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Chapter 2 – Little Demons
"That was awesome!!" shouted Kamataro, in response to Konan knocking Nagato out of the building.
"You're the best of the group! The rest of these guys are weird," spoke Safaia.
Konan smiled in response. The Pein Rikudou could only frown. The Asura Path was sent to retrieve Nagato, while the other five made sure to keep their distance from the quick to anger kunoichi.
"Is that so? They are a little odd, aren't they?" asked Konan.
"We're not as odd as others," thought Ookami.
"I suppose Zetsu, Kisame, and Kakuzu are," thought Deidara.
"Think they're talking about us?" thought white Zetsu.
"No, they're talking about fish boy and rag doll... of course they mean us, you idiot!" replied black Zetsu.
"I hate brats," thought Kakuzu.
"I should teach them about Jashin-sama," thought Hidan.
"More little Uchiha running around..." thought Itachi.
"Hmm... I got nothing," thought Kisame.
"Well, looks like you got this at hand," spoke Nagato, as he was being carried back into the room by Asura Path Pein.
"You're helping," spoke Konan.
"Yes, ma'am!" shouted Nagato.
"Whipped," spoke Ookami.
He received a kami yari (paper spear) for his other arm.
"Well, that could have gone worse," spoke Ookami. Deidara was pointing behind Ookami with a look of fear on his face.
"What?" asked Ookami.
Asura Path Pein proceeded to rip out both of Ookami's arms.
"Ow..." muttered Ookami.
"What, no screaming, or anything?" asked Asura Path Pein.
"What, you know it hurts like hell!!" shouted Ookami.
Ookami received a kami yari for each of his legs.
"I said watch your mouth!!" shouted Konan.
"Deidara... help..." muttered Ookami.
"Leave me out of this, hm! You dug your own grave!" shouted Deidara.
"I want to tear something off of him!" shouted Kamataro.
"Me, too!" shouted Safaia.
"Eh?" asked Ookami.
The two little demons jumped on top of Ookami, and began pulling at different parts of his body. Ookami could only frown, until he felt his hair being ripped out by Safaia. Kamataro went for his head.
"Hey, don't kill me! Rip his head off! It won't kill him!!" shouted Ookami, while pointing at Hidan.
"Really?" asked Kamataro.
"His head will talk to you, and everything," spoke Ookami.
"Shut your fucking hole, Ookami!!" shouted Hidan, while preparing to remove Ookami's head. Hidan was pinned down by a string of kami yari.
"Language," spoke Konan.
"Let's play with him!" shouted Safaia, as she and her brother jumped off of Ookami, and headed straight for Hidan. The two proceeded to pull at his head until it finally came off.
"Oww!! Fucking brats! You have any idea how much this fucking hurts!!" shouted Hidan.
"Hey, that guy was right, it does talk!!" shouted Kamataro.
"Okay... they're distracted. Kakuzu, can I borrow you for a moment?" asked Ookami.
"Pay me first," spoke Kakuzu.
"Great idea... how the Hell am I supposed to give you money without any damned arms!!" shouted Ookami, who received a kami yari in his backside.
"I'll just take this, then," spoke Kakuzu, as he took Ookami's wallet out of his pocket. He was frustrated to see a seal on it.
"It's a blood seal. There's nothing you can do to open it," spoke Ookami, forgetting there was an abundance of his blood pouring out of his empty arm sockets.
"Oh? Arigatou," spoke Kakuzu, as he stuck Ookami's wallet in one of his arm holes in order to get blood to break the seal.
"Ow..." muttered Ookami.
"How are you not screaming out in pain right now, hm?" asked Deidara.
"This isn't anything new, really. I had a really bad childhood... but, since I'm a jinchuuriki, this is nothing more than a flesh wound. I'm almost as bad as Hidan with the ability to not die from things like this," explained Ookami.
"Oh," replied Deidara.
"Convenient, I'll keep that in mind," spoke Nagato.
"You didn't have to rip both of them out, did you?" asked Ookami.
"Your big mouth, your problem," replied Nagato.
"Indeed... hey, Kakuzu, you took my money, you wanna put my arms back on?" asked Ookami.
"Hmm? Oh, right," spoke Kakuzu, as he counted money with one hand, and shot out tentacles with the other. The children stopped pulling Hidan apart for a moment to watch.
"Cool!" shouted Kamataro.
"Eww..." muttered Safaia.
"That feels really odd..." muttered Ookami, as his arms were stitched back on.
"There, now then, I'm off to the bank," spoke Kakuzu.
"You're really going to let him take all your money like that?" asked Nagato.
"Of course not. That was a fake wallet with fake money. Quite realistic, until I do this," spoke Ookami.
"Do what?" asked Deidara.
"Wait for it..." spoke Ookami.
"What the Hell!! This is just clay dressed up to look like money!! I'm going to rip your fucking arms out, and I won't sew them back on this time, bastard!!" shouted Kakuzu.
"Duck!!" shouted Nagato, as he pulled down both Deidara and Ookami. Enough kami yari to make Kakuzu look like a porcupine were hurled at the former Taki-nin.
"Arigatou, Konan-san," spoke Ookami.
Konan didn't say anything as she continued to watch the kids tear and tear at Hidan.
"Should we help him out, or something?" asked Kisame of Itachi.
"No, he's on his own," spoke Itachi.
"Hey, Itachi, what's with the noise... oh... where did those kids come from?" asked Kiyomi.
"Madara and the kyuubi," replied Itachi.
"That explains the fox tails... huh..." spoke Kiyomi, "Why are they doing that to Hidan?"
"They find amusement in it," replied Itachi.
"Of course they would, considering their parents. Aren't you glad our daughters aren't like that?" asked Kiyomi.
"Hai," replied Itachi.
"Kami-sama knows what they would do to me," spoke Kisame.
"Who says you're safe. They're bound to get bored with Hidan eventually," replied Itachi.
"Yeah, too bad for you. Out of everyone here, Itachi is by far the most normal," spoke Kiyomi.
"Oh joy..." muttered Kisame.
"Well, look on the bright side, you won't get bored. So, how long are we stuck with these kids?" asked Kiyomi.
"We don't know. It depends on how long it takes for Madara and the kyuubi to sort out the political problems of their village," replied Itachi.
"That could take a while, from what Nana has told me," spoke Kisame.
"She would be privy to such knowledge," spoke Itachi.
"You know something, I think I could use an ice cold one," spoke Kisame.
"This does seem to be an appropriate time," replied Itachi, as he pulled out a scroll. It was pinned into the wall by a kami yari.
"Again with the kami yari?" asked Kisame.
"Not in front of the kids. If you must, take it elsewhere," spoke Konan.
"What's with her?" asked Kiyomi.
"She's having a 'moment,'" replied Kisame.
"What kind of moment?" asked Kiyomi.
"The 'throwing leader-sama out the window' kind,' replied Kisame.
"Oh... oh..." spoke Kiyomi.
"Well, at least Akemi and Kuromi will have someone to keep them company," spoke Itachi.
"After they're training, which, by the way, started ten minutes ago," replied Kiyomi.
"Oh? I can't leave meetings early. Come, Kisame, there is a village full of bandits in Tsuchi no Kuni that needs cleaning up. We're letting the kids help us," spoke Itachi.
"Family killing spree? Alright, I'm in!" shouted Kisame.
"I thought you would, let's go," spoke Itachi. Kisame took the scroll holding their beer off the wall where Konan had pinned it, as he, Itachi, and Kiyomi left.
Kamataro and Safaia were still pulling apart Hidan. They were getting covered in blood, but didn't seem to mind or show any form of fear from it. Konan continued to watch, looking to make sure the Jashinist didn't do anything to the children.
"Hey, Hidan-oji, how come you don't die when we pull your head off?" asked Kamataro.
"Yeah, it's so cool that it doesn't hurt you!" shouted Safaia.
"Hey, it still hurts, I'm just used to it, you fu... brats," spoke Hidan, worried about the glare he was getting from Konan.
"Okay, but why don't you die?" asked Kamataro.
"It's because of the mighty Jashin-sama. If you serve him right, he'll give you the gift of immortality, in exchange for sacrificing heathens," spoke Hidan.
"Oh? Immortal? We don't have to worry about that," spoke Kamataro.
"Eh? Why not?" asked Hidan.
"We're demons, we'll live for a long, long time," spoke Safaia.
"But you can still be killed. For me, nothing could ever hurt me," spoke Hidan.
"Hmm... okaa-san told us we shouldn't follow the religious beliefs of crazy, silver-haired priests with pink eyes, though," spoke Safaia.
"Yeah, otou-san said something like that, too," replied Kamataro.
"What!?" shouted Hidan.
Konan started laughing.
"It would seem their parents were wise to teach them about odd religions," spoke Konan.
"Shut up, bitch!!" shouted Hidan.
The Jashinist ended up with a kami yari going through his eye.
"I think we've had enough fun playing with Hidan-oji. Let's find something else to do," spoke Konan.
"Okay," spoke the children in unison.
Hidan was glad to see them leave him be. His relief disappeared when he remembered that he was dismembered.
"Hey, Kakuzu! Put me back together!" shouted Hidan.
"Hm?" asked Kakuzu, who was busy reading a book. Ookami and Kakashi had managed to get the old man hooked on Icha Icha.
"Damn it, put that heathen book down long enough to put me back together!!" shouted Hidan.
"If you're going to be that way about it, I'll leave you like that for a little while," replied Kakuzu.
"Hey, Kakuzu-chan, don't be that way," spoke Hidan.
"Don't 'Kakuzu-chan' me, I'm going to leave you like that for a few hours, because I find it amusing you allowed yourself to be torn apart by a pair of three year old children," replied Kakuzu.
"What!? They're part demon, that makes a difference! You think normal children would have been able to do this! Not to mention what Konan would have done to me if I tried to fight them back, you dumb fuck!!" shouted Hidan.
"That doesn't make me want to put you back together any faster," replied Kakuzu.
"Fuck you!!" shouted Hidan.
"I'm reading in another room," replied Kakuzu.
"Wha... wait!!" shouted Hidan.
Kakuzu didn't say another word as he went back to his reading, and left the room.
Ookami was checking to make sure his arms were working properly out in the base training grounds. He was making a series of clay wolves, and deployed them throughout the training field. He had his Sogekigan (sniping eye) active, as he looked over each of the targets he maid. He made it so his creations crawled into the middle of the faces of the training dummies he set up. As soon as he saw that they were all in position, he detonated them. As the smoke cleared, he looked around to make sure that all of his bombs hit their mark.
"Well, how did I do?" asked Ookami.
"They all hit their mark. Looks like you're fine, hm," spoke Deidara.
"Ah, good to know. Let's see if my jutsu still work right. Might want to get out of the way for this one," spoke Ookami.
Deidara nodded, and got out of the way. Ookami began performing a long string of hand seals.
"Setton: Fubuki Bakuha no Jutsu! (Snow Release: Blizzard Blast Technique)" shouted Ookami.
A frigid wind full of ice erupted from in front of Ookami. The wind driven ice blew across the training field, and through the field of headless training dummies. When the jutsu was over, most of the targets in the front were ripped from their bases, while the targets in the back were iced over.
"Looks like everything works," spoke Ookami.
"Well, there is one more thing to test out, hm," spoke Deidara.
"And that would be?" asked Ookami.
"Taking on both of us at once," spoke Hinata, as she walked onto the training field.
"Kenjutsu and taijutsu at the same time? Easier done like this... nendo bushin, (clay clone)" spoke Ookami. Ookami formed his clay into his likeness and threw it on the ground. A clone of himself appeared.
"You take Deidara, I want to have fun with Hinata-chan," spoke Ookami.
"I figured you would do that, hm," spoke Deidara, as he pulled out the katana Ookami gave to him when he first arrived.
"Oh, they're fighting. We should join them!" shouted Kamataro.
"That sounds like a good idea, we should do what they're doing," spoke Safaia.
"How?" asked Kamataro.
"With our eyes, of course," replied Safaia.
"Oh yeah," replied Kamataro.
The pair walked up the group of three, grabbing their attention.
"Eh? What are you two doing here?" asked Hinata.
"Konan-san said we should go out and play. We saw the cool thing Ookami-oji did, so we came out here," spoke Kamataro.
"Oh, well, we're busy training. We don't really have time to play," spoke Ookami.
"We can train, too. Otou-san and Okaa-san trained us well," replied Safaia.
"Oh, what can you two do, hm," asked Deidara.
"Well, we have this," spoke Kamataro. Both of the children surprised the three adults before them by activating the Sharingan. Each of their Sharingan were complete.
"You can't be serious!!" shouted Deidara.
"The great kekkei genkai of the Uchiha has been reduced to a child's playing!?" shouted Ookami.
"How did you two do that!?" shouted Hinata.
"Well, otou-san and okaa-san threw us in the woods when we finally learned how to talk. They told us to survive on our own for a couple of months, and that if we couldn't do it, they would disown us," explained Kamataro.
"We were close to death a lot of times, so I guess that's how it happened," replied Safaia.
"You can't be serious. What kinds of parents would do that to their own children?" asked Hinata.
"I don't know, Hinata-chan, those two are extreme individuals. They would do something like that," spoke Ookami.
"They had to have done something, hm. I'm pretty sure Uchiha aren't born being able to do that," spoke Deidara.
"So, can we watch you guys fight?" asked Kamataro.
"And could you do that cool move again?" asked Safaia.
"What, you want to copy it?" asked Ookami.
"Hai!!" shouted Kamataro and Safaia.
"Won't work; it's a kekkei genkai jutsu. Only those of the Ookami Ichizoku can perform that jutsu," replied Ookami.
"Aww..." replied Kamataro and Safaia.
"You guys want to watch, you're free to do so. Maybe you'll learn something, hm," spoke Deidara.
"That's true. Now, where were we?" asked Ookami, as he and his bunshin prepared for a fight.
Deidara made a bird, challenging Ookami to chase him down and fight in the sky. Hinata took her juuken (gentle fist) stance, while Ookami took his kaken (fire fist) stance. The two children looked on at the group, taking in all they were doing.
"We can't copy any of the things they are doing," spoke Kamataro.
"Maybe that's why they don't seem to care. The people at home would always get mad at us for stealing their jutsu," spoke Safaia.
In the sky, Ookami's bunshin had made it's own bird, and had finally caught up to Deidara. Deidara jumped off of his bird, and swung his katana down at Ookami's bunshin. The bunshin blocked the blow with his katana, and prepared a swing for Deidara's midsection. The flaming blade missed Deidara by a couple of millimeters, darkening the red cloud on his cloak. Deidara smirked as he brought his weapon back to bear on Ookami. Over the four years since Akatsuki had succeeded in its original plan, Ookami had spent a lot of time training Deidara in kenjutsu, making him just as deadly in close range combat as he is in long range combat. Deidara found the ability of his blade to manipulate fire made it both fleeting and artistic, enough to fit in with his long range fighting style. Deidara lit up his katana, and swung a wave of fire in the direction of Ookami's bunshin. The bunshin responded by doing the same. Both fire attacks canceled each other out. Ookami's bunshin was behind the wave, hoping to use it to surprise Deidara. The former Iwa-nin was prepared for his tactic, and swung his blade in the direction of the bunshin. The bunshin was caught off guard, and received a solid hit to its midsection. The bunshin looked down at the mark made by Deidara. Bits of clay had been thrown off of the bunshin. Since Ookami put a good share of his chakra in it, it didn't collapse after taking a solid hit. It did appear to get annoyed from being hit. Deidara smiled at what he was able to do, and continued, throwing wave after wave of fire at Ookami's bunshin. The bunshin was able to block all of the fire waves and jumped up into the sky. The bunshin had a pair of wings made of clay, allowing it to take flight.
"Oh, taking pages from Konan's book, are you, hm?" asked Deidara.
"Thought I'd try it," replied Ookami's bunshin.
Deidara smiled as he jumped into the air, taking a couple of swings at Ookami. Deidara was able to remove one of the wings, causing the bunshin to fall from the sky. The bunshin summoned his bird to catch him. Deidara kept his stance on the bird as it intercepted its master. Deidara took a swing at Ookami's bunshin as it landed. The bunshin smiled for a moment, until it realized there was a big gash on its back.
"Looks like I win, hm," spoke Deidara.
"That's what I get for trying to use a jutsu I pirated from someone," spoke Ookami's bunshin, as it turned into clay. The bird it was controlling became a stiff sculpture, prompting it to fall towards the ground. Deidara jumped onto his bird, and watched as what was left of Ookami's bunshin crashed into the ground below.
"It was fun, but not quite as artistic as I would have wanted, hm," Deidara muttered to himself.
"Let's have some fun, Hinata-chan," spoke Ookami.
"Alright, I'll be serious, Ookami-kun," replied Hinata.
The two stared into each other's eyes. Both had their doujutsu active. They were waiting for the right chance to start. A clash could be heard from the battle taking place in the sky, and the two charged at one another. A splash of chakra could be seen as Ookami's fire chakra and Hinata's juuken chakra collided. The pair engaged each other with a series of palm strikes. As the palms of the two taijutsu artists met, their chakra splashed again.
"Beautiful..." muttered Safaia.
"If you say so. I'm going to watch the two up there," replied Kamataro, while looking up to the sky.
A big splash of chakra could be seen as both Hinata and Ookami thought they had an opening, only to be countered at the last moment. Ookami dodged a strike from Hinata's right palm, while trying to deliver a strike to her midsection with his left. Hinata rolled out of the way, allowing enough room between herself and Ookami's hand to avoid taking injury. Hinata attempted to land a strike on Ookami's back, only to have him duck past it. Ookami quickly turned around to send his right palm into Hinata's, causing another splash of chakra to erupt. The pair smiled as they continued. Their faces mixed in smiles with determination, showing that while they were serious about the match, they were also having a good time. Ookami attempted another strike at Hinata's midsection with his left palm. Hinata dodged to the left of Ookami's strike, and landed a solid hit on Ookami's left shoulder. Ookami backed up, giving Hinata an opening. Ookami was able to block Hinata's strikes with his right palm. Ookami was still able to conduct chakra through his left hand, though he wasn't able to move his arm as fast as he was before. Hinata took note of that, and shifted her focus to landing strikes on Ookami's left side. Ookami was quick to catch onto what Hinata was doing, and purposely allowed an opening. Hinata attempted to take advantage of it with a solid palm strike with her right hand, only to take a hit to her right shoulder from Ookami. Hinata spun around, reducing the impact of the blow, and met Ookami's left palm with hers, allowing another eruption of chakra. The two returned to performing palm strikes at one another, allowing their palms to clash. Chakra splashed back and forth as their palms continued to meet between them. The pair shifted focus in their types of strikes. Both were aware they had lost some of their speed after taking direct hits, and opted to shift towards using power over speed. The chakra splashes increased in size while the speed of their strikes decreased. The splashes became bright enough to obscure the sight of the two sparring. It appeared as though there was an aura of both their chakra mixing together around them. The two knocked themselves back with a powerful strike, both nearly losing their footing. They could only grin at one another before resuming.
"Aw man, those two up there are done already? What a rip off," spoke Kamataro.
"I told you this was the one to see. These two are way more serious," spoke Safaia.
"They often are, hm," spoke Deidara.
"Eh?" replied both children.
"Those two could keep this up for hours and not even realize it. Sometimes I have to pull them apart, hm," replied Deidara.
"Why is that?" asked Safaia.
"I struggle to understand myself. He says its because of their bond that they keep up their duels for so long, hm. Perhaps it's his way of saying they understand each other so well they can fight as equals. The only aspect I've ever been able to appreciate is the beauty of the chakra erupting between the two of them. That's true art, hm," replied Deidara.
"I like you," spoke Safaia.
"Bah, sounds queer to me," spoke Kamataro.
"Oh?" asked Deidara.
"Yeah," replied Kamataro.
Deidara set off a small explosive next to the child. The young boy was knocked into the dirt face first.
"Still think that way of my art? Perhaps you need a better demonstration?" asked Deidara, as he held up a larger insect sculpture. Kamataro grumbled to himself under his breath as he picked himself up and dusted himself off.
"I thought as much, hm," replied Deidara.
Ookami and Hinata continued on, both appearing to slow down as their duel continued. The splashes of chakra started to fade. It was apparent the climax of their fight was over. The two paused, and took a look into each others eyes.
"I don't like that look, hm. They're about to do something foolish," spoke Deidara.
"What do you mean?" asked Safaia.
"Watch," replied Deidara.
Both Ookami and Hinata charged chakra into their striking hands. The chakra became intense enough to become visible to those not using a doujutsu. The chakra in their hands began to flicker and flash. At that point, Ookami and Hinata charged at each other, connecting their palms to one another. A bright flash appeared between the two as their chakra collided. The pair were covered in a solid aura of their mixed chakra before being knocked on their backs. The pair appeared to have knocked each other out. Deidara was about to pick the two up before they began to stir. Both sat up, and embraced each other in a hug.
"That was a good match, Hinata-chan," spoke Ookami.
"Hai, arigatou, Ookami-kun," replied Hinata, as she kissed Ookami on the cheek.
"You two had me worried, hm. I thought you knocked each other out again," spoke Deidara.
"Nah, we held back a little this time. It's no fun if we can't hold each other after our spars," replied Ookami.
"It's a good way to cool down," replied Hinata.
"If you two say so. I couldn't do this with Yugito-chan," spoke Deidara.
"Yugito-chan? Who's that?" asked Safaia.
"My lovely girlfriend. She sometimes goes to her home village to see how things are there, hm, in case your wondering why she isn't here," replied Deidara.
"Okay," spoke Safaia.
"Who cares?" replied Kamataro.
"I want to be able to fight like those two! That was amazing!" shouted Safaia.
"Yeah, I'll give them that. It lasted longer than blondie's match with the bunshin," spoke Kamataro.
"I won, keep that in mind. Those two ended in a stalemate, hm," spoke Deidara.
"So what? I was hoping for more action. You two scream action in your fights, and yet nothing happened," spoke Kamataro.
"It's not our preferred method of fighting. It's not nearly as artistic, hm. I prefer to be able to use my art in a battle. It's far more enjoyable, hm," spoke Deidara.
"If you say so. I'm tired of watching. I want to fight someone. I know, I'll fight you," spoke Kamataro.
"Eh? Me?" asked Ookami.
"Yeah, that's right. I want to see if you're as strong as you seem," spoke Kamataro.
"Big talk coming from a three year old," replied Ookami.
"Hey, I'm stronger than I look. Even Safaia could fight you," spoke Kamataro.
"I guess," spoke Safaia.
"Alright, I guess I'll entertain you guys a little. Give it your best shot," spoke Ookami, as he took a basic taijutsu stance.
The two children smiled before charging at Ookami. The Akatsuki member was surprised at the force behind their strikes.
"I guess I shouldn't underestimate them. They are the children of the kyuubi. That says a bit there. Not to mention they were able to unlock the Sharingan at such a young age. I don't know much about the Uchiha, but I think their accomplishment is unprecedented," thought Ookami.
"That fox would have children like this, wouldn't she," spoke Renko.
"I suppose so. Looks like they're using demon chakra. Guess I'll have to fight fire with fire," replied Ookami.
The pair of children began charging chakra into their strikes, causing Ookami to back up a little. The two children continued digging further into their chakra stores until they turned into a pair of one-tailed foxes.
"You have got to be kidding, hm," spoke Deidara.
"I don't think so," spoke Ookami, as he took a solid punch to the face. He was knocked off balance a little. Safaia came at him from behind, and delivered a kick to his back, knocking him down. Kamataro attempted to drill into Ookami while he was on the ground, but Ookami was able to roll out of the way, and kick away Kamataro. Safaia hit Ookami from behind while he was focused on deflecting Kamataro, knocking him slightly off balance, allowing Kamataro enough time to pick himself up and attempt to take advantage of an opening Ookami gave him. Ookami ended up taking two solid hits to his midsection, one from each kid. Ookami coughed a little, but could only smile after he regained his footing.
"Ah, so you guys do have access to a little demon chakra. Okay, if you're going to fight like that... then I'll do this," spoke Ookami, as he ran through a long chain of hand seals.
"Majutsu: Matou! (Demon Technique: Demonic Ascension)" shouted Ookami. Ookami's chakra erupted around him and increased in size. The chakra took the form of the rokubi, becoming solid at the end of Ookami's transformation.
"Alright brats, round two!" shouted the transformed Ookami.
The two children attempted to land hits on Ookami, only to have nothing happen, even when they made solid hits on him. Ookami's impressive form wasn't fazed by even the strongest of their moves.
"If you want a spar, I don't advise ma no jutsu (demon techniques), because your a few decades off from being able to give me a challenge in those arts," spoke Ookami.
The two children returned to normal, prompting Ookami to do the same.
"Now, wasn't that fun?" asked Ookami.
"How come you didn't fight Hinata-san like that?" asked Safaia.
"That's not how we have our spars. I don't use the rokubi's chakra unless I need to. The only time I really need to is when I'm fighting against a bijuu or jinchuuriki," replied Ookami. Chakra poured out of Ookami's seal as he was speaking. Before the two children appeared the rokubi herself.
"Oh, Renko-san, decided to come out?" asked Ookami.
"I was already awake, I figured I might as well make an appearance," replied Renko.
"Hello, Renko-sama," spoke Hinata.
"Oh, hello Hinata-chan, Deidara-chan," spoke Renko.
"Yeah, yeah," spoke Deidara.
"So, you're the one okaa-san is always talking about," spoke Safaia.
"She says you two are big rivals," spoke Kamataro.
"I suppose that's one way of putting it. We've always tried to outdo each other in one way or another. She always wins out in things involving power, though. I suppose that would be the advantage of having three tails over me," replied Renko.
"She says she's lost to you a couple times," spoke Safaia.
"Hah! More than a couple. She's ashamed to admit it, but I have her beat in contests of the mind. I'm by far the better thinker between the two of us. That's what allows me to get a couple in on her. Of course, it's been a while since the last time we had a challenge. Once the villages started collecting us to make jinchuuriki, it just hasn't been the same. Good thing I got a good kid like Ookami, here," explained Renko.
"I see. Hey, you think we'll get a jinchuuriki?" asked Safaia.
"I don't want one. I'd rather be free like Kawazaki-hentai," replied Kamataro.
Renko started laughing at the sound of Kawazaki being called a pervert.
"I don't want to be like Erokame. He's weird," spoke Safaia.
"Perverted... heh heh... turtle... heh heh..." muttered Renko. Ookami, Deidara, and Hinata were starting to chuckle as well.
"But he's strong. You have to give him that. He's no where near as strong as otou-san and okaa-san, but he's still the leader of the Nananin," spoke Kamataro.
"I don't care. I want to meet someone like Ookami," replied Safaia.
"Oh, wanting to get stuck with a guy, huh?" asked Kamataro.
"Yeah!" shouted Safaia.
"He's dating her, not her!" shouted Kamataro, while pointing at Hinata, then Renko.
"Well... it'll be different for me," replied Safaia.
"It's possible. I would might have dated Renko if I never met Hinata," spoke Ookami.
"Really? I doubt you could handle me," replied Renko.
"Yeah, I suppose. It would be kind of odd, since I do tend to think of you as more of a parental figure. Well, now more as a sister," explained Ookami.
"I guess," replied Renko.
"See, they say it could happen, so there!" shouted Safaia, while sticking her tongue out at Kamataro.
"Bah, whatever," spoke Kamataro.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm hungry, hm," spoke Deidara.
"I wonder if Mikoto-san has dinner ready yet?" asked Ookami.
"I am feeling a little hungry after our duel," replied Hinata.
"Well, if Hinata-chan is hungry, then it's time to eat. Come on guys," spoke Ookami.
"Hai!" shouted the children.
The members of Akatsuki filed into the dining area one by one. The smell of Mikoto's cooking began to fill the living areas of the base, drawing the attention of all the members. The smell of her cooking was even enough to lift Nagato's spirits, prompting him to finally stop the rain he started when Konan was angry with him.
"Well, that's everyone," spoke Mikoto.
"That's right, Kisame, Itachi, and Itachi's family are on that little 'training' mission of theirs," spoke Hidan.
"I did tell them about that village. It needs to be taken care of. If he wants to use it as an opportunity to train his children, far be it for me to dispute it," spoke Nagato.
"Otou-san thought of the same idea. He had us wipe out a village of rebels a month or two ago," spoke Safaia.
"That was fun," spoke Kamataro.
"Wait, you two can take down a village on your own, but you need us to protect you?" asked Kakuzu.
"Well, that village was full of bandits. Otou-san said the people after us are likely S-Class shinobi," spoke Kamataro.
"No complaints. There are far worse things he could have us do, as Hidan illustrated for us," spoke Nagato.
"Yeah, the idea of shoving anything up Gedo Mazo's behind is just plain... wrong," spoke Ookami.
"I wonder what Itachi is up to?" asked white Zetsu.
"Likely causing all kinds of problems," replied black Zetsu.
In a bandit village in Tsuchi no Kuni, the leader of the village was making a speech before all of the citizens of the village.
"As you all know, the group known as Akatsuki has taken surrogate control over the world!" shouted the leader of the village. His response came in the form of shouts of disapproval.
"The village of Tokusa will not stand for this any longer! We will hunt them down, and show them that we are ruled by no one!!" shouted the leader of the village. The cheers continued until a Fuuma Shuriken took off the head of the village leader.
"My my, that man was too loud for my tastes," spoke Kiyomi.
"Who the Hell are you!?" shouted several of the villagers. Silence dawned upon them as they saw the red clouds on her outfit.
"Akatsuki!!" shouted the villagers. Every throwing weapon in the villagers possession was thrown in the direction of Kiyomi. She could only smile as she pulled out a katana and deflected every last weapon that had a chance of hitting her. She activated her Byakugan, and took a look into the crowd.
"My, my, there's no one out there who even stands a chance at giving me a challenge, except for that one over there," spoke Kiyomi, as she pointed at someone within the crowd. The person in the crowd being Itachi. Several of the villagers made the mistake of looking Itachi in the eye. All of them fell prey to one of Itachi's genjutsu. Itachi made the villagers believe their village was being attacked by the kyuubi no youko. The villagers screamed out in pain as they felt like they were being torn apart and burned alive. Itachi took care of making it real with several slashes of his katana and several katon no jutsu. (fire techniques) Those nearby thought to charge at Itachi, only to see two children in the way.
"What are you children doing here? It's dangerous... wait... red clouds... you're with them!?" shouted a woman.
"We're not 'children,' as you say," replied Akemi, while looking at the woman with her Byakugan.
"We're here to mop up this village," replied Kuromi, while looking at the woman with her Sharingan.
The two girls cut the woman down with their katana. The villagers surrounding them pulled out several weapons, and pointed them at the two girls.
"You're all in my range," spoke Akemi.
"Oh, come on, do you have to use that jutsu?" asked Kuromi.
"I'll leave a couple for you," spoke Akemi, as she took a Hyuga stance.
"Hakke Sanjuuni Hi no Shou! (Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms of Fire)" shouted Akemi. The villagers around the young girl were hit with powerful bursts of fire chakra. From the outside, it would seem as though nothing was wrong with the villagers that were hit. On the inside, their internal organs were heavily burnt. The villagers she hit coughed up blood and died from internal trauma. Another of the villagers attempted to get to Akemi from behind, only to be cut down by Kuromi.
"Did you have to let your guard down like that?" asked Kuromi.
"Who said I did? I saw you coming, so I figured I had nothing to worry about," replied Akemi.
"Oh, right... 365 vision..." muttered Kuromi.
"Well, hey, at least you can do those scary genjutsu like Otou-san," replied Akemi.
"True," spoke Kuromi, as she stared into the eyes of a group of villagers before her. She placed them within a world where they were all bound to a wall of some kind. Spikes slowly came out of the walls, torturing those bound to them. Kuromi cut down those she had caught in her trap.
"This is boring... I thought this was supposed to be training?" spoke Kuromi.
"Well, this is the first time we've helped them on a mission. I guess they wanted to give us an easy one to start," replied Akemi.
"Yeah, maybe... but can't there be at least one of them able to put up some kind of resistance?" asked Kuromi, as she impaled a bandit on the end of her katana.
"I see your point," spoke Akemi, as she threw a fuuma shuriken through a line of attackers.
"Geez, not one of them was able to dodge that? That's sad," spoke Kuromi.
Kiyomi and Itachi found themselves surrounded by a group of bandits. The remaining bandits in the village opted to give one last stand, rather than be taken down one by one. They smiled amongst themselves, thinking their numbers gave them an advantage.
"Oh dear, we're surrounded," spoke Kiyomi.
"Yeah," spoke Itachi.
"Hey, Itachi!" shouted Kisame, as he leaped into the middle of the ring of bandits.
"Where have you been?" asked Itachi.
"Oh, taking care of the guard posts on the other side of the village. Figured I would make sure all of them were gone," replied Kisame.
"We're just about done here," spoke Itachi.
"You should see your daughters. They've torn through just about everyone else in that half of the village. Looks like they actually might finish before you," replied Kisame.
"We focused on the parts of the village with the greater number of bandits," spoke Kiyomi.
"Oh, is that it?" asked Kisame.
"Something like that," spoke Kiyomi.
"Hey, Itachi, want to play the speed game?" asked Kisame.
"Hm? Sure," spoke Itachi, as he pulled out his trusty beer scroll. He unsealed a drink for his partner.
"I wouldn't sip it if I were you," spoke Itachi.
"Oh, they're that weak, huh? Okay then. Better get ready... san... ni... ichi..." spoke Kisame, as he popped the cap off of the bottle. Kiyomi and Itachi disappeared in a flash. Several screams could be heard as the bandits surrounding the group began to fall. A couple opted to charge at Kisame, only for the shark-nin to remove their faces with the Samehada in one hand, and his beer in the other.
"Damn, I had to slow down for a second to take care of those pests... darn, well, maybe I should try and enjoy the drink a little more, since we have to sober up with the little demons at home," thought Kisame, as he continued to down the beer in his hand.
"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" shouted Itachi, as he sent a barrage of fireballs at the remaining bandits on his side.
"Take this!" shouted Kiyomi, as she threw a pair of fuuma shuriken into the remaining bandits on her side. Those in her path were all cut in half along the waist. The last of the bandits fell, while Kisame still had a quarter of a bottle left to go.
"Damn, you were right, I should have gulped it down!" shouted Kisame.
"I told you," spoke Itachi.
"I wonder how the kids are doing?" asked Kiyomi.
As if on cue, a couple of bloody bandits hobbled in their direction.
"Little..." muttered one of the bandits.
"Demons..." muttered the other.
"Little demons? They're back at our base right now, if you must know," spoke Itachi.
There was a puzzled expression on the look of the two bandits before a pair of katana from Akemi and Kuromi ran through them. The two bandits fell to the ground, life quickly leaving their bodies.
"That was boring," spoke Kuromi.
"Can we take on a shinobi village next time?" asked Akemi.
"That depends on Leader-sama. We go where he tells us," spoke Itachi.
"I'm sure there will be a village we can take care of in our travels. There's bound to be a clan village or two out there that wants to try and prove their worth. We'll make sure we're the ones that get to take care of it," replied Kiyomi.
"Hai-i! " shouted Akemi and Kuromi.
"Well, since you happened to mention it, I wonder how they are doing back at the base?" asked Kisame.
"It's not our problem until our return," spoke Itachi.
"I'm with him. I raised three year old Uchiha once. I'm not doing it again," replied Kiyomi.
"At least they got past their 'burn everything' stage after I taught them katon no jutsu," spoke Itachi.
"Hai, Leader-sama didn't seem to find it amusing when they torched the couch," replied Kiyomi.
"While Kakuzu was sleeping on it, too. They're lucky Hidan was there to take the heat for them," spoke Kisame.
In Amegakure, Kakuzu let out a random sneeze, startling everyone in the room with him.
"You catching a cold?" asked Konan.
"It's nothing," replied Kakuzu, as he started to drift off back to sleep.
"Bah, it would be nice if he got sick. Maybe he would lay off of me for a couple days," spoke Hidan.
"Hidan, that's amazing!" shouted Ookami.
"Ah, it is, hm," spoke Deidara.
"That's quite the achievement, Hidan-san," spoke Hinata.
"Eh? What are you talking about?" asked Hidan.
"You managed to insult Kakuzu without swearing once, hm," replied Deidara.
"Yeah, yeah, it's only because I don't want to be turned into a kami yamaarashi, (paper porcupine)" replied Hidan.
"Good reason," spoke Ookami.
Konan had a smile on her face.
"What?" asked Hidan.
"I was thinking of how much fun it would be to do that to you," replied Konan.
"That's my Konan-chan for you," spoke Nagato.
"You two are sick," replied Hidan.
"I lead a group of S-class shinobi, and have control over the world through the threat of using the ultimate weapon on anyone dumb enough to take arms against me. Konan's desire to impale you with paper is tame by comparison," explained Nagato.
"And let's face it, a religion that demands nothing short of complete slaughter ain't exactly normal, either," spoke Ookami.
"You heathens just can't appreciate how wonderful it is. You're all jealous you lack the determination to follow Jashin-sama," replied Hidan.
"Not interested," spoke Ookami.
"I still have a chance with those brats," spoke Hidan.
"Yeah... if they were awake, they'd be busy finding other ways to dismember you, hm," spoke Deidara.
"Maybe we should teach the kids the fun of Hidan-ball," spoke Nagato.
"Fuck you!!" shouted Hidan, while giving Nagato the one-finger salute.
"Welcome back, Hidan," spoke Ookami.
"Fuck you, too, bastards!!" shouted Hidan.
"So much for peace and quiet..." muttered Sasori. He was busy reading a novel about a puppet that was brought to life, and spent its time searching for a reason to exist, and a human heart. Something which Sasori found an odd irony in. Nana was reading a book about places full of natural beauty.
"It never lasts around here, does it?" asked Nana.
"I don't suppose so," replied Sasori.
"Well, excuse me!" shouted Hidan, "I'm going to my ritual chamber."
Hidan made his way out of the room. Hidan was hoping to find a chance to relax through experiencing excruciating pain. What he found in his chamber brought him a great headache.
"Fucking brats!!" shouted Hidan.
"Hey, Konan-san said you're not allowed to use those words around us," spoke Safaia.
"Yeah, you better watch it, or we'll tell Konan-san about what you're saying," spoke Kamataro.
"Like I give a flying fuck! You two are in my ritual chamber. Here, it's my way, or you die!!" shouted Hidan.
"What are all these things for, anyway?" asked Kamataro.
"You really want to know?" asked Hidan, as he snatched a pike out of Kamataro's hand.
"They're for this!" shouted Hidan, as he made a motion to impale Kamataro. He barely missed, hitting himself in the leg. Hidan let out a smile at the look of fear on Kamataro's face.
"H-hey, you're supposed to protect us!" shouted Kamataro.
"I don't give a fuck! What, are your parents going to kill me, or something? I'm an immortal, I fear nothing and no one!" shouted Hidan.
"You're scary!" shouted Safaia, as she dropped the blade she was holding, and backed away from the crazed priest.
"What, did you think you brats were going to get away with what you did to me earlier? Hell no, there's no free rides in this place!!" shouted Hidan, as he pulled out his scythe. He cut open his wrists, and made a Jashin circle on the ground.
"What are you doing?" asked Kamataro.
"I'm going to show you both the power of Jashin-sama!" shouted Hidan.
"Otou-san said something like this might happen... guess we should do what he told us," spoke Safaia.
"I don't about you, but I'm going to have fun," replied Kamataro, as he activated his Sharingan. Safaia did the same. Both preceded to turn into their demon forms.
"Oh, would you look at that? You little bastards can transform? Well, now what?" asked Hidan.
There were two grinning foxes in the room in one second. They were gone in the next second.
"Hah! Brats ran away!" shouted Hidan.
The Jashinist took note of the extreme pain he felt in his legs at that moment. He looked down to see two foxes tearing off his legs, and eating at them. Hidan immediately fell to the ground.
"He tastes good!" shouted Safaia.
"Itadakimasu!" shouted Kamataro.
"Ahh!!" shouted Hidan, as he started swinging his scythe around violently. His swinging stopped when his arm was bitten off.
"You little brats! I'm going to fucking kill you!" shouted Hidan, who was now both armless and legless.
"Hey, I wonder what his brain tastes like?" asked Kamataro.
"I want to find out!" shouted Safaia.
"Let's see who gets to eat his head first!" shouted Kamataro.
"What! Hey, that's my ear! Hey, let go! That fucking hurts! Stop it!! Ahh!!" shouted Hidan.
Zetsu was looking around the base for something. He saw everyone in the living area, and approached them.
"Hey, you guys see the brats anywhere?" asked white Zetsu.
"Whitey fell asleep when it was his turn to keep an eye on them," spoke black Zetsu.
"What!?" shouted Nagato.
"Zetsu!!" shouted Konan.
"Hey, I was out for thirty seconds at most!" shouted white Zetsu.
"You know that's more than enough time for shinobi trained brats to get away from us!!" shouted black Zetsu.
"Will you two stop arguing! We need to find them before they get themselves into trouble!!" shouted Nagato.
"What's the worst that could happen to them? They can't get into the prison area, so we don't have to worry about them finding Orochimaru," spoke white Zetsu.
"Most of our rooms are locked," replied black Zetsu.
"Who's room is left open?" asked Nagato.
"I think Hidan leaves his room unlocked most of the time," spoke Ookami.
"And he just went to his ritual chamber, hm... wait, you don't think..." spoke Deidara.
"Oh boy," spoke Ookami and Deidara in unison.
"Hinata-chan, can you see into Hidan's ritual chamber?" asked Ookami.
"Hai! Byakugan!" shouted Hinata.
"Are they in there?" asked Nagato.
"I see them, but I don't see any sign of Hidan," replied Hinata.
"Eh? Where could he have gone?" asked Ookami.
Kamataro and Safaia emerged from Hidan's room. Both appeared to have satisfied looks on their faces.
"Why were you two in Hidan's room?" asked Konan.
"You had us worried," spoke Nagato.
"We wanted to play with his ritual things," replied Safaia.
"You shouldn't go into other people's rooms, even if they leave their door open," spoke Konan.
"Yeah, Hidan was really scary when he found us, but don't worry, we're alright," replied Safaia.
"What happened to Hidan? I didn't see him when I looked into his room," asked Hinata.
"You can see into his room? How did you do that?" asked Kamataro.
"My doujutsu, the Byakugan," replied Hinata.
"Oh, we've heard of it before, but we've never seen it," replied Safaia.
"We'll tell you about it another time. So, what happened to Hidan?" asked Ookami.
Kamataro let out a loud burp that sounded like "fuck you."
"Kamataro!!" shouted Konan.
"It wasn't me!" shouted Kamataro.
The group could hear more swearing coming from Kamataro.
"What is that sound... wait... you can't be serious..." spoke Ookami.
"They would, wouldn't they, hm?" asked Deidara.
"Serves him right," spoke Kakuzu. It couldn't be seen, but he had a rather large grin on his stitched face.
"You ate Hidan?" asked white Zetsu.
"I like you brats, you're all right," spoke black Zetsu.
"He tastes like steak!" shouted Kamataro.
"Well seasoned, too!" replied Safaia.
"You're kidding, right?" asked Ookami.
"I don't think they are, hm," replied Deidara.
"I don't want to be around when he comes out," spoke Hinata.
"I forgot about that... well, hopefully it won't take too long for him to regenerate... yeah..." muttered Ookami.
"I won't miss him for the week it will take for him to recover," spoke Kakuzu.
"I'm pretty sure of that," spoke Nagato.
"Hey! We're back!!" shouted Kuromi.
"Eh? You guys are back early, aren't you?" asked Nagato.
"We found a couple shortcuts," spoke Akemi.
"Fair enough. How did it go?" asked Nagato.
"We kicked ass!" shouted Kisame, as he came through the door.
"I see. Hopefully that will send a message to the other villages out there who wish to bear arms against us in the future," spoke Nagato.
"If it were that simple, we wouldn't have had need to go out to begin with," replied Itachi.
"I know. It's not easy keeping everyone in check. As time passes by, another demonstration of our power will be needed. That is the way it is," spoke Nagato.
"I see, so you were aware of that. Good," replied Itachi.
"I was also curious as to how you were going to do that. I thought you may have been a little too quick to allow Nana to remain here. I see you had already planned that far ahead," spoke Sasori.
"Of course. Madara knows that much to keep an eye on the sanbi and kyuubi. Yugito can easily keep an eye on the hachibi. We could always retrieve the gobi and yonbi as we please," replied Nagato.
"Hey, where's Hidan? I see everyone is here except him? He out causing himself more pain in one of those rituals of his?" asked Kisame.
Everyone could here mumbling coming from Kamataro. It sounded like someone was saying something along the lines of "I'm over here, fucktards."
"Oh..." muttered Kisame.
Itachi turned away and took Kiyomi, Akemi, and Kuromi to their room. Kisame stared at the two young demons before him.
"I hope these guys don't get a taste for sushi," thought Kisame.
"I feel sleepy again, let's go back to bed," spoke Kamataro.
"Oh, right, Kamataro-chan," replied Safaia.
The pair returned to their room. They were given the room Tobi used to use before he returned to Kiri. Due to the immaturity of Tobi, the décor in the room easily catered to small children.
"Those two could be trouble," spoke Kisame.
"You just have to know how to put them in their place," spoke Renko, as she appeared next to Ookami.
"That's right, they know not to start something with us. I'm pretty sure you and Nana can help in that area, too, right Sasori-san?" asked Ookami.
"Hai," replied Sasori.
"I suppose," replied Nana.
"Don't worry, Sasori no Danna, they back down when they see a bunch of tails flying around, hm," spoke Deidara.
"Something to keep in mind," spoke Sasori.
"It's getting late. We should retire for the evening. Good night, everyone," spoke Nagato, as he and Konan headed to their room. Everyone else was soon to follow, except for Hidan, who continued to swear in Kamataro's stomach throughout the night. Much to Hidan's dismay, the little demon was able to sleep through his constant shouting.
A/N: The name of the village Itachi and family went to, Tokusa, can be spelled as 木賊, where 木 means wood and 賊 means rebel. A fitting name for a village of bandits attempting to rebel against Akatsuki. Thank you for reading, and don't forget to review.