Well, I'm back and decided to get on with this story! It's been since July of 2008 when I did this and now I'm going to work on this story. And now, on with the story!

Previously on the Akatsuki Invasion:

"So, this is the Soul Society?" Kisame asked.

Kisame, along with Itachi and Morpheus had finally arrived at their destination a few minutes ago. They quickly came out of the Gateway Portal and assume their Soul Reaper disguises.

It was working, on their part. They had not been detected... yet.

Kisame looked around and notice the place resembled ancient Japan. The buildings were much different from those back in their world.

"Kind of looks like an ancient city or something," Kisame said.

Itachi nodded, "Do not forget our mission, Kisame."

"Grab the Flamberge and Vorpal Swords and capture this Ichigo person. I know. Where do we start?"

Itachi pointed at the wall near them.

"We infiltrate the center part of the Soul Society- the Seireitei," Itachi said.

Kisame nodded.

The two turned to see Morpheus looking at something. His silver eyes closed narrowly.

"Morpheus, what's wrong?" Itachi asked.

Morpheus pointed straight ahead of him, "WARNING!"

Itachi and Kisame turned and notice a red-haired man in the same Soul Reaper outfit as the Akatsuki Trio's disguises. He also was wearing a white headband that was covering the tattoos on his head.

"Three people wearing a Shihakushô? I never seen you guys here before," the red-haired man said.

The tree looked at the man.

"Who are you? Identify yourselves!"

Kisame glared at the man, "Itachi, who is this guy? He's annoying me!"

Itachi turned his head a bit to Kisame, then back to the man.

"Sorry, people need not introduce themselves to a dog," Itachi said.

The red-haired man looked agitated, "What did you say?! You looking for a fight!?"

Kisame smiled, "If that's what you want!"

Kisame reached behind him and pulled out his sword.

"You will feel the power of my Samehada, (Shark Skin) pal!"

"Your zanpakuto will be no match against Zabimaru!" The red-haired man yelled.

"This is no zanpakuto, Red! My friend here--" Kisame pointed at Morpheus, "--has a, what you call 'Zanpakuto'!"

Just before Kisame was about to attack, Morpheus' hand appeared in front of him.

"What is it, Morpheus?" Kisame asked.

The red-haired man looked perplexed, 'Morpheus? Isn't he that--?'

"Wait, Mr. Kisame," Morpheus said.

Morpheus took a step forward and stared at the Shinigami in front of them.

"SCAN INITIALIZED! RED HAIR DETECTED! SOUL REAPER ATTIRE DETECTED! LEVEL 5 TATTOO DETECTED!" Morpheus said in a robotic voice.

Kisame looked at Itachi.

Itachi's eyes were focused on Morpheus as he kept his attention on their opponent.

"INCREDIBLE. POSSIBLE SUBJECT IDENTIFICATION. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. HOLD YOUR POSITION. SEARCHING DATA BANKS..."

The man looked puzzled at the man's covered face. Morpheus' eyes turned white as he looked around his surroundings. He suddenly looked at the red-haired man again. His white eyes turned back to silver.

Kisame and Itachi kept their eyes on Morpheus.

"SEARCH COMPLETE: ONE POSITIVE MATCH. SYSTEM OVERLOAD! SOUL REAPER VICE-CAPTAIN IDENTIFIED!"

The two Akatsuki members stared at the man again.

"He's a Vice-Captain?" Kisame asked.

"That's right, I'm the Vice-Captain of the Sixth Division, Renji Abarai!" the red-haired man introduced himself, "The man who's gonna to beat you! Nice to meet you!"

Kisame smiled, "Let me reintroduce myself! I am Kisame Hoshigaki, the man who is going to destroy you! Nice to meet you!"

The two men, swords drawn, then charged forward. Itachi and Morpheus stood back and watched.

The Invasion of the Soul Society...has begun.

Chapter 5: Invasion II- Kisame vs. Renji

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Hidden Leaf Village

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Tsunade, Naruto and Sakura looked at Bowser. Shock and confusion written all over their faces.

"So, Bowser, where is this Gate of the Unknown Portal?" Naruto asked.

Bowser lowered his head, "I'm sorry, Naruto. The Fourth Hokage is the ONLY person who knows its location."

"You are saying the Portal's location is lost?" Tsunade asked.

"Not quite, the only clue the Fourth left is the phrase, 'After Fourth.' I don't know what that means."

Tsunade placed her hands on her head, "Is Kankuro still here?"

"Yes, ma'am," Kankuro replied.

"Tell your brother that we will go after them. But, we would try to find another way in."

Kankuro bowed, "Thank you."

He looked at Naruto and smiled. Naruto gave him thumbs up before Kankuro left. After that, Naruto, Sakura and Bowser looked at Tsunade.

"Bowser, I think I know where this Portal, the Gate of the Unknown, is located," she said.

"What do you think it is, milady?" Sakura asked.

"If 'After Fourth' is what the clue the Fourth Hokage left, then it must be..." Tsunade paused as she pointed at the Hokage Monument, "...at the Hokage Monument. Somewhere up there is where the Portal is."

Sakura nodded, "I think I know."

"Sakura-chan, Granny Tsunade already said that," Naruto said before Sakura hit him on the head.

"I know that, but I think the top of the stone head of the Third Hokage is where we should start."

Tsunade nodded, "Go now! Stop the Akatsuki before they succeed."

The three nodded and left.

As they exited the office, Bowser turned to his friends.

"You guys on ahead, I'll stay behind," Bowser said.

"Why, Bowser?" Naruto asked.

"I need to get the Airship ready for a cross-dimensional trip," Bowser handed some communicators to the couple.

"What's this?" Sakura asked.

"It's a special communicator device. It allows us to speak anywhere in the world. I was hoping to see if it works when we crossover to the other side."

Sakura nodded, "How will we contact you?"

"The code number is programmed into the device. Just press the Call Button and select my name," Bowser explained.

Sakura nodded again, "Okay, Bowser. We'll contact you as we get to the monument."

"The same to you as well."

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Soul Society-Rukongai District 5

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The two warriors stared at one another. Renji, already breathing heavily as he stared at Kisame as he [Kisame] brushed the dust off his Akatsuki uniform.

"Why are you so powerful?" Renji asked between breaths.

Kisame shrugged, "I guess not even a Lieutenant is no match against the power of the Akatsuki."

Renji got up again, gripping the hilt of his Zanpakuto, "Is that so? If you think that's the case, then you haven't seen this!"

Itachi and Morpheus watched at Renji's Zanpakuto changed into a different form.

"Master Itachi, we can't just sit here and watch," Morpheus said, "Renji Abarai's strength has gotten higher than Kisame's."

Itachi remained calm, "Relax, Morpheus, Kisame knows what he is doing."

"ROAR, Zabimaru!"

Renji's Zanpakuto, Zabimaru, transformed into an even longer segmented blade; each segment is wider than the one preceding it from the hilt with two pick-like protrusions on the front and back of each segment, with the ones on the front much longer than the ones at the back.

Kisame smiled, "So, you do have some fight in you!"

Renji smirked, "Watch as Zabimaru cuts you to shreds!"

Renji jumped in the air as Kisame quickly did a hand seal and shouted, "Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave!"

Kisame shot out a torrent of water from his mouth, covering the ground with water.

"That's your best attack!" Renji said, "How do you expect to attack me while I'm in the air?"

"I'm just getting started, Earth Release: Underground Submarine Voyage!"

With that, Kisame sank into the watery ground below, just barely being hit by Renji's Zabimaru in its Shikai Form.

"So, you went underground," Renji said, "How are you going to attack me from down there?"

Renji turned to see Kisame's sword, Samehada sticking up from the ground, heading towards him.

Renji watched as the Samehada came within a few inches from his feet. Then, Kisame popped up from the ground and took Renji by surprise. That gave Kisame an opening by slashing Renji across his chest. Blood gushed from Renji's wound as he collapsed to the ground.

"I'm amazed that you haven't dodged that," Kisame said, "That little technique I did allow me to travel underground and can give off an appearance of a shark. My Samehada acted as the fin."

Kisame was about to walk towards Itachi and Morpheus and looked at Renji, who was slowly getting back up to his feet.

"This isn't over yet!" Renji said.

Kisame looked a little surprised.

"Surprised to see me alive? Sorry, pal, I won't lose to an attack like that!" Renji looked at Zabimaru, "It looks like you left me no choice."

Itachi watched as Renji lowered his Zanpakuto a bit.

Only one word came from Renji's mouth

"BANKAI!"

CHAPTER 5: END READ AND REVIEW!

Now I want to go over something for a second, I was wondering who should Naruto be paired up with?

Will it be:

Rukia

Tatsuki

Orihime

or any of the other allies of the Soul Society?

The most votes will be revealed in Journey to Another World after the Invasion Arc is done.