Tobi: Aeris Leonheart does not own Naruto. Now will Aeris untie Tobi?
Aeris: Later Tobi, I have to write the chapter.
Tobi: Won't anyone help Tobi?
Chapter 29
Dark Power
Keibo stayed beside Yui until Team Yamato and Team Tama arrived. Sakura quickly began to treat Yui's wounds while Miori examined Keibo to make sure he was okay. "What happened here? Where's Kakashi?" Tama asked Keibo.
"We were attack by two Akatsuki members. One got away, but I killed the other one. I assume that one I killed was the one who used this genjijitsu to separate Yui and I from Kakashi and Kakashi fight this one Akatsuki guy with blonde hair by himself. The barrier didn't lift until after there was this explosion and we lost contact with Kakashi. I'm sorry, it was my fault. I wasn't able to find the genjijitsu user in time."
"Don't blame yourself Keibo. You did all you could" said Tama. Then he looked over at the recently killed Akatsuki member. He knew right away it was Ramika and just shook his head. He knew that she was always ambitious and this was where it got her.
"Keibo, your legs are badly damaged. I think some of the muscles in them have been thorn. You need to see the more advanced medics back at the village right away" said Miori. Keibo frowned at the news, because it meant he couldn't help Mayu now. Then he turned to Sakura who had just finished treating Yui and asked, "Is Yui going to be alright?"
"Don't worry she'll be fine. But she need to get to the hospital as soon as possible" said Sakura. Keibo was relieved. He was glad that he was at least able to help Yui in some way.
"Alright" said Tama. "Yuki and I will take Yui and Keibo back to the village. The rest of you should see if can find any trace of Kakashi."
"Right" said Yamato.
Naruto looked over at the destruction caused by Deidara's clay bomb. 'Kakashi-sensei can't be dead' he thought. 'He just has to be alive. But it may be too much to hope for. But dammit, he can't die now! You better be alive somewhere sensei or I'll never forgive you.'
Then as Yuki and Tama helped Keibo and Yui back to the village, the rest of group began to reach for any trace of Kakashi.
After a few minutes of searching…
"Over here!" Maya called to everyone else. Everyone gathered where Maya was. They found Kakashi's headset radio broken into pieces and beside it was his headband. The cloth of the headband was torn and charred and the metal part looked almost melted.
"Now the question is, where's the rest of him?" asked Yamato.
'Why does my head hurt so much?' Kakashi thought as he opened his eyes. He sat up and looked around, wondering where he was. He was surprised to see the area didn't look destroyed, and he could see the barrier, or Diedara, or Yui and Keibo anywhere.
'Oh good, you're awake. Using that much power must have taken a lot out of you.' Kakashi heard a voice in his head.
'Did I hit my head on something?' Kakashi thought.
'No you're fine' said the voice.
'Why am I hearing this other voice? Have I gone crazy?'
'No I assure you that you are still sane.'
'Who are you?'
'My name is Toya'
'How is that possible?'
'It's because of Venus's powers that I keep reincarnating and you the one I currently reside in.'
'Is it just me or is my life getting crazier and crazier everyday?'
'It's just you'
'I wasn't talking to you.'
'Who else are you going to talk to? I don't see anyone else around.'
'Look, could you just tell me what happened?'
"It looks like we were transported elsewhere when you activated those symbols on your wrist band and wished who weren't inside the barrier.'
'I was going for putting a barrier around myself, because Mayu said that with these I can put up a barrier.'
'I guess she wasn't aware that your emotions and thoughts also greatly affect the powers that she put in those gloves.'
'Well, we have to find the others quickly. Damn I lost my radio, so I can't contact them.' Kakashi then looked around the area and noticed a familiar spot nearby. 'Looks like I was transported to the Forest of Light, and there's Mayu's favorite spot, but what that's faint pink glow?'
'I recognize that glow. It's Venus's mana. We must retrieve it before we can continue any further.'
'Why?'
'Venus and I need that to move on. Besides we can't just leave it there. The results would be disastrous if it got into the wrong hands'
'Okay I'll grab that real quick, and then we'll be on our way to find the others'
Then Kakashi went over to where the pink glow was coming from. He noticed a pink orb on the ground, and also noticed that blood also stained the ground of that area. He couldn't help but find it wrong that a place that Mayu loved was now tainted with blood and death. He also wondered what happed there. Just as he was about to pick the mana up, he heard a roar. He looked in the direction that the roar came from and his eyes widened.
"So what do you need me for?" Venus asked Yuuyami.
"Well, I feel your power would be beneficial to the Akatsuki and besides you're the only one, who can use the power of the mana, so much as even touch it" explained Yuuyami. "Let's say that the team that captured you discovered that the hard way."
Flashback
Ramika took a lot of pleasure in knock Mayu out. But she wasn't happy with the fact that she couldn't kill her.
"Why is this little bitch so important anyway?" Ramika asked Kisame as she picked up the unconscious Mayu.
"I think the leader thinks her powers will useful. He probably wants to recruit her to replace the remembers we have lost" answered Kisame.
"He'd just be wasting his time. Knowing her, she wouldn't join even if we threaten to kill her" said Ramika.
"Maybe threatening someone close to her would conceive her" said Kisame. Then he noticed that Mayu had dropped a pink orb as Ramika picked her up. "What's that?" Then he picked up the pink orb and the minute he did he began to transform and become horribly deformed. As Kisame went thought his transformation, Ramika figured it would be best to high tail it out of there. So she took off as the mana turned Kisame into a horrible monster.
End Flashback
"So you see we also need you to use the power of the mana" explained Yuuyami.
"What makes you think you can convince me to join you?" asked Venus. "Your plan is crazy and your ambition will only destroy you."
"You think I'm too ambitious?" Yuuyami retorted. "What about you? The only reason you Ten'nyo came here was because you wanted to create a superior race."
"That is true, but as you can see, that didn't work" replied Venus. "Some of the clans my sisters have created had been wiped out, some are few numbers, while for some there is fighting and killing within them."
"But if you join me, you can give your original goal another shot" said Yuuyami. "Everyone in this organization has their own goals and reasons for joining. With the power I am gaining I can help you create the superior race you always wanted."
"That is no longer my goal Yuuyami" said Venus.
"Then what is your current goal?" asked Yuuyami.
"I rather not tell you" said Venus.
"You were always a stubborn one" said Yuuyami. Then he held up a sword. "Would you join me to get this back?"
'Oh no, he must have taken the sword while I was unconscious' thought Mayu.
"No that's not enough" said Venus. "Besides the likes of you can't wield it."
This of course made Yuuyami angry. He was about to say something when he got a report in his headset radio. After listening to the report, he smiled and said "Well, it sounds like one of your little friends is history?"
'No!' thought Mayu.
"Which one?" asked Venus.
"The so-called Sharingan Warrior."
'No! Kakashi!'
'No, it can't be. We were so close…'
"You seem upset by this news" said Yuuyami noticing the expression on the Ten'nyo's face. "What? Was he your current boy toy?"
"He wasn't a boy toy" said Venus angrily.
"Well forget about him" said Yuuyami. "Any way the offer to help you create a new superior race is still good."
"Sorry Yuuyami, but that would be impossible right now" said Venus.
"How would that be unless, you were…wait, are you…" From Venus's smile Yuuyami could tell that what his guess was correct. "Is that copycat ninja the father?" he asked.
"All I can say was that he was the best I ever had" said Venus smiling.
'Ooh, BURN!' thought Mayu. "Wait then that would mean…oh Kami…'
This of course really angered Yuuyami. "You whore!" he shouted. "I don't need you! You'll die, right here and now!" Then he charged at the Ten'nyo.
"What is that thing?!" Kakashi asked when he saw the blue shark-like monster.
'Apparently an evil soul who has paid the price of touching the mana. He's a mindless killing machine now that will feel nothing but pain for all eternity. You must kill him before he kills us.'
Kakashi prepared to fight as the monster charged at him.
