After making quick word of Jinnin Akebino of the Seven Swordsman in the main room of Kikyo Castle team two started down the hallway. After a few steps Hayate tripped setting off a trap within the castle that revealed a hidden part of the floor covered in spikes and barbed wire.
"Master Hayate." Ayane screamed as Hayate fell into the trap.
Hayate quickly blew a powerful gust of wind from his mouth and used it to push himself back up.
"Impressive." Obito said clapping his hands.
"This place is probably covered in traps." Hayate said. "Be on your guard."
"These traps have been more challenging the swordsmen have been." Ayane said. "I don't know how they got such a nasty reputation with their skills."
"Overconfidence will not do us any good either." Hayate said. "This is no time to get underestimate our foes. Do you understand, Ayane?"
"Yes, master Hayate." Ayane said.
With that they continued through the hall and at the end of the hall found themselves in a room with no doors.
"Well this room will get us nowhere." Ayane said in disappointment starting back to the hallway.
"Let's not be so hasty." Obito said waving her back in. "Maybe there is a hidden door or at least something of use in here. If we look around, we might find it."
"Obito is right." Hayate said.
So they all look around the room. Obito look across a table covered in books and pieces of paper.
"Guys, this isn't good." Obito said looking at some of the texts.
"What is it?" Ayane asked. "What did you find?"
"All these texts are about the archfiend." Obito said. "Ryu may be right about the trying to resurrect the him."
"See what else you can find." Hayate told him.
Continuing to search for clues Obito found a painting of some kind of creature. He knew it wasn't the archfiend because of how it looked. It had humanoid like appearance with a conch shell-like back with tail tails. But it was it's eyes that had Obito drawn to it. It had one large eye with tomoe resembling the sharingan yet it had nine while the sharingan has only three.
"Hey, come look at this." Obito called out to Hayate and Ayane.
They came to see what he found.
"Do you know what this is?" Obito asked them.
"No clue." Hayate told him.
"Looks like it has your eyes." Ayane said pointing to its large sharingan-like eye.
Obito began to stare at the picture.
"Looks like it may just be someone's drawling for fun." Hayate said to get Obito back on track to the matter at hand. "Let's continue with the mission."
"Right" Obito said putting the picture down.
Suddenly shackles came from under the floorboards and attached themselves to Hayate dragging him down through the floor.
"What was that?" Obito said
He turned around to Ayane. Then a grappling hook gripped Ayane's back and pulled her down into the darkness of the hallway.
"Obito." Ayane screamed extending her hand to him.
"Ayane, I'm coming." Obito said giving chase.
Following Ayane he ran as hard as he could but after sensing something big coming his way he tried to stop, draw and sword and face it. Whatever it was that was coming his way was too fast for him because it burst through the wall, face palmed him and threw him outside. Obito went flying threw a few trees before hitting the ground.
"Well that was...ow" Obito said trying to get to feet.
He faced his attacker. He was tall with blue skin. He had jagged teeth giving him appearance of a human shark. His blade is wrapped in bandages.
"Your fast, but not fast enough." He said drawling his weapon. "My name is Kisame Hoshigaki and Samehada will enjoy having you for dinner."
Ayane found herself in a room with the water covering the ground.
"I didn't know the mighty Kikyo Castle had a leak." Ayane said. "I guess the swordsman really are just beasts who know only how to destroy."
"It was like that when we got here." A voice said. "Personally, I like my room a little water on the ground especially when I have company over."
"Oh really now." Ayane said releasing herself from the hook and facing the area where the voice came from. "Haven't you ever heard of cleanliness is next to godliness?"
It was a girl with long red hair. She was standing on a platform just above the water and holding twin swords in her hands.
"Not really, no." She said,. "Ameyuri Ringo is my name. What's yours?"
"I don't have to tell my name to a person about to die." Ayane answered taking out her Fuma Kodachi.
"Tough talk from somebody who was just crying for her boyfriend just a minute ago." Ameyuri said. "Obito, save me Obito."
"Shut up." Ayane said blushing in embarrassment.
"We see how long you can keep up that tough act." Ameyuri said stepping on a black tile.
Then chains came from the walls on both sides of Ayane taking her arms and putting them in an outstretched position.
"Let me go" Ayane demanded.
"No dice." Ameyuri said. "Your going to tell me why your ninja friends are after here."
"Never" Ayane said sticking out her tongue.
"I was hoping you say that." Ameyuri said twisting the handle on her sword creating an electric discharge.
Ayane's eyes widened in horror seeing the position she was in.
"Last chance." Ameyuri said point her blades to the water.
Ayane said nothing.
"Your choice." Ameyuri said putting her swords in the water and twisting the handles create a discharge in the water electrifying Ayane. Ayane screamed in agony as a hundred volts rushed through her body.
"How did that feel?" Ameyuri asked Ayane eager to know.
"It didn't tickle." Ayane said.
This cycle repeated itself five more times. Ayane noticed the chains on her left side were very rusty so she got an idea.
"This time I think your going to break." Ameyuri said.
As she put the blades in the water Ayane jumped in to air putting all her body weight on her right side and puling with all of her might she was able to break the chains to get her left arm free. Landing on the platform she tried to free her right arm.
"Damn it" Ameyuri said lunging at Ayane
Ayane was able to block Ameyuri's attack with the chains from her right arm. Twisting the handles on the blade Ameyuri used the electricity to increase the sword's cutting power slicing right through the chains. Ayane barely managed to escape that attack. Not without feeling the tip of the sword though as the wound on her arm shows.
"I like my prey to have a little fight." Ameyuri said as she licked the blood of the sword in her right hand.
Ayane grabbed the grapple hook, tied the rope around her waist and attached it to the wall behind her. Then started to make hand signs and chant words the Ameyuri could barely understand. Ayane was surrounded in purple ki.
"Well it's been fun but if you continue to resist you need to die." Ameyuri said as she made her to Ayane twisting the handle on the swords electrifying them.
Finishing the chant the ki that surrounded her was concentrated into her hand and punched the platform destroying it and sending Ameyuri into the water. Due to her swords being electrified she was electrocuted to death.
"That was rough and I'm still haven't mastered the Raging Mountain God technique yet." Ayane said starting out of room. "Now was is master Hayate and Obito?"
Obito clash with Kisame wasn't going so well. From the outside looking in they battle seemed even but, Obito was really struggling against him. If not for his sharingan he would have been dead. Despite blocking all his Kisame's attacks it he feels like he is losing because his body is getting more and more exhausted.
"Is it me or is your sword gotten bigger since we started?" Obito asked in the middle of their battle.
"You must not know Samehada's ability to do?" Kisame answered taking the bandages off his sword. "I don't mind explaining it though. It doesn't only cut through your body it can also absorb your ki as well."
Revealing his sword and it had jagged edges almost looking like shark fins. Obito and Kisame continued to clash and things went from bad to worse for Obito. Samehada continued to absorb his ki weakening him.
"Brother I'm sorry but to survive I will have to disobey you." Obito said out look as his sharingan eyes began to take the shape of a pin wheel.
"What are you doing?" Kisame said staring directly into Obito's left eye.
Obito simply continued to stare at him until jet black flames suddenly engulfed Kisame's body. It was as if he sudden combusted. Kisame screamed in pain as these flames burned his skin. It the flames continued even after Kisame was reduced to a smoldering pile of ash. Obito then started at the black flames until his left eye started to bleed then the flames were gone.
"I guess I will just rest for a while." Obito said as his vision started to get blurry and he passed out on the ground.
Hayate was slammed to the very hard basement's floor. Then before he could think or try to figure out where he is Hayate caught the blade coming at him with malicious intent. Putting the sword to his side he got up ready to fight.
"Zabuza Momochi the Demon in the Mist." Hayate acknowledged his attacker as he unsheathed Jinran-Maru. "I see the Kubikiribocho is still in your possession."
"Less talk more blood." Zabuza said charging Hayate.
Hayate spotting the Kitesu behind and Hayate fought very evenly. The tide of the battle shifted when Hayate stabbed him in the stomach and cut off the Zabuza's left arm. Zabuza jumped back and rasing his hand in the air
"This isn't over." Zabuza said as the room became covered in mist.
"No you don't" Hayate said using Jinran-Maru's wind powers cleared the room of mist.
Still the Kitesu and Zabuza were gone.
"You won't get away." Hayate said running off.
Author's note: I tried to make this a battle chapter and the next chapter will be focused on Ryu and Kasumi. For the most part.