Naruto the Scarecrow

Chapter 10

Mikoto sat in her cell letting Koba administer his medical jutsu to her injuries. Naruto had curled up into a ball and leaned into her side. He hadn't said a word since Mikoto had come back into the cell alone. Once Koba deemed that he had done all he could and that only time would heal the rest, Mikoto gathered Koba and Kaito together in a close huddle.

In a passionate whisper Mikoto began, "We need to escape. Hitomi, Sora and Muta all died with the intention to buy Naruto more time to live but Hitomi realised that it was only a matter of time until we all perish and Naruto is left alone. I know that the risk is high but we can't afford to wait. Our numbers keep dropping, if even one more of us die, it won't matter anymore, and we won't have enough strength to manage. I was able to unlock a new level of power for my Sharingan and the time has to be soon. Almost immediately as I heal my wounds, we have to escape."

A brief silence met her whispered speech. Both men met each other's eyes and nodded. The fact was that both men knew she was correct but escape seemed too difficult. Muta had told them that he had witnessed three attempts during his time at The Pit and all had failed. Two attempts hadn't been strong enough to break down the solid steel door and the third had been stopped by the shinobi guards after getting out of the cell.

Naruto heard the whole conversation and agreed. Even if they should fail, he wanted to try. Hitomi had given him her eye in the hope that he would live and he would do everything he could to honour her memory.

"Just let me heal and figure some things out about my new eyes and we will be ready." Mikoto firmly stated.

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Mikoto tried to recall everything Fugaku had told her about the fabled power of the Uchiha. 'It's unlocked by killing your best friend. Each eye has a unique ability to one person but one thing all Mangekyo have in common is that users that have unlocked Mangekyo in both eyes can use Susano'o. It's an ability that makes an avatar made out of your chakra that fights on your behalf. It seems to get more powerful you use it, from what former Uchiha have told from generation to generation. Madara himself is quoted as saying that the Susano'o is the ultimate offense and defence.'

Although Mikoto knew that using her unique powers would probably be easier but she didn't know what they were. Activating her Mangekyo and facing the wall, Mikoto thought about how it felt when she awoke her eyes for the first time. Channelling chakra into her left eye, not much happened. A slight haze appeared before fading away quickly. Mikoto wasn't sure if the haze happened on the wall she looked at or could only be seen by her eye. 'I guess my left eye either does something subtle like genjutsu or something that is very hard to detect. I'm not going to risk using it on my friends but if I have to fight before we try and leave I can find out then.'

Channelling chakra into her right eye, a slight sense of control filled her mind. Acting on instinct, Mikoto generated a small flame with her chakra. Looking at the fire with her eye, she found that she was able to manipulate it in various ways that she hadn't thought possible. 'It looks like my right eye gives me the ability to control fire quite easily. Does this only work on fire made from my chakra or any fire in general? I will need to find out later.'

Knowing that she needed to figure out how to activate her Susano'o but also knowing that trying would alert other people about her new abilities, Mikoto decided that she should only try and activate it once. 'It won't give me a lot of experience using it but I need to know how to use it before we actually try and escape. Hopefully only doing it once will not give anyone an idea how strong it will actually be,'