A/N: Naruto belongs to the rich japanese guys whom I envy. I don't own it.

Chapter 13: Fair fight, Fair flight

Previously in chapter 12...

At that presice moment, Zain stood as his face grew lively. A feeling rushed into Tenten like a cold wind. He pushed Tenten back and faced the red inferno. Naruto stood and craked his knuckles. He covered it tonight with a glove.

"Fuuton: Dai Guren...(Great crimson)" his fist went blue as wind swirled violently around it.

"Raiton: Dai..." His hands were screaming with yellow lightening.

"Kaze!"

"Raikou Hou! (lightning tiger cannon)"

An inferno cover the two as Hinata and Tenten watched in horror.

Presently...

Dust clouded their view of the two. As it cleared, a clay bird sat on the ground, burnt. "...I think we overdid it." said Zain, scratching his head. "Yeah. Next time, stronger." laughed Naruto, blue sparks emitted from his hand then died. Tenten bashed Zain's head with a steel jyuuken; a short metal bade, blunt on the top as Hinata sealed Naruto's vocal chords. "Are you both crazy?!" they shouten in unusion.

"...Did you have to hit that hard?" muttered Zain, rubbing the bump now present on his head. Naruto was choking. Apparently, Hinata also sealed his wind pipe. He choked but nobody took any notice. They were looking at the burnt clay.

"You think it's still alive?" asked Tenten.

"Don't know, and don't care." said Zain, whom was enjoying the sight of Naruto bashing his head on the ground. Hinata activated her bayakugan, and scanned the mass of clay.

Naruto started to punch his chest, the whites of his eye now turning into a pale shade of yellow. "Um Hinata?" said Zain. She turned, saw the mass of a Naruto beating the hell out of himself. She quickly opened his wind pipe, speech and resumed scanning the clay.

Naruto took a deep breath. "Do you enjoy seeing people choke to death?!" he asked Zain whom was laughing at his reaction of being able to suck air again. "No, but I really enjoyed seeing you beat yourself up!" he added with a laughter.

The laughter and shouting died as they watched multiple buildings burn. "...Shit" said Hinata and quickly disappeared into thin air. "Hospital." answered Tenten as Zain's mouth was about to open. They all sped to the village, each going to their separate ways to each building.

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Zain stopped and entered an alleyway. "Heh, enjoy?" asked the blonde man. "Very amusing remind me to laugh." added Zain whom chuckled. "Where's Kisame?" he asked, no sign of the blue skinned man.

"He went to his own calling."

"It's time for him to migrate with the fish?"

"No! he went on fighting, enjoying himself. Anyways, is she ready?" the blonde Deidara asked. Zain nodded. "She dosen't need to know about the akatsuki, but I'll tell her in due course." he added as Deidara was about to retort.

"Alright, take her to your house. We'll meet you there."

"Oh yeah, I didn't notice Cloud is next door."

"Just take her there and we'll meet you in 24 hours."

"Fine and one more thing." added Zain.

"I'm chunnin-legal now! "

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Tenten was having a hard time at the building she was helping. It was a never dying torch of fire. As she put on protective clothes, she made her way into the building.

It was heating up inside it. She had to cover her eyes at times from the immerse heat. As she entered a room, she saw a man down. "You okay?" she shouted, running to the man's aid.

The man stood, his features unnoticable. "Yeah, are you?" he asked in a gruff voice. She couldn't take the heat much longer, but due to her reaction at the man, she passed out early. The man took her on his back and kicked the roof open. The clear night sky was cold. He leaped into it.

A black hilt next to his waist.

He sped out of Konoha, his face now relieved. He quickly made his way to a clearing far outside Konoha. He put her down, and took out a tablet. As it was about to touch his lips, a group of 5 appeared in front of him, blocking his path. An ANBU began speaking.

"Zain, you are hereby not to exit any farther. Kneel down still and don't make any sudden move. If you move one step- "

"What? You're gonna kill me?" said Zain. He crunched the tablet in his mouth. Sudenly he felt a surge of relief, as if he was bound in chains tightly and now he was released from such a grip. To the ANBU, it was frightening. His level of chakra increased over the abnormal. "What's wrong?" he asked, looking at the ANBU, whom seemed to be stuck there.

He glanced at Tenten, whom layed there unconcious. Then took a step forward. By the time his foot met the grass, the ANBU disappeared. As he unsheathed his blade, a low , yet almost unheard growl came from the blade. A string of kunais came at him in midair. As he took his sword up to block it, two ANBU stood behined him, one had his kunai at his lower spine while the other at his neck. "Hmph. Naiive." said Zain and pushed them aside. the string of kunai caught the ANBU at the neck, a centimeter away from their necks.

It all happened so fast, even the ANBU didn't know what he did to the two. Three othere appeared on a side of him, like the points of a triangle. Zain was amused. He stood there, grinning. They silently made a few seals, then pressed their palms on the ground. This man was too dangerous to be held in jail. He had to be wiped out of this world.

A golden cubic triangle appeared before them, enlarging and covering Zain all over. As it grew, it stopped. Then shrinked slowly. A binding jutsu eh? thought Zain as he pressed his fingers on ti. A force field stopped him from penentrating any further.

"He's gone. Let's see those two." said a masculine voice from a dog mask. The cubic triangle was now pressing against Zain. Before they could make their way to their comrads, Zain shouted. "Don't take me too lightly!"

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Tenten was in darkness. It seemed to her that she lost conciousess from the heat of the flames. She was alone in her mind. She could hear voices but couldn't make them out.

She thought if it was a good idea to go with Zain. She had responsibilities in the village and a mother that was addicted to bingo. The more she thought of it, the more it felt wrong. The feeling of the killer's intent at that match troubled her greatly. It was as if she could feel it now. As if it was only yesterday when she felt it...

She knew that it was normal for her not to flinch at such an intent. She couldn't deny that she didn't kill people as an ANBU. It's her job to gather information or kill a threat. She killed men, women, even children if she had to in order to live or at the Hokage's order. She instantly liked Zain because he wasn't troubled that she killed people. On the contrary, he seemed pleased. It was almost as if he knew how it felt to murder in cold blood...

Her friends have always been troubled at the fact of her skill in weapons. Hell, she could tell them every single weapon from A to Z if they wanted. Hinata was fine with it by the time Naruto came back. After all, she had to handle people whom were on the verge to die. Sakura knew the feeling and didn't like it at all. She then was an information gatherer or a medic nin at some situations.

Kiba says that he understands but her obviously dosen't. Shino...how could she know what he thinks? Lee was used to beating up people, not killing. Mostly, he always said that I must enjoy youth while I still ahs it. He's troubled, that's for sure. And Neji...she dated him for a while until he saw him with Kiba's sister at his house. She cried about that for a while night. She was MIA (Missig In Action) for a month or so then.

Now, she knew how it felt to lose someone. Someone she loved for a while. But Hinata, she understood what she was going through and stood by her at such times and Naruto, whom wishes to kill Orochimaru for what he has done to Sasuke. He supposedly knows how it is. He wasn't troubled at all when Hinata told him about her past experience.

She felt as though she was leaving them, leaving all the people she loved. The people whom knew what she was going in. Most ANBU didn't have any idea of how it is to kill, so most of the ANBU are men. Sure thay talked to her but she never cared to answer back, she just retorted at their faces. Perverts.

She never liked killing in the begining, she only enjoyed it when she was sent on a mission in the Sound where she murdered half of a town to let out stress of being cheated on. Her mother told her that it's in her blood to fight, to kill even. She never knew why her clan name is a secret from the world. Maybe they were cold blooded killers too.

...Her father was killed from his miscalculation of his enemy's strength. Asuma-sensei was murdered by the Akatsuki and at his funeral, all the girls cried but her. When they asked why dosen't she cry, she always said "I already know the feeling of a loss."

Ever since, she became a master in weapons. Nobody from Konoha could match up to her...well, besides then sannins. She even tied with Gai-sensei and another time with Kakashi-sensei. She was deadly with her weapons and taijutsu. She did use ninjutsu and genjutsu bt she preferred to use them when she wanted to. Some konohas shun her family but now, they never questioned of her skill.

She smehow feels comfortable with Zain. His cheerfulness, in a frightening way is relaxing to her. But boyfriend? Fine...in someway.

Before she could think of anything else, a voice shouted something that echoed around her: "Don't take me lightly!"

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A crack appeared on the triangle. No way...thought an ANBU but was cut off by the explosion of golden chakra shattered the air around the man. The gold chakra now dissolving into the air. Around Zain was a screaming of yellow chakra.

"...What are you?!" shouted an ANBU. Zain looked at him and grinned. Dust circling around him. "Akatsuki."

In a flash, four ANBU were on the ground, silent until a splitting scream emitted from tem. Their bodies slicing in different places continuously. The last one backed to a trunk of a tree. "W-What d-d-do you w-w-want from u-us?" he stammered. Zain laughed. He took out of his pocket a scroll. "Give this to your Hokage, tell her: Minazuki isn't too fond of what you and your grandad did. She'll might understand it." he added.

"Well, I'm off." he said, he held Tenten on his back and leaped into the night.

Before the ANBU could move, a voice said " which way did he go?" He looked up, and was relieved. A single sharingan looked at the ANBU. "That way." pointed the ANBU. And the sharingan disappeared.

Zain stopped at a river bank, a moaning Tenten was waking up. He sat he on the ground. As he took a sip of water from the river, a groggy Tenten said "Wherearewe?"

"We're at a river bank that's close." Tenten motioned next to Zain and took a sloppy sip of water. An extreme amount of heat can do alot to a person. "You feeling ok?" asked Zain, a worried look on his face. "Yeah, just tired." she added. She was a mess. Her hair mattered on her face, her clother ripped a bit on the legs, and a few drops of blood could be seen on her shirt.

Before he could watch her any more, a burst of shriken came hurling at him. He only managed to dodge it until he saw a chidori hurling at him. It was a mistake to dodge it since a groggy Tenten stood, unaware of the chidori. It made contact at her arm that was nearly sliced off. The shock of it stoped the enemy in his tracks.

Silver hair, a single sharingan... "Hatake Kakashi" said an angry Zain. "Minazuki Zain I presume." said Kakashi in a monotone voice. Zain didn't have time for this. They disappeared as Tenten fell on the ground, not noticing her wound, only that she was even more tired.

Kunais and blades clashed one another. Sparks falling at each contact. Kunais fell on the ground from the force. Zain was annoyed. He didn't have time for this. As he made a few handseals, Kakashi was doing the same. Zain just played dumb, kept it up. He watched the kunais that were on the ground. As they slowly lifted into the air, they zoomed at Kakashi whom dodged it at the last minute.

A mistake on the copy nin's side.

Zain ran at him, he lifted his blade at Kakashi whom had a kunai ready. Zain didn't care, he threw his blade aside and kicked Kakashi hard. It hit him at his cheast so hard that it pushed him hard enough to break the tree he hit. Thankfully, it fell opposite to him but before he could stand once more, Zain grabbed Tenten carefully and disappeared.

"...Tsunade's gonna kill me..." muttered a painful Kakashi, multiple facture all over his body but he was alive.

That's gonna leave a scar on my record...

A/N: There you have it folks. The part-true nature of Tenten. Just to make it clear with the instant bond between them. Don't think I'm missing out Naruto. He's gonna rock this world...when I want him to. That was a taste of Zain's power. Don't take it as like I'm favouring him (not that I'm not, I mean, he is my creation...) the akatsukis are a dangerous organization so they are like Zain: Strong.

I shouldn't be writing all this but I just wanted to make that clear to my readers. And as always: Review! Review! Review!

IVIaverick