Well this chapter will hopefully live up to all the hype that I've been feeding you guys. Gonna be lots of action in this chapter. For the Konan fans this chapter is for you…and me lol. Nothing else I really felt like mentioning, so onward with the chapter. Konan is OP, but whaveter.
Chapter 7: God's Angel
Close to the borders of fire country, a group was making their way through the forest at moderate speed. Among this party of ninja included the former rookie nine from Konoha, Kakashi, Yamato, Anko, Shizune, and Neji. Following the masked silver-haired man in unison, they had made decent progress through the chaotic borders of the country without detection. Kakashi raised his arm signaling them to stop, "Wait guys…somebody is coming." The large group suddenly stopped as they were intercepted by a group of Sunagakure shinobi.
The Suna nin were silent for a moment staring the group down. Finally, a man stepped up who had two purple streaks down his face and brown hair. "Ah, I heard that Konoha was sending a strike team to Ame to assassinate Konan. The Kazekage would like to pay his regards by offering his aid." Several looks of relief shot through the konoha shinobi as the two sides eased up. The brown haired man spoke again, "Who's in charge here? We'd like to join your forces for the assault." Kakashi stepped forward and held his hand up with a serious look on his face, "We won't turn down help; most of my men assume we're going on a suicide mission. By the way do you have any more intel on this Konan?"
The brown haired man sighed as he looked down, "We were hoping to ask you the same thing…the only thing Gaara-sama, our Kazekage, has learned is that she planned on cutting off Earth, Wind, and Fire Countries from each other to mount separate offensives." Kakashi raised his one visible eyebrow, "She must be pretty arrogant to think she could take down of the five great shinobi nations."
The man looked away from Kakashi and groaned, "Our spies say she was conquering pieces of Earth Country. If that's the case, I assume she means to take Iwa out first." Sakura spoke up into the conversation, "Hey I know you! You're Kankuro right?" Kankuro looked at the pink haired girl and laughed, "Yeah that's me…but I'll sign your autograph later bubblegum babe." Sakura shot him a cheap smile. Yamato cut in, "Should we set up camp for the night Kakashi? It'd be a good idea to pool our knowledge and formulate a plan." The silver haired jounin nodded and the two groups began to unpack and set up tents into a camp.
Kakashi had a map pulled out and was sitting next to Kankuro as he went over the plan with the group, "Ok Tsunade's Anbu plan on going in the first wave and clearing a path through the city for us. They have set up a perimeter around our entry point near the southern part of the village here." Kakashi pointed to another map of Amegakure, "If we move fast and stay together, we can take this Konan out. No heroics from anybody though, if she took out Hanzo she could kill any one of us alone."
Kiba began to speak, "Shit…I should have just stayed on the tracker squad with my sister…" An amused chorus of laughter followed his comment before Shikamaru entered, "Yes, you're correct in assuming that we can get there fast Kakashi, but what about her bodyguards? I'm assuming she has some." The one-eyed jounin looked back and him and replied, "That will be an issue, but that's why we need to stick together…I'm not sure what this Konan is capable of, but I know for a fact that it'll take several of us to fight her and the rest hold off her guards."
Ino decided to give input, "Maybe I can use my mind transfer technique or Shikamaru can subdue her with his shadow jutsus." Anko began to laugh at her comment, "Good luck with that…I doubt you'd live long enough to do that technique." Ino shot back a quick glare before sighing, "I suppose not, but we need to think this through." Shikamaru nodded as he spoke up, "My Kagemane no Jutsu(Shadow Possession/Imitation) is our best means to subdue and eliminate her." Kakashi nodded as he continued, "I agree, but you won't be able to get it off unless we have two or three experienced people draw her attention away from you."
Shino began to speak much to everybody's surprise, "I don't like this plan…what do we do if it fails?" Sakura cut in desperately, "It's not going to fail you downer…" Shino pulled off his glasses and gave the group a worried look, "It's just…my father died to bring this information to Konoha…" Looks of shock were evident as he looked at Kakashi, "You're going to have one chance…I doubt our odds tremendously don't hesitate to go all out on her." Many in the groups nodded and others gave the man a sad look as he put his glasses back on, "I will avenge my father or die trying…let me be the one to draw her attention."
Kakashi looked flabbergasted as he flat out stared at the man, "No way…if anyone has to do it, I'll be the guinea pig…If I die the group falls to Yamato." The morale of the large attack force began to plummet at the thought of Kakashi dying. Kankuro spoke up, "You guys won't be alone…I'd gladly die to secure our alliance. It's what my brother would want." A serious feeling of dread and self-sacrifice was sweeping through the hopeless group before Anko broke the tension, "Shit, you guys need to lighten the fuck up. Ever heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy? If you keep telling yourself you're gonna die…guess what? YOU WILL!"
Several nodded and Kakashi backed up the statement, "She's right, everybody! Just hope for the best and we'll see this mission through." Morale was starting to climb again as several of the Suna nin and Konoha nin began to mingle and converse. The group all sat around a large fire enjoying what would be for some their last meal.
Anko began to tune out the conversations convening between the two groups as her mind started to wander, 'I wonder If I'll ever see Naruto again…Fuck why didn't I go with him when he left? Now I'm stuck on some suicide mission with these hopeless idiots.' Kankuro sat next to her and had a playboy look on his face, "So, what's your name Miss…" Anko shot him a death glare as she was stricken from her thoughts. "I'm Miss Go Fuck Off and Die." She answered him much to his displeasure. He gave her a confused look as he sighed, "I'm just trying to lighten your mood up. You seem a bit distant compared to the others." She looked at him for a moment before groaning in response, "Yeah I have just been thinking about a certain somebody."
Kankuro raised an eyebrow as he immediately caught what she meant, "Oh? And is this somebody thinking of you too?" Anko began to blush as she looked away, "I…I hope so." He began to chuckle at her embarrassment as he spoke, "Ah okay, so you're just worried you won't ever get a chance to tell him how you feel?" She looked at him in surprise at his psychological evaluation, "…Yeah how did you know?" Kankuro shot her another player look as he laughed to himself, "Dr. Kankuro is the Love-guru…I can tell when the babes are distracted." She shot him a skeptical look as she retorted, "I bet it works really well for you."
He turned his head in irritation, "Hey now…no sarcasm Miss Go Fuck Off and Die." She laughed at his foolish remark before he sat down next to her. "Well, in all seriousness if you really love this guy, then nothing is going to happen if you just sit around and wait for him. After you get back from this mission you should go tell him first thing." (Don't make fun of Kankuro the love-guru…Dr. Phil 2 imo)
She smiled as she pictured Naruto…and then she pictured ripping off his clothes and raping him. A beaming grin came to her face before Kankuro added, "My work is done…by the way if things don't work out with your mystery guy, then I'm single and looking for love." She shot him an amused look as she replied, "In your dreams hot-shot. Thanks for the talk though." Kankuro smiled as he walked away.
Unfortunately for Anko, Hinata had overheard her conversation and decided to pester her for information, "So…Anko-san, tell me about this mystery guy of yours." She looked at the Hyuuga hesitantly as she began to think, 'You're the last person I'd ever tell, you stalker…' Hinata looked at Anko expecting some kind of answer before she sighed, "Well…it's kind of a secret and I don't want everybody knowing about it before I tell him how I feel." Hinata gave her an excited look as she complained, "C'mon, Anko you know you want to tell me. Is he in our group now?" She looked at the blue haired Hyuuga in irritation before she said, "It's none of your damn business…but no he isn't. I missed my chance and now's he's gone."
Hinata began to piece things together in her mind, "So he's not in Konoha?" Anko reluctantly nodded her head as Hinata began to frown, "You mean…you can't be serious Anko…that's just wrong." She shot a fierce look at Hinata before replying, "Nothing's wrong with it…I'm in love with him…what's wrong is you lack any kind of spine to stop me. I understand him…you don't." Hinata for the first time ever had an angry look on her face before she retorted venomously, "You're a sick whore…how dare you try and steal my man." Anko began to laugh as she leered at Hinata darkly, "Last I checked, you don't know a thing about him…oh wait you do because you stalked him every day because you lacked the backbone to do anything." The blue haired girl stood up and activated her Byakugun.
Anko laughed as she stood up and pulled out a kunai. The loud camp began to get quiet as they had recently noticed Anko draw a weapon. "I'm gonna cut that pretty little face of yours up you Hyuuga bitch!" Hinata angrily began to shout back, "You fucked with the wrong bitch you home-wrecking slut!" Anko began to laugh as she replied, "All's fair in love and war." Suddenly Neji jumped in between the two of them and yelled, "What the hell is going on over here? You girls need to calm down!"
Anko huffed as she began to walk to her tent ignoring all the weird looks people were giving her as she zipped it up. Neji turned to Hinata, "Hinata…what were you two arguing about?" Hinata gave him an icy glare as she coldy stated, "Nothing…don't talk to me." Everyone was shocked to see the normally calm and kind Hyuuga girl in a bad mood. Sasuke looked at her face and inwardly contemplated, 'Nothing gets her that emotional…except Naruto.' The raven haired Uchiha looked to Hinata as she sat down at the campfire and stared into the burning embers blankly. 'Anko must have said something about Naruto…that's the only explanation for her to outburst like this.'
Many in the group continued to go back to their conversations but some were still staring at Hinata. Among this group included most of rookie nine. Sakura stood up and sat next to Hinata as she put her hand over the girl's back, "If you wanna talk to somebody in private about this, I'll listen Hinata." Sasuke nearly choked on his dinner he had started eating at her comment, 'If you and her end up alone she'll eviscerate you Sakura…' Then a smile crossed Sasuke's face as he watched the scene unfold.
Hinata looked at Sakura with a cold gaze as she plainly answered, "Yes…maybe that would be a good idea. Lead on Sakura…" The two Kunoichi made their way a distance from the camp and Sasuke started to beam in laughter as saw the figures disappearing into the forest. "What's so funny Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked curiously before the Uchiha shrugged, "I don't know." The shadow user gave him a cold stare before waving off his comment and going to his tent. Kiba sat next to Sasuke and began to laugh. Sasuke looked at him and said, "I bet she fucks Sakura up…" Kiba looked at him and thought for a moment, "Nah she'll go easy on her…I'll bet you."
Meanwhile a good one hundred yards from the camp two figures were sitting beneath a tree. "So Hinata…tell me what's wrong?" Sakura asked genuinely as Hinata stared at the ground. The Hyuuga girl sighed deeply as she asked Sakura a question, "Sakura…did you ever have any feelings for Naruto? Was there any reason why you constantly rejected him and cruelly used him to your own ends?" The pink haired girl shot a surprised look at Hinata, "What's that got to do with anything?" Hinata stood up and began to raise her voice, "Answer me!" Sakura cowered under Hinata's rage filled posture, "I…didn't at first. Though Tsunade-sama brought up a good point to me…ever since he's been gone I've kind of missed him. Are you still mad about me getting him in trouble?"
Hinata slapped Sakura in the face and sent her to the ground, "He's too good for you…I never understood what he saw in you. The only thing I've ever thought of you as is a worthless Sasuke fan-girl." Sakura looked horrified as she sat up and felt the bruised imprint on her face, "I didn't mean for it to happen this way…I do care about him, but I guess I just never noticed until now." Hinata looked at the girl coldly as she stated, "He could have made you happy…as much as it would have pained me to see him with you, at least he would have been happy. But you broke his innocent heart and his dream for Sasuke…and I don't know if you caught the memo…but Sasuke hates you more than I do."
Sakura began to cry as she held her head against the tree, "I'd give anything to see him one more time…and to tell him how sorry I am…about everything." Hinata looked annoyed as she interjected, "You missed your one and only chance with him…if I ever see you lay a hand on him again I'll impale you and hang you in front of the Hyuuga mansion as a trophy." Sakura looked down as she spoke softly, "I guess that old saying is true…'You never appreciate what you have until it's gone.'"
Hinata sighed as she looked down at Sakura, "I doubt I could ever find it in myself to forgive you unless he came back Sakura…" The pink haired girl stood up and looked at her sorrowfully, "Maybe we can look for him after this is over…by the way what was going on with you and Anko?" Hinata looked at her for a moment and glanced around as if she were being watched. Finally the girl spoke up, "It was about Naruto…" Sakura gasped as she inquired further, "What did she say?" Hinata balled her fists in anger and punched a nearby tree shattering it in half, "Nothing you need to concern yourself with…let's go back to camp." Sakura watched Hinata fluster up deep in thought and went over the possibilities in her mind, 'Hmmm…maybe Anko knows something about Naruto…but wait didn't Hinata call Anko a slut?' A look of shock washed over the pink haired girl's face as she stopped in her tracks, "She likes him too huh?"
Hinata turned with an annoyed look on her face and calmly replied, "Yes…but like I said he is no longer your concern." She continued walking back to camp. As the two came back Sasuke had a frown on his face sad to see the bruise that Sakura had was the only injury, "She went easy on her…you win the bet Kiba." The Inuzuka man cheered as he took money from Sasuke's hand. Sakura didn't bother to process the event as she decided to go to bed.
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Naruto had made quick progress with his large group through Fire Country as they headed to Amegakure. Of course it wasn't as uneventful as he would have liked. His companions were restlessly arguing over nonsense as they neared their destination. "Naruto-kun…what do intend to do if Konan interferes?" Zabuza spoke up curiously as he was bored of all the estrogen filled topics. Naruto looked to the swordsman and he shrugged, "I doubt it will matter even if she does…even though she defeated Hanzo, she won't stand a chance against me."
Guren broke away from her 'girl-related' topic with Tayuya and spoke up, "I have no doubt in your abilities Naruto…but she isn't a pushover…even Orochimaru fears her." Naruto stopped walking and turned to look at Guren who wore a distressed look on her face. He walked over to her and she backed into a tree, "Is my Guren-chan worried about me? How sweet…perhaps you want another demonstration of my power?" The woman blushed heavily and placed her hands on his waist and leaned her head back, "Maybe I do…" A loud cough could be heard coming from the group behind them, "Ahem…we don't have time for that Naruto-kun…Guren will just have to take my word for your power."
Naruto laughed as he began to walk again followed by Zabuza and a very bored Kimimaro leaving the girls trailing behind the two. Haku shot a smirk at the older woman sticking her tongue out making her glare angrily at Haku. The crystal user began to whisper venomously, "If you ever interrupt us again I'll cut that tongue of yours out…" Haku laughed as she shot back, "Maybe you didn't catch the memo here, but Naruto-kun is my man…not yours." Tayuya entered the quiet conversation, "Sorry bitches… you could tell by the way he was looking at me that I'm the best candidate for that slot."
Guren looked at her and laughed, "The only slot you're going to be filling is your own with that flute of yours." Haku laughed as she added, "Yeah well that's what your crystals are for too bitch…clearly you two are new and don't understand how things work around here…Zabuza and I have been following Naruto for three years now." Tayuya looked at her briefly and smiled, "Yeah and you still haven't closed the deal from what I understand." Haku looked flustered as she looked at Tayuya angrily, "You'll pay for that one bitch…just you wait." The red head laughed and looked back to Naruto staring at his defined body through his anbu attire. "Where did you guys get anbu gear from anyways?" Tayuya asked confused as she continued staring at Naruto.
Zabuza turned around answered much to her surprise, "We got those from some Kirigakure anbu who decided to commit suicide by attacking us." She looked at him and laughed as Haku stated, "Yeah…Zabuza seemed to have enjoyed the encounter if I recall." The masked swordsman laughed, "Yeah well those mother fuckers deserve it…I'm going back to Kirigakure once this is over."
Kimimaro looked at Zabuza and sighed, "My clan was wiped out trying to attack that that village…The Bloody Mist is a very dangerous place." Zabuza turned to look at Naruto with beaming eyes, "Yeah well you guys haven't seen what Naruto is capable of…I remember three years ago in Wave Country he destroyed an entire coastline with one jutsu…it was crazy." Kimimaro looked unconvinced as he stated, "I seriously doubt that…I'd have to see it for myself. Not even Orochimaru could do things like that." Naruto turned towards the man and gave him a flat stare, "Your religious zealotry towards that fiend is starting to make you look suspicious to me…I will tell you this one time. If you have any thoughts of betraying me, I will destroy you and your village with that jutsu."
Kimimaro gave Naruto a sharp nod and a worried look as he turned to continue walking. "I can understand your hatred for Orochimaru, but you must understand that he has done nothing but good things for me. It shames me to betray him like this." Naruto looked at Kimimaro again with a displeased look, "I'm offering you something better…not a place in some weak secondary shinobi village taking orders from a maniacal power-hungry ruler whose only concerns are his own. I'm giving you a chance to fulfill your dreams in my service. I can make the nations tremble before me and grant a boon to all of my most loyal subjects…tell me would you turn that down? If you have a request I will make time to hear it."
The white haired man thought for a moment before he spoke his mind, "Orochimaru said the same thing…how am I to take your word over his? I am dying…as you know. Being the last of my clan gives me a sense of obligation to restore their honor." Naruto placed his hand on the man's shoulder and looked him in the eyes, "I am going places others only dare to dream. My name shall be remembered for what I am doing. My legacy shall be written in stone and my power shall be felt even by the stars themselves…Stand with me Kimimaro and be a part of that legacy…let yourself become one of my champions…and see yourself remembered for all time."
The white haired man was taken aback by the inspiring speech. Naruto's promise of power was undeniable to the group that traveled with him. He stared into the Rinnegan eyes of his leader for a moment before he responded, "I had once dreamed as a child…to become a legend…a hero. I've never thought about trying to do it…until now. You shall help me achieve my dream…and I shall serve as one of your champions…I am the Ashen Knight!" Kimimaro's resolve echoed clearly unwavering as he formed two blades from his arms and crossed them as he bowed to Naruto. Everyone with the exception of Naruto was staring in shock at his change of heart. Naruto offered him a hand and the man took it. The jinchuuriki pat him on the back and continued to walk.
Zabuza looked at the scene in awe, 'Those things he said…they seem so distant yet so close at the same time. He is so sure of himself…so dedicated…invincible. Nothing is impossible…maybe we truly can change this world.'
The girls were staring at their leader with even more infatuation than before, if it was even possible. Guren smiled as she managed to squeeze in between Kimimaro and Naruto to stand by him. She looked over at him with a smile, "My dream is only to follow you forever…and to serve you in 'anyway' possible." Naruto looked over to the dreamy eyed woman and smiled back. He put his arm around her shoulders and whispered in her ear, "I'll make sure you live up to those words later…see how loyal you really are." The woman practically squealed with delight as she stared at him, "Your wish is my 'pleasure.'"
Haku broke the two up and pushed Guren away as she stood next to Naruto. She looked at him with a grin and spoke, "Don't forget…you owe me a favor Naruto-kun." He laughed as he nodded his head. Kimimaro was standing next to Zabuza now and began to speak to the man, "It seems Naruto-sama is very popular among the ladies." Zabuza looked at him and laughed as he nodded, "Yeah, you should see this guy play off the smooth criminal thing…it's so funny. I remember this one time in Snow Country he walked into the Daimyo's palace and demanded rooms for the night in exchange for their lives…so we all get separate rooms when we went to bed for the night and I hear a bit of noise from Naruto's. So I go and check it out and I walked in on the Daimyo's daughter pounding into him."
Kimimaro had a plain look on his face for a second before his eyes shot open, "That is a bit too much information Zabuza…" The masked man laughed as he continued, "Yeah, it was so funny because Haku was pissed…nearly killed the woman. But that's not the reason I told you that…you see I've recently started writing in the journal here…" Zabuza pulled out a journal. Kimimaro looked at it and read the title out loud, "Chronicles of the Super Pimp," he looked over to Zabuza with a confused look on his face, "Is there a reason why you're writing this?"
The masked man nodded his head, "Of course…you see I figure I can make a fortune if I write down all these stories about Naruto's love life…one to rival Icha Icha Paradise!" Naruto looked over at Zabuza brought away from the female attention and asked, "You're doing what?" the masked swordsman laughed nervously as he replied, "Nothing, I was just talking to Kimimaro about Icha Icha Paradise…"
Naruto laughed as he spoke up to the group, "All right guys enough fooling around; we have to get there soon if we're going to catch Kabuto." Everyone instantly dropped into a serious mood and the group began to follow their leader at high speed.
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In the city of Amegakure a certain azure haired woman was sitting on what resembled a throne as she leaned back with a bored look on her face. Konan had been ruling Amegakure for over two years. In that time she had wreaked nothing but havoc for the other shinobi nations as she aggressively assimilated smaller countries' territory and monopolized most of the trade around the western part of the continent. On more than one occasion she would think about what Madara had asked her to do. Despite his request, she found life pretty comfortable after she established herself as dictator. She hadn't even bothered with Takigakure like Madara had wanted, and had not even made an attempt to look for Pein. Though the best thing she had done for Akatsuki was cause a beacon of chaos that drew attention away from the rest of them.
She had however heard of disturbing reports about Pein and the trail of death that followed him. 'Be perceptive girl. You'll know what to do when the time comes…Fuck you Madara,' she thought as she glanced around her throne room with a bored displeased look. Her mind wandered at the idea of Pein, 'I want to meet Pein…if I could get him on my side I'd be unstoppable." A man suddenly ran in the room with a worried look on his face, "Lady Konan, we have seen a large gathering of Konoha and Suna shinobi at the borders near Fire Country…what are your orders?" Her amber eyes glanced at him emotionlessly as she went back to her daydream about Pein. He continued to stand there awaiting some kind of response. He watched her confused as she pulled a paper out of her pocket.
She was twirling a piece of paper in her hands and used her chakra to fold it into an airplane and it flew at the man. He caught it and looked at what it said. Konan watched him for a minute before she demanded, "Read it…" The man nervously began to open the paper as he shook with fear, "This is an ultimatum sent to Konan of Amegakure. By order of the five great shinobi nations you are to surrender immediately and relinquish your power and submit to the obedience of the five kages, or you shall force our hands." He looked at Konan confused as she twirled a kunai around her fingers, "What do you want me to do?"
She looked at him annoyed and threw the kunai at him and it slashed his face leaving a huge cut. Blood began to pour down the horrified man's face before she stood up, "You shall do your job…and if you don't wipe that look off your face I'm going to kill you. Cowards are not accepted in my presence…be gone." The man nodded as bowed to the floor, "Of course Konan-sama…forgive my weakness." She gave him a pitiless look, "Soon those arrogant fools are going to die! They will all kiss my feet before I kick their skulls in and stomp their eyes out…Get out of my sight you pussy." The man got up and ran out of the room faster than the yellow flash himself could have.
Konan paced around the room staring out the window. She saw a familiar shadow come out of the wall and it came into focus. "It seems you have been enjoying yourself Konan…Tobi thinks you're starting to get a bit…comfortable here. Don't forget your true purpose." She looked at a plant maw on the figure open revealing a split down the middle man, "Tobi can eat a dick for all I care…besides, I'm doing what he wanted anyways. So the fools are on their way into our trap I assume?"
Zetsu nodded as he continued, "Yes, Shizune informed me that the Hokage sent a platoon of Anbu and a strike team of jounin. Although you haven't exactly been given the details of the trap…I have also made sure Kabuto lured Pein here…he will intercept them and most likely wipe them out for us." She looked at Zetsu confused, "What? Why did you bring Pein here? Is this one of Tobi's plans?" Zetsu remained silent as a third figure walked into the room. The figure was a man in glasses known only as Kabuto. She looked at the man icily as she restated the question, "Did Tobi tell you to lure Pein here? You are a fucking idiot…" Kabuto had a concerned look at Konan's comment, as he looked to Zetsu, "You told me she would offer protection from Pein, Zetsu."
The plant man's dark half began to speak, "You have served your purpose well Kabuto…but your services are no longer required." Kabuto had a horrified look on his face as he turned only in time to see Konan stab him in the neck. She dug the blade around for a moment before slicing all the way across beheading Kabuto completely. Konan wiped the blood from her blade as she looked at Zetsu bored, "Bringing Pein here was a mistake…I can handle those Konoha fools without much trouble, but the Rinnegan is a different story…"
Zetsu looked at her for a moment and replied, "Didn't he ask you to go undercover and learn about Pein?" She shot an angry glare at him, "How do you know about that?" He looked at her plainly and answered, "I know everything that goes on…I'm just that good." She roared furiously at him, "Tell Tobi to go fuck off…I am staying in Ame until we do our takeover." Zetsu sighed as he simply nodded, "Very well…would you like me to quote that to him?" She smirked at his hidden joke.
"I'll take care of Pein…and these Konoha pencil pushing pussies! You got your report now go." She waved off Zetsu and he left without another word. Konan looked at Kabuto's bloody body and just laughed at it, 'What a fool…rule number one about being a ninja is never trust your friends.' Konan picked up Kabuto's head and placed it on a pike next to her throne as she sat back down. Loud noises could be heard outside as Amegakure jounin ran into the room panting. The group saw the headless body on the floor and looked over to their leader in shock. She casually spoke, "He was a liability. People who fail to serve their purpose shall end up decorating my throne room. You…take that corpse out of my throne room." A jounin began to drag the body out.
Looks of fear were evident on the battle-hardened jounin. Konan stood up and looked at them with amusement, "Is there some reason you needed to speak with me?" They traded worried glances as one man fearfully spoke up, "Konoha nin have breached the walls to the village…they are on their way as we speak!" She looked at the man and sighed, "Calm down…I will deal with them. Fear is the greatest weapon of any shinobi, don't let this pathetic attack weaken your mental fortitude." They all seemed to relax at their leader's calm attitude compared to her usual bloodthirsty manner. She walked over to a wall and pulled off a mask that could only be recognized as Hanzo's breathing mask. Konan began to put it on much to the surprise of the jounin present.
"They feared Hanzo…they shall fear him in death as well!" The group bowed as Konan turned to them with the breathing mask of the legendary Hanzo on. One man spoke up, "Long live the Amekage!" She nodded as she heard a large explosion coming from outside again. The Ame jounin all jumped in front of Konan as she sat back down on her throne and crossed her legs.
Suddenly a large group of Konoha and Suna nin poured into the room all with weapons drawn in battle stances. One man who Konan assumed was the leader of the group had silver hair and a mask. He had one Sharingan eye as well. The shinobi all stared at Konan in wonder as she stood up and walked over to them, "Well…isn't this cute. A bunch of wannabe heroes working so hard to come meet me in person…If this is the best that Konoha has then I might take it next. How pathetic," she laughed as she inspected the rag tag team of jounin in front of her with little interest. "Seems Suna has a death wish as well."
Not taking kindly to her condescending manner, Sakura spoke up, "We've come to kill you Konan! Konohagakure is the greatest shinobi village for a reason, and you're a fool if you presume you can defeat us!" Konan looked at the pink haired girl and began to laugh, "Well you and I must be talking about a different Konohas if they allowed a pink haired Barbie bitch to become a jounin." Sakura gave the woman a glare as she violently retorted, "You've got some nerve you masked freak…you wretch!" Konan had a brief flashback of a similar dolled up woman calling her a wretch and she boiled in anger, "What did you just call me?"
Konan was releasing enough killer intent to drown the room in fear as she felt her anger rising. Konan's arm shot out a barrage of paper that flew around Sakura and dragged her across the room. The woman looked at the pink haired girl suspended in air wrapped in paper. Everyone present in the room was too afraid to move as Konan pulled out a Kunai and looked at Sakura deviously, "I would just kill you, but it'd be far too merciful…no I want you to suffer!" Konan began to slice across Sakura's cheek leaving blood trailing down the girl's face making her cry out in agony.
Shikamaru began to go through several handseals, "Kagemane no Jusu!" and suddenly shadows caught Konan in the jutsu. Shikamaru smirked as he boasted, "Seems you weren't as powerful as they said…or as smart." The woman looked at him mildly amused and began to mock him, "OH NO! I'm caught in a shadow imitation jutsu! Whatever shall I do?" The others looked shocked as she began to disperse into hundreds of sheets of paper and reform behind Shikamaru. She stabbed in the back before he had a chance to react. Everyone gasped in horror as the man fell over bleeding. Konan casually released Sakura as she created more paper and began sending a barrage of explosive tags at the group.
Most of them dodged the assaulting tags although a large portion of the Suna nin weren't so lucky and fell over dead. Everyone looked shocked as they looked at the injured Shikamaru. Konan began to laugh as she looked to her jounin, "Deal with them!" The group did as commanded and a battle broke out between the two sides. During all the commotion Kankuro managed to sneak out behind the door and started running away, 'We need back up!' Chouji managed to rush past the group and made a desperate lunge for Konan before she surrounded him in paper. Suddenly his form turned into a ball as he tried to break out.
She went through several hand seals and the ball began to squeeze and a loud cracking sound could be heard. Konan looked up to see that her jounin were getting their asses handed to them by Yamato's mokuton jutsus and Kakashi's attacks. She sighed casually as she kicked the dead Chouji back to the group. A loud scream could be heard from the last of her jounin dying from a chidori piercing his heart. Konan looked at Kakashi and smirked, "So the fabled copy-nin himself thinks he has the power to stand against me?" Sasuke charged a chidori and ran at the woman and Yamato launched several wood attacks to hold her in place. She easily avoided the two attacks as she dispersed again and reformed. Anko's snakes began to fly at her but were beheaded as several paper swords formed and sliced them. Konan laughed as she launched them at the woman who narrowly dodged them. Sasuke went through several hand seals and blasted fire out of his mouth but it was countered by hundreds of paper blasts repelling it back. He growled in frustration as Konan levitated around the room and appeared behind him elbowing him in the back of the head bringing him to his knees. Yamato tried again to snag her in wood but was unsuccessful as she easily wrapped it in her chakra paper making it blow up.
Yamato began to shout, "Mokuton: Jubaku Eisō!" (Wood Release: Curse-Binding Nest) A large tree formed around the floating Konan and held her still. Ino yelled, "Shintenshin no Jutsu!" (Mind Body Switch Technique ) Ino managed to land the attack on Konan but it was immediately dispelled by Konan's strong willpower. Shino sent his insects to attack Konan in a desperate mad dash at her he pulled out a kunai and wildly stabbed at her only to have his arms caught. She smiled as she wrapped his arms and began to twist them around his back. Cracking could be heard as she laughed out loud at the pain the man was in. She decided to spare him a bit longer and threw him down carelessly staring at the group with a plain look on her face.
She launched a large amount of paper and completely immobilized Yamato as she tried to asphyxiate him. After he passed out she released the paper and it formed back into her body. Everyone stared in shock at how powerful she was. Sasuke spoke up again as he began to yell at her, "You can't defeat all of us!" She looked at him amused and laughed, "Quite the contrary none of you are even making a dent. It's so much fun to toy with arrogant fools."
The masked man spoke up emotionally, "You'll pay for what you've done to them…" Suddenly, out of nowhere, Neji and Hinata both jumped at her in a tag team assault as they tried to use their gentle fist technique. She simply dispersed once again into paper and wrapped around Neji in explosive tags as they slid up his body and exploded blowing him and Hinata away. The rest of the group looked shocked as Konan reformed and casually strolled closer to the group, "Unfortunately, it looks as if your mission will have casualties. You have some nerve breaking into my village and trying to kill me…those who sent you are fools. None can escape my wrath! Just look at this one," she pointed to Kabuto's head on a pike on her wall. Sasuke looked at the head in disbelief at the sight and looked to Konan, "You killed Orochimaru's right hand man…so you're not on good terms with him?" She looked at him and nodded, "The snake is hiding in his hole too afraid to face me…soon his head shall be on the wall as well, along with all of yours."
Kakashi looked horrified at the sight of Orochimaru's servant beheaded. He looked at the mask Konan was wearing and spoke up, "That's Hanzo's mask…" Konan laughed as she looked at a serious Kakashi. "His death was long overdue…he served his purpose." Anko looked at the masked woman in shock as she asked, "So you really did defeat Hanzo? I have to ask why did you do it?" Konan looked at Anko with a careless glance, "He lacked the strength necessary to do what must be done. He was cruel tyrant, but a fearful one. He accepted his place in this broken land. The stagnant Shinobi nations are too arrogant and divided…they must all be purified and reforged. I plan on changing that…the Kages will all kneel before me and gladly beg for death as I watch them crumble in defeat! I shall be the empress of the world and there is nothing you can do to stop me!"
The woman began to launch another super large barrage of exploding tags at Anko when suddenly, "Shinra Tensei!" an invisible shield blocked the entire blast shielding the group from the explosion. Konan looked at the figure in awe as the smoke began to clear. She examined the orange hair, the pierced ears, the mask, and the haunting silvery purple eyes. Everyone turned in shock as they saw the man standing in front of Anko.
Konan looked at him and smiled through her breathing mask, "Well…I never thought I'd get the honor of meeting you, Pein. Believe me when I say that it is truly an honor." Anko looked at the masked man in shock that he had just saved her life and looked at him up and down. He looked at Anko for a moment and said, "I owe you a favor." She gave him a completely shocked look as she backed away in disbelief. Ino eyed the newcomer lustfully as she looked at him, 'THAT'S PEIN! Damn…he's HOT!'
The rest of the group simply looked horrified that they now had two kage level enemies in the room. Konan looked at Naruto's whirlpool headband and smiled, "So I guess Itachi was right after all…" A kneeling Sasuke looked up at Konan in horror and shouted, "You know where he is don't you?" She looked at him as if he were trash and kicked him in the face sending him to the ground. Blood began pouring out of his mouth as he lied still watching the scene unfold.
Sakura managed to get up from her ordeal with a blood covered face and she looked at the man who had just entered the room. Slowly walking into the room were five individuals behind the man known as Pein. The conscious or surviving members of the Konoha strike team gasped in horror at the sight of seeing Zabuza, Haku, Kimimaro, Tayuya, and a woman they didn't know who was known as Guren.
Sakura looked at the man in terrified as he gave her a death glare causing her to fall on her ass and stare. Naruto turned back to look at Konan who had a very interested look on her face, "I hear you've been doing some of my dirty work over in the east…wiping out towns, killing shinobi, causing mass panic. It's such a shame that you have to die." Naruto continued to remain silent as he stared at her. Konan turned her eyes to his companions and looked impressed, "Well it seems you have Otogakure on your side I see…and if I'm not mistaken those must be the two dead people following you around."
Kakashi looked shocked as he noticed Zabuza and Haku walk up to their leader's flanks. Naruto finally decided to break his silence, "I came for Kabuto…I have no interest in you." She looked at the man plainly before pointing to a pike on her wall with the man's head on it. Naruto looked at it and sighed, "You killed my only lead to Orochimaru…he must die. I can't afford him interfering with my plans for world domination." Sasuke looked shocked as he asked, "If Orochimaru's servants are following you, than why are you trying to kill him?" Naruto looked at him and plainly answered, "Otogakure is under my control now…hell the whole eastern coastline is as far as I'm concerned."
Konan giggled evilly as Naruto finished his sentence, "Orochimaru is in Kusagakure hiding in a hole…Though he will be the least of your troubles once I start to conquer the other nations. I am taking over…it seems you are too much trouble to let live…but I find myself in a position where I could get much more use out of you alive. I'll give you two choices…bow before me and accept me as your master or die."
Everyone remained silent awaiting Naruto's answer before he bluntly replied, "No, I bow to no one…" Sakura made an attempt to stab Konan in the back as she was gazing at Naruto, but Konan caught her arm and turned to look at the bloodied face of the pink haired girl. She threw the kunoichi to the ground in front of Naruto's feet. Sakura turned to the figure and started to beg, "Please…help us!" She was immediately silenced by Zabuza kicking her in the face. Naruto began to speak again, "I was thinking the exact same thing except you bow to me." The two powerful shinobi simply stared at each other. Kakashi was watching the stare off and thought, 'This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets and immovable object…'
Konan began to pace in front of Naruto as she looked over his group, "You know…I kind of hoped you would say that…" Suddenly Konan filled the entire room with explosive tags detonating everything in the room. "Shinra Tensei!" She looked over to see a completely unfazed Pein standing there. Naruto turned to his followers and he stated plainly, "This is between me and her…the rest of you go to Kusagakure and find Orochimaru. I'll catch up with you!" The group had mixed looks of disappointment as they left the room. Haku voiced her opinion, "Are you sure Pein? He looked at the masked woman and nodded. She reluctantly left the room as he stared Konan down. "I don't know whether to find you arrogant or brave…let's see how true the legend of Pein really is." Sasuke cut in unexpectedly, "Wait, if you're Pein than you must know something about Naruto…what happened to him?" Anko tensed up at the mention of Naruto and began to stare at the man curiously.
Naruto looked over at the Uchiha and laughed, "He died three years ago." Sasuke looked at him confused as he stared at the Rinnegan eyes in horror. Kakashi decided to speak up, "Are you really the Sage of Six Paths?" He completely ignored the man as he glanced around at the dead or injured shinobi. "Seems you had no trouble with these fools Konan…though I'm surprised you let this many live until I got here." She looked at him for a moment and nodded, "I'm glad you appreciate my handiwork…such a shame that you won't submit to me. I've been looking forward to this day for a long time."
"Oh? Why would that be?" she began to form her chakra paper into wings on her back as she began to float in the air. "I think you know why." The two wings began to launch a nonstop blast of rapid paper shuriken. Naruto went through a series of hand seals and shouted, "Jūha Reppū Shō" (Beast Wave Violent Wind Palm/Beast Wave Gale Palm) A demonic claw of blue chakra shot out of Naruto's palm and blocked the rapid fire and attempted to grab Konan. She laughed as she split into a dozen paper clones and they all randomly flew around at him. One managed to grab him and exploded launching him out the window. He landed on an outside rooftop. The rest of the exploding paper clones followed suit and Naruto blocked the remaining ones, "Shinra Tensei!" Konan flew out the window and began to levitate around him.
"C'mon Pein…I know you can do better than that. Don't play games with me…I want you." Naruto channeled his chakra into his back and felt two blue chakra wings emerge as he flew into the air to battle Konan. "So you can fly too…we have such great chemistry." Naruto growled at her mocking humor as he began to channel chakra into hands. Konan watched curiously as a Naruto channeled wind chakra in one arm and fire in the other. He harmonically spun his arms and went through several handseals, "See if you can handle this bitch!" A massive hurricane of fire began to circle the two and burned a large portion of the rooftops in Ame as it enveloped Konan.
Her chakra paper burned from the powerful fire as she swirled it in an attempt to keep herself from getting hit. Finally, she flew up as the hurricane of fire closed in and dispersed. She flew around and channeled more paper into a swirling death trap. Naruto began to charge his hands with chakra again before he roared, "Eat these Rasenshurikens!" The man launched the two large chakra shuriken at her with tremendous force. She made a wall with her paper but they were cut in half, "Shit…You're just full of surprises aren't you?"
The two shuriken closed in on her as she took a deep breath. Her entire body scattered into paper butterflies and they flew in all directions allowing the two shuriken to fly off into the distance. She reformed shortly after and began to laugh, "Hanzo had the same problem…all of his most powerful attacks count for nothing since he couldn't even hit me!" Naruto glared at the woman in anger as he drew his sword. She began to laugh at him, "You fool…you don't understand this yet, but you belong to me now!" Naruto's anger rose, "I am a god…I belong to nobody!"
She drew a kunai as he flew at her with incredible speed and tried to hit her. She formed the paper over her kunai and formed it into a sword. An intense swordfight broke out as Naruto began to fly around her at incredible speed breaking and smashing his weapon fiercely against hers. She would split every time he made contact much to his annoyance and he began to charge his sword with energy. The sword glowed blue with chakra as he began to slice the paper into pieces. Konan tried to block the charged sword but had her own paper one shattered as it flew everywhere.
Naruto charged his sword once again as he attacked, "Fūton: Ryūjin Rasengan!" A blue dragon made of chakra swirled out of the blade and tried to attack Konan. She smiled as she sent all of her paper at the entity completely immersing it before Naruto realized that they were exploding tags he was blasted a good distance away as he fell hard to the ground. Konan flew at high speed after him and formed dozens of paper clones made of exploding tags.
He blocked the first wave, "Shinra Tensei," but unfortunately wave after wave kept coming at him and he flew into the air to avoid them but was met with a tremendous aerial kick sending him flying away at insane speed. Finally he crashed on the side of cliff edge and barely got out in time to dodge a storm of paper shuriken flying at him. Kyuubi began to speak in his head much to his surprise, "This bitch a fucking god too it seems. This is ridiculous!" Naruto inwardly growled as he responded, 'I've never faced an opponent like this before…' Kyuubi started to sigh, "She seems like she's trying to impress you."
Naruto stood on the cliff edge and saw her land next to him. She looked at him curiously as he didn't even bother attacking her. Konan stared at Naruto as she panted heavily. The look he saw in her eye was one of regret. The two stared at each other silently as rain began to fall down heavily from the sky. Finally she spoke, "We're not so different are we Pein? I can see it in your eyes…the hunger for power…the anger against the world…the overwhelming sense of loneliness. You must have been an orphan, am I correct?"
He looked at her for a moment as he sighed. He pulled his mask off and threw it to the ground. She examined the whisker marks on his cheeks curiously before asking, "So they treated you differently because you are a jinchuuriki?" Naruto looked at her sadly as a frown graced his face, "You know nothing of my pain…I fight because I must. From the day I was born I was forced to fend for myself…I had nothing…and nobody."
She looked at him sadly as she took off Hanzo's breathing mask and threw it to the ground as well. Tragedy was written over her face as she stared at Naruto. He stared at her captivating beauty but found it was almost sad to see her with such pain on her face. "I was an orphan too…nobody cared about me. I had to steal, live in gutters, and get beaten to get by. Pain makes people strong…It made me strong. How did it feel the first time you killed somebody Pein?"
He looked at her and sighed, "I felt nothing…and it pisses me off that I couldn't force myself to care about ending the life of another person…but after a while you just get numb to everything." She frowned as she replied, "The first person I killed was a rich woman…she deserved to die. They all deserve to die…for the way I was treated…for the way I was forced to live! I am a fucking person! Not a wretch!" Naruto shot her a surprised look and stated, "We may have been born into the same shit hole…but we're are nothing alike! What makes you think any different?"
She had an angry look on her face as she began to cry, "Why won't you just give me what I want!" Naruto looked at her angrily, "What is it that you want?" She shot him an furious look as she demanded, "Nobody stands against me anymore…I take what I want! If you don't give up I'm going to kill you Pein!"
Naruto looked at her and felt a surge of rage flow through him, "Nobody steps on me anymore! Submit to me Konan or you'll die!" She began to glare at him as paper wings formed on her back once again. She flew high into the sky soaking more rain. Naruto followed her as chakra wings reemerged from his back as he followed her. She roared at him, "NEVER!" She began to surround the two in a typhoon of paper and they began to circle the skies, "I regret having to kill you Pein! Together we could have been invincible!"
Naruto looked at her fiercely before he shouted back, "I am invincible! CHIBAKU TENSEI!" The ground beneath the two shinobi began to split from the earth and started flying high into the air beneath their feet. Konan found she couldn't move her feet as the two of them were on top of a massive ball of earth. She felt herself sinking into the ball tried to break free but couldn't. Naruto began to laugh, "There is no escape from this! You're going to die!" She smiled at him as he channeled his jutsu harder, "If I die then you're coming to hell with me!" Naruto was shocked as she suddenly began to laugh manically, "Kami no Shisha no Jutsu!" (Paper Person of God…I'm pretty sure) "She's going to kill you both! USE MY CHAKRA AND YOU'LL LIVE!"
The vortex began spawn more paper as exploding tags rained nonstop on the two. Naruto stopped channeling his Chibaku Tensei and looked up in horror at the nonstop barrage of exploding tags. He looked at Konan who had an amused look on her face before he began to run at her and embraced her, "SHINRA TENSEI!" the shield blocked the hundreds of explosions surrounding him and Konan. He looked around desperately before he tapped into the Kyuubi's chakra. He felt the enveloping surge of red chakra surround him and Konan in a shell as the exploding tags continued to rain. The ball that had formed in the sky was shattered into millions of pieces as it rained down upon the landscape. Naruto continued to hold Konan as he fell from the sky and landed with a thud…only surviving from the chakra shell.
After what seemed like a lifetime the explosions finally stopped and the shell dissipated leaving a completely exhausted Naruto. He looked up at the sky and felt the rain continuing to fall even after the massive attack. His eyes began to sting painfully and his head throbbed. The water felt intoxicating and he slowly drifted into unconsciousness as he released Konan from his grasp. The woman rolled over still in shock. She blurrily looked around as she attempted to stand but fell back over. She saw Naruto's unconscious form lying next to her and began crawling towards him. As she reached him she leaned over his defeated form and pulled out her kunai as she held it over him. She stared at him in disbelief as she looked around at the devastation their attacks had caused, 'He…he saved me. I can't believe we're both still alive!'
Konan threw the kunai to the side and stared at the sleeping form of the man longingly. She hovered over him for minute as she looked at his face. She felt tears begin to fall down her face again as she stared at his form. 'He cares about me…he risked his life to save mine even though we're enemies.' Without thinking, she pressed her lips against his and soon felt an overwhelming sense of drowsiness wash over her as she passed out on top of Naruto.
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Kakashi and his teammates were carrying the wounded and dead teammates from their failed mission as they made their way out of the Ame palace. Much to Kakashi's surprise however, another large group of Suna nin led by Kankuro had been there to greet them and help them carry the wounded and dead. Kakashi felt sad as he looked at all the dead people Chouji, Neji, and all of the anbu that came with them. Shikamaru was thankfully still alive, though his vitals were failing fast. Several Suna medics were carrying him as they made their escape. Among the list of injured included pretty much everybody except for Kakashi, and Yamato. Anko had strangely gone missing, as well as Shizune. Kakashi looked around for the women but couldn't find them. He became worried and sighed deeply. Sasuke stood next to Kakashi as the Suna nin began fighting their way out of the city for them, "What happened to Pein and Konan?"
Kakashi looked over to a large series of explosions off in the distance and sighed, "I'm guessing they are still fighting each other…I don't know what Tsunade will think of that, but we are in for some serious trouble if we don't get the hell out of here." Kankuro ran up to Kakashi and began to shout, "Kazekage sent reinforcements to cover our retreat, but we need to get out now!" The two nodded as they followed the trail of Suna nin out of the city on their way to Konoha.
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Shortly afterwards, a large group of shinobi were investigating the desecrated area in complete shock. One man shouted, "Over here Shibuki-sama! We have two survivors!" The man known as Shibuki made his way over to the scene and noticed the two unconscious figures. He took a moment to examine the two individuals and his jaw nearly hit the ground, "This must be my lucky day…two of the most notorious criminals in the world…Pein and Konan unconscious! You three get the chakra restraints for them…double for each of them…my father will be pleased to receive our new prisoners."
A random jounin spoke up, "You mean this is PEIN the invincible? That's Lady Konan as well!" Shibuki shot a fierce glare, "Don't do anything stupid. Those are two of the most dangerous people in the world…judging by this mayhem I'm guessing they had a battle. Take them to Taki…my father will know what to do!" The jounin obediently did so and took the two with them as they left.
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Meanwhile, Naruto's companions were following Zabuza high speed towards Kusagakure. Haku looked back at the massive explosions in the distance and sighed, "We shouldn't just abandon him like this…what if he needs our help? Zabuza looked at the concerned woman and sighed, "I didn't want to leave him alone either, but his orders were clear. Orochimaru will be on the move once he hears of this battle." Guren nodded as she added, "Yeah the entire region is going to be unstable for a while. Still that means Orochimaru already knows about this."
Kimimaro sighed as he stated, "He said he would catch up with us…I intend to fulfill his orders without question." Tayuya looked at him and laughed, "So loyal, Kimimaro, Oh I mean the Ashen Knight." He gave her a glare as he sighed, "I thought it was fitting…plus the rest of you all have cool alias names…Zabuza the Demon of the Mist, Haku the Sanguine Hunter." Guren laughed as she chimed in, "Well since everybody gets to have a cool name I guess you guys can call me Guren the Crytal Diva." Everyone looked at her with mixed humor. Tayuya laughed as she responded, "Sounds so scary! Ha not…guess I'll be Tayuya the Nocturne of Pain."
Zabuza sighed as he cut in, "Well now that we all have fun little super hero names I suggest we go find Orochimaru." Guren looked at him and asked, "What if we find him before Naruto catches up to us? Should we kill him?" He nodded his head, "I'm not taking any chances with that mother fucker…plus it'd be a gift to Naruto from all of us if we decided to bring his head as an offering." Haku sighed deeply, "I hope he's okay." Guren looked back and heard a nonstop explosion echoing in the distance, "They seem really hell bent on killing each other that's for sure." The group began to run faster as they disappeared into the distance. Unknown to them a purple haired kunoichi was following them closely. 'So Pein is Naruto…and he's trying to kill Orochimaru. Maybe if he shows back up I can beg him to let me join his group.' She continued to follow the group stealthily hoping they wouldn't notice.
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A masked man was sitting by a lake at the Valley of the End. He stared at his statue and looked at it with pride, 'Now we just need about ten of those in every village and…' A dark figure emerged from the wall next to him and walked up to him, "Tobi…we have a problem." The man turned to look at Zetsu, "So the plan didn't work?" Zetsu sighed as he sat down next to the masked man and looked at him, "Konan killed Kabuto as you requested, but she also broke the plan."
Madara turned to look at the plant like man as he sighed, "That foolish girl and her own ambitions…what did she do?" Zetsu looked at Madara and plainly stated, "She engaged Pein in combat…I don't know who won though. By the time I reached the crater of the devastation both of their bodies were missing. I am not sure, but I think that Konan killed them both."
Madara felt an angry tone rise in his voice, "WHAT? That stupid girl…All of the pieces were falling into place, I had Pein in my grasp…are you certain they are both dead?" Zetsu's dark half began to speak, "She used her most powerful technique…nothing could have survived that."
Madara looked back at him angrily, "Damn…the nine tails can't be dead! He will eventually show up again. I don't want this incident hindering our plans any further. I want you to find the others and tell them to meet me back here. I assume by now we can formulate our plan to capture the jinchuuriki…and in time the nine tails shall reappear." Zetsu nodded as he stood up to leave. Before he left Zetsu pulled a book out of his pocket, "Shizune wanted me to give this to you…apparently it is very valuable."
Without another word Zetsu left Madara alone. The Uchiha read title, "Rikudo Sennin…this can't be it."The sound of footsteps could be heard and Madara turned to see who it was. A woman walked out of the shadows and sat next to him, "The nations are in chaos…Konohagakure is vulnerable." He sighed as he looked at the book Zetsu had given him. "Where did you find this book?"
She looked at him and smiled, "I guess it belonged to the first hokage. I saw it on Tsunade's desk, she claimed that Itachi's brother found it in the nine-tailed jinchuuriki's apartment. Tsunade said it was a historical account of the sage of six paths written by his grandson. It also has commentary from cultists and scholars." He looked at the book interested as he began to open it and read. Shizune spoke up after a few minutes, "What are my new orders Tobi?" He sighed as he looked at her, "Normally after I have no use for my agents I kill them…but not in your case." He took off his mask and looked at her calmly. His serene face matched the statue barely fifty feet from him exactly. Shizune was staring at him in shock, "You're…Madara?" He laughed as he set the book down and stood up. "Yes…you have served me so well since you were such a young girl Shizune…You won't be going back to Konoha. Your informant days are over."
She looked shocked as he offered her a hand up, "Madara…I-I…I don't know what to say." He looked at her and put his hand on her head, "Tell me more about the nine-tail's jinchuuriki. You must have seen him before he left Konoha…and I am assuming Pein isn't his real name." Shizune leaned against the nearby wall and nodded, "His name is Naruto Uzumaki…he's Kushina's son." Madara's eyes opened up surprised, "You should have told me this sooner…why didn't you?"
"Itachi requested for me to tell only him about Naruto and nobody else…plus I didn't think it would matter that much." Madara grabbed Shizune's throat and held her against the wall, "Oh? So you think it's a good idea to keep things like this a secret from your leader?" She was choking as she barely answered, "No…but Itachi threatened to kill me if I didn't." He released his grip looked at her for a moment. He grabbed her chin and looked into her eyes, "I suppose it's not your fault…your weaknesses are my own failures as your sensei. I will deal with Itachi…so you can start by telling me everything about this Naruto."
She looked at him as she said, "He's the fourth hokage's son as well…" Madara raised an eyebrow in irritation as he sighed, "Well shit…I had always wondered who Kushina's lover was…" Shizune looked at him curiously and asked, "Did you know her?" An angry look crossed Madara's face as he replied, "Yeah…she was my only regret in life. It shames me that I had to kill her, but I needed the nine tails to attack Konoha. It only figures that her son is the jinchuuriki of Kyuubi now."
Shizune watched as Madara had a scowl on his face, "That fox is more than just a Biju…"
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WOOOHOOO I hope everybody enjoyed this chapter. Lots of action and plot twists for you. I know Konan was super ultra incredibly overpowered, but too bad. I love her to death. If you haven't noticed by now she is one of the dominant females. What's with Anko following Naruto's posse? I know the suspense is crazy.
Hinata being a bitch? I like her better that way. More Sakura bashing…physical bashing this time Hooray! I couldn't help it…oops
Nobody ask about how Zetsu can travel incredibly fast between all of these locations…it's like he said earlier, He's just that good. I didn't want to kill off too many from Konoha. Poor Chouji and Neji…but oh well LOL.
One more thing I wanted to mention. Some people have requested Mei to make an appearance…fear not for she will arrive in due time. I hope that wets your appetites for more. Anyways thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed. I enjoyed writing this chapter.