Chapter 24! OHMYGOSH! BOBURRITO, STOP HUMPING THE FREAKIN' BARSTOOL! UGHH! If you're wondering who Boburrito is, it's Inner. *readers gasp* Yeah, I know. It's shocking. He went from my inner persona to a 24-hour wasted drunk in 5 chapters. It's sad. Enjoy the chapter!

Rule 18: Never take Konan from Pein.

Normal POV

They arrived at the battlefield. Where was the battlefield? The forest outside of Konoha. There they saw many undead and creatures made of shadow attacking shinobi. Suddenly, the group heard a female yell behind them. Everyone turned to see an unconscious Konan being carried away by a skeleton. Pein started fuming. The undead monster was already 50 yards away by the time he started to race after it. Aaron put a hand on his shoulder.

"We'll get her back." He told Pein. The former Ame-nin calmed down. Suddenly, a mass of skeletons and shadow creatures stormed towards the group.

"Listen up!" Aaron ordered.

"You're going to need whatever weapons you have and your strongest jutsu." He told them. Aaron looked at Naruto.

"It's Rasengan Time." He said with a grim. Everyone stopped what they were doing.

"Wait. Rasengan Time?" Aaron looked up at the sky.

"SERIOUSLY? That's the BEST you can do?" He asked.

"Hey man, don't go breakin' the fourth wall just yet." Rich told him.

"Whatever." Everything resumed back to normal. The groups broke apart, bashing and slashing the dark creatures. Many creatures started to pounce on Aaron. Then he pushed them off. They all fell in a pile a few yards away, but got right back up. A smirk grew on Aaron's face. He held his hand out. Rings of light surrounded it. Then he moved his hand down, making a curve line out of energy. The line solidified into a katana. Then he held the sword back. Then next you could see was two yellow lines streaking across the battlefield. Then some of the group of creatures fell to pieces. LITERALLY. The next thing that followed was three yellow rings appearing and disappearing. Then the last of the creatures Aaron was facing fell apart. The rest of the shinobi finished pounding down the creatures. Then they heard a loud, evil-sounding voice.

"I SHALL ABSORB THE POWER OF MY SACRIFICE, AND PLUNGE THE WORLD INTO AN ERA OF DOOM!" It called out. Aaron's eyes widened.

"Oh no." He said.

"What?"

"We've got to rescue Konan." Aaron told them.

"But she's with the Akatsuki! Couldn't we just let her die?" Anko asked. Pein started fuming.

"1) Pein wouldn't allow it. And 2) If Cryptus sacrifices her, we'll have a hell of a hard time trying to beat him." Aaron told them.

"Then let's go! DATTEBAYO!" Naruto shouted. Everyone started racing to where the voice was coming from. There they saw Cryptus standing over an unconscious Konan with a sword.

"Who's that?" Tsunade asked.

"Cryptus, the harbinger of doom." Aaron told them.

"What's—" Naruto began to ask loudly. Sasuke slapped a hand over the blonde's mouth before he could alert Cryptus to their presence.

"Be quiet, dobe. We don't want this guy to know we're here." Sasuke told him. The blonde nodded. However, Pein and Aaron were already gone.

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!" Aaron's voice shouted. They then saw a man with bright green hair kick Cryptus in the head, sending him flying. Pein came out of some bushes off to the side as the man stood over Konan.

"Bansho Tenn'in!" Pein said. Cryptus came flying towards him and the doombringer's head collided with Pein's hand. Then the former Ame-nin pulled his hand away, attempting to draw out Cryptus soul. But nothing happened. So the green-haired man spin-kicked Cryptus, sending him flying again.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this...but he has no soul. It's kind of a "I sold my soul to the Devil and now I have ultimate power" kind of thing." The man said sheepishly. Pein scowled, but jumped forward, and started pounding Cryptus. After a few minutes, Pein jumped back.

"That's for taking Konan." He said. Pein started to walk away, but an evil laughter bellowed, like some sort of cruel joke had been played by someone with sick sense of humor.

"I do not go down that easily." Cryptus said.

"Now who might be the fool that dares to challenge the essence of darkness itself?" He asked. Aaron smirked, and let his henge go away.

"The name...is Illyon."

"You are the sun? BAH!" Cryptus laughed.

"You must be joking!" Aaron's smirk grew bigger. He closed his eyes. Aaron began to transform into the form he had before. His eyes turned white with a red ring around each, his hair became flames, his hands and feet changed into fiery claws, his legs and arms caught on fire, and the armor he wore appeared on him. Cryptus looked relieved, though you couldn't see his face.

"I thought for a minute my greatest enemy was a mere human!" He exclaimed.

"Oh believe me, I have higher standards than that." Aaron said. Then he drew the Sword of Truths. The blade extended to full length.

"Now then, what say we get this party started?" Aaron asked him. Cryptus smiled evilly.

"Let's."

DUN DUN DUN! MUAHAHAHAHA! You'll have to find out what happens next when you read Chapter 25! Review, or Cryptus will find you, chop you to pieces, and use your meat for his victory meal! Also, I won't make another chapter ever.

Ja Ne! *disappears in a bunch of rainbows* TASTE THE FUCKIN' RAINBOW!