Chapter 4: The Akatsuki Experiences Death Jitsu
"Yes, Leader-sama." Itachi says, Pein then turns and faces the others.
"All of you will remain outside of the village while Konan and I meet with the Hokage and the Shinobi Council of the village and see if they will tell us where the Jinchuriki is, do you all understand?"
"Yes, Leader-sama." came the unified reply.
(With Naruto and Hikaru)
The happy couple was out having dinner, Naruto thought that Hikaru needed a pick-me up after her heartbreaking loss to Kris Statlander because of interference by Athena and Ruby Soho, they went to Udon Utopia, where they have become regulars, and Reiko once again greeted them with their drink orders, the couple orders the same things that they had before. Reiko heads to the kitchen with the orders, leaving Hikaru alone with Naruto.
"Naruto-koi, I heard that you got into it with Brian Cage over Toni Storm."
"Yes, well you see, Hikaru sweetie, Toni Storm is my all-time favorite female wrestler as a fan, present company excluded because we're dating," he said quickly, then, the blonde continued.
"After my match with Hager, I had showered and was about to leave the arena when I passed Brian Cage, Billy Gunn, and Toni in the hallway, Toni spoke to me and Brian took exception to that and challenged me to a match next week on Dynamite, but I turned him down as I have to work a solid week of double shifts at Steamy Indulgences Diner, he might be able to live solely on his AEW pay, but I can't do that."
"Believe me, Naruto-koi, I know what you mean."
Naruto grabs Hikaru's left hand and squeezes it gently.
"I love you, Hikaru Shida and I would never knowingly hurt you, that's why I want to ask you some very important questions."
To this, Hikaru nods in understanding.
(In Konoha)
Konan and Pein are walking into Konoha as if they owned the village, they are soon met by Inoichi Yamanaka, his Daughter, Ino, Kiba and Akamaru, several ANBU including Neko, Shizune, and Tsunade herself.
"What do you want here, Pein?" Tsunade practically spat at the Akatsuki Leader.
"Myself and my associate here are here to inquire about the Nine-tails Jinchuriki, where is he?"
"We don't know." Tsunade answers.
"I would advise against lying to me, Tsunade, Hokage or not, I will not hesitate to eliminate you if you try to hinder my plan for peace." Pein said.
"I'm not lying, Pein. The Civilian Council banished Naruto-kun after he paralyzed Sasuke Uchiha before bringing him back here to the village under my orders." the older blonde said.
Pein could see the truth in her eyes and heard them in her words.
"Fine, I will believe you, but know this, Tsunade Senju, the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki had better be found and brought to us in two weeks time, or we will wipe Konoha off the map."
His message delivered, Pein left, with Konan following closely behind him.
(Konoha, Council Chambers)
Ten minutes after Pein and Konan left the village, Tsunade called an emergency Council Meeting with both Councils.
Homura, Danzo, and Mebuki, along with the other members of the Civilian Council were there, all with irritated looks on their faces, Mebuki though looked fearful, as she looks around at the Shinobi Council, the blonde can see that they all share the same look.
"So, Tsunade, what do we do?" Homura asked.
"We find Naruto Uzumaki and bring him back here, he's our only hope." the blonde Hokage said.
"Bah, the Jinchuriki would be outnumbered by all of them, plus, they are all S-Ranked criminals and he's a lowly Chunin, and the only reason he's even that is because of you, Tsunade, Sarutobi would've never promoted him." Homura snapped, Tsunade narrows her eyes at Homura, but chose not to reply.
"A team of Chunin will be assembled and they will go and find Naruto Uzumaki and bring him back here so he can repel this momentous threat." said Tsunade.
"I will send some of my ROOT ANBU after the Akatsuki members." Danzo chimed in.
"No! We don't want to antagonize them, Danzo. The best thing to do is bank on Naruto." the busty Kage yelled, shaking the building and scaring the Civilians and most of the Shinobi.
"Excuse me, Hokage-sama, but how will we locate Naruto, or know where to look for him?" Hiashi Hyuuga inquires.
"I placed one of my Slugs on him, and Jaraiya can Reverse Summon him if worst comes to worst." Tsunade says solemnly.
Meanwhile...
Naruto is in the Gym, lifting weights on the bench with Colt Cobana spotting him, Hikaru is using one of the tredmils while Toni Storm is using the rowing machine when Brian Cage, Prince Nana, Kaun, and Swerve Strickland all walked into the gym.
Nana, Kaun, Brian Cage, and Strickland all walk over to Naruto and Cabana.
"Hey Rookie, I challenged you on Dynamite and have yet to get an answer from you." Brian Cage says, glaring at the blonde.
"I gave you my answer, Mr. Cage, I refuse to face you in a match." Naruto said, in a calm voice.
"You are afraid of "The Machine" as you rightfully should be." Prince Nana interjected.
"Hardly." replied Naruto, which earned some snickers from several of the wrestlers there, including Toni.
The large man intensified his glare at the blonde, but Naruto kept his calm, cool demeanor.
"Why don't you go tangle with Lance Archer or Wardlow, or maybe Darby? I'm not looking to be a main stay just yet, Brian Cage, oh next time, let's leave the stooges at home."
Brian growled under his breath before spinning on his heels and storming off, followed by Nana, Kaun, and Swerve.
Toni and Hikaru were soon at Naruto's side.
"Arashi, are you OK?" the blonde Austrailian asked.
"Yeah, those guys are just blowhards, I mean come on, I've only had one match and Brian Cage already wants me to face him. What is his deal?"
This struck Hikaru and Toni as wierd too.
(Timeskip- 1 week later)
Dynamite is coming to its viewers this week from Nakatari, New Mexico in the newly built Titan Amphitheater. This week's featured match is Arashi vs. Preston Vance, formerly No. 10 of the Dark Order.
Naruto's theme music plays and he comes out to the thunderous cheers of the crowd, Hikaru is in the back with Toni and several others watching the match. Meanwhile, the Embassy were also watching the match, their dark plan taking shape.
The match was engaging and entertaining to the crowd, Arashi dodged Vance's rolling lariat and bounced off the ropes, coming off the ropes and perfectly executing the Kyuubi Crosshammer, knocking the larger man out for the three count.
"Yes!" Hikaru shouts excitedly as Referee Aubry Edwards raised Arashi's right arm in victory and his music began playing.
Not long after the win, Brian Cage, Kaun, Prince Nana, and Swerve all rushed to the ring, armed with steel chairs, alluminum baseball bats, and kendo sticks. Brian Cage was the first to reach Arashi and smashed his chair into the back of the blonde with harrowing force, Arashi went down fast and the larger man proceeded to wear Arashi out with the chair, ignoring the chorus of boos coming from the crowd, once he had dented the chair that he held, Cage tossed it aside before catching one of the bats from Swerve.
Backstage, Toni, Hikaru and everyone else watched the attack in stunned silence.
Jumping to their feet at the same time, Hikaru and Toni were bolting to the ring followed by the BCC, Best Friends, Scorpio Sky, Darby Allin, Sting, Lance Archer, AR Fox, and Matt Hardy.
Arashi's beating lasted for around twelve minutes, which left Arashi a bloody mess, he also had a concussion from the eight or nine chair shots to the head that he had taken. Toni quickly gets in the ring and throws herself on top of Arashi to shield him from any further damage. The Embassy wisely left the ring when they saw how outnumbered they were, however, the evil smirk never left Brian Cage's face as he left with his group.
Arashi is quickly rushed to a nearby hospital, Hikaru and Toni, both fuming with understandable rage stormed into Tony Khan's office demanding answers.
"Was that part of the script for tonight?!" the Japanese woman screams at her boss.
Tony looked at Toni Storm, who has a look of rage on her face.
"N-no, they pitched it to me in the meeting last week, but I shot it down as they didn't want to inform Naruto of the skit." Khan says.
Hikaru grits her teeth.
"So, they did it anyway, and now Naruto is really injured all because he turned down Brian for a match! I want him gone! You hear me, Tony Khan?!" Hikaru shouts.
"And not just Brian Cage either, all of the Embassy needs to be fired as they were all active participants in the attack on Naruto, oh yeah, all of their salaries should be given to Naruto as compensation for the injuries he suffered. That will serve as a way for Naruto to pay his hospital bills and medical expenses that will no doubt come from this." Storm added.