Sum of our Parts
The Akatsuki Strike
***I do not own Naruto, after 20ish chapters I thought that would be obvious by now. ***
"Le gasp!" normal talking
'das fuken?' normal thinking
"set-you-on-fire-no-jutsu" Jutsu and other techniques
"I will murder you!" Tailed beast talking
***SooP***
"So what's the plan Kurenai-Sensei?" The happy blonde inquired as the twelve Ninja quickly leapt through the forest towards Suna.
"Since the enemy's movements were caught early and we know what their target would be the plan is to rendezvous with the Kazekage and from there prepare a strategy for intercepting their forces away from the village." Came the reply.
The students nodded before speeding up.
"Do we know anything of the enemy's numbers?" The Hyuga heir inquired.
"Only vague reports from Jiraiya's spy network. It seems as though three individuals crossed the border wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them. Judging by their speed we should reach Suna about half a day ahead of them." Kakashi answered.
***SooP***
Two and a half days later they arrived at the village and were quickly greeted and brought into Gaara's office.
"Thank you for coming on such short notice." The red haired boy greeted in his normal monotone.
"GAARA-KUN!" Natsuko squealed in joy as she leapt across the room and tackled the boy in a hug, much to the shock of all those present save for her own team.
"Why didn't the sand protect him?" Kankuro muttered in surprise.
"Would you want to get in the way of a hyperactive blonde and her prey?" Sakura countered.
"Fair enough."
"Alright Natsuko that's enough let the Kazekage up please." Kurenai scolded in an embarrassed tone.
"Awww fine…" The girl happily jumped up before quickly pulling the wide eyed boy to his feet.
"Yes well as I was saying, it is good to see… most of you again." The boy shot a glance at the Uchiha who had been standing in the rear of the group thus far.
"We received your request for aid Kazekage-Sama and as such Konoha has sent our three teams to protect you and Suna in any way we can." Gai confirmed with a thumbs up.
"Make no mistake, I do appreciate the help but you are not here to protect me. I will be on the front line defending my village with my other Ninja forces." The Kage replied with a slight glare.
"No offense Kazekage-Sama but don't you think that is taking a bit of a risk? If they are indeed targeting you then we should move you to a safe and hidden location to further remove you from harm." The silver haired Jonin pointed out.
"If you do know why they are here then you are putting both Natsuko and Akane in harm's way as well. Are you expecting them to hide along with me?"
"Well no but…"
"Then that settles it, I will incorporate you into my bodyguard if you so desire but otherwise the plan remains. We will engage the enemy once they have been located and keep the fighting away from the city."
"A wise choice, I can only assume that with your abilities that this terrain gives you an incredible advantage." Neji noted, earning a nod from the leader.
"Indeed, I will also have Kankuro and Temari to stay in the village to help with…"
"THE HELL YOU WILL!" the Kunoichi in question roared out, "I AM NOT GOING TO SIT AROUND AND DO SHIT WHILE YOU GO AND FIGHT A BUNCH OF S-RANK NINJA WHO ARE TRYING TO KILL YOU!"
"Uhhh yeah what she said bro."
The redhead growled slightly in annoyance before nodding his head in defeat.
"Very well, then we will have…"
Any further commands that the boy might have given were interrupted as the sounds of explosions echoed out across the village.
"What's going on!?" Baki shouted towards a group of Suna Ninja.
"Unknown explosions at the north end of the village sir!"
"It must be them… damnit! I thought we had at least a few hours to spare, they must have sped up their travel the last time we spotted them." Kakashi mumbled as he glanced towards Gaara.
"Have all Suna Ninja begin evacuations of the civilians and keep them out of the fight. I trust we can handle three enemy Ninja with the fifteen of us?"
"Five on one? Sounds good to me, let's show em why you don't mess with the sand!" the puppeteer hollered before leaping out the window with the others.
***SooP***
"I LOVE ART, IT IS SUCH…. A BLAST!" The explosion crazed Deidara shouted happily, before setting off another chain reaction.
"Your art is a fraud Deidara, it is a mere instance of creation whereas mine is eternal as true art should be."
"Ha! Your just jealous because my art gains so much attention while yours is boring!"
"Boring? I create magnificent works of such high caliper that they have been studied for years. Whereas you just continue creating the same piece over and over again. Your art is quantity while mine is quality."
"YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU..."
As the two continued arguing the third member, thus far being concealed under a hat and mask sighed before noticing the incoming Ninja.
With a slight gesture the two 'artists' were alerted and leapt backwards to observe Gaara appearing in a swirl of sand while the others arrived shortly after.
"Alright which one is your target again?"
"I have been given the task of capturing a Kage! Who was yours again?" the former Iwa Ninja boasted.
"At least I was granted a more difficult opponent than the One Tail. Perhaps our leader knew of your incompetence and only believed you capable of such a thing with TWO supporting members."
"I DON'T NEED YOU OR" the crazed man gestured wildly towards the silent member behind them, "HIS HELP!"
"Then prove it!"
"OH I WILL!" With this declaration the man reached into the large satchels at his side and began molding his clay, thus creating a large bird with which he took to the sky.
"Well that certainly is an interesting technique…" Kakashi muttered before tiny clay insects began raining down… and exploding.
"Take cover! He seems to use some sort of explosive Jutsu." Kankuro shouted out.
"NO SHIT SHERLOCK!" Temari yelled before opening her fan and taking flight towards the other blonde.
"Damnit Temari don't go by yourse…"
"She isn't" Gaara interrupted as he launched himself after his sister using the sand as a tool.
"Uh… anyone else have the power of flight by chance?" Kakashi inquired, earning sweat drops from the others.
"Guess it is thirteen on two then, ALRIGHT AKAMARU LET'S SHOW EVERYONE WHAT WE CAN DO!" The Inuzuka roared out before feeding his companion one of their special pills and preparing for his normal combo.
"He has learned something else in the three years we have been gone correct?" Akane muttered to Hinata.
"He has been training quite a bit with his family and Kakashi-San from what I have been told so… yes?"
"Fang Wolf Fang"
In an instant both of the copies of Kiba spun into buzz saw like positions and shot forward towards the crouched down figure, before they could reach him a series of explosions erupted at their location, breaking the attack and sending them flying into the air. Just before they hit the ground needles shot through the clearing smoke, impacting both.
"Kiba Akamaru!" Sakura shouted, running over to her downed teammates.
As she reached them the pinkette immediately noticed that they were badly shaking on the ground, and seemed to be unresponsive to her presence
"Don't touch the needles, they are poisoned!" Hinata called out to her as she also ran over to begin treatment.
"How do you know?"
"I was taught to recognize the signs of contamination, also senbon tend to be poisoned due to their lack of physical penetrative power." The Hyuga answered in an analytical tone as she began running diagnostic Jutsu over the boy and his dog.
***SooP***
"There is no point in doing that, the boy will be dead within three days at most. My poisons are flawless." The voice sounded out over the area.
"Sakura stay with Hinata and provide defense, intervene if you can but she needs to concentrate to save Kiba." Kakashi ordered before pulling out a kunai.
Curiously he noted that the other member of the Akatsuki had yet to make any move, in fact he had walked over to a nearby bench and sat down rather than stand.
'Is he sitting out because he was ordered to or is he just trying to lower our guard? Could he be a Genjutsu specialist? If so this could provide even more complications.' The Cyclopean Jonin pondered before glancing towards Kurenai and hoping that she would understand the message.
Luckily she did, and began checking everyone for any type of Genjutsu manipulations.
"It looks like the guy is using puppets, no problem we have our own prodigy here for just such an emergency." The remaining sand sibling boasted while he unleashed his own weapons. "Just stay behind these guys and they will absorb any poisoned weapons that he can throw at us. After that we can just…"
The boy was interrupted as a flurry of strange looking birds shot down from the aerial battle and impacting around him, destroying his works and throwing him to the ground in the process.
"Did you learn nothing from that boy's defeat? Just because we are missing Ninja does not mean we have no concept of teamwork." Sasori's puppet seemed to smirk at having defeated another one of their 'opponents'.
"This is looking grim, already two of our number have fallen and it looks like a third has just been knocked out of the fight." Kurenai noted, seeing as Temari's fan had been damaged in an explosion and thus was forced to stick next to her brother, who was having a difficult time protecting them both while attacking the S-Ranked man.
"Right then, we need to take this guy out and then figure out a way to help the Kazekage." Gai muttered before glancing to his team, "Neji you and Lee hold back if what that boy claimed is true then he most likely has other poisoned traps and weapons loaded as well. Kakashi and I will take point to draw his fire while you two flank him. Meanwhile Tenten see if you can get to a position where you can lend ranged support to the Kage."
"Kurenai you should go with her, if this man is a puppeteer then we need to locate the one pulling the strings before we can even attempt any Genjutsu. Sasuke I want you to keep watch for any openings and if you see them, take them. Natsuko you and Akane stay back for now. We still don't know what the third man's capabilities are and we might need support in one battle or another." The silver haired man ordered before he and the Taijutsu master charged forward towards their opponent, who immediately began firing a hail of senbon at the two.
***SooP***
The aerial battle had been getting progressively worse for the sand wielder. After his sister's fan had been damaged he had been forced to concentrate another portion of his resources to protecting her, which meant she had to stay close to him to better maximize protection.
This meant less maneuverability and more raw defense, which was very quickly taking its toll on his Chakra due to the constant barrage of explosions.
What was worse was when their opponent attacked the ground team with a sneak attack, already helping to defeat two of their members and earning him a pissed off glare from the Kage.
The former Iwa Ninja proved his rank though, as he avoided all of Gaara's attempts to attack or trap him, thus proving his own maneuverability was far superior to the sand's.
Another barrage forced him to, once again, strengthen his defenses and earned a concerned look from the blonde.
"Gaara… this is bad, you are running low on Chakra and that freak isn't letting up. We need to knock him down to the ground where we can get aid."
The redhead nodded and sent out another wave of sand, this time targeting the man's bird instead.
Deidara prepared a small flurry of devices, intending on dispersing the attack before he made another attack run.
Just as he threw them out though a hail of kunai impacted them, detonating the weapons early and allowing the sand to grab onto his mount.
Cursing the blonde noticed the smirking faces of the two Kunoichi. Apparently the more experienced one had masked their presence until they could lure him into position where the projectiles could reach him.
As the Kage's attack began ripping away at his own creation Deidara leapt off and formed an owl type of creature in mid air and ascended into the sky, intent on leaving the range of the annoying weapon user.
Cursing at the loss of his art the blonde detonated the original creature, destroying the sand that had been attacking it. The missing Ninja reached into his satchels once more before gathering an extra large amount of his dwindling supply, if the situation kept up he would be out of clay before he could defeat the Jinchuriki.
With a bit of trickery the man created and launched a larger bird towards the sphere that protected the two Suna Ninja, as the creation impacted, and detonated, a smaller creature that had been hidden inside was able to make its way immediately through the small opening created before it was able to seal once more.
A second later the interior shook as the sphere began to fall apart, revealing a badly injured Gaara and Temari falling towards the ground.
***SooP***
"No!" Kankuro shouted from his position next to Hinata and Kiba. He had seen the initial explosion and then the aftermath, now his eyes were fixed solely on the two falling figures of his siblings.
In an instant a red blur dashed past him, leaping between buildings before pushing itself into the sky to catch both of the falling Ninja, allowing it just enough time to dodge the attempt by the former Iwa Shinobi at capturing the Kage.
As Akane hit the ground with Temari and Gaara thrown over her shoulders she took off running, dodging in a strange zigzag pattern to avoid any further retaliation by the flying man.
"DAMNIT, Sasori stop messing around! The brat is getting away!"
"Your problem not mine." The hollow voice called out, just before it fired the gauntlet that had been used as its left hand toward the flanking members of Team nine.
The contraption exploded in the air, showering them with poisoned needles.
It was only Neji's quick thinking that allowed him to pull off a Kaiten a split second before hand and thus shielded both him and Lee from the lethal barrage.
A split second later and Gai appeared above the puppet, landing a powerful axe kick on the back shield and utterly annihilating it.
Fortunately the Jonin was fast, and experienced enough, to dodge backwards immediately, thus avoiding the blade the sprung forth from the debris.
Now revealed Sasori stood and glared at those who had destroyed his precious artwork, before unraveling a scroll and summoning his 'favorite' puppet.
The Third Kazekage.
Less than a second later Kakashi had charged a Chidori and charged full speed towards the new opponent, only to be forced into a dodge seconds later by the Iron Sand that retaliated against him in the form of a dozen spikes.
"Damnit…" The cyclopean Jonin muttered. He had recognized the puppet and wanted to destroy it rather than allow the puppeteer to have time to fully deploy the weapon.
Now the battle would be far more difficult.
"Kakashi, is that the Third Kazekage?" Gai inquired.
"Yes it appears so. Apparently Sasori is able to create puppets out of former people and even use their Jutsu."
"That is a problem indeed. Tenten will be far less effective when she is able to join us now. That also puts a severe limiter on what we are able to do from range."
"If he is as obsessed with poison as we believe then there is also a good chance the stuff is coated in it." the silver haired man muttered.
Meanwhile Sasori had been holding back for long enough, and decided that he was done playing around with the Ninja before him.
"Iron Sand Drizzle"
Moments later the various Ninja were forced onto the defensive as they began a desperate attempt to dodge the barrage of attacks.
Luckily Neji still had his Kaiten and Lee was able to take cover behind it.
Unfortunately Kakashi hadn't realized that their opponent was also aiming for the recuperating Ninja as well, meaning that a flurry of projectiles was now headed towards Hinata, Sakura, Kiba, and Kankuro.
Just before the impact a massive wall of earth rose up, shielding the four Ninja.
"That isn't nice you know… picking on injured people like that." Natsuko scolded as she joined the Shinobi on the battlefield.
"I thought you were instructed to stay back just in case." Kakashi glared slightly at the girl.
"Yep, but then I noticed you guys were getting your butts kicked and so…"
"We were not getting… you know what fine we can certainly use the assistance."
Moments later Lee and Neji rejoined the other three Ninja to reform a strategy.
"Soooo what's the plan now?" the blonde happily asked.
"Uh… well with that 'thing' on his side Sasori is untouchable via any metal, and due to his abilities we can't risk any kind of close range assault meaning…"
Just as Kakashi finished the puppet burst into what appeared to be black flames which slowly began consuming the creature despite its attempts to extinguish them with sand.
"Amaterasu"
Kakashi glanced over at the Uchiha, who was bent over in exhaustion from using the high level technique.
"Are you okay Sasuke?"
"What… does… it…. look… like…" the boy gasped out while trying recover.
"Well Itachi did warn you not to use any high level techniques until you had more Chakra. That was one of the reasons he didn't want to do the activation so early on anyway."
"I'll… be… fine…"
"Okaaaaaaay" with the boy's Sensei gave him an eye smile before returning his attention to Sasori who had now discarded the damaged creature, which was still enflamed at this point.
"How annoying… that was my favorite puppet and you took it from me with such a simple technique. I had been hoping to kill at least a few of you with it before departing."
"Mah mah our apologies Sasori-kun, looks like you will just have to resort to fighting yourself now hm?" Kakashi taunted slightly.
"Oh I don't think that will be necessary." The boy replied before unfurling a large scroll.
"Performance of a Hundred Puppets"
With that the area above the boy was soon covered in soldiers, while the remaining Konoha Ninja looked on in shock.
"And I bet they all wield poisonous weapons too…" Neji muttered in shock.
Natsuko gave a contemplative look before nodding as if to some unheard voice.
"Alright I got this, but it sounds like onee-chan is going to need some help. Since we can't go into close combat maybe Lee and Neji should go and help the others."
"Uhh Natsuko, no offense but even with your training I don't see how you will…"
"Oh don't worry about that ero-Inu."
The man sweat dropped at his new nickname before he glanced over to the two boys.
"Ridiculous we are not going to leave you here. Besides with that many enemies you are going to require assistance." Neji proclaimed, earning a nod from Lee.
"Like I said I got this!" the Uzumaki happily answered before her hands began blurring through various signs.
"Uh Kakashi, any idea what she is…." Gai was interrupted as the girl slammed her hands down onto the ground.
***SooP***
"So Jiraiya, I have been meaning to ask you about your comment regarding Natsuko." Tsunade began as the white haired man went over some spy reports concerning Orochimaru with her.
"Oh, and what would that be hime?"
"You said 'she is an army unto herself' what did you mean by that?"
The man stopped before giving the two Hokages a serious gaze.
They had included Hiruzen due to his knowledge and tactics and the man had been happy to be of use even with his limited health.
"Natsuko has… created a new type of Jutsu."
"Quite impressive, what exactly do you mean though Jiraiya?" the elder Sarutobi inquired.
"Well it is sort of hard to explain… she figured it out one day after she finished up her Rasengan training and began playing around with her elements… then she stumbled upon it."
"What is 'it' exactly Jiraiya?" The blonde pressed.
"She calls it..."
***SooP***
"Life Release: Golems of Earth."
A split second later the various Ninja stood gaping as a series of earth and sand constructs rose out of the ground, taking on humanoid forms as they stood before the girl and opposing the mechanical army.
"Oh, so you seem to have a bit of art in you as well? No matter it pales in comparison to mine. I can turn a person into a sculpture that I wield, you are merely creating brainless forms of sand and dirt…"
"Who are you calling 'brainless' asshole!?"
The various Shinobi turned to the speaker, which was apparently one of the 'golems'
"They can… talk?" Sasuke stuttered out, beyond confused at this point.
"Of course they can. Why wouldn't they be able to?" The summoner inquired with a look of confusion on her face.
Apparently no one had ever told her that 'creating' sentient beings wasn't possible.
***SooP***
"SHE CAN WHAT!?"
"Like I just told you, she can create and animate living beings from the environment." Jiraiya answered while wincing at the volume that had been used.
"The hell do you mean 'create and animate'? That's not even freaking possible!"
The white haired man shrugged towards The Fifth Hokage. "Tell that to the tree she had an hour long conversation with. They talked about the various kinds of birds that would occasionally nest in its branches, the differences between the soil types, and what it was like to wear clothing."
The blonde stared dumbfounded at the man before pulling out a rather large bottle of sake.
"There isn't enough alcohol in the world to deal with this job…" She muttered before drinking straight from the container, while the other two men sweat dropped.
***SooP***
The puppeteer recovered and launched his 'army' against the blonde, whose own forces retaliated.
At first it seemed as if the puppets would win without question, they wielded poisoned blades and seemed to have far greater maneuverability than the animated earth creatures.
That is until one of the golems was impaled by a sword, glanced down in an annoyed fashion, and then proceeded to tear the lifelike doll to pieces with sheer brute strength.
Apparently poison didn't work well on those without internal organs or human bodily functions.
Within minutes the puppets lay in various pieces on the ground, before Natsuko nodded happily and dismissed the golems, allowing them to sink back into the ground and disappear.
It was then that Kakashi noticed how much of the blonde's Chakra it had taken for her to use the Jutsu. Even for someone with absurdly large reserves the girl was noticeably winded following the technique.
'The greatest techniques always seem to have the greatest consequences tied to them.' The cyclops noted before returning his gaze to the annoyed missing Ninja.
"How irritat…."
The former Suna Ninja was interrupted as Neji flashed in front of him, his Byakugan flaring and his hands already midway through a thrust towards his one vulnerable spot.
It might have worked, had Sasori not been a Ninja of such high caliper.
The former Suna Shinobi managed to bring his arms up in a defensive position, and thus turned a potentially life threatening blow into one that merely cracked and damaged his arm.
Unfortunately for the Hyuga this triggered one of his most lethal traps, rupturing one of the many containers of poisonous pressurized gas that the man had stored throughout his body should he be forced into melee combat.
Neji had been startled enough by the burst of chemicals that his survival instincts had not kicked in, thus he took a small breath of the gas which left him on the ground paralyzed.
"Oh that's a pity. When the gas is inhaled it is far faster acting than if injected. He will likely be dead within hours now." The redhead noted in a stoic tone while he observed the Sensei recovering his student and moving the boy to safety.
"Hinata can you…"
"Lay him down next to Kiba, I have managed to stabilize the body against the poison but I still cannot completely cure it. Regardless this will buy us enough time to create an antidote." The Kunoichi replied to the unspoken question as she began working on her cousin next.
***SooP***
Deidara scowled in annoyance. The red haired bitch had so far lead him on a ridiculous chase through the various alleyways of the village, and at one point had met up with another of her team whom she had passed the unconscious Suna Kunoichi to with a passing glance and a shout of 'Lee'.
Not that the former Iwa Ninja gave two craps about the blonde haired whore, but having to carry around two unconscious Ninja had significantly hindered the brat.
Now she was moving, and dodging, far easier than previously.
Even worse he was running out of clay.
The man was brought out of his musings as a flurry of kunai were thrown from the girl, forcing him off of his mount and onto a nearby rooftop.
He had to be especially careful now. Though he doubted the redhead's ability to hit him at range he was fairly certain that with her speed she was a Taijutsu specialist.
Meaning he could not afford to let her get close.
Just as he spotted his two targets on the ground below, and prepared another round of his quickly depleting resource. The missing Ninja found himself unable to move his arms, as he noticed earthen colored vines growing out of the roof on which he stood.
He had heard rumors that one of the Jinchuriki was a Mokuton user but she was supposed to be fighting against Sasori.
Had the other awaked the same power as well? Had she been simply waiting for him to get within range to use her ability to its fullest?
As the man tried valiantly to break free of the ever encroaching vines he never noticed the red eyed woman who seemed to melt out of the floor behind him.
Not until her Kunai found its mark in his spine.
Not until she ended his career of terror.
The man had been too focused on retrieving his target, too focused on his own 'artwork' to notice that Akane had been leading him around in a complicated circle pattern.
Right back to where Kurenai had been waiting.
***SooP***
Sasori growled in annoyance as his body continued falling apart.
Without his large assortment of puppets he had been forced onto the defensive as he was assaulted by both Kakashi and the blonde Jinchuriki.
Even worse was when the other female had arrived and began sending wave after wave of sharp pointy objects at him, sure he couldn't bleed to death and they didn't hurt but he was slowly falling apart and his traps were being damaged in the process.
Any attempts of his at counter attacking were avoided the green wearing Jonin helping his allies dodge.
At this point he noticed the other Jonin arrive, carrying the body of his teammate with her, along with the return of the other green clad fanatic.
This was an even worse situation, sure he was practically immune to Genjutsu at this point but he had been counting on Deidara to kill her and take some of the pressure off of him in the process.
Scowling he glanced over to his third teammate, who had yet to take any offensive actions.
"Maybe you could get off your lazy ass and help a bit?"
The masked man turned and gave a slight shrug before sighing and standing up.
This immediately drew the attention of the others, who watched the man warily.
'Now what? So far we have had to deal with a terror bomber and a legendary puppet master. Maybe this one will be the weakest of the three and we can get off easy?' Kurenai silently prayed as the man began slowly walking towards the weary Konoha Ninja.
"Even though I was told that this was your mission I guess I would be in trouble if I let both of you die huh?" the voice rang out in a calm manner.
"Oh I don't think that is necessary Ninja-Kun. After all you seemed to have been enjoying yourself by just sitting back and relaxing why not continue to do so for a bit longer?" Kakashi eye smiled, hoping that he could get lucky and this man end up being someone who either A. didn't want to fight or B. was too lazy to do so.
"Yeah but all good things must come to an end right?" The masked man replied.
"So you are challenging our youth are you? WELL THEN STRANGER TELL US THE NAME OF OUR NEWEST OPPONENT WHO WE SHALL TEST IN RETURN!"
The man seemed to glance in Gai's direction for a moment before shaking his head.
"I guess that would be the 'proper' thing to do eh? Alright well I don't have any really cool nickname like the others but I guess they call me The 'Kamikaze'."
Kakashi felt like throwing up.
'What the hell is he doing here!?' the man swore mentally.
The other Jonin's reactions were the same, but the younger generation looked on in confusion.
"What does that mean Sensei?" Sasuke muttered out.
"The Kamikaze was a rumor that started back in the Third Shinobi War. He is said to be a Kage level Ninja who did not originate in a Ninja village, instead he was a wanderer. The reason he is so famous is that his control over the wind is said to be the equivalent of The Second Hokage's control over water."
The Uchiha's jaw dropped, everyone in Konoha had heard about the Senju's absurdly powerful water Jutsu and if this man was his equivalent…
"Is that what they say about me? I'm quite honored, but I do have a real name after all…"
The man tossed his straw hat to the ground, revealing spikey blonde hair.
The mask that sheltered him from the harsh sand was likewise removed revealing piercing blue eyes and a face that reminded Kakashi of someone who had passed away long ago.
"No… that's not possible…" the silver haired man muttered out in shock as he took a step backwards.
"My actual name is Arashi Namikaze."
***Omake***
A certain giggly blonde Kunoichi sat on the grass covered ground.
Across from her sat a beautiful girl who appeared only a few years older. Her skin was the color of pure snow, her hair red like the deepest crimson.
If one looked closer they would notice her eyes slitted in a strange vertical fashion.
If one did not look very closely the nine luxurious fox tails that flowed out behind her would be even more obvious.
The two sat in silence, well as silent as Natsuko could be as she swayed back and forth happily.
"So Natsuko-chan…"
"How about we do introductions?"
The woman blinked at the younger girl in confusion for a moment. They already knew each other so why would they…
"My name is Natsuko Uzumaki! I like my sister, Kyuu-chan, Hinata-chan, Kurenai-Sensei, Anko-chan, Ramen, the outdoors…." The list continued on for around three minutes until she finished.
"… and ramen! I dislike how long it takes to cook ramen, anyone who tries to hurt my friends or family, and people who hate for no reason. My dream is to become Hokage!"
The Kyuubi blinked a few times, trying to process all of the information that had just been thrown at her before nodding and beginning her own introduction.
"My name is Kura but you can call me Kyuu-chan if you wish. I enjoy nature, Natsuko-chan… and Akane-chan" the woman finished with after a pause. Sure she wouldn't call the girl her best friend but her devotion to her sister was admirable and she could be ferocious in combat. Both things the Biju respected.
"I dislike those who try and control others and my dream is to be made whole again."
This time it was Natsuko's turn to look confused.
"What do you mean Kyuu-chan?"
"Well half of my essence is sealed inside your sister, and although I don't enjoy the idea of incorporating the hatred it contains back into my mind I feel somewhat empty without that part of my essence."
"Ooooh."
"So what do we do now Natsuko-chan?"
"Well I was thinking we could make some ramen and eat together!"
"Of course…"
The blonde took on a pouting expression.
"Are you not hungry Kyuu-chan?"
A devious smirk appeared on the woman's face as she quickly vanished and appeared behind the blonde, wrapping her in a tight hug while breathing softly next to the girl's ear.
"Oh I am Natsuko-chan… but I am hungry for a bit more than just… ramen…"
The Kunoichi whimpered out a bit as the Biju started placing soft kisses up and down her exposed neck.
"Kyuu-chan, we shouldn't…"
"Why not?" the redhead questioned as she continued teasing the girl.
"Because onee-chan said it was something she sacrificed for." The blonde managed to mumble out, her heartrate continuing to skyrocket
Immediately the Kyuubi stopped and separated herself from the younger girl, looking a bit shocked at that statement.
"I'm sorry… onee-chan said it was important to only do that type of stuff with someone that you truly love… because she lost her chance to give it to someone…"
"I… you're right Natsuko-chan it is. Maybe someday we can share that experience, but if that happens I want you to consider something as well."
"O-okay, wh-what is that?" The blonde stuttered out, still trying to calm herself down from the short, yet intense, emotional barrage.
"I want you to try and convince your sister to join us sometime. I know it may sound a bit strange but I don't want her to go through life never having any type of pleasant physical experience. No one should have to live like that and I think she might be more comfortable if you were at least here to comfort her."
***SooP***
Elsewhere Jiraiya's head shot up from his notebook full of ideas as tears began to fall from his eyes.
"THERE IS A GOD!"
"JIRAIYA WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!?" Tsunade shouted in rage as she punched through the wall of the hot spring that the pervert was hiding behind.
***A/N***
And… BOOM Cliffhanger-no-Jutsu! I actually was dreading this chapter until I started writing it… then I had… a blast! Get it? cause of Deidara? Haha…. Anyways…
So I will probably get some upset readers because of the Akatsuki being killed off so early on… but they seemed to die off in the Manga pretty darn fast as well, plus there are considerably more high ranking Ninja being sent against them this time, and no bullshit 'convenience' trap that ties half of them down in off screen battles.
Initially I was having some trouble replacing Itachi on the Akatsuki. At first it was going to be a Hyuga but that just seemed kinda dull, so I started going through other cool Ninja concepts.
Eventually I stumbled upon the glorious solution that will be further revealed next chapter.
Also that was a surprisingly long omake, but it was a bit of a request so I enjoyed writing it. Might expand upon it later who knows.
I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter!
