To all my American readers, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. Yep this is a gift for you guys, though it's my sister's B'day as well so I did some hard work for her as well.
Make sure to read the update of Nidaime no Sairin as well,
DISCLAIMER: Don't own Naruto, enough said T_T
Replies to the reviews
Roku: The council doesn't the workings of the Jinchuriki, maybe that's why they treated Naruto the way they did. As for the reformation of the Bijuu, it depends on the power of the said tailed beast. In case of Kyuubi, according to Obito in the manga, it would take a decade for the revival of Kyuubi in such a scenario. As for the power of Kyuubi, it won't be as powerful as it was at the time of Naruto's birth because it's one half is still sealed inside Minato.
TheOldNick: I hope you are having your lunch on time now, because it's about to be interrupted by 'The Return of Pein'. :)
XenoLucifer: I'll respond in a proper manner:
The problem is, that particular review was for the lack of a better word a mess. I only pointed out grammar mistakes doesn't mean there wasn't anything else.
You can say that 'Obito' is like the shinobi being controlled by edo tensei, the only difference is that he can speak. He does have a conscious not a personality, meaning he does bleed.
I only wrote that after confirming it with the official team behind Naruto, had a friend working there for a while. By enemy I meant an ENEMY not an opponent, enemies like the Akatsuki or Orochimaru. Kakuzu was finished by Kakashi, Pein died on his own.
What Hidan said was something he spoke in one of his fits, nothing much.
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CHAPTER 7 : Kazekage Retrival
"Deidara and Sasori will reach the decided hideout in half a day, what are you planning to do with the Kazekage, exactly?" asked Konan as she stood in Pein's quarters, said person's cloak in her hand as he zipped up the mesh armor on his torso before turning to look at her. He made eye contact with her before sighing.
"What do you think?" he asked as he walked to the side stand to retrieve his hetai ate.
"I don't know. You and Itachi never tell me what is going through those thick heads of yours', it's not as if I am a psychic or something you know. Still if I had to guess, I'd say you were planning to somehow fool Madara and keep the Kazekage in that 'Dungeon' of yours alongside the Yondaime Mizukage," said Konan with a hint of sarcasm.
Pein suddenly went still and stopped checking his chakra rods, she was making quite obvious points after all. He turned towards her and walked forward to stand in front of the blue haired beauty. Placing both his hands on her shoulders, he stared at her face for a second before awarding her with a small smile.
"You know, I think you may have that psychic factor somewhere in there, otherwise how could you tell that exact thing that Itachi suggested?" he asked while chuckling a bit, lightening the mood between the two.
"So you are going to do that huh?" asked Konan with a sense of knowingness.
"May be or may not," answered Pein as he brushed a stray strand of her hair and uncovered her left eye to him.
Both of them had started to feel an awkward pull towards each other after spending long hours of planning with each other, even though Pein was already attracted to Konan and was trying to deal with his own feelings. Konan on the other hand was going through a wired type of problems of her own. Suddenly she felt less irritated from Pein and was finding it difficult not to laugh at the pretty jokes he made on occasions. He may be a serious figure in the Akatsuki but he was nothing but a softy goofball when it came to serious talking, he never laughed on his own jokes though.
Suppressing her twitching eye, she scowled at the orange head before smirking.
"Oh I see, it happens, even I don't know when I'll have the time to make some ramen again," she said while cleaning her nails. She lifted her eyelids a little to see the gaping face of Pein as his eyes went wide with the horror of separation from his precious, precious ramen.
"You wouldn't dare…" he said with uncertainty.
"Oh I will, what's the word for it?... Yeah, 'try me'" she said with a serious face.
Pein continued to stare at her face for a while as he tried to think how such a beautiful angel could be so sadistic inwards.
"We'll see," he finally said before turning around and sliding his arms in his cloaks sleeves with her help.
He turned around and Konan tied his Ame headband on his forehead before messing his hair a bit, feeling a little giddy. Pein was someone who ignited fear in the hearts of his enemies but for his friends, he was the best friend one could possibly have in the shinobi world.
"Let's go, Itachi is waiting outside, something came up with the newest member," said Konan as she turned around and started to walk towards the door.
Pein stared at her retreating form for a couple of seconds. Oh what would he do to convey his feelings to someone as beautiful as this angel. Whenever she was within a meter range, his heart will start hammering his ribs while his breathing became labored on its own, his sentences will make no sense(Similar to the sentences of NAMIKAZEMINATO.7799) as his words will come out in a sputter. The effect she had on him was surreal. Finally, shaking his head a little at his own helplessness with her, he walked out of the chambers as well, not even bothering to zip up his cloak.
Outside, Konan was conversing with Itachi as the Uchiha was just shaking his head in dismissal manner. The look on Konan's face was that of a frustrated child as she bit her lower lip and assumed a thinking pose to come up with something new to present to the stoic Uchiha. Seeing Pein approach them from behind Konan, Itachi shifted his gaze from Konan to him.
"So, what are you two talking about? Anything I should know?" asked Pein as he stopped beside Konan in a casual stance.
"Nothing, it's just that I am not sure what were you planning when assigning that mission to the forth. I mean yeah his abilities are more suited for that objective but even Itachi would've performed that mission easily, so why rely on HIM?" asked Konan with a mix of irritation and confusion flashing on her features.
Pein only stared at her for a second before shifting his gaze to Itachi. The Uchiha just shrugged.
"She does have a point there, even though he is more suited for that kind of category of missions, I am more familiar with the mission profile."
"You know why I won't send you there, not yet."
"It's not upto you to decide where he goes you know" added Konan with her head held high.
Pein only raised an eyebrow at this.
"What is with you today Konan? You aren't acting like yourself today," asked Pein in a little suspicion filled voice.
"Um… I – I am fine nothing is wrong with me, yeah definitely nothing wrong," stammered Konan .
"Yeah I can see that," was the reply she received from him.
Itachi who was still patiently waiting for his answer continued to stare at both of them before sighing.
"You know what, just get down to the gathering hall, I think Hidan is having a fight with Kisame down there" he said while pointing his index finger at the floor.
"Oh, that hair bleaching bastard is still causing trouble huh, well lets go and get them to stop," said Pein as he started to head towards the stairs, followed by Konan and Itachi.
KONOHAGAKURE NO SATO
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
"THIS IS IT, I KNEW IT, UCHIHA SAMA WENT TO TAKE REVENGE FOR SAINDAIME SAMA! I TOLD YOU!" scream a councilor as many heads gave a nod of approval while the shinobi sides remain calm except Tsunade. Her head was going to burst from the amount of tick marks appearing on her forehead.
"SEE UCHIHA SAMA DESERVES TO BE RESCUED NOW"
"YES, HE IS THE MOST POWERFUL SHINOBI IN OUR VILLAGE"
"uh, technically he isn't in the village you know?"
"THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING, HE IS ON A TOP SECRET MISSION TO ILL OUR ENEMIES"
"HE MAY BE THE MOST POWERFUL SHINOBI IN THE WORLD"
CRACK!
Everyone's attention was drawn towards the sound as the noticed the Godaime throw out a piece of meeting table out of the window. A large chunk of wood was missing from her side of the table as she dusted her hands while cleaning her nails.
"Now that all you baboons have shut your traps, there is something I would like to tell you all" said Tsunade as she took her position as the head of the table.
"Uchiha Sasuke was, is and will always be a rouge nin of Konoha or at least as long as I rule this military establishment as the Godaime. Yes it's true that he killed Orochimaru, my former teammate but his hands are also stained with the blood of innocent Konoha ninjas from the past. The fact that he is now capable enough to kill the likes Orochimaru, it spells trouble for us" she said.
"How can his growth spell trouble for us Hokage sama?" asked Koharu.
"If he attacked another village in search of Itachi, that village will blame us for allowing a rogue nin such as Uchiha Sasuke to roam the shinobi lands without any kind of actions from Konoha," answered Danzo instead of Tsunade as the hokage gave an indifferent look to the old war hawk.
"That and what you all know according to what our intel says, mentally Uchiha Sasuke is a very unstable person and we can't discard the possibility of him attacking Konoha in future. He has decided to break all the bonds with his past, that includes Konoha as well that is why, we believe sooner or later Uchiha Sasuke will come to attack Konoha," answered Tsunade with a stressed look on her face.
First the Kyuubi's assault, Yondaime's sacrifice, spreading of corruption in the roots of Konoha, massacre of the Uchiha clan, Itachi's betrayal, Kusa Suna invasion, Sandaime's death, Sasuke's betrayal, Konoha's Naruto's death, rise of Akatsuki, the tension between the great five and now this matter with Uchiha Sasuke's sudden rise in power, it looked like Konoha was in for a cleansing. May be the new village that may rise from the ashes of Konohagakure will be void of these mistakes but one thing that Senju Tsunade was sure of was, Hi no Kuni will always be protected by the shinobi of these lands.
FAR EDGE OF KAMINARI NO KUNI
"Bastard!"
"Bitch!"
"Chirp chirp!"
Wait
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
Jyugo stared at the two people currently staring at him with dumbfound looks.
"Uh… is there something on my face?" he asked while tickling a sparrow with his finger.
"You can talk to birds?" asked a surprised Suigetsu while pointing a finger towards the pair of sparrows sitting on Jyugo's head.
"And you can turn in to a puddle," stated Jyugo easily, not realizing the questioning nature of Suigetsu's statement.
"Hehe more like turn in to piss" whispered Karin with a hand on her mouth.
"Hey I heard that you bitch!" shouted Suigetsu as he pointed an angry look at Karin.
"I wasn't trying to hide it anyways, you bastard!" shot back Karin.
"Bitch!"
"Bastard!"
"Karin, tell me if you sense someone up ahead," asked Sasuke as he glanced at the dense forest in front of them, completely ignoring the bickering of his two subordinates of team Hebi.
"Hai Sasuke Kun!" replied Karin with determination in her voice but she made sure to make a mocking face towards Suigetsu.
"Sasuke kun, not that I'm complaining or something but what exactly are we doing in Nami no kuni by the way?" asked Karin with a little timid behavior.
"We are going to Nami no Kuni to collect the Kubikiribocho of the late Momoichi Zabuza," replied Sasuke in a short sentence.
"Oh, but how come you know that the legendary Kubikiribocho is there?" asked a now surprised and gleeful Suigetsu.
"Because that is where my team left it after we took down its last own, that is Zabuza," said Sasuke not glancing back at his team.
"I am sure Sasuke kun took that man down easily after all Sasuke kun is also a master swordsman," beamed Karin as she glance at Sasuke through the corner of her eye before blushing madly and avoiding eye contact.
"It was my jonin sensei, Sharingan no Kakashi, who killed Zabuza, not me," said Sasuke before speeding up a little, creating some distance between him and his team.
While his team gawked at having just found out that their leader was trained by not only Orochimaru of the Sannin but also the legendary sharingan no Kakashi, he was finding himself getting more and more afraid of the thought of ever encountering that Akatsuki agent. The mere thought of crossing paths with a monster like that was enough to make him stumble a little.
From what he could remember from the intel of kabuto, Itachi was partnered with Hoshigaki Kisame, one of the legendary seven swordsmen of the hidden mist. If he got Suigetsu the Kubikiribocho, then he will be able to at the very least attract the interest of the swordsman, and then Itachi will have to confront him alone and one on one. The only problem was that it has been some time since he got any type of intel regarding Akatsuki, so he wasn't sure if Itachi was still partnered with the mist shinobi or not. If somehow the pair was changed, then he will have to improvise his plan accordingly.
"Sasuke kun! There is someone in front of us," said Karin suddenly, pulling him out of his thoughts.
"How far?" asked Sasuke with urgency in his voice.
"About a mile ahead of us, uh, why is he just sitting there?" she said.
Sasuke furrowed his brows at the last question.
"What did you say?" he asked with confusion.
"He is just sitting there, as if he was waiting for someone," answered Karin innocently.
Turning towards the direction Karin had indicated, Sasuke activated his sharingan before focusing on the person's chakra.
HUGE
That is the only way to describe this person, but he wasn't emitting any hostility towards his environment, maybe he was just a random shinobi who got injured on a mission, hiding in the woods to recover. Still this person's chakra pool was easily that of an elite ANBU almost that of a kage, maybe he should scan to check the type of handicap this person was having to decide whether to approach him or not.
Deciding to scan a little more, Sasuke started to go a little faster towards the person, as his sharingan, though powerful, was only capable of scanning objects closer than a kilometer. Followed by his team, as soon as he reached within the limit, Sasuke again activated his sharingan and pointed his focus on the person.
But before he could process any of the appearance of the man, the man turned his head in his direction, like he was making eye contact with Sasuke, this made Sasuke stop in his tracks all of a sudden. It only made the man more excited as his chakra started to become restless.
Sasuke felt some strange kind of connection forming between his and the person's eyes before his sharingan deactivated on its own without even a hint of chakra exhaustion, it was like his own chakra was not obeying him and withdrawing from his eyes against his will. Just as the sharingan turned off, the strange connection broke as well but what made Sasuke fear the person the most was the words he heard via the connection.
"Finally, found you!"
Akatsuki HIDEOUT
Deidara and Sasori were standing inside the decided hideout of Akatsuki with an unconscious Kazekage clutched by some of the spiders the ex Iwa nin made. He was missing an arm and was still bleeding a little from the stump that remained, while his partner in crime looked as good as new.
"I told you Sasori senpai, I could take him down on my own, but this mug face tore my arm off with that infectious sand of his, otherwise I would've wiped out Suna from the face of the earth, hn!" boasted Deidara with his remaining hand playing with a clay spider of his creation.
"I must say, taking him down was just a fluke, if he wasn't exhausted from saving the village from your C4, I would've been forced to step in," said Sasori with the heavy voice of his puppet.
"Whatever you say, it wasn't me who told him to place his neck between the C4 and the village, if it would've been me in his place, I'd rather let those rodents die then to spend my charka in saving them," said Deidara with a hint of indifference.
"May be that's why the Tsuchikage didn't announce you as his successor, good for Iwa" said Sasori.
"What, but-"
"Enough, contact leader-sama, and place the seal he gave us on the Kazekage," said Sasori in a scolding voice.
"Whatever," muttered Deidara as he channeled his chakra in the Akatsuki ring on his finger, signaling the other members of their invite for the extraction. The first one to appear was Pein himself as he observed Deidara place the seal he had given them on the back of the Kazekage. The unconscious and blooded face of Gaara did made him a little uneasy but he composed himself. Soon Konan appeared beside him along with Itachi followed by the remaining members of the group.
Pein had chosen this hideout very cleverly as the gedo-mazo was hidden in this cave by Nagato before his death. If he had chosen another hideout, then he couldn't have summoned the statue without a real pair of rinnegan, a luxury he currently lacked.
"So the blondie caught the Kazekage, eh?" asked Kisame as he grinned, showing shark like razor sharp teeth.
"It seems the Kazekage gave him quiet the trouble, if that stump of a hand is any indication," said Itachi emotionlessly.
"Hn, Kakuzu, I've my hand right here, mind stitching it back in place?" asked Deidara while swallowing his pride.
"Later" replied Kakuzu, only for Deidara's eyebrow to twitch.
"Enough, Sasori, why wasn't the situation handled by you?" asked Pein.
"It was his request, he wanted to take him down on his own, I decided to give him some chance and the idiot came out without his hand attached at the right place," answered Sasori.
"Seeing the condition you are in, Deidara will be sent to rehabilitation centre of Ame, until he fully recovers, your team will be stay on backup position" ordered Pein as the team nodded.
"Very well"
"Okay,hn"
Staring at the two empty posts on the fingers of Gedo Mazo, Pein's features turned hard as he clenched his fists a little. Madara and Zetsu missing from their positions, something quite rare must have occurred to occupy them somewhere else, something interesting. He will have to look into it, after the sudden fall of Orochimaru by the hands of Uchiha Sasuke, Madara was behaving differently. He wasn't taunting Pein regarding his orders of trying anything fishing in the organization. He had also withdrawn his name from the active members of Akatsuki.
"It seems that Madara and Zetsu will not be Joining us to-" just as Pein started to speak.
"My apologies," came the voice of their newest member, Guren.
The dark blue haired woman was standing in the position of Zetsu while 'Obito' appeared in Madara's position, using the same heavenly projection technique that all others were executing.
"We will be taking over for team two today, due to some unforeseen problems, team two requested team six to act as their replacement for today's ritual," finished Guren as she gave a light bow towards team one, that is, Pein and Konan.
This made Pein to exchange looks with Konan and Itachi before he decided to drop the subject for the time being.
"Alright everyone, start to feed your chakra to the Gedo Mazo as it sucks the Ichibi out of its host," Ordered Pein as his chakra seeped in the finger he was standing on.
Soon all the Akatsuki members assembled were guiding the Bijuu's chakra to the mouth of Gedo Mazo by pulling and pushing it with their own chakra. The cave lit up with the reddish chakra of the Ichibi as the first eye of the statue started to open slowly but surely.
Pein stared at all the members surrounding him with concentration, may be the absence of Madara was really a blessing in disguise. Now he will not have to use the precautionary measures that he had planned beforehand. Making sure that no one was looking, he cautiously closed his eyes and channeled some chakra to them.
'Sharingan!'
The rinnegan genjutsu on his eyes flickered for a second behind his eyelids before becoming normal again, showing the pale color of the legendary rinnegan. He slowly opened his eyes and almost smiled when he saw the almost unnoticeable thin string of chakra connecting him to the Kazekage. The seal was working perfectly as the flow of chakra in the string was without any fluctuations, maybe he will not have to carry the burden of killing a fellow Jinchuriki for the rest of his life.
NEAR THE HIDEOUT
Team seven was travelling with a desperate speed, after all, the life of the Kazekage was at stake here. The suna elder, lady Chiyo, was leading the squad with an emotionless face. The news of her grandson's latest escapade was truly heart wrenching as the former puppeteer tried desperately to ready herself to encounter her grandson at any moment. His accomplishments as a puppeteer were something to be proud of but his allegiance was something else entirely. He had acquired the rank of an S ranked shinobi but that too was written as S-ranked criminal.
Former ANBU captain Hatake Kakashi was travelling on her right followed by chunin Haruno Sakura while on her left she was flanked by Konoha jonin Yuta and chunin Sai. Yuta was assigned to team seven to lighten the burden of Kakashi because unlike team seven, all other teams had one of the members promoted to jonin rank. Neji, Shikamaru and Shino being the promoted jonins of their respective teams.
Kakashi stared at the letter of the hokage in his hands, informing him about the assigning of team nine as their backup. If he was asked, he would have preferred team eight as that was a tracker squad and that's exactly what they were doing, tracking down the Akatsuki. Team nine was a squad which specialized in close range combat. Team seven was already a frontal assault specialist squad and having team nine as backup will not have much of an effect on the situation, other than increasing in the number of allies of course.
Before he could crush the message and burn it as per the normal protocol, he sensed that they have just passed a barrier of some kind. The light fluctuations were sensed by everyone else as well because all the members of the team showed signs of tensing. Now the only problem was the fact that it didn't do anything to them unlike common barriers. This indicated to the only remaining possibility of it being a detection barrier.
"Everyone, stay alert, they know we are here," warned Kakashi in a grim voice.
INSIDE HIDEOUT
Konan's eyes fluttered open as she felt the barrier being breached in the distance. Just as she was about to ignore it as one of the shinobi squads passing by like they normally did, another breach was detected, this time from a little distance away from the first one. Konan felt complied to inform Pein about the intrusion.
"Pein…" she said.
One her call, all the Akatsuki's opened their eyes and stared at here, clearly waiting for to tell them the reason of interruption. The astral figure of Pein opened his eyes, revealing the purple doujutsu. He turned his gaze to look at Konan's figure shimmering beside him.
"The sensory barrier of the hideout just sensed two breaches, one in about fifteen minutes north, other about ten minutes north-east, multiple hostile chakra signatures," she finished.
"How many?" asked Pein.
"At least eight to nine, may be more," she replied curtly.
Pein cursed inwardly, these shinobi must be the Suna tracker shinobi squads who were in pursuit of Deidara and Sasori. This will only delay them further, if the enemy managed to somehow enter the cave then their extraction ritual will be jeopardized. On the other hand, if he sent out someone to take care of the enemy then he will only be slowing down the ritual. The new Fuinjutsu trap that he had laid on the front of the cave would at least take one hour to tackle.
"Kakuzu, Kisame, you two are the closest to the enemy right now, send out a chakra enforced bunshins each to take care of the disturbances, try to delay them for an hour at the very least," ordered Pein.
"Alright,"
"Yes,"
Now, they will only need another hour or so to extract the Ichibi, luckily they were just extracting the Ichibi and it will only take three hours at most with such strong shinobis contributing their chakra in the process. If it was a higher ranked Bijuu, say Kyuubi, It would at least take three to four days for them to extract the strongest of the Bijuu.
"Done," came the voices of his two subordinates as confirmation.
"Good, now get started on the ritual, we don't have all day," said Pein as everyone went back to concentrating their chakra.
With Team Nine
"Guy sensei, there is someone waiting for us ahead," informed Neji with his byakugan concentrating on the referred person.
"Very good Neji! Team, get ready to display your FLAMES OF YOUTH!" exclaimed Guy, somehow managing to give the nice Guy pose while still running at top speed.
"YOSH GUY SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GUY SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
Tenten was on the verge of smacking both of her teammates on the head when Neji gasped.
Yes, NEJI GASPED.
"What happened , Neji?" she asked with mild confusion.
"This guys chakra reserve is at least double of that of a Jonin and its potency, I think we'll have a hard time dealing with him Tenten," he said with a little uneasiness.
"Guy sensei-" she started but was interrupted.
"I heard Neji, Tenten. Neji, tell me more about his features," ordered a serious Guy.
"Hai"
Concentrating on the figure of the enemy, Neji stressed his byakugan a little more to distinguish between his features.
"spiky hair, tall and muscular built, black cloak with red clouds and a huge weapon hefted on his shoulder," finished Neji.
"Hm, it seems we are up against the partner of one Uchiha Itachi," whispered Guy without any emotion.
"Who is this guy?" asked Tenten, a little worried by the sudden change in Guy's attitude.
"He is the one who infiltrated Konoha after the chunin exams, Asuma and Kurenai were unable to handle this guy even after teaming up," informed Guy while messaging his chin with his thumb, why was he getting the feeling of missing on something?
"He's here," informed Neji as he settled in the Hyuga taijutsu stance.
"Well, well well, so we meet again" spoke Kisame with a toothy grin while heaving the Shamehada from his shoulder and stabbing the said sword in the ground.
"Uh, I don't remember you, but whoever you are, get ready to experience the FLAMES OF YOUTH!" shouted an excited Guy only for Kisame's grin to disappear.
"I'll make sure to you remember me after I am done with you all" spoke Kisame before going through a series of hand seals.
"Suiton: Bakusui Shoha (Water style: Exploding water shockwave)"
With Team Seven
"They must've know that we were coming from this direction, Kakashi Senpai," said Yuta, taking out his sword from its sheath.
"That barrier that we crossed back there was a detection barrier, just as I'd expected," confirmed Kakashi with his grip on the Kunais tightening.
"What are we gonna do now, Kakashi sensei?" asked Sakura, a hint of fear and desperation in her voice as their enemy wasn't someone they had faced before.
"All your plans are futile against me, turn back and run back to wherever you came from," said the enemy from under his mask.
Their enemy wasn't someone they had any intel on, maybe there were more Akatsuki agents in the vicinity and that spelled trouble to them. If just one of them was capable of taking out a kage who happened to be a Jinchuriki as well was any indication. But for now, they will have to fight this battle because the retrieval of the Kazekage was of top most priority. They will just have to take care of this one and in the mean time, Suna reinforcements will arrive to assist in the further mission.
"I will not be able to participate in this battle, son of Sakumo, you are on your own," said Chiyo as she jumped back a little to stay clear of the upcoming battle.
"Alright team, I think we'll have to fight this one on our own," said Kakashi as his team got ready to pounce at the enemy at any instance.
"Hatake Kakashi, you have a bounty of three million on your head," said Kakuzu and raised his hand before pointing a finger in the copy ninja's direction.
"I'll be collecting that money," he finished while pointing directly at Kakashi's head.
"You're welcome to try, it's not like you'll be the first one to try.
"I am sure of that, but I assure you, I'll be the last for sure," said Kakuzu before he disappeared in a flicker.
Kakashi disappeared in a flicker of his own, followed his whole team in toe. Chiyo stared at the battle of the Konoha shinobi with mild interest. She knew that the standard of Konoha shinobi were higher thatn that of Suna, Gaara's defeat in the Suna-Kusa invasion of Konoha three years ago was a clear evidence. If a mere genin was capable of taking down the Ichibi in its berserker form, then a team of two Jonin and two chunin was something that she wanted to see in action by her eyes. She wasn't proven wrong when the five shinobis appeared in a dead lock in the middle of the field.
"Kakuzu was standing in the middle on left leg, his right leg pulled upwards to block a kick from Sakura, his left hand was grasping the side of Sai's face while the said shinobi held his shoulder in a dead lock with both his hands, his ninjato in one hand. Kakashi was blocking the Kunai strike of the Akatsuki with his own, the tremendous power of the taki shinobi forcing him to use both of his hands to stop the kunai mere centimeters away from his facemask. As for Yuta, he was behind Kakuzu, sword in mid downwards arc with the intention of cleaving the enemy in half. Kakuzu's thread like extensions stoping the attack by coming out of his back and grabbing the hands holding the weapon.
Sakura was a little surprised as the shinobi stopped her chakra enforced kick without even moving a muscle. Sai was sweating a little but otherwise stayed emotionless. Kakashi showed signs of strain while holding his kunai in front of his face while Yuta struggled to free his hands and weapon from the thread like things.
Kakuzu stared at the situation he was in before shaking his head a little.
"Hm, this will take some time."
TO BE CONTINUED…
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FACT TIME:
Jiraiya's name is taken from a real book name 'Tales of the Gutsy Ninja', in which the main character is named Jiraiya. In the Naruto manga, Jiraiya wrote the same book with the same title.
