new chapter, new stuff to do. I'm really hoping that I soon managed to bring the Akatsuki members back together. I really don't like writing like this but at the same time I don't want to rush things more then I already am. Anyway I'm just writing and you keep enjoying, or not. Let me know if you still enjoy this story, it's always nice to hear applause and criticism.

Enjoy

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Ruby let out a audible groan of displeasure as the group continued down the road through the forest. "How long dose it take to get to Haven?"

Jaune looked up from his map. "Haven academy is in a whole other kingdom. How long did you expect us to walk?"

"I don't know, maybe like a week?" Ruby answered uncertain.

"A week?" The blond boy answered with a disbelieve.

"I had no idea that it would take that long. How do traveler deal with these kind of situations?" Ruby screamed in annoyance.

Nora looked over her shoulder. "I don't know but these guys seem to know how."

Ruby looked over her shoulder at the Akatsuki couple that recently joined there journey. They both walked just a bit farther away from the main group but in a consistent movement. Of course Konan had her arms wrapped around Nagato's arm. "Well, should we ask them?"

Jaune shook his head. "I'd rather not. I'm still pretty sure that Nagato is still debating if he should kill me."

Ren looked up for a moment in thought. "Well you did see his girlfriend naked and we already know that there group has no problem with killing people."

Jaune let his head hang in despair. "Thank you Ren, you really know how to make me feel safe."

Meanwhile Konan talked to Nagato while smiling to not rouse suspicion. "How long will we let this go on Nagato? We are being followed for quite some time now."

Nagato nodded slightly. "I know, but it's clear that whoever is there is following them not us. Plus whoever is there is killing the Grimm in the area."

"The question is if it's a friend or foe." Konan whispered back.

Nagato smirked. "Until we know who it is they are simply a useful Grimm repellent."

The group continued the journey with hours of following the road until they came across a old city. It looked abandoned and devoid of any form of life.

Jaune looked considered around. "What happened here?"

The paper angel noticed that Ren was quieter then usual. He seemed to know this place. "Is everything alright?"

Ren looked at her and then back to the ground. "Yes, I just know about this place. It was one of the attempts to build a larger city outside of capital. My family believed that it might work but as you can see it didn't work."

Nora slowly moved closer to Ren in hopes that she could comfort him. "We don't have to stay here if you don't want to. Let's just go."

Ren was just about to agree but he suddenly heard something. Someone was moving fast towards them. The Two Akatsuki members noticed that too and prepared for a fight.

Suddenly a man with a long drown coat and long hair braided into something resembling a tail appeared. He had a wicked smile while his golden eyes almost seemed to glimmer as he charged at the group.

From his wrists came two blades, resembling claws. He was hacking and slashing with his weapons like a maniac while the group dogged the attack. The Akatsuki members noticed that he wasn't attacking aimlessly, there was some form of deadly fighting style hidden behind his laughter.

The fight stopped for a moment after Nora managed to force him away from the group with a well placed hammer strike. Ruby was the first to speak. "Who are you? What do you want?"

The man stood tall, revealing his many scars on his chest. "What I want dose not concern you, or you, or... well, You interest me."

Jaune looked confused as the man continued to talk. "No, I'm here for you two."

Ruby looked surprised unlike Nagato. The silver eyed girl asked confused. "Me?"

"Wait you don't, you don't know? Uhhhhh, how exciting! But you, you know why I'm here right?" He said with a sick laughter.

Nagato sighed in annoyance. "Orochimaru wants my eyes right?"

"BINGO! Here is your price, the fist to die!"

The man moved quick, the other didn't even noticed that the assailant managed to pass them. He was so close his fingers were almost touching Nagato's eyes. "Almighty push."

A sudden forced of wind formed around Nagato and launched the attacker against a wall. "You know, screaming that I'm going to die first ruined any sort of surprise."

The attacker pushed himself of the wall and laughed again. "Oh, you're eyes will definitely serve our goddess well."

Ruby clenched her scythe. "Cinder."

"Hmpf, only in her wildest dreams." The attacks took of his coat, revealing a scorpion tail. He was just about to attack again when suddenly Qrow appeared out of nowhere and stood now between them and the attacker.

"Stand back kids, this guy is mine." The huntsman said with a smirk. The group seemed to be absolutely delighted but Konan simply walked next to Nagato.

"Did they already forget that you just countered him without even trying?"

Nagato shrugged. "He stole the spot light, so what."

The paper angel sighed. "Do you believe that he will win? that guy is still working with Orochimaru but seems to serve some goddess."

"I don't know but I think Orochimaru just wants him gone, otherwise he would have send someone stronger to get me." The Akatsuki leader answered.

Konan just watched as the huntsman and the Fanus fought. "I wonder what the others are doing."

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Somewhere in a shady bar a man was laying on the ground while Kakuzu's foot was putting pressure on his head. "Branwen clan..."

"I told you, I don't know anything!" The man answered as he was flaying on the ground.

Kakuzu's response was to apply more pressure. "Branwen... clan..."

The man could only scream as he was starting to bleed and hear his skull crack a bit. Kakuzu applied more and more pressure until the skull of the man finally gave in and completely broke, leaving Kakuzu's foot standing in a mess of broken bones, blood and brain.

He looked up to see the remaining guest who were all trembling with fear and several corpses who were all interrogated in a similar way. No one could escape since all the exits were guarded by Kakuzu's heart beasts.

"Who is next?"

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As the battle continued between the huntsman and the Fanus, Ruby and her friends continued to cheer from the sidelines. The two fighters seemed to be at the same level in terms of combat abilities but something in this fight seemed off.

Nagato and Konan noticed that the Fanus wasn't really lucky at all. In fact it seemed that the entire environment was actively trying to attack the enemy.

Nagato spoke to Konan. "We could have ended this fight already but this gives us an interesting view on abilities."

"His fighting skills or the apparent bad luck his opponent is having right now?" Konan answered while not looking away from the battle.

The Rinnegan user shrugged. "Maybe both of he actually has the ability to manipulate something so abstract like luck."

In that moment Ruby tried to join the fight only to be slammed against a wall. The impact was so strong that apparently a wooden beam of the unfinished building came loos and started falling down.

Qrow managed to destroy the beam in the last second before it managed to hit Ruby. That however left him open for a attack and he was cut by the scorpion like tail from the Fanus.

Ruby didn't hesitate to react but she reacted in a different way. She knew that this person was indirectly liked to the fall of the kingdom of Vale. The people who took Hidan, her first true love from her.

She clenched her teeth and swung her scythe with both hands, aiming to cut of the Fanus head. She didn't care that she was about to take a live, she just wanted to see blood.

The Fanus reacted fast and was only cut on the chin. Now he was ready to retaliate and attacked and take those silver eyes. He claw weapon connect with something but it was not flesh like he hoped, it was a wall of paper.

"I guess it's safe to say that he has no control over how much his influence of luck changes." Said a voice from behind the paper wall.

"You are right honey." Said Nagato who was standing behind the enemy.

The scorpion reacted by turning around and trying to sting his opponent with his tail. Nagato caught the tail easily and smirked.

The Rinnegan user used one foot to press the tail on the ground and with the arm still holding the tail pulled with so much strength that the tail was ripped right off.

The scorpion Fanus screamed in pain as the severed tail was still wiggling in Nagato's hand. "So tell me, how fucked are you now?"

The paper wall disappeared revealing Konan and Ruby. The paper angel looked over to her lover who threw the tail pice over his shoulder. "That sounded like something Hidan would have said."

Nagato smiled. "We all have our way to honor him in some way."

"You fucking fucks! I'm going to fucking murder you all!" The scorpion screamed before running away.

Konan raised a eyebrow. "Again something that Hidan would say."

The Rinnegan user continued to look at the Fanus that was running away. "Do you think we should stop him?"

The paper angel shook his head. "No, let him tell his master that it's a mistake to go after us. We have more important matters to discuss."

Nagato and Konan turned to the group who was gathered around Qrow. "I guess I have some explaining to do."