Chapter 16

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Konoha – Two days later.

It was raining. Dark clouds hung overhead and poured out on those who came to visit a fallen shinobi at his burial. The raindrops mixed with their tears of sorrow, hate, guilt and tears of regret.

Hate, for those who had done this to him.

Regret, for those who were present at the time, and did not take action quick enough.

Guilt, for the one that felt it was his fault.

Shikamaru.

He held his head low, ever so slightly as he allowed the tears to fall from his dark eyes.
'I could have jumped in a saved him.'
'I could have stopped him from sacrificing himself.'
'I could have been the one, to give up his life.'

All of these thoughts and many more haunted and printed themselves in his mind.

'It's my fault.' He would think often, repeatedly for the last few days.

He was the one that went to his old sensei's lover and had given her the news of his departure from their world.
She was heartbroken, stunned and worse of all, pregnant.

'It's all my fault.'

Kotetsu stood near the back of the large crowd that had gathered around the grave sight. His eyes were heavy and dark. Things were just getting worse and worse.

First, Asuma had died protecting them and trying to take down one of the Akatsuki,
and then he finds out his old love, his little sister by choice had been forced into the Akatsuki.

He had been delighted to find out that Mioko was alive and well, even though she was in pretty bad shape at the time, and he couldn't wait to tell Kage. A thought crossed his mind then, at the time; She was with Hane, and he had come back with only two people.

When he had asked the Suna shinobi where Kage- Ace was, he told him everything he had seen.

Kotetsu knew she was powerful, but to almost take out an Akatsuki member within two minutes? He didn't expect that type of strength. Maybe from Sakura, with her fists of steel, yes, but not Kage.

His world was crashing down around him. All of this and then the guilt that was slowly creeping into his mind from keeping this information from his village began to sink in.

Why were things going downhill so quickly?

"Onee-san doesn't want you to die. She loves Onii-san Kotetsu and Onii-san Izumo, so I will comply and keep you from harm. Only because Onee-san loves you and wishes it."

When they had just arrived back two days ago, Tsunade demanded reports on the newest member of the Akatsuki and entered her in a bingo book; copies of her page were sent to all countries.

Name: Cyn
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown ( Perhaps 14-17)
Height: 4"9-5"2

Weight: Unknown
Skin color: White

Hair color: Pale Pink

Eye color: Left – Unknown / Right – Yellow

Scars: Unknown
Tattoos: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Affiliation: Unknown / Akatsuki
Classification: ?
Jutsu: Unknown
Weapons: Unknown

Other: Kanji for Sister and Obedience in white writing on red cloud of Akatsuki cloak; Located on chest.

Reward: ?
This woman has been seen, dressed in Akatsuki clothing, with Missin-Nin and S-Class ninja Kakuzu of Takigakure and Missing-Nin and S-Class ninja Hidan of Yugakure.
Her known abilities are based on Wind and Fire elements, and has been seen taking down entire buildings without hand signs. Another ability accounted for is teleportation via wind. It has been reported her body will particalize and she will ultimately disappear.

Kotetsu nearly threw up from astonishment and the sudden sickness he felt when he read the report Tsunade had placed in the Bingo Book. It was a terrible feeling, knowing someone you care about so much and worry for will be hunted down just as they had tried with the Undead Duo.

It was awful thinking that, and if she would be killing innocent people.

Things, to say the least, were just being thrown in his face one after another.

The worst part of it all was, if she was still on the team with Hidan and Kakuzu, they would meet face to face and probably battle again.
A new mission was set for them starting tomorrow.

A rematch, and this time, it was to kill.

"She fucking destroyed the damn collection office after we fucking left!" Hidan's holographic voice roared.

Pein's piercing purple-ringed eyes glanced between Kakuzu's transparent form and Hidan's, obviously waiting to hear something from the older member of the two. "Did she kill the Leaf's ninja as well?"

"No. They ran off apparently." The Thread-Ninja reported.

"Well," The leader spoke again. "It's a good thing she did."

Hidan's eyes visibly squinted with a slight rage burning through his violet orbs. "What the fuck do you mean she did a good fucking job?"

"By killing those who had contact with Kakuzu, Konohakure will not be able to interrogate them for any information they could have gotten about him. The more information they have, it would be easier for them to choose opponents for you, making battles tougher and wasting more time."

The body of the two tail's that had been sealed in it's vessel, Yugito Nii, was now fully sealed within the Demon Statue of the Outer Path. A long three days and very tiring for the members.

"You are to return back to the base as soon as possible." Pein announced. "Dissmissed."

The Akatsuki members all faded, one by one; and just as their leader was about to follow suit, Kakuzu stopped him. "What is she?"

"What is who?" Pein turned to his subordinates.

"The fucking girl." Hidan snapped. "You fucking sent every damn one of us out to find that stupid bitch Kage Jashin knows how many fucking times the past year. That isn't even her! It's a fucking alternate personality!"

Pein inwardly sighed and gazed at the third youngest recruit of the Akatsuki. His eyes were slightly dull, as they were all the time. "Her name is Cyn, if she hasn't told you that already." He started, earning a slight growl from the Jashinist. "Anyways, Kage was born into a family with deep roots of priests and priestess'. After she was born the elders of her family coaxed her mother into sealing a variety of tailed beast chakra into her merely an hour after birth. The largest amount of chakra was obtained from Matatabi, the Two-Tails." The leader glanced down at the grey-skinned body lying on the ground far below. Yugito Nii's mouth and eyes were gaping holes which were opened widely as her body was twisted; limbs in all directions.

"Somehow, Kage Aoo managed to suppress the smaller amounts of chakra." He continued on. "By doing just that, three others were born inside of her."

"How the fuck is that possible?" Hidan crossed his arms in an irritated and confused manner.

Pein sighed and moved his eyes back to his subordinates. "Even I don't know the answer to that, Hidan. As I was saying, though, these three others are very different and you could somehow say that they are alternate personalities to Kage, though they are Jinchuriki themselves."

"You fucking lost me."

"They aren't the same person, Hidan." Kakuzu filled in for him. "Think of it as three Jinchuriki being sealed within one other person.

The Rennigan-Ninja nodded, feeling grateful that at least one of them understood his explanation. "The four of them can not be released at the same time, unless a certain jutsu is performed on Kage herself. Anyways, the smaller chakra are known as Chakra Children of the original Tailed-Beasts. The woman you are teamed with as of right now is one of the vessels of the Chakra Children, and there are two more that have yet to show their faces to this world. Even I don't know much about the situation, though I do know a bit about their abilities and their names. Report anything new about Cyn. Dissmissed."

With that, Pein was gone.

Hidan opened his eyes quickly; anger still burning within them. He stood quickly from the stone head he had taken a seat at three days ago and stretched his tired limbs. "Fucking stiff as hell."

It had rained two of the three days; the first and then yesterday that is. The moisture and then sun had done slight damage to their muscles, but nothing that wouldn't go away without a few stretches.

Cyn stood in front of the pair and waited for them to finish the kinks out of their limbs.

"Hidan." She spoke in a soft voice and catching the pair entirely off guard. She never sounded like that before. Cyn held out her hands and presented the Jashinist with his headband. "I noticed that you had dropped it, when your head had been taken off. You left it at the collection office."

His frown tightened slightly. It was weird, hearing the girl that rarely spoke and usually in a monotone voice speaking like a gentle child. "Thanks." He grabbed the Hitai-ate from her hand and held it firmly.

"You should cover up that embarrassing mark on your neck with it." Kakuzu turned.

Hidan tied the head protector around his neck and gave a smirk to his old pal. "Doesn't fucking look half bad, does it?"

Kakuzu and Cyn began walking ahead silently and without answer, side by side. "Assholes."

They had been walking for a few minutes; the only noise coming from wildlife and Hidan's cursing. The bare forest they walked through seemed like a deadened wasteland save for the few amount of birds chirping and scavenging for food.

The pale trunks of dead trees and dead grass were the homes to these few animals, and the more Cyn pondered on how they did survive the more Vumi and Anki would shake.

It was sad; seeing these animals struggle to survive. A small deer whose skin was hugging its bones slowly staggered by.

It would be dead within the hour.

"Hm." Kakuzu grumbled with an annoyed tone.

A screech from a hawk was heard, echoing off the dead landscape.

"What the hell was that Kakuzu?" Hidan turned around to see his partner's arm re-stitching itself back together.

"It was nothing." The larger man turned to the others. "Nothing at all."

"Then hurry the fuck up." Hidan began walking off again.

Cyn waited for Kakuzu to pass her before she followed. Something wasn't right.

Her yellow eye gleamed slightly at the sound of a cawing hawk. "I will scout above."

The two males turned to face her. Hidan gave her an annoyed glare. "Why the fuck are you going to do that?" He demanded deeply.

Kakuzu and Cyn locked eyes for a moment; the Thread-Ninja nodded and turned back around to walk forward.

Hidan waited for the girl to disappear to let out a small growl. "What the fuck was that all about?"

The forest grew quiet again when he wasn't answered, and once again the pair walked in silence.

"Hidan."

"Yeah, yeah. I fucking got it."

The Undead Duo jumped to either side; Hidan grabbing the hilt of his scythe.

Two kunai lashed out at either person and just as the Jashinist was about to knock them away, Kakuzu's voice rang through his ears.

"Paper Bombs."

A black cloud covered the male Akatsuki members as the Paper Bomb detonated.

"Kakuzu!" Hidan slid from the black veil. His trusty three-bladed scythe had been blown from the rope and was stuck in the ground. He held on to the hilt of the rope with white knuckles.

The other did the same and grumbled. "I hardened my arm, I'm fine you idiot. Just watch out for the shadows."

Two black lines of shadows snaked their way to the Akatsuki men. Hidan growled to himself and tightened his fists. "We aren't fucking falling for that damn shadow shit again!"

"Hidan, above you."

Said man turned his violet orbs upwards to the direction his partner had said.

It was that kid again, Shikamaru.

He jumped high in the air above the silver haired Jashinist and twisted his arms to throw what seemed to be spear-like shadows; aimed directly at the Akatsuki male.
The shadows themselves had a surprise tied onto them.

"More Paper Bombs." Kakuzu informed. "You idiot, look out."

The Jashinist moved his head out of the way of the sharp weapons, and once they stuck into the ground he realized they weren't kunai; but the Knuckle Knives that the dead man had used three days before.

One in front of Kakuzu, and the other Hidan.

They both covered their eyes, ready for the explosion that was promised to come after landing, but it never came.

"It didn't fucking detonate." Hidan growled. His eyes widened as he realized something.

"We've been tricked."

The young Leaf shinobi smirked and jumped from the tree he had been taking refuge on and landed on the ground with a heavy force. "Shadow Possession Shuriken Jutsu : Achieved."

"You little fucker. How did you fucking do this after I fucking dodged your damn shadow?" Hidan demanded, trying to move to no avail.

Shikamaru smirked. "The Kuckle Knives I threw at you were Chakra Blades."

"It's Asuma's gift to you."

"The one worth 35 million." Kakuzu grumbled.

"Well aren't you a fucking wonderful tactition."

"It's time to finish this." Shikamaru growled.

Hidan clenched his jaw and glared at the Shadow-Ninja. "You just fucking had to get yourself fucking caught Kakuzu." He raged. "We aren't in a fucking good spot right fucking now."

"By my calculations," Shikamaru held his hands together, beginning a few hand signs. "It will be over for you two soon."

The ninja from Konoha stretched his shadow at the Jashinist, taking over his body using his shadow and used a thread-like shadow to pick up Asuma's Knuckle Knife.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Hidan said, worriedly.

"I messed up last time." Shikamaru stated with a smirk. "I'll make sure not to this time."
He began moving, and as predicted Hidan mirrored his movements. The Leaf ninja lead the Akatsuki member to his three-bladed scythe and forced him to pick it up.

"I never fucking forget faces kid." Hidan growled out in rage. "I'll fucking find you and kill you!"

Shikamaru began running off with Hidan with a smirk plastered on his face. "You really don't get it? Do you?"

"Kakuzu, fucking duck!"