It had been two days since their encounter wither Yaka; Shinn had chosen to let the bastard go and cried back to his master. They were once again traveling only this time they had reached a town and were asking for leads on the members of the Akatsuki; next to no one knew anything at all.
"Come on Kosei," Shinn said with a smile "lets get some lunch."
"You're not going to make me pay again are you?" Kosei said looking nervous.
"I promise nothing!" They walked in and took a seat, ordered some ramen and before they knew it were eating a real meal. Kosei had always loved ramen right back to his early years when Naruto used to give him some from time to time. They both devoured bowl after bowl after bowl until they were completely stuffed.
"Now that was good stuff," Kosei said running his hand through his crimson hair. "I can't remember the last time I have had a bowl that good."
"You say that every time it comes out of my pocket," Shinn said before sipping his cup of coffee "You have always tried to use guilt trips on me."
"They don't always work though,"
"They never work." Shinn called for the bill and tipped the cute waitress.
"Ok, lets go over what we have found out we know that there have bee…" Kosei continued to speak but a different sound was catching Shinn's attention, the smallest little ring of a bell off in the distance. The skin around his eyes became covered with pulsing veins, his mouth twisted into an evil sneer; he could see them. Two men about two blocks away walking down the street both wearing the black and red coats of the Akatsuki, one with his arm out of the sleeve and the other with a large bandaged sword on his back.
"Got you," Shinn said under his breath.
"What?" Kosei inquired hearing his teacher speak and understanding as he saw the veins on his face. "They are here aren't they?"
"Yes," Shinn responded without looking at Kosei "They are here."
"How close?"
"Too close," Shinn grabbed a hold of his pack and stood up "I will clear away the civilians you need to do something for me."
"What do you need?" Kosei stood up and grabbed his sword from the side of his pack.
"Unlike we had hoped Kisame is still with him, I know this is a lot to ask for someone so young but I have faith in you Kosei…" He turned to his student with a serious look on his face "I need you to deal with that fish headed freak."
Kosei nodded and stepped outside squinting at the sunlight and looking on at the two figures approaching down the street. The people around him screamed and ran away meaning that Shinn had already performed the "night terror" genjutsu, Kosei would wait until the people were out of the way then go to work. Strangely enough Kisime and Itachi didn't seem to even notice that people were running away they just continued on walking until they realized that a teenager was blocking their path.
"Move along kid," said the Kisame in a harsh voice "we have somewhere to be."
"Funny I don't much care if you have somewhere to be fish lips," Kosei smirked knowing the rage he was about to trigger "Unless you count the sushi bar two doors that way."
"Why you little bastard," Kisame reached back for the hilt of his sword but was stopped by the words of his partner.
"We don't need to waste our time fighting a child,"
"Well a child is going to waste his time fighting you!" Kosei stabbed his sword into the ground and a trail of fire sped out towards the two Akatsuki. Both of them jumped out of the way and this time Kisame pulled out his sword tearing off the bandages as he ran.
"I'm going to enjoy ripping you up kid!" Kisame took a few swings at Kosei but each time he managed to narrowly avoid the giant sword; problem was he couldn't reach his. Kosei dashed backwards out of reach and did a few hand seals then moved forward swung at Kisame striking him square between the eyes. Kisame staggered backwards and looked in surprise at Kosei, he could have sworn that his palm was still a foot or two away when he was hit. Kosei dashed forward once again only this time being on the defensive, waiting for the gilled freak to swing his sword. Every slash Kisame took Kosei seemed to lightly tap his blade after reaching for his belt pouch, over and over Kosei did this barely able to stop from loosing his head to the scales of the sword. Kosei finally made a mistake and the blade hit his back splitting it open in places and sending him flying away from his target. He gasped for air as he tried to get up, another hit like that could kill him.
"That is a hell of a sword you have there Kisame," Kosei tried his best to smile with bleeding lips "Can you actually fight without it?"
"What are you getting at brat?"
"I just thought that someone of your ability should not have fallen for a simple genjutsu like mine," A puzzled look crossed Kisame's face "You see my "Invisible Palm" jutsu makes most peoples eyes skip a single frame allowing me to do certain things undetected…" Kisame's face lit up with understanding "Like cover your sword with explosive tags."
A loud bang and the legendary sword was in tree pieces, all the little scales flying off and sticking in the ground, buildings and Kisame's torso. Kisame let out a roar of both pain and of rage before he realized that Kosei was once again almost in his face. Kosei extended his arm trying to hit Kisame in the face with his palm but just as he touched Itachi stepped in and kicked him across the street. Itachi turned to his partner and his eyes widened to see that a small ball off swirling chakra was just in front of Kisame's forehead.
"Forbidden art…" Kosei mumbled as blood dripped from his mouth "Orb of Swift Death." The small ball burst into a violent blast tearing apart Kisame's head and neck, his lifeless body fell to the ground. An S-ranked criminal defeated by an underestimated genin. "Are you ready to waste your time yet murderer?"
