Naruto slowly opened his eyes and slightly stretched his body as he turned to see the grey skies of Kirigakure out the window. Naruto smirked and calmly got out of the bed to see Yuugao was already gone from hers. He turned his head slightly to see Shizune was still softly sleeping the morning away. Naruto chuckled and gave her a soft kiss before taking a quick shower and getting a change of clothes.
"See you later my demon mate," Naruto said as he closed the door and quickly disappeared to go talk to Mei about their arrangement. As he left, Naruto gave a soft smile while hopping along the rooftops of Kiri since he felt two massive chakra sources trying to stay hidden.
"Well looks like things are going to get interesting my family," Naruto said with a slight demonic chuckle as he continued on without so much as a worry.
Yuugao, meanwhile, was on top of the building and watched Naruto head to the Kiri mansion. She didn't know why she was up, but the morning air in Kiri felt good to her as her purple hair swayed slightly in the breeze. Since the mission felt diplomatic, Yuugao didn't really have to interfere with anything and just decided to go window shopping since Kiri was known for their swords.
"Alright, I might as well keep myself busy until Naruto gets back," Yuugao said before vanishing in a shunshin.
Zabuza, Haku, Kin, Yagura, and Tayuya all exited the wrecked Otogakure mansion only to see a multitude of shinobi in front of the door, all wielding kunai, ready to destroy the invaders at any cost. Tayuya turned to Kin with a worried expression that Oto really would kill her and her friends without a second thought. Yagura narrowed his eyes and walked in front of the group as he held out his staff while deciding to speak to the shinobi.
"We could destroy you all right now, but you have a usefulness that piques our master's interest. Drop your weapons and pledge your allegiance to Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze so you will live. Take the offer or die right here and now," Yagura ordered. Zabuza smirked along with Haku and Kin while Tayuya wondered how big the ex-Mizukage of Kiri's balls had to be to say something like that to Oto. Soon a random Oto jonin rushed at Yagura looking to end the fight and reclaim Orochimaru's order in Oto.
"We will never bow to you people. Lord Orochimaru-sama will kill you all after we take you down as prisoners," The man yelled at the Sanbi jinchuuriki. Yagura sighed as the man reached him, but simply sidestepped the man while slamming his staff into the man's skull, crushing it completely as the headless body slumped to the ground and twitched for a few seconds before remaining unmoved. Everyone gasped and looked at the demonic look in all their eyes minus Tayuya who completely shivered under their KI.
"Anyone else wanna be stupid and die a meaningless death?" Yagura asked while a small smile. The people gulped and slowly, one after the other, dropped their kunai and bowed before Yagura and the rest of everyone making Tayuya gasp.
"We pledge our allegiance to Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze-sama. He is our leader and the kage of Oto," Everyone said simultaneously while Yagura withdrew his staff and Zabuza sheathed his sword. Haku and Kin put their weapons away while Tayuya just continued to stare at everyone as she walked with the group.
"Alright we conquered Oto rather fast, but it can't be helped. Now then we should wait for Naruto-kun's orders," Kin stated. Everyone nodded as they turned to the scared civilians who backed away from the supposed officials of their new leader, Naruto.
"Alright let's get to work and clean up this place. Any dead bodies you see, burn them. That's all for now," Zabuza ordered. Almost immediately, people began to work on the destroyed parts of Oto while Zabuza's group disappeared into the distance to go check on something of importance.
Shizune, tiredly, opened her eyes to see that Naruto wasn't in the room and sighed as she got up and stretched herself awake. Due to her enhanced hearing, Shizune heard Kiba and Kurenai still sleeping and quietly exited the hotel. She did feel the Akatsuki's presence, but they weren't really her problem right now. Shizune yawned and looked around the room before using her enhanced vision to see off into the distance and smirked as she quickly got dressed and left the hotel in a hurry.
It was around that time, that Kurenai and Kiba woke up and realized their jobs for today. They had too problems to deal with and it would be so much more fun since they didn't really have anything to do for the mission.
"Well Kiba, are you ready to do your job?" Kurenai asked as she took a minute to look at her Konoha headband and quickly took out a kunai as she made a clean slash across the headband signifying the end of her allegiance to Konoha. The genjutsu mistress then henged her slashed headband back into a regular one as she stood to her feet. Kiba nodded with a smile while he and Akamaru followed Kurenai outside. Kurenai was still new to her fox features and had some trouble suppressing the demonic chakra, but got it down to an appropriate level before she and Kiba walked randomly through the village deciding to have some fun before having to fight.
Meanwhile, Hidan and Kakuzu easily breached Kiri's walls as they walked through the streets with both keeping their faces well from the view of others. Both looked over the random civilians before they saw two shinobi walking up to them. They seemed to be Konoha shinobi while Hidan liked his lips at the raven haired woman in front of him.
"Hehe she's kinda hot. Her blood will be the perfect sacrifice for Jashin-sama," Hidan said with a slight maniacal smile. Kakuzu sighed and simply took out his book while looking for bounties.
"Keep your eyes sharp, you religious idiot. We have to find the Sanbi jinchuuriki's body for Pein-sama. I'd rather not face the wrath of a god if you know what I mean," Kakuzu said while Hidan scoffed at him before turning his gaze back to the streets.
"The only god I fear is Jashin-sama. Pein is a worthless insect compared to Jashin-sama," Hidan said with an arrogant smile on his face. Kakuzu sighed again as the Konoha shinobi passed the Hidan and Kakuzu.
Kurenai looked back and gave a small smile before she and Kiba continued their trek through the village, Kiba smirked showing his longer than usual canines and turned to Kurenai.
"Looks like we have our targets Kurenai-sensei," Kiba told her. Kurenai easily nodded and the two quickly vanished as they followed the two Akatsuki members at a slow pace.
After what seemed like an eternity of trailing, Kiba and Kurenai saw the two enter an isolated field and they seemed to be searching for something, but didn't find it then simply walked off. Kurenai and Kiba smirked since they found this place to be the best place for a full scale fight. Before they could move, Hidan and Kakuzu turned their heads and smirked.
"Come out you Konoha rats, we already know your there," Kakuzu yelled out. Kurenai grinned along with Kiba as both exited the trees and hit the ground. Hidan and Kakuzu turned to the two Konoha shinobi and smiled.
"Well it seems like We'll get to have some fun on this boring day," Kakuzu said while Hidan slowly took out his scythe. Kurenai narrowed her eyes into a smile and turned to Kiba.
"Kiba, your capable of fighting an S-rank missing nin right?" Kurenai asked. Kiba raised an eyebrow, but slowly nodded.
"Well if Naruto is anything to go by, then I must say that I have fought an S-rank person before," Kiba said with a soft chuckle. Kurenai nodded turned to Hidan who still had his smile on his face. Kurenai closed her eyes and unhenged her fox ears as the human ears disappeared and were replaced with the black fox ears.
"Alright then. Kiba, you take the weird one and I'll take the ugly one," Kurenai said while Kiba tapped her shoulder and gave an embarrassed chuckle.
"Umm...which ones the weird one?" Kiba asked as Kurenai shook her head at her fellow hanyou and decided to help him out. Hidan and Kakuzu watched the interaction and Hidan was getting pissed at the relaxed nature both shinobi were putting up in front of them. They were two S-rank missing nin dammit! The two should be running scared with their stupid headbands between their legs.
"Well Kiba the weird one is...um...I don't know. It's hard to compare," Kurenai said as Kiba laughed. Hidan's eyebrow twitched in annoyance as he stepped forward.
"What the hell are you two laughing at? Don't you know your going to die right now? You should run now before I slaughter the both of you," Hidan yelled to them. Kakuzu backed up slightly while Hidan was met with an intense gaze from Kurenai's red eyes that made her look hot, well hotter, but made her look like a serious threat, which in all reality she was. Kiba stopped laughing and Kurenai took out a kunai.
"I don't know how well my taijutsu is, but I hope that Naruto-kun's power gave me a little boost," Kurenai said as she quickly disappeared at an extreme speed and rushed at Hidan while leaving a trail of smoke and a coughing Kiba behind. Hidan frowned and gasped as Kurenai appeared in front of him in an instant before slamming her fist into his face. Hidan was sent flying into the trees causing a path of destruction to go through them. Kakuzu gasped while Kiba ran at him.
"Hey your attention should be on me," Kiba yelled as he threw out a punch and Kakuzu. Judging from his size, Kakuzu speculated he was fighting a genin and sighed. All genin simply wished to rush to their deaths didn't they? Kakuzu easily caught the punch and countered with a kick to Kiba's upper section sending the Inuzuka into a tree causing a dent.
"Oh sorry I thought I should put the genin in his place," Kakuzu said unbuttoning his jacket slightly to show the rest of his face. Kiba simply stood to his feet while Akamaru approached him with a whimper. Kiba chuckled and cracked his sides getting rid of the stiffness he felt from the kick.
"It's alright Akamaru. I'm alright. I hardly felt that kick to be honest," Kiba said while Akamaru growled and barked at him. Kiba raised an eyebrow t Akamaru wondering what was wrong before widening his eyes.
"Your telling me not to hold back. I should stop playing around and starting getting serious?" Kiba said while Akamaru nodded his head eagerly. The Inuzuka boy chuckled which turned into a full blown laugh as he patted Akamaru's head.
"That's right. I guess I should stop playing around. Alright then," Kiba said as his chakra flared startling Kakuzu. Kakuzu narrowed his eyes as Kiba's teeth grew sharper and his nails grew longer. He unhenged his ears while the KI rolled off him. It even made Kakuzu back up half a step before steeling himself through it.
"Well it seems I might have more fun with you than I thought," Kakuzu said discarding his robe to show a grey shirt and grey pants with black tendrils extending from his arms. Kiba raised an eyebrow at the way he looked, but didn't say anything as he charged back at Kakuzu.
"Alright tentacle man, let's play," Kiba said as he and Akamaru engaged Kakuzu.
Meanwhile, Kurenai was standing on a tree branch while watching Hidan get himself out of the dirt. Kurenai had nearly gasped at her strength, but figured she would have the time to marvel it later and decided to deal with the problem in front of her right now.
"Alright Hidan, show me the power of your cult god," Kurenai said while Hidan gritted his teeth. How dare that bitch take down to his god! What the hell did she know about the greatness that was Jashin-sama?
"Fine bitch, I'll let your blood spill for Jashin-sama," Hidan said as he appeared behind her and swung his scythe at her. Kurenai grinned and countered with a kunai as the sparks from the metal sprayed everywhere. Kurenai managed to sidestep Hidan and surpass his guard, but widened her eyes when he moved his foot fast and kicked her into the tree. Kurenai smirked that she found it weird to be using her taijutsu rather than her specialty, genjutsu. She wasn't sure why, but she wondered what she could come up with now. Kurenai weaved her handsigns while Hidan laughed.
"Bitch no ninjutsu will save you from the wrath of Jashin-sama," Hidan said as he charged at her with his scythe flailing. He neared the genjutsu mistress inch by inch, but she suddenly disappeared while his scythe stuck to a tree. Hidan cursed, but then saw an arm reach out from the tree and grab his scythe then moaned. Hidan widened his eyes as he saw it was a man he killed long ago.
"Why? Why did I have to die to a damn occultist? I've done nothing, but good in my life," The man moaned as other people's hands came out and they began to crawl out and grab his hand. Hidan gritted his teeth and tried to pull himself free while the arms reached out further.
"I killed you all. It's for Jashin-sama, your blood is my pleasure. I hold no regrets," Hidan said with a twisted smile, but the souls didn't vanish as they grabbed him and slowly started to drag him into the tree. Hidan saw his scythe disappear and his entire being go into the trees as the souls took him down into the depths of hell.
"No I can't die like this. JASHIN-SAMA!" Hidan yelled. Kurenai smirked as she took out a kunai and cleanly severed the man's head from his body as everything returned to normal.
"Magen: Jigoku no Shi o Kyōju( Demonic Illusion: Reaper of Hell Souls)," Kurenai said as Hidan's body fell to the ground. The woman sighed an began to walk away before the headless Hidan opened his eyes and stared at her.
"It was a damn genjutsu? Dammit, hey bitch don't leave me out here! You should know that I can't die so it doesn't matter what you do. That's how powerful Jashin-sama is," Hidan said as Kurenai turned to him and raised an eyebrow at the headless man. It seemed impossible, but in the shinobi world you learn to expect some things.
"Jashin-sama...Jashin-sama...Jashin-sama, wow. I've never met an occultist so into his religion. Well I've never met an occultist at all, but that's beside the point." Kurenai said as she walked over to Hidan's head. Hidan widened his eyes as he saw the demonic look of Kurenai's red eyes. The headless Akatsuki member could only gasp as Kurenai raised her foot over his face.
"W-What are you doing? You can't kill me so there is no point to this," Hidan said to her. Kurenai had an impassive look on her face while she adopted a thinking pose.
"It might just be the demonic blood or chakra flowing through my veins, but I really want to see your blood right now. And just cause your immortal, it doesn't mean I can't hear you scream," Kurenai said as she slammed her foot on Hidan's face. Hidan gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to scream out as Kurenai lifted her foot from his face.
"Hmm, looks like I'll have to try harder then," Kurenai said as she slammed her foot back into his face. Slowly, but surely the blood began to seep out from Hidan's face while Kurenai brushed her hair.
"Well I don't like to see such a bloody face in my eyes. I love the color red and your ruining it for me," Kurenai said as she applied as much chakra as she could and smashed Hidan's face into the ground. Kurenai still had an impassive look on her face as the blood stained the ground.
"yep, it's definitely the demonic blood running through my veins. Yet it strangely feels good," Kurenai said with a shrug of her shoulders leaving the battered Hidan in the ground. Kurenai took notice of his scythe and smirked as she took it with her.
"Kin would love a gift like this," Kurenai said with a small smile as she went to go check on Kiba. Kurenai continued to walk, but stopped and turned around.
"G..et...ba...ck...here," Hidan said while Kurenai took out a kunai with an explosive tag and simply threw it to the ground.
"Oh shut up," Kurenai said as the ground exploded while she walked away for the final time.
While Kurenai dealt with Hidan, Kiba was busy defending against Kakuzu's hearts which had some type of weird black blanket of threads which formed some weird creatures. Each mask had an individual features on it's face, but as to the significance, Kiba didn't know yet. However, he was sure he was going to find out...and soon.
"Nice job brat. I haven't used these in a long time," Kakuzu as he weaved his handsigns. Kiba raised an eyebrow as one of the masks started to move.
"Doton: Domu( Earth Release: Earth Spear)," Kakuzu yelled as his skin became darker from the jutsu. Kiba smirked and ran towards Kakuzu then began to spin violently.
"Akuma no Gatsuuga( Demonic Fang Piercing Fang)," Kiba yelled as he rammed into Kakuzu which caused the man to wince at the sharp pain that Kiba dealt him. Kiba smirked as he barreled Kakuzu into a mess of trees while the Inuzuka backed away with a smile.
"How did he injure me? I should be as hard as diamond. What is up with him?" Kakuzu wondered as he struggled to stand.
"I know about that jutsu from the scrolls Naruto had me read back at the compound. I don't think the strongest earth made substance can stop a demon or in my cause a half-demon, but a demon nonetheless," Kiba said with his grin splitting his face. Kakuzu narrowed his eyes at the Inuzuka and suddenly smiled.
"I do believe I underestimated you. It won't happen again," Kakuzu said as he went through another squeeze of handsigns.
"Raiton: Gian( Lightning Release: False Darkness)," Kakuzu yelled. Kiba jumped back as the yellow mask creature shot forward and opened it's mouth to short a spear-like lighting bolt at Kiba as the Inuzuka and his dog dodged the lightning left and right. Both landed on a tree, but saw Kakuzu smirk as they jumped out of the way to avoid a wind blast from another mask. Kiba continued to dodge and jumped off the destroyed tree only to see a ball of fire shot at him before Akamaru grabbed his sleeve and allowed him to dodge.
"Thanks Akamaru," Kiba said as he received a bark for a response from Akamaru. There joy didn't last long until Kiba saw the lightning come at him. Kiba gritted his teeth and balled his fist as the mask neared him.
"Enough!" Kiba yelled as he sent the balled up fist into the mask destroying it into pieces. Kakuzu gasped before bringing his fire mask next to him and doing more handsigns.
"Try this one for size. Katon: Zukokku(Fire Release: Intelligent Hard work)," Kakuzu yelled as the mask sent a blazing fire at Kiba. Kiba widened his eyes before he unhenged the rest of his features along with his tail. Kiba and Akamaru charged at the intense fire and sought to take it down.
"Zettai Akuma no Gatsuuga(Absolute Demonic Fang Piercing Fang)," Kiba yelled as he spiraled into the fire along with Akamaru as the two pushed the fire back and slammed into Kakuzu again surprising the man until he saw Kurenai behind him ready to continue from where Kiba left off. Kakuzu brought his earth mask around to block her, but it proved useless as Kurenai stabbed the mask with her kunai, splitting the mask apart and destroying it. Kakuzu cursed and backed away from the two Konoha shinobi and smirked.
"Alright then. Let's get serious," Kakuzu said as the fire mask and wind mask came into his being and had him overgrown with many threads sticking out. Kurenai raised an eyebrow while Kiba henged his tail not needing the extra power boost anymore.
"Alright Kiba, let's end this now," Kurenai told him. Kiba nodded as the two charged back at the transformed Kakuzu.
Shizune was already out of the village and running to were she spotted the figure that she saw from her hotel room and made it to the spot. Shizune looked around, but didn't see anything; however, she knew someone was hiding from her, she just need to know where.
"Be careful Kitten. This woman is very dangerous. I don't know why, but she reminds of Kyuubi for some reason," a figure said to a blond woman who was behind a tree with a kunai in her hand. She sported a purple attire and wore the Kumo headband as she saw Shizune looking around.
"I was perfectly hidden. How did she find me?" the woman asked. The woman was Yugito Nii, jinchuuriki of the Nibi no Nekomatta. She had been investigating reports of the alliance between Kiri and Konoha and didn't want to be caught already. She only got suicide missions so ones like this one were a rare case which she was damn glad for. Yugito was suddenly brought out of her stupor when the KI from Shizune flared.
"I know your here. Come out now or I will find you and trust me, you WILL want to come out voluntarily," Shizune yelled. Yugito choked on the KI like it was toxic and already knew that she didn't stand a chance against this woman, so she might as well set aside her pride and got out. Yugito stalled and saw Shizune tapping her foot impatiently. Shizune formed a chakra blade and slashed a tree clean off while Yugito gasp.
"No way in hell am I going out there!" Yugito yelled out mentally as Shizune lifted up three fingers.
"Alright then. I'll count to three from this and if you don't come out...well I'll kill you," Shizune said in the sweetest tone possible which scared Yugito to no end. Should she go out? Would she live?
"One," Shizune counted. Could she fight? Would she win? Would she even live?
"Two," Shizune continued. Yugito started to shake and with much encouragement from Nibi, she jumped out and gasped as Shizune just missed Yugito's neck.
"Three. You made it," Shizune said as Yugito slumped to the floor while holding her chest.
"You alright Kitten?" Nibi asked. Yugito breathed heavily and slowly nodded.
"Yeah, I just saw my life flash before my eyes and ya know Nibi...I was about to die a virgin," Yugito said causing Nibi to chuckle despite the situation.
"Alright then mind telling me who you are and why your here. I won't hurt you, but not to mention you seem quite strong. It's obvious your from Kumo with your headband so I'll also assume your the jinchuuriki of Nibi," Shizune spoke making Yugito widen her eyes.
"How did you know that?" Yugito asked as Shizune sat next to her.
"Well, I assumed and it looks like I was right. Tell me, is it true that Nibi is a horny bijuu?" Shizune asked. Yugito nearly scoffed as she went on about Nibi and her trying to get Yugito to do certain...things for the next hour or so. Unknown to her, the KI was gone and she was talking to Shizune like the two were really close friends.
"Hey, I wasn't that bad Kitten. Course I'd like to have a man inside me right now. The feeling of pure ecstasy in my-,"
"Enough!" Yugito yelled startling Shizune. Yugito blushed and excused herself before settling down.
"So your Shizune-san. Your here to end an alliance of Konoha with Kiri. Oh, well I guess I can go back now," Yugito said getting up, but was stopped by Shizune.
"Hey Yugito, how would you and Nibi like to met one Kami of a man that here. Trust me, you'll find no one better than him," Shizune said with a small smile. Nibi was already interested while Yugito blushed and was about to refuse, but was stopped by Nibi.
"Come on Kitten. Just one look won't hurt. If we don't like him we'll leave, but first let's see this Kami of a man that Shizune is talking about. I already see myself drooling right now. Please accept it Kitten," Nibi said which was more of a plead than a suggestion. Yugito sighed and nodded with Shizune leading the Kumo nin to Kiri to me her blond hanyou.
Naruto and Mei had just finished their negotiations about the alliance and Naruto simply told Mei to ally herself with a clan or more specifically, the Uzumaki-Namikaze clan. Naruto would be the corresponder between the clan and Kiri. Mei wondered about Konoha, but Naruto told her that Konoha couldn't keep up with him even if they wanted to. Mei seemed to trust his word and nodded with Naruto's plan.
"So Naruto-kun, when are you going to give me some alone time?" Mei asked Naruto with a sultry smile. Naruto blushed then chuckled as he placed his elbows on Mei's desk.
"Do you really think Kiri would like that it's Mizukage would want to go at it like that so fast? And in her office no less?" Naruto asked as Mei shrugged her shoulders.
"I might be the Mizukage, but I am a woman also Na-ru-to-kun," Mei said as Naruto got up and walked behind Mei.
"Well I think I should get to know Mei Terumi, the woman, before I try anything and end up hurting her," Naruto said giving the auburn haired woman a soft shoulder rub making the Mizukage moan slightly.
"I'll say you give a soft massage. Your much closer to knowing the real Mei Terumi if you keep this up Naruto-kun," Mei said before Naruto stopped the rub. Mei turned to him in slight annoyance.
"What? Don't you know Mei-chan the phrase 'always leave them wanting more'?" Naruto asked before leaving the room. Mei slightly blushed, but chuckled as she turned back to the thing she just wished she could melt away...paperwork.
Meanwhile, Kurenai and Kiba were still fighting Kakuzu and were simply tired of playing now. They didn't really have anything better to do, but this was getting boring for both.
"Alright let's end it here. Kurenai-sensei can you use chakra strings?" Kiba asked her. Kurenai nodded and told him she could only hold it for 10 minutes which was all Kiba needed. Kurenai attached the strings to Kiba as the Inuzuka ran at Kakuzu.
"Burn to ashes," Kakuzu said as he combined his wind armor and his fire armor into a fierce fire attack. Kurenai moved quickly and raised Kiba into the air and moved out of the range of fire. Kakuzu sent his tendrils at Kiba as Kurenai maneuvered the Inuzuka left and right before bringing her hands down as Kiba and Akamaru spun violently into Kakuzu.
"Take this. Akuma no Jikofuga( Demonic Hell Piercing Fang)," Kiba yelled as he and Akamaru slammed into Kakuzu while sending him into the ground while still spinning intent on ripping him to shreds. Kurenai covered her eyes until the intense drilling settled down and Kurenai opened her eyes to see a steamy hole in the ground. Kurenai looked down to see Kiba and Akamaru waving at her as they stood over Kakuzu who seemed to be much worse for wear. Both climbed out of the hole and walked back to Kiri while Kiba turned to Kurenai.
"So what happened to Hidan?" Kiba asked her. Kurenai smirked and turned to Kiba with a wide grin across her face.
"Umm...the matter has been resolved Kiba," Kurenai simply said to him. Kiba raised an eyebrow at her and turned his gaze to her wondering what she meant.
"Umm Kurenai-sensei what does that me-," Kiba stopped as Kurenai turned to him with a sweet smile and an Oni mask appeared behind her effectively silencing Kiba.
"The matter has been resolved Kiba," Kurenai said while Kiba nodded immediately as Kurenai giggled while the two walked back to Kiri.
Sasuke, Sakura, and Kimimaro were close to Oto and only had a few minutes before they would arrive to the village, not knowing what had already happened.
"Alright, when we get to Oto you two are to wait in the mansion for Orochimaru-sama," Kimimaro said before he saw small fires blazing around Oto. He widened his eyes and saw some of the people working to put the fires out as Sasuke and Sakura gasped at the minor destruction. Kimimaro narrowed his eyes as he saw Zabuza, Haku, and Kin walking through like they owned the place, which they did.
"How is Konoha here? Why did they invade Oto? Where are the others? Somethings wrong. Right now I need to find Orochimaru-sama and Kabuto-san so I can tell them what's happened. Right now, I'll take these two to a hidden hideout," Kimimaro thought before turning to Sasuke and Sakura.
"We need to leave. I'll take you both to Orochimaru-sama's hideout were you will receive your training. It will be tough so don't expect anything to be easy. Let's go," Kimimaro ordered. Sasuke and Sakura nodded as the three disappeared from view. Soon after they left, Yagura appeared with a smile and shunshined next to Zabuza.
"There going to another hideout, but we managed to secure Oto. So do we stay here or do we go home?" Yagura asked. Zabuza adopted a thinking pose before turning to Yagura.
"Haku, Kin, and I are Konoha shinobi; however you are an unregistered civilian. You should stay here with Tayuya while we go back and inform the others," Zabuza responded. Yagura nodded as he saw the three disappear leaving him with Tayuya.
"So what now shithead?" Tayuya asked as Yagura sighed. It was going to be a LONG waiting period with the foul-mouth kunoichi.
Yuugao was still shopping, but didn't do anything until she saw Shizune along with Kumo shinobi. Yuugao raised an eyebrow at her, but didn't say anything until Shizune came up to her.
"Hey Yuugao, meet Yugito the jinchuuriki of the Nibi no Nekomatta," Shizune said as Yugito and Yuugao exchanged hellos.
"So what's Kumo doing in Kiri?" Yuugao asked.
"Turns out they just wanted to be sure we weren't forming an alliance to Kiri, but I assured her it wasn't possible. We also talked for a bit, and before you know it, I'm going to take her to me a Kami among men," Shizune said while Yugito wondered who Shizune was talking about. Yuugao wondered also, but it didn't hold until she saw Kurenai and Kiba off in the distance.
"Hey guys did you have 'fun'?" Shizune asked. Kiba chuckled along with Kurenai as both nodded and all went back to the hotel room to wait for Naruto to arrive. They only had one more day left in Kiri and it was going to all be about relaxing at least until they had to leave. The group walked away as they all disappeared into a crowd of civilians.
Somewhere else, seven shadowed appeared on top of the hands as they gathered together.
"How goes the search for the Nanabi?" Pein asked. Deidara shook his head along with Sasori in a negative.
"We're not sure Pein-sama. The Nanabi just disappeared. We don't know where the host is and according to the latest from Kakuzu and Hidan the body of the Sanbi is nowhere to be found either," Sasori stated while Pein remained stoic though was struggling internally. Itachi turned to him with his sharingan blazing while looking at Pein.
"Should we try to capture the Kyuubi jinchuuriki again?" Itachi asked still thinking over Naruto's words from the first time that they met along with Kisame who rubbed his newly recovered mark across his chest while he scowled at the thought of what Naruto had done to him. Pein shook his head in a negative fashion.
"No don't go after him. The Kyuubi jinchuuriki is too dangerous to face. Itachi, you and Kisame are one of our best. We can't afford to lose you two. For now we will go after the Yonbi and the Gobi. Then two years we will wait for the preparations to be completed and then we will begin or fight. Konan, I want you to keep an eye on the Kyuubi jinchuuriki and update us on any of his movements," Pein ordered. Konan nodded fast with an inaudible sigh. Everyone else nodded and started to disappeared leaving only him, Konan, and Madara who was behind him.
"Based on his record from the genin exams the Kyuubi jinchuuriki shouldn't be this strong," Konan stated while Pein gave her an impassive look.
"Yet the boy is a jonin-level shinobi. I don't know how, but he's gaining power and fast. It will take a real force to stop him. One that I will handle myself. Konan you will accompany me in time, but no matter how strong he is. No one can defeat god," Pein said while Konan nodded until they both heard Madara's voice.
"Nonetheless, don't underestimate him Nagato. Underestimating your opponent and being overconfident are two totally different things," Madara said which caused Nagato to nodded as the three disappeared from view.
Itachi and Kisame continued to walk through a forested area as Itachi picked up the pace in his walking which made Kisame strut slightly. The fish man was confused as to why Itachi was moving so fast before walking in step with Itachi again.
"Itachi, why are you in such a rush? We have to head to Iwa to go after the Gobi and Yonbi," Kisame stated while Itachi turned a glance to him making the tailless bijuu flinch under his gaze.
"I know that Kisame. We will do that, but I want to find the Kyuubi jinchuuriki first. There is something I want to talk with him about. Naruto Uzumaki, I can only wonder just how strong he truly is," Itachi said which made Kisame raise an eyebrow at his partner.
"What do you mean Itachi? He's just a jonin-level Gaki. You've fought against plenty of Jonin and won without so much as a scratch on you," Kisame stated with almost a hint of pride in his speak. Itachi muttered something underneath his breath that Kisame didn't catch before turning to the shark man.
"Kisame, don't tell me you didn't feel it? True he masked his power, but if you felt it then you would know he could kill us if he wanted. He simply didn't choose to. That's why I need to meet him and right now," Itachi said as he walked a little faster. Kisame's confusion was raised, but he didn't say anything before the two vanished from sight.
Meanwhile inside Konoha's high security prison laid Danzo Shimura who was calmly mediating while he calmly opened his eye and walked up to the jail that was keeping him prisoner. Danzo laid his hand on the seal which alerted a jonin to the position. The jonin cam and looked inside to see Danzo was gone and panicked as he opened the jail cell.
"What the-," Where's Danzo?" The man wondered, but didn't look up before Danzo struck him in the back knocking the man out with his walking stick. Danzo left the prison and smirked.
"Time to catch up on all the things I missed. Kyuubi brat, you'll pay for sending me to this filthy prison," Danzo said as he unfurled the bandages on his left eye revealing the sharingan as he walked through the prison while looking for a way out.
"Be ready Sarutobi. Your reign as Kage is over and it's time for a new person to take over and I'm just the man to do it," Danzo said with a dark grin.