I reached out quickly and pulled her away from pain. The sleeping man remained unmoving even as his head hit the ground.
"Release me!"
"Aww. your wound reopened. We can't play together now." i pouted and tossed her to the side. I had to get Pain tied down before he woke up and sent me flying. Tying him quickly to the closest tree with some rope that had been in the bag next to him i dug a kunai out of his weapons pouch.
Wonder why he needs one anyway. Can't he just make mettle out of thin air? I was about to plunge it into the vulnerable part of his side but thin strips of paper wrapped around my wrist holding it back.
"You're still awake? I thought for sure that you'd be knocked out by that."
"You… can't… hurt him!" she struggled to her feet and if the darker part of her shirt was anything to go by her blood had bleed through the bandages.
"Be a good girl and stand back please. I'd hate to hurt you." i gave her a warm smile and turned my back to her. Pains eyes were open and i hurried to pass the kunai to my other hand and plunge it into his side.
"Gah!" his cry sounded like music to me.
"Pain!" i think she's crying. It sound like she is. "Stop it! Please! Stop! He's all i have left!"
I looked over my shoulder at her and frowned. "What are you talking about? You have your criminal group don't you? Well minus the two i killed."
Her mouth fell open in a gasp and behind me Pain grunted. "Who! Who did you kill!"
Grinning my eyes widened as i tilted my head, "your zombie duo of course. They were supposed to die a long time ago." my smile turned feral. "And now i get to eat Pain because i forgot to eat the jashin lover."
"Hidan."
"Yup! That's the one." tears spilled down her face faster and her paper began to swirl dangerously around her. "Aww. Come on now. You're an adult aren't you. It's the job of us kids to throw tantrums.
"Ahhh!" she let out a pain filled scream and the paper shot towards me, forming into sharp points ready to kill. They slid through my body as if it was name of butter and returned to her side, now uselessly wet and soggy with blood. My blood in fact. Not like it mattered though, i don't need it.
"That's not very nice. Here i thought you were a nice lady." i pouted and turned back around to face Pain who was sending me a glare and trying to get out of his bindings. I made sure to tie them extra tight so he couldn't point at me and send me flying. Though he can probably do that by just looking at me.
I trailed the tip of the kuni from the corner of his eye to his ear. His eye pinched closed as blood bubbled up. Leaning down i licked it up and ticked in annoyance. "You taste disgusting. You're like a dead body that's been saturated in mettle then used as a puppet."
He must have been dead for years to taste this bland. There's nothing even remotely like the taste of live human in his blood. Whoever used his body must have gone to great lengths to preserve him. Maybe he died and a friend of his was so sad he became a evil mastermind? We'd almost get along.
Paper shot at me again and i caught one before it could pierce my skin and punched it through Pain stomach. "There. You see. You've hurt him to now, so there's no need to get upset with me rude lady."
Her cries crew louder and she let out a choked sob, crying out sorry after sorry.
"Ko-han… not… yo-our… fau-lt" blood dripped down the side of Pains face from the corner of his mouth. How sweet. I didn't think he had it in him to say anything like that. Though i guess the two of them are quite close. He got all defencive when i punched the lady.
"B-ut it is!" she looked up at us with tear stained cheeks and i smiled at her gently, trying to show that i wasn't trying to hurt her. Well, not physically hurt her i guess. If she commits suicide that's not my fault right?
"I know you two are having a moment here, but i'm going to end this all now. Say your goodbyes and it'll all be over."
There was a moment of silence where only Kohans sobs and Pains gurgled breaths could be heard. "I… am… sor-ry… i… di-dn'-t…. Mea-n… for… thi-s… to… hap-pe-n." he turned his head and smiled at her through the blood. His eyes held true warmth for the lady and she sniffled.
"N-nagato." she sounded breathless and i raised a eyebrow. Where's the popcorn? This is better than a drama movie.
"I… co-ou-ld-n't… de-al… wi-th… yu-k-i-to-s… de-ath… so… i be-ca-me… him." Kohan broke down in desperate sobs her ability to control paper failing her. "The... le-a-st… i… ca-n… do… is… ta-ke… he-r… wi-th… me. Go-od… by-e… ko-ha-n." he gave her one last smile before he began gathering a large collection of energy above him. It took the form of a sphere, and was tinted purple.
"Yukito! Nagato!" Kohan sounded even more desperate now than she had been before. She must know what's going on here.
"Is he going to explode that thing?"
They both ignored me and i pouted. I know they were having a moment worth of a drama movie, but i really was curious. It's not everyday you see such an ominous thing floating above and near dead body.
There was a moment of silence before the sphere widened and began to send shockwaves across the earth, breaking the surface layers into many pieces. Kohan vanished into thin air and Pain was still smiling faintly at the place she had been.
It went sour after that and i felt my skin being torn to shreds. It wasn't as painful as i thought it would be, but that could just be because it was all happening too fast for me to process what was going on.
My skin was healing as fast as it could and my eyes were only able to catch glimpses as they were shredded then healed then shredded again for the proses to repeat. The land around me was barren now, and Pains body was being shredded just like mine was, but his isn't healing.
His last word was a barely audible Kohan. It was over not long after it started and i was left to take in the large crater i was standing near the center of. My eyes widened as i took it all in, but second laters i passed out from overusing my healing ability.
Gai hurried towards the area where he had heard the large explosion. It was on a scale he had never heard of or seen of before. His three youthful students ran behind him and had to screech to an abrupt halt.
The treeline had suddenly stopped, and before them was a large crater lined with the debri from the explosion.
"Gai-sensei, what do you think happened." there was no reply from the normally youthful man as he stared at the large crater, with his jaw hanging lose. How else was he supposed to react to something like this.
If something like this had gone off near any of the hidden villages it would be nothing short of war. It was a few moments later that he realized there was somebody laying in the center of the crater, clothes in tatters and barley serving their purpose.
Gai hurried towards the figure and stopped feet from the body. "Ketsuki?"
"Ketsuki?"
Was that Gai? What was he doing here. Oh yeah i remember now. He probably came to see what the big explosion was all about. I cracked open my eye and hissed. The sun was too bright. It was nearly night when i passed out. How long was i out for then.
"Oh hey Gai… sorry about this. I was killing my target but they did a suicide jusu and this happened."
"Thank god you're ok! I was sure you were dead!"
"From something as petty as an explosion? I'm insulted to think that you though a inmortal like me would die from something so vulgar."
He stared blankly at me before looking around at the crater. "Tenten gave you some new clothes. They're a bit big, but they'll have to do."
Is this really Gay? I haven't heard him say anything about youth yet. Is he like this whenever he's overly concerned? "I'll have to thank her then." Clambering to my feet i smiled at him and egan walking over the uneven terrain. "I'm sorry about ditching you like this, but i have one more target in this world before i can move onto the next."
He remained staring blankly at me as i walked away and i paid him no mind. He eventually turned around and began running in the direction of his village.
I myself was smirking, eyes glinting dangerously.
"Now. I'm coming for you Obito."