Chapter 18 - Killer Bee vs Kisame

Flashback

"So that's it boys. You can go now." Shikaku told to his students.

"See you tomorrow, Shikaku-sensei." Izumo said his goodbyes to his mentor, before turning to hear his noisy partner.

"Man, our first mission tomorrow! It will be great!" Kotetsu said enthusiastically.

"Why did I have to get such troublesome kids?" Shikaku sighed.

"They are a bit noisy aren't they, Shikaku-sensei?"

"Yes they are, Asuma. Are you going to the Hokage Residence now?" Shikaku asked to his third student.

"Yeah. I'm needing some rest." Asuma yawned. "See you tomorrow, Shikaku-sensei."

"He's a good boy. At least he doesn't look troublesome."

Shikaku went for a walk. It was his first day as leader of Team 10. Kotetsu was just too hyperactive and could be a real pain in the neck. Izumo was usually quiet, but still talked too much if Kotetsu was around. Asuma, the Third's son, was a bit like Shikaku, a laid back and somewhat lazy boy who didn't like to get in trouble.

"Stop that Ibiki!" A young girl shouted to her teammate. Shikaku stopped to watch the scene. The members of Team 8 were in the middle of an argument near the Hokage street.

"Don't worry. I just want to talk with him." Ibiki calmly spoke and turned his attention once again to the little boy. "So tell me Ebisu, were you peeping on Kurenai when she was changing to her training outfit?"

"O-of course not! That's indecent!" Ebisu replied to his teammates, little drops of sweat forming in his face. "I would never do such a shameless act."

"Oh really?" Ibiki picked something from inside his jacket. "You better tell us the truth if you don't want me to tear apart your favourite magazine." Ibiki opened the magazine, showing a picture of two nude women hugging eachother suggestively.

"No! Don't do it!" Ebisu swiftly took the magazine from Ibiki's hands. When he looked up, he saw a furious Kurenai with a swell vein in her forehead.

"How dare you to peep on me Ebisu!" She aimed a powerful kick to his lower parts, causing Ebisu to throw himself to the floor and roll over in pain. After Kurenai ripped the magazine to shreds, she turned and left along with Ibiki.

"Ouch... What a troublesome girl...Poor Inoichi will have a hard time taking care of them..." Shikaku continued to walk towards the training field but he stopped near the bridge when he heard another discussion.

"Watch out, Anko!" Iruka jumped towards Anko and pushed her out of the way, being hit by the senbon right across the nose. "Ouch!"

"How dare you Genma? She did nothing to you!" A girl with long purple violet hair furiously shouted to the boy with a senbon on his mouth, who had just tried to hurt her best friend.

"What do you know about it, Yugao? You only care about following Hayate and fail to realize the threat she is! She's Orochimaru's apprentice, the guy who tortured and killed my brother!" Genma shouted not only to Yugao but especially to the crying Anko who stood and ran away.

"Anko! Wait!" Yugao ran after her and Iruka tried to hit a punch on Genma but missed, falling from the bridge and into the water below.

"Stay out of this, Iruka!" Genma turned and left followed by Raido and Aoba.

"Hey, kids! Leave the girl alone." Shikaku suddenly stepped in front of the three boys. "She was betrayed by Orochimaru. She needs support not a group of morons to pick on her. Or...do you want me to tell what happened to Tsume?"

"Uh, no, please don't tell Tsume-sensei." Raido pleeded before both him and Aoba left. Genma glared to both Shikaku and Iruka before leaving as well.

"That boy is full of hatred towards Orochimaru and I can't blame him, but poor Anko has no fault about her master's doings. Troublesome..." Shikaku thought. "Hey Iruka, need some help?"

"No Shikaku-sensei. I'm fine." Iruka grinned and rubbed the back of his head, after getting out of water.

"You should go find the girls and make sure Hizashi does something about that cut on your face."

"Hai!" Iruka turned and went to find his partners.

"He's a brave and caring boy. If he stops with those pranks and trains a bit he may get far..." Shikaku grinned at his thought. "I wonder which thing would be more troublesome..." Shikaku kept on walking until he reached the training field. There, he collided with Kushina Uzumaki.

"Ow! Sorry Shikaku, I didn't see you coming." Kushina rubbed her head, trying to make the pain go away.

"I was distracted as well. Sorry."

"So what are you doing here, Shika? It's unusual of you coming this far." Kushina grinned at him.

"I needed to walk for awhile. It was such a troublesome day." Shikaku sighed and Kushina laughed. "How are your boys?"

"Guy is just like is brother Kai, going on and on about flames of youth and that stuff. He even wears the same attire. Oh, I hate green..." Shikaku chuckled. Kushina always had a great sense of humor. "Tenzo is in the "Epitome of Adolescence" like Guy says and he has a natural talent to scare people. Thank kami that he doesn't do it often... Hayate is the quiet one. I need to make him more loose..."

"Well, mine are troublesome but I kind of like the Third's son. He seems to be quite like me." Shikaku revealed with a proud grin. "What did you do for a first day?"

"I tested their elements. Tenzo's primary one is Water but we already know that he can use Earth and the First's Wood Style as well, thanks to that snake bastard...Guy is Fire and after he learned that, he seemed to talk even more about those cursed flames of youth." Kushina sighed and Shikaku laughed. "Hayate is Wind like me. Perhaps I'll teach him the Crescent Moon Dance someday."

"Geez, I only gave them a talk, not even a pep one." Shikaku sighed and noticed that in front of them was the Fourth Hokage along with his students Kakashi, Obito and Rin.

"See you here tomorrow kids." Minato waved to the other members of Team 7 before turning to both Shikaku and Kushina. "Hey Shikaku's here too! Isn't walking too troublesome for you?"

"It is but the day itself was too troublesome and I don't want to see Yoshino so soon after it." Minato and Kushina both laughed until tears came to her eyes. "Oh well, time to go...I don't want to hold the candle for you two." Shikaku waved to the lovers who blushed when he said that.

"How does he...Did you tell him Minato?" Shikaku could still hear a somewhat angry Kushina say as he was leaving the training field.

End of Flashback

"You two better not be laughing at me up there..." Shikaku chuckled as he entered his office for his second troublesome day as Hokage.

When Naruto came out of his tent there was no one out there. Nawirama wasn't inside when Naruto woke up so he thought that he was searching for something around the area. The other tent was still closed, so the girls were still sleeping, Naruto thought. As he stretched, he heard the unzipping of the other tent. Hinata came out still wearing his orange jacket and holding her own in her left hand.

"Good morning, Hinata-chan." Naruto grinned and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Did you sleep well?"

"Y-yes Naruto-kun." Hinata said, still trying to recover from the kiss he gave her. "And you? Did you have that nightmare again?"

"Not tonight, but I think Nawirama had a pretty good dream about Shizune-neechan." Naruto laughed until he heard Hinata giggling. "Do you know something about it, Hina-chan?"

"I, I don't like to talk about other people's lives..." Hinata blushed. "...but when I left your home the other day, I saw Nawirama entering in Shizune's."

"Damn, he's quick." Both laughed a bit more until Naruto remembered something he wanted to ask. "Hinata, did your father notice that you weren't home?"

"No, he was too tired when he got home and didn't check. Neji told him to rest after he assured him that I was already sleeping. Only Neji and Tenten know."

"Do they have something?" Naruto asked. He noticed that when Tenten was near Neji, she sometimes acted like Hinata did when she was near him.

"I don't know but I think so." Hinata giggled again until she remembered that she was still wearing Naruto's jacket. "Sorry Naru-kun, I forgot to hand it back to you." Hinata tried to unzip the jacket but the zip wasn't coming down. "I-It's stuck."

"Here, let me try." Naruto tried to do it himself until he noticed that Hinata turned beet red. "Ah sorry Hi-Hinata! Please don't kill me!" He said as he backed off.

"O-Of course not. I'm not Sakura." Hearing that made Naruto laugh until he was crying. Hinata started to play with her fingers. "T-Try it again."

"Damn, it was really stuck." Naruto said after he finally managed to unzip the jacket, something that took a few tries. Immediately afterwards, a furious scream made itself heard.

"NARUTO!" Sakura ran towards him ready to strike but Hinata stood between them. "Damn it, don't use her as a shield! Who do you think you are to try to undress her?"

"Sakura, stop!" Hinata shouted to the surprise of Naruto, the charging Sakura and the returning Nawirama.

"Wow, the girl really explodes when she's angry." Nawirama thought as she reverted to the normal Hinata, playing with her fingers. "Better advise the others not to mess with Naruto...

"S-sorry for that. The zip was stuck and Naruto-kun was just trying to help." Hinata explained while both of them quickly put on their respective jackets.

"Well if that's settled, let's pick the things together so I can put them on the scroll." Nawirama commanded. "We'll have a hard day waiting for us."

"Hey Nawirama, can I ask you something?" Naruto asked with a smirk when they were about to leave.

"Of course, Naruto. Go for it."

"What's up with you and Shizune-neechan?" Naruto elbowed him in the gut.

"Oh crap, no good!" Nawirama nervously thought. "She's...she's my neechan as well. She's not really my sister but is my cousin."

"So, you're Tsunade-sama's deceased boyfriend Dan's son, right?" Sakura asked.

"You are... It's time to leave now." All of them nodded and started to run towards the direction that was indicated in Kabuto's notebook. "They're too smart. If I'm not careful they'll end up finding all the truth on their own. I have to tell it to Naruto after we're done with this mission..."

"What? The Tsuchikage should have told me that beforehand!" Gaara angrily said, after hearing the report of the returning Team Baki.

"I knew that something was wrong with the girl but I never imagined her to be Deidara's sister until she told us." Temari told her brother. "Madara wants something from her, but what?"

"I don't know, but if she has the same abilities that her brother had, that could mean trouble." Gaara concluded.

"But Sasuke's on Akatsuki and he was the one to kill Deidara. So there's no way she'll help them." Kankuro remembered his siblings.

"Madara is an expert in manipulation. Just see what happened at the summit." Gaara sat on his chair again. "Baki? Baki?" Baki shook his head and stared at the siblings.

"Uh, yes Kazekage-sama, what do you need?"

"Are you feeling alright?"

"Yes, Kazekage-sama. I was just thinking about something."

"I want you to send a message to the Tsuchikage, asking him what he plans on doing. I also want you to send a message to the new Hokage, regarding her ANBU's behavior." Gaara ordered. "Send Takamaru to Iwa, he's the faster of the hawks. As for Konoha, send Tobimaru."

"As you wish...Gaara-sama." Baki turned and closed the door after leaving.

"What's wrong with him?" Gaara asked to his siblings.

"He has been like that since that ANBU tried to kill him. It was all because he killed her lover during the Invasion of Konoha." Temari explained. "His name was Hayate Gekko."

"Yes, I remember him. He was the proctor in the Chunin exams. It's a shame I didn't get Orochimaru myself for manipulating our village at his will." Gaara turned to the window.

"The thing is that Baki was willing to let her kill him." Kankuro said. "He told her that himself."

"Baki is a man of honor. He was disgusted when he learned that he killed for Orochimaru's campaign instead of doing it for the good of our village. I'm not surprised that he would allow her to kill him." Gaara turned back to his brothers. "Keep an eye on him. When he finishes his task, all three of you are to get ready to escort me to the Hidden Leaf Village for the Chunin Exams."

"Hai!" Temari and Kankuro nodded before leaving Gaara's office.

"Oh yeah! Oh yo! Killer Bee is better than you! Oh yeah! Oh yo!"

"You know that no one is hearing you, right?" The Eight-Tailed Ox asked to his host.

"C'mon bull, you can hear me, the greatest rapper ever, Killer Bee! OH...YEAH!" Killer Bee raised his right arm, making the sign of the horns with his right hand.

"Unfortunately, I can. At least you could stop with that annoying yeah yo crap. It's getting on my nerves."

"That's why I'm great, the host of Tailed Beast number eight. Oh y..."

"Stop that and concentrate! It seems we have a guest..." The Ox informed his Jinchuriki. In front of Killer Bee was a man with shark features, dressed in a black cloak with red cloud patterns and wielding a heavy bandaged sword on his right hand.

"So finally we meet face to face...Jinchuriki of the Eight Tailed Ox." Kisame said. "Kisame Hoshigaki, pleased to make your acquaintance."

"It's Lord Jinchuriki and Lord Eight Tails. Got it, fool? Get it, fool?" Killer Bee angrily corrected.

"Ahh, you're a lord eh? So why don't I present you to Lady Samehada?" Kisama chuckled, slightly lifting his sword so that Bee would understand what he was talking about.

"Samehada? You're from the Mist, judging by your tool... Not impressed, shark boy, shark fool." Killer Bee stated before drawing his two swords from his back.

"A swordsman? Eheheheh, looks like we'll have some fun Samehada..."

"Hey sleepyhead, time to get up." Anko's eyes were still half opened when she straightned herself in her chair. When she finally realized who talked she jumped of the chair and hugged him. "Hey now Anko, I'm still a bit sore here." Iruka said with a strained look but Anko didn't let go.

"You're a baka! I should be in that bed not you!" Anko shouted and punched him in the shoulder.

"Ouch!"

"I'm not that afraid little girl anymore! I don't wan...I don't need you to sacrifice yourself for me Iruka." Iruka stared to the window for awhile.

"I know you're not defenseless nor afraid. Hell, you've always been better than me. The thing is that I...I can't let you get hurt."

"Why?" Anko stared at him waiting for an answer.

"I..." Iruka was interrupted when Shikaku and Shizune entered the room.

"Oh damn it, he was about to do it!" Genma couldn't believe in the bad timing of the Sixth Hokage and his assistant.

"Ah nice to see that you're awake, Iruka. I didn't want to awake Genma but I have to talk with the three of you." Shikaku sighed and approached Genma who was laying facedown with his head buried on the pillow.

"I'll take care of that, Hokage-sama." Anko approached Genma's bedside table, picked up one of his senbons and used it to stab him in the ass.

"Aaargh!" Genma jumped of his bed and rubbed his bottom. "Damn you Anko! What was that for?"

"For that time you made the scar on Iruka's face and for faking that you were sleeping." Iruka chuckled a bit, before grabbing his belly that was still hurting from time to time.

"Well boys, time for serious business." Shikaku said in a more adequate tone. "I came to tell you the results of the Jounin exams. I know it has a been a long time since the exams but with all things that were going on, oh well I'll just say it... Iruka Umino, I'm here to let you know that from today forward you're a Jounin from the Hidden Leaf Village. Congratulations." He saw all of them get a bit happier, especially Iruka. "Anko I need to speak with you about something. Can you come with me?"

"Ah, it looks like I can't call you an underling anymore. I guess I'll have to go only with scarface." Genma grinned to Iruka, who didn't answer as he watched Anko leave along with the Sixth Hokage.

"C'mon Iruka, time to see those ribs." Shizune smiled at him and whispered. "She didn't leave your side by a second. Unless Shikaku-sama sends her to do something she will come back."

Shikaku and Anko didn't go far. They went to the waiting room and sit down on the benches.

"You've been told about all that happened in your absence and about what we're doing about it. I've sent teams to find Akatsuki, Kabuto and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, plus Ibiki and Inoichi are trying their best to find something about Danzo. Now I need your help on another matter."

"And what's that Hokage-sama?" Anko asked.

"I want you to tell me if you know anything about Sasuke's new group." Shikaku picked some papers and showed them to Anko. "The first one is Suigetsu Hozuki. The Hidden Mist gave us this information about him but since they're so strict about intel, I just can't believe this is all. On one of the last investigations made by Jiraiya-sama, he found out that Sasuke was picking up people who were imprisoned by Orochimaru. Perhaps, you know something more?"

"I'll tell you what I know. It's not much but I'll help with what I can." Anko read the document and then continued. "Ah, so he trained in order to be one of the Seven Mist Swordsmen."

"How do you know that?"

"Every member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist goes through a special transformation. Nothing is known about it because the Mist doesn't leak any information regarding the Swordsmen, like you said. This transformation is what gives them the shark teeth along with other fish features and some abilities."

"If they don't leak any information, how do you know that?" The intrigued Shikaku asked.

"Good ol' Orochimaru-sensei." Anko explained in ironic fashion. "He wanted to know the secrets about the Swordsmen and wanted to capture at least one to study them. This boy went through that process as you can see by his teeth. That's what I can tell you about him."

"I'll try to ask the Mizukage about this. The Mist and Leaf Villages are main allies to find the Akatsuki and that information will also help against Kisame Hoshigaki." Shikaku thoughtfully said, while he picked a picture of a red-haired girl. "The next one is Karin. We don't know anything about her except that she seems to be a sensor type kunoichi, at least by what she did at the summit. According to Kakashi, the other Kages didn't seem to know her."

"I can't help with that. I never met or heard about her. I'm sorry." Anko told her Hokage.

"I expected as much. The last one has a cursed seal like you. The Tsuchikage informed us that his name is Jugo and is also known as bipolar Jugo. Iwa was once asked to investigate about him, after he destroyed a small village in the Land of Rice Fields, years ago. Anything?" Shikaku hopefully asked.

"Jugo with a Cursed Seal? You're in your lucky day, Shikaku." Anko thought for a moment before continuing. "He's one of the original cursed seal bearers. I don't know much but I remember that he had a brother called Homaru."

"Tell me Anko, what do you know?" Shikaku insisted.

"Well, actually they don't have a cursed seal. It's a kekkei genkai that consists in mutating his own body into more advantageous shapes, giving them huge boosts in power, speed and durability. Orochimaru caught Homaru and extracted an enzyme from his body and created the cursed seals so he could create an army but almost everyone that he marked with that seal would end up dying. I think that happened because it was originally a bloodline limit, so most bodies rejected the enzyme. However, he extracted all of it and Homaru eventually died."

"How do you know this?"

"When he put the cursed seal on me, I started to transform. When I woke up, I prentended that I was still knocked out and I heard him talk with someone. He told that person what I told you and said that he made a mistake." Anko continued to explain. "So he decided that in a few years he would get Jugo who by the time was still a baby and would extract the enzyme in small doses since their body could create more of that substance if there's still a remain of it. Then, there's what we found out in recent years... Orochimaru changed the cursed seals, limiting the user to one transformation, making the survival rate increase. Mine is still the old Cursed Seal of Heaven, which gives us more control over our body. It's the closest one to that kekkei genkai...and possibly the most dangerous to our mental health if we can't use it properly."

"Don't you remember who the other person was? Perhaps, Amachi?" Shikaku asked, as he remembered Orochimaru's associate in the Land of Sea.

"No, I was pretty sure it wasn't him, but I still can't remember somethings about my past. I'm sorry Shikaku-sama." Anko frowned, looking frustrated because after all the improvements, she still had a partial amnesia.

"Don't worry Anko, you already helped us a lot. Thank you." Shikaku stood and stretched. "I would like to keep talking with you but this job is too troublesome. Tell the boys to get out of those beds soon, they're making me jealous."

"I will." Anko grinned and from the window she watched Shikaku leaving the building. Her grin disappeared as she saw a female ANBU approaching the Sixth Hokage in the courtyard of the hospital.

"What's wrong Karin?" Jugo stared at her worriedly. She had stopped and had been looking to the same place for awhile.

"There's a fight going on. Two huge chakras. One is from Kisame and the other...It's the Eight Tailed Ox's Jinchuriki!" Karin told her partner. "What should we do Jugo?"

"Nothing. This is not our fight anymore. We only need to find Sasuke." Both of them continued but, from time to time, Karin looked in the direction from where she sensed the huge confrontation.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Kisame laughed as he tried to find Killer Bee. "What's wrong? Didn't you like your date with Lady Samehada? She wants another oppurtunity to show you her love, to ravage you little by little!"

"Oh yeah, this is the good stuff. Yeah and if I make it like this...Wow!" Killer Bee was sitting on a tree branch, writing a new rhyme in his notebook.

"Hey, shouldn't you be fighting the Akatsuki guy?" The angry Bijuu asked.

"Just chill bull, look at this material...Killer Bee defeats Shark Boy and his blade, the final act of Lord Jinchuriki's crusade! Oh Yeah! This is great!"

"If that guy beats you, I'm screwed and you're dead...ARE YOU A FOOL OR WHAT! STOP WITH THIS CRAP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT HIM!"

"Gee, calm down bull. If he wins, we pull the same trick on th..." Killer Bee couldn't complete his sentence. He had to jump of the branch as the tree started to fall after Samehada went through it.

"My Samehada is attracted by high chakra levels, it was only a matter of time...Earth Style: Earth Flow Divide" Kisame put both hands on the ground and a huge fissure appeared between both of them with Killer Bee needing to jump in order to avoid it. "Water Style: Explosive Water Shockwave" A huge amount of water came from Kisame's mouth and filled the entire fissure.

"I can't get in there or I'll be bye bye." Bee tried to find Kisame but then he appeared right in front of him. "The fool's fast...But the fool not fast enough! Lightning Style: Lightning Swords" Bee ducked a punch and stabbed him in the gut with one of his Super Vibrating Lightning Style Swords that was completely enveloped in Lightning chakra, but to his surprise Kisame turned into water. "Water Clone?"

"Water Style: Water Shark Gun" The real Kisame appeared from behind and created used the recently made lake's water to create three water sharks that rushed in the direction of the Jinchuriki.

"Lightning Style: Thunder Dragon Tornado" Killer Bee jumped and started to spin in midair. Lightning chakra started to leak from his body, creating a tornado-shaped thunder dragon that clashed against the water sharks. Kisame then appeared from under him, grabbing his left ankle and throwing him down to the lake.

"You're mine!" Kisame grinned as he went through the hands seals. "Water Style: Five Feeding Sharks" Kisame put his right hand on the water surface and created five huge water sharks that swiftly went in Killer Bee's direction. Bee, using his swords, cut through the five sharks, seemingly getting rid of the menace.

"What the-?" The sharks regenerated from the surrounding water and attacked the Jinchuriki again, until five consecutive underwater explosion occured.

"I better pick him before he drowns..." The grinning Kisame advanced towards the lake but Killer Bee jumped out of the water, revealing the Eight Tailed Ox Cloak around him with six tails already out. "Eheh, I was starting to get disappointed. Very well, let's see what you got."

Kisame rushed towards Killer Bee with Samehada on his hand. Kisame slashed three times but Bee ducked it twice and blocked it with both hands the third time. The Akatsuki member grinned. Unexpectedly, the chakra cloak disappeared around Killer Bee's hands, allowing the scales that came out of the bandages to shred Bee's hands. Before he could even grunt, Bee was forced to dodge a new slash.

"Motherfu..." Bee's insult wasn't finished, as he realized his chakra cloak was gone. Kisame jumped towards Bee and tried to crush him under the weight of his sword, but Bee took a step back and did a somersault, delivering an axe kick that pushed Samehada down. As he landed back on the water's surface, Bee was already enveloped by a new cloak, again with six tails. The Jinchuriki charged with his right arm extended, two chakra horns coming out of the cloak. "Got you, fool! Lariat"

"Eheh, not bad..." At the last second, Kisame stopped the chakra flow on his feet and fell to the water, pulling Killer Bee by the ankle. To his own surprise, Killer Bee's chakra cloak disappeared again and the Mist renegade held Killer Bee in a full nelson hold. They struggled for awhile until Killer Bee started to lose his breath. "This is one advantage of being one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. It's not only the shark looks, I can breathe underwater as well, one thing that I'm pretty sure you can't."

Bee was able to hit Kisame with a pair of elbow strikes, allowing him to get free from his grip. The Guardian of Kumogakure tried to get back to the surface, but Kisame was coming for him once again by using Water Style: Underwater Motion Jutsu. Killer Bee performed a pair of hand seals and, when Kisame grabbed, the Jinchuriki used Lightning Style: Lightning Armor. Even though it was weaker than the Raikage's version, the electricity around Bee's body immediately shocked Kisame, forcing him to release Bee. However, since they were inside water, the effects were received by both and in double. Both of them jumped out of the water to firm land and both were panting considerably.

"Eh, shocking yourself just to get out of the water. Pretty extreme eh?" Kisame grinned, showing his razor shark teeth.

"Lord Jinchuriki is the suicidal, homicidal, genocidal bro, yo!" Killer Bee grinned back and once again created his chakra cloak, this time with the full eight tails. Kisame held both hands together and Samehada came flying from behind Bee, who used three chakra tails to grab the blade. He then jumped and threw it against his owner who simply jumped and stomped her, turning her inside out and grabbing her before she fell into the ground.

"Now I see! The sword sucks chakra! It sucked those three and three again. Limit is six, no more you'll suck from me, from Killer Bee. Time from Version 2, bakayarou!" Bee tapped on the Eight-Tailed Ox chakra, adding six more chakra tails to the two he already had. The tails enveloped him and created a darker version of the normal chakra cloak, giving him a more monstrous and muscular appearance. Kisame swung his Samehada and Bee used his left arm to block the blade. The Hachibi's host then tried for a punch to the gut from the right side but Kisame moved the sword and blocked Bee's attack again. Having to sustain the weight of Samehada while blocking Bee's fist, Kisame was open for a new Lariat attack. "I got you now!"

"Eheh, wrong!" Kisame shouted with a grin from ear to ear. Bee's Version 2 cloak disappeared, being replaced by a Version 1 cloak with four-tails.

"H-how?" The shocked Bee thought. With the weight of Bee's fist on the sword being much less, Kisame waved Samehada to block the Jinchuriki's extended arm, that didn't even have the chakra horns formed. "I thought your sword could only suck six chakra tails!"

"You're right! It can only six chakra tails...by one contact! I blocked two of your blows, which means the eight tails from your strongest cloak and four from this one! This is the third contact..." Kisame chuckled as Bee's cloak disappeared, before slamming down Samehada, smashing Bee's left arm against the ground and under the heavy blade's weight.

"Aaargh!" Killer Bee screamed in pain as he felt the bones of his left arm being crushed.

"From all the Tailed Beasts, only the Shukaku, through sand, and the Kyuubi, through its foul chakra, possess regenerative abilities. Your arm is broken, you can't use Jutsus, you're done." Kisame laughed at the sight of his defeated opponent.

"You fool...I didn't become a Guardian of Kumogakure just because of my Tailed Beast." Killer Bee was on one knee and dropped to hit a sliding kick on Kisame's right leg. Kisame smashed down his Samehada but Killer Bee dodged and hit a kick on the sword. When the bandages started to spread out from the place where Bee hit Samehada, the Guardian took two steps back and grabbed a bandage, using it to give him leverage to jump and hit Kisame with a jumping roundhouse kick to the back of the head. Kisame was on one knee when Killer Bee started to charge his right fist with Lightning chakra. He ran towards the Akatsuki member and tried to punch him but Kisame dodged and bit onto his already injured arm, causing the Jinchuriki to scream in pain.

"Water Style: Water Shark Bomb Jutsu" After kicking Bee away, a large water shark came from the lake to envelop Samehada. The water shark-enveloped sword hit Bee on the chest and pressed him against the ground. "I have to admit that this was fun. I didn't have so much fun since the odd beast but I'll also admit that I'm getting tired. Unfortunately for you, this is the end. Water Style:..."

"Water Dragon Jutsu" Chojuro interrupted his fellow swordsman and a water dragon hit Kisame on the chest, sending him flying to the lake.

"You're sure that your friend can do that for me?"

"Of course. Zetsu has an extense knowledge in alternative medical ninjutsu. What you need only he can do." Madara explained to the man in front of him.

"And what makes you so sure that I won't leave when I have what I want?"

"That's simple my young friend. Even with Zetsu's help, you'll have to wait some time before you achieve your full potential. You'll be better with some protection of myself and your new partners." Madara explained.

"I see...and what if I become stronger than you? I believe that you're really Madara Uchiha but you seem quite weak for what history tells us."

"Yes, I'm a shade of my former self. The thing is that I'm something that neither you or your master are...I'm immortal." Madara extended his right hand. "Do we have a deal?"

"Alright. I'll help you in your quest, but when you have the Hachibi and the Kyuubi in your hands I'm out."

"Fair enough." Both men shook hands to seal their deal.

Author's Note: I'm not taking in consideration the ages presented in the databooks, only those that were openly said in the manga and anime or that we can easily conclude after what was said, like Naruto being now 16 or Neji being 17. Ages only told in the databooks, like Genma being now 33 and Raido being now 35, I won't acknowledge in this story. Therefore, all the characters shown in the first flashback, I'm considering them to be between 29 to 31 years old in the current timeline, while their mentors are between 39 to 41 (those who already died would be of the same age as well). Since such information wasn't introduced in the story but only in the databooks, I don't see much problem in bending it a bit, so I can form these teams and possible storylines.

Next Chapter: A Colossal Battle

-Nawirama13