Here is the next chapter and more fight scenes are to come, Sakura be awaited true depute is here and I hope that you all enjoy. Plus if any of you are up to date with the manga… then you must agree that Kishimoto loves to torture us… the long awaited battle between Sasuke and Naruto is final here!
So in other news, in this pointless author note… I am still going through the Bleach episodes and manga… and more and more I am loving the Captains of the Gotei 13. And I must admit that an idea has been going stirring my head for a possible fanfic/crossover.
Captain Hitsugaya would of course be the protagonist and there would not be any major pairings. So if you have any thoughts on this please let me know, though be nice on the spoilers I have to admit that I am not up to date with the current manga chapters… I still have a long way to go… I'm only in the late 300s! T_T
So here is the chap and I hope you enjoy it!
Blah blah Author's notes
"Blah blah" Normal dialog
"Blah blah" Communication Jutsu
'Blah blah' Thoughts
What were are…
it is simple.
There are no questions
and we all agree….
We are freaks!
Deidara frowned and took advantage of his opponent's distraction, he threw a few low level bombs. "If I were you… I would look up, yeah." He stated forming the bird seal.
Kankuro's eyes widened and pulled his puppet out of danger at the last possible second.
"Katsu!"
The Hokage and Kazekage, plus the chūnin and jōnin looked at the explosions nervously. One wrong move from either one of them and the outcome would be bloody.
The Tsuchikage snorted, 'same old Deidara, loves getting people nerves… when it honestly is a wasted effort.'
"Kazekage, Hokage relax… the brat isn't as stupid as he makes everybody believe. Truth be told Kazekage, your brother really doesn't stand a chance."
Gaara turned and gave the old man a questioning look.
"He is a prodigy and my student," Ōnoki grunted the last two words. "Also a genius at last minute strategies… I'm sure you witnessed this when you fought him." The old man's gaze drifted towards Sasori, who was watching the fight with a bore expression.
The younger shinobi realized who the Tsuchikage was staring at and he hated to admit it that he had been thinking the same thing.
"Deidara is just playing around with Kankuro, Akatsuki already has a Puppet Master."
Ōnoki grunted in agreement as he checked back on the fight. Deidara was on the offensive, taunting the younger ninja and to his great amusement Kankuro was starting to loose his temper.
The blonde was throwing batch after batch of small grade bombs at the puppeteer and at the same time dodging the puppets blades.
Kankuro grinded his teeth in frustration… the damn idiot wouldn't stay still and he had to be vigilant for those bombs. He smirked as an idea popped into his head. With a chakra-induced jump, he steadied himself on top of the river.
Deidara lowered the bird in front of Kankuro at the river's ledge.
"I win, yeah."
Kankuro grinned, "are you sure…? Then look behind you…" and as Deidara turned a puppet rushed towards the explosive expert, with not enough time to dodge… he cursed.
The sword pierced him directly were his heart was. Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi stared in shock… however deep down they should've remembered that Deidara's biggest weakness was his arrogance.
Kankuro smirked, 'sorry… but that was pay back for kidnapping my otōto.'
"Hey! You idiotic Blondie stop with the damn dramatics!" yelled the albino.
"Aaah!" groaned the nuke-nin, "damn poison… stings!"
The Kages and jōnin's eyes widened. Shikaku couldn't help but groan, 'not another one,' his eyes drifted towards Sasuke, 'but I wonder… how did he kill him?'
"W-what?! H-how are you still alive?!" demanded the young puppeteer.
"What's the meaning of this Deidara?!" yelled the Tsuchikage.
Sasori sighed, 'Brat let himself get hurt. He just wanted all this drama and attention.'
Deidara chuckled and pushed the sword out of his chest. Kankuro swiftly maneuvered his puppet away from the bomber.
"Since you ask… oh so nicely, Ōnoki-sensei, I'll tell you… but first," he turned and grinned at the Suna-nin. "If I were you I'd get off that river, yeah."
Kankuro, without thinking it twice, jumped up and landed on the side of the Kages.
"Katsu!"
'He could have killed me the moment I landed on the river!' Kankuro thought as he stared open mouthed at the gulf of hot water that erupted.
-o-o-o-
"That Kinjutsu did more to my body then just give me these mouths, yeah," he held up his hands as they grinned and stuck out their tongues. "It completely changed my chakra network and my anatomy… where my fourth mouth is located… where my heart is supposed to be… what's keeping alive now, is my chakra." He laughed dryly, "you can say that I am a heartless being."
"Deidara-nii…" murmured Kurotsuchi.
He laughed once more, letting everybody see how mentally unstable he really is.
"Yeah, you can say I figured out why that jutsu is forbidden…. If not for how vast my chakra reserve is I would have died… I survive purely because of my chakra."
Shikaku stared dumbly at the blonde, 'what is up with these people… all of them are one thing or another.'
"Deidara…" Nagato said in a level voice.
The blonde took in a deep breath and clamed down, "yes Leader-sama," he said as he directed his bird and flew to where Sasori sat. Jumping off the eagle and sitting next to his partner, the bird lay but a few feet from them.
Nobody said anything else, either to shook or not really caring about what the ex-Iwa-nin had just revealed.
Kakashi stared at the blonde shinobi, not believing his own eye and what it was showing him. Where his heart was supposed to be… was a large ball of chakra. This shouldn't been impossible.
"Kisame, you are next," their leader stated… breaking them all out of their retrieve.
The blue man grinned, "great… so who will I be fight?"
"Haruno Sakura…" he said and turned to the girl.
Kisame followed his gaze, "w-what… pinky?!" he asked incredulously.
"Yes," Nagato said firmly.
Sakura looked up at hearing her name, grinding her teeth at the shark-mans tone of voice.
"What did you say… fish-face?!"
Everybody turned and stared at her, after a few blinks… Deidara and Hidan started to snicker.
"Fish… face! Fucking shit, girls got balls!"
"She is feisty… yeah! She might actually survive being Akatsuki, un!"
Kisame snorted humorlessly, "alright… but Leader-sama, I take no responsibility if the little girl gets hurt or anything."
"Kisame…" Nagato and Itachi said as a warning.
-Sakura vs Kisame-
"Positive… well whose says I'll let you get close enough to touch me," she asked putting on her leather gloves.
"Cocky… little girl, I'll show you your place," snapped the shark-nin as he brought forth his sword.
Sakura smirked and without any warning threw 3 kunais towards the fish. Kisame with close to no effort, blocked the kunais with his massive sword. Though before he could move another step, the pinkette was rushing towards him, jumping into the air and preparing a punch. Kisame leapt backwards with a smirk, 'bitch was going to have to be faster then that.'
As Sakura's punch made contact with the ground… the earth exploded and cracked… the destruction made a straight line for her opponent.
Kisame cursed as he jumped into the air again. 'Interesting… better level out the playing field?' he thought with a grin. 'Itachi is going to kill me."
"Suiton: Bakasui Shōha (Water Style: Exploding Water Shock Wave)!"
A large quantity of water erupted from his mouth, the Kages' eyes widened as the Akatsuki vomited an ocean.
'The amount of chakra is unreal,' Shikaku thought with exasperation.
The members of Akatsuki frowned as the strong waves reached where they had been observing. Sasori and Deidara to the chagrin of the other shinobi took to the sky, the bird lazily started to fly circles over their heads.
Sakura cursed and with a chakra infused jumped, saw how the destruction she had made was cover up. As she landed the waves started to calm down, Kisame was nowhere to be seen.
"Shit! Where is he?" she murmured.
Deidara smirked when he spotted the lazy shadow of the shark. He wondered if the pinkette would be able to find the elusive fish. A few seconds passed and the bomber was getting bore and impatient with the girl's short sightedness.
"Kunoichi! Five meters to your right!" he called down.
Everybody looked at him in surprise, 'why is blondie helping the girl?' the question was present inside all their minds.
Sakura turned in the direction the blonde had pointed out, barely able to see anything there. 'Is the lunatic playing a joke on me?' she clenched her jaw in annoyance. 'Why I'll show…' though before she could finish that thought, Kisame jumped out of the water half a meter from where she stood. He swung his sword over his shoulder… Sakura was barely able to block the massive sword, her kunai holding it back from touching her.
"Deidara! You brat! What are you up to?!" demanded Kisame.
The blonde swop down just enough for Kisame to see his face, Deidara shrugged. "I'm bored, un…"
Sakura grunted as she pumped more chakra into her arm, in an attempt to push away the wrapped sword. 'This 'man's' chakra and strength is unreal.'
Kisame grinned sadistically and with a drop more of chakra forced down Samehada. Sakura paled as the blue skin shark's grin widened.
"You should know…"
"Sakura get away from him!" yelled Kakashi, remembering what the blade had done to Asuma.
'Too late,' Kisame smirked showing pointed teeth.
"Samehada, doesn't slice… it shreds you to ribbons!" he growled the last part as purple scales ripped through the wrappings and embedded themselves into her shoulder.
Sakura gasped in pain and as sudden Kisame pulled back, shredding her skin.
"Aaahhh!"
"Sakura!" exclaimed Kakashi, Shikaku and Tsunade.
She felled backwards and knelt down, 'damn that hurt and my arm is now completely useless.'
Kisame grinned as he jumped back, knowing that he couldn't harm the girl any further. He watched as she gathered her chakra into her hand and placed it on her injured arm. Her green chakra rapidly began to stitch her skin back together. Though to her surprise and that to everyone's that knows her, her chakra flickered out.
"W-what is going on?" she whispered in surprise.
Kisame chuckled, "seems nobody told you… little girl… Samehada also absorbs my enemies' chakra once contact has been made. Little girl… and you seem to have a small chakra reserve… pity this could have gotten interesting."
"Nonsense, I can still fight!" declared the stubborn girl as she shakily stood up.
"Nagato call the fight… the girl's stubbornness will be her death." Konan said matter-of-factly.
The Uzumaki looked at her slightly surprised that she would care.
"The girl has potential and isn't intimidated by us. She'll speak her mind and from what we've seen her healing abilities surpass that of Sasori." She explained barely as if it were the most obvious thing.
'As she wishes,' he thought. 'Kisame that is enough…we've seen everything that we need.'
-o-o-o-
Kisame grunted and sent Nagato an annoyed look. He turned around and started to walk away from her.
"Don't turn your back on me… I'm not finished yet!" yelled Sakura in frustration.
"Orders are orders, little girl, and I don't feel like getting into an argument with Itachi and Nagato." He said, waving his hand dismissively.
'Nagato…?'
'Who's Nagato…?'
'What orders, nobody has said anything…'
The Akatsuki's eyes widened realizing Kisame's slip.
'The idiot!'
'He has a bigger mouth then Hidan.'
'Well perhaps this at last will get interesting, hmm.'
Nagato smiled inwardly, 'at last they are starting to see that all within Akatsuki are equals… Yahiko I'll change this organization into something better.'
"What orders, your leader hasn't said anything?!" demanded the pinkette.
Kisame shrugged, "ah the mysteries of Akatsuki… perhaps if you join we'll tell you our secrets."
"Enough! This fight is over! kunoichi go get treatment and stop being stubborn." Nagato looked at the white bird. "Sasori…"
"Hn," brown eyes turned to look at the girl from Iwagakure. "Kisame get rid of this water."
Kisame grumbled as he slammed his hand down over the ocean… it slowly disappeared.
Sasori jumped down from the bird and landed on the recently dried grass.
"Danna, you better not lose or you'll be proving that my art is superior!" taunted Deidara.
'Stupid Brat,' he sighed, 'seems I don't have a choice.'
Kurotsuchi smirked and walked towards the puppet master, 'there is no way that I will lose to a boy that fights with toys.'
"So you're Deidara-nii's partner… I have to ask, how did you get nii-san to respect you?" the Iwa kunoichi said as she stepped forward.
The Tsuchikage paid close attention, Deidara from a young age has always been a handful… and for him to listen to anybody was close to a miracle.
Sasori hummed as he pulled out a scroll, "the Brat has learn to keep his mouth shut when need be and contrary to popular belief he isn't an idiot."
Onoki clenched his jaw… the bright redhead didn't reveal anything new or useful.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah… just get this over with Sasori-danna. You do hate to keep people waiting, right!" yelled Deidara.
The bright redhead growled and in a speed that astonished the young kunoichi… a kunai flew towards Deidara. The bomber lazily dodged the weapon and smirked smugly at his partner.
-Kurotsuchi vs Sasori-
"Hn," Sasori turned to the younger Iwa-nin. "Unfortunately, he is correct."
She barely heard him mutter as he unsealed his puppet.
"If you are hit with any of my weapons… this fight is over," he turned his amber eyes o his puppet. "To make this more interesting… I will not use the Third."
Sakura head snapped up, 'wait didn't I…?'
"I destroyed that puppet, Sasori!"
The puppeteer chuckled, "you did… however the center was still intact and I was able to put it back together."
The pinkette grumbled in irritation and as Sasori's explained there was a visible twitch of his finger as it forced the puppet into action.
Kurotsuchi cursed as the pig tailed puppet rush towards her holding its swords over its head, prepared to strike her down. She jumped up and to her exasperation the puppet followed her. Kurotsuchi was in a disadvantage, she was a mid-rang to close-range fighter… though from what she knows of all the puppeteers their weakness is close-range. Her only problem is… how the fucking hell was she supposed to get close enough to the puppeteer with his pesky puppet chasing her.
Sasori quickly grew bore of this game of tag and flicked another finger, to the surprise of the kunoichi… the puppet stopped and held it's arm towards her.
The idiotic girl smirked, 'perfect this is my chance,' and started to perform a series of seals.
Sasori shook his head and with a push of chakra, two latches opened from the sides of the arm… revealing the kanji for senbon. Kurotsuchi stopped her seals half way and looked at the puppet skeptically, not sure of what is was going to do.
The puppet master sighed and activated the seal. The Tsuchikage's granddaughter's eyes widened and at the last second possible covered herself with a Doton: Chikyū Dōmu (Earth Style: Earth Dome).
She sighed in relief and smirked, 'I can sneak up on him.' Without releasing the dōmu (dome), she sunk into the ground and silently made her way to the ex-Suna-nin. When she guessed that she was behind him, she released both jutsus and jumped up ready to strike and plummet a kunai into his stomach.
Regrettably and to their bewilderment/horror/amusement… Sasori blocked her attack with relative ease and kick her back, right into the path of his puppet's sword. The sword didn't pierce her very deep and normally any shinobi could have kept on fighting with the superficial wound. Still, her opponent was Sasori and they all knew that the fight was over.
Well there you go… the end of another action packed chapter and… so I have a semi-good reason as to why I have been updating and though some of you might want to throw rotten vegetables my way… please don't!
I just couldn't write without knowing the creation of Akatsuki or at least the version that is given to us in the latest Naruto game.
Have to say that I have been going none stop in the last few days and it was during beating the shit out of some random idiot that the writing bug bite, yippie!