Organization XIII
Xemnas – Alive
Xigbar – Alive
Xaldin – Alive
Vexen – Alive
Lexaeus – Alive
Zexion – Alive
Saix – Alive
Axel – Alive
Demyx – Alive
Luxord – Alive
Marluxia – Alive
Larxene – Dead (killed by Hidan)
Roxas – Alive
Akatsuki
Pain – Alive
Konan – Alive
Itachi – Alive
Kisame – Dead (killed by Demyx)
Deidara – Alive
Sasori – Alive
Hidan – Alive
Kakuzu – Alive
Tobi – Alive
Zetsu- Alive
Independent
Shikamaru – Alive
Temari – Alive
In Luxord's Dimension
As the gamblers prepare their dices to shoot at Itachi, Itachi uses Amaterasu again at Luxord, but he manages to pull up a shield of cards in time so Itachi can't see him. Itachi stops the technique closing his eyes for second and then jumping away from the gamblers sending out fireballs in every direction incinerating all the gamblers, but more just take their place.
"Time is on my side Akatsuki. I assume your attacks take a lot out of you so I just have to play the waiting game," Luxord says taunting Itachi.
"Then I supposed there is no point in holding back," Itachi says a Gambler tries to lay his curse on Itachi. A skeletal form appears around Itachi as he is turned into a card. A sword and shield materializes in the hands of this skeletal form and blocks the next set of attacks. When the smoke clears Itachi is back in normal form.
"This is Susanoo. You cannot defeat me." Itachi says flatly.
"My answer is the same. All I have to do is play for time."
In Konoha
Shikamaru's shadow possession jutsu rushes forward again at Deidara and this time catches him before he can get away.
"Gotcha," Shikamaru says satisfied.
Roxas seeing that Deidara can't move starts to run forward.
"Hey, idiot. You can't attack while he's like that. We have to time it right."
"You mean time it like this, yeah," Deidara says rhetorically.
Somehow Deidara had used a jutsu in shadow possession jutsu to make a massive clay animal appear behind the trio.
"Not good," Shikamaru yells out releasing the jutsu and jumping away from the explosion.
Shikamaru is thrown hard against the railing and falls to the ground moaning. Roxas brings up reflect safely avoiding the attack and Temari's wind battles the explosion. Then before anyone can do anything Deidara directs another bomb at Temari's back exploding it when it was in range. It explodes sending Temari flying her body smoking from the blast.
"One down, 2 to go," Deidara says satisfied.
Roxas then rushes Deidara, but Deidara just stands there and Roxas finds out why. Roxas steps on a mine sending him high into the air and falls on the ground hard coughing up blood.
"So apparently nothings can bleed," Deidara says as he walks toward Roxas to stand over him. "Time to finish you, yeah."
Deidara brings up his hand to point it at Roxas, but then suddenly a kunai is sticking out of Deidara's wrist and he yells out in pain. Roxas then calls the keyblade back to him and slices through Deidara.
"I…didn't even….use my best work of art," Deidara says with his last breath before he falls to the ground dead.
"Thanks," Roxas says as he gets up wincing from the pain.
He looks over at Shikamaru over by Temari.
"She's still alive. If we hurry we may be able to save her," Shikamaru says grimly.
Roxas hesitates weighing whether he should leave because he finished his mission or stay and help. In the end Roxas decides to stay.
In Luxord's Dimension
Itachi had cut through swaths of the Gamblers, but they just kept coming. Itachi's body was starting to show fatigue. Luxord had mostly hung back avoiding Itachi's attacks when they were directed at him.
"I've decided to speed this up a bit," Luxord says.
Luxord rushes forward sending his cards flying at Itachi. Susanoo blocks it and then swings it's sword at Luxord. Luxord knows better than to try and block and so just avoids the attack. A cough racks Itachi's body and Susanoo falters and then some of Luxord's attacks hit Itachi wounding him. Susanoo makes one last attack on Luxord slashing his cloak. Itachi then collapses and Luxord walks over to Itachi. He feels for a pulse and finds it weak. Luxord contemplates the situation and then decides his next course.
"It would seem you are now the Organization's prisoner Akatsuki," Luxord says with a smirk.
On a random road
"Could we get back already Kakuzu. We've been hunting your bounties for awhile now," Hidan says to Kakuzu annoyed.
"Yeah, yeah Hidan. We're almost done we-wait, isn't that an organization guy," Kakuzu says getting excited.
Up the road facing Hidan and Kakuzu was a man with long silver hair in the organization coat, but also wearing a blindfold.
"Yeah, yeah it is. We get to have some fun again." Hidan says getting excited.
"I'm not here to fight you Akatsuki. I'm here to make an alliance." Riku says opening the conversation.
"An alliance with the enemy we're fighting? Yeah right," Hidan says disbelieving.
"This is only a disguise. I'm an enemy of the Organization also."
"Let's kill him Hidan," Kakuzu says.
Riku sighs and then calls forth Way to Dawn and prepares for battle.