Riley's POV

"Riley are you okay?" Kakashi asked kneeling next to me.

"Yes I'm fine babe" I reassured my beloved.

Ino and Choji rushed over to see if I was indeed alright. Kakashi pulled out Kakuzu's threads from my torso and I swore once they were out. Kakashi placed his forehead against mine and grasped my hand into his.

"Guys we got company" Ino said getting our attention.

Ahead running towards us was the fire and masked monster. Choji used his Expansion Jutsu and became larger before using his Super Slap technique. His then slammed his large hands on top of the wind and fire masked monsters. The ground shook from Choji's blow and I suddenly saw the threads suddenly come onto Choji's arm and Choji had to back away as the fire and wind monsters became free.

The fire mask shot a fireball at us and I made sure I was quick to form an ice shield. Fire met ice and soon the terrain around us was filled with steam. Choji was back to his normal size and rejoined me, Ino, and Kakashi.

The fire masked creature then separated from the wind monster and hurled itself into Kakuzu. Kakuzu's body suddenly jolted and it wasn't long until he was back on his feet. Soon his wind masked monster merged into his body as well. Kakuzu transformed before us as his entire body now surrounded by threads.

"I wanted to originally take the female dragon's heart but now I've changed my mind, I'll take all of yours"

Threads then held me, Kakashi, Ino, and Choji in place as Kakuzu opened his mouth. Behind him the wind mask reappeared and its mouth was open too. Flames shot out of Kakuzu's mouth and mixed with wind the attack headed right for us.

But before it could kill us two familiar voices rang out. A wind and water attack blocked Kakuzu's and a steam cloud surrounded us.

"Sorry we're late" Naruto apologized. "But better late than never"

The rest of Team Kakashi was finally here!

Kakashi, Ino, Choji, and I were now free of Kakuzu's threads.

"Perfect timing buddy" I told Naruto.

"Well you two look more worn out than ever" Yamato said to me and Kakashi.

"Just one of those days" Kakashi replied. "Sakura and Sai you two go aide Shikamaru, the rest of us will stay here"

Sakura and Sai nodded before Kakashi summoned Pakkun.

"Naruto it's up to you to end this battle so be careful" Sakura told the blonde and Naruto shot her a reassuring smirk before she and Sai took off with Pakkun.

"Naruto" I said coming up to his side. "This guy is tough but I know you can beat him"

"I will Riley you have my word"

For good luck I kissed Naruto on the cheek before backing away from him. No sooner had I gotten beside Ino did Naruto call upon his Shadow Clone Jutsu. Once his three clones came to life they began to form the Rasengan only this time it's sound was different.

That is a cool new jutsu my dragon said.

It is isn't it?

The Rasengan was now the Rasenshuriken. The wind around the new jutsu began to blow hard and eventually Naruto's clones ran forward first before Naruto followed with Rasenshuriken hovering above his hand. When they got closer to Kakuzu the clones separated. One jumped into the air while two others appeared on both sides of Kakuzu. Kakuzu used his threads to stop the clone in the air as well as using his fire and wind moves to stop the other two. The real Naruto was about to finish Kakuzu off when suddenly the Rasenshuriken gave out.

Kakuzu then shot his threads at Naruto and the blonde was caught. Kakashi and Yamato were quick to come to Naruto's aide. Yamato used his Wood Release to attack Kakuzu while Kakashi used Chidori to free Naruto from the threads holding him in place. Once Naruto was safe in his grasp did Kakashi jump backwards until he was with us again.

Kakuzu dodged Yamato's jutsu which annoyed me and my inner dragon. I made sure the blonde didn't have any injuries before Ino said.

"Well Naruto for a moment I viewed you differently until your jutsu faded"

"I'd thought you'd throw it " Choji agreed.

"Hey shut up it's a good move once it hits something!" Naruto fussed at them.

"Well I like it your training paid off"

Naruto flashed me a thank you look before I helped him to his feet.

Thanks to Yamato's wood jutsu there was a large wooden barrier separating us from Kakuzu.

"The Rasenshuriken requires a frontal attack" Yamato explained.

"I'm gonna give it another go I have to finish this" Naruto added.

"I'll go with you as back up" Choji offered and Kakashi seemed to think it was a good idea.

"Kakashi-Sensei" Naruto said turning to my mate "Do you remember your words when we trained? I would be the only shinobi who could surpass the Fourth Hokage, you meant those words I know I can do this alone and prove my worth"

"Damn straight you can" I encouraged. I gave the blonde a pat on his back.

"Alright but be careful" Kakashi finally relented and Yamato wished Naruto luck.

Naruto created more clones and again began to form the Rasenshuriken. Once the move was finished did Naruto and his clones run forward and jump over the wooden barrier heading towards Kakuzu. The rogue ninja ran towards the blonde and was determined to stop Naruto before he could use his Rasenshuriken. And it wasn't long until Kakuzu sent his threads at the Naruto with the Rasenshuriken.

A smoke cloud filled the air when Naruto got hit and when it cleared the blonde was unconscious on the ground. Suddenly the impaled Naruto disappeared and Kakuzu realized it was a clone.

"Gotcha you jerk!" Naruto and his clones yelled as Kakuzu turned around just in time to get hit with the real Rasenshuriken.

"Holy shit!" I exclaimed as I watched the effects of Rasenshuriken take effect on Kakuzu. The impact made Naruto's clones disappear and Naruto was sent flying in the air.

"Riley!" Kakashi shouted and I ran forward and caught Naruto before he could hit the ground.

"You did it buddy" I told the unconscious blonde before I watched Kakuzu's demise. Thanks to the Rasenshuriken the greedy bastard no longer had his threads and his two remaining hearts were destroyed.

Once the effects of Rasenshuriken stopped did Kakuzu's body fall to the ground. I helped Naruto sit up as Choji and Ino rushed over. Choji helped me to keep Naruto still as Ino began to heal him. As this happened Kakashi went to Kakuzu and delivered the fatal blow with his Chidori.

"Ow" I muttered before finally feeling the side effects from the fight. I felt my body fall backwards and Ino was quick to catch me. She then made sure I didn't have any serious injuries before Kakashi came over to us. My mate then picked me up into his arms and he kissed my forehead.

"Let's go home"

The Next Day.

We ended up taking Kakuzu's corpse back to Konoha so it could be used for information. Tsunade was pleased with how the mission went and ordered everyone to rest for several days. Naruto ended back in the hospital and I made sure to visit Rhoan.

My brother was thrilled learning Hidan and Kakuzu were dead thus having vengeance for Asuma. Tsunade said Rhoan was healing well but he would need to be at the hospital for another week and my brother was annoyed at that but knew better than to argue with Tsunade.

"Are you still hurting?" Kakashi asked. The two of us were resting against a tree close by the memorial stone. That fight really left some painful reminders.

"A little" I confessed. Since it was a nice day my fiancé and I were enjoying being outside. "I can handle pain though"

"I know you can" my beloved agreed before pulling me into his lap. He had his headband up so he could look at me with both eyes. He wrapped his arms around me and the way he looked at me made me flush red.

"Dang it why are so hot?" I asked rhetorically. "Whenever you look at me like it makes me blush"

"Because when I look at you its because your are beautiful" Kakashi replied. "And because I love you"

I felt my face turn red even more and Kakashi picked up my left hand into his gloved one. I wore my engagement ring and Kakashi placed his masked lips onto my ring finger.

"Hmm that won't do" Kakashi said and he pulled his mask down. His lips then touched my ring finger again. Then he pulled me closer to his face and kissed me. Several tears slid down my face like they tended to do whenever Kakashi made me feel this way. My mate wiped them away before eventually pulling his lips away from mine.

"I love you too Copy-Cat and once there is peace again I will marry you" I promised Kakashi.

"I can't wait to finally call you my wife" Kakashi stated.

"I wanted to be said wife when I first saw you on the anime" I teased with a smirk.

"Hmm? Is that so? I remember you blushing when we first met"

"You're a damn tease Kakashi Hatake"

"Only with the woman I love" Kakashi confessed pulling his mask back up.

Orochimaru's POV

"Lord Orochimaru I have news you will be interested in hearing"

I looked up from the book I had been reading to see what Kabuto meant to share with me.

"Naruto and his team were able to kill Hidan and Kakuzu"

"Their dead? Now that is interesting" I answered. "I'm appreciative of Naruto's survival and the rest of his squad"

"You'll like this Riley was able to kill one of Kakuzu's hearts"

I smirked at this revelation. Still to this day I desired the red haired kunoichi for myself. Due to dragon shifters living longer than humans once I formed the mate bond between Riley and myself my life would be extended.

"Send one of our informants to Konoha, I want to know when Riley shall have another mission" I told Kabuto.

"Understood" Kabuto responded before he left.

A smirk came to my lips and it was only a matter of time until Riley was to become mine.

Alright guys!

Thought I would let you know there will be a fight between Orochimaru and Riley. I'm very excited to writing it!

So stay tuned!