Hearts of Wind
Naruto/Tenten
"Speech and Jutsu!"
"Thoughts"
Bijuu
(Flashback)

The four genin dodged out of the way of the scythe. "I may be the slowest of all the Akatsuki but I'm one of the best at close combat." Jashin cackled as he swung his scythe through the air.

"Slow? Is that like intellectually slow or slow physically?" Fu mocked as she switched herself with a powder clone.

"Yeah…Wait…THAT'S IT! YOUR FUCKING DEAD! I AM GOING TEA-BAG IN YOUR CORPSE!" Hidan howled as he worked out what the Greenette had just said to him.

"Naruto, you have a plan right?" Tenten asked.

"Remove him from his scythe…That's all I've got so far, potentially see if we can remove him from life."

Akira nodded, Hidan rushed her and she utilised a Shunshin to get behind him. As she did so she deployed some of her insects. "Ninja art: Devouring chakra!" Hidan turned to see that annoying brat with the mask dissolve into bugs. He knew who she was, she was of the Aburame clan!

He'd killed a lot of them before, Hidan wasn't as old as Kakuzu but he was definitely older than the Sannin. His vitality and youth were closely linked to the rituals he performed and the more frequently he performed them, the less likely his body was able to breakdown.

"Aburame Hidenjutsu: Cloak of Devouring!" Hidan grunted as his reserves took a hit. He needed to get rid of her! More bugs were now draining the chakra out of his scythe! The more chakra channelled through a weapon was likely to turn it into a chakra-weapon, and with the amount of people butchered by it had turned the weapon into a potent chakra-weapon.

Hidan knew he had only one shot, he brought his scythe down on the Aburame. She blocked it with her blade, however he had sliced her finger…it'd be enough. "You're DEAD GIRL!"

"Hey, priest dude." Shouted Naruto as he charged onto the back of the toad. Throughout the fight, the Toad had decided to charge away from Suna to prevent Hidan from getting back up. Thus the targeted genin had been utilising chakra control to keep themselves on the toad and away from the insane psychopath.

Naruto hadn't been idle, his chakra control whilst better was not the best. Now he could generate the two layers needed for the Rasengan but needed a clone to help him make the speed up. He had then injected it with the Fox's chakra.

Tenten, who had managed to get behind Hidan stared as a very different looking Naruto appeared "Hey, priest dude!" Hidan turned but had no chance to move as his prey grabbed his arm and impaled herself onto his scythe "Level 3 Vermillion Rasengan!"

Hidan screeched as the corrosive Rasengan slammed into him. "Burn! BURN! BURN!" Naruto growled as he pumped less chakra and more youkai into the nuke-nin. "Naruto-san, we've made it to the edge of the desert…Someone's coming and my skills in the forest are drastically reduced."

The Konoha Team, the nuke-nin and his target found themselves on the floor. By now Tenten had wrestled the scythe and her impaled colleague free. As Jiraiya, assisted by his own toad and looking like a toad/human hybrid clattered next to them. "Ma, Pa…take my student for…"

"Yes, yes, Jiriaya-gaki already doing it." With that Akira vanished.

"Is everyone alright?" With that he looked at Hidan who was missing a good part of his body.

"He was the one who attacked us and kept coming, Naruto had to do his thing to keep him down. Akira's kinda ran…Okay, you know what's happening?"

Hidan appeared to be breaking down, with a swift strike one of the toads jumped off Jiraiya, and slammed a blade through the neck. Thankfully this one action preserved the head "Who killed him?"

"Team 66, sensei…Although I got him with a Rasengan."

Jiraiya nodded "Well done all of you. Anyway, we've managed to kill Jiongu no Kakuzu as well…technically Tsunade-hime did that. Oh and Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame are on my payroll."

Naruto looked at him "What!"

Jiraiya sighed "I'll tell you Naruto everything…maybe not everything…but everything I can safely tell you and a little you shouldn't whilst we're on our three year training trip…In essence, Akatsuki they're after you and you can guess why."

Naruto nodded "So what happens now? Did we get promoted? Is everyone alright?"

"Gaki…as of right now the only ones knowingly confirmed safe are those in the Leaf Embassy in Sand…It's one of the few places protected by ANBU of both nations.

Naruto nodded "And everyone else?"

"Chakra exhaustion with the exception of Sarutobi-kun…Who lost a hand, part of his leg and suffered from an attempted what the Corpse Diggers call 'Attempted Corpsey Diem' Attempted Sieze the Dead." Jiraiya said sadly.

Naruto's eyes widened "He'll live won't he?"

"Possibly but his career is over, his wife ain't going to be happy…Sarutobi Kurenai."

Naruto's eyes widened "They're…"

Jiraiya snorted "My sensei was his father. I always had eyes in the village, I know probably more about Konoha than the Hokage."

Naruto nodded "Is she going to live?"

"I'll take you both to Mount Myoboku where you'll remain and I'll re-summon you when we're back in Konoha…Then after finding out your promotion or not, your training begins in earnest."

(Sorry for another short one. This one was fighting me. I'm safe and alive free of Covid-19. Please everyone just follow the instructions).