**This will be a familiar to scene to many. If you do not know what I am talking about, then you should WATCH MORE SHIPPUDEN!**
"OKAY!" Yelled Grandma Tsunade. "YOU'VE GOT A MISSION TO COMPLETE, AND THIS TIME IT'S CONCERNING THE AKATSUKI! MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THEM!"
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There were to be two akatsuki members somewhere along some forest. All other information was unknown, so this was a very dangerous mission. Assigned to this mission were no other than Kai, Ishimaru, and Sasuke. Sasaku desperately wanted to go, but he was still in the hospital, thanks to Ino.
Together, a plan was made for how to deal with the situation. "Too bad we don't have Shikamaru with us." Spoke Ishimaru. "We don't need him. Besides, he is not a very strong offensive fighter." Replied Sasuke. After a plan was set, the team split into three directions, in order to discover where the members were. Everyone had anxiety flowing through their minds and bodies. This was going to be an Epic Battle!
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"Hey, Kakuzu?"
"What, Hidan?"
"Have you noticed them too?"
"Of course! If I could kill you, I would."
"Haha… But only if you could kill an immortal."
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Several trees were broken and snapped as a tri-bladed scythe flew out from nowhere. There was a chain tied to it, and the owner of that chain was about 10 yards from Sasuke's face. He flipped back even further, only to run into another person. Crap!
Kai jumped out from a hiding spot in a tree, and punched the guy behind Sasuke. He hit a hard spot, and was randomly flown backwards. How did THAT happen? Ishimaru jumped out from under the ground and exclaimed, "A string came out from him! I'm guessing that he is like a rag doll or something. Can manipulate his hair and crap! Although Kai was stunned to see another personality of Ishimaru (The intelligent part), he heard the message and was prepared for the next hit. He jumped at him, and this time grabbed the attacking string. The string only grew longer and engulfed his hand. He disappeared in a puff of smoke; it was a shadow clone. Next, Kai sent in three shadow clones to figure out some sort of tactic or strategy. The three separated, and on took a frontal, another took a side attack, and the last one jumped down from the air. String unleashed from Kakuzu's arms and head.
Ishimaru gasped when he saw what Kakuzu looked like under the Akatsuki cloak. String was thread throughout his body, holding him together. He had fairly long hair under his mask, and his mouth was sown shut. He began to pour string out from his mouth and prepared for what was next to come.
"Be careful!" yelled Ishimaru.
"Why don't you take of yourself, first!" Raged the other member.
"I will be your opponent."
It was already bad enough that the group was separated, but the two enemies were full of surprises. Where is Sasuke? Kai jumped backwards, and landed on a tree. A full scope of the area revealed Sasuke sneaking around so that he could hit Kakuzu with something. Kai jumped back down, and began to distract him. Fortunately, the plan worked and Sasuke came out with a Chidori. It was a direct hit to the heart. Kakuzu fell to the ground. Kai nodded at Sasuke and ran off to help Ishimaru. Sasuke was about to join, when a hand reached up and grabbed his ankle. Damn it!
Kai whipped around in surprise.
Kakuzu yelled out. "How dare you kill one of my hearts! I will take yours for my collection!"
One of his hearts!?
Kai ran back to help, but a scythe flew by and struck the ground in front of him.
Kai peered over behind him, and Saw Ishimaru dangling in Hidan's grasp. Sasuke nodded to him, and Kai ran off to save his brother. "No!" He yelled. He jumped up into the air, where the scythe flew backwards to try and hit him. It missed, except for a small sliver. Kai could feel a small trickle of blood. Hidan began to laugh increasingly louder. He grabbed his scythe and licked the tip of it, where the blood was located. His skin turned black and white, and he looked as if he was made of bones.
"YOU CANNOT KILL AN IMMORTAL!" Hidan screamed into the sky.
He made a strange symbol on the ground with his own blood. That was when Ishimaru snapped back into action. He lunged himself at the opposing enemy and struck his left shoulder with a kunai. He laughed some more and said, "I said you cannot kill an immortal. Besides, you failed to observe two things: Pain is the best feeling in the world, and your partner has been injured.
Ishimaru and Kai both looked at Kai. Kai suddenly felt a throbbing pain against his left shoulder. Blood was soaking his clothes where the pain ebbed. "What did you do? When did you get me?"
Sasuke called out to him with an answer. Kai noticed Sasuke's sharingan on. "He cured you when he took some of your blood. When he licked it, another chakra flew over him to change his outside appearance. The symbol is emanating energy, also. That would mean that he needs it to hurt you. Don't hurt him or you'll also be hurt. He's also immortal so…" Kakuzu shot more strings out, and Sasuke barely dodged it. He focused his attention back to the battle.
Hidan smiled some more. He laughed again. Does this guy ever stop?
"You may not hurt me, but I can still hurt myself!"
"No!" screamed Kai.
A second passed, and Hidan had a spear to the sky. He was about to pound it down into his heart. Ishimaru's eyes widened. Kai squeezed his eyes shut, and memories of his first visit to the Konoha came to him. The memories of when he was younger, amd he was with his best friend, Tobi.
A seal within his mind was unlocked, and a hidden memory pushed itself forward. Kai could feel all of his old emotions. They were not gone, only sealed! Kai remembered the fateful night when he lost his best friend. He also remembered, what else happened…
