The Ten Commandments

CHAPTER 1

Exodus 20

"We ought to be close, right Neji?" Shikamaru asked. Neji activated his Byakugan and attempted to look ahead past the thickening foliage around them.

"I can see it. About 5 minutes."

"Good." Shikamaru responded.

"Do you guys sense that?" Sakura asked.

There was silence. Everyone except Naruto nodded approval.

"Hey, what do you sense?" Naruto asked.

She looked around gravely. "Someone else near us. Neji?"

"I am trying to pinpoint the chakra source. What do we do till then?"

Shikamaru had an answer. "We stop." They all leaped down to the forest floor.

A mission to co-ordinate the escort of the visiting Tsuchikage had turned into a far more serious mission of sealing the perimeter of the Hyuga clan temple on the East Gate. If that temple were compromised, as threats from the Akatsuki suggested, the whole village could be under siege. The temple itself bore the seal of the Byakugan, a link between all of the treasured eyes of the clan.

Presently, the squadron, comprising Shikamaru, Naruto, Sakura, Ino, Shino and Tenten awaited patiently the adversary who'd been tailing them. Shikamaru looked around - "I think we should split up, with half of us going on to completing the mission."

"That will not be necessary."

They turned around, surprised. Zetsu slowly emerged from one of the trees, as always cloaked by that ridiculous foliage.

"Shit.." Shikamaru muttered.

A swirling distortion appeared behind Zetsu, and that was when everyone knew why they were being tailed. Tobi raised his finger. "Kyubi. We shall have you, too." He sucked in the entire team into the Kamui dimension. They fell on one of the prisms, dazed and yet to grasp the occurrences.

"Damn it, I should have attacked." cursed Naruto.

"We know how that will end up." Shikamaru reminded him. The 8 man squad had already encountered Tobi on one occasion - and Naruto had the unpleasant experience of thrusting a Rasengan into thin air.

"So this is the Kamui dimension.." Shino remarked, looking around.

"Why are you fuckers here?"

That was the second big surprise that day.

"S-Sasuke?" Ino trembled, her eyes as wide as saucers.

He was atop a higher rectangle, his forehead covered with bandages. Evidently, he'd just gotten Itachi's eyes transplanted.

"Now this is convenient. I get to kill all of you." he smirked.

"Not before I beat some sense into you, Sasuke." Naruto smiled.

"I hope you know Naruto, that you could get killed." he looked down upon him "these eyes never fade. I now see the world through Itachi's eyes." the purple skeleton built up around him, this time stronger, and denser than ever before.

"Stop, Sasuke, we're not attacking you."

"Bullshit. It's me who's attacking you." the cloak surrounded his Susano'o, bow and arrow already locked in position.

Sakura stood frozen. That malicious aura was now colder than before. And it was strong.

"I'm thankful to Madara for giving me the opportunity to kill you all right here."

The platforms rumbled, and cracked, giving way. An explosion sounded deep underneath, and all of a sudden, the floor opened. Sasuke's Susano'o cloak disappeared, and they found themselves falling toward a great darkness, amid rubble.

"What's - happening?" Tenten asked.

"Fuck, like I know." Shikamaru retorted.

Kakashi had been reading his favorite novel when his Mangekyo activated involuntarily. The last time that had happened, Rin had just died. The vision was clear, and at the same instant, both Tobi and Kakashi realized that it was awfully bad news - the Kamui dimension was breaking down.

The Kamui dimension was a space-time portal that could be accessed by Obito's Mangekyo. What made it special was the fact that it linked the world around us with an alternate dimension, much like a bridge. And the destruction of such a bridge meant they could either have made it back into this world.

"Or -" as Tobi realized, eyes wide open " -they could have made it into the alternate dimension."

As the 2 shinobi united by an eye each came to the disturbing conclusion, both aware of what had happened, and who had been trapped, the 7 ninja found a light ahead of them. A blinding light, into which they fell headlong - and all of a sudden they were in that forest they'd been in, the night sky being the only additive.

"What the hell happened in there?" Naruto asked.

"It's clear that this is the very same forest, right?"

He was cut short by the squeal of lightning behind him - a Chidori. "If I don't kill you now, I don't know when I can."

"It is indeed a shame that you harbor such hopes." 2 shadow clones formed behind Naruto spinning chakra vigorously to create that perfect blue orb.

"The both of you, stop!" Shikamaru fumed. "I know you want to fight, but there's something off about this place."

Sasuke's chidori didn't dispel. It was still as rapid as before, a luminescence emitting from it.

"And why do you think I give a damn?"

He bolted toward Naruto, who having prepared his Rasengan, ran toward him, just as fast.

"The both of you will stop immediately." a crisp voice shouted out from within the woods. Almost immediately, Sasuke and Naruto found themselves rooted to the ground, unable to move a muscle, their jutsu muted.

"What - the- hell?" Naruto managed to mutter. The figure walked towards them, his outline gradually appearing before them, his dark red armour clattering with every step he made, his long hair fluttering in the breeze.

"I don't know who you are, but I think I ought to take you to his majesty." he said, sternly.

Sakura whipped out a kunai, and Neji and Tenten stood in position to perform the 8 Trigrams.

"Who are you?" asked Shikamaru, who'd stood his ground, along with Shino.

"Do you really not know?" he pointed to himself, smirking "Do you not know the greatest among the 10 Commandments?"

"We do not. If you could please enlighten us -" Shino remarked.

He chuckled. "Well, I suppose I'll tell ya." He glanced at them haughtily. "I'm Hashirama Senju, bestowed with the Commandment of Pacifism by the Great Lord."

They were all stunned. The First Hokage?!

Ino pointed at him, her finger trembling. "The F-First Hokage?"

"What?" Hashirama looked at her coldly. "Well, I really do think that you've hurt yourself, as you don't even know my name. But I suppose I could take you to a police station."

"My, what a surprise it is to find you here, Hashirama."

His eyes widened, as they turned around to see the second guy making an edgy entrance. Dressed in his Akatsuki robe, looking down upon them all, was Deidara."

"Deidara. The Sin of Lust." his voice coated with cynicism.

"I don't think I should interfere with these kids, but I really want a rematch, you know." he leaped above them all, landing right in front of Hashirama.

"What say we do it here?" he whispered, as he snapped his fingers. 2 clay snakes shot up from the ground, coiling around Hashirama's legs.

"Wrench of Love." he muttered, as the snakes tightly coiled around him. Almost a second later, Sasuke and Naruto could move again. Shikamaru had, by that time, bound them both by his shadows.

"Don't do anything ridiculous." he winced, as he looked on at Hashirama, who could no longer speak - the snakes had reached his chest. A few turns more, and they covered him, head to toe.

"You kids might wanna move back a little." he snapped his fingers again, resulting in a flash of explosive light, followed by a deafening boom, which surprisingly didn't even reach them.

The clay frames still remained, albeit blackened by the explosion.

"Hey mister, could we -" But Deidara was affixed in his position. He stared intently at Naruto, his brows knitted in a frown of disbelief.

"You motherfucker, why the hell are you here?!"

"Me? What the hell do you mean?"

"Hey mister. Could you help answer a few questions?" Shikamaru asked once again, this time for Deidara to hear.

They had decided to move elsewhere. The forest was just as it was, but they knew that this was some other place - for the long gone Hashirama Senju to be showing up like that. On the way Deidara let them know that his explosion couldn't possibly have killed Hashirama.

"He's one of the 10 Commandments. He ought to survive that."

"I can't tell you much, as I don't even know all that much. What's important is that we're not from here."

"I don't care about that. What I am really worried about is that friend you've got there." he looked at Naruto sternly.

"What's wrong?"

He sighed. "I could have taken you to our shelter for a few days, but the rest of my crew will probably kill him, just coz he resembles someone we hate. In fact, if I didn't already know that Hashirama had attacked him, I would have pulverized his ass first."

"Hey, I could probably take you out too, so shut up!"

Deidara paid no heed. Shikamaru, however, continued probing.

"Who does he resemble?"

This time, Deidara looked at Shikamaru contemptuously. "Naruto Uzumaki, God King of Liones. The bestower of the 10 Commandments."