Kakuzu had decided not to interfere unless it was necessary. Until then, he would observe the foreigner's movements, in case he tried something unusual again.

He watched as his partner attempted to attack the man with his scythe, being thwarted repeatedly by the man's technique. The taller man had tried to attack too; however, Hidan dodged his attacks skillfully.

"He has good reflexes" thought the masked shinobi.

Kakuzu frowned, taking a closer look to the man: He seemed like a completely different person from the one he was when they arrived; His glare was wicked, murderous, exorbitant. Every vestige of the tranquility that had occupied his face had vanished, leaving behind a smile that was comparable to Hidan's when the zealot tortured his sacrifices. The jashinist swung his weapon again, traversing the man as though he was a ghost. "And that justu..." There was something odd about it. Nevertheless, the emerald-eyed shinobi had merely heard of Space-Time Travel techniques before, so it was not his call to confirm such suspicion.

"Stop running away already, you goddamn coward!" roared the silver-haired man, still unable to make a single scratch on his opponent. Hidan grew more impatient with every move. How the hell did he do that? The foreigner's energy was there; he could perfectly feel it, but he couldn't even touch him. Then how did this fucker get his hand around his throat at first? The dark haired man backed away suddenly, jumping over a tree branch. Both of them kept in place for a moment.

"Very well then, enough with this child play." The taller man lifted his arms at his sides, extending his palms.


The Noah of Pleasure had taken the albino man too lightly. These people weren't ordinary humans at all... At first, Tyki had defended himself with ease and pushed his opponent off, but now that the battle had actually started, the man with the scythe moved much more gracefully and fast, too fast for a simple human. The idea of the men being exorcists went through his mind again, but he reminded himself that, without the Innocence, the fighters of the Black Order were also defenseless. "What are they, then?"

"Stop running away already, you goddamn coward!" screamed the pale man with irritation. He looked just as anxious for blood as he was.

He backed away from the man, and positioned himself on the closest tree. "Very well then, enough with this child play." Said Tyki, extending his palms. A pair of dark objects started emerging from them, surrounded by a dark light. The Teez spread beautifully their black wings open, still resting on their master's hands.

"Now..."

Teez flew violently towards the violet-eyed man, followed by plenty of others that kept surfacing from Tyki's palms. The albino kept brandishing his scythe; managing to get rid of some of the flesh-eating butterflies, as the Noah took advantage of his opponent's distraction and discretely descended from the tree, charging against the man.

"Hidan!"

"Shut up! Don't interfere!"

The man named Hidan turned to him and attacked with his scythe once again, but he didn't bother to use his Sentaku this time to avoid being hit; he decided to reject the air pressure to push the weapon away instead, much to his enemy's surprise. Tyki's hand entered his body and clenched onto the first organ at his grasp. "A kidney, this should be good..." thought the Noah. The albino's expression was priceless: His eyes were wider in shock than before, as if they could pop out of their cavities; and his mouth was ajar. The umber-skinned man let out a laugh. "What's wrong? I thought you said you'd love it if I could kill you."

"You piece of shit... what the FUCK is this?" Tyki's grin grew even wider.

"What, exactly? What is inside of you? My hand, which is holding your right kidney. I wonder how much would it hurt if I tear it out."

"Like hell. I'd know about that." The Noah gave him a confused look for a second, but decided to ignore the remark. "How in the goddamn name of Jashin did you get in there?"

"There's no point on telling you that, is it?" With that, the golden-eyed man crushed the organ in his hand. Much to Tyki's dissatisfaction, the man only let out a gasp, so he decided to take the kidney out of Hidan's body. Without breaking skin, the Noah took the organ out. The silver-haired man's pupils contracted, as some of his blood dripped from his mouth.

Oh, how much did Tyki enjoy the sight of the man in pain.

"Son of a bitch... It motherfucking hurts, goddamnit!" Before he could react, he felt the strong pressure of a fist colliding with his jaw.

It was Tyki's turn to be shocked: He had let his guard down, but he didn't expect the man to have such strength after being ripped off on the inside. Hell, how was he even standing? Tyki backed up once again, dropping the organ to the ground.

"You're fucking paying for that, be sure of it!"

Tyki hid his astonishment, glaring at his opponent. "I admit you also have impressive abilities. I had never seen someone with such strength when they are bleeding to death." Hidan gave him an amused smirk.

"You could have taken my heart out; I still would've beaten you like that." Tyki frowned slightly. What was this man talking about? "When I said I'd be happy if you could kill me, I meant it. I don't even know how to get rid of this damn body myself. Only God, Jashin-sama, would be able to kill me."

The Noah's features tensed. Was he mocking him? Not even the Noah Family was immortal. Not even the Earl was immortal. He had certain reluctance for the idea; this was probably some sort of experiment from the Black Order... And Jashin-sama? He couldn't recall any religion with such God.

What was this person? Tyki remained silent.

"You still haven't told me, bastard. How the fuck did you get you filthy hand inside of me?"

The Noah looked at the violet-eyed man, as his smile started to appear on his face again. "Well, since I learnt something about you, I'll let you know." Whether this man was "immortal or not, what he had to do was very simple: Exhaust him, then dismember him. "It's something quite simple, actually. I can choose what I want touch and what I don't."

"Don't fuck with me! That's not possible." ...Said the man who claimed to be immortal? Just when Tyki was about to reply, he saw a couple of thick threads approaching him. He was unsure of what they were, but he used the Sentaku again, and watched the direction where they came from. To his surprise, the other man had pulled his mask down, revealing the stitched corners of his mouth, and the origin of the threads: they came from inside of his mouth. In that very moment, the Noah understood why they were not afraid of him since the beginning. He was actually the one who was creeping out.


Kakuzu stared as the threads went through the man's body. He had his doubts about what the foreigner had told them, but that would definitely explain why he didn't have s scratch on him. If he only could distract him enough...

"What the fuck do you think you're doing, Kakuzu? He's mine! I haven't been able to make a sacrifice since last week!"

"Time is gold. I'm not going to wait for you to actually die to get back to work." He couldn't afford the chance to let the umber-skinned man to realize what he attempted to do. Or at least try. The taller man had dodged the attacks, until he got caught by surprise. "I may not be able to do anything to him, but if that idiot catches the drift..." he thought.

The man had a grin on his face once again and headed towards the emerald-eyed shinobi with velocity."

"Fuck off, Kakuzu! I'm the one killing him!" said the other ninja. The elder Akatsuki proceeded to take the man as far as he could from Hidan. He realized that he was even faster than he looked from afar, as he dodged the man's attacks.

"Hurry up already, zealot..." thought the shinobi.

Kakuzu noticed the man wasn't only fast, he had an impressive strength too: Every time one of the attacks meant for the masked ninja hit either a tree or the ground, a loud crash and several vibrations would resound in the place.

Hidan would better understand what he had to do, or Kakuzu would kill him personally, no matter how long it could take.


"What is happening out there, Zetsu?" asked the leader's deep voice. For a single man they had been taking a while now.

"They are both fighting against him."

"For a man who isn't a shinobi, he is very skillful."

"Have they figured what he intended?" It was rare for the Zombie Duo to fight simultaneously, which could mean that the enemy was strong.

"Not yet. He is a foreigner, and it that is already rare to see. But I'd say he isn't a threat for us."

"Not for now, at least."

"Oh? Is this man really that strong? I'd really like to be there, just to see if the Zombie Combo can actually die."

"Kisame, Kakuzu and Hidan are our partners. Don't joke with that."

"Alright then, leader." Replied the shark man with a mocking tone.

"Does the battle give any signs of ending soon?" asked Pein, turning back to Zetsu.

"It's hard to say. They are in disadvantage, since this man can do some kind of intangibility technique."

Intangibility? The Akatsuki leader only knew one person who could perform a technique of such. Perhaps Madara had sent him to check how was the first sealing going? If it happened to be so, there was a chance that he could be displeased with the organization...

"Tell Kakuzu and Hidan to come back here. I will personally figure the identity of this man."


The fight was getting tiresome for Tyki; he hadn't received more damage in the battle, nevertheless, he did not manage to harm the enemy's body either.

The man named Kakuzu dodged another attack and attempted to wrap his threads around him again. Just as the Noah of pleasure was about to respond with another attack, something on the ground made him stop on his track and stand back: A human-sized Venus flytrap was emerging from the floor.

No...It was a... human? He had a normal man's face, ignoring the fact of it being half black and half white, but a horribly intimidating Venus flytrap seemed to be attached to his body, hiding under his cloak. For a moment, Tyki had almost confused him for an Akuma. But there was no Dark Matter in this creature, at least not of the kind Akumas were made of.

Could he be, by any chance, in a dream?

Suddenly, a sharp pain on his side made him fall to his knees.

"You finally let your guard down, fucker" Said a smooth voice behind him

The Noah's eyes widened in shock, realizing what happened as he felt his own blood filling his mouth.

A mad laughter filled the air. Tyki looked at the younger man, who was licking the blood of his scythe blade, smiling. The scene reminded him awfully of his niece back home, when she played around with his victims. The thought sent a chill down his spine.

The cut had been clean, leaving a considerably deep wound that wouldn't stop bleeding.

"Now, let's see how untouchable you really are." chuckled the albino, taking clutching a sharp spear.

"Wait a minute, Hidan." said the plant-man.

"Huh? What is it, we finally got him."

"We have more instructions, coming from the leader." "Go back to assist on the sealing and take the intruder to Amegakure. The leader will meet you there."

"Are you fucking serious?"

The golden-eyed man listened to the cloaked figures, still not understanding how he had gotten himself in such a predicament. How come he hadn't noticed the silver-haired man's presence? He had been taking quick glances now and then during his small fight with the other man, but couldn't find him anywhere.

"Amegakure", another place he had never heard about. Was this some sort of joke? What on earth had the twins tried to do when they shot the wall? Maybe he was in some sort of hallucination they had created. He doubted this had anything to do with that, but he somehow wished it were the last option.

"Che... I don't care what Pein has to say... I really want to kill this cunt right now."

"Ignoring orders is not an option, Hidan" growled the emerald-eyed man, giving him a warning glare. He approached Tyki, and the Noah instinctively backed away despite his current condition, wich gave as a result a wave of pain going through his torso.

"There's no use on defending yourself in that state. If you don't let me stop the bleeding, I will feed you to Zetsu while you are still conscious, got it?" Said Kakuzu menacingly, beckoning the man with the Venus flytrap. The taller man gritted his teeth, already feeling light-headed because of the blood loss. He knew he didn't have much of a choice: It would take him still some days to recover by himself, and even if he managed to escape, the blood would give his location away. The elder man approached him again, opening Tyki's now scarlet-stained shirt, and started sewing the wound. With each second, the Noah of pleasure felt weaker... and weaker... He heard the man in front of him talk to his partner:

"I will get ahead to Amegakure; reach me as soon as the sealing is finished"

After that, everything went black.