Wow, I updated… Odd.

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She felt invincible lost in her righteous fury. She barreled through, chakra glowing bright around her arms. She barely had time to move. A slash of blue ripped past her as she through herself backwards, avoiding the sudden attack. She narrowed her eyes at what she saw.

Silver hair, glasses, and wielding a chakra scalpel, this was Orochimaru's second in command, Kabuto. Her ire pushed back the slight thrill of fear at fighting such a powerful opponent and she let it overtake her and drag her along. She flew at the demented healer, starting the battle of wills.

"You will die here."

Still she launched herself at him, unflinching against the harsh statement.

"Maybe."

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Hidan didn't deal well with confusion, so when he arrived at the warped throng of seemingly endless opponents he did what he did best. He shut down and started swinging his blade at the screaming mass. Konan darted forward gracefully through the momentarily clear path with a swirl of razor sharp and steel strong paper roaring and ripping around her in constant protection. Her eyes shot back and forth searching for her precious leader.

Neji did not adjust quite as well to the change of enemy type. All of the chakra he saw in each and every one of them was like different points on one massive creature. It horrified him in ways he couldn't express and yet he began the fight anyway. He refused to dwell on fates that he couldn't change.

Sasori was having a much better time. Being a long-range fighter, he easily avoided the hazards those on the ground had to handle; his puppets were controlled from a high perch. However, he faced a different kind of horror as he saw a grotesque and virulent mirror of his teammate. He saw partner pitted against partner in a distorted mockery of their once friendly spars, and his heart dropped, his eyes grew cold. His puppets grew more violent.

Sasuke moved to stand back to back with his uncle and quickly let out a puff of fire joining the circle of flames with it's other half. Slowly, the blaze grew and widened. The circle expanded and destroyed. The final fight had begun.

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His body wasn't the only thing that hurt. On the outside, his demeanor was collected and chillingly distant. Inside, his heart was turbulent and his stomach churned with nausea. The man in front of him was one he had known for years. The man in front of him had been deemed missing in action for nearly ten years, and had been dead for two. He was a fallen hero of Konoha and once his ANBU partner.

Though it had been some time since his disappearance and a full year since he had learned of his link to the Akatsuki it was still an unclosed wound. He gathered his frayed nerves and shut them away, concentrating on the swing and clash of their blades. With the end of this battle, both Kisame and himself would find peace.

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Pein was alone, oddly enough. At one point, he had made it to one of the offshoots of the room and the shuddering creatures on his tail had just stopped. It was eerie in its abruptness and made him wary. Stretching his senses, he looked for his subordinates only to find something large headed his way. He was beginning to think the fates hated him.

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