A few Saturdays ago I went to a Buddhist temple for a class trip. It was extra credit for my history class. I'm glad I went because the temple was so beautiful! Right then and there it reminded me of the movie Spirited Away. I love that movie. :3 Then I got the urge to go to Japan!!! And I still want to go to Japan!! My mom says maybe we'll go for my eighteenth birthday. Oh and, I had already told you that I extremely suck at battle scenes, which is kinda why I try not to write so many...So if Ryuu's battle seems easily won, you know why...

Her Wild Side

Ryuu stood at the very center of the giant earth arena, waiting for something to happen. She knew the Akatsuki were strong, and she had to prove that she was strong too. Whatever Keiko had planned for her to defeat, she would defeat it, and live.

"Well then," said Keiko. "Let's begin."

She made rapid hand signs and down at the arena, Ryuu was surrounded by a mass of shadow clones. No seriously, they were shadows. Just a black silhouette of a random ninja.

They charged at her all at the same time. At first, nothing seemed to happen, until most of them were blown back by one of Ryuu's jutsus. It was a wind jutsu. They disappeared into smoke.

"Now, only a hundred to go."

A few of them came at her, but she dodged their blows and slashed them in half with her katanas. She leaped in the air and threw multiple kunai around her, each with an exploding tag. Then four ninja jumped into the air after her, in all four directions. They had thought they were gonna get her, until her body made a cross shape to deflect their attacks. The two at her side were blown away by her kicks and the two above and below her were stabbed with her katanas. They all disappeared in a puff of smoke.

All of the silhouettes were gone and Ryuu landed on the ground softly. She put away her katanas and looked around. Keiko did some more hand signs and a giant scorpion came out of the ground. This surprised Ryuu as she was hit with one of it's claws. Her body slammed against the wall.

"A summoning," she said to herself.

The other Akatsuki members were watching silently, while Tobi was recording the whole scene.

Ryuu stood up and looked at the creature. It's giant claws were hideous, as was it's face. It's tail dripped with poison. The woman took out her two katanas as the scorpion's tail tried to stab her.

She rushed at it, striking the tail, but nothing happened. The scorpion lunged at her, smacking the katanas away from her hands. Ryuu scowled.

Hidan smirked. "I guess she's not much without her swords."

"Just like you and your scythe," replied Kakuzu.

"Shut the hell up!"

Ryuu ignored Hidan's comment and took a deep breath. She exhaled it and smiled.

"Ok, since physical attacks don't seem to be very effective, I'll just have to use jutsu."

She made rapid hand signs and said "Earth Style: Forest Snare Jutsu!"

Giant, thick roots tore out of the ground, rapidly pursuing the scorpion. They wrapped around it's tail, claws, and body.

"Ha," said Ryuu. "Now you can't get out. But I'm not done yet."

She bit her thumb and smeared the blood on the palm of her had. She made hand signs and said "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" The whole arena filled with white smoke and when it cleared, a giant red lobster was staring meancingly at the scorpion, Ryuu on it's head. She smiled and said "Go."

At that moment, Konan remembered when Pein used his own lobster summoning to splash her with water so the oil could come off from her body when they were fighting Jiraiya. She missed Pein. When Keiko killed him, nobody knew how much that hurt Konan. Now there was a piece of her heart missing...

The lobster shot a giant beam of bubbles from it's mouth, swamping the battlefield. The scorpion squeeled with horror as the lobster dashed towards it and grabbed it's claws with it's own, ripping them out of it's sockets. The lobster then slammed it's heavy tail on the creature's back, causing it to crack.

"Now," said Ryuu. "Finish it!"

The lobster slammed it's claw onto the scropion's head, causing it to die. It disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Is that all?" shouted Ryuu from the lobster's head up to the balcony. "I didn't think it'd end this quickly."

"No," shouted Keiko. "We're not finished yet."

"This woman is strong," said Kisame. "And she shows no mercy either. Not even for a trapped animal."

Keiko did some more hand signs, but nothing happened. Suddenly the water drained out from the arena. A giant root shot up from the ground and struck the lobster right in the face. The lobster disappeared and Ryuu climbed onto the wall. More roots shot out, but this time, from the walls. Ryuu ran from them, dodging every single one. She made rapid hand signs and shot flames from her mouth at the roots. They burned and turned to ash, as they fell in the water

All the water had been drained from the arena. Something that looked like a giant pink bud was sprouting out of the ground. When all of the water was gone, the large bud rose from the thick stem supporting it. It opened up to reveal a hideous plant-monster, with rows of jagged sharp teeth. It roared a horrifiying cry.

"Oh shit," said Ryuu.

Deidara smiled. "Let's see how this woman faces Leader-san's ultimate summoning. Mm."

"That thing looks scary," said Tobi. He was still filming.

Ryuu landed on the ground. It was very muddy. The roots dashed towards her, and she dodged as many as possible. One almost struck her, but she jumped horizontally, with a graceful spining motion. She landed on her feet, the mud slowing down the skid.

"Ok," said Ryuu. "I have no idea where my katanas are, and my lobster would easily die if I tried to summon it again. I could try to use a fire technique, but the area is still muddy here. That giant flower could easily throw wads of mud at the flames to put it out. Taijutsu won't work. The roots are way too thick. What to do...what to do..."

She contemplated on this matter. Then that's when an idea struck her. "That's it! I should stall the monster, first using my animal technique, then another summoning. Then I can use a fire jutsu when the muddy ground has dried. I'm so smart."

She made some handsigns and her body complexion began to change. Her skin became a yellowish color, which then started to turn into fur. A tail grew from her body and her face changed into a feline structure. Her eyes were green with slit pupils and her hair became a light shade of brown. She smiled and her canines were larger. Her nails were now claws.

She had transformed into a human lion.

"Well," said Kisame. "That's not something you see every day."

The monster's roots dashed towards Ryuu, but she dodged it. She had excellent speed with cat-like reflexes. Ryuu ran up one of the monster's roots. When she got to it's face, she slashed one of it's eyes. It roared in pain.

A thinner root tried to slam against Ryuu, but she opened her mouth and a long, frog-like tounge grabbed a boulder down below. She moved out of the way as she flew towards the boulder. Her tounge let go of it before she crashed.

She landed on the ground, her tail swaying.

"Ok, I took out one of it's eyes. Now what..."

Another root aimed for her, but she transformed again, this time into a human eagle. Her arms were giant, graceful brown wings. Her feet became talons, and her eyes were yellow. She had a sharp beak and her hair became a brown mass of feathers. Her belly was covered with white colored feathers. And her tail shortened, just showing black feathers.

She soared up into the sky, and then dived down at the flower monster, her talons ready to strike. She plucked out it's other eyeball. The monster roared again, this time hitting her. She automatically transformed back into her human form.

She was thrown up, and seemed to be unconcious.

The monster opened it's large jaws, ready to eat her when she fell. It didn't have to worry.

As Ryuu's body started to descend back to the ground, she opened her eyes and preformed hand signs. Then she opened her mouth and blew intense flames. They shot down at the flower, who was caught in the blast. It roared as the fire burned it's plant-like flesh. The mud had dried completely, so the monster couldn't stop the heat.

After about a minute, the creature turned to ash. Ryuu plunged down back to the arena, slamming her fist into the ground. The dried mud cracked and she saw her katanas.

She walked over to them and picked them up. She made a single handsign and sprayed water from her mouth, cleaning the shinning metal blades. She then put them back in their sheaths and started to walk back again towards the balcony. She leaped all the way up there, landing gracefully. She walked towards Keiko.

The others couldn't believe she defeated two of Keiko's most strongest summonings.

As she passed them, she snapped her fingers in Hidan's face.

"In your face sunshine."

He boiled with anger, but Kakuzu stopped him from killing the woman.

Keiko was obviously tired. She still hadn't fully recovered from the revival jutsu.

"Well," said Ryuu. "I think I proved my worth nicely today. Don't you?"

The Leader smiled. "Yes. That's why you're in the Akatsuki."

Keiko got up and said to the others "Well, Ryuu is offically in the Akatsuki and I expect you to get along with her."

"Keiko-san," said Itachi. "None of the Akatsuki members get along."

"Well, then just act as you normally would. I need to go to bed early because I feel fatigued."

And with that, Keiko left to her sleeping chamber.

"Man I'm hungry," said Ryuu. "Do you guys have any food?"

"Yes," said Sasori. "What do you eat?"

"Why would you ask that?"

"Because you're a damn animal," replied Hidan. "How the hell did you manage to transform that quickly?"

"I'd rather keep that to myself thank you."

"Well, we have nothing an animal would eat. But I think we still have some dog food in the cupboard."

Ryuu made a rude finger gesture at Hidan.

"Now that's no way for a lady to act," said Deidara with a smirk.

"Oh shut up girly-man. Don't tell me how to act. You have eyeliner."

Deidara was ready to kill this woman, but then Itachi said "Leave her alone. We're all gonna have to deal with this rude bitch for the rest of our lives."

"That's right," said Ryuu. "And I'm not gonna make your lives any easier. I'm gonna make them a living hell."

She gave a sweet, if not fake, smile. Then she walked towards the door, back to the hideout. The others followed.

"Wasn't that awesome?" said Tobi into his video camera. "Ryuu is not only pretty, she's strong! But she's not very nice. She's rude. Well, mostly only to Deidara-senpai. Honestly, he kinda does look like he has eyeliner though..."

"Tobi!" yelled Deidara from the door.

"Uh oh. I guess she--I mean he heard me!!"

"No shit! Get your ass in here! Mm!"

Tobi turned off the video camera and went back into the hideout. I hope he's not too mad at me. He's scary when he's mad...I don't even want to see how Ryuu-chan acts when she's mad...

The masked man had a feeling that Ryuu was gonna spice up the Akatsuki, one way or another.

And that's the end of the chapter. I know it was shorter than the other three, but I didn't know what to write after the battle scene. Gomen. Ryuu's not the friendliest woman, is she? Lol xD Yeah, she's gonna be a pain to the others. Mostly to Hidan and Deidara. Why? I dunno. They're funny when they get angry. They're also two of meh fav Akatsuki members. x3 And for future refrence, this chapter was written after I finished chapter 374 of Naruto Shipuuden. Reviews are always loved. :3