In His Own Right:
Chapter Seventeen:
*Warning: This Chapter is just straight action. Nothing too crazy yet, but it's all action. Also, a short time-skip.
Shisui didn't want to make the first move. His katana glowed from the orange flames that engulfed it. The sound of water falling upon his weapon and Sasuke's were possibly the most distinct sounds, the sound of liquid reacting to fire and electricity that is. He dug his sandals into the muddy dirt below him. He was unsure if he would take the initiative or his opponent… Or would Sasuke attack first? The elder Uchiha watched the Akatsuki member analyzing his body language. The man was motionless, his hands by his sides and eyes covered by the dark of his mask. He seemed laid back, almost loose as if he were relaxed.
A string of lightning shot forward before Shisui could even comprehend what was happening, the attack hit their opponent. Shisui turned to Sasuke, as he watched his cousin watch intently. Smoke rose from the water-soaked ground, it took seconds to clear. The figure stood his body in the same position. Tobi scratched the back of his head. "I guess you missed. You should really work on your aim." he taunted.
"That seemed like a direct hit." Shisui said.
"I know…", Sasuke replied instantly. Both ninja nodded as they got into action. In an instant, Sasuke was running at the shinobi full speed,
his katana in his hand. The ninja made no move to evade his attack while he stood in the clearing.
Interesting…
Shisui activated his signature move, the body flicker technique. Sasuke slashed at the shinobi, just as Shisui appeared, doing the same from above, but slashing downward, as he increased the intensity of his blade.
Both their crimson red eyes widened. Tobi did not move, their attacks just went right through him. Sasuke jumped backwards, sliding towards their former position. Shisui however, stayed, coming downward and again. It went right through the man.
Shisui teleported back to Sasuke, his younger cousin standing his arms folded.
"What do you think?"
"Some sort of Jutsu that allows us to pass through him. Space-time ninjutsu?", Shisui explained, basing his question off of his quick yet keen observation. He was about 90 percent sure of it, clearly, it was a Jutsu that could even rival his own Body flicker.
"As I thought."
"We have the number advantage, let's use it.", Sasuke was adamant about getting things done, the spiky-haired ninja made a noise in agreement. He just hoped that the two of them were an advantage as opposed to a nail in the head. It wasn't anything against the two's abilities, Shisui just wasn't sure what sort of battle this would be. However, so far all he really knows is that the man is allowing them to pass through his body. How he is doing this was a mystery.
The ground below them began to buckle. The man was no longer in his last position. Shisui grabbed Sasuke, blinking away in a display of black lines. They teleported to the opposite side of the clearing they watched as the shinobi emerged from the ground below, jumping to the surface. He could feel a smile radiating off the man as he did this.
"Wow, you sure are fast. Makes sense why Deidara would have a problem with you."
Shisui tapped his headband. He would have to find a flaw in the man's Jutsu. He remembered roughly remembered Izumi's words. That no Jutsu is without flaw. We are all imperfect humans, after all, accordingly, our Jutsu would be the same.
"Sasuke.", Shisui began.
"Yeah, got a plan?"
"Alright, all I need you to do is chuck some explosive tags at him, and from there I'll do the rest, nothing drastic."
"Hm, that's it?", Sasuke seemed, unimpressed.
"That's all, sorry bro."
"Alright…" he said softly.
The younger Uchiha's Katana dropped to the ground. Shisui nodded in contentment as he watched his younger cousin unleashed two Kunai from his pouch while doing so quickly attaching explosive charges to compiled his plan in his head fast and carefully before they could progress any further on their enemy they would have to gain some knowledge of their moves.
"Ohhh, so you guys are ready to attack already?"
The Kunai were thrown forward, But Tobi made no movements or attempts to dodge them. He stood as still as a stone wall. The tags exploded around him in a ball of fire and smoke. Shisui summoned a shadow clone, allowing that clone to appear beside Tobi. It's Sharingan allowed him to see through the smoke and rain.
"Oh, shit you're fast. What will I ever do!", Tobi's voice rang out in exaggeration. Shisui's clone lunged with his Katana, the blade passing right through Tobi just as he had suspected. Tobi let out a laugh before grabbing the clone by his wrist. Shisui narrowed his eyes, he made physical contact.
"You're mine.", the man's voice changed again, reverting from the earlier more childish, towards Ma much more mature and sinister one. From Tobi's one free eye came the sound of swirling and the wind around his eye swirled. Shisui watched in amazement as the clone seemed to be sucked into the vortex. Shisui, took this time to attack, he appeared beside Tobi, his hands came together as he quickly executed hand signs. The clone disappeared in a puff of smoke, as the man turned to Shisui. "A clone?",
His right hand came to his mouth as he allowed flames to pour from his lips, a giant ball of fire rushed forward, burning everything in its path, even the wet brush below, his flames being the brightest thing for miles. Tobi let out a blood-chilling shriek as the fire took over his body and consume him. Shisui stopped his attack. The flames evaporated as he stopped fueling them, his crimson eyes keen and pressing closed in focus.
Tobi stood, as clean as before. Not a scratch laid on him, nor did his clothing seem to be singed. "Wow, how could you have possibly missed that?",
Shisui stood up straight and dusted himself off. He was calm, but his mind was jumpy a tad bit. This was something different, something new, something he had never dealt with. The perks of being a shinobi were that you were supposed to be able to adapt to any sort of situation no matter how dire. Shisui knew this guy was some sort of strange phenomenon, just the way he spoke seemed off, and that mask just only added to the mystery. But, every attack that Shisui had made up until now, had a logical reason behind.
Sasuke appeared next to him. The two gazed at each other, there was something about the way two people reacted when they both came to the same conclusion, it was as if a light bulb had shined over both of their heads. "He grabbed your clone…", Sasuke snapped his knuckles. "He needed to materialize to be able to do that.",
"Correct…", Shisui replied, looking at their masked 'friend'.
"He needs to materialize to make physical contact.", Sasuke concluded, rather quickly. This didn't come as a surprise to Shisui, Sasuke was Izumi's brother after all.
"Then you know what we gotta do, little cousin.",
Sasuke nodded. "Bait that Jutsu and find a weakness when he materializes.",
Shisui stepped forward his chest held high and eye glaring into the dark hole of Tobi's mask.
"That Jutsu of yours is rather special. I've never come across someone with something quite as special as yours. I have a question… Who are you?",
The man stood silent for a moment, placing a finger on his mask as if he were in deep thought. "Who am I? Why...I'm Tobi, newest member of the Akatsuki.",
That wasn't the answer he was looking for.
"Alright, Tobi. I'm sure people have asked you this before, but what's with the mask? What do you have to hide?",
The ninja didn't respond directly he simply stared. His face inclining with that of Shisui, the two gazed at each other for a moment. Shisui attempted to find some sort of physical feature, albeit he knew the mask covered his identity rather well. Shisui's red orbs continued to stare as the two found themselves in a subconscious tug of war. Well, that is until he saw it.
Shisui's eyes widened, and just as quickly he narrowed them, gripping his weapon stiffly.
"What's the matter?", Sasuke looked between Shisui and Tobi.
The Genjutsu master shook his head. "Look at his eye…", Shisui pointed out. Sasuke did as he was instructed only to find himself in the same shock as Shisui.
"That's the Sharingan….", Shisui stated the obvious.
Tobi didn't blink, his red eye piercing through the mist and rain.
"Surprised?", Tobi's voice now took a dark and menacing tone. Shisui bit the inside of his cheek. This was something he had not expected.
"You're an Uchiha, which means you're probably formerly of our village.", Shisui wasn't liking this at all.
"Or you stole that eye." Sasuke commented.
Tobi let out a soft laugh. "No, this was my eye last I checked. Although, I am in need of another set or two.", he clasped his hands together as if he were dusting off his hands. "That's where you two come in….",
His words were cut short as the sound of a thousand chirping birds filled the air, Sasuke was fast to lunge his Katana into the man. But as expected, it went through him. Tobi changed his stance, and within the small fraction of a second, Shisui was able to anticipate his attack. With lighting speed, Shisui performed the body flicker technique, placing himself in between Tobi and Sasuke just as the ninja was about to counter Sasuke with a kick. Shisui grabbed the ninja's thighs with his right arm mid-attack. Tobi seemed stunned if only for a moment especially if the almost unnoticeable grunt he released said anything.
"You're quicker than I expected!",
Shisui gave no response, he just went to work. He allowed his free arm to withdraw a Kunai and attempted to stab the masked criminal. His attack was halted by the heavy grasp of the man, whose physical strength seemed to be much greater than that of the average ninja. Shisui was thrown backwards, a school of Shuriken following fast behind. He landed on the mossy grass below before blocking all the pieces of metal with three swift slashes. The man was strong, unbelievably so and to top everything off he had the Sharingan.
Sasuke took this time to continue his attack throwing his Katana this time. The attack missed Tobi by an inch and pressed itself into a nearby tree, but this was wholeheartedly done purposely, Shisui noted. A line of blur, Sasuke appeared behind Tobi, switching places with his sword, an arrogant smirk fell onto his features as his palm electrified. Sasuke was not the most patient person when it came to combat.
Izumi's little brother thrust his Chidori directly at Tobi, the electricity stretching outwards. Tobi Jumped back, not seeming to have any intentions of allowing the items to slip through him.
Shisui took this as an opening. He spun out shuriken two for each of his fingertips. He was out of shuriken, the rest were back at the hotel. Shisui watched Sasuke as he attacked Tobi deciding to engage the man in taijutsu, Tobi move backwards as Sasuke moved forward. His attacks met with nothing but air, but Sasuke continued. And that was just how their team chemistry worked, he smiled.
With that he hurled the shuriken in the direction Tobi would eventually be. He was counting on two things. One that Tobi would materialize at the correct time, at the moment he would materialize then return to his former ghost-like form. And two, the two pairs of shuriken that had laid on the tips of his pinkie. Those two pairs were what would land the fatal shot; they would work in a rather special yet simple way. The two pairs of Shuriken would bounce off of the other eight, thus increasing it's speed and changing it's direction, in this case almost making a 360. That was the plan at least.
His attacks were in motion and all he could do was wait. "Sasuke duck!", His cousin peaked at Shisui for split-second from the sides of his eyes. He halted his assault as he ducked, just in time as his first wave shot through Tobi. He had not been materialized for that, as Shisui suspected. Now.
Tobi turned towards Shisui, merely looking at him as if his attack were insignificant. Tobi returned to his fight with Sasuke kicking him, Sasuke barely blocked with his wrists but was forced backwards. This proved to be a mistake for Tobi. Seconds later Shisui's Shuriken did the trick coming around after bouncing off of the previous one's. Realizing an attack, Tobi attempted to dodge, Shisui smiled, he'd have to have seen the attack a second earlier to completely dodge. The Four shuriken made contact, three slashing into his skin before flying off into the bark of a nearby tree, one lodging itself into his arm.
"Alright.", Shisui said to himself, using his words as a catalyst for his next attack. He gripped his Katana holding it in a reverse grip. He was an opportunist after all, and this was an opportunity he would not give up. Before he could give another thought, Shisui had already appeared in front of the shinobi, Tobi turned in his direction the Shuriken still in his arm. Shisui swung his sword fast, lacerating that same arm clean off. The Akatsuki trash let out a hard yell as he realized the attack they had somersaulted backwards, landing feet away as he held onto his arm breathing heavy as he did so.
Shisui let out a deep breath, his eyes falling lightly on his sword. A white paste-like substance lay on it. His eyes ran back towards a painful-looking Tobi, from his sleeves dripped the same substance. And what seemed to be…his hand? The same white as the goo.
"I am wholeheartedly impressed. I must admit, I underestimated you two, but clearly, there is a reason as to why your names are known.",
Suddenly, Sasuke was on the move again. This time using Shisui almost like a spring, allowing him to gain a higher elevation, with that Sasuke flung his katana now complete saturated in lightning into the grass floor below Tobi, the electricity branched out using the water as a conductor. The clear pulsed in a display of great blue light, almost as if lightning had struck. It was a rather impressive area attack, Shisui thought that Sasuke had a confirmed kill, the man had been injured after all. However, the next trail of events said otherwise.
A twisted and mangled collection of branches strung from the ground, Shisui was only able to react with his sword slashing through the wood before jumping backwards. His eyes ran to his cousin, there was wood pouring from under the ground for almost every foot. Shisui found himself jumping from every spot. Shit, this was bad! Woodstyle!
Shisui finally landed in the wet trees above, Sasuke landed beside him, both their eyes glaring at the water-saturated clearing below.
"That's woodstyle.", Tobi was hidden somewhere within the entanglement of wood.
"I'm not sure if we should go back onto the ground, shit I don't even think we're safe up here.", Shisui sighed.
"Who knew that this bastard possessed woodstyle.", muttered the younger ninja. "Or there's another enemy though I don't feel anyone else in our area.",
Shisui considered this. Had there been a second attacker and were they plotting some sort of counter? His thoughts were halted right then and there as a haunting chill ran through his spine.
"Here he is…", Shisui stated as the abnormal twirling of Tobi's teleportation technique gave away the ninja's position. Instinctively, Shisui Slashed his sword at the shinobi when he appeared. His sword made contact with nothing but air. Shisui's eyes widened as wood began to grow from Tobi's body, expanding outwards. It was quick, extremely so.
Fuck! The wood came out as sharp as a wedge, he had little time to react. Shisui grabbed Sasuke by his shoulder and teleported the boy a considerable distance away. They fell to their knees on the wet branch, their faces drenched and hair sticking to their foreheads heads. Sasuke and Shisui both breathed heavily.
"I can only do that maybe two…three more times and that's it. It all depends on what Jutsu I use next and how long I keep the Sharingan activated.", Shisui explained, feeling himself begin to tire.
"He isn't looking to have a very long battle actually, I'm sure wants to end this soon. We should share the same plan.",
Shisui silently agreed with his little cousin.
"So, what's next?",
Shisui let out air. "We have to either bait out an attack or build off of the assumption that he cannot stay in that state forever.",
"Hm.",
Shisui frowned. "I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.", he looked down at his feet. "But it ill not be without consequence. We won't cross that road unless necessary, Sasuke.",
Nothing was set in stone, but he vowed he would never use such Jutsu unless he had to.
"He left?", Her response was much more, lax than she had expected.
"Yeah.", Sakura said in a nonchalant tone.
"Naruto left?",
"Yep…", She replied.
"Before you could confirm anything?",
Sakura nodded her head.
Ino let out a heavy sigh, her head coming low with her long blond hair fall over her face. "What a bummer and he didn't even tell anyone he was leaving. And he's been gone for three days?",
She would have to have a long conversation with the blond about that. She was sure that he was probably in some sort of rush, but she was his best friend. Now, team seven was separated, Sasuke had left a few weeks prior, and now Naruto was gone.
"It's really a drag, I wanted to get to know more about this Izumi situation.", Ino sighed.
"Wasn't your business anyway…", Sakura mumbled under her breath, but Ino caught it and glared at her.
"When do you have work at the hospital?"
"Around 12."
"Great, how about we go sightseeing, just walk around the village...maybe visit a few restaurants?"
Sakura stared up at the blue afternoon sky. It was another beautiful day. Another day that felt rather normal, the temperature was just perfect, her exposed skin didn't weaver from the temperature. But, she was tired, damn was she always tired lately. And not only that….
"I'm not sure, Ino. I agreed to come and help you carry this.", she raised her hands to reveal the large sum of bags that hung off her two arms. The only reason she was able to carry this many was due to her super strength, via chakra enhancement. "...And that's all I agreed to.",
"And I'm extremely appreciative of that. C'mon Sakura, you're not doing anything…. Naruto and Sasuke are gone you're just ganna sleep."
She laughed internally. "You're damn right I'm gonna sleep."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Come on Forehead.", she really didn't want to…
"Listen Ino–"
"You're seriously ganna leave me hanging?"
Sakura let out a loud breath. "Fine.", she concluded.
Ino grinned heavily.
"But let's drop this off at your house"
After dropping off the bags full of almost everything that Ino could find in the mall, and a long greeting from Ino's mother and father whom of which she had seen a few weeks ago, but they considered it much too long and they even made her promise that she would visit more often. Inochi even suggested visiting the interrogation. She had known he was joking and wholeheartedly, before setting back off with Ino.
Walking through the village Sakura could barely tell that there had been an attack recently, everything seemed normal, the damaged areas had been rebuilt and normalcy returned after Danzo had been apprehended. She had heard rumors that they planned to execute the former village head, but those were just rumors.
"You know, I've been thinking…. This Naruto and Izumi thing.", Sakura turned her head to her friend in irritation.
Ino tapped her chin and looked up at the sky. "I honestly would never have believed any of it if I had not seen it.",
"I'm still finding it hard to believe. Maybe you saw them wrong...the position maybe?",
Ino shook her head. "No, they were kissing that was a fact.",
Sakura found that extremely hard to believe, but nodded her head regardless.
"Like to think that those two of all people, who knows the events that lead up to Naruto our lovable blond to be with the emotionless Captain of Anbu team one.", Ino paused, before resuming. "Neji says that she's an extremely fair person, but can be strict at times. But also that she puts her heart into her work. But that she is almost like an emotionless void… And that's something if Neji is saying this.",
She had never worked with Izumi Uchiha before. Sakura had had the pleasure of working with many ninja from this village and other villages through her shinobi career, however, Izumi Uchiha was not someone she had worked with. She wondered how that would go, the team chemistry, how she acted on a mission. Maybe she was like a Sasuke 2.0." Ino grabbed her chin and stared up "Or was Sasuke an Izumi 2.0?"
"I've actually never worked with her."
"Neither have I.", the two continued their conversation as the sun began to slowly float towards its highest point.
"But I heard that she used to work under Kakashi-sensei when he was an Anbu captain."
"And she was only eleven when she entered Anbu.", The blond nodded. "What has Kakashi been doing lately, by the way?",
Sakura shrugged. "Missions, reading his stupid books. 'Til this day we still have no idea what's inside those ridiculous that has him so fascinated.",
"Oh, Kakashi…", The teal eyed girl shook her head, as they both giggled lightly. Some things never changed and Kakashi was the same as always.
"Oh, yeah...Sasuke.",
"Sasuke?"
What about Sasuke?
"You haven't told me anything about you guys.",
"What is it that you want to know?" Sakura wasn't sure where the girl was going with this.
"Everything!",
"That's not very specific…",
"When you guys began dating and all that, shit. It's been five years since you've been on the same team.",
Sakura's put her hands up on defense. "No, Ino! Sasuke and I have a totally platonic relationship. What in hell made you think otherwise?",
"You know, you used to have a crush on him when we were younger, shit we all did.",
She laughed. "We did, didn't we? Things change, we're just extremely close friends. Besides, he doesn't seem too interested in me.",
"So, you're not denying that you still harbor feelings…",
"No, I'—",
Her words were cut short as the floor below them shook violently. Sakura felt her heart skip a beat as an explosion blew her eardrums out, both Sakura and Ino gazed at each other before a loud and distinct roar of a large beast shot through the peaceful atmosphere. A shallow flow of smoke blew the two onto their knees. Screams and yells of terror could be heard in the background as mayhem began to breakout.
Sakura and Ino's eyes widened. It was a summoned animal, a humongous dog with multiple heads stood at the center of the village. The two stared in utter shock for what seemed to be hours but was only mere seconds. It's eyes were weirdly patterned, a ripple of rings all becoming smaller as it reached the center. What the hell was this shit?
"Sakura!", Ino yelled. Snapping the girl out of her trance and allowing Sakura to get into action "Right!". She had almost fell off there, she slammed her fist into her palm as she prepared herself. The life of a shinobi was never done, especially in their village. Sakura wouldn't let this go down.
The girl drew blood from her thumb with her teeth before slamming her palm into the ground and summoning.
"Katsuyu-sama!", she stated.
"Sakura.", The slug greeted the pinket.
"We have a bit of an issue you see.", she pointed towards the dog that was now causing havoc and destroying buildings. "I have no idea what's going on but clearly we're under attack. That thing there, that's our target!",
The Hokage felt the tremors, she even heard the explosions. "What now?!", she spoke to herself. Standing up and walking through her windowless temporary office. Something was going on and it was pissing her off.
"Hokage-sama!", a brown-haired Anbu clad with an elephant mask appeared positioned in a respectful bow. "The village has been infiltrated!",
"Infiltrated?", the ground shook violently, both shinobi remained balanced.
"Yes, please come with me!", the two teleported, to the top of the Hokage tower, it's state still destroyed and in reconstruction stages.
Anbu were all over the roof, each bowed when the Godaime made her presence. Her honey eyes ignored them and fell towards the view of the village.
"My God.", her eyes glared out at the large Dog with multiple heads, her eyes narrowing at a small pink haired ninja and blond on top of a giant slug. But what made her cautious was the summon's eyes. The Rinnegan, she remembers Jiraiya giving a clear description of it. Actually, she remembered a child from the 2nd Great War having the same exact pattern. From what Jiraiya had told her, it was an extremely powerful Dojutsu one that even rivaled that of the Sharingan.
"That's Sakura!", She yelled.
"Someone tell me what's going on!", Her eyes glared out through the ninja, they stood up giving her undivided attention. It was the brown-haired Elephant masked ninja who answered. "The village is under attack, Hokage-sama.",
"By who!", she yelled approaching the man and responding rather hostile.
He paused before stating simply. "Akatsuki.",
Her eyes narrowed as she clutched her fists. The Akatsuki… She had feared something like this could happen but she didn't think that they'd be this bold. Then again how could she be this foolish? They were obviously desperate and impatient. Her eyes closed as she questioned what she already knew the answer to. "What do they want?", her hands remained balled together.
"Naruto.", He answered.
The Hokage walked away, her hands still clenched as she approached one of the structures on the roof. She punched the structure causing it to shatter and fall as gravity simply did the rest. Everyone was quiet, as the battle continued out in the village.
"We have our best shinobi engaging the enemy…. There are more than one.", an explosion broke out far off towards the Uchiha compound. "We will have the enemy defeated in no time, all shinobi have been ordered to escort civilians and create a perimeter of defense around the center of the village.",
Tsunade nodded. "I want these intruders dead.",
Fires burned all throughout the village. A short sum of buildings were in complete rubble. Black smoke filled the area, this certain area of the village becoming a no man's land. Kakashi however, had ventured into the center of no man's land and engaged the enemy. His shoulder held the black metallic material from his attack, the object stung and felt heavy in his body. He stared at the man wide-eyed, his hand covered in azure blue from his lightning blade. What? The attack had met nothing but the mud wall behind the two, Kakashi and the intruder were now in a deadlock of eyes, both glaring at each other with a burning intensity as hot as the sun. The man had orange spiky like hair that seemed neat, he wore the black and red cloud decorated robe of members belonging to the Akatsuki. But his most distinguishable feature were his eyes. Grey and purple, with rings that became smaller as they circled the pupils. Now there was a huge question that Kakashi had on his mind; what was the intensity, that feeling that he had felt before he had attacked? It left a chill in his ribs.
"Kakashi Hatake, the copy ninja. It is an honor.",
They continued their staring contest. "Tell me, where is the kyuubi?"
The Jounin replied almost immediately. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
Kakashi pulled the item out, blood spilling out of his wound when he completed this action, he jumped backwards landing totally balanced. His eyes waited for the ninja to attack but he made no move to do so. Kakashi unleashed his Chidori again, this time shooting it at the enemy opposed to running forward. The blazing ray of electricity ran forward at the intruder. The attack never met the intruder instead the attack was deflected.
"You can repel ninjutsu and physical attacks, I see. Alright, that just makes things a tad bit tricky.", The Konoha ninja tossed a barrage of Shuriken and kunai at the intruder, running forward as he did so. The enemy repulsed all of the attacks just as Kakashi had intended to happen, with that the jounin tried his lightning blade, this time moving at full speed. He swung at the ninja, his lightning blade mere inches from his face. The jounin watched in dismay and irritation as he missed again. The orange-haired shinobi turned on his heel as he sent a kick towards Kakashi. Kakashi was able to block the attack, before another one of those black weapons that this shinobi used came at him. He slid to the side catching it just as he did earlier when he had saved Iruka.
The floor behind Kakashi crumbled and caved, the side of his Sharingan eye looked behind him. Another one stood behind him, a sort of distorted and ugly looking one however, this one held the same crazy ringed eyes. With the same blank stare, almost dead looking in a sense.
"Now, I'll ask again Hatake-san. Where is the Kyuubi?", The grey-haired ninja retreated with a backflip, creating distance from his original opponent and this new one.
"That's a stupid question, try again!"
So, two on one. Things were looking in their favor, This first shinobi had some sort of Jutsu that allowed him to repel all attacks, and it for some odd reason Kakashi couldn't land a hit. Even when he had baited out the man's attack he still had evaded, it was a very critical situation. But, he was learning, there seemed to be some sort of cooldown between the use of the orange-haired ninja's technique, Kakashi assumed that it was anywhere between three and seven seconds.
His new opponent moved in a stiff and unnatural motion, his neck abruptly switching downwards and upwards, Kakashi watched making sure to be light on his feet. He would probably have to be on the defensive for not until reinforcements could arrive.
Suddenly, his new opponent's arm came outwards, the distinct sound of metal springs and friction against metal could be heard, as his hand fell off revealing a socket that now held what could only amount to a small arsenal of missiles. The grey-haired ninja dash as his new opponent fired the projectiles. Kakashi had to dodge each attack in a quick motion, each missile blew up impacting but missing Kakashi. The attack continued however, asshole number two was now rocketing towards him, literally. A sharp saw-like object protruded through his attacker's Akatsuki robe, it was long and extended out almost like a tail. Kakashi prepared to maneuver out it of the attacker's way, he would do this at the last second in order to have the most efficient results. That was when Kakashi felt his body levitating.
"Shit!", he said to himself.
He rose his eyes at the tug on his body, the orange-haired ninja now had his hand extended outwards in a grabbing motion, clearly, he had some sort of technique that could attract and repel objects. He found himself being pulled, his body being dragged forward as if he were a magnet. Kakashi probably should have substituted himself with a clone, preferably a lightning style shadow clone that would give a show to his new contender. So how would this work? Kakashi was way out of his league he'd have to do something immediately. He was not in direct danger due to the substitution between himself and his shadow clone, but this was proving to be a rather difficult fight.
Kakashi watched as his clone was impaled, his enemy believed that they had killed him. As if it would be that easy! The clone did its job, exploding in brilliant blue electricity consuming the metal one. One flaw of having metallic parts, it conducted electricity.
The original seemed taken aback for a second, before returning his composure. The copy ninja took this moment to again use his lightning blade to kill the second enemy. Bursting through the ground and rubble near the enemy, Kakashi finished off the injured scrap of metal, slamming his Chidori into the man. Now things were getting interesting. Kakashi finished his opponent, before directing his eyes at the first one. Now, he directed his Chidori at the orange-haired ninja. However, just as he thought the attack had been repelled by the ninja's technique. Kakashi fell backward, rolling on the ground before landing on his side. He felt his whole entire body lacerate from the fall as he skidded across the ground. He laid there for a short minute before his attacker was on him again.
Shit.
"That's an interesting Jutsu of yours.", Kakashi began, attempting to show no fear.
"It is simply the power of God. Now Kakashi….", the man approached his sleeve producing another black rod light item. "...know pain.",
Kakashi's eyes quickly darted to the ninja with the arsenal of missiles, he wasn't dead he had come back. Just what the hell was this guy? The grey ninja watched as the guy's back moved abnormally, a growth pushing upwards from his back, a missile being produced from the weird location. The ugly looking enemy shot the rocket at Kakashi, while the orange-haired one lunged forward with his black rod.
Why wasn't he moving, did he not know that the missile had a radius? Kakashi had no time to worry about that. Now, would much rather be impaled or would he rather explode? The masked shinobi immediately knew which was the better of the two.
If he did this jutsu, it would deplete his chakra. Oh well, that was how it would have to go. Kakashi's sharigan eye quickly converted over towards the Mangeyo sharigan, his one eye staring directly at the missile, he concentrated and allowed his borrowed power to take effect. The large missile disappeared, and the shinobi with the rockets fell to the floor. "I see, so that is the ocular Jutsu that Deidara informed me of.",
He said this as the black rod slashed down into the floor, Kakashi hopped backwards and onto his feet mere seconds before the shinobi had finished his attack. But the Akatsuki shinobi wasn't finished yet, the ninja ran forward. Kakashi took to the skies in another hop, maneuvering over the ninja as he emptied the contents of his pouch into the ninja. The Kunai and Shuriken of course never touched the target. Instead, Kakashi found himself being through backwards as if he were a piece of paper and the ninja's attack the wind. All of this happening as the man mouthed the words, "Almighty push!", the attack was powerful and held a high radius, the attack pushed everything in the area away from the epicenter, AKA him. The attack was powerful and blasted Kakashi backwards until he was. He found himself being covered from toe to neck in heavy debris, he found himself completely engulfed in the debris. Smoke filled his nostrils and mouth as Kakashi began to cough erratically, his mask didn't help at all with keeping the dust from his mouth or anything. Kakashi tried to move, to free his arms and legs from the predicament he was in, he pushed with his legs and arms but it was in vain. It was no use, Kakashi had met his match. Maybe the situation would have been different if he had had reinforcements or at least help. He could use his technique one more time max. But, did he have enough Chakra to teleport himself? His reserves were low and he cursed himself for not having higher reserves.
"It would appear that you are stuck, and have no way out. It's been fun, but I have to dispose of you before you start to become a nuisance.", he said nonchalantly, moving through the fast reverting smoke. The shinobi attracted a nearby nail from a plank mere feet away. He summoned the nail to his fingertips.
Kakashi was given a choice. Use that technique and delay the inevitable, or accept fate and allow himself to be killed.
The former Anbu captain breathed heavily as he attempted to somehow free himself. It was in vain. "Know pain.", Kakashi stopped moving and concentrated his eye on the nail, just as the Akatsuki member released the object shooting it directly at Kakashi, the leaf ninja was quick and countered the attack with his one technique via the Sharingan. The nail moving at bullet speed stopped as Kakashi's technique absorbed and teleported the nail into a dimensional vortex. Kakashi let out a deep breath at this, his body immediately became weak as he used up all the reserves of his body. Blood dripped from his forehead as he no longer had the strength to keep his head right up. He felt his chest restricting as his lungs began to struggle for air. His thoughts ran to his past and his inability to protect those that were precious to him, the pain of losing all those that were close to the man. Kakashi, the copy ninja. The renowned and widely know shinobi of the leaf couldn't save those that he loved. Obito, Rin, Minato...his father. This was the end of the line. He let out another breath. He was a failure, scum even―worse than scum, and God did it hurt. At least, he had pathed the way for other shinobi, he had held the enemy for a long time and had successfully saved one soul; Iruka. He then muttered silently. "Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura thank you. Obito, Rin I'll be joining you.",
The ninja came forward, his black weapon of choice in hand. "I wished to stay away from you just to be safe, however, you seem to be on the verge of death. I'll give you the honor of putting you out of your misery.",
He came closer. Kakashi would probably die regardless, but the man would be choosing to kill him personally. It was whimsical actually, obviously, the man thought of him as trouble, it satisfied him that he had been able to at least, hinder the Akatsuki member's movements to even a small extent. Sadly, his information wouldn't be passed onto his fellow ninja. The five-second interval, and his visual prowess. Yes, he had the answer as to how he had dodged Kakashi's attack while his Jutsu was on cooldown. Yes, the other ninja, the one that had attacked him and had all those missiles, they shared the same eyes. Now, Kakashi recalled something about those eyes, they were the rinnegan and extremely rare and powerful Dojutsu. Yes, and he understood now. The two were connected through those eyes, the second one had been watching him the whole time. It all made sense. Kakashi's thoughts stopped as the sound of sandals and debris brought him back to focus. This was it he determined.
"Die." the orange-haired ninja raised his weapon. Kakashi closed his eyes preparing for eternal rest.
"Katon: Gokakyo no Jutsu!", A feminine voice said from his side, Kakashi's eyes widened as he gazed at the black sandals of the ninja. The orange-haired ninja was wholeheartedly surprised however, the ninja responded instantly, absorbing the fireball as it made contact.
Blood red eyes gazed into that of the Rinnegan. Sharingan glaring with great intensity, Kakashi looked up at the girl, it took him only a second to realize what had occurred. He smiled weakly.
"You…", The fire-haired ninja addressed with a nonchalant coldness, you could feel the energy emanating off the two.
"Me." Izumi his savior said, her impassive voice spewing venom.
*I just couldn't stop writing, I really love putting action scenes together. Ha, Izumi's in for a good one don't ya think? So are Sasuke and Shisui...and who could forget Ino and Sakura. Let's see where the rabbit hole takes us.
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