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Virtue and Venom: Chapter 26

With Ino and Kiba

Ino and Kiba were looking at Sakon and Ukon standing on either side of them; Sakon and Ukon were standing back-to-back looking at their 2 opponents. Sakon was looking at Kiba and Akamaru while his brother was looking at Ino.

"Ukon, we have to fight them separately" Sakon said and his brother nodded "the Inuzuka looks to be the bigger threat; I'll hold him off while you take on the girl" he said and Ukon smiled.

"Very well brother" Ukon said "she doesn't look like much of a threat; give me five minutes" he said and Sakon nodded.

"Very well then" Sakon said as he and his brother transformed into their final curse mark states "let's go" Sakon said and his brother charged forward.

With Kiba

Kiba saw Sakon rushing towards him and he began to put his plan into action; Kiba took out 2 food pills and threw it towards Akamaru who caught it, ate it and began to turn red. He then popped the other pill and ate it and got into a crouch; Akamaru proceeded to jump onto his back and henge into Kiba.

"Let's go boy" Kiba shouted as he and Akamaru ran forward before jumping into the air; Kiba and Akamaru both began to spin in midair "Fang over fang" Kiba shouted. Sakon looked on as the 2 spinning vortexes were coming towards him; Sakon began to go through hand signs.

'Earth Style: Mud wall' Sakon slammed his hands onto the ground and an earth wall appeared in front of him; Sakon one more went through hand signs 'Earth Style: Earth spikes' Sakon slammed his hands onto the wall.

Kiba seeing the wall appear was confident that he and Akamaru could just plow through it; suddenly the wall began to grow spikes that dotted the entire wall. Kiba now knew he could not plow through it; Kiba and Akamaru both canceled their jutsu's and veered off to either side of the earth wall.

Akamaru went around the right side of the wall and was greeted by Sakon; Sakon threw a punch at Akamaru who tried to block the attack. Sakon created additional hands on his arm shocking Akamaru; Sakon hit Akamaru in the face knocking him back and onto the ground. Akamaru's henge broke as he got up on shaky legs as Sakon ran towards him.

"Akamaru" Kiba shouted gaining Sakon attention; Kiba ran up behind Sakon and slashed at him with his claws; Sakon turned around and caught Kiba's claw grabbing his arm and countered with a kick. Kiba used his other arm to block the kick; however when he tried to pull his arm down he felt his hand be grabbed. Kiba looked over and saw a hand growing out of Sakon's leg and went wide eyed "What the hell" Kiba shouted in surprise.

Sakon held onto both of Kiba's arms and jumped up; Sakon used his other leg to kick Kiba in the face. Kiba was sent stumbling back and Sakon was about to attack once more but he felt a stinging in his right leg; Sakon looked down and saw Akamaru biting into his Achilles tendon.

"Damn mutt" Sakon shouted as he stomped down on Akamaru's back breaking the bite before kicking the red puppy away; Sakon looked at both Kiba and Akamaru with distain "you are both more troublesome than I thought" he said as he got ready for the next assault.

With Ino

Ukon charged at Ino with total confidence in his skills; as he approached Ino he saw her make a single hand sign.

"Shadow clone jutsu" Ino shouted as 2 clones appeared; both Ino and her clones charged at Ukon who got ready for the fight. One of Ino's clones charged ahead and jumped up and spun around sending a spinning kick at Ukon; Ukon put up his arm to block the attack and the kick hit his arm.

Ino's other clone was coming up from Ukon's other side and took out a kunai; Ino's clone thrusted the kunai at Ukon. Ukon grabbed the other clones hand stopping the kunai; however, his eyes widened as he realized that the kunai had an explosive tag attached to the handle.

The explosive tag exploded destroying both clones and lightly wounding Ukon; Ukon jumped out of the dust cloud with only his cloths smoking 'if I didn't have my curse mark- 'Ukon began but was brought out of his thoughts by Ino.

Ino was not in front of Ukon and began her assault; Ino threw a punch at Ukon which he blocked. Ino threw a kick at Ukon's knee hitting it; Ukon lost balance for a split second and Ino pressed on with her attack. Ino brought up her other leg and kicked Ukon in the face knocking his head back; she then swiftly reached into her kunai holster and took out a kunai and slashed at Ukon.

Ukon tired to dodge the attack but got sliced across the chest by the kunai; Ukon decided to do a tactical retreat to gain some distance and Ino began to go through hand signs.

"Water Style: Water bullets" Ino shot several fist sized water balls from her mouth towards Ukon; Ukon jumped out of the way and went through hand signs of his own.

"Earth Style: Earth spikes" Ukon slammed his hands on the ground and earth spikes started to come out of the ground and went towards Ino; Ino seeing the spikes coming towards her ran back towards a tree. Ino proceeded to use the tree walking technique to run up the tree just as the spikes hit it; Ino did a back flip off the tree and threw a volley of shuriken at Ukon who dodged them.

Ino landed and ran at Ukon once more to continue the battle; Ukon cursed inside his mind 'damn looks like I underestimated this girl' he thought. 'Hold on Sakon; I'll be right there' he thought as he picked up Ino's shuriken to use them against her.

With Inoichi, Neji, Shikamaru and Gaara

Inoichi, Neji, Shikamaru and Gaara were chasing after Kabuto and Kimmimaru and were making decent progress as they could not go at top speed while carrying the 2 coffins containing Sasuke and Mamuzhi.

"Keep up the pace boys; we nearly have them" Inoichi said as he tried to keep up his pace and tried to ignore his fatigue; 'almost there; just a little bit more' Inoichi thought.

Kabuto was running along side Kimmimaru carrying the casket holding Sasuke; Kabuto turned his head and saw the Konoha 4 ninjas still behind them. 'Damn; if they catch up before the transformation is complete this will be all for nothing' Kabuto thought 'I have no choice' he thought. "Kimmimaru; take Sasuke and go on ahead" Kabuto said to Kimmimaru "I'll try and hold them off" he said and Kimmimaru nodded.

"Very well" Kimmimaru said as he took the casket and ran ahead while Kabuto stayed behind.

"Damn they're splitting up" Inoichi said in frustration "you 3 go on ahead; I'll take on glasses here" Inoichi said and the 3-ninja nodded.

"Very well lord Yamanaka" Neji said.

"Copy" Gaara said in his monotone voice.

"Be safe Inoichi" Shikamaru said "If you don't, you'll have to face Ino" he said and Inoichi chuckled.

"Yeah, I know" Inoichi said before getting serious "be safe boys" Inoichi said; Shikamaru, Neji and Gaara all veered off in another direction and went around Kabuto who did not even attempt to stop them. Kabuto jumped down to the forest floor and Inoichi did the same.

Inoichi landed on the forest floor and took out a kunai "you went through a lot of trouble for nothing" Inoichi said "those 3 will kill that friend of yours and we'll get both the Uchiha and Mamushi back" Inoichi said and Kabuto chuckled.

"Why would you waste your time with saving her" Kabuto said with a smirk "she's a time bomb waiting to go off; I wouldn't be surprised if she already killed some people in your village" he said. Inoichi flinched at this and Kabuto's smirk widened "interesting; and you still wish to save her" Kabuto said.

"Mamushi did not kill those people; it was whatever the hell Orochimaru put in her head" Inoichi said with a scowl "and when we get her back, we are going to cut out that chip and save her" he said and Kabuto laughed.

"And how do you know the Mamushi you prefer is not the fake Mamushi" Kabuto said making Inoichi pause "what if Orochimaru planted that chip to calm her down not to make her more aggressive; what if you're wrong and you just murder an innocent girl and leave a monster in her place" he said.

Inoichi's eyes widened at this; he never thought about this and neither did Tsunade. Inoichi shook his head and refocused on Kabuto "enough talk" he said as he got into his fighting stance.

"Very well 'lord Yamanaka" Kabuto said as he created chakra scalpels on both of his hands; Kabuto charged at Inoichi who braced for the attack.

With Ino

Ino was fighting Ukon in a fast-paced taijutsu battle; Ukon was blocking the punches from Ino trying to see if he could get a firm hold on her in order to use his fusion kekkei genkai.

Ino threw a kick and Ukon who barely blocked it in time; Ino followed up with a punch that Ukon had to take a step back from 'Anko I owe you some dango for helping me train' Ino thought as she continued her assault.

Ukon dodged a kick from Ino and retaliated by throwing a punch towards her; Ino threw her arm up just as the fist collided with her forearm. Ino was about to retaliate when she was punched in the nose by another fist coming out of Ukon's arm; Ukon seeing Ino now dazed brought up his leg and kicked Ino in the ribs sending her skidding across the ground.

'Now's my chance' Ukon thought as he ran towards the downed Ino 'once I fuse with her it's over' he thought; Ino got up, wiped her bloody nose and prepared herself for Ukon who was only a few feet away. Ukon extended his hand about to grab Ino's shoulder and perform his technique.

Ino in a moment remembered a move she learned from Anko; Ino opened her hand and used her fingers to spear Ukon in the wind pipe. Ukon had to cancel his technique as he was too distracted in not being able to breath; Ukon grabbed onto his throat as he fell to his knees.

Ino proceeded to kick Ukon in the gut and forced him to the ground; as Ukon laid on his stomach Ino laid across his back and grabbed his head from behind interlocking her fingers across his face.

"Light out freak" Ino said "crippler crossface" Ino shouted; Ino pulled back with all her might in a swift motion. Ino pulled Ukon's head back before he could even try to defend himself; Ino snapped Ukon's head back breaking his neck instantly killing him.

Ino saw Ukon's curse mark recede until he was back to normal; Ino let go and got off of him and looked down 'holy crap; that actually worked' Ino thought 'huh what do you know' Ino thought.

Flashback

Ino was sitting on the couch in Naruto and Mamushi's apartment; Ino was looking on in complete boredom as Naruto and Mamushi were watching wrestling on T.v.

'God this is so boring and so fake' Ino thought resting her head against her hand.

"Yeah, get him" Naruto cheered as he hopped on the couch; Mamushi was also cheering but stopped and pointed at the T.v.

"Look, look, look; the crippler crossface, the crippler crossface" Mamushi cheered as both her and Naruto leaned in to see it.

'Crippler what' Ino thought; Ino looked at the T.V and saw the blonde wrestler get onto the bald wrestlers back; he then grabbed his opponents head by locking both his hands across his face and pulling back 'oh god that looks like its hurts' Ino thought as she leaned in closer.

"He's gonna tap out, he's gonna tap out" Naruto said enthusiastically; just then the bald wrestler tapped out. Both Naruto and Mamushi jumped up cheering and jumping up and down.

"He tapped out, he tapped out" Mamushi cheered.

"It's over, it's all over" the announcer on the T.V said.

Ino looked on slightly impressed 'huh that was kind cool' Ino thought 'I wonder if that could work in a fight' she thought.

Flash back end

"Well shit I guess it does work" Ino said surprising herself "who would've thought Naruto and Mamushi's obsession with wrestling would help me in a fight" she said; Ino then began to run to where she last saw Kiba. 'Hold on Kiba; I'll be right there' Ino thought as she ran through the woods.

With Kiba

Kiba was slashing at Sakon with his claws hoping to score a hit against him; Kiba slashed once at Sakon's face and he leaned back to avoid the hit. Kiba used this to slash Sakon across the stomach cutting him with his claws; Sakon winced at the pain and Kiba followed up with a kick to the chest sending Sakon into a tree.

Sakon hit the tree and shook his head refocusing; Akamaru ran up and jumped into the air using his 'dynamic marking' technique. Sakon jumped out of the was as the liquid hit the tree burning it; Sakon rushed over and while Akamaru was still in mid-air attacked.

Sakon grabbed Akamaru out of mid -air and slammed him onto the ground; Sakon raised up his foot and stomped on Akamaru. Akamaru coughed up blood as one of his lungs was punctured by a broken rib.

"Akamaru" Kiba shouted running towards Sakon "You bastard" Kiba shouted; Kiba cocked back his claw and sent a slash towards Sakon. Sakon turned and grabbed onto his hand and held a firm grip.

"Got you dog boy" Sakon said as he began his technique; Sakon began to mold into Kiba from his arm. Kiba seeing this tried to pull away as Sakon began to fuse into him but found her could not move the right side of his body as Sakon's head went up to his shoulder "you can't escape now boy" Sakon said with a chuckle.

Kiba tried to throw a punch at Sakon but it was caught and Sakon laughed "it's no use fighting Inuzuka" Sakon said "besides both of us are fused; if we take a lethal hit, we will both die" he said and Kiba cursed.

"Kiba" Ino's voice came from off in the distance as both Kiba and Sakon looked over in surprise "Kiba re you- what the hell" Ino shouted as she stopped in her tracks a few feet away.

"Ino stay back this guy is- "Kiba began until he was slugged across the face by Sakon.

"Shut up" Sakon hissed "Ukon; where is my brother" he asked and Ino smirked.

"Dead, broke his neck" Ino said making Sakon gain a furious face "if you let Kiba go I'll let you gather him up and leave" she said.

"No way bitch" Sakon shouted "I'm going to- "Sakon began to rant; Kiba blocked it out and looked at Ino. With a subtle Kiba looked down to his stomach and mouthed the word 'Kunai' towards Ino.

Ino seeing this scowled but understood; Ino took out a kunai in the middle of Sakon's rant and threw it at Kiba's stomach.

"Your crazy bitch" Sakon shouted; the kunai hit Kiba in the gut making him and Sakon cough up blood. Sakon defused from Kiba and landed next to him "you psycho" Sakon shouted as he held his hand on his stomach wound.

Kiba grabbed the kunai and pulled it out of his stomach "Fuck you" Kiba shouted as he thrusted the kunai towards Sakon's face; Sakon grabbed the hand holding the kunai stopping the attack and inch away from his face. However, Ino ran up and kicked the back of the kunai Kiba was holding; the knife went through Sakon's eye socket, into the brain killing him.

Sakon fell back dead as his curse mark faded; Ino looked towards Kiba and kneeled down "oh god Kiba" Ino said taking out her medical kit. "Hold on I'll help you" Ino said but Kiba stopped her.

"Leave the kit; bring Akamaru over and go" Kiba said with a groan as he leaned himself against a tree "your pops needs you; I'll be fine" Kiba said. Ino reluctantly nodded and ran over ad picked up the wounded Akamaru; Ino walked back and place Akamaru on Kiba's lap "thanks" Kiba said as he took off his jacket and shirt.

"We'll come back for you" Ino said as she ran off in the direction her dad and the others ran; Kiba took out a clotting agent and began to spray it on his wound before taking out a bandage.

'You got one hell of a girl Naruto' Kiba thought as he wrapped the bandage around his body; Kiba leaned back against the tree and held onto Akamaru who was breathing very poorly 'hold on buddy' Kiba thought.

With Ino

Ino was running from tree top to tree top as she tried to find anybody from the retrieval squad 'damn it where are they' Ino thought; she then heard clanging off in the distance and she turned to see what it was. Ino stopped and saw her father fighting Kabuto down below.

Inoichi slashed at Kabuto with his kunai and Kabuto dodged as the kunai only cut his shirt; Kabuto was about to counter when he saw a volley of kunai coming towards him. Kabuto hopped a few yards away as Ino came down and landed next to her father.

"Well look at this" Kabuto said with a smirk "daddy and daughter deciding to die together" he said with a chuckle.

"Ino how's Kiba" Inoichi asked.

"Wounded but alive" Ino said as she got into her taijutsu stance "no time for that; lets take out glasses here" Ino said and Inoichi nodded.

"Ok then" Inoichi said "I'll hit him up close and you hit him from a distance" he said an Ino nodded.

"Got it daddy" Ino said as she took out some shuriken and held them in her hand.

With Kimmimaru

Kimmimaru was running through the woods when both coffins started smoking 'it's time' he thought; Kimmimaru jumped out of the trees and landed in a large grass field. He put the coffins down just as Neji, Gaara and Shikamaru landed surrounding him; "you will not get the Uchiha or the girl back" Kimmimaru said as a bone popped out from his shoulder.

Kimmimaru pulled the bone out from his shoulder and held it like a sword in his right hand "Lord Orochimaru will not be denied his vessel and his weapon" he said.

"Give back Mamushi" Gaara said standing in front of Kimmimaru as sand began to swirl around him.

"You will not get past us" Neji said activating his Byakugan off to Kimmimaru's right.

'I cannot fail this time' Shikamaru thought as he got ready.

Before anyone could make the first move a blur of orange and red flew out from the trees; Naruto landed behind Kimmimaru.

Naruto had a angry look on his face and his trench knives were glowing red with chakra; Naruto's eyes were red and slitted, his hair was more wild and his whisker marks were more pronounced. Neji seeing this was concerned as he never seen anyone with chakra like this,

'Why is his chakra system red; a normal person's chakra is blue' Neji thought.

Naruto looked at Kimmimaru and then the 2 smoking coffins "give them back" Naruto growled out; Kimmimaru did not respond "have it your way then" Naruto said getting into his stance. 'Fox just because I'm using your chakra doesn't mean were friends' Naruto thought.

"What ever help you sleep at night" The Kyuubi said with a chuckle.

"Let's do this" Naruto said as he charged ahead ready to free his 2 friends.

Ok another chapter done; I hope you all enjoyed it. And if y'all were wondering the crippler crossface is a move from the late wrestler Chris Benoit; if you don't know who he is look him up and get ready to be depressed as his story is sad. Ok then then if you enjoyed the story please leave a like, comment and share with your friends; and until next time, bye.