

We all jumped and looked down at the sudden voice.

"Er, Sasuke, wasn't the floor in here wooden a moment ago?" asked Sakura, sounding a little nervous.

I don't blame her though considering the floor had somehow turned jet black with a thick crease going down the middle. Then, the crice opened, revealing a firing orange eye with a serpentine slit pupil.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" yelled Naruto as we all jumped up to the ceiling and stuck there with our Chakra.

"Calm yoursssselvessss Morssselsss," said the hissing voice, "Thissss isss sssimply a projection."

"It called us morsels," whimpered Kin.

"Who are you?" demanded Anko.

"I am Jormungandr, the true Bosssss of the Sssssnakessss," hissed the owner of the massive eye.

Anko and my eyes widened, although for completely different reasons.

"B-but I thought Manda was the Boss of the Snakes?" she stuttered.

Jormungandr scoffed.

"That whelp isss nothing more than a worm, trying to gain power by allying himsssself with Orochimaru," he said, "The traitorssss that follow him are weak compared with the true Ssssnake Clan."

I narrowed my eyes.

"True Snake Clan?" I asked, "What does that mean?"

The eye shifted to look at me and I got the distinct impression that the World Serpent was smiling.

"Oh, you'll sssssee little Rabbit," he said, "Now, my time here isss almossst up, but before I go, I hereby grant you, Anko Mitarasssshi, permisssssion to ssssummon the Sssssnake Clan in itssss entirety. You are now free of Orochimarussss grip and are a worthy ssssummoner. When you are ready, come to our Realm and we ssssshall teach you the art of the Sssssage."

With that, the eye closed and vanished. As soon as he was gone, I released my Chakra flow and dropped down to the chair.

"I think I need a drink," I muttered, "Oh, and Anko? I would highly suggest that you don't try and summon that thing."

"Why not?" asked the Snake user.

"Because, according to the legends, Jormungandr is the Midgard Serpent, large enough to wrap around the entire planet and bite his tail," I said getting wide eyes from everyone.

"A-ah, right," said Anko, "Good plan."

"So, any other bombshells you want to drop on us?" asked Sakura.

"Hmm, oh, you're basically a Demigod," I said blankly.

Silence. Then…

"HUH?!"

"Yep, the fact you were able to absorb the knowledge contained in those carvings in the Shrine means that you are Dovahkiin," I drawled, "Or, in the common tong, Dragonborn. Basically, you have the body of a Mortal, but the blood and Soul of a Dragon, the children of the Dragon God of Time, Akatosh."

Everyone gaped at me.

"How...is that apart of this world to?" asked Kin.

"Nope, in fact, the Dragonborn is a part of the Elder Scrolls, not Naruto," I said, "Incidentally, I have to ask Sakura, where is your family originally from?"

"Um, well, my Mums from the Leaf, but my Dad doesn't talk much about his homeland," she said, "I think he called it Sukairaimu though."

"Which translates to Skyrim," I drawled, "Hes a Nord, isn't he? Tell you what, get him to tell you the Tale of the Dragonborn and about the Elder Scrolls."

"Anything else?!" growled Naruto.

"Wellll…"

"Oh god," groaned Anko.

"Don't worry, this isn't particularly mindblowing," I said, "After the fight with the Sound Four, we managed to capture one of them. A redhead named…"

I suddenly found myself being grabbed by the collar and hauled to my feet by a manic looking Kin.

"Where is she?!" she demanded.

"Hospital...room...34," I gasped.

Quick as a flash, Kin vanished, leaving me to collapse back into my seat with a gasp.

"Um, hello?"

We all looked around to see a confused looking Anbu stood in the door.

"Can I help you?" I asked.

"Um, the Hokage's asked to see you Sasuke," said the Anbu, "Now if at all possible."

I sighed and got to my feet.

"Fine, it'll give everyone time to absorb what they've been told," I said, "How about we all meet up at the Cloak and Dagger later?"

"Why my place?" asked Sakura.

"I want to see if I can convince your Dad to play the lute," I said with a smirk, "If not…I know a few songs that'll definitely get the mood going."

Sakura gave me a flat look and we quickly disbursed.

I arrived in the Hokage office to find a smirking Tsunade and a confused looking Sand Team.

"You wanted to seem me Milady?" I asked as I entered the room.

"Yes, thank you for coming so quickly," said Tsunade, "Tell me, do you three know the contents of this message?"

The Sand Trio shook their heads.

"Only that it contains the details of a new peace treaty," said Tamari.

"Oh, it does," said Tsunade, "But it looks like Sasuke's performance in the Battle scared the Sand more than I would have thought possible. They are apparently desperate to repair relations between the Leaf and the Sand to the point where they are offering a political marriage in order to bind the two villages closer."

Immediately the entire Sand team froze, eyes wide, while I let out a long suffering sigh.

"Let me guess, I'm a part of this?" I asked.

"Correct," said Tsunade, "The marriage offer is between 'the one who defeated and purified the Shukaku' and the youngest daughter of the Kazekage."

And done. So, lets add another cliche to the bunch, this time the transfer of a Jinchuriki to the Leaf after they scared their previous Village shitless. Believable? Maybe not, but its more believable than some of the reasons I've seen in fics over the years.

So, Anko is now free of Orochimaru and has a brand new skillset into the bargin. The True Snakes are not your garden variety serpents like Orochimaru summons, as the fact they have the World Serpent as the Boss should tell you.

Sasuke finally gets pinned down and forced to spill everything. In the process, he basically shatters his friends perception of the world. Yes, Sakura's Dad is a Nord. Will that play into anything? NO FUCKING SHIT!

And with that I'm done. Please leave a review on the way out!