The scene starts with a view of Kakuzu and Hidan walking through a desolate forest. A shadow starts creeping up on them which they seemingly don't notice. But then a close up of Kakuzu is shown.
'Hey, it is the two immortals.' Naruto stands up, pointing his finger at the screen. Sasuke looks at Naruto through the corners of his eyes.
'I thought we already established that?' He says. Naruto grumbles but sits down again, mumbling something about Sasuke being annoying.
Chouji takes a handful of food in his mouth before speaking. 'Hey, Shika, isn't that your jutsu.'
Shikamaru opens his eyes. 'My family's. But yeah it is.'
'Maybe we'll get to see Shika fight then!' Ino cheers. She would love to see more people fight, there was too much Naruto already.
'Hidan.' He tells the other.
'Yeah.' And they jump out of the way to avoid getting caught in the technique. But as soon as they landed a paper bomb is launched at them and hits them straight on.
'That's fast.' The kids watch the screen with amazement. The adult snicker, of course they would thing something as simple as that would be awesome.
The resulting explosion covers their bodies in smoke and dust, the ground shaking beneath them. The remnants of chains fall onto the ground. Hidan's scythe is being separated from him.
'Kakuzu!' Hidan yells as the dust starts to dissipate.
'I hardened my arm. I'm not injured.' Kakuzu too appears from the dust. 'Forget that, watch out for the shadow.' He tells his partner.
'Hardening? Might be something worth noting down.' Iruka says to Shisui.
Shisui raises his pen in the air. 'I'm already on it.'
The shadow starts creeping up to them once again.
'I won't fall for it twice!' Hidan yells.
'Hidan look up.' And as the man does so he sees Shikamaru above them in the air. Ready to launch more weapons at them. And that he does. Two other weapons with paper tags attached to them are thrown at them.
'What are they going to do now?' Naruto looks to his friends for the answer. None of them seem to have it however, so he slumps down again.
'Who knows. Let's just keep watching.' Sasuke has his eyes on the screen. This could be an actual real fight. With adults that know what they are doing.
'It's another paper bomb!' Kakuzu embraces himself for the impacts. 'Hidan dodge it!' And as they dodge the weapons there is a distinct lack of explosions. Instead nothing happens at all.
'Did something go wrong?' Sakura blinks but she keeps her eyes on the screen to make sure she doesn't miss anything.
'I doubt it.' Shikamaru responds. He doesn't know what his future self is thinking—if it even was his future self—but he's sure he could make a plan that would involve traps like that.
'What do you mean?' Sakura turns her head to the boy, awaiting an answer.
'I have the feeling that it's a trap.'
Both Hidan and Kakuzu wait for another second or two before they come out of their defensive positions.
It didn't explode? This is not what Hidan expected at all. Then his eyes widen. And Kakuzu too looks strained. They got caught in the shadows.
'Yes, they got caught.' Sasuke cheers. He's not the only one that feels the excitement.
'They got us.' Kakuzu looks up at the perpetrator. Shikamaru looks very badass as he stares them down.
'Is that Shikamaru?' Hinata blinks. They look alike, so it wouldn't be that strange. But it's still a bit weird to see him so much older.
Shino looks between the younger boy and his future counterpart on the screen. 'I think it is.'
'He grew up well.' Shikaku is proud of his son. He's able to grow up into a fine young man.
'He looks kind of angry.' Chouji mutters as he takes another bite from the cake he's eating. He can only wonder what made the boy so angry. He knows Shikamaru and he know he doesn't get angry without a very good reason.
Shikamaru hops down onto the ground and smirks at the two criminals. 'Shadow possession shuriken jutsu, success.'
'Look at him being smug.' Ino laughs. There are a couple others that join in with her joy as well.
I can't move. Hidan looks at Shikamaru. 'I dodged the shadow, so how did you…'
'The thing I threw is a chakra blade. It's made from metal that can conduct chakra.'
'Kakuzu, what is he saying?'
'He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, is he?' Shisui laughs. It would work to their advantage if they could outsmart the guy.
'It seems so.' Itachi agrees. He still can't wrap his head around the fact that they are his future colleagues. That these are the kinds of people he hangs out with. It's strange to even think about.
'Idiot! Shut up, Hidan.' Kakuzu is having none of Hidan's stupidity today.
'The chakra blade becomes an extension of myself, exhibiting the shadow possession jutsu.' Shikamaru appears on the screen. 'That chakra blade is a memento of Asuma, the man you killed.' Hidan acts surprised at Shikamaru's words.
'Asuma…' Hiruzen looks down and takes a deep breath. This was something he would never want to hear. It's sadly a common thing within a ninja village but that doesn't make it any easier.
Naruto notices him being a bit down. 'Jiji?' He tilts his head.
'Let me take that in for a second.' The group lets him. They could understand that it's not something that would pass within a second. 'It's one thing to know you died, another to find out your son died.'
'We'll make sure that won't happen.' Naruto encourages. Determination in his eyes. They got the opportunity to fix the future and they would take it. No matter what. None of his friends would have to suffer. He'll make sure of that.
'Shika seems to care about him too.' Ino agrees.
'35 million ryo, huh?' Kakuzu says.
'That's what jumps in his mind?' Iruka has to take a second to process that. He knows there are people that like to hunt bounties, but to know them by heart… that's certainly odd.
'He's bound to be a little screwed in the head after living so long.' Kakashi says. Several people turn to look at him. As if he isn't crazy.
'Well, let's finish this.' Shikamaru says.
'Hey! Why the hell have you been so quiet?!' Hidan shouts at his partner. 'What are you doing getting caught too? Aren't we now screwed?'
'Why does he ask that?' Naruto tilts his head to the side and blinks a couple times.
'He's an idiot.' Sasuke nods. Naruto might be the only other person he knows that might ask such a question as well. And Naruto is an idiot as well.
'Screwed? According to my plan, it was finished from the moment I caught you!' Shikamaru makes a sign and let's his shadow extent again.
'What plan?' Kiba looks at his classmates for the answer but they don't have one.
'One we likely made before the fight.' Shikamaru decides to explain. It's the only other possibility.
Then Kakashi appears from behind one of the trees. Sharingan on. You did a good job…
'There is Kakashi again!' Sasuke cheers. For some reason that man is always there. How does he do it? Is he that important or something.
'Certainly, looking a lot better than in the previous scene.' Fugaku decides to mention. They all grimace as they remember the previous scene. It got them down quite a bit.
Hidan is caught in the shadow from Shikamaru himself. 'You bastard.' A small string of shadow pulls out the chakra knife. 'Damn it! What are you doing?'
'Heh, there's no way I'm going to miss the second time.' Shikamaru smiles. 'I'm going to corner you guys. And I'm not going to mess up the order this time.' Shikamaru slowly moves his leg backwards. And as per jutsu Hidan does the same. Then comes another step back, and another, all the way until Hidan is standing next to his scythe.
'What does he mean by order?' Chouji takes another bite of the cake in his hands. He doesn't look at anyone, but he expects an answer nonetheless.
'Maybe it's not his first encounter with these people.' Itachi explains.
'He survived them?' Shisui's eyes are wide. One would think surviving immortals to be near impossible. To think he managed. Maybe he just ran away.
Shikamaru uses his hands to wrap Hidan's hand around his scythe and lifts the weapon up. 'I know your face now!' Hidan yells, still caught in the technique. No matter what happens to me, I'm gonna kill you!'
'Well the fragment was called killed the god of death or something. I have a feeling that's not referring to Shikamaru.' Sasuke laughs. The rest of the room sighs in relief. That means at least he would survive. At least that's what they hope.
'It would be a cool nickname.' Ino says. She would want her nickname to be at least half as cool as that.
'I would rather have my nickname not be something like that.' Shikamaru sighs at his friends' antics.
Shikamaru slings the scythe around and starts running toward Kakuzu. 'You're stupid, aren't you?' Shikamaru jumps up and Hidan does the same, swinging his scythe.
'Kakuzu, dodge it!' In response Kakuzu grunts.
'This is funny.' Naruto laughs. To think someone as strong as them would do something as funny as that. It boosts his self-esteem quite a bit.
'I do not think this is the end though.'
In no time at all Kakuzu leans down and using the arm he detached from his body he's able to pull out the knife that prevents him from moving, allowing him to dodge the attack.
'Note that down!' Iruka screams at Shisui, who jolts upright after hearing the loudness of Iruka's voice. That certainly was a lot louder than he expected.
'I'm writing as fast as I can.'
'All right!' Hidan yells. The onlookers, Kakashi, Chouji, and Ino what in surprise. This is not going according to plan.
I didn't expect his arm to move on its own after being separated from his body. But when did this happen? Then Shikamaru widens his eyes. It was when the explosion hit, he puts his arm on the ground. Just what I expected of the Akatsuki. They all use insane abilities!
'That man just basically exudes experience.' Hiashi grunts. He can acknowledge that he would be a powerful opponent. He can understand why not everyone is on the battlefield. He knows power when he sees it.
'Not someone you would like to cross.' Tsume agrees.
The arm Kakuzu detached is now attaching itself again, beating like a heart. 'You said we were finished, but my powers are still unknown to you. So, you kept your distance when you made your next move. You're intelligent, unlike my partner.' The arm is fully attached again. 'But even if you analyze the fight, it doesn't mean everything will go as planned.'
Shikamaru holds back a curse.
'Was that arm just beating like a heart?' Itachi has his eyes glued to the screen. This isn't something he ever heard of before. It might be something interesting to look into. But where would he find books on the matter? He could possibly reverse engineer the jutsu? If he has the time.
'It might have to do with his abilities.' Jiraiya is just as intrigued as Itachi is. Throughout the years he heard of Kakuzu before. But he has never had the opportunity to meet the man. Not that he wanted to. He does have quite the bounty as well.
'Better keep an eye out on the details.' Kakashi agrees.
Hidan laughs before the words of his partner sink in. 'Kakuzu! What do you mean 'unlike my partner?''
'Just as I said you idiot.'
'They argue like children.' Mikoto sighs. She was hoping these kids could see how real ninja are in the battlefield. But it seems her hopes aren't quite up to the standard.
'Or a married couple.' Tsume laughs. Nearly every adult turns to look at her.
Ino also decides this is her time to interrupt. 'They would so be into s&m play.'
'INO!' Inoichi is shocked. How does his daughter know of these things? This is embarrassing.
His friends just laugh at his misery.
Then Hidan starts moving toward Kakuzu again. Shikamaru still controlling the movements. Slinging the scythe around, forcing Kakuzu to dodge backwards.
'Kakuzu do something!' Hidan yells at his partner.
'Does it look like he's able to?'
'This is hilarious.' The kids are laughing out loud. The adults as well have some smiles on their faces. No one passes up a good joke.
'I can't believe you're forcing me back.' Kakuzu keeps jumping backwards until his back hits one of the large trees. 'Shoot!'
Shikamaru is still continuing the assault. Now, Chouji!
'Chouji is going to be badass too?' Naruto looks at the boy in question. He still has the cake in his hands. He doesn't eat as quickly as usually, probably because his friend is involved in the battle.
'No fair!' Ino screams. She wants to be awesome too!
Chouji jumps from the top of the tree down, making some signs and transforming his hair into spikes. Then he starts spinning. 'Spiky human boulder!'
'Kakuzu!' Hidan yells while the rest of the people are watching.
'He's seems awfully concerned.' Shikaku notes.
As the dust of the attack settles, Chouji jumps out of it. 'What the hell is going on?' He asks Shikamaru who's standing right next to him.
Then Kakuzu walks his way out of the dust cloud, his skin is grayer than it was before.
'That must be his hardening ability.' Kakashi says. He too has his eyes on the screen. This is a battle he seems to be involved with.
'Looks funky.'
'Just as Raido-senpai said. He might have some technique for hardening his body.' Shikamaru narrows his eyes, remembering the fight he had with them previously.
'That's right. No physical attack will work on me.' Kakuzu stands, waiting for the next attack.
'Raido was also involved?' Shisui blinks. 'Why isn't he there then?'
'He could be in the hospital.' Itachi tries to explain.
'Wouldn't surprise me.'
I'd projected their powers to a certain degree, but this… If we can't use direct attacks, what should we do? Sweat rolls down his face. Shikamaru still has Hidan under his control.
Then Hidan starts laughing. 'Be afraid, you atheist jerks! All right! It's about time for us to counterattack.' Hidan yells at his teammate. 'Kakuzu break this jutsu already!'
'He's still too confident for someone caught in a trap.' Shikaku says again. He doesn't like the battle. Not that he doesn't believe in his son, but as a parent he can't help but worry.
'We already saw that he's immortal. He probably doesn't have any concerns then.' Chouza tries to explain. He too has a slice of cake in his hands.
'The pain must still hurt though.'
'Sure.' Kakuzu says right before he gets hit with something as well, as his shocked expression tells them. Hidan too his shocked, his fear is quite visible on his face.
Kakashi is standing right behind Kakuzu with his Chidori through the man's chest.
'Yes!' Naruto jumps up with his fist in the air.
'Kakashi is being awesome again!' Sasuke too is excited. His eyes are sparkling. This is the technique he got to learn? It looks so powerful!
'How come he's always the badassest of them all?' Shisui slumps down. He would love to see himself be awesome at some point.
'He's just awesome.' Naruto responds right back. He has truly accepted Kakashi as his brother figure.
'There you have it.' Kakashi shoots everyone his eye smile. The adults just roll their eyes.
'That can't be. You snuck up behind me, without me sensing you.'
'Too bad.' Kakashi says as his keeps his hand in place. The electricity radiating of them.
'What? What's up with that?' Hidan asks, clearly not as bothered as he should have been. 'I thought physical attacks weren't supposed to work on you!'
'Yet now he doesn't seem that concerned.' Shikaku says. Why though? There are so many things that just don't quite line up yet. He's missing one part of the puzzle and he would love to get his hands on it.
'That certainly is something interesting.' Inoichi agrees with him.
'Something we need to keep our eye on.'
'Yeah! How did you get behind him, Kakashi-sensei?' Shikamaru asks.
'I saw everything. I saw the jutsu you use for hardening your body. Judging form how you formed your seal earlier, I'd say you've got an earth chakra nature.' Kakashi explains.
'In that instant… you read the speed of my seal?' Kakuzu is still breathing. 'And using lightning style at this level. I see! You're the sharingan Kakashi.'
'Fancy. Is he going to put up his bounty as well?' Kiba laughs. Akamaru yips from the top of his head.
'Who knows.'
'Earth is weak against lightning. We're not a good match. You're finished.' Kakashi says like a badass.
'Kakashi-sensei really is amazing.' Chouji mutters.
'Watch and learn.' Kakashi says. Still with that smug smile on his face.
'Yeah. We needed to take care of the mortal one first. I'd be trouble after all.' Then Shikamaru falls forward.
'They don't know Kakuzu is immortal as well.' Sakura points out. The other grimace. That could work to the advantage of the enemy.
'There might be a trick to it.' Itachi knows there is always some sort of trick to it.
'You okay, Shikamaru?' Chouji asks his friend.
'This isn't looking good. Kakashi-sensei!' He yells.
Kakashi looks up. His shadow possession is at its limit. He pulls his hand out of Kakuzu and the man falls onto the ground, seemingly dead.
'He lasted too long.' Fugaku says.
Naruto turns to look at the man. 'What do you mean?'
'Between getting hit and falling over, there is too much time. He should have been dead as soon as it hit. If not seconds later.' Fugaku has killed plenty of people before, he knows a direct blow to the heart should be instant, the enemy shouldn't be able to respond for that long.
'When you put it like that.'
'He nailed your heart in one shot?' Hidan doesn't look all that impressed. Like his partner hadn't just been killed. 'How can you get hammered right off the bat like that? For crying out loud.'
'You're next.' Kakashi makes another Chidori in his hand. Hidan tries to run away but he's still caught in the jutsu of Shikamaru. Kakashi starts running toward the man. Before he's promptly hit in the chest by Kakuzu.
'He's not dead.' Sakura gasps. They had already established they would be difficult to kill but to think someone can just survive that and stand up again.
'How did he survive then?' Kiba asks. Akamaru yips in agreement.
'Is he like his partner, or different. He doesn't seem religious.' Itachi too is going over the possibilities. But so far, he's coming up blank. He's never heard of anything like it.
The other people look on in shock. Multiple trees fall over by the sheer force that Kakuzu managed to use.
'And here you acted all cool and said, 'You're finished.'' Hidan laughs.
'It must be funny to you.' Naruto grumbles, head on the desk. He doesn't like it when things aren't going well for them. He doesn't want any of his precious people getting hurt.
Kakashi is now on the ground laying against one of the fallen trees. What's going on? He slowly stands up. I'm sure I didn't miss the vital spot.
'All right let's settle this right now.' Hidan says.
'That's fine.' Kakuzu takes of his cloak. And reveals his body. His body is littered with suture lines and four masks like his back. The top left one is destroyed. Then from through the seams on his body something starts to appear from it. Shikamaru's jutsu is also at its end. Then from Kakuzu's back a giant mass of black appears.
'What is that?' Hinata asks. Her eyes are wide and she's shaking in her seat. There is something really scary about these people and she doesn't like it.
'Something dangerous, that's for sure.' Shino agrees with her. He too is a little disturbed, and he has insects living in his body.
'Hey, Shikamaru, what's going on?' Chouji looks at his friend for the answer. 'And why didn't he die even when the Kakashi's jutsu pierced him?'
'Who knows? But with these guys, it would take a lot to surprise me now.' Shikamaru guards himself. Hidan is now free.
'I can finally move.' Hidan stretches his limbs.
'That's not good.' Sasuke doesn't like where this is going. From what he's seen he can conclude they're trying their best to stay as far away from Hidan as possible. To prevent him hitting them.
'I can see that. We still don't know how his techniques work.' Shikamaru agrees. He knows his future self has a plan, he always does, but that doesn't make it any easier.
Kakashi positions himself better. What are those? He looks at Kakuzu as the four masks have each grown their own black body, their quite strange in figure. One of them is on all fours, while the other tower above him and the others.
'They look weird.' Naruto scrunches his nose. He wouldn't want to encounter them.
Hidan laughs. 'Lord Jashin! Watch me!' He yells toward the heavens. 'I'm going to get serious! I mean it! I'll rip out their guts!'
'Watch out Chouji!' Shikamaru tells his friend. Chouji nods and prepares himself for the attack.
The creature with the broken mask starts groaning before seemingly melting and falling to the ground. Hidan looks down at the creature. The stitches on Kakuzu's back start to put themselves back together.
'Did one of them just die?' Iruka blinks. That's something worth noting at least. These creatures can die. Does that mean they'll have to kill them all?
'His mask was broken, maybe that has something to do with it.' Jiraiya agrees with him. He's not liking what he sees in the slightest.
'Kakuzu! Hey! One of them died right after our verbal assault!' Hidan yells at his partner. 'You really stink!'
Meanwhile Kakashi watches the scene with his sharingan. Since one of the masks that came out of his body died… it must've been that mask I hit with my lightning blade earlier. Looks like we got something here.
'Yes. That is the most likely conclusion.' Past Kakashi agrees with his future counterpart.
'Does that mean they have to destroy all the other ones as well?' Itachi looks at his senpai with worry.
'It does seem likely.'
Iruka gulps. 'That's going to be difficult for them.'
'Hidan, stand down for a while. I'll take care of this.' Kakuzu simply states to his partner, who doesn't quite like it.
'Wait just a minute. We've been getting our butts kicked the whole time and it's ticking me off. Let's go with the usual.' Kakuzu grunts and Hidan goes for the attack. Swinging his scythe at Kakashi, who blocks every attack with his kunai. Then one of the creatures flies up behind Hidan and uses a wind style attack at them both. Blowing both of them away. The wind rages over the battlefield even blowing away all other occupants of the area, it's that powerful of an attack.
'That's one powerful attack.' Mikoto watches in amazement. Few people would be able to launch an attack of that power. It really shows how strong that Kakuzu is compared to them.
'Didn't they just say he was earth natured?' Shisui points out, looking at his notes.
'We better get an explanation soon.'
Ino, who's watching behind one of the trees, hides herself well enough to not be blown away. They must be taking advantage of his immortality.
'Smart.' Shikaku has to give them that. It's a scary combination that would only work for these two people.
'And very deadly.' Inoichi agrees. After seeing his daughter, he can't help but worry about her. Why isn't he there to help them.
'But I can't imagine being cut up working out well for them.' Jiraiya says. Wind attacks are known to cut people up.
'Who knows how they do it?'
In the end nothing is left in the field, except Kakuzu who's still standing there proudly. He uses one of the creatures to send a large beam of electricity at Shikamaru and Chouji. Shikamaru has a scroll in his hands. Ino realizes the danger they are in and rushes in to warn them. But they are saved just in time by Kakashi, who uses his own lightning control to stall the attack. It takes a lot of effort, and he's straining himself. But in the end, he managed to subdue the attack.
'And now he's using lightning. At that power.' Kakashi points out. He doesn't like it. Someone that's able to use so many elements at that power, he can't have an affinity toward all of them. That's simply not possible. There's got to be some sort of trick to it.
'Kakashi is being awesome again.' Naruto says. Head now in his palms as he smiles at the screen. He's seriously debating whether he should get himself some ramen to munch on while watching.
'We seriously need to keep track of how many times he keeps doing that.' Kiba agrees.
Kakashi stand himself. No one should be able to use an attack of that power unless it's their chakra nature. And he uses earth, wind, and lightning. What the heck is going on?
'That's what we'd like to know.' Shikaku says.
Hidan appears right next to Kakuzu, and he shoots a grin at Kakashi. 'I'm surprised. You're the first one we weren't able to kill with this combination. Hatake Kakashi.'
'Good information.' Shisui puts his pen on the paper and starts writing again.
'Also, scary.' Ino shudders. She just hopes she can make it out alive of there.
'So, you read it with your sharingan, huh?' Kakuzu starts waving some signs. 'However, … How about this next attack?' One of the creatures starts moving, this is a different one than the ones used previously. He sends a giant fireball at the group. All of them are too shocked to do something. The fire rages over the fields.
'It's like he has an affinity for every single element.' Shisui's pen is still on the paper but it isn't moving at the moment.
'Maybe he does.' Itachi narrows his eyes, recalling everything they've seen so far.
'What do you mean?'
'Maybe it has something to do with the masks.' They all do look rather distinct, with the colors of the elements.
The group just barely manages to get out of the way of the fire. Hidan takes this as his opportunity to attack Kakashi. Kakashi starts blocking the attacks once again. And he manages to get away and the group regroups. Kakashi is getting exhausted.
'Why didn't he die when Kakashi-sensei hit him?' Chouji asks.
Kakashi nods. 'I'm sure I crushed his heart. He really should be dead. But what I killed was one of the monsters that came out of his body. We can assume that it died in place of his real body.'
'Logical conclusion.' Shikaku goes over all the things they've seen so far, but there is still something he's missing. Maybe if he'll go over everything again.
'Not one I like.' Inoichi agrees.
Chouza munches on another slice of cake. 'I wonder how they'll deal with this.'
'It was the same when he broke my shadow possession shuriken jutsu. Something that looked like a heart was attached to the arm that had been separated from his body and it was moving on its own.'
'What does that mean?' Chouji asks.
'Please tell me you've figured it out.' Naruto has tears in his eyes as he's begging Shikamaru for the answer.
'That would certainly work to our advantage.' Shikamaru might not have gotten the same conclusion as his future counterpart yet but he knows that his future self knows.
'I have some theories.' Itachi mutters. He doesn't explain any further, even when people are begging him with their eyes.
'IF you include his real body, each monster that came out of his body has a heart, and they are all his. In other words, it means he probably has five hearts.'
'What?'
'It does explain a lot.' Shikaku got the last piece of the puzzle. 'If these hearts he uses are from people with affinities different from him, and he's able to sync them with his system, then he should be able to use those affinities to his advantage.'
'This man is getting scarier by the minute.' Ino shudders. She has to fight someone like that? No chance in hell.
'I hope I'll never have to fight him.' Naruto shakes. This Kakuzu guy is going to haunt his dreams. He's sure of it.
'He's definitively one of the creepier ones out there.' Shino agrees.
'However, he lost one of them to Sensei's lightning blade just now, though.'
'Then that means we have to crush his other four hearts,' Ino's eyes widen as she realized what a task that will be, 'in order to take him out completely?'
'Yeah.' Shikamaru nods.
'Let go see how they do it!' Sasuke however is rather excited for the upcoming fight. He loves watching strong people fight. There is always something new to learn when watching. Maybe he can even use what he learns sometime.
Kakuzu nods as well. 'You're very perceptive. That's exactly right. I took each of these hearts from shinobi I once fought. I can always replenish my stock with your hearts.'
'Brr. I just felt something shiver.' Naruto turns to look at Hinata who just said that. He mutters something about ghosts.
Kakashi's eyes are narrowed. 'I get it. By connecting his chakra network to the others' hearths, he incorporates their chakra natures as well, huh? No wonder he's able to use several different natures.'
Then Hidan decides to interrupt. 'By the way, does the hidden leaf village bury their dead?' The group looks at him in shock. 'Burials are a pain in the neck, you see. I bet Kakuzu is going to say: 'we're going to dig up the body and exchange him for money.' And here I thought I could have some fun with that bearded jerk. He was nothing special, after all.'
'What's he doing?' Naruto asks. This suddenly took a strange angle.
'He's trying to rile them up.' Shikamaru explains. His future self better not fall for it.
'You're one to talk, especially since you got your head chopped off.' Kakuzu tells the man.
'He can survive even that?' Itachi's eyes widen just a fraction.
'No wonder he's not scared of anything.' Shisui agrees with him. How are they going to get rid of someone like that? Sealing them away like with a bijuu? There would be several problems with that.
'Shut up. You keep quiet!' Hidan yells right back. 'I'm sure you guys are intent on revenge. But you guys are too weak for that.' He puts his scythe on his shoulder. 'You look like kids. I guess you were his students, huh? Well, with scum like him as your teacher, you won't amount to much. What's so great about an idiot like that?' He looks right at Chouji. 'Fatty.'
'Don't fall for it!' Naruto yells at the screen. It doesn't have any effect, obviously.
This maddens Chouji a lot! And with a red face he launches himself at Hidan. He enlarges his arms and goes for the punch. Hidan just smiles, already knowing this would happen. But just as he swings his scythe to hit Chouji, the boy stops. Shikamaru has Chouji in his possession and prevents him from getting hit.
'Good thinking Shikamaru!' Ino cheers.
Shikamaru scoffs. 'It's not that hard.' He would have done that any day.
Hidan scoffs and decides to jump at Chouji, but Kakashi interferes with his trusty kunai. He kicks Kakashi, letting him fall to the ground and cheers as he's attacking the man.
'He's really enjoying himself.' Hinata looks at the screen. She doesn't understand how someone can like attacking people. She at least doesn't. Maybe that's why she's such a failure.
'Such a weirdo.' Naruto lays his head back down on the desk. He's getting hungry and there is this cup ramen on the table of food. He doesn't want to interrupt the watching though.
Shikamaru takes this time to reprimand Chouji on his actions. Chouji apologizes but just as he turns his head. Kakuzu as standing right in front of him. He hits the man but in return just gets beaten instead. Chouji falls against a tree and Kakuzu hits him again and sends him right through it.
'Kakuzu is going to haunt my nightmares now.' Kiba shudders so much Akamaru falls from his head. With a yip he lands on Kiba's lap. Kiba apologizes and pets the dogs back.
'You're not the only one.' Naruto shudders as well. That man must be a ghost or something. No one can just move spots like that.
Kakashi is still dealing with Hidan and now he also has one of the monsters to deal with. And then another and another. All the monsters seem to be attacking him. Hidan doesn't take a break either.
'Watch out Kakashi!' Naruto screams out.
Kakashi laughs. 'I'll be fine.' He reassures Naruto.
'You sure?' Naruto's eyes shake with worry.
'I got plot armor.' Kakashi explains. Holding up his book as he does so.
'What do you mean by that?' Naruto is confused. Kakashi is awesome and all but he's also really strange sometimes.
'That goddess thing happens after this. I still got my sharingan here.' He points to the screen to illustrate his point.
'That eases my worries just a little.' Naruto holds up his fingers and shows how little it changes. The adults just laugh.
Kakuzu grabs Chouji by the head and drags him right to him. He hardens his hand and goes for the heart. Ino intercepts him with some projectiles. While Shikamaru tries to trap him in his jutsu. He gets attacked by one of the monsters while Ino is grabbed by Kakuzu. Then Chouji is grabbed again as well.
'No!' Chouji stopped eating. He doesn't want to die. This is getting really scary.
'Shika save us!' Ino gives the boy a shove. He nearly falls of his chair.
Shikamaru rebalances himself. 'I have a feeling I'm going to try.'
Now each and every player on the field is occupied and it seems like the Leaf is losing. Kakuzu holds Ino and Chouji up above his head. 'Die.' He mutters.
Kakashi is still dodging the attacks of the creatures. Before using a jutsu. Not long after he's hit by an attack.
'No!' Naruto screams out once again. He might not know the man that well but he's already important to him. He hates seeing him get hurt.
'This is not looking to good.' Sasuke agrees with him. He—like Naruto—doesn't know the man that well either. But he's his sensei so he's got to be important to him too.
'Unless reinforcements arrive it's not likely they'll all make it out alive.' Shikaku watches as his child and his friends' children get hurt. Where are they during this whole conflict?
'Please someone save us.' Ino holds her hands in prayer.
Shikamaru too is dodging attacks from the monsters, but he notices something and runs in another direction.
Hidan walks right over to Kakashi who's lying down on one of the branches. His slashes him with his scythe, excited by the kill. Before Kakashi vanishes in smoke.
'Got you!' Naruto starts laughing. Of course, Kakashi would be able to get out of it.
'He must be so disappointed.' Sasuke is laughing as well, mostly to relieve stress, though the moment was actually quite hilarious.
'Eh?' Hidan is stupefied. This is not what he expected. He sees the real Kakashi running of.
'Hidan is a little funny.' Ino has to admit.
'For now. He did kill Asuma.' Shikamaru points out. He might not have met the man yet, but he knows how much he means to his future self. It's clear on his face.
Shikamaru meanwhile takes out a scroll, puts it on the ground near Kakuzu—who's still holding Chouji and Ino—and unseals it. Water starts pouring out, covering Kakuzu's feet. Next time the monster goes to attack, with lightning attacks Kakuzu is hit as well by the conduction of the water.
'Smart.' Itachi has to give him that. This Shikamaru certainly lives up to his family's reputation of being a genius. IF only they weren't so lazy.
'Won't Ino and Chouji get hurt as well.' Sasuke asks his brother. He knows how lightning works, it's always fascinated him.
Itachi nods. 'It's likely that they did feel it, but it doesn't look to be too powerful of an attack.'
'Thank goodness.' Ino sighs in relief. She won't die from it then.
Shikamaru sends an exploding tag to Kakuzu and Kakuzu lets go of Ino and Chouji. He builds up a wall of water to protect himself.
'Oh boy.' Hidan watches what's happening from up in the trees.
'He's not even attacking anymore.' Kiba watches the guy. He doesn't understand how his mind works. If he was in his place he would've rushed forward already.
'He's really strange.' Hinata has to agree with the dog boy.
The group regroups and get their bearings back together. As does the opposition.
'What a pathetic man, what a disgrace.' Hidan tells his partner.
'You too. How did you not realize it was a clone?'
'You saw that?' Hidan rubs the back of his head.
'At least he knows that was stupid.' Fugaku sighs. Anyone could've seen that Kakashi made a clone.
Mikoto laughs at her husband. 'It worked to our advantage.' She puts her hand on his back.
'That's true.'
Kakashi turns toward Shikamaru. 'How shall we fight?'
'Let's separate them. Our best plan would be to attack them separately.' Kakashi nods in agreement. 'After we eliminate their ability to do combo attacks, we'll focus on destroying his four remaining hearts.'
'Smart.' Shikaku is proud of his son. He always knew he was smart but to take command over Kakashi, he must be a true genius.
'How are they going to accomplish that.' Chouza takes another bite of his cake. 'Kakuzu seems smart enough to prevent that from happening.'
'We'll see.'
'If we're going to do that, we'll need someone to stall Hidan.' Kakashi says.
Ino stands up. 'I'll do it. I have the most chakra stored up right now. And I won't be of much use in straight attacks.'
'No. It won't work that way. It's too risky.' Shikamaru turns to look at the opponents. 'I'll do it.' The rest looks at him in shock. 'We'll separate them after I restrain him with my shadow possession jutsu.'
'Shikamaru is going to do that? On his own?' Sakura doesn't want to believe it. There is no way Shikamaru could make it out of that alive.
'Who knows.' Ino shrugs. She doesn't quite believe it either. But she has to. Shikamaru can't die, not as long as she's around.
'But how do you plan on retraining him?' Kakashi asks. 'We need a diversion anyway.
'Then I'll take care of that.' Chouji puts his hand on his chest.
'No that won't work either. You'll be finished if he attacks you and gets even a little of your blood. It'd be a bad move for us to approach him and attack. You store up chakra to take out the masked guy with Kakashi-sensei.'
Chouji nods.
'I'll capture him by myself. And I'll fulfill that role!'
'What role?' Naruto looks around the room, no one has an answer for him.
Eventually it's Sasuke who speaks up. 'Maybe revenge?'
Naruto shrugs. Revenge is not something he sees Shikamaru do but hey, who knows? 'This is going to be awesome! I know it.' He sits down upright and starts wobbling in his seat again.
'It better be.' Sasuke agrees.
'I'll leave it to you.' Kakashi says. He takes out something from his pocket and hands it over to Shikamaru. 'Take this.'
'Right.' Shikamaru closes his hand before anyone could see what's in it. And puts it in his pocket.
'Why aren't they showing us?' Chouji asks. He's curious. It must be something important they got there.
'Spoilers.' Kakashi holds up his book once again.
Naruto turns to look at him. 'What? That's not good enough a reason.'
'Is it? We already know this is for entertainment as well.' Kakashi explains once again.
'Whatever.'
Shikamaru calmly walks toward the enemies. Hidan readies his scythe. Kakashi also readies himself.
Then in a split second Shikamaru launches his first attack. He stretches out his shadow toward Hidan.
'That again. Are you that afraid of my powerful scythe?' He jumps out of the way from the attack.
Kakashi takes this time to start attacking Kakuzu, to make sure he won't interfere. Which then result into one epic showdown.
'Go! Kakashi! Shikamaru!' Naruto cheers.
Several other join in with the cheering. 'Get them!' Lee yells out loud.
Hidan watches the fight with interest but Shikamaru is already sending a shadow after him. 'Hey! Hey!' And Hidan jumps away.
Meanwhile Kakuzu is going full on stretched limbs on Kakashi. Grabbing him midair and throwing him on the ground.
'Interesting techniques that man has.' Shisui is impressed. He's never seen someone stretch out their limbs like that before, maybe in another tv show but nothing is coming to mind.
'They're just weird.' Jiraiya's face is scrunched. He really shouldn't be the one to complain, he can stretch out his hair, but this is strange.
Hidan is also still avoiding the shadow. 'Sneaking around like that from a distance? How pathetic.' He seems to be enjoying himself quite a bit.
Shikamaru is getting a bit tired. He splits his shadow into multiples.
'You can do this!' Naruto has his eyes on the screen, not blinking because he doesn't want to miss anything.
'He just has to catch him, right?' Sasuke looks to the others of his class.
'And then get away. I hope he'll be able to keep the jutsu going for that long.' Tenten has her eyes on the screen as well.
'We better hope.'
The fighting goes on for quite a bit. Dodging and kicks being dealt in quick succession. Shikamaru sends another chakra blade in Hidan's direction, which the man now knows how to dodge. He falls down the tree he's standing on and Shikamaru picks up the blade with his shadow and sends it once again at Hidan.
'This better hit!' Lee yells out.
'Shh. This is the good bit.' Neji slaps the other boy on the head. Lee rubs his head but doesn't say anything else.
The only way that he was able to dodge was by using his scythe to latch onto the tree and stop his fall. He's smirks. If I just keep focusing on the shadow I would be able to dodge.
'You think!' Ino knows better than that. She has practiced against Shikamaru before and those fights are never easy. Maybe seeing the stakes like this would motivate him to do even better.
What he didn't count on was Shikamaru joining in of the fight himself. He throws a punch at Hidan. 'I'm not just sneaking around from a distance!' He hits the man's hand and now their shadows are connected. So even when they let go of each other Shikamaru still got Hidan within his grasp.
He lands on the ground. 'The shadow possession jutsu is a success.'
'Yeah!' Naruto yells out, fist in the air.
'Take that!' Sasuke stood up from his seat and cheers out loud as well.
Shikamaru had to give it to his older self. 'Smart move.'
'You jerk!' Hidan growls out.
'Go Shikamaru!' Kakashi yells at him.
Shikamaru takes this as his sign to let Hidan let go of his scythe. Hidan is pissed. 'Let's take a nice little walk just the two of us.' Shikamaru smiles. Then he darts of away from the battlefield. Hidan following him because he's caught in the jutsu.
'Good call. Leaving his weapon behind.' Sakura says to the boy in question.
'Only an idiot wouldn't do that.'
Shikamaru enters the forest, a lot denser than the field they were in previously.
'Hey where are we going?' Hidan yells. 'Are you trying to separate me from Kakuzu?' Shikamaru snorts. 'You asshole!'
Naruto sticks out his tongue. 'Heh. Take that you asshole.'
Shikamaru uses a couple Kunai with tags to set something up within the forest. Strings are attached to the kunai, on those strings multiple tags hang.
'In the forest, huh.' Shikaku smiles, he knows where this is going. He can't help but be proud.
'Smart. Everyone knows not the fight leaf ninja in the forest.' Shisui nods in agreement. It's kind of like: don't fight mist nin on the water. Something everyone outside knows.
'It's not only that.' Shikaku says with a smile on his face.
Shisui blinks. 'What else?'
'You'll see.'
'So, you won't let me get away, huh?' Shikamaru undoes the shadow possession. 'This shadow technique only lasts about five minutes, right?' Hidan smiles. 'And it's just the two of us. That works out well for me, too. You idiot!' He runs toward Shikamaru, using a different weapon this time. And slashes Shikamaru cheek.
'No!' Naruto screams out. Shikamaru as well is wondering what his future self is thinking.
Shikamaru is shocked. He actually got hit. Hidan licks the blood from the weapon and his skin starts to darken. There are also white stripes appearing on his body. He then stabs himself in the hand, his face starts to express absolute bliss. He then proceeds to draw a pattern on the ground with his feet.
'Take note.' Jiraiya urges the Uchiha boy. Shisui is writing it down with the ferocity of a T-rex.
'This is an interesting technique.' Itachi would love to one day get to know the inner workings of it. Are there other people as well that can use the technique? How does one obtain the ability? 'I would like to study it one day.'
Shisui laughs at his friend. 'If we ever get the chance.'
'Everything's ready…' He raises his weapon. 'I've waited for this. Die!' and he plunges the weapon into himself.
Shikamaru winces forward in pain.
'He connects his body with the victims and by causing fatal wounds on himself the opponent dies. He can survive because of his immortality.' Hiruzen has to take that in. He's never heard of anything like it. 'That's one scary technique.'
'And he only needs a drop of blood.' Chouza watches the screen. He can see the distress on his friend's face. He might be trying to hide it but it's as obvious as a penguin in the desert to him.
'I really hope I won't have to deal with him in the future.' Ino shudders. Hopefully they can change the future so much that this wouldn't have to happen.
'You're not the only one.'
'How about that? It's addicting pain, isn't it?' Hidan says. Shikamaru coughs and remembers his teacher. He falls forward, lighter falls out of his pocket. 'How worthless, Lord Jashin must be disappointed. Now, Kakuzu must be about finished by now, too.'
A close up of Shikamaru's hand is shown, there is this pin like thing lying inside it. Hidan turns to walk away. His skin turns back to normal. 'Time to go.'
'Could that be the thing Kakashi gave him?' Iruka asks. Why else would they show it to them then?
'How does that stop him from being hit?' Naruto is confused. He better gets an explanation later. He's still mad that Shikamaru died. He better be lying or something.
However, behind him Shikamaru stands up again. He rushes at Hidan and cuts his neck; his forehead protector falls on the ground. He then captures Hidan in his jutsu.
'You jerk. How are you alive?' Hidan yells.
'Go Shika!' Naruto cheers. Something inside him knew he wasn't dead. Shikamaru could never die.
'I'm curious as well. How did he survive?' Itachi asks out loud. He has some theories, but he couldn't quite make out what the thing in Shikamaru's hand was, but he can come up with some conclusions.
Shikamaru scrunches his brows in concentration. 'I just pretended I was dead.' He wipes his cheek showing that the cut wasn't actually a cut but just some strategic placement of blood. 'The blood on that weapon isn't mine.' Hidan looks at Shikamaru in shock. 'It's your partner's blood.'
'So Kakuzu must have lost another heart.' Jiraiya nods. 'Taking advantage of the situation.'
'When did they get Kakuzu's blood then?' Naruto asks but no one has an answer for him. He doesn't even get a response.
'What do you mean?'
'If given an opportunity we needed to get your partner's blood. In this capsule, you see.' A flashback is shown of Shikamaru dodging the strike of Hidan and applying the blood to the weapon. And himself. 'That was our strategy.'
'That must have taken some precise timing to pull off.' Shisui is impressed. With the sharingan something like that would've been a piece of cake, but for someone that doesn't have it… it's impressive to say the least.
'He's quite skilled it seems.' Chouza admits. He looks at his friend's face and can see how proud he is of his son.
'You jerk!' Hidan is angered. Shikamaru's grip is slowly loosening. 'Even I can tell, and I'm not all that bright,' Hidan laughs, 'it's been so many times already. Any idiot could figure out your jutsu after seeing it so many times.'
'What did you say?' Shikamaru says.
'What's going to happen now?' Naruto is shaking in his seat. He doesn't want things to go bad now.
'Either Shikamaru outsmarts the guy, which doesn't seem all that difficult to be honest, or he dies. Take your pick.' Shisui says. Naruto glares at the boy.
'Shikamaru is going to live.'
'I certainly hope so. Death seems a bit too troublesome.' Shikamaru himself decides to interrupt. He got a couple faces to say the least.
'Figures.'
'It seems your jutsu isn't as strong as it was before. I didn't even need five minutes. I can move.' He takes the weapon from his body and slowly stands up. 'The endurance of you power and its effect gradually decrease each time you use it.' Hidan struggles against his restraints. 'Basically, the longer you use it, the weaker it gets. Aren't you just about out of chakra? Huh?' He takes a step forward, and another. Shikamaru falls over in pain.
Hidan raises his weapon and begins laughing maniacally. 'I can move.' He takes another step. 'I can move.'
'Do something.' Sasuke whispers at the screen, he's grabbing his desk in anxiousness. The fight is turning scary now. But also, very exciting.
'I probably have something in mind.' It's not like he placed all those tags without reason. 'I'm not that easily defeated.'
'Darn it.'
'You sure about that?' Neji looks at the guy. Shikamaru shrugs. He doesn't want to entertain the other boy.
'If you had believed in Lord Jashin, you may have gotten a helping hand in your time of need.' Shikamaru scoffs. 'If you'll believe in Lord Jashin from now on to honor your reformation…' He then laughs. 'As if I'd forgive you! Idiot!' Hidan is about to throw his weapon.
Shikamaru raises his hand and the attack stops. 'I don't care about his forgiveness.' The shadows of the strings hold Hidan in place. 'Shadow pulling no Jutsu!' And the strings start moving until all of the tags are stuck to Hidan, binding him in place.
'He got him!' Naruto smiles.
Sasuke looks around the room. 'Is he going to make the tags explode?' Wouldn't Shikamaru be standing too close then?
'That seems likely.' Itachi says. There has to be a reason they got place there. He knows Shikamaru is smart enough to figure something out.
'You!'
Shikamaru smiles. 'I still have this much chakra left.' He throws a knife inside one of the circles around the battlefield.
'What's that going to do?' Sakura asks. She's never seen a circle like that before.
'Who knows. It was already there before they got there.' Iruka can only guess that it's something Shikamaru prepared beforehand. That's something he would do.
'What are you doing?' Hidan is raging.
'Just watch.' Shikamaru responds. The ground underneath Hidan starts to break, the power of the strings holding him in place right above the hole.
'What happened? When did you do this?' Hidan is shocked.
'I had this trap prepared beforehand.' Shikamaru smiles.
'Said so.'
'As soon as they were caught they were done for.' Neji smirks. 'You really weren't lying.'
Shikamaru doesn't turn to acknowledge the other boy. 'Of course not.' He says with no emotion even if he's secretly really proud of himself.
So, he didn't just separate us on a whim, but he purposely lured me here? Hidan's mouth is handing wide open. Then this was all his plan!
'He figured it out?' Sasuke is shocked. To think someone as stupid as that could come to that conclusion.
'Amazing.' Tenten joins in.
'Shut your sarcasm.'
'When you curse someone, you dig two holes.' Shikamaru starts. 'You know what that means?'
'What!'
'What does that mean?' Naruto tilts his head. He gets no response.
Shikamaru holds the lighter in his hand. 'If you curse to kill someone, you also get killed in retribution, that's why you need two holes for the burial.' He opens the lighter. And starts the sparks. 'You cursed and killed my teacher. Don't think I'll let you get away free and easy.' Shikamaru turns to look at the man. 'This hole is your grave.'
'I'm smelling badassery in the air.' Kiba sniffs the air to illustrate his point.
Naruto laughs. 'You're not the only one.'
'I never imagined Shika could be this cool.' Ino is surprised. She likes to shit on him a lot. Because he's always so lazy. But seeing him like this… it changes her mind.
'Maybe one day we'll see Hinata be badass as well.' Sasuke says. He would love to see that.
'That would be cool.'
Hidan laughs. 'I am not going to die. Even if my body is dismembered into pieces and only my head remains, I am going to drag myself out and eat your throat!'
'Tasty.' Shisui laughs.
Itachi turns to his friend all serious. 'Is it?'
'Of course not!'
Shikamaru only smiles and turns to look. Hidan follows the direction he's looking at. Several deer appear from the forest. Hidan is shocked.
'Oh. They're in the Nara forest.' Inoichi gets it now. He should've come to that conclusion sooner.
Fugaku nods as well. 'That explains a lot.'
'These woods are a special place in the land of fire. Our family is the only ones allowed in. No one else comes here.' The screen focusses on one of the deer. 'Our family will always keep an eye on you.'
Shikamaru is still fiddling with the lighter. A ghost appears over his shoulder. Its Asuma. Shikamaru turns on the lighter and lights the ghost's cigarette.
'I told you all! Ghosts are real! And they're there to kill us.' Naruto yells at all the people in the room.
'Shut up Naruto.' And Sakura delivers one of her strongest punches to the top of his head.
'My will of fire is now yours.' The ghost says. Shikamaru breathes in and then out.
'You jerk! Why are you turning that on?' Hidan screams out.
Naruto rubs his head. Sakura did a number on him. 'He's as angry as the landlady when I don't pay my rent.'
'She must get angry really quickly then.' Sasuke laughs.
Naruto leans in to whisper in his ears. 'You haven't seen it yet.'
'It's the will of fire that protects our village.' Shikamaru throws the lighter at Hidan and as soon as it hits him, he's blown to pieces.
Shikamaru watches deadpan expression on his face.
'He's really not taking any shit.' Shisui laughs up until he's hit by lady Mikoto.
'Language.' She stares the boy down.
Shisui is taking none of it. 'Those kids curse more than we do!' Her glare intensifies. 'Sorry.'
Hidan's limbs fall into the hole beneath the ground. Shikamaru looks inside the hole. It seems as though Hidan is knocked out. Only his head is remaining. Then he opens his eyes and begins laughing.
'This is kind of gross.' Ino has never seen a body in pieces before, especially one that's still talking.
'You're telling me.' Even the adults are a little disturbed.
'How does that even work. There is no blood circulation going anymore.' Itachi goes over multiple calculations in his head. 'Bodies don't work like that, even with chakra.'
Shisui pats his back. 'You're thinking too much, Itachi.'
'This is a sorry state. How dare you do this to me?' He laughs once again. But Shikamaru is not taking the bait. 'Lord Jashin will punish you for this! A greater judgement will be handed down by Jashin himself!'
Shikamaru looks down. 'That doesn't scare me.' He takes a kunai with more tags out of his pocket. 'We believe in different things.' The sun shines down on Shikamaru. 'I believe in the will of fire. But that god is not that stupid Jashin or anything. Now I will hand down judgement.'
'Shikamaru… I've never seen this side of you before.' Kiba has to take a second. He knows the boy as a lazy head. To see him actually angry is certainly something.
'I haven't either.' Chouji agrees with him.
'You jerk!' Shikamaru throws the kunai in the ground next to the hole. Exploding it. Allowing for the rocks to cover Hidan. 'I told you, judgement will be handed down to you by lord Jashin.' Hidan laughs and his body parts are sprinkled around him. 'And I will carry out that judgement! I only need teeth to take care of you!' Several rocks fall onto his face. 'I'll chew you up into little pieces!' Then the last rock falls.
'Does that mean he's dead now?' Naruto asks. He didn't really get killed.
'Not truly dead, but he's trapped for life, which is as good as death.' Iruka explains. No one is allowed to enter those woods. So it's not like someone would be able to get him out of there.
'Sounds boring.'
Shikamaru watches as the hole is filled. One of the deer walks forward and starts digging something. It's the lighter. Shikamaru picks it up and turns it on, looking at the flame. That is where the scene ends.
'Wow.' Sasuke is jumping in his seat. 'This was one awesome fight scene.' He's learned so much. He can't wait to get to apply it himself.
'And it gave us a lot of info on the Akatsuki.' Shikamaru has to agree with him. It prepares them a lot more than anything they've seen before.
'That it did.' Itachi has to agree. The only other member they know anything about is himself… he doesn't quite know how to feel about that.
'I wanted to know how Kakuzu ended up though.' Naruto complains.
'Me too!' Kiba lays down his head on the desk.
'Maybe we'll get to see that later.'
'This is one of the fragments that gave us some of the most information yet.' Shisui looks to the adults for any additional information they could give him. He wrote down as much as he could.
'The way to kill the two immortals.' Hiashi has to take that in. It truly seems that there is no such thing as immortality.
'Not only that.' Shikaku puts in.
Inoichi looks at his friend. 'What do you mean?'
'It gives us a clearer view of the timeline. This event takes place between the first time we saw Hidan and Kakuzu and the goddess moment.' He takes the timeline from Itachi's hands and puts down it down in the right placement.
'You're right about that.' Shisui didn't even notice that.
Mikoto sighs. 'At least we have a better view of what we're up against.' Not that she was there to help.
'Not that I'm liking it.' Fugaku says. He can only hope Sasuke would never have to deal with these kinds of people.
'Me neither.'
Added notes:
Hidan can kill once he gets your blood. He licks it, makes a circle and connects his body with yours, then he's able to stab himself and kill you.
- Can be killed by blowing him into pieces and burying him under ground
Kakuzu has five hearts, of all chakra natures, when one dies another can take its place
- All hearts have to be destroyed for him to die
Use deadly combination attacks
'What's next!' Naruto cheers. He's in a good mood now. He wants to get to watch something fun again.
'I think we can do one more scene before we go sleep.' Hiruzen decides. Time flies when you're watching the future. These kids can't go to bed too late, or they'll get grumpy.
'So, what is it?' Sasuke asks the robot.
The screen lights up and reads: 'Meeting a pervert.'
'Let me guess. Jiraiya!' Kakashi points to the man he's speaking about.
'Why?' Why does everyone think of him when they talk about perverts?
Iruka shoots him a look. 'Why'd you think?'
Thank you all for your patience. I had been gone because of some family stuff. I'm back now!
First things first. I have a poll up on my profile asking for the contents of not the next chapter but the chapter after that. Please vote. I think the options are rather interesting. The options are: Itachi's death, Jiraiya's death, Kakashi's 'death' during the pain arc, Naruto meeting Minato, or Minato vs tobi on October 10. This chapter will be uploaded in 3 weeks. So, next chapter will come next friday, and the chapter after that two weeks later, because school is starting and I want to keep myself sane.
Another thing. I'm looking for a Beta for this story. If you are interesting shoot me a pm.
Special thanks to Rocket Rover for suggesting this scene.