Shade got his arms crossed while his eyes were closed in deep thought. He said to Thanerah as he was trying to understand the plan "So…you plan to take us to the deepest part of the chamber where the 8th spirit is and it is also a nest of Death Walkers which could lead us to our deaths?"

Thanerah couldn't explain or try to persuade him any further, so she nodded as she answered "Yeah, that's about it."

Shade tapped his finger on his arm with a deep frown on his face, and then he asked his comrades in their foreign tongue "What do you think of all this, guys?"

Rhino answered with a small shrug but a grin was forming on his face for the first time since Thanerah met him. "I don't know, but it sounds fun to me."

Thorn said to him flatly "Everything with violence is always fun to you, Rhino."

Rhino's grin immediately disappeared when Thorn spoke "Hey, it's not like I'm the only one. You risked your life to get here just to find the damn key."

"Hey, do you want to get out of here as possible?"

"Of course I do! My mate is probably worried sick about me!"

"Well, so is mine!"

The Phantom soldiers were looking around, just to be certain that there were no Ukrahs hiding in the shadows to attack them in surprise. Even if you put your guard slightly down, you're dead. Can't relax at all when you're around a Ukrah, or in a Ukrah territory which the Sacred Chamber is.

Thanerah and Hidan glanced at each other as the wolf companions continued to argue about their mates missing them terribly. Shade sighed heavily as he shook his head in disapproval while rubbing his brow to ease the headache or the urge to smack them behind the head. "How I ended up with these people, I'll never know…Zevrah, what have I gotten myself into this time?" he grumbled the last part as he pulled his hand away from his face.

He asked the couple "Are you sure that this is the only option we have?"

Hidan joined in the conversation "If you want, we could use you as bait for the Death Walkers to clear the nesting ground. So we can get the fucking 8th spirit without any delay." He grinned wickedly with a playful glint in his lavender eyes "Actually, that doesn't sound bad at all. Hell, let's do that plan instead!"

Shade glared at Hidan and flatly replied to his 'brilliant' plan, "No."

Hidan pouted in disappointment "Awe, you're no fun."

"It's not funny."

"Then you're fucking dull. You need a counter point, seriously."

"You better shut that mouth of yours, or else I'll—!"

Hidan cut him off as he took a daring step towards Shade "Or what? We're the only chance for you guys to get out of here. You want our fucking help or not?"

"…damn."

Hidan smirked widely in victory and he took a step back with that victories look. "I didn't think so…" he mumbled under his breath as he crossed his arms confidently on his chest while still smirking at the defeated Shade.

Thanerah rolled her eyes to the air *Men…why do they have to be so dominant these days? Can't they act normal for once?* Thanerah tried to imagine Hidan being normal, but it was surprisingly hard to imagine him like that. *No, that doesn't really work well. Maybe this was the best. After all, Shade is still alive and they're not tearing each other's throats…for now.*

She butted in as she said "When you're done arguing, shall we concentrate back to the task?"

Shade and Hidan glanced at Thanerah. Hidan asked his wife "Are you fucking sure about this, Tha? I mean us against an army of Death Walkers? It's incredibly insane and suicidal. Sure, Jashinists can't bed killed by those fucking Death Walkers but that doesn't fucking mean that we can't turn into one of them if we become infected."

"I know that, but we don't have any other choice, do we?"

Hidan openly suggested "We could always find another compatible spirit elsewhere."

"We don't have much time for that. Who knows how long till another compatible spirit comes, what if during the time, Pierce has the permission to fire up the Zeus Cannon. So everything will be a total loss if we do wait."

"But I don't want to fucking die like this!"

Shade made a small laugh and said to Thanerah "You know I have to agree with your crazy husband. I don't know if we'll survive through a plan like this."

Thanerah huffed as she crossed her arms on her chest "Then what do you suggest we do? Just sit here all day without doing anything!"

Hidan rubbed his chin in deep thought as he looked at her "Well…I was hoping to get a fucking distraction to draw the damn fuckers below away but SOMEONE," he glared at Shade "wouldn't do it because he's a fucking pussy!"

Shade growled at him inhumanly "You're really getting on my nerves, bas."

Hidan's brow furrowed "What the fuck did you just call me?"

Rhino answered "It's our slang word for 'human'."

"Well, I don't really give a fuck of what he fucking calls me. All I want is to just get the fuck out of here as soon as possible."

Shade groaned with a small huff as he looked away. He growled as he was debating himself over the plan that Hidan suggested. Finally, he sighed heavily in defeat and turned his head to look at the couple. "Fine, you win. But where the hell am I going to bring them out of their nesting? There's not much places to bring them far away and having an escape route for me."

Hidan grinned in victory "Great. I'm glad you saw some fucking reason."

"Shut it. I'm asking your wife."

Hidan's grinned immediately disappeared in a flash and Thanerah widened her eyes in surprise at him. "What? Why the hell are you asking me? I'm not good at making plans, you know?"

Shade frowned "Then you're just going to send me to my death. Great…" he sarcastically said the last part as he rolled his eyes to the ceiling.

Thanerah looked at her surroundings and suggested to the two men "I think we should have a look around first. See if we can find another way without getting killed."

Hidan nodded in agreement "Good enough."

Shade agreed as well with a nod "An excellent choice."

"Argh, now I know where the fuck that fucking smell came from…" muttered Hidan under his breath as he was looking at the green glowing mushrooms in disgust. They were nearly everywhere in every corner, but there were also twisting light blue glowing crystals to lit up the cave but not entirely.

Thanerah pinched her nose as she stared at the glowing mushrooms in disgust and said "You think Dark Walkers like to eat them?"

"If so, that would explain their fucking terrible stench. Argh, disgusting…" He quickly walked away from them as he dragged his wife away as well.

Thanerah noticed one of the Phantom soldiers looking at a very dark cave and she had a very bad feeling about it so she shouted "Don't get any closer to that cave!" The soldier stopped on his steps and quickly took a few steps back as they heard a low growl from the dark cave.

"Shit…" mumbled the soldier as he quickened his steps away from the cave. But everyone wondered why the mysterious creature didn't come out from its cave to attack them. However, Thunder walked closely to the cave without fear and didn't seem aggressive as well.

"Thunder?" asked Thanerah. She couldn't reach out to him because Hidan wrapped his arms around her to prevent her to get to Thunder.

Thunder was very close to the dark cave then suddenly a sharp big claw came out from the darkness of the cave as the mysterious creature was coming out. Everyone held their breath as they saw a large Ukrah that looked very similar to Thunder, only it has long thick sharp horns; sharper lightning-style strips; scars from the past; and bigger fangs and claws.

The large Ukrah growled at Thunder, but not aggressive. And Thunder mimicked the response. Hidan asked as he mumbled "What the fuck are they doing?"

"They're…talking?"

The large Ukrah growled softly and leaned down to rub its snout softly on Thunder's head. Then Shade asked "Whoa! Wait a damn minute! How the hell did this…thing get in here in the first place! This area is supposed to be empty!"

The Ukrahs turned their heads to growl at Shade aggressively. Soon enough, more Ukrahs that were the same size as Thunder come out from the cave. Many in different color and sizes but they were all the same species, nonetheless.

Hidan had to agree with Shade's assumption "I have to fucking agreed with the pup, how the hell these Ukrahs got in here?"

"Well…maybe my father has marked them as Jashinists?"

Hidan let out a laugh "Y-You got to be fucking kidding me, Tha! Ukrahs? Being Jashinists! No fucking way that that could ever fucking happen!"

When he saw Thanerah's blank expression, he immediately stopped his laughter "Oh, you're fucking serious."

Thunder turned to walk to Thanerah and he said to her through their connection *[Thanerah, I got an idea!]*

Thanerah smiled widely and asked "What do you have in mind, Thunder?"

Thorn asked Shade while whispering "She can talk to Ukrahs?"

Shade shrugged his shoulders "That would appear so…"

Hidan stared at his wife in disbelief after she explained to everyone the plan that Thunder made up, after a few talks with his kind. His kind left after Thunder 'talked' to their pack leader. Apparently, they left the cave; mostly likely outside. Too bad they can't follow them right now because of this damn job to find the 8th spirit.

"You…got to be fucking kidding me?"

"What? You don't believe them?" Thanerah asked with a playful smirk. It is fun seeing Hidan looking so traumatized. She bet that even Kakuzu would find this humorous. Damn, he might even pay some money to see him like this, not that Kakuzu would go that far just to see his partner's stunned face.

Hidan rested his hands on the side of his hips and said to Thanerah "It's hard to fucking believe that Thunder's kind has the blood of Lord Jashin as we Jashinists! In all my years, I've never seen them before until Thunder! Where the fuck were they hiding all of these years?"

"Underground. And you were living in the Shinobi world for a long time, too."

"That's fucking different!" Hidan protested. He hated it whenever Thanerah makes a reasonable point that made him look like an idiot. He hated that completely, but he still loved her. Although, there were times when she would piss him off but most days were blissful; especially in bed or anything that is comfortable to lie on.

"Well, well, a Jashinist broke his vows. Oh Gods, what are we all going to do?" asked Shade sarcastically as he crossed his arms on his chest while smirking playfully at Hidan. Now it was his turn to have fun.

Hidan growled at Shade "Shut the fuck up, bitch! No one asked you!" But Shade just let out a small laugh. He wanted to laugh out loud (LOL) but since they're in a dangerous territory, he couldn't risk it.

Rhino asked "So, you're saying that the Ukrahs will distract the Death Walkers for us and we just need to get down there to get the spirit of yours?"

"That's right."

Shade joined in the conversation "And then what? Why do you need these spirits? What are you going to do with them?"

Hidan answered for Thanerah instead with a warning growl "Like I said before: It's none of your fucking business."

"Hidan…" Thanerah said his name in a tone that he's being too harsh to Shade as he didn't deserved to be treated.

Hidan groaned softly at the back of his throat but he said to Shade more…fairly "Look, this is Jashinists business. This is high class information. We can't tell you our fucking objectives unless you want to be hunted down like dogs – or in your case – wolves."

Shade arched a brow at him but he didn't say a word for a moment then said "Fine, I'll follow your terms, bas. But don't take us so lightly. We're stronger than you think."

"Oh, I'm fucking shaking in my boots right now." Hidan said with so much sarcasm and that earned a very low inhuman growl from Shade. Hidan has definitely has a gift of pissing everyone off without even trying.

Thanerah shook her head in disapproval and then asked Thunder "When is your kind going to take the Death Walkers away?"

*[They should be doing it right now. If we hear any howling from my kind, that's the signal to go into their nest]*

Thanerah didn't realize that Hidan was asking her a question, until he touched her shoulder. "Tha!"

Thanerah turned her head to look at her husband "Hmm?"

"What the fuck is Thunder saying, Tha? When do we get into the damn nesting to get the fucking spirit?"

Thanerah slightly narrowed her eyes at him in some slight annoyance and answered "Just wait for a mom-!" She stopped when she heard some screeching echoing from the deep of the chamber which she presumed that that's the signal. She then said to Hidan "That's our cue."

Hidan was leading the way this time and they were walking down the stairwell as silently as possible while they could hear some faint echoing screeching from the Death Walkers as they were being led away by Thunder's kind. Suddenly, Hidan stopped and signaled everyone to hold as well. Everyone froze in their spot and their muscles went tense while holding their breaths.

Soon, Death Walkers ran past them quickly as they screeched and run wildly and fiercely. Once they were gone, everyone let out a low heaving sigh of relief. Hidan was trying to use his hearing to sense any sound of anything coming, but when he heard nothing he mentioned everyone to move.

Hidan quickly looked at both sides of the hallway and everyone quickly walked deeper until they reached an incredibly large room that look more like a ruined throne room. But it was used as a place for the Death Walkers to cook their meet, cage their victims in bone cages, leftover meet hanging by a spear over the burned out fire place; not to mention, the smell was revolting.

Hidan sneer at the smell and pinched his nose as he quickly said to Thanerah "You better do this fast…"

Thanerah quickly put on her eye scanner and scanned the area while holding her breath since she couldn't take the revolting smell much longer. Finally, she found a simple plant that was right behind some rocks that wouldn't be noticed by anything, especially Death Walkers.

Thanerah quickly extracted the specimen and then said to the others "All right. Let's get the hell out of here."