A/N
I've fixed most of my spelling errors. I'm just now getting use to this site's documenting process. If I'm lucky, I should be able to set a timer on my VCR.
As for rushing the story, I'm sorry for that. I hope to improve over time. Do you have any hints on what would help me? I hope to eventually get to the level of writer chapters with at least 10,000 words in each. Also, even if I do remain at my current level, I definately plan to have more than 50 chapters.
As for the pairings, well, I already have an idea of who it should be, but I'll be like Kishimoto in the sense that I won't let you know just yet. These two will embrace when the time is right. Believe it! Or Dattebayo.
As for Sai, yes, he is one tricky bastard. You can never tell what he is thinking, what, with the lack of emotions and all.
Thanks for the reviews everyone.
--What one wishes to achieve--
"Strange", said the silvery haired masked ninja.
"Our reports have told us of terrorist activity, here in the city of Ydegart, yet everything is at peace,"
"So then it was just a false alarm?", said Gai.
"An S class assignment is the most thorough, in terms of background checking."
Gai, most perplexed, began to ponder, "I've got a bad feeling about this."
"KAKAKSHI, come in", said the female voice on what would appear to be Kakashi's head-phone.
"What is it, Kurenai?"
"Alert Asuma, Yamato, and Gai, and head over near Gwantonomo bay, immediately. I don't know how much longer I can hold it."
"Hold what?"
"It's the---"
"The what? Kurenai, are you there? Pick up."
"What's wrong", asked Gai.
"Something happened to Kurenai at the Gwantanomo bay. Get Yamato and Asuma, and meet me over there."
Kakashi took off, running towards the outskirts of the village. Gai prepared to do the same, except into the direction where Asuma and Yamato
But as he was moving out, a familiar foe dropped out of nowhere, pouncing Gai, as he dropped to the ground.
"Three times we've met now"
The Blue beast of Konoha rose to his feet, and instantly recognized the shark like warrior of the akatsuki.
"It's you"
"So at last, you remember me?", said the stranger while smirking.
" Kisame, one of the seven swordsmen, of the mist, right? You were a fool to challenge me here. If I beat you before, what makes you think that I can't do it again?"
"Ha! I didn't come here to baby-sit you once more."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You're the fool. The last time we fought, my body double only contained 30 of my chakra. Even with that advantage, the best you could do was barely hold your own. Now stand aside, and I might decide to post-pone you're funeral a bit longer.
"Where is your comrade who usually accompanies you? The uchiha?"
"Heh. He is. . .around."
"There can only be one reason as to why he is here, and that would explain the trouble Kurenai was having. Allow him or his partner to interfere would only make matters worse. Sorry Kakashi, but it looks like I'll have to fight him", Gai thought.
"Hold it. You're not going anywhere", said Gai.
Kisame replied in laughter, "Ha! You really are a fool. Very well. If you want your life to end so badly, then it's fine by me."
-MW-
Kakashi arrived at Gwantanomo bay, and almost instantly found Kurenai. She was in horrible condition, when he spotted her. She had punctured wounds in her abdominal area, had several broken ribs, and her arms were almost completely shattered. Her pulse being okay was the only good news. He wondered who had caused this, but it didn't matter, as Kurenai's health was his number one priority at the moment.
"ROWWRRUU"
As Kakashi turned to gaze upon the creature who had just made that sound, he was completely shocked. What he saw was a large Turtle-like creature, with three enormous tails attached to it.
Kakashi had two choices: He could either get the immediate medical attention required for Kurenai's safety, thus, in turn, risking the lives of the people within the city, or , he could fight the creature, until reinforcements arrived, but risk the life of his companion.
Kakashi was at quite a conundrum, but the tailed beast quickly made his choice for him by creating a wave massive enough to flood the area almost completely, other than the small island Kakashi was now standing on. Although his athletics were superb, the distance between him and the village was too long for him to attempt a jump. And even if he swam, he'd have to deal with the fact that this beast obviously had the advantage in the water. It was now clear that his only option would be to fight the tailed beast head on.
The beast lacked intelligence, and apparently saw every other living being as its enemy. Without notice, the beast lunged one of its tails at Kakashi. Of course, he could have easily dodged, but if he had dodged, Kurenai would have been wide open for an attack. It's tail was being used as a tentacle, rather than a projectile, and grabbed a hold over Kakashi.
As it pulled him towards its mouth, Kakashi looked into the eyes of the creature, and activated his level three sharingan, in the hopes that a genjutsu attack would be enough to win. The beast paused for a few seconds, yet remained unaffected, and continued to pull Kakashi towards its mouth.
"Damn. It appears that the sharingan's genjutsu effects only works on beings with intelligence", thought Kakashi.
"But at least that stunt gave me enough time to do this"
What was once Kakashi took the form of a cloud of smoke, while inside the tailed beast grasp.
The tailed beast opened the grasp it had made with it's tentacle, but only found 10 kunai, each with a tag attached. It proceeded by eating the object without any concern whatsoever. Upon swallowing these objects a large explosion took place within its throat.
Kakashi, who was now back on the island he was on earlier, could see this, as a chunk of the tailed beast's throat had caved in. For a moment, he was relieved. Unfortunately for him though, the throat chunk regenerated itself almost as quickly as it caved in. Another problem Kakashi would have to deal with is that the use he made of the sharingan drained him of at least 1/3 of his chakra. Most importantly, Kurenai was in poor condition, and would be likely to die, without immediate medical attention. In any case, this wouldn't be an easy fight. He could only hope that Gai and the others would arrive to aid him.
MW
The Battle between Gai and Kisame was already underway. Gai was attacking with a flurry of hand foot blows, all of which Kisame was blocking and avoiding with his own standard taijutsu attacks. Kisame knew that he was superior to Gai, but even he had to admit that his skills were most impressive.
"I almost regret that I have to kill you this day. I was hoping that the stage for our finishing duel would be set in a more appropriate setting."
"Appropriate?"
"It doesn't matter now. Enough small talk."
The shark like member of the akatsuki quickly began performing hand seals. Not willing to take the chance of him activating a jutsu that would immediately end the battle, Gai, with his lightning speed, attacked Kisame once more, but Kisame was clearly prepared for such a thing, and quickly blocked Gai's assault with his sword in one hand, while performing the hand seals needed for the jutsu, in is other.
"Hand seals with one hand?", Gai thought
"Ah, so I take it that you've never seen ninjutsu performed in this manner?"
"I've heard reports of mist ninja having performed it, but this is the first time I've witnessed it in action"
"Huh- ho! A mist ninja? That raises many questions"
"Kage-bunshin no-jutsu"
An extra Gai appeared from a cloud of smoke.
"Even if I am attacked by two of you simultaneously, you still won't be able to stop me from activating this jutsu."
Both Gais began to run circles around Kisame, who didn't even appear alarmed as he continued forming hand seals with one hand. These speeds they ran these circles at accelerated rapidly to the point at which Gai was invisible. They were moving so fast, that a massive whirlwind formed inside the circle they were running around.
"KOFUKU-RENDAN-VOLLEY(repeating crouching tiger combo)"
"What is this?"
Gai emerged from the whirlwind at the twice the speed he was running, and charged at Kisame with his right fist held back. The other Gai mirrored the same action, except that he was on the opposite side of Kisame.
Within one flash of light, the attack was over. The Gai used for the bunshin jutsu had poofed away, and the real Gai was left standing, but was breathing heavily.
And as he inspected what remained of Kisame inside the voluminous crater born from the attack he had just used, he could only see a cloud of dust, but what he could hear was a strong heart beast, and what he could sense was an enormous amount of chakra. He knew Kisame would emerge within less than a minute, but what he didn't know was how he survived his attack.
The Kofuku-rendan-volley is a fighting technique that is made up of 6 stages, and has the power to instantly kill any opponent. If all six stages are managed perfectly, the opponent will be defeated, as the attack itself (when done right) has no flaws, and surpasses the opening of all eight gates. Gai couldn't help but feel that he made an error, but what the error was exactly, he could not decipher.
The dust cloud finally began to clear, and Kisame emerged from the crater, unscathed.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
"What are you laughing at?"
"I find it funny that you went through all that, just to stop me from using my jutsu. How petty"
"The attack was meant as a finishing move"
"Yes, I know that."
Gai was shocked, "What?"
"I'm fully aware of the technique you had planned to do me away, with. After our previous two encounters, I had decided to study you, as I knew a rematch was only inevitable."
"So then you knew the technique, and knew how to counter it"
"Ah yes. The move Sangoku created himself. Truthfully, this is the first time I have ever witnessed the attack in action. I had only heard rumors of you having an invincible attack, before."
"So then how did you know how to counter it?"
" I knew my hand seals would intimidate you enough to use the attack."
"So then the seals you used with one hand were not real seals?"
"Oh no, they were real. Long ago, I had been fortunate enough to make a contract with the water god. The water god momentarily grants me invincibility, if I perform one simple task. In order to momentarily summon him with this jutsu, all I must do is offer some of my chakra and one fresh soul"
"Where did you get the soul?"
Kisame smiled, "That team mate of yours, a wood jutsu specialist I believe. Was it Tomato?"
"YAMATO? YOU BASTARD, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM"
"Calm down. I didn't do anything to him. He was more than gracious enough to hand me his soul. To think that I didn't even have to rip his heart out or break his bones, as I have done with others"
"DAMN YOU! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS"
"Hey, you should be glad. You'll be joining him soon. To top that off, his other friend was lucky enough to escape. The coward. If I weren't so busy, I'd hunt him down myself."
Gai was filled with rage, and couldn't even think clearly anymore. He quickly went on offense, but in his current condition, he was even less of a match for Kisame. Thus when he attacked, Kisame dodged his first blow, and countered with a mere kick that instantly knocked Gai off balance, but still filled with rage was Gai, as he activated the eighth gate while being knocked back.
Gai's skin color changed red, and his speed and strength had augmented to a level 20 times his normal strength and speed.
"A struggle before death?", noted Kisame.
Red chakra flowed out of Kisame's body. In terms of appearance, it was as if he had been soaked with gasoline and set on fire.
Both ninja clashed into each other, and matched every single blow the other was able to make. A broad range of taijutsu techniques were shown here, and it would appear as if both fighters were evenly matched, but the eight gate took its toile on Gai, as his moves began to deteriorate. Kisame's chakra covered body, however, took no tol, as he remained at the same pace the entire time.
The dance lasted for five minutes at least, but Gai could no longer keep up, and was smashed into the ground because of this.
The shark like akatsuki member gradually powered down, and went over to the beaten up Gai who was left motionless. Kisame stood over his body and picked him up by his throat.
"Now, I have a few questions that you WILL answer."
Gai responded by spitting at Kisame in the face.
"Not too smart"
MW
Things were looking hopeless for Kakashi, as the beast had him cornered.
From the recent attack Kakashi had made, the beast was even more agitated than it appeared before, as Kakashi could sense the amount of chakra it contained rising.
The three tailed beast opened its mouth, and fired a steaming hot geyser of focused water from its mouth. Kakashi knew that unlike the previous attack, he wouldn't simply be able to take it head on. There was enough chakra in it to kill him. The only option now was to strike back.
As the blast came at him, he quickly performed the seals required for the Raikiri; the succession technique to the chidori. Having used this attack over a thousand times in combot, the seals came natural to him, as did the time required to perform them.
Without moments notice, the seals were complete, and the attack was ready.
"RAIKIRI"
Lightning chakra flowed from Kakashi's right hand. The blast neared closer, and Kakashi jumped directly in it's path, using his Raikiri as his shield. Usually, such an attack wouldn't work, considering that the beast's chakra outweighed Kakashi's. But because of the nature of Kakashi's attack; that it is made to even cut through lightning, he was able to cut through the geyser blast the creature had fired from it's mouth, and get so far as to cut into the creatures eyes.
Kakashi had hoped that hitting its brain would give him an instant win. But just as the creature had regenerated from the previous attack, it had regenerated from this one as well.
Kakashi was worn out, and out of ideas. Things looked grim for him, but just as he had performed the technique, Asuma arrived with Kurenai in his arms, while on the back of a giant hawk.
"What took you so long", asked Kakashi?
"There's no time for that. Where's Gai?"
"Gai didn't tell you and Yamato to regroup here?"
"The two Akatsuki members, known as Itachi and Kisame had arrived. We were no match for them"
"Wait. You only asked me where Gai was. Where is Yamato"
--MW--
Kisame, annoyed, slammed Gai into the ground, and then placed him back into the same position he had him in seconds ago.
"Now, what is the name of the ninja that you heard about, who performed hand seals with one hand."
Gai remained silent.
"I see. So you're the type who doesn't respond to torture. Okay, then how about threats?"
Gai still remained silent.
"As I said earlier, I have studied you. I know of your apprentice who you care very much about. If you don't talk, then. . .maybe he will"
"Haku. The boys name is Haku"
"Good boy. Now onto the next question. Where is Uzumaki Naruto?"
"I don't know."
"Your tough talk is admirable, but perhaps you forgot of my implication on what would become of your student."
"Enough Kisame. I have explored his mind, and have gathered all the useful information needed" said an approaching voice.
"Itachi?"
"From my understanding, the jonin were given reports on criminal activities taking place within a few different cities. All of this was done, before Naruto Uzumaki had escaped from the prison he was being held in. This man is of no further use to us"
Kisame then picked up his sword, while still having Gai held at his throat.
"Well, it was fun while it lasted, but I'm afraid that this is the end for you."
Gai was mostly unconscious at this point, but sensed his fate. The only image he saw before him was not a mad man prepared to end his life, but an image of himself coaching Lee, and Lee constantly seeking to improve. At this, he smiled. "Surpass this one, Rock Lee."
At that very moment, Kisame shifted his blade through Gai's heart.
"Pity", said Kisame.
A/N
I can't believe I made it to the end. In any case, I should have the next chapter up by Saturday or Sunday. Please tell me what you didn't like in this chapter, and how I can improve. Thanks.