Three shadows stood over the Five Kage Summit in Konohagakure. One was a man with spiky hair, a headband with a slashed symbol of Kumogakure around his neck. Another hailed from Hoshigakure. He wore a japanese oni mask. The other shadow was a woman with long black hair. She wore a slashed headband with the symbol of Getsugakure. As they stepped out of the shadows, their Akatsuki cloaks were revealed.
"So, how are we obtaining the target?" Asked the woman.
"Simple." Said the masked man. "We need Zuguri here to sneak in."
"Always 'simple' plans huh?" Asked Zuguri. He gave the masked man two thumbs up and winked. "Heh! Piece of cake!"
Light Release! Kyōretsu na hikari!
A blinding light surrounded Zuguri, and in a few seconds, he seemed to have disappeared with the flash. But in actuallity, the light was simply hiding him. The disguised Zuguri jumped down to a Dango shop yards away. He carefully looked inside. He saw two ninja, sitting at a table. One of them was stuffing his face.
Yeesh! What a fatass!
He listened in on their conversation.
"Jeez. Having to go out looking for Ino is such a drag!" Said one ninja, yawning.
"We have to," said the one stuffing his face. "Lady Tsunade said that Ino might be in trouble."
"Ugh. Women are so troublesome..."
Zuguri raised an eyebrow.
Ino? The newbie? I better tell Bakiri what's up when I'm finished.
Zuguri eventually came up to the Konohagakure jail. He walked over to the two guards and swiftly knocked them out. He gave the others the signal, and they came quickly.
"Tenshi! Obake! Looks like it's your time to shine."
The woman known as Tenshi pulled a sword out of it's sheath and held it firmly in both hands.
Moon Release! Getsumen shokku!
Tenshi's sword glowed with silver energy. Tenshi jumped high into the air, and with a swift slash, cut down a large door in front of her. Tenshi landed, concealing the sword in it's sheath.
"Obake! Go!"
Obake quickly dashed through the gigantic prison, and sprinted down a hallway. He stopped suddenly and looked to his left. He knocked on the steel bars of a jail cell. A dark shadow crawled out from a corner. It was Takane.
"Whaddya want? Haven't you done enough to me alrea-" The man gazed up at Obake's cloak. "So, he sent you to rescue me, didn't he?"
"Yeah." Obake replied. "He specifically told me to pick you up as soon as possible." He pulled out a set of keys that one of the knocked out guards was holding and unlocked the cell door.
"Alrgiht. Get your ass out here."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I'm just a little tired from getting the shit beaten out of me!"
Obake was forced to carry Takane on his back. As he, Tenshi, Zuguri raced through the trees, Obake sensed something. A rumbling was heared behind them.
Meiton! Kurai suihō-fū!
A dark wind sweeped through the forest after the quartet, cutting trees in it's path. Obake quickly stopped on a branch and formed hand signs.
Meiton! Kurai sākasu!
Streaks of drakness engulfed the quartet and countered the blistering wind. Tenshi looked back at the forest. It was gone. Thankfully, they were miles away from any civilization. As the smoke cleared, a dark figure jumped from a large branch sticking out of the ground. As he landed, two gigantic wings came out from his back.
"Hello there."
Tenshi smirked. "Kyūketsuki. We were expecting you. Sucked any good blood lately?"
"Yeah, from your mom."
"My mother is dead."
"Exactly, princess."
Tenshi tried to control her anger. Obake placed a hand on her shoulder. "Calm yourself." He said. "He's trying to irritate you." He turned to Kyūketsuki. "All joking aside, what are you really here for?"
Kyūketsuki placed the dead body of Sunagakure ninja in front of him. The body was old and withered.
"This ninja here is the one of the advisors to the Kazekage. He was looking for revenge, and I took him 'under my wing'. No pun intended." Kyūketsuki chuckled. "After learning about what powerful ninjutsu that he learned, I killed him. That's how you were hit by that attack earlier."
"I don't get it." Whispered Zuguri to Tenshi. "What does he mean?"
Tenshi closed her eyes.
"A very long time ago, an old dying mother gave birth to a baby boy in Sunagakure. The boy was completely deformed. His drunken father knew that he could not take care of the boy on his own, so he left him alone in a dark cave, thinking that it would be easier for him. Inside of the cave were vampire bats, somehow filled with chakra. They saw the deformed infant and felt sorry for him. They then lunged their fangs into the boy, not sucking his blood, but giving him their chakra. The chakra completely healed his deformity, and gave him strange powers."
Kyūketsuki laughed. "Not only that, but I slaughtered my father when I returned home. Serves the idiot right. Those bats were grateful enough to give me the ability to suck chakra out of my opponent, and use their jutsu as my own. Pretty clever, huh?"
The others drew a blank.
Annoyed, Tenshi drew her sword and charged at Kyūketsuki. Kyūketsuki simply stood still, parried his wing, and shot it foward. As Tenshi flew spinning, Zuguri leaped into the air, and held out his palms.
Ranton: Reizā Sākasu!
Beams of light shot from Zuguri's fingers and flew at Kyūketsuki. Instead of drawing his wings, Kyūketsuki flew twoards Zuguri, barely dodging the powerful beams. Obake then gave Kyūketsuki a hard punch, sending him flying twoards a tree. Kyūketsuki slammed against a tree as Zuguri fired more beams of light at him. Kyūketsuki dodged and spread both of his wings outward.
Fūton: Atsugai!
Gigantic beams of light formed in Kyūketsuki wings, and a huge, tornado-like mass was released from them and flew tworads the quartet. Obake used another shield to protect himself, but it broke under the tornado's awesome power. Tenshi quickly stood to her feet and pointed a finger at Kyūketsuki.
"Hey! Who do you think you are, using 'Kuzu's moves?"
Kyūketsuki licked his lips. "It wasn't too hard," he said. "Strange how those Konohagakure idiots didn't notice one of my little pets in Kakuzu's morgue."
Tenshi had a bit of a "bond" with Kakuzu. She was one of Kakuzu's "pals" when he was leaving his village. In fact, she was sort of "attracted" to his cheap behavior and money grubbing.
Kyūketsuki was irritated. He needed to get rid of these brats as soon as he could. He remembered the last time someone failed their mission assigned by Sukeruton. Death. That was the punishment. There was a handful of members of the Gyakusatsu who failed to complete their assigned mission. Some of them were his closest friends.
I'd better finish these fools and grab Takane ASAP. He thought.
Kyūketsuki pulled out two kunai and threw them at Zuguri. Zuguri easily dodged the attack, but failed to realize that the knives were attached to strings. Kyūketsuki pulled the strings back, tightened his grip and flew at Zuguri. Obake jumped in and attempted a swift jab. Kyūketsuki dodged it and swatted him with his left wing. Obake jumped before he was hit with it, and landed on Kyūketsuki's back.
"Oye! Get offa' me!"
"I don't think so. It's time that I ended your miserable life. Die!"
Obake pulled out two kunai of his own and jabbed them into Kyūketsuki's back. Kyūketsuki screamed in pain as he dropped to the ground.
"Now, Zuguri!"
Zuguri quickly jumped to Kyūketsuki and prepared to attack.
Raikiri!
Zuguri jabbed Kyūketsuki with a lightning blade. Kyūketsuki screamed again, and fell unconscious. Zuguri wiped sweat from his brow. "Sheesh, that was rough."
Tenshi smiled. "Finally, were done! Whew!"
Takane smirked. "Can we get the hell out of here now?"
"Fine. Let's go."
As the quartet walked away from their fight, something that they least expected happened.
Kyūketsuki regained consciousness.
As he stood up, he undergoed a transformation. His body grew in size and mass, and gews thick, black hair. He grew large, bat like ears and sharp fangs. He truly became a vampire bat. He let out a sharp shriek.
I'm tired of your games! Prepare to feel the full power of the Gyakusatsu! Prepare to join your fellow Akatsuki in Hell! Prepare to die!
