Chapter Twenty-One: The One Who Attacks with Poison
The seven Jinchuuriki tore off leaving the Sand Village behind. It took quite a while until they finally caught up with the two Akatsuki members.
The one known as Sasori turned around in his puppet named Hiruko. "More bugs...?" His partner turned around too. He just simply gave all of the Jinchuuriki a mere glance.
Shuuko recognized his face. "It was him!" The green-haired girl pointed at the blonde. She glanced over at the bird that hovered above the sandy ground. Gaara was lying on its back. Motionless.
"Kisame was right. All of the jinchuuriki have gathered together. The containers for the Nibi, Sanbi, Yonbi, Gobi, Rokubi, Shichibi, and Hachibi." The puppet nodded at each of
them in turn. Then, his eyes reverted back to Ritsuki. His jinchuuriki.
Ritsuki's face remained impassive as he stared back at the puppet.
Sasori's puppet tail fell down to the ground. "Deidara, go on ahead." The blonde turned around to flash his partner a glare. "Hey! You told me that when the Jinchuuriki's
brother came too! Hm."
"I'll be finished with them in a second." Sasori replied. Deidara gave his partner one last reluctant look and then stocked off and jumped onto his bird.
"Wait!" Shuuko attempted to run over to the blonde. Hiruko's scorpion blocked her path. Deidara flew off. Shuuko glared after him.
Just then, the tallest of all of the Jinchuuriki stepped in front of them all. "I'll fight him.
You go ahead." Without hesitation, Shuuko nodded, and the other six went off after the blonde.
Hiruko's tail hurried to block them, but instead collided with a kunai thrown by Gouta.
Gouta charged over to Hiruko while forming hand signs. The sand under the puppet
turned into water, but the puppet leaped out of the way.
Poisoned needles shot out of the puppet's mouth and began soaring through the air.
Without hesitation nor difficulty, Gouta dodged all of them.
When Gouta finally landed on the ground, he smirked under his mask. "Too easy." The
Iwa-ninja thought to himself. Then, a stabbing pain came through his back.
Hiruko stood behind him. "A simply shinobi rule. Never let your enemy get behind you."