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Honored Resistance Member- Code Name: daydreamer1008

Dedication: Chapter 5- Captured

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Newspaper: As the news of Madara's diminishing rule comes about to the ends of the earth, many of us have been awakened from the vast genjutsu that had been placed upon us. The large number of awakenings have caused a great number of Resistance to emerge as the television sets have been thrown out of homes damaged and destroyed. Many of us have heard the call for help as the one named Nora sets the stage for an untimed revolution with a stray Akatsuki member, Itachi Uchiha. There source have indicated that Madara's weakness is in fact a card! The card that he had been summoned here with. They also include the detail that these creatures life source is mere books and posters that possess their images.

As the number of causalities increases to the two thousand mark, and is still increasing tremendously, they expect many of us to help them out! As we still sorrow the death of our loved ones and are fearing for our lives in the basements of our homes, they expect us to risk our life to fix their mistake!?

This seems more than a cry for help... It seems like a trap! One placed upon us by those who are posing as our saviors! You mustn't fall for that trap! Remain in the safety of your homes! Set your belongings ablaze if that would set comfort and ease to your heart, but beware. This may only be a trap to try to expose the rest of the Resistance members!

Hope is now a shining flame that devours mere images then turns them into ashes to help regain our independence from this dictator...

Chapter 5- Captured

I got up off of my chair and smiled, overjoyed that we had finally given the world the news they may have been desperate for. Itachi seemed quite pleased himself on how well it all went out. I glanced over to the people who helped us intercept Madara's broadcasting. They were a little busy with their equipment, but I walked up to them and thought it would be best to thank them for all their efforts.

"Thanks for helping us with the broadcast", I began cheerfully, "I bet everyone in the world who heard it feels a bit better knowing what Madara's weakness is".

They didn't stop their work. Neither did they look up at me. The man who was working on the camera, pressing its buttons and such, furrowed his eyebrows. "We owed the man in black a great debt for bringing us back to reality, but it is best that you leave before we act against you".

I gazed at him with slight confusion not dropping the smile on my face. "What are you trying to say?" I asked him honestly.

One of the women stepped forward with irritation written all over her face. "He's trying to say that you better get out of our faces before we decide to kill you like you killed our people!" she lashed out.

"You're the one who has destroyed our world all at once", he said without changing his focus from the camera. "At first we didn't know that you were the one who did all of those horrible things, but now that we know, we wish to kill you and strangle the life out of you", he ended bitterly.

"Get out of here girl!" that woman began again sourly, "I don't want you here! If I could, I would stab you to death right now, but I can't touch you! We all can't touch you", she pointed out, "because he warned us not to", she pointed at Itachi. "You're lucky that he is here protecting you because it he wasn't, we would have cut off your head then paraded through the streets with it. You should leave before we do something reckless and get our blood splattered by him like you have done with the others around the world!"

I still stood there with that weak smile on my face as she returned to her work. They were right, of course, about everything. I held my hands tightly together as I began to sob. I felt alone right then like a weak and fragile bird lost in the woods, unable to find its way out. Unable to fly away from the most distressful moments. Just stuck there on the ground floor searching for more to life than the moment when death would come and grab onto him and end his suffering.

How horrible! I thought. It just wasn't fair! Why would they speak of my mistakes and not his! They didn't say anything to Itachi! Why did they pick on me only?!

I held my hands tightly to my chest as the pain inside was unbearably bitter. My head fell down and I hurried out of the room as my tears wet my face.

"NORA!" I heard Itachi's voice behind me pleading for me to stop.

I could have stopped, but I didn't. He doesn't understand!

How could I face him after what had just happened?!

I heard footsteps behind me and his call in the distance. I wished that he wouldn't follow me and would just leave me alone. This was the worst idea I had ever had! Trying to fix my mistake was a pathetic excuse for me to try wash the bloodshed off my hands! I can't save the world! I'm just a girl and he's a ninja! I'm just a weak dove and his is a ferocious falcon. He could easily save this world without me! It's obvious that I'm standing in his way! That I'm just an obstacle that he needs to overcome or get rid of! I'm nothing to him and will always be nothing to him!

My tears fell even faster now. I lifted my head up and saw a door before me. It was the one that led outside of this rotten station. I rushed out of the door careful not to trip on my own two feet as I ran.

Thinking of it now, running from him would have probably been the stupidest thing I had ever done. There was no way I could overrun him or even try to run away from him, but I didn't care. I scampered across the pavement when all of a sudden my foot fell into a crack in the ground tripping me. I didn't fall onto the ground, to my surprise, however I was hovering slightly above it as I felt a strong grip on my shoulder. It lift me up before I could drop to the hard ground and scrap myself.

I didn't want to face my savior having a clear idea who it was. I kept my eyes shut and turned my face way from his. I bit my bottom lip in hate and irritation. "Just leave me alone Itachi!" I shrugged his hand off of my shoulder.

I felt his hand travel to my neck gently brushing his balm against it, his fingers curling around it. "A brat like you is nothing but a nuisance", a fierce voice boomed. My eyes shot open and darted to where that voice came from. Right then his large hand tightened around my neck slowly suffocating me. He slowly lifted my body off of the ground, leaving my body dangling slightly.

My sight slowly began to fuzz as the air could no longer reach my lung. But I saw his face. The face I was staring at wasn't Itachi's… it was someone else's. It was cruel, bitter and cold just staring back at me with awaiting me to die. I placed my hands on his grasp and tried to pry my release. "Ka-", I struggled under the pressure, "ku-zu". I couldn't loosen his clutch around my throat. I let my feet kick is hard chest, but no use. My lungs began to burn and my heartbeat was slowing down. I felt my life gradually slip away. I felt the tears fading in my eyes as I gently began to lose consciousness. I let the darkness consume me.

"Nora!" I heard Itachi's upset call in the distance.

Itachi…I'm sorry.

She stood in front of them with a weak smile on her face, but even I could see that she was trying to mask the ache she was feeling. She was hurting on the inside. I watched her silently as she rushed out of the room with tears in her eyes. Her fragile being was overwhelmed with guilt and I mustn't let her break.

I went after her only to find her body hanging limply in the hands of one of the major murders in the world, Kakuzu. Her body has turned into a sickening ghastly color as she must have been struggling for oxygen.

I activated my sharingan. "Nora!" I called out to her, but I received no reaction. I felt my body burn on the inside. How could I have let this happen?! I was meant to protect her not let her die! I felt my blood boil inside of my veins. An innocent young woman just breathed her last breath and it was my responsibility. I felt a heavy burden form in my chest while my heart was throbbing violently against it.

I glared at Kakuzu violently as he threw her lifeless body onto his shoulder as if she were a jacket. He glowered back toward me as if this was the way things were meant to go down. "Itachi", he called to me with hate, "Madara wanted me to inform you that if you don't return to Akatsuki like a good little boy, you will be considered an enemy. Hence, you shall be eliminated... I didn't expect you to be a traitor Uchiha, but considering your past, I guess this is quite fitting". He turned his back toward me and began to leave.

I stepped forward. "Kakuzu", I calling trying to stop his departure, "You and I are no different. We are ninja from the ninja world, but our existence in this world was done by a mere coincidence. It is only a matter of time before things become irreversible. Don't tell me you haven't felt that eerie feeling?" I questioned him, "We don't belong here".

He didn't turn his head, neither did he show concern. It was just a big gamble to him. One that he thinks his is sure to win.

"Why should I care?" he answered me grimly. Grabbing a kunai then threw it at him, I watched as he rotated his body and dodged it. Now I could see his face, brutal and repulsive like a serial killer whose face fits his nature.

"Let her body go", I told him coldly, "Your connection with her has not been severed yet. One mistake that could end her life and you will be destroyed".

He narrowed his eyes at me. "Then why haven't you destroyed her. Wouldn't that have made your job easier?" he inquired.

My sight involuntarily drifted toward her direction. Her body still hung loose, but color began to return to her skin. "If she is destroyed, the connection that has linked both of our worlds together, both me and you, would be severed. Our return to the world that we had originated in would never be reopened. She is the key that links both of our worlds and if she was destroyed, the remaining Akatsuki whose ties have been cut off, would wonder within this world endlessly causing havoc. Our universe would be unbalanced since we would not be apart of it anymore. And, in the end, the balance in both worlds would become unstable and, possible, unfixable".

He grinned evilly then replied coldly, "It's my mission to take the key back to Madara then", he informed me with a chuckle, "He had told me of the same issue you had just spoke of. Don't worry. We'll figure a way to save ourselves from this. I was sent here to fetch her then kill you… but I didn't expect to stumble upon all of this drama. I thought that you were stronger than that Itachi. It's not like you to show emotion for anyone other than your brother".

I stood there firmly, a bit surprised by his remark. I narrowed my eyes at him, contemplating on what he had just told me then I realized what he was babbling about. "You have read about me in those books these beings have written", I pointed out severely.

He chuckled slightly under his breath. "Clever as I have heard, but you're definitely not one to be tampered with, Uchiha. I figure you're not going let me leave quietly", he glared at me with confidence. "Well then, let's see which one of us will die first once she dies", without a second thought, he seized Nora's limp body with his hand then flung it high in the air as if it were a garment or a shawl.

My mouth hung open as I watched in horror as her motionless body soared into the sky then began to drop at an immense velocity. I wanted to run to her and catch her falling body, but there was no way I could save her with him in the way. I watched him with anticipation. He didn't appear like he was preparing to catch her. Was he going to let her fall and crash onto the pavement?! It was time for me to risk it all.

As I was ready to bolt toward her, a strong gust of wind breezed through my hair and a gigantic white bird whistled through the sky zipping in the direction of her body. I balled my fists in realization as a familiar blonde man seized her falling body and placed it against his chest. "Kakuzu", Deidara called with a slight whine in his tone, "why don't you take her to Madara and I'll fight Uchiha?"

"Because", he bellowed preparing to fight, "You can fly her to him. That would be faster than having to walk all the way on foot".

I gave Deidara the death glare as he eyed me with irritation. "One day Uchiha", he warned, "you shall die from my art". I glared at him then gave him a condescending smile. I didn't care much for him. I just had to irritate him enough to stop him before he took off with her… and, with no surprise, it worked.

"UCHIHA!" he snarled, "DON'T PATRONIZE ME!" He redirected his bird and charged it at my location. I held my stance and grasped up a kunai cautiously in front of me as I awaited his arrival. I was stunned when I saw a rain of shuriken fly toward him blocking his direct attack.

He backed his bird quickly from the rapid shuriken as he was upset to realize that Kakuzu projected them at him. "Kakuzu! Whose side are you on?!"

"You're worse than Hidan", he murmured under his breath, "I told you to leave, didn't I?"

He left without a second objection as he cursed under his breath. I ignored him as he departed knowing perfectly how to play with his nerves.

Focusing again on Kakuzu as he readied himself for a fight. Hoping for the briefest moment that this fight could be won easily, I flexed my body readying myself as will. This was about to get interesting, I thought to myself as I grabbed several kunai and shuriken hurling them at Kakuzu beginning the fight itself. With a swift turn, he dodged some of the upcoming blades then deflected others with a cling of metal to metal.

Once I heard the cluttering mess of metal reach the ground, he dashed forward without warning darting his way to break my defenses with a fist swung at my abdomen. Sidestepping, I countered his brisk fist with a fist of my own. To my luck, it had made contact with his jaw. It was much harder than I had expected it to be as my knuckles began to sting and bleed. Streaks of blood streamed down my arm. His stance was unmoved and his expression was the same; hard, cold and murderous. He swung again with his shining blade ready to cut masses of my skin. Without a second to spare, I had no other option but to dart out of his way evading a lethal impact with his sharp edge as it swung millimeters from my gaze.

Landing on my knees, I glanced at my knuckles. Pieces of marble stone were scattered in-between the cracks of my blood and skin. Another quick glance toward him, I noticed the change of the color of his skin then the color change of the small grits of stone on my hand. They have been transformed from rock into skin. His body must have the ability to solidify on its own, I deducted. I need to end this soon, I presumed.

It was time for me to test my theory for in a blink of an eye, I grabbed onto the shining blades I held onto for special battle occasions then darted them a second time at my target. With his solidified arm, he allowed the kunai to hit him directly leaving no mark on him then lodging themselves into the earth below. A smirk spread across my face as he noticed the explosive tags bound onto the kunai a bit too late. The explosion hit him full blast and I cheered within me, contemplating on my slight victory. I watched intently as the puff of smoke formed from the detonation blocking my ability to view the scene hidden behind it. I awaited his figure to charge from the middle of the cloud to confront me; however no sight of action was perceived within that gas-filled area. With my sharingan, I was able to identify traces of his chakra still present at the site of the blast.

In an unexpected moment, I was ambushed and struck with a dagger from the side. I watched it plunge into my side knocking me forcefully to the ground. Trying to stand on my feet, the sheering pain rushed through my body forcing me back to the soil. A heavy pant escaped my lips as I recollected myself. My blurred sight came into focus to find the demon himself, Kakuzu, standing treacherously before me with fresh blood dripping from his fingertips. I winced in pain as I yanked the bloodstained dagger out of my side. A gazed at Kakuzu, my vision fuzzed for a second time and a trickle of blood was felt dripping down my chin. Unconsciously, I wiped the fluid slipping down my jowl with my sleeve as my sight drifted slightly toward the cloud of gas. A gust of wind fanned the pile of smoke disclosing what was veiled before. It was another Kakuzu, possibly a shadow clone, with a hole in the ground present only several centimeters away from its feet. I understood right then that that was the way he prevented my sharingan from noticing his addition of the shadow clone along with his crafty escape. His moves were completed underground where I was unable to scan the scene and counter with a plan of my own. With a sneer, the shadow clone disappeared leaving the two original fighters to their battle.

My wound wasn't severe, however if it didn't get treated correctly, things could get out of hand. Taking advantage of my sudden distraction, in a blink of an eye, Kakuzu emerged head on in confrontation. With a heavy fist, my wound was struck again and the flesh that was recovering began to rip even farther. He released a slight chuckle with pride for an easy victory, until my body flew aback, collide with a tree then dispersing into numerous crows. Letting my body reappear above him in midair with several birds circling my body, I gave him my prideful smirk.

It's too late for him, I thought as I commanded several crows to attack. They gathered around him like hungered vicious little monsters ready to peck at their prey. Their black feathers fell around him like a slight drizzle. Once they prepared themselves, they descended from the sky like rocks chirruping through the air. With their beaks they attacked and even though their numbers were great, he easily defeated the swarm. It didn't last long when the dead birds' bodies blustered into mere feathers, providing enough coating for my next attack. It was then that his eyes widening in seeing his partner, Hidan, came crashing down from above hurling his scythe at him only missing him by a few inches. Kakuzu jumped back and gawked at his partner. He was in complete denial that that was his partner.

Hidan lunged again with his scythe maneuvering lithely toward Kakuzu. He swung with a killer intent but Kakuzu countered his attack with a kunai tightly in hand. That wasn't enough to stop the vicious monster he was in combat with. Hidan grasped his machete tightly lunging it into the earth, for support, as he lifted his body off the ground then flung his foot toward his superior's face, making contact then sending him crashing into a tree. As if by will, the tree wrapped its branches and trunk around Kakuzu's body, securing him vigorously in place and allowing me to near him to end this horrific battle.

It's time to end this, I thought to myself as I allowed my body to rematerialize on the ground only inches away from his body. I walked patently up to Kakuzu's tied up body, sword in hand as I plunged my blade into his heart hearing his winces of pain.

"When were you able to cast genjutsu on me?" he asked, his eyes filled with pain.

"Right when you hit my clone. I was able to get a good grip on your reality and twist it into a genjutsu illusion, and now it's over", I told him uncaringly. He was gasping for air when I began to thrust my blade deeper into his tissue. He grimaced and I could feel the vibration of his heart throbbing in his chest slower and slower till it eventually came to a complete stop. His head fell limply as his body's tension from his struggle was relieved.

I took a breather. "Now I have Deidara to follow", I thought aloud relaxing my tense muscles.

"We're not done here!" a gruesome voice bellowed. My eyes darted toward Kakuzu's corpse as a blast of blistering fire surged from its mouth forcefully knocked me into the side of the broadcasting station wall injuring my spine. A choke of pain was released from my mouth as I fell to the hard pavement panting. Struggling to my feet, an overwhelming wave of wind followed crashing down from above thrashing me to the asphalt.

My clothes along with my skin began to tear from the sharp gust of winds he blew my way. His attacks seemed to heave more power with each blow leaving my body with more ache and more blood to drain out of me. How was he able to escape my illusion? I questioned realizing that his connection to the other creatures that lived inside of his body must have been able to provide him with an escape root out of my genjutsu. Each of them, with their unique chakra type, must have poured their charka into him releasing his mind from the grasp of my demon illusion.

The cuts and bruises I possessed made it difficult to recollect myself before he struck again. I swayed on my feet as a water missile hurled towards me. Knowing fully well that my body was incapable of moving fast enough to evade the projectile of his water jutsu, I instantly performed several hand seals and heaved a great fireball from my lips. I was momentarily thrown off balance from the power of the explosion that was produced from the collision of water and fire. As a result, a cloud of mist covered our field of vision. From the depletion of chakra out of my system, I was panting very hard, exhausted and overwhelmed. The stinging in my body didn't help my situation one bit, but I knew, more than anything, that I had to finish this before I was finished myself.

Using the mist covering as an opportunity to attack, I was confident enough to know that I was the only one able to make out faint traces of chakra from behind the cloud of smoke. Watching him from afar, I noticed that he was preparing for his next attack, standing only meters away, watching the gas screen intently. He must have been trying to find my presence.

Counting them now, I noted that there were five of them standing alongside each other. He had blasted his next attack as I decided it was time to charge ahead. I rolled out of the way as a cannonball of wind surged its way through the smoke cloud wiping it out. Think that I had the advantage, I did not notice his second attack.

A streak of blue light thundered and roared its way into my body overwhelming its functions and shocking shut my entire system. My body fell limply to the ground trembling from the energy surge that rushed through it only seconds ago, paralyzing me. I could hear heavy footsteps nearing my body.

"You should have been more careful because now you get to die", he drawled as he threw a paper bomb on my body. My figure scattered into a cluster of crows and reformed behind him.

"I let this battle persist for too long and now it has concluded". Kakuzu's hair like creatures began to close in on me when I summoned the Susanoo and struck all of their hearts with its sword. It absorbed all of their remains as I aimed at the last one standing before me. He flew forward twirling his body in the air and discharging a number of kunai and shuriken. The Susanoo shield deflected his attack as I darted forward and slashed with the great Susanoo blade. It destroyed everything in its way as Kakuzu rolled out of the way of my projectile.

I could see the horror in his face as I thrust forward again allowing the infinite blade to extend even further touching the edge of his body and sucking him into its sharp edge.

"ITACHI", he roared his last as I fell to the ground gasping for air. The Susanoo dispersed and I gazed at the sky. Thoughts ran through my mind, but only one thing worried me most. It was her.

She's probably by him already, being tortured and hurt, left to rot in a cell again. I closed my eyes for all I could see was her image. Beautiful as she was with her brown eyes and black hair. I saw her image smiling at me with a tint spread across her cheeks. Then my thoughts drifted to her weak and fragile form. She was crying and afraid. Her body was white and ghastly and limp in the arms of another. My eyes shot open wide as I heard her scream ringing through my ears. I jumped up when I saw a paper fall before me. It was Kakuzu's card, and to my surprise, his image was imprinted on it.

I released a weak jutsu to let the card burn then left it on the ground as it was turning into ashes. Now it's time to find Nora, I leapt atop a tree and traveled the way I had last seen Deidara travel.

File X Opened

Name: Kakuzu (Subject Terminated)

Weapons: N/A

Jutsu: Earth Style: Earth Spear, Fire Style: Intelligent Hard Work, Lightning Style: False Darkness, Water Style: Water Encampment Wall, Wind Style: Pressure Damage

In Case of Contact: If you come in contact with this enemy, you are likely to be brutally murdered. This enemy is able to extend limps off of his body and draw them back. You cannot near him or attack him from far. His body solidifies and shields him against attacks whether they would be considered minor or large in scale. Avoid, especially when at temper. If spotted offer a grand amount of money for your release. Subject loves money and making deals that will benefit him. Physical attacks cannot work on this enemy neither can regular attacks with water, stone, or fire. DO NOT SQUEAL OR BEG OR CAUSE SUBJECT IRRITATION WHEN CAPTURED! This will lead to death at many different scales! Try your best to remain tempered and humble! Subject enjoys respect.

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