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Chapter 21: Team Taka vs. Killer B
Normal P.O.V.
Team Taka, having received their orders from Madara, they ready themselves for the journey to capture Killer B: The Eight-Tailed Jinchūriki.
"Is everyone ready?" Sasuke asks. Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo nod. "Good. Let's get moving. Madara and the other Akatsuki members will meet us at the new hideout. Or orders are to retrieve this Killer B and bring him to the hideout to extract the Eight-Tails from him,"
"Man, sounds like a lot of work. I just hope that this will be worth it to get what you want Sasuke," Suigetsu sighs with his fingers laced behind the back of his head.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Sasuke hisses.
"I'm just saying. I know you're upset that the Elders of your village sent your brother to murder your entire clan. That is definitely something I would want to make them pay for. But, have you given any thought of what you are going to do afterwards? I mean, who all do you plan on killing within that village? You were there when they got a new Hokage, how do you even know that most of those same people who ordered your clan's demise is even still kickin'?"
"The hark kid has a point, Sasuke," The group turns around to see Obito leaning against the cave's entrance with his arms and legs crossing.
"You dare question my motives too, Obito? I thought you left with Madara?"
"I stayed behind to as you the same question. Sasuke, I just want to know where your heart is on all of this? Will you only kill the Elders still living who have wronged you? Or will you kill the innocent too in your quest for vengeance? How far are you willing to carry your hatred?"
Sasuke turns his glare away from Obito to face the road ahead. He takes a few steps forward towards the edge before speaking again. "As far as I need it to. I only plan to kill the Elders who have wronged our clan. But, should anyone else get in my way… they will suffer the same fate as well," And with that, Sasuke and his team takes off in the direction of their destination.
Obito, never moving from his initial position watches in an amusement at his disappearing cousin. These thoughts entertaining his thoughts: "He reminds me so much of myself. We both have dealings with that village. We've both been hurt by members of the Hidden Leaf who vow to protect it. It will be nice to see its demise at our hands,"
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The Valley of the Clouds and Lightning: covered with clouds, fog, and mountains. It is currently guarded by Killer B: The Eight-Tails Jinchūriki. Hidden deep within the valley lies a cave where it's protector trains daily to keep his skills sharpened. Waking up today, Killer B had no idea that he is skills are going to be tested. That is, not until this current moment.
"Oh man. It's too fuckin bright. Even with my glasses on, my eyes are starting to hurt," Killer B exits the entrance of his training cave, looks up, and uses his hand to guard from the sun's rays. "It's noon already? Well I know one thing that's about to happen right now… LUNCH!"
Killer B grips as he skips down the cave's stairs.
"It's already high noon and I'm ready for some brunch. I'm a rap-lovin' god not here to play with no goon. But I do know that I'm having sukiyaki for lunch," B stops rapping when he reaches the bottom of the stairs and comes face to face with a four-man team. "Who the hell are you fools?"
"Are you the Eight-Tails' Jinchūriki?" Sasuke asks.
"The correct why you should've asked that is: "Are you Lord Jinchūriki or Lord Eight-Tails, sir?". You better learn who you talking to boy,"
"It does not matter what I call you. All I need to do is confirm your identity. So, are you the Eight-Tails' Jinchūriki or not?"
"I am who you seek. Now tell me, rude boy, who in the holy hell are you supposed to me?"
"My name is not important. What is important is that I'm here to capture you. Suigetsu, on the left. Jūgo, take the right. Karin, stay behind me and cover my back,"
B watches in irritation as the group moves into their positions.
"Naw son, you not about to step to me: Lord Jinchūriki and think you gonna win. You got it twisted, so allow me to cure you of your sin,"
"This guy is starting to piss me off!" Suigetsu yells as he rushes at B with his sword to strike him down.
"You baka! We're not supposed to kill him. Remember what the Akatsuki said?" Jūgo says, irritation lacing his voice.
"Don't worry. I can sense his chakra loud and clear. The idiot didn't kill him," Karin announces.
When the dust clears, Killer B is standing in a crater with his hands blocking Suigetsu's sword.
"I have to admit, you're pretty sharp. But, allow a real swordsman to fry you like a Carp,"
B applies more pressure to the blade, effectively releasing Suigetsu's grip on the handle. The blade shoots into the air. B catches the blade and holds it towards its wielder.
"Step aside, Suigetsu. I'll handle it from here," Jūgo says before they trade places.
"Oh, an orange haired brother here to step. Well come on then so you can get wrecked,"
B places the opened part of the blade around his neck and spins it around. Angry, Jūgo rushes towards B, but is knocked back by the spinning handle. Staggering from the hit, Jūgo collects himself, activates his Level 1 Curse Mark before attacking B again. B dodges the first attack to removes the blade from his neck and bring it down onto Jūgo. The orange haired bear gasps as blood spits from his mouth and he fall to the ground.
Killer B walks over to Jūgo and picks him up by his hood. "As you can see, I can't be beat. So why don't you go on home before I make you one with the stone,"
Karin gasps as he throws Jūgo at her feet. She bends down to check her comrade for serious injuries. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah. I wasn't expecting him to be so strong," Jūgo grunts as he tries to get up.
"This dude is insane! First, he steals my Executioner Blade and then wields it like he owns it. He's a real piss off,"
"Have you had enough, or are you ready to get snuffed?"
"You guys fall back. I'll handle this," Sasuke says as he walks in front of the group.
"Oh, so pretty boy wants to take a whack at me? Well feel free cuz this fight will only end in your defeat," B grins as he readies the blade for another attack.
Sasuke slides his sword into his hand and prepares himself for his attack.
"Ya know, you fool never properly introduced yourselves. I'd at least like to know the names of the people I will be defeating,"
"That is of no concern to you. All you need to know is that you'll be coming with us now,"
Sasuke rushes towards B. The two swords collide, but B's power sends Sasuke flying backwards. The agile cat lands on his feet in enough time to block B's strike. Thinking quickly, Sasuke puts his blade in the Executioner Blade's opening to stop its spin. Seeing that he stunned his opponent, Sasuke lands a hard kick to B's chest. The rapping Jinchūriki drops the blade in favor of writing in a small green notebook. Using this mild distraction, Sasuke uses his foot to fling the large blade back to Suigetsu.
"Who is this guy? What's his deal?" Sasuke asks himself.
Everyone watches in confusion as B finishes writing something in his book. The rapping man smiles pridefully as he puts away his book.
"You just gave me the inspiration for a hard ass rap. I thank ya for that. But now it's time for yall to hear my last rhyme," B reaches behind him and unsheathes seven swords from his back and throws them into the air. He catches each sword in various crooks of his body.
"Be careful, Sasuke. I think this dude is a master swordsman. He's dangerous," Suigetsu warns.
Sasuke stills his nerves as B rushes towards him. It is Killer B's seven swords against Sasuke's one. Although the feat is difficult, Sasuke keeps up and dodges almost all of B's attacks. Even though he won't admit it out loud, but Sasuke admires the way B handles all seven swords at once.
As they fought nonstop, B was always on the offensive. When one sword was deflected five more came his way. B had Sasuke on the run, in the air, on the ground, and in every combat position imaginable. It was getting too hard for Sasuke to keep up with his normal vison. To aid him, Sasuke activates his Sharingan. But it does not help him. Sasuke hisses as each blade cuts his skin in various places. Sasuke falls back, his sword embedded into the ground.
Thinking that he needs an unstoppable attack, Sasuke summons lightning to his hand. The wounded feline smirks, thinking he has the upper hand. Sasuke rushes towards his sword, picks it up and brings it down on B. Only to his surprise, B can manipulate lightning in a similar way. The two lightning blades hold against each other until B changes the pressure, staggering enough for B to impale Sasuke with the rest of his blades. Sasuke gasps as he is flown back and lands onto the ground.
"First Imma float like a butterfly and then sting like a Killer B!"
"Sasuke! We're coming!" Karin yells as the three of them rush towards their leader's aid.
Killer B rushes towards Sasuke to finish him off. "You're finished!"
B brings his sword down but is blocked by Suigetsu. B uses his lightning to cut through the blade, but Sasuke uses his to counteract B's attack and try to keep the blade in place. Jūgo attacks from behind B, knocking him back. This gives Suigetsu time to break B's blade and for Karin to retreat with Sasuke.
Karin looks over Sasuke and gasps at the amount of injury he suffered. "Sasuke, you're seriously injured here," She rolls up her sleeve and presents her arm at Sasuke's mouth. "Bite me, quickly,"
Sasuke struggles to lean forward but makes it enough for him to bite her. Karin moans in pleasure as Sasuke's fangs sink into her pale fair, soft skin. Sasuke sucks on her skin until he is healed from his wounds. While Sasuke is healing himself, B stands on top of a tall rock pillar and observes his enemies.
"Each one of these fools seems to possess a unique ability or two. That feline has something funky going on with his eyes and can manipulate his chakra and his elements. The white shark dude can wield that large sword well, but not as great as me. The orange bear seems to be able to morph his body. And that weird red-haired, fox chick can heal people by letting them suck on her chakra. Interesting group of fools. But, they are still fools who decided to face off against me. I need to end this if I want to still have my sukiyaki for lunch,"
Having been fully healed, Sasuke rejoins his team.
"You feelin' better?" Suigetsu asks. Sasuke nods. "Good because I think we need to go after this guy in a different way,"
"What do you suggest?" Sasuke asks.
"This dude is too strong for us to just subdue him. We need to go after him as if we are trying to kill him. That might be our only chance,"
Sasuke nods. "Fine then. Just remember to notkill him though,"
"Alright ya fools. Are you ready to get down with the master rapper?! Then come at me with your best shot,"
Jūgo, Sasuke and Suigetsu ready themselves before running towards their opponent. Killer B jumps down to engage them in battle. The four males fight it out. B uses his bare hands, Sasuke has his Chidori, Jūgo reactivates his Level 1 Curse Mark and Suigetsu has his Executioner Blade. As they fight, B punches Suigetsu, but the white-haired shark uses his Water Clone Jutsu to capture him.
"Sasuke! I've got him, just hit us both!"
"Chidori!" Sasuke yells as he impales them both.
Both Killer B and Suigetsu scream in pain as the lightning courses through them. Sasuke releases his attack and steads his unconscious comrade. Shaking from the attack, B had barely enough time to dodge Jūgo's attack. Everyone stands around the crater Jūgo created, looking for their opponent.
"Karin, can you sense him?"
The red-haired fox closes her eyes and focuses. After a few moments, she points towards the west. "He's over there!"
Sasuke uses his chakra to launch himself off the ground and towards his opponent.
"They're strong, I'll give them that. But, it's time for me to end this and lay them flat,"
B activates the Eight-Tails' chakra. Sasuke can see the red chakra taking its form and surrounding B's body. This brings him back to all the times the Nine-Tails' chakra would do the same to Naruto. This the second person he's ever faced with this type of chakra, making Sasuke wonder if all of it behaves the same.
When the chakra finishes engulfing him, B cocks his fist back and launches it at Sasuke. Seeing the attack coming with his Sharingan, Sasuke dodges the attack.
"Hn, You're the first to dodge my Eight-Tails Punch attack. Besides my brother that is. But I wonder, will your friends be able to do the same?"
B aims for the remaining three of Taka. Thinking quickly, Jūgo gabs Suigetsu and Karin and uses his Level 1 Curse Mark to save them. The attack doesn't hit them, but the impact does send them flying.
"You guys alright?" Sasuke asks.
"Yeah, we're fine. More or less," Karin answers.
"Karin, I need you to focus on his chakra and track. Relay his movements back to us at all times~"
"You think you can keep up with me?! Try again in the next life!"
B goes in for the attack. Sasuke activates the Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue him.
"Awe, so this boy possesses the Sharingan? But I thought all of the Uchiha are dead? I might be in trouble then,"
B's attack fails as he crashes into the ground. Everyone gives a relived sigh. Sasuke turns around to check his opponent but screams in pain when Killer B hit him in his chest.
"Mess with the bull, you'll get the horns, fool!"
Sasuke is sent flying backwards. Jūgo manages to catch him and lays him on his lap.
"What's wrong with him?" Karin asks.
"He's been hit in his chest. His bones are broken, and his organs have been damaged,"
"I'll heal him,"
"No Karin. Your chakra can't handle this. I'll do it,"
Jūgo places his hand on Sasuke's chest and allows for his chakra and fingers to model to Sasuke.
"What are you doing?"
"Sasuke is compatible with my Curse Mark. I am merging my body and chakra with his. I'm just hoping it will work,"
"Is he gonna be ok?" Suigetsu asks as he approaches them.
"He should, as long as his body can handle our merging,"
"But what are we going to do about Killer B. The two of you can't handle him alone,"
"Don't worry Karin. We'll figure something out," Jūgo says.
"It'll be too late for yall to do that. Because my true form is about to come out and make yall flat,"
Everyone watches in horror as Killer B begins to transform into the Eight-Tails. It doesn't take long before an enormous Eight-Tailed octopus bull appears before them.
"We need to get out of here!" Karin yells. "Come on Sasuke, we have to go!"
Sasuke slowly opens his eyes to see the Eight-Tails before him. "What is going on?" he grunts.
"There's no time to explain. We need to go!"
"You think you fools will escape me? You'll be dead before you can get far fools, ya fools,"
B goes to attack but is stopped by Suigetsu's water demon. "Take Sasuke and get the hell out of here!"
Jūgo and Karin nod as they lift Sasuke up and try to make a run for it. Seeing them trying o escape, B launches a more powerful attack and blows up the ground around them. Taka surrounds a melted Suigetsu in panic.
"We can't escape now. Sasuke-kun, what are we going to do?"
With nothing else left for him to do, Sasuke unleashes the only jutsu that can save them now.
"Amaterasu!"
Sasuke's right eye bleeds as he unleashes the black flames on Killer B. The giant monster screams in agony as he is burned. Karin and Jūgo gasp at the sight. Sasuke had told them about Itachi using this attack on him but they never thought they would see it with their own eyes. The beast continues to scream as it falls into the water. One of the tentacle almost crushes Karin, but Sasuke uses his Lighting Blade to slice it down its center. Karin tried to run before another tentacle crushes her, but the Amaterasu flames touches her back.
"Karin!" Sasuke yells.
"Leave her Sasuke! We have to go before we're engulfed in them too!" Jūgo cries out.
Sasuke, not wanting to abandon his comrade, he activates the Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye and focuses on Karin. Soon the black flames are extinguished and Karin in saved.
"Sasuke, you can put out those flames? But, I thought you said that they couldn't be extinguished until it burned everything in sight?"
"I thought so too. It might be another power of my Mangekyō Sharingan. Grab Karin and I'll see if I can do the same on the Eight-Tails,"
Sasuke waited for Jūgo to remove Karin before focusing on B. He screamed in pain for the second time as the flames died down on the beast. When they look up, Killer B's body is floating in the water. He is barely alive, but alive none the less.
"good, we were able to win this battle without killing him. I'll grab him. Let's get out of here before anyone else comes,"
Sasuke struggles to raise to his feet. He falls a time or two but is finally strong enough to stand and walk towards the Jinchūriki. Sasuke bends down and lifts Killer B into his back before they walk away from the mountain.
"Your body, must be under a lot of stress. You have not healed from your battle with Itachi yet and this fight was a lot more difficult than expected,"
"I know. I wasn't expecting all of this to happen so soon. But, hopefully it will all be worth it when we gain to power to take down Konoha,"
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The group manages to make it to the Hideout with the remaining Akatsuki members waiting on them. Madara and Obito greet them at the entrance.
"I see you four had trouble with the Eight-Tails," Madara smirks as he takes Killer B from Sasuke.
"Yeah, it would have been nice if you guys would have given us more info on this Jinchūriki before we went to capture him. He was not an easy opponent to deal with," Sasuke glares as he sits down against a wall.
"We figured you would be able to handle it no matter what we said. Plus, you came back alive, so no need to fret over it any longer. Now, why don't you and your team friends sit back while we extract the Eight-Tails.
Sasuke and Jugo did as they were told. They sat against a wall out of the way of the ritual and watched. The Akatsuki members began to conduct the ritual. Everyone watches as the red chakra flows from B's mouth and into a smaller ball of chakra. After a few moments, everyone gasps as Killer B's body disappears and turns into one of the Eight-Tails' tentacles.
"Sasuke's team screwed up! They didn't bring back the real Eight-Tails' Jinchūriki! They brought back a part of his tentacle!" Zetsu laughs while holding his stomach.
Sasuke hangs his head in shame with a hand on his face. "What a mess,"
"A minor setback at best," Madara says as he walks over to the tentacle.
"What do you mean? We don't have the Eight-Tails. How are we supposed to put our plan into action?' Obito asks.
"Simple, I discovered that Five Kage are having one of their famous meetings in the Land of Iron. You may have failed to capture the Eight-Tails, but you'll like the next surprise I have in store for you," Madara answers while looking at Sasuke.
"Oh yeah? What surprise do you have in store for me this time?" Sasuke asks with irritation in his voice.
"How would you like a chance at killing one of the Elders responsible for our clan's annihilation?"
"What are you saying? Lady Tsunade wasn't there when Itachi killed our clan. Have you lost your mind?"
"I wasn't talking about her. There is another who is accompanying her. This man has been an Elder of the Hidden Leaf since Obito was there. He was the one who actually gave Itachi the order,"
Sasuke swallows a lump in his throat as he asks his next question. "What… what was his name?"
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To Be Continued…