Declaimer: I own nothing in this fanfic, but my created characters they abilities and Jutsu and that is about all I own "Goes to corner and starts crying"

Writing: Italic: thought, Bold: Bijuu or summoning speaking.

"Pride without honor is arrogance, and the arrogant are easily beaten." by J. Hellscythe

"It's not a sense of justice. Protecting my friends, and finding my own path is how I live life. If you measured good and evil deeds by current laws, I would be responsible for many crimes. The same way you like to hone your skills and live your own lives, for me too it's simply prolonging something I enjoy doing. That's why I only fight those that pique my interest; it's not justice at all. And if it means being able to protect a friend or becoming stronger, I don't and will not play fair. I'm a dishonest, cheating human being who hates losing." - Unknown

Suigetsu gritted his teeth as his clashed against Kisame. Not even blinking, Kisame grabbed Haku who had tried to attack him from behind. "Now, that isn't very nice," Kisame swung Haku into Suigetsu sending them both skidding backwards. "At least Zabuza died on his feet like a real swordsman." Water erupted from Suigetsu's body causing a wide toothy grin to spread across Kisame's face. Haku stood watching Suigetsu march towards Kisame, spinning the giant blade around, before resting it on his shoulder.

"Haku, let's skin us a shark," Suigetsu stated as he got ready to charge.

"Right," Haku answered as ice slowly began to cover the ground. Suigetsu charged and swung his blade; just as Kisame did the same.

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Hearing the explosion, Naruto glanced towards his teammates with some worry, but didn't let his mind dwell on it. Turning back, Naruto placed his hands together. "Going for your Jinchuriki cloak already," Itachi asked with an almost bored voice.

"Nah," Naruto replied. "I only went into my Jinchuriki form, so we could make it before Gaara was killed, but with all the support we have, I don't think we really need it."

"Arrogance," Itachi stated softly as he got ready to weave signs.

"Kakashi can I make a suggestion," Naruto asked as he got the necessary chakra ready. Seeing the Jonin nod, Naruto continued. "I'll draw his fire and you attack from behind, Hinata stay here and tell us when he is about to use Genjutsu, Mikoto stay with her and act as protection, and Sasuke." Naruto and Sasuke locked their glaring eyes at one another. "You stay here and await my signal to attack."

"Understood," Sasuke didn't seem too happy about that order, but wasn't going to argue at the moment.

"How does that sound," Naruto finished preparing his chakra and was about to move.

"Just be careful and if I say pull back," Kakashi saw the boy nod.

"Be careful, Naruto," Hinata stated with worry.

"Don't worry about me, I'm always careful," Naruto said in a joking manner. Returning his attention to his opponent, Itachi was already done with his hand signs. Breathing out a large fireball, Naruto went through his own hand signs. Sliding his left leg out, Naruto slid underneath the blazing ball. Exhaling, Naruto released a jet of air that sent the fire into the sky. Spinning on his heel, Naruto ran at the Uchiha; pulling out two kunai as he did. Colliding in a shower of sparks, Naruto avoided staring at Itachi's red eyes as he jumped over him. Spinning in the air, the Uzumaki threw his two kunai at the Uchiha. Seeing this Itachi easily sidestepped them, just in time to hear Kakashi right behind him.

"Chidori," Kakashi screamed out as he plunged his hand forward. Smiling as the hand inched closer, Itachi said one thing before it reached him.

"Boom," Itachi exploded just as Kakashi hand had touched him. Flung backwards, Kakashi cursed at the trick, but kept his eyes open for the real one. "Now, we see what your real strength is." The voice came from behind Naruto. Turning around, the Jinchuriki managed to dodge as a kunai swiped the air where his neck had been. Sliding across the ground, Naruto went through his signs for his next attack.

"Futon: Jigokuarashi (Hell's storm)," The air in front of Naruto shimmered as his jutsu began to activate.

"Foolish boy," Itachi stated as he shook his head. "Fire will always beat wind." Just as he said this, Itachi shot out another fireball, but before the flames consumed his vision of Naruto, he saw the boy wearing a smile.

"That is the case, normally," Naruto agreed as he raised both of his arms. "But this jutsu doesn't blow." Swinging his arms down in front of him, Itachi's eyes widened as his fireball was torn too pieces by what, Itachi could see, a thousand different projectiles heading for him. "It shreds!" Dodging out of the attacks way, Itachi watched as the area he was in received a brutal pounding as thousands of craters maimed the landscape.

"I can't let him form those hand signs again," Looking back, Itachi saw that Naruto had his arms raised and in front of him was that same shimmer of wind. "He can use it again without hand signs!" Letting out a yell, Naruto fired another volley at Itachi. Narrowing his eyes, Itachi brought his hand down and launched himself backwards. This time Naruto only began to swing both arms separately, Itachi noticed this decreased the amount of projectiles by half, but it allowed him to rapidly fire even more. When Naruto stopped firing, Itachi noticed cuts and gashes all over, Naruto's arms and hands.

"As I stated before this attack isn't easily produced," Naruto grinned as he got ready once again as his wounds healed. "I create a thin layer of my wind chakra in front of my arms and as I swing them, I break the layer. Think of it like glass, when you break glass it turns into hundreds, maybe even thousand of shards."

"But in exchange you inflict damage to yourself," Itachi concurred as he got ready to move, but made a single motion towards Naruto with his finger. "Do you really think you can keep using that without permanent damage?"

"I guess we'll find out," Naruto fired off another volley, but this time Itachi didn't dodge. Instead as the attack collided with him, Itachi separated into crows.

"Sorry, but it would appear you fell for my trap," Itachi's voice echoed. Realization hit Naruto as he mental told Kurama to agitate his chakra. "Looks like that Hyuga let you down."

"No, she did exactly what I needed her to do," Naruto stated as the Genjutsu began to dissolve. As he snapped out of his trance, Naruto saw that both Kakashi and Itachi were in a deadlock in front of him. "She warned them I was trapped." Naruto finished with a predatory smile on his face. Hearing this, Kakashi jumped over Naruto, just as he released his final volley, before ending his jutsu. As the final volley flew towards the Uchiha, Itachi barely dodged the attack, but his right leg still caught a couple.

"That's a new jutsu," Kakashi stated as he landed next to Naruto. "How is your chakra level?"

"Pretty good, it takes a good amount to keep the Jutsu up, but not enough to put a serious strain on me."

"Good, I'll lead now."

Itachi's eyes scanned the field as he tried to figure out the team's next move, but was stopped when a pair of hands grabbed his ankles. Looking down, Itachi only saw Naruto's grinning face, before being consumed by an explosion. Before he emerged out of the smoke, Naruto and Kakashi were already charging him.

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Sakin's eyes never left Sasori's; even with the collision of gold and iron going on around them. "You haven't talked much since we began, Sasori started with a small grin. "Could it be that you are trying to control your anger?" Just then explosion sounded off. Taking his eyes off of Sasori, Sakin saw Deidara attacking the rest of Suna's ninja squads. "Or are you busy trying to contemplate where to bury your people."

"No, I'm simple stalling you," Sakin stated dimly. Confused, Sasori heard the bladed projectiles slicing through the air towards him. Using the iron sand, Sasori blocked the four kunai blades thrown by Chiyo.

"You didn't forget about me," Chiyo remarked with sadness written on her face.

"No, dear granny Chiyo," Sasori stated coldly as the iron sand settled around him. "I was just wondering when you would crawl into the nearest hole and die." As the iron shot towards the elder, a wall of gold appeared. Looking at Sakin, Sasori saw his hands already in a handsign.

"Jiton: Koganeirohoui (Golden Siege)," Just then the wall of gold turned into several large spikes of gold. "Now, let's see you block this."

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Naruto ended up catching a fireball with his body, but expanded his chakra to push the flames off. Tearing off his burnt vest, Naruto was trying hard not to attack head-on and try to think his attacks ahead, but Itachi was different then Sasuke. No emotion guided this man's attacks; everything had a purpose and it was becoming clear they were in trouble. Taking a swift look to where Deidara was, Naruto could see Sakura healing as many as she could, but the injuries just kept piling up. "Naruto, you need to help the Suna nin," Kakashi shouted as he jumped in front of him.

"But you need help dealing with him," Naruto indicated as he stood back up, but his view was soon obstructed by, Mikoto.

"I'll be helping Kakashi fight him," This statement seemed to shock everyone, but none more so then Itachi.

"Are you sure," Naruto asked as he turned towards Deidara's explosions.

"Yes, and take Hinata with you, she will be more useful over there," Mikoto stated softly as she stared at her son. Nodding his head, Naruto ran towards the explosions with Hinata right behind him.

"Mother, stand down," Itachi warned, but even behind his emotionless tone, Mikoto picked up his fear. "I don't wish to harm you, but if you continue this; I will not hold back."

"I know, but I have to do this," Mikoto's hands went into a familiar hand sign. Itachi was about to do the same, when he heard a crackling sound above him. Looking up, he found himself staring at a lightning charged sword heading straight down at his head. Barely dodging the blade, Itachi saw the wielder to be his own brother, Sasuke.

"I guess I can jump in," Sasuke's red eyes narrowed towards his older brother.

"So be it," Itachi stated as he got ready to defend against his three opponents.

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Deidara threw several clay birds towards a shaking Suna shinobi, but before they could reach; they were blown away by a giant gust of wind. Confused, the source of the wind became clear, when Naruto appeared next to him. "Rasengan," The blond shouted as he attempted to drive the sphere into Deidara's head, but the explosive user dodged and fly away from the Jinchuriki.

"Oh, how amusing the beast came to me," Deidara teased as ht got mire explosives ready. "I guess its time for you to experience true art."

"Sorry, but the only art I see is the one behind you," Naruto stated. Before Deidara could turn he was immediately pummeled into the ground by a massive wave of chakra. Pushing himself up, Deidara heard someone land next to him. Turning his eye towards the newcomer, he saw Hinata, already throwing another palm of chakra at him. Rolling back, Deidara threw several bird bombs at the Hyuga; only for them to be shredded to pieces by Naruto's wind jutsu. Standing next to Hinata, Naruto kept his eyes locked with Deidara's. "You okay?"

"Yeah, thanks for that," Hinata looked at Naruto and saw his chakra levels were still high, but did take a noticeable hit. "How are you feeling?"

"Ready to tear into a member of Akatsuki," Naruto growled out as he got ready. That was when they heard the laughter. The two looked at Deidara as he started to bawl out in laughter.

"That's right," Deidara agreed with Naruto. "I am a member of Akatsuki for a reason!" All of a sudden the ground began to crack as a small army of clay figures emerged out of it. "I was saving this especially for you."

"Oh goody, you got me a present," Naruto's smile widened as his chakra flared. "Here let me give you yours, "Futon: Jigokuarashi!" Swinging his arms, Naruto began to shred the clay bombs as they advanced on the two. Naruto noticed quickly that the more he shredded, the more clay creatures started coming after them.

"That's right keep shredding them, you will only make your deaths that much more beautiful," Just then, Hinata felt something grab her ankles. Looking down, the only thing she could see was white clay. "Gotcha, Hyuga." Noticing the explosive clay, Naruto jumped at Hinata just as the other clay figures descended on them. "Remember this, art is an explosion!" The hill of explosive clay soon erupted into a giant fireball. Waiting for the fire to die down, Deidara saw something moving in the smoke. Ducking just as a yellow tail that flicker like flames passed right by his head. Brushing the smoke aside, Deidara saw that Naruto was in his tailed beast state, with Hinata covered his chakra. The too escaped the blast with barely any injuries, but Hinata's legs were still burned.

"Are you okay," Naruto asked worry in his voice.

"Yeah, but I don't think I'm going to be able to stand," Before Hinata could refuse, Naruto grabbed her with a chakra arm, before placing her next too Sakura.

"Make sure she doesn't come over here until she is healed," Naruto yelled as his fox like eyes focused on Deidara. "I'll try and finish this myself."

"Oh, that's cute, the demon has a girlfriend," Deidara teased as he created another giant bird and stood on it. "I'll be sure to kill her after dealing with you." Just before he could take off, Naruto's chakra launched forward and tore the head right off the bird's body. Bringing the head back, Naruto stared at it with a deadly hunger in his eyes. Watching the chakra slowly envelop the bird's head, Deidara watched in horror as the chakra slowly got smaller and smaller; until it had crushed the giant head into nothing.

"That's just the problem," Naruto started in a dark tone. "You hurt her, what makes you think I'm going to let you walk away from this place, alive?" Deidara was about to speak, but stopped when Naruto appeared in front of him. Driving his knee into Deidara's stomach, Naruto watched as he was lifted off the ground; coughing up blood as he did. Before he could land, Naruto grabbed the back of his neck, swinging him into the ground. Glaring at the dust, Naruto growled as it cleared revealing a clay clone.

"I hope you can make good on that threat," Deidara taunted from a safe distance. The ground shook and was blown to pieces as Naruto's second tail formed. "That's right, I still have more art to show you and if that doesn't work; well my masterpiece will sure leave a mark on you."

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Kisame was laughing his head off. Haku and Suigetsu were working well together; giving him a decent fight, but they were running out of tricks and soon he would kill them both. Suigetsu had to stab his blade into the ground to keep him steady. Unlike Haku, who was keeping her distance, almost all of his attacks involved him being up close; which made him a perfect target for Kisame's blade. "We need a new plan," Suigetsu huffed out. Haku noticed that the water user wasn't doing well, but couldn't think of anything against someone who never tired.

"You could just lay there and accept your death," Kisame offered with a toothy grin.

"Not happening," Haku yelled as her ice chakra leaked out. Letting out a yelp, Suigetsu looked down at his frozen index finger. Suddenly his eyes brightened.

"Haku, I have a very stupid idea that would make even, Naruto proud."

"What is it?"

"Just listen to what I say and don't hesitate when I ask you." With that Suigetsu ran at Kisame who just grinned at the challenge. Transforming into water, Suigetsu dodged Kisame's swing and reformed behind him. "Haku, freeze this area!" Haku was about to question this, but saw Kisame turn and swing his blade at the water user. Releasing a wave of frost at Suigetsu's position, Haku could only watch as the blade came closer to him. Seeing the ice envelop the ground, Suigetsu grinned. Throwing his blade into the air, the boy vanished into the ice. Kisame was surprised for a second, but noticed the ice and grinned. Swinging his blade behind him, he heard it connect with something. Turning around he saw pieces of ice falling off of Suigetsu's arm. "I guess your sword is kind of weak when it can't connect with me." Grabbing the sword out of its fall, Suigetsu brought it down at Kisame's chest.

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Sasori's eyes narrowed as his puppet was slowing being surrounded by gold dust. Making a quick hand sign, Sasori released the Kazekage's magnetic chakra stopping the approaching dust. "I have the perfect weapon to deal with you two," Sasori stated, but just as he was about to send the dust back; his puppet was suddenly buried underneath a mound of sand.

"Disappear in the sand," the voice that shouted behind Sakin, had the man shaking from fear. Turning around, he saw his barely conscious son. Closing his fist, Gaara's sand tightened around the puppet restricting its movements, and from the sound of it, crushing the wooden doll. Sasori realized the danger his beloved puppet was in and tried to push the sand back with his Iron sand; that was when Sakin struck. Forming several spears out of his gold, Sakin hurled the deadly projectiles into the sand. As they penetrated the coffin, Sakin spun the spears as fast as they could, shredding the puppet that lay within. Releasing the sand, the three watched as the puppet fell to pieces on the ground.

"Gaara," Sakin ignored Sasori as he ran to his son. Gaara looked at his father with confusion in his eyes. "Are you okay?" Sakin checked his exhausted son over trying to verify that he was okay.

"You came to get me," Gaara asked still confused by his father's appearance. Sakin didn't care that he had his back to Sasori, he grabbed his son and gave the boy a hug. Gaara's eyes were wide with shock as Sakin cried a little.

"Of course I came to get you," Sakin whispered. "I promised that I would protect you and I mean it. When you got captured, I didn't care about my injuries. All I wanted was to get my son back." Sakin pushed away from his son and stared directly in the eyes. Gaara saw the one thing he never noticed before in his father's eyes; kindness, sincerity, and love.

"Father," Gaara muttered, but before he could continue, Sakin stood and turned his back to him.

"My life is on the line, not as Kazekage, but as a father protecting his son." Just then Sasori laughed.

"That's cute," Pulling out a scroll, Sasori eyes seemed to gleam with excitement. "You see Chiyo may have a collection of puppets, she used to conquer a castle." Throwing the scroll into the air, Sakin watch as it opened in the air. Sasori quickly pulled off his robes, revealing the secret of his young appearance; he turned his body into a living puppet. Opening a compartment on his chest, Sasori shot multiply chakra threads into the scroll. Sakin, Gaara, and Chiyo watched in horror as a hundred puppets burst out of the scroll. "I used these to conquer an entire country."

Okay seriously, writer's block is so freaking annoying! I was in the middle of this entire thing and just suddenly; blah. Anyway I hope you guys like it and I'll try to get the next one out as soon as possible.