Chapter 67 – Captured
"Talk"
'Think'
Flashback
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A/N: Thank you Ayatane Elemia, luckmaster1 and sara4433 for your supports.
"What happened, Noriko?" asked Naruto.
"When we left-" answered Noriko "I saw them (Akatsuki). Like Neji said, one of them possess large amount of chakra and in that fleeting moment, I saw what appears to be five pulsating hearts-"
"What?" "Five hearts?!" "That is impossible?!" "Are you sure?"
Noriko looked at them squarely "Yes. The sharingan does not allow me to forget (Sasuke and Kakashi nodded). As we ran, they are out of my range. Then I saw large amount of chakra consisting of fire and wind elements. That's when I-" embarrassed that she lost control "-yelled" she finished in low voice.
"So what happened now?" asked Lee.
"They are coming" warned Neji whose byakugan was activated.
Moments later, Hidan and Kakuzu landed in front of them. Hidan counted "1, 2, 3, 4, … 12" trembling with excitement, he yelled "Jashin-sama! I will spill more blood for you!"
"Wait!" said Kakuzu. He looked at Neji and asked "You with the byakugan, are you from the main house or branch house?"
Neji narrowed his eyes and asked "What's that got to do with you?"
"I was informed that I'll be receiving four byakugan and three sharingan" replied Kakuzu "If you are from the main house, I can kill you first, then take your eyes. But if you are from the branch house, I have to take your eyes first, before I kill you"
'Four byakugan and three sharingan?' thought Kakashi 'Looks like they don't know about Noriko's dōjutsu yet'
"You are a bounty-hunter?" asked Hamaki.
"Bounty-hunter?" asked Sakura.
"A bounty-hunter in general captures or kills a person of interest to collect his or her bounty. A few of them collect specific items belonging shinobi or famous people to sell them in black-markets" explained Hamaki.
"Bounty-hunter?" repeated Kakuzu before replying "No. I just like money"
"Like we let you kill our teammate" said Tenten, ready to reach for her scroll.
"You have to go through us first!" cried Lee.
Neji lowered his head and smiled, he was touched by his teammates' bravery.
Gai smiled and thought proudly, 'My youthful students, how bright your will of fire burn' before said to Kakuzu "You have to kill us all before you can get him"
"In that case, DIE!" yelled Hidan while brandishing his scythe-
-when Gai came at him with "Konoha Senpū!" which hit the flat side of Hidan's scythe.
Seeing that the attack had begun, Kurenai immediately casted genjutsu, causing all the genins and herself to disappear from the site, leaving Hamaki and Kakashi to face Hidan and Kakuzu.
When Gai's attack hit the flat side of Hidan's scythe, it caused the scythe to hit back on Hidan's face.
This caused Hidan to throw angry curses at Gai while attacking him with his scythe whereas Gai defended with his nunchaku. When Gai saw an opening, he blocked the scythe with his nunchaku, bringing both of them to a standstill-
"Chidori!"
Flashback
"We fight-" said Kakashi "-as a team. First, we kill the scythe-wielder since he has lesser chakra. Gai-" he looked at Gai and continued "Keep him engaged and I'll kill him when he's distracted".
Gai nodded. Kakashi then turned to Hamaki "In the meantime-"
"I know" Hamaki said with a grim smile "I got the monster"
"Chidori!"
"What the h***?! That hurts like s*** b****!" yelled Hidan.
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'What the … … …?' was running through inside the head of Konoha shinobi.
Gai and Kakashi decided to regroup with Hamaki (who half-watched the fight, half-kept an eye on Kakuzu who just stood there, not making a move).
"F*** you b******!" yelled Hidan brandishing his scythe with a hole on his chest.
"Hiken: Tsukikage!" cried Hamaki as he dashed to Hidan with great speed before sliced his body into two.
"You are f***** up, Hidan" said Kakuzi.
"Shut up, Kakuzu!" yelled Hidan "Help me!"
"That will cost you 100,000 ryō" said Kakuzu, as he walked towards Hidan.
'Oh no you don't' thought Hamaki as he, Gai and Kakashi began to attacked Kakuzu.
"Suiton: Suijinheki!" said Kakuzu as he released tremendous amount of water from his mouth onto the ground, causing the water to rise up and created a wall. Simultaneously, Kakuzu 'dropped' his right arm on the ground. Thick black threads emerged from the hand as a result from his Jiongu and penetrate into the ground.
The moment Gai's, Hamaki's and Kakashi's feet landed on the ground, the black threads emerged from the ground and bound them. Kakuzu used this moment to release four mask-wearing figured from his back.
Kakuzu walked towards Hidan while the four masked figures faced the bound Konoha jōnin. Each figure opened its mouth and released fire, lightning, water, and wind jutsu onto the bound jōnin.
"Sensei!"
End Chapter 67
Dōjutsu – Eye Techniques
Hiken: Tsukikage – Secret Sword: Moonlight
Jiongu – Earth Grudge Fear
Konoha Senpū – Leaf Whirlwind
Suiton: Suijinheki – Water Release: Water Formation Wall