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Chapter
6
A
Battle to Remember
It is morning. The battle begins…
Everyone was awake a Tazuna's house, preparing for battle.
"Tazuna, what do you think you're doing?" asked Sakura.
"I'm getting ready for battle," he said plainly.
"I'm sorry, but it's going to be too dangerous for you," said Yugao.
"But…"
"No, you can't go," said Cressela.
Naruto ran inside. He was drenched in sweat. He wore a huge grin that stretched across his face. "I perfected it!"
"Good. Now we might actually have a chance of winning," said Cressela.
"When are we attacking?"
"We sent Komachi and Towa to see if they had set any traps. When they get back, we attack. If they don't come back by midday, we search for them."
Suddenly, Komachi and Towa warped out of the floor.
"Wow, nice entrance," said Naruto.
"We took care of all the traps. I'm not sure, but, it felt like someone was watching us," said Komachi.
"Watching you?" asked Cressela.
"This isn't good," said Naruto. He looked around the room frantically. "Everyone, get out!"
As soon as he said that, everyone ran out of the house as fast as they could. Naruto and Cressela grabbed as many weapons as they could before exiting the house. The minute they left, parts of the house were being covered with vines. A giant venus fly trap grew out of the floor. It opened up to reveal a man. One side of him was white while the other was black.
"How did these morons sense us?" said the black side.
"I do not know. Maybe it was one of the ANBU members," said the white side.
"Zetsu," said Kakashi.
"Oh look, it's the Copy Ninja, Kakashi Hatake."
"And there's the Nine-Tailed Fox brat. The leader will be pleased to hear of his presence."
Cressela ran up to Zetsu and attempted to roundhouse kick him. Zetsu blocked the kick using only a finger.
"What the…" said Cressela.
"Don't try to fight him. He'll just block your moves. He's only part of the Akatsuki to clean up their messes," said Yugao.
"Go to hell."
"The rest of you, run. I'll hold him…um, them off."
"But what about you?" asked Cressela in a concerned tone.
"Don't worry, just go!"
The rest of the group ran off toward the Akatsuki hideout. Naruto looked behind him and shed a tear. Yugao had been with him throughout his entire life. She had been like a mother to him. He wasn't ready to lose her, but he knew he couldn't go back there or else he would distract Yugao.
"You were very foolish to fight us alone."
"Very foolish, indeed."
Yugao unsheathed her katana and said, "The ground will run with your blood today."
The rest of the group was still running ahead. Naruto and Cressela were communicating through their thoughts.
I don't want to leave her back there, said Naruto.
I know, but if we went back, we'd only get in her way, responded Cressela.
Soon, they came into a clearing. No one was seen anywhere.
"Komachi, where is the lair?" asked Kakashi.
"Under our feet," she responded. She walked to the middle of the clearing and plucked a single flower out of the ground. As soon as she did, a giant, gaping hole opened up in front of Komachi. "So, who would like to go first?"
Everyone dived into the hole. The inside looked like a tunnel. There were many stalactites plunging out of the mouth of the entrance. They walked forward cautiously, being careful not to step in any new traps. They continued until they walked into an open area. No one was there either…or at least that's what they thought.
"Komachi, Towa," said Naruto, "did you bother checking of they were actually here?"
"They were, we sensed them," said Towa frantically.
"Cressela, you know what to do," said Naruto.
Cressela focused on her inner thoughts and then let her mind branch out, reading the minds of every living thing that her thoughts came across. She suddenly bumped into a mental block. "Someone's here!"
"Show yourselves!" shouted one of the ANBU operatives.
"Hahaha, very good. You sensed us. That takes a lot of skill," said a figure protruding from one of the back walls. He had skin that looked like the color of a stone. His mouth was covered by a cloth. His headband had the Takigakure sign on it with a slash across the emblem.
"Kakuzu," said Cressela.
"You know him?" asked Naruto.
"I'm from Takigakure, remember? He betrayed our village a hundred years ago. I've met him once."
"One hundred years?!" exclaimed Sakura.
"Yeah. The reason he's still alive is because he steals hearts. The more hearts he has, the longer he lives."
"Wow," said Naruto.
"You know my partner? You're a lucky mother fucker to have survived that meeting," said a man appearing in front of Cressela. He had white hair and had a Yugakure headband. It was also slashed across the emblem. What scared Cressela about him was the humongous three-bladed scythe he was carrying. "You've got really fucked up eyes, ya know."
"Gee thanks," said Cressela sarcastically.
"Don't get sarcastic with me bitch!"
"Hidan, calm down," said Kakuzu.
It was already too late. After hearing that, Cressela flexed her knuckles, opened her hand, and quickly made her best jutsu: the Rasenkaton. "Die!" She forced the flaming orb into Hidan's stomach. The force of the jutsu made Hidan fly all the way to the back of the cave.
Hidan slowly stood…laughing. His eerie laugh sent chills down everyone's spines. "HAHAHA! You thought you could kill me?! I can never die as long as I am the servant of Jashin!"
"Not with the religious crap again. Hidan, please don't," said Kakuzu.
"Shut the fuck up! You don't understand because you are so consumed in your greed."
"Kakashi and you two," Naruto said pointing to the other two ANBU operatives, "fight Hidan. Cressela, Sasuke, Sakura, and I will take on Kakuzu."
As soon as Kakuzu took one step, the group ran toward him, using every possible jutsu they knew. When Hidan moved, the other group attacked without mercy.
"They think a bunch of kids can defeat me?" said Kakuzu.
"Be careful. He can disembody himself because of his Earth Grudge Fear," said Cressela.
"His what?" asked Sasuke.
"He has many thick, grey threads woven under his skin holding his body together."
"Like a rag doll?" commented Sakura.
"That's one way to put it."
Kakuzu unattached his arm and sent it flying toward Naruto. Naruto dodged it and grabbed the arm. Fine, you want to fight? You'll be dead in a half-hour, thought Kakuzu. The threads connecting the disembodied arm to Kakuzu started retreating back into him, dragging Naruto, who was still holding onto the arm.
"Naruto, let go!" shouted Sasuke.
It was too late. Naruto was close enough for Kakuzu to punch. While Naruto was punched in the face, he disappeared in a puff of smoke. "A clone? Why was I able to feel the punch?"
"Shadow clones," said Naruto, holding a knife to Kakuzu's neck. Naruto tried to cut into his flesh, but he ended up bending his kunai. "What the…"
Kakuzu grabbed Naruto's neck and threw him across the room. Sasuke activated his Sharingan. Three tomoe appeared in his blood-red eyes. Slowly, electricity started to form and spark in his hand. It grew bigger until Sasuke shouted, "Chidori!" He ran to Kakuzu and plunged the electric mass into his opponent. When he pulled his hand out, he was holding one of Kakuzu's five hearts.
One down. Four to go.
"How did you…" started Kakuzu.
"Your jutsu was of the earth type, right? I used a lightning type jutsu. Lightning types can disrupt earth jutsus," explained Sasuke.
Kakuzu punched Sasuke in the stomach and sent him flying the same way he did to Naruto. Sakura had already healed Naruto. She ran to Sasuke and performed many difficult-to-remember hand signs and healed him. Cressela opened the palm of her hand and created another Rasenkaton.
"Another one? You really think that's going to affect me?" mocked Kakuzu.
"No, but this might," said Cressela. The Rasenkaton started growing bigger. She placed her second hand around the other side of the flaming Rasengan. It grew bigger until it was bigger than Cressela, herself. "Fire style: Great Rasenkaton of Death!" She threw the giant flaming orb at Kakuzu. As soon as one side touched him, he was engulfed in the orb of flames.
Two more down. Two to go.
"What kind of children are you?" said Kakuzu, recovering from the deadly attack.
"You're worst nightmare," said Naruto, holding a bright Rasengan. He threw it at Kakuzu. Kakuzu easily dodged it.
"Nope, you're not gonna get me again with that," he said. In a matter of seconds, two clones shot up from the ground and held down Kakuzu. "What the…!"
Naruto formed another Rasengan. This one was different. It had an eerie glow around it. It slowly grew and even the ground shook at its immense power. The wind spun and oxygen slowly deteriorated from the air. "Wind style: Rasenshuriken!" Naruto ran at Kakuzu and pressed the all-powerful Rasengan against Kakuzu's body. The force was so strong, that it ripped a hole through Kakuzu's stomach. Surprisingly, no organs were in there; only the grey threads that ran through his entire body.
Two down. No more to go.
Kakuzu fell to the floor with a thud.
Naruto looked over and saw Kakashi decapitate Hidan. "Ewww."
"Hahaha! You can't kill me. I told you that. Stupid bitch!" shouted Hidan.
"No, we can't kill you, but we can bury you," said Towa. One of the ANBU members had already dug a hole for both the head and the body. "Goodbye." They shoveled the dirt back into the hole.
"I guess that was a waste," said Naruto. "No one else was here."
"At least we were able to kill three Akatsuki members," said Yugao, entering the cave.
"Yugao, you're alive!" shouted Naruto with joy.
"Of course. You thought I was going to die?"
"No, but there are possibilities," said Naruto sarcastically.
"Alright, let's go," shouted Kakashi.
"Where's Cressela?" asked Sakura.
"Cressela? Cressela!" Naruto shouted, calling out for his comrade. "Cressela!!! CRESSELA!!!"
"She's…gone," said Sasuke with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"No, she can't be! Cressela!!!!" cried Naruto frantically. "No, no, no…" Naruto started to cry. Many tears ran down his cheeks. "She's gone…"
