The quartet was awestruck. Kyūketsuki transformed into a creature that they had never laid their eyes upon. Obake was the most surprised, as he could sense his chakra.

"Impossible. His chakra, it's..."
"Over 9000?" Zuguri asked, trying to lighten the mood.
"…Yes, Zuguri. Far Over 9000."
"What, 9000! Th-there's no way that can be right!"
Tenshi snapped. "Would you just shut up already? This is serious! If we don't do something soon, things could get out of hand!"
"Damn right they will." Kyūketsuki said. The quartet just realized that Kyūketsuki was right behind them. He raised his arm and slashed Tenshi. She flew in the air and hit the ground with a thump. Zuguri charged another Raikiri and attempted to stab Kyūketsuki. Kyūketsuki easily swatted the attack away with one of his huge wings. As his arm went back, Zuguri brought his leg back around trying to kick Kyūketsuki. Once again, the attack was easily avoided with one of Kyūketsuki wings.

"Out of the way, you guys!" Obake yelled. "I'm going to send this fool straight to the other world!"

Meiton! Kuro Kaminari!

A dark streak of lightning shot out from the sky. Kyūketsuki noticed the attack, and covered himself with his wings. The lightning hit him, and a gigantic cloud of smoke was created.

Now!

Obake slapped his palms together, creating a fiery explosion. As the smoke cleared, the entire quartet could not believe what they saw.

Kyūketsuki was in the same position, without a scratch. He smirked, and opened his wings in swift movement, blowing away small embers still left in the area.

"My turn."

Kyūketsuki flew up into the air and extended his wings. A dark force seemed to overcome him as he let out a piercing shriek. He then dove at the quartet. As he started to spin, a dark tornado formed around him. He charged at them, sending all of them flying. Tenshi drew her sword again, and it extended. She tried to stab Kyūketsuki with it, but he was easily able to lean to the right and dodge it completely. He then held out his arm sideways, and dark energy flowed through it. By concentrating all of his dark chakra on his palm, he shot it at Zuguri. The attack went right through him, creating a serious wound in his stomach. He hit the ground and groaned in pain.

"Zuguri!" Yelled Tenshi.
"Time to finish this delinquent!" Yelled Kyūketsuki.

All Tenshi could do was watch as Kyūketsuki dove straight down to Zuguri, ready to kill him with one last blow. As he dove, he saw a dark shadow from the corner of his eye.

Meiton! Dākushunaidā!

A dark beam shot out from the trees. It hit Kyūketsuki, and he hit a tree before sliding lazily toward the ground. The dark shadow jumped to the ground, revealing itself.

It was Bakiri.

"Sup."

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A bleeding shadow jumped through tall trees away from a destroyed battlefield. He looked back.

Good. They're not following. They must have left a while ago. I forgot that my resurrection technique leaves me heavily wounded.

The man felt calm. Though he lost the fight, he still had the energy to return back to his master. As he jumped, he stopped on a large branch. He could not believe his eyes. There, standing on a branch in front of him, was Yuki. She smirked.

"Well, well. Long time no see, Rikugun. Losing that fight must have hit you hard."

Rikugun breathed heavily.

"I may be injured now, but I still have enough energy to take you down all by myself."
"Really." Yuki ignited her fingertips. "I would be happy to see you try."

Rikugun drew out a sword.

"Time to die, little girl."

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A heavily damaged Zuguri smirked as he lay on the ground.

"You could have come sooner."
Tenshi wrapped her arms around Bakiri's neck. "Bakiri-kun!~"

An angered Ino emerged from the trees.

"Get off of my Baraki-kun, Shi no Tenshi!" She yelled.
"I found him first!"
"Oh, that's bull!"

Obake placed a hand on Bakiri's shoulder. "Thanks for coming. As you can see, we have a bit of a problem over here… well, two problems, actually."

Bakiri turned to Ino, busy fighting with Tenshi. Ino noticed, and nodded. She went over to Zuguri and began to heal him. As she did, Zuguri remembered something important.

"You guys, I have some news."
"What?"
"Konohagakure is beginning a search for Ino."
"So they finally found out."

Obake smirked. "Sorry to bother you guys, but we have a bigger problem right now." He said, nodding to Kyūketsuki, who was getting up after being slammed into a tree. He looked up at Bakiri and Ino.

"N-no. Impossible! Rikugun should have finished you!"
"Not so much." Said Bakiri. "We have someone else to do that for us."
Kyūketsuki's widened his eyes. "Who?"
"You don't need to know. All you need to know is that you're going to die, right here and now."

Bakiri removed the glove on his right hand, and bit his thumb.

Kuchiyose! Kurai kiri no fukurou

Bakiri slammed his hand onto the ground. A gigantic cloud of smoke appeared, and a Great Horned Owl emerged from the smoke. The owl opened his wings.

"What can I do for you, Master Bakiri?"