I don't own Naruto or any of the characters used in this story besides the new sound nins I introduce later.

Italics thoughts (Talking in there head or Naruto talking to Kyuubi)

Anyone who is reading the manga will understand what Jugo piston arm looks likes. If you don't think Big O's arms, if you haven't seen that, it sucks to be you.


Sai stood in front of Jugo in a defensive position, eyeing up his opponent. Jugo cocked his head quizzically to the right, "Why do you wish to fight?"

Sai's expression did not change from his fake smile but he was caught off guard by such a blunt question.

"Why do you wish to fight us?" repeated Jugo, "We are simply on our way to kill Uchiha Itachi. Isn't that one of your goals as well?"

"Yes, it is one of our objectives. However the retrieval of Sasuke comes first." Answered Sai, "And how did you know about our objectives?"

A raven landed on Jugo's shoulder, "Simple, my friend told me." Jugo pointed to the raven. He activated his enzymes and whispered to the bird. When he was done the raven took off and flew back into the forest.

"What did you tell him?" inquired Sai

"To leave this place, it will be dangerous here when Sasuke-sama starts to fight." sighed Jugo, ⌠I do not wish to fight but if your objective is to interfere with Sasuke-sama's goal then I will not let you pass." sighed Jugo

"Then I have nothing more to say."

Jugo took a breath and activated his body's enzymes. He hated to do this but he would not let anything stop Sasuke and besides he knew that Sasuke could handl;e him if he went out of control. Cursed seal markings emerged all over his body as Jugo's mind became unstable and sank into his berserker state.

"hehehe...a little boy, I WILL KILL YOU!" screamed Jugo as he sprinted towards Sai.

Sai brought out his paper and paint brush, drew a picture of a bird and a few triggers and brought them to life through his chakra. Sai jumped on top of his bird and flew out of range of Jugo while he watched his tigers battle Jugo. They circled Jugo looking for a weakness or an opportunity to attack. However they were beaten to the punch as Jugo jumped into the air and tried to land flying kick on one of the tigers. The tiger dodged but the force of the kick caused a small creator in the ground. Seeing the monstrous strength of Jugo, Sai ordered his creations into the forest.

"RUN ALL YOU WANT! I WILL STILL KILL YOU!" Jugo leaped after his targets, chasing after them into the woods. When he lost sight of them, he stopped and whipped his head around wildly, "COME OUT I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO FIGHT?!"

"Don't worry Jugo we will." With that one of the tigers leapt on to Jugo's back and proceeded to claw him. Jugo reach behind him and grabbed the tiger by its neck. He extends his arm out with the ink tiger's neck in his grasp and all the while the tiger thrashed and clawed his arm, trying to break free. Jugo crushed its neck and the tiger disintegrated into ink. Two more tigers sprint towards Jugo on his right and left. He simple smiles and transforms his right arm into a large blade and runs to his right. The tiger jumps straight at him. Jugo performs an uppercut with his blade arm, cleanly splitting the tiger down the middle. After his swing finishes he turns around swinging his arm to decapitate the other tiger. The last tiger makes a beeline for Jugo. Again he simple stand there, but instead Jugo reverts his right arm back to normal and his left arm changes into a larger version, adorned with spikes and a piston like cylinder on the coming out the back of his arm. He cocks his arm back and nails the tiger in the face with his punch. The tiger flew back on a ballistic course for a tree. On impact the beast returned back to nothing more then ink.

Sai had abandoned his aerial mount and watched the whole thing while under cover. He seems so different now that he has activated his cursed seal. This must be what Naruto and Sakura mentioned when they said Sasuke's cursed seal drove him mad. Crazy or not he seems to be rather skilled at close range and those transforming arms of his could be a problem.

As Sai pondered about the best course of action, Jugo was busy trying to find his location by using his piston arm to create shock waves in the ground, uproot the trees. By chance he managed to uproot the tree Sai was in. Jugo did not realize this and turned to bring down another tree. Sai used the falling leaves and dirt as a smoke screen to get closer to Jugo. When he was in range Sai unsheathed his short katana and charged Jugo. Sai was too fast for Jugo to transform and bring his blade arm up so he had to defend with his piston arm. Even with Sai's momentum generated from his speed, Jugo managed to stop him cold. Jugo pushed back with even more force, forcing Sai back by about five feet. He charged yet again, this time slicing horizontally, aiming to cut Jugo across the chest. Once again Jugo blocked but with his blade and immediately retaliated with a punch from his left. Sai ducked and back flipped to get some space between the two. Sai put down his Katana and pulled out his ink and scroll. Instead of using beast, Sai painted two warrior looking paints that were armed with swords like his.

"MORE INK CREATURES, THEY WILL HAVE TO DIE JUST LIKE YOU!" howled Jugo

The three swordsmen attacked Jugo relentlessly. Two would attack, forcing Jugo to defend with both arms while the third went for the opening. As for how strong and powerful Jugo was he could not keep up with all three attackers. His body had many slash marks all over his upper body.

I have to turn this around or I might lose! No I can not even think like that, I will kill this worm. A warrior approached from his right weapon raised, ready to attack. Instead of defending Jugo lunged towards it and through a punch. The warrior skidded to a halt and held up his sword with two hands so the flat side blocked the punch. The fist collided with the warrior's sword, appearing to block Jugo's blow. That was when he smirked, the piston part of his arm extended and immediately lowered. The resulting shockwave shattered the sword and propelled the warrior into a fallen tree, impaling him on a branch. The warrior slowly lost its shape and melted into ink. Jugo turned around to see the remaining warrior and Sai standing ready to continue their deadly dance when a shriek pierced through air, "KIBA!"

Sai turned his head towards the direction it came from. Maybe I should have taken on the other one with the large sword. I will have to finish this quickly to go dig Kiba out of his hole. I wonder if this is constitutes as a 'bond of friendship'? Sai once again put on a fake smile and focused on his immediate objective: subdue or eliminate Jugo.


Man I wish I knew all of Jugo's powers and all of Sai's jutsus.
Anyway please rate and review And yes I realize I have not finished this or the last fight and I haven't gotten to Kiba yet. I know I am working on it. Besides it will all pull together in about 2-3 chapters.