Uchiha Heiress Remix

by JGResidentEvil

They say that you can't expect everything, so what would happen when a crazy secret is revealed? You just have to wait and see! Pairings: Naruto x Hinata x FemSasuke, Neji x Tenten, Lee x Kin, more pairings coming along. Sakura and Civilian Council Bashing. Don't like, don't read.

51. Chapter 51

Chapter 51: Raging Battles

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Back in Konoha. . .

A few hours after the Capture Squad had left to chase after Sakura, Shizune and her team had return in need of immediate medical attention. The two injured jonin had just finished explained what had happened during their encountered with the Oto Shinobi while the Hokage had told them about the capture squad.

"But. . .if we are to assume that Sakura Haruno was in that coffin. . ." Raidō began to say. "Isn't it a bit unreasonable to sent a team of fresh chunin after such opponents?" He then asked.

"At the beginning of the mission we were already low on chakra. . .A team comprised of jonin should've been sent to back them up." Genma soon stated.

At those comments, the female Hokage let out a sigh. "That can't be done. . ." Tsunade began to say. "While Konoha have mostly recovered after the invasion attempt by Orochimaru and the hostile take over from Danzō, Konoha still has much of its power lost as a major nation." She stated with a hint of anger at being reminded of those two traitors. "As such, we're still forced to send most of our chunin and jonin on many dangerous mission in order to recover even quicker." She declared.

Thought Raidō understood this, he still had concern and worried expression. "Still. . .in the case of Orochimaru. . .this isn't something we can simply ignored or left alone for long. . ." He said with concern. "Not to mention if they regain their strength, they'll just come right back." He soon added the possibility.

Tsunade merely nodded in agreement to that as she looked out the window. "True. . ." She replied before she then sighed. "Get some rest, you need it after what happened." She then ordered as she headed for the door.

"Hai. . ." The two jonin replied in a somber tone.

At that moment, the door opened to reveal Anko with a serious and stern expression on her face. "Tsunade-sama. . ." She started in a serious tone.

The lady in question could only sigh as she knew what the woman wanted, so without saying a word, Tsunade passed the snake mistress while she waved her to follow. Anko also didn't said a word as she followed her leader with an uncomfortable silence following the two.

After a few moments, the two women reached the intensive care area as they passed two ANBU agents that guarded either the VIP's or protecting witness. The agents bowed as their leader passed them and entered the room.

BEEP. . .BEEP. . .BEEP. . .

The slow rhythm of machines beeping were heard as the two woman had entered, there in the bed was the comatose form of Ino Yamanaka. The girl had many tubes connected to her body that provided the young girl with vital fluids needed to keep her body alive. All over her body had large bandages that still had red stains from where her right arm used to be.

"How is she?" Anko soon questioned in a serious tone as the two looked at the unconscious Yamanaka.

The Hokage in turn sighed to that as she grabbed the wooden tablet that had the girls vital readings. "It was a touch and go procedure. . .quite frankly it's a miracle that she's even alive right now." Tsunade informed the purple haired woman in a serious tone.

Nothing the Hokage was saying was exaggerated in the slightest, the young girl nearly died many times from the effects of the massive blood loss. The body suffered multiple seizures that would had been fatal when trying to heal her. All the while her heart had stopped three times during the procedure. And above all that the girl was beyond lucky that she didn't suffered any brain damage.

". . .Damn. . ." Anko got out as she could only imagine how bad things would had gone if the Hokage wasn't here.

Though the Hokage would never admit or brag, the snake mistress knew that if Tsunade herself had not been in charge of the entire operation, Ino Yamanaka would had died the first few minutes after being hospitalized or at the very least suffered severe brain damage from lack of blood to the brain.

The purple haired jonin then looked at the Hokage with a serious expression. "So about Sakura Haruno now. . .she's completely a rogue Shinobi now huh?" Anko soon stated more then questioned.

Tsunade however narrowed her eyes to that question. "Quite frankly. . .after all of the crimes she had done thanks to Inoichi's mind scanning her daughter, even if she is turned in, she would be facing serious charges." She began as she made quick recollection of everything she had done so far.

"Brainwashing many innocent civilians and shinobi alike, accomplice to mass murder, attempted murder and crippling of a clan heiress, which makes betrayal the smallest of her crimes." Tsunade informed with a serious tone. "So if she somehow manages to get life imprisonment after everything she did, then that means she's as lucky as my godson." She added without a hint of humor in her voice.

Anko slightly narrowed her eyes as she lower her head and nodded to that. "Shit. . .Kurenai's not gonna like this. . .she's going to be very upset when she hears about this. . ." She meanwhile thought with concern for her friend. "I understand. . .but you do know that she's possibly being guarded while heading out to my old pedophile of a sensei right?" She then questioned. "I have seen the messed up things he can do, so I should be out there hunting them down and bring that brat in!" She then declared.

In response to that, the Hokage nodded as she knew that this was a serious matter. "I understand that you feel the responsibility to be the one to go, but for the reason why I wouldn't send you, Sarutobi-sensei had told me what happen in the Forest of Death or have you forgotten that incident?" She reminded in a serious tone.

The snake mistress flinched at her near suicidal attempt. "But that can't happen anymore thanks to Kurama-" Anko started, however. . .

Tsunade meanwhile deepened her glare to that. "Enough!" She shouted with full authority in her voice, but not loud enough to disturb the injured girl. "This is the reason why I'm not letting you go, your taking this too personally and that always clouds any Shinobi's judgement. Especially with your history with Orochimaru, that will not help anyone!" She declared.

". . ." Anko didn't said a word as she looked down. "Is that why you said in front of the others that I should be more concern about Nina probation period, huh?" She stated more than asked.

The female Hokage calmed down and nodded. "That's right, I didn't want the others to find out about your near suicidal attempt to kill Orochimaru. I don't think my godson and the girls would had taken it well." Tsunade calmly responded.

". . ." This instantly ceased any and all further argument from Anko.

Tsunade let out another sigh at the dejected woman. "Why do you think that those gakis can't handle this?" She then questioned.

Anko for a brief moment balled her hands into fists as she looked away from the Hokage. "They don't know Orochimaru like I do. . .they never saw any of his twisted experiments. . ." She got out in anger. "I don't want anyone else to go through dealing with that damn snake. . ." She admitted.

"True that they haven't seen the same thing you have and I also would never let that man do anything to my godson and the girls." Tsunade quickly answer with complete agreement.

"Then-!" Anko once more started.

"However!" Tsunade quickly stopped her as she looked at the woman with a kind expression. "But we can't protect them from everything, they will face and experience horrible trials as they grow up, especially in this type of life. . ." She then stated as she saw the woman begrudgingly agree. "All we can do is believe that they can overcome those trials, or are you saying they don't have what it takes to become the heroes they keep saying they will be?" She then asked with a an amused grin on her face.

Anko's face brighten as she let out a small chuckled to the question. "Yeah, those gakis are more stubborn about being heroes than Jiraiya keep peeking at bathhouse for his books." She admitted as she chuckled at the annoyed groan from the female Sannin. "Just be glad those three aren't perverts like him." She then added.

"Tell that to the Uchiha. . ." Tsunade grumbled in annoyance. "I'll get her for those laxatives in my boozes. . ." She mentally declared.

This only caused Anko to giggle once more to that, feeling proud that her little sister managed to annoy the female Sannin and current Hokage. "Though I can't help but worry about them." She admitted once more in concern.

Tsunade soon narrowed her eyes once more to that as she looked at the purple haired woman. "Trust me, I know the feeling. . ." She replied with her concern, but she then smirk as she recalled something. "But you don't have to worry that much, I already took some precautions to this situation." She revealed in a vague yet amused tone.

". . .Huh?" Anko just got in out in complete confusion.

The female Hokage simply smirk at the other woman. "I just hope the help gets to them in time. . ." She mentally told herself in concern and then went back to checking on the comatose girl as she was slowly breathing through the mask.

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Within the forest. . .

Three Shinobis and a puppy continued to stare down one another, not making any movements as a result. As none of them even said a word since the others of the Capture Squad had left with the coffin encased Sakura.

However for Shikamaru, he looked at the two that were really having the stand off and led out an annoyed sigh. "Troublesome. . .Kiba must've had some kind of interaction with this one and now it's an awkward situation. . ." He deducted in his head.

The Inuzuka continued to looked at the Oto kunoichi with narrow eyes. "Man. . .I feel like an idiot for not realizing she was an enemy. . ." He berated himself in his head, realizing now that he completely missed and ignored all of the signs when they had first meet. "Though. . .I didn't think we would meet again like this. . ." He stated in a serious tone.

Tayuya on the other hand stare intently at the Inuzuka. "Yeah ya dog in heat. . .they're still here and your not touching them again. . ." She replied in an annoyed tone.

Kiba's eyes then widen as he snapped out of the trance. "Huh?" He dumbly got out before realizing the meaning behind that. "Oi! We both know that that incident was a complete and utter accident!" He roared in annoyance.

Shikamaru blinked a few times as he had a blank expression on his face, not needing to be a genius to figure what this conversation meant. "Well that answers that question. . ." He muttered with a deadpan tone.

A tick mark then appeared on Tayuya's forehead as she looked at the boy. "Yeah right! You seeing me like that was a complete accident!" She remarked with sarcasm. "Your just a dog in heat that just wanted a look!" She soon declared while pointing a finger at the Inuzuka.

Kiba soon gained his own tick mark as he looked at the girl. "I said that was not my fault ya Sakura wannabe!" He then roared in anger.

"DON'T YOU DARE COMPARE ME TO THAT GREEN HAIRED BITCH DAMMIT!" Tayuya then roared with fury.

Shikamaru meanwhile sweatdropped to the argument that was occurring. "Can we get this over with? You can have your lover's quarrel later. . ." He lazily stated as he did not want to deal with all this.

"OH SHUT UP!" Said lovers then roared in unison toward the Nara at the assumption.

Kiba was embarrassed at the insinuation as Tayuya meanwhile was simply furious. "Oh I'm so going enjoy ripping you a new asshole you little shitstain!" She declared as she wanted to tear the lazy boy to pieces.

Shikamaru on the other hand simply looked on with a bored expression. "No thanks, you should do that to the your significant other. . ." He retorted.

"Oi! Just whose side are you!?" Kiba shouted with indignation. "And why the hell are you so calm when the enemy is right in front of us!?" He soon asked.

"A better question is why are you two so worked up about it?" Shikamaru lazily countered.

Kiba nearly face faulted to that questioned as he then pointed at the kunoichi while looking at the Nara. "Because we're in the middle of a fight to get that bitch Sakura back for ripping off Ino's arm!" He answered, though his comrade didn't looked convince in the slightest.

Tayuya then looked towards the Inuzuka again with narrow eyes. "What the hell are you talking about!?" She called out with an irritated voice. "Newsflash ya crazed dog in heat! You're the one that isn't taking this serious!" She soon remarked.

WHOOSH! THUD!

Suddenly the sound of wind blowing and someone landing halted all conversation as the three and puppy felt a powerful surge of pressure landed a few feet from them.

Tayuya's eyes however widen in fear as she saw someone right behind the Konoha Shinobis. "W-What the hell. . .!?" She got out in shock. "W-What the hell are you do here!?" She then exclaimed in confusion.

"You're late Tayuya." A calm yet emotionless voice stated.

"!?" The Konoha Shinobis got out in confused and shocked unison as they turned around to the source of the voice.

They soon saw a young white haired man that was wearing a traditional Oto Shinobi ensemble consisting of a light lavender, loose-fitting, long-sleeved, zip-up shirt, black pants cut off around mid-calf, bandages wrapped around his ankles, traditional shinobi sandals, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist. In addition, he also was wearing two red, tube-like hair ornaments with one on either side of his head, securing two locks of his silvery-white hair.

However the Oto kunoichi instantly recognized the young man and gained a panic expression. "K-Kimimaro!" Tayuya got out in a fear filled tone. "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!" She swore in her head in a panic to this development.

Kiba then jumped back slightly to get some distance from the newcomer as he readied himself. "Where the hell did you come from!?" He exclaimed, startled by the fact that he didn't sense the new arrival until he had already spoken.

". . ." Kimimaro didn't replied as he calmly looked at the shinobi. "Where are the other two that were once part of Sound Five? He then asked with a calm yet demanding tone.

Tayuya in response to that began shivering in pure terror. "T-There were other Konoha Shinobis followed us and Jirōbō and Kidōmaru are fighting them." She began to answer before she realized something. "How are you even here!? I mean your body-" She then asked in hope of either stall or find a way to avoid the white haired boy's wrath.

"This is not my body moving anymore, it is my will alone that does." Kimimaro simply responded with a serene tone.

". . ." Tayuya didn't need to think really hard to understand the meaning of that. "He's already on the verge of death. . ." She thought to herself with admiration yet with terror at the thought of how strong the young man is now compared to how he was before.

Shikamaru could only narrowed his eyes at the newcomer. "Great, another psycho in the way of the mission, troublesome. . ." He thought to himself in annoyance.

"The hell? Is this guy nuts or something?" Kiba muttered in confusion to what the new enemy was saying.

"Regardless of that fact. . .Where is the new disciple?" Kimimaro soon questioned in the same calm yet demanding tone as before.

To that question, Tayuya's fear returned as she was beginning to sweat while biting her bottom lip from not know how to answer the question.

Then suddenly, Kimimaro appeared behind the female as he was incredibly close to her head. "So you lost the new disciple. . .I should kill you and the others now for your incompetence at failing your mission from Orochimaru-sama. . ." He started whispering into the girl's ear as a sharp white knife appeared from his sleeve and placed it on her neck.

The two Konoha Shinobis meanwhile jerked their heads back to the female after the newcomer vanished right in front of their eyes to now see him right behind the kunoichi. "Fast!" Shikamaru thought in in disbelief.

"The hell!? He could be on par with Haku-sensei!" Kiba meanwhile thought in disbelief as well.

". . ." In response to this, Tayuya couldn't even move a single muscle as the former leader of the Sound Five was just a breath way from effortlessly ending her. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" She swore in her head while her body was shaking in fear.

"However there is still some use of you. . ." Kimimaro declared as he retract his blade, much to the intense relief from the kunoichi before the white haired many calmly walked towards the directions the last of the capture squad members had left. "Finish these two pieces of vermin off by the time I finish getting back the new disciple and I may let you live. . ." He declared with an eerily calm tone.

Suddenly before anyone could say or react, Kimimaro had disappeared in an instant.

With a quick whiff of Kiba's nose, he instantly figured out what had happened. "Shit! He's going after the others!" He shouted.

"Che. . ." Shikamaru got out in annoyance to the development.

Then the moment the white haired boy had left, the Oto kunoichi took a breath of air of relief before she took out a flute and threw it on the air. Tayuya then bit her thumb, causing some blood to leak a small amount. "Dammit, I'm not going down like this!" She told herself in her head.

Shikamaru's eyes then widen as he knew what was happening. "Kiba! Stop her!" He ordered in a serious tone.

"Wait what!?" Kiba however got out in confusion.

But before the dog user had time to process the order, the kunoichi had already went through the necessary handsigns and slammed her hand onto the floor. "Summoning Jutsu!" Tayuya declared.

POOF! POOF! POOF

Three large plumes of smokes appeared after her jutsu was successful.

Kiba's eyes then widen as he saw what was brought out after the smoke cleared. "Oh you have got to be kidding me!" He roared while his mouth was wide open.

Shikamaru also looked on while cold sweat dripped down his face. "Yeah. . .This is going to be harder than I thought. . ." He got out with an annoyed tone.

After the smoke had cleared, what was in front of the two young chunins were three demon looking giants. Though each demon were different in appearance, they all have very large and muscular bodies, while each were wielding a different weapon, one had a giant studded metal club, another has a thorn-like weapon tied to each arm and the last one had no weapon at all as his entire torso and head was covered in bandages.

Tayuya then raised her hand and easily caught her flute. "And for the record, I hate that little brat too! I only went along because of damn orders! However right now, my life is at stake!" She declared as she placed her flute into position.

Shikamaru narrowed his eyes as he looked at the kunoichi before turning head towards his teammate. "Kiba, you got something to protect Akamaru's ears? It looks that we got a sound user here like how Kin is." He deducted.

In response to that question and deduction, Kiba nodded. "Yeah, he could use the earplugs I used when Haruno used to be on Team Eight. . ." He whispered back as discreetly snaked his hand into his back pocket to see if he had something, but as he did, he couldn't feel them in his pockets. "Shit. . .I forgot them. . ." He got out in annoyance. "Since Fū was now with us, I didn't need to bring them anymore. . ." He explained with a sweatdrop falling from his cheek.

The team leader could only let out a sigh at the this. ". . .Troublesome. . ." Shikamaru grumbled out in slight annoyance to this development. "Just be prepared for whatever sound attacks she might have besides those giants." He advised.

"Right. . ." Kiba replied as he got into a stance. "Ready boy?" He then asked his partner.

"Arf! Arf!" Akamaru barked his answer as he also readied himself to fight.

Tayuya in turn glared at the two Konoha Shinobis and the dog as she prepared herself. "Get ready to face Tayuya of the Sound's melody of death!" She declared. "Because I sure as hell can't afford to hold back!" She then declared in her head.

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Elsewhere in the forest. . .

The last three members of the Capture Squad were rushing through the trees as the Uchiha Heiress was holding the coffin with their target. They each sped up to returned to Konoha as soon as possible, so that they could deliver the traitor.

"We must hurry back to Konoha so that we can then assist our friends in their battles!" Lee stated.

"Yeah! But I just can't wait for this bitch to rot in a cell. . ." Satsuki agreed with a dark tone as she glared at the coffin in her arms.

Naruto in turn nodded to that as he was also concern for his friends and one of his fiancé's. "I know, but we can't just do it and then be too tired because of it." He told his excitable friend before turning towards the Uchiha Heiress. "Hey you ok?" He then asked her fiancé via mental link.

". . ." Satsuki hesitated for a moment as she looked at her fiancée. "Yeah. . ." She simply replied as she herself didn't know why she was feeling so. . .furious.

". . ." However Naruto wasn't convinced by the answer, but before the blond could asked again, the Bijū interrupted.

"Well. . .you got the prey. . .you should just do everyone a favor and get rid off her now. . ." Kurama advised from within the seal with narrow eyes and a dark tone.

"Yeah. . ." Satsuki replied to the Bijū with narrow eyes as she looked down at the coffin in her hands. "She'll pay. . .she'll pay for what she did to Ino-chan. . ." She muttered.

In the deepest parts of the seal, a dark and sinister chuckling could be heard, but it didn't reached neither Satsuki or Naruto. "That's right Uchiha, let your anger and hatred for Haruno grow. . ." A deep, dark and vile voice silently ordered in a tempting tone.

The sinister voice wasn't heard by anyone, it somehow reached the deepest corners of the Satsuki's mind and unknowingly, the silent temptation was starting to reach her as a small but vile smirk appeared in her face.

Though Naruto didn't hear this last comment, he narrowed his eyes as the blond had enough of the Bijū's less than nice comments. "Seriously, what's wrong with you two? Satsuki I can understand because what happened to Ino, but Kurama, you've been really bloodthirsty ever since we began this mission and not once have you even made your usual jokes or perverted remarks. . ." He soon asked with a dead serious tone.

To hearing her boyfriend's concern, Satsuki's eyes widen in realization as she shook her head to get rid of the murderous thoughts. "What. . .the hell was that dattebakon?" She muttered in confusion as they kept moving.

This instantly made the Bijū realize what he had said as he narrowed his eyes. "Nothing. . .just focus on your mission for now. . ." He simply replied with a dismissal tone.

The blond however narrowed his eyes with displeasure, but also knew that he should be more focus on finishing the mission. "We're not done with this Kurama. . ." He declared with and even more serious tone than before.

"Yeah. . ." Satsuki agreed in a hesitant tone.

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Inside of the seal. . .

Unknown to the duo, Kurama was having more issues then they realized. Once Naruto had commented about his sudden change, the Bijū had finally saw that the seal was dimming with a dark color and the source was right before in the darkest corners of the seal.

"Shit. . .I didn't even realized that it was getting worse. . ." Kurama got out to himself, though he now realized the reason behind it. "Che. . .the Haruno girl. . .I don't know how, but she's leaking out such a massive amount of malevolent intent. . .and its causing it to surface even faster than I thought. . ." He soon declared in annoyance.

Then the same vile and sinister laughter echoed once more, but only this time the Bijū had heard it. "Hehehe. . .Soon. . ." The dark voice declared with a malevolent tone.

Kurama narrowed his eyes as he looked on at the darkness. "To think that just one little brat brought this back into existence. . ." He remarked with annoyance and a hint of fear in his tone to this development. "If they get her to a confined area as soon as possible, then maybe that toad will help the kit. . ." He thought with hope, but deep down he knew that it was just wishful thinking.

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Back outside. . .

It was at this point that the spandex user had finally notice the unusual tension emanating from his friends and comrades.

"Is something wrong Naruto-kun? Satsuki-chan?" Lee meanwhile asked.

The blond snapped out of his trance as he turned towards the young taijutsu expert. "Yeah. . .just a little tense about our friends is all. . ." Naruto decided to replied with a half truth.

The ravenette simply remained quiet for a moment before she decided to use the same thing as the blond. "Yeah. . .I'm just worried about Nata-chan, Tenten-chan and the others. . ." Satsuki then half admitted.

In response to that, Lee believe the that it was just concern they were feeling so he gave the two remaining Team Seven members a thumbs up. "Do not worry! Our youthful comrades will come out victories and grow stronger than when we began!" He declared while his teeth flashed.

Though this wasn't Lee's intention, the two began to chuckle and giggle at the declaration, feeling a bit better because of his usual self.

Naruto then gave his trademark grin at Lee. "Got that right! They're all going to be just fine, thanks for cheering us up." He then told the taijutsu expert.

Satsuki's smile soon returned to her face as she looked at the green wearing shinobi. "Yeah, thanks Lee." She replied in a grateful tone.

With their moods brighten a bit, the remaining members of the capture squad continued their trek back home, however. . .

"INCOMING!" Kurama suddenly shouted.

Startled by the sudden shout, both Naruto and Satsuki made a forceful landing while holding their heads.

"What's wrong!?" Lee asked as he landed a few feet away.

"Oww! What the hell was that for Ku-!?" Satsuki tried to shout as she grabbed her head, but then. . .

WHOOSH! BAM! THUMP! CRASH!

Suddenly, all three Konoha Shinobi's were sent flying in different directions, Naruto and Lee landed on the ground while Satsuki straight towards a tree.

Satsuki more or less quickly recovered as she held her sore head. "Ow! What the hell!?" She cried out as she then realized something was missing. "Haruno!" She shouted as she saw the coffin she was carrying was missing.

"Someone swiped Haruno right from under you dumbass. . .which is your fault for not paying attention. . ." Kurama stated.

This sudden shout helped the boys recover from their disorientation and saw what made the remaining girl of their team to shout. "What!?" Naruto exclaimed in shock.

"Where is the coffin!?" Lee asked with and equally shocked tone.

THUD!

The three soon heard the sound of feet hitting the ground, when they turned towards the direction of the sound they soon saw who made it was a boy around their age that had white hair.

The three instantly got into their battle stance at the sudden appearance of the newcomer. "Who are you!?" Lee asked as he prepare for combat.

However when they got a better look their faces turned into pure startelement when they saw that boy had the coffin near his feet while he was examining it.

"Che. . .he took the bitch. . ." Kurama remarked in annoyance.

This finally made Naruto and Satsuki realize who had attacked them.

Once the white haired boy had made sure the coffin was alright, he picked it up as he analyzed the ones staring at him.

"Who are you!? Are you aligned with the Snake Sannin!?" Lee asked once more as he thought that was the case because of the similar clothing the other Oto Shinobi had.

"Damn! I didn't know there were more of this guys!" Naruto got out as he and Satsuki tighten his grip on their respective blades.

". . ." The white haired boy response was silence as he suddenly picked up the coffin in his arms and then dashed off with it towards the direction of the border.

The three were left both speechless and baffled at what just happen, but once they finally understood, only one thing came to the two young lovers. "THAT SON OF A BITCH!" They exclaimed in annoyance and angered unison.

Kurama then groaned in annoyance to this. "Dammit all. . ." He muttered at the new occurrence. "After him you idiots!" He then ordered with pure annoyance.

And as if the spandex wearing shinobi had heard the Bijū's order. "HE'S ESCAPING WITH THE TARGET!" Lee soon howled as he didn't waste another second and began to chasing the boy.

The ravenette face turned into pure rage and her hair began to stand. "GET BACK HERE YOU BASTARD!" Satsuki then roared with fury.

The blond then grind his teeth tightly as he placed his blade on his back. "Come on! Just when we were so closed at ending this!" Naruto complained as he too followed behind the others.

The three now realized that they had celebrated too soon and we're now going to have to deal with this new threat that was before them.

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In another part of the forest. . .

The still stunned giant Chōji was still startled as his body continued to move from below his massive size. "W-What the!?" He got out in shock.

Then the Oto Shinobi cocked back his palm. "RISING IMPACT PALM!" He roared as he thrusted his palm into the Akimichi's stomach.

Upon impact, the enlarged Akimichi was forced several feet into the air.

"Chōji!" Tenten called out in shock towards the display. "What the!? Did he get another power up or something!?" She thought in confusion.

Soon enough, Chōji had returned to his normal size as he began to fall. At the last moment he readjusted himself and landed on his feet while landing with a heavy thud.

"Chōji!" Tenten called out as she rushed over to the boy. "Are you ok?" She then asked in concern.

Though he landed safely, the boy was beginning to pant from exhaustion. "Yeah. . .but I'm now starting to feel the effects of the pills. . ." Chōji replied with a tired and slightly pain filled tone.

Tenten instantly took note of the pain her friend was probably feeling. "Hey if those things can be dangerous, should you be taking those one after another?" She soon asked with a concern filled tone.

"Trust me, I shouldn't. . .because it's really dangerous and frankly suicidal at my current level. . ." Chōji replied with a forced smile. "But could've been a lot worse if it wasn't for Haku-sensei's intense training. . ." He then added.

However this didn't made the older girl feel any better, but before she could say anything else, a loud crack instantly gained their full attention. Then both young Konoha chunins finally got a good look at their opponent and gained shocked expression from what they saw.

What stood in front of them was still Jirōbō, but had when for a major transformation. His mohawk grew into a long spiky mane that reached his shoulders, his skin turned into brownish-reddish colour, his remaining eye gained a yellow irises with dark black eye sclerae and he had various warts all over his body, especially on his face, shoulders and forehead.

"What in the. . ." Tenten got out in shock.

"His form changed?" Chōji questioned in shocked confusion.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Then the sound of heavy footsteps echoed through the large field as they soon realized that their opponent was starting to move as he slowly stalked towards the two young Konoha chunins with anger and fury within his remaining eye. With each step that he took, large craters were created by the intensity of his presence.

"You little pieces trash better be ready. . ." Jirōbō started with a deep and demonic tone, which soon followed by the sound of cracking knuckles. "Because now you two are going to get slaughtered." He declared with a wicked and confident grin.

Tenten quickly took out a kunai and activated her Hidden Blade as she got into her battle stance. "Great. . .Here we go again. . ." She muttered out.

Chōji nodded to that as he readied himself, but then winced once more as he held his side. "Oh no. . .the side effects are slowly but gradually getting worse. . ." He thought to himself as he then shock his head. "Can't worry about that! We need to fight with everything we go so that we can catch up with Shikamaru and the others!" He told himself as he took his battle stance. "Careful. . .I don't think that this transformation is just for show. . ." He warned his friend with concern.

Tenten in turn nodded to that warning. "No kidding, he was able to force you into the air when you became a giant." She reminded in a serious yet sarcastic tone.

However even with the sarcasm, the chubby boy knew that the girl wasn't doing well from the worry expression on her face, not to mention that him himself was feeling a cold sweat falling from his face from the evil intensity of the enemy's new form.

Suddenly, Jirōbō charged forwards, leaving a crater where he once stood. Then next thing the two young chunins saw was that demonic Oto Shinobi was right in front of them while his fist was cocked back.

"MOVE!" Tenten shouted as she and the Akimichi dashed out of the way.

CHASH!

The moment Jirōbō's fist hit the ground a massive crater was created upon impact. The force of the impact combined with the debris of the ground sent both Konoha comrades flying at the direction they had tried to dodge.

The two then rolled on the ground and then quickly readjusted themselves using their hands to regain their balance. Their gaze quickly returned to the enemy and were left shocked by the sheer force the Oto Shinobi now had.

"Hehe. . ." Jirōbō chuckled out in confidence as he flexed his hand, loudly cracking them as a result. "You won't be able to dodge forever you pieces of trash, you two are dying here." He then declared.

Tenten gulped as she felt the intent to kill from the Oto Shinobi. "Chōji. . . got anything else of your sleeve?" She whispered to her comrade, hoping that he did.

The Akimichi panted a bit, before he nodding. "Yeah, I do. . .but it's more like a last ditch effort kind of thing as it would be suicidal if it doesn't finish him. . .And right now I'm not to sure it will. . ." He answered with a grim tone.

Tenten in turn nodded back to that. "Great. . . I might have an idea of my own. . .but it's risky. . ." She revealed. "Do you think you can distract this guy?" She soon requested.

The Akimichi in turn gulped to that. "Well. . .I been asking you to do the same all this time, so it's about time it's my turn." He joked with a nervous tone before readying himself.

"Good, just buy me as much time as you can." Tenten then replied with a nod as she examined her equipment and nodded when she found what she was looking for. "I only going to get two shots. . .I gotta make them count. . ." She told herself in her head.

Chōji then took in a deep breath as he rushed at the Oto Shinobi. "Here I go!" He declared.

Jirōbō in turn smirked in confidence to that. "Bring it on you fat tub of lard!" He remarked.

A tick mark then appeared on the Akimichi's forehead in anger. "Your one to talk fatso, your bigger and uglier!" Chōji meanwhile countered as he continued his charge straight at the Oto Shinobi.

Chōji sent a fist flying towards the enemy and the moment it reached him, it tripled in size. Though it was effortlessly caught by the smirking Oto Shinobi. Not wasting a moment, Chōji when and give another large size fist. "ORYAH!" He roared as he sent multiple blows.

Jirōbō however continued to catch each and every single hit without effort. But with each hit he caught, his face became more and more annoyed. "WEAK!" He declared as then grabbed the boy's head.

"AH!" Chōji shouted from the pressure of the enemy's powerful hands as he struggled to get himself free.

CRASH!

Then the Oto Shinobi smashed the Akimichi's head into the ground, but just like Chōji did with his fist's, he expanded his head enough to cushion the hit and bounce upward. However the hit left the boy disorientated and was left unable to move.

As the Akimichi floated helplessly, Jirōbō pushed back his palm. "NOW DIE TRASH! " He roared as he extended his palm thrust. "CRUSHING BOULDER!" He declared.

When the palm was a few inches away from Chōji, finally got over his disorientation as he snap his eyes open. "Expansion Jutsu!" He declared as his entire body expanded on contact. "Omph!" He got out as a powerful thrust nearly when by passed his body and was send flying away.

Chōji rolled on the ground until he quickly disinflated, though the sudden increase of mass protected him from the worst of the damage, it was still powerful enough to leave a decent enough damage. Then the chubby chunin raised his battered and bleeding head. "Now!" He shouted.

Jirōbō raised an eyebrow at this. "Hmm?" He got out with a confused tone.

When the Oto Shinobi had finally left his guard down, Tenten charged at the enemy from his back while quickly taking out three scrolls and placed two of them on her hip, while she kept the third on her right hand.

Jirōbō felt the enemy's presence as his turned his gaze and saw the charging girl. "What? Another useless attack?" He taunted.

At hearing this, Tenten quickly made a few hand seal as she unraveled the scroll and began spinning it around her until she was completely covered by the scroll's paper. "I took your eye!" She loudly declared.

Completely unimpressed by that, Jirōbō simply cocked back his hand to prepare a powerful thrust. "CRUSHER FIST!" He roared while extending his his arm forward.

Just as the spinning scroll was about to be hit, inside Tenten smirked. "Weapon Control: Death Sphere Strike!" She declared.

The next thing the attacking Jirōbō saw was a dozen of big spike iron ball began spinning around the scroll and hitting him all over his body. "AAAAAGH!" He roared in pain as each ball hit multiple areas of his body, this not only holding his attack but also left him momentarily defenceless.

Then the scroll began to span faster while leaving large gaps to show that inside was Tenten doing another set of seals. "And now I'm aiming to take the other!" She continued as hundreds of kunais began to come out of the scroll. "Weapon Control: Blade of a Thousand Strikes!" She declared.

The hundreds of kunais were then sent straight at the stun Oto Shinobi, as the kunai were about to reached him, he let out a vile smirk. "Weak!" He declared as he used his foot to stomp the ground hard. "Earth Style: Terra Shield!" He then added.

Suddenly a huge earth slab appeared in front of Jirōbō and blocked all of the kunais.

The kunoichi's eyes widen in shocked. "WHAT!?" Tenten shouted with disbelief as her attack had failed.

But before anything else could be done, the slab shattered into pieces and sent both debris and kunais back to her.

"Shit!" Tenten got out as she quickly took out a smaller scroll to unsealed a staff and twirled it around to deflect them, but the bigger ones she couldn't so she was forced to dodge them, this left a few kunais to hit and cut her, causing the area of impact to bleed a little.

Once the barrage had ended, Tenten panted and saw that her opponent vanished from her sight. "What!?" She exclaimed in shock and confusion.

Suddenly a huge hand appeared from below the girl and grabbed her leg. "GOTCHA!" Jirōbō loudly declared from below.

"!" Tenten got out as she was then forced upwards and then began to be swung around like a rag doll. "WAAAAAAAH!" She cried out as she felt her leg being crushed by the force of the enemy's insane strength.

Jirōbō then began to laugh at the helplessness from the kunoichi. "SHATTER YOU TRASH!" He soon roared in a victorious tone as he slammed the girl to the ground.

CRASH!

A massive plume of risen dirt soon shrouded the area as the impact was made.

Upon witnessing this development, Chōji's eyes widen in shocked. "Tenten!" He called out in concern struggled to get back up and then trying to move, but soon began to feel the pain from both the damage and the after effects of the pills. "Not now!" He thought to himself as he used his will to finally stood up and walked forwards his comrade, before coughing a bit after sucking in some of the dirt that was in the air.

Tenten meanwhile also struggled to move, but she soon realized that some of her limbs didn't obey her. "Ack. .. m-my arm. . .m-my leg. . ." She thought as she coughed a bit and winced in pain from her chest area. "And. . .my ribs. . ." She soon added as she felt her broken rib bones.

"HA!" Jirōbō got out as he slowly walked towards the injured girl. "You two are so weak that it's sickening! That strike towards my eye was a lucky shot you had gotten in at me!" He remarked with anger.

Tenten continued her attempt at struggling as she looked at the over confident enemy. "S-Shut up!" She roared in anger, only to wince again from the pain she was feeling.

Then the Oto Shinobi gain a vile smirk. "You better listen up, because this is what happens. . ." Jirōbō began as he then he raised his foot. "TO WEAKLINGS!" He then declared and slam it into the girl's already injured leg.

SNAP!

Tenten's eyes soon widen as she felt a rush of pain to her lower body. "KYAAAA!" She screamed in agony as her leg was snapped in two while she held said leg.

"T-Tenten!" Chōji called out in concern for his teammate before wincing in more pain.

Jirōbō's smirked soon turned even more vile than before. "Both of you are pathetic. After I finish you and the fatso, I'm gonna drain you both dry before finding the rest of those pieces of trash." He declared in a confident manner.

Tenten slowly tried to reach her pouch to grab a kunai, but she was suddenly grabbed by the neck. "ACK!" She barely got out as she struggled to move while being choked.

Jirōbō then narrowed his lone eye as he looked at the girl that took one of his eyes. "Starting with you. . ." He soon concluded in a dark tone.

Suddenly, chakra began to leave the girl's body as it began to be drain by the massive Oto Shinobi and because of her broken arm and leg, the young kunoichi didn't have the necessary power free herself so she could do nothing but let this happen.

Chōji's eyes meanwhile widened, even with the after effect of the pill still present, he struggled to move some more. "T-Tenten. . ." He got out once more as he endured the pain while his headband fell off.

The draining however didn't last more than a few seconds as Jirōbō let go of a weaken and barely moving kunoichi. "Huh, barely any chakra. . ." He remarked in annoyance before turning towards the Akimichi.

Chōji grinded his teeth as he watch his comrade being left to agonized, not even able to hold his injured limbs.

Jirōbō continued walking towards the Akimichi as he grinned at the boy's dismay, gleefully thinking his words were hurting his soul. "That leader of your must be a real idiot for letting you two stay behind in believing that you could handle me." He remarked with a smirk.

This instantly stopped Chōji's in his tracks as a shocked expression covered his face.

The Oto Shinobi then looked back at the barely conscious kunoichi and narrowed his eye. "Though I expected that from pieces of trash that can't really fight and only rely on petty weapons. . .your lower than trash. . .you are sewage. . ." Jirobo then declared as he was now standing in front of downed boy. "And once I finish with you fatso. . .I'm going to kill her as slowly and as painfully possible. . .for taking my eye. . ." He concluded with a vengeful tone as he cracked his knuckles once more and raised his fist to finish the boy off.

SNAP!

It was at that moment that something inside the young Akimichi had snapped. "You. . ." Chōji barely got out as he began to move forward while his hair covered his face.

The kind hearted boy would always preferred to not seriously hurt others, as it was just his nature. But the Oto Shinobi had finally crossed the line. . .he didn't just insult him, he insulted his best friend, he hurt his comrade and now he planned to do the same to the rest of his friend?

"Now then. . ." Jirōbō started as his eyes glowed yellow in a vile way as he tightened his fist. "DIE!" He roared as he started to bring his fist down.

The Akimichi's pupils then dilated as he found new strength that allowed him to force his body forward, just in time to not only dodge the hit but also headbutt the enemy straight at his face. "RAAAAAAAAAH!" Chōji roared with all his might.

"ARGH!" Jirōbō roared out as the force of the strike was strong enough to make him stagger and take a few steps back while he held his bloody nose.

The Akimichi then began panting, but didn't lost any of his new found strength. He then crossed his arms in front of his chest as he looked at the Oto Shinobi with fury. "Don't. . .insult. . .my. . .friends!" He got out as he channel his chakra throughout all of his body. "Partial Expansion. . .Muscles!" He roared.

At this point Jirōbō had finally got over his slight stagger as his face turned furious. "Why you little-" He began to curse but the moment he looked at the Akimichi, he was greeted by a fist on his face.

Jirōbō was instantly sent skidding backwards, but this time he didn't suffered from another stagger. Then when he looked again at the boy, he was slightly startled at what he saw. There was still the same Akimichi, but only this time he had grown twice in size and had a larger and buffer build.

The Akimichi then tightened his fist as he looked at the enemy. "Alright fatso. . .You can insult me, hurt me, but you can't never insult and hurt my friends!" He roared out as he charged straight at the Oto Shinobi with his fist raised.

Not intimidated by the boy's new form, Jirōbō growled at him as he too charged. "Doesn't matter how you change you trash, your dying here and now!" He retorted while raising his fist as well.

CRASH!

Both heavy fighters meet in a powerful clashed as both had meet each other with a fist to the others face while a small drip of blood feel from their mouth. Both stared at each other while they held their fist tightly onto the other's face, trying to pushed the other. Then after a moment. . .

BAM!

Both of their fists separated and then went and delivered another powerful hit to the other cheek.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Which soon followed by another and then another, until and all out slugfest began. Each hitting with great force that it created small shocked waves of air and small traces of their blood flew out. Each blow every time they saw an opening, which wasn't hard to find as both brawlers didn't even bother to defend or guard.

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

Blood, bruises and more shock waves kept forming as the two kept going at one another without any sign of stopping.

As this was going on, Tenten struggled a little as she opened her eyes, seeing the slug fest going on. "C-Chōji?" She got out.

Back to the slugfest, both brawlers continued to beat the other into a bloody pulp while more and more shockwave continued to be heard.

However thanks to the Curse Mark, Jirōbō didn't have to worry about losing power. Chōji on the other hand was slowly beginning to lose his.

Choji on the other hand was slowly starting to delivered fewer hits than when he started. "No good. . .I don't know how long I can keep this form. . ." He thought to himself as each hit the Akimichi was losing not just blood but also stamina and what little chakra he had left to keep this transformation.

The Akimichi's current dilemma wasn't missed by the Oto Shinobi as he smirked with vile glee. "HAHAHA! YOUR LOSING POWER ALREADY YOU TRASH!" Jirōbō got out with satisfaction. "THEN LET ME PUT AN END TO YOUR WORTHLESS EXISTENCE! CRUSHER FIST" He declared as he cocked back his fist and delivered another powerful hit to the boy's face.

WHAM!

Chōji face was struck by the Oto Shinobi's powerful blow as he turned to his left from the hit as the huge fist digged into his cheek. Everything seem to slow down as the hit was about to knock him out.

Tenten's eyes then widen to this sight. "CHŌJI!" She exclaimed as she struggled and was unable to move because of her injuries. But the older kunoichi refused to just laid there while her friend and comrade was giving everything he has. "DIDN'T YOU GIVE UP NOW! YOU GOTTA GET UP! EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR US!" She roared with all of her remaining strength.

"!" Chōji's eyes snapped with open as he regain his consciousness, using his left foot to regain his footing, he held his ground against the powerful hit.

"WHAT!?" Jirōbō got out in shocked as the boy was still alive from receiving his most powerful hit.

The young Akimichi then grind his teeth as he was using all of his might to stay conscious. "I'm. . .not dead yet. . ." He declared in a raspy tone as his right fist began to glow with chakra. "Everyone put their trust in us. . .and their waiting for us. . ." He continued as he slowly cocked back his fist. "AND I'M NOT PLANNING TO FAIL THEM!" He roared as he delivered all of his power to one final hit.

BAAAAAAAM!

"OMPH!" Jirōbō got out as the hit right in his stomach by the powerful hit.

CRASH!

The hit was so powerful that send it sent the Oto Shinobi flying backwards, crashing into a few trees.

---

Deep underground. . .

The Snake Sannin, War Hawk and medical shinobi were continuing to wait for the arrival of their newest member.

"Kabuto. . ." Orochimaru called his right hand man. "Kimimaro should have taken care of the situation by now, shouldn't he?" He then asked with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

The white haired boy had his back turned as he was watching the candle that lite the room as his eyes had a hollow yet a hint of sadness in them. "It would seem so." He simply replied with his normal tone.

The elderly man narrowed his visible eye at that. "Are you saying that your not certain?" Danzō asked with an accusing tone.

Not bothered by the comment, Kabuto continued looking at the flickering flame. "I would have been more confident in his medical treatment had I not work in the dark. I would have preferred more information, his medical history or the bloodlines of his clan." He soon stated.

This gained the warhawks attention. "The last of an extinct clan, it's intriguing that you found a member of one, a situation similar to the Ice Style user in Konoha." He stated as he narrowed his eyes. "How exactly did you find him?" He then questioned in a serious tone.

Orochimaru closed his visible eyes and lean on his chair. "What do you know about them?" He asked his elderly partner.

"That they were a clan of fools for wasting their abilities the way they did." Danzō remarked in complete disapproval of waste of powerful abilities.

The Snake Sannin chuckled with amusement at the description. "Kukuku, and I couldn't agree with you more." He replied with amused tone.

"They were fools who declared war against a powerful nation of the Hidden Mist and were completely obliterated." Kabuto declared with a disgusted tone

"The Kaguya's were useless warmongers whose only joy was through death and combat. . ." Orochimaru continued with and equally disgusted tone. "So why wouldn't I acquire the last and most talented survivor and used his powerful bloodline for myself and for the project?" He then added with a vile glee in his tone.

"While using him for the project was indeed a sound decision. . .why did you not try to rebuild the clan under your rule?" Danzō asked with a slight disappointed tone.

". . ." Orochimaru didn't replied as he simply rested on his chair.

The white haired boy turned his gazed towards the elder. "It wouldn't really have mattered, he was sterile, he wouldn't had been able to have children even if he wanted. Whether it was by birth or it was caused by his clan, he would still be the last." Kabuto informed the elderly man.

"Then all you did was waste the last of the rare Kekkei Genkai he wields." Danzō then reminded with an even more disappointment at the disposing such a powerful tool.

"Well. . .I wouldn't say that." Orochimaru simply said with an amused tone.

The white haired boy adjusted his glasses as he tried to hide his hollowed eyes. "While we may had lost the last of the Kaguya, we didn't say we loss the bloodline itself." Kabuto continued with his normal tone.

Danzō didn't had to think much of what those words meant. "It's practically the same situation with the Senju Clan." He soon concluded with an approval tone.

"Regardless, Kimimaro's fate is of no importance. The only thing that matters at this moment is our disciple arriving." Orochimaru then stated in a serious yet amused tone. "Kukuku, and with her arrival, the final key for immortality and for the project." He soon added.

Danzō simply hummed at that. "As long as we can still have useful tools, the lost of one shouldn't be of much concern." He stated with a cold tone.

". . ." Kabuto didn't commented as he simply decided to stare at the candle with his eyes still hollow.

---

Back within the mist covered area of the forest. . .

The sound of string being pulled from a huge bow, as a demonic version of Kidōmaru smirked with vile glee. "Perfect accuracy, 100% strike rate. . ." Kidōmaru's demonic voice hissed out.

His skin was now dark red, his irises in his eyes turned yellow while his sclera became dark black, his canine teeth sharpen, his fingernails elongated and his hair becomes longer and turns grey. In addition, Kidōmaru had gained horns on his forehead, shoulders and elbows, and the mouth become wider and lastly, now that he lost his forehead protector it was revealed that he had a third eye.

"INCOMING!" Kurama roared the warning.

Hinata's eyes then widen as she activated her Byakugan. "No!" She got out, knowing that she didn't have the time to move her cousin.

Once Kidōmaru had pulled the incredible hard string to its max, his three eyes widen. "NOW DIE!" He roared as he released the arrow.

WOOOSH!

The massive gold arrow was sent at almost ridiculous velocity, destroying and trees that stood in its path.

As if time had slowed down, Neji saw how her cousin was trying to reach for him. The older Hyuga knew that while he was much more skilled in using the Byakugan for the Gentle Fist, he also knew that Hinata had a much longer range, easily seeing three times the distance that he could ever could.

So the young genius knew that something was coming that put pure terror in his cousin's heart. He quickly closed his eyes and extended his chakra outward until. . .

BOOM!

Upon hitting the ground, the arrow had created an enormous explosion and a large plume of smoke lifted were the Hyuga cousins, more specifically, Neji's current position.

Once the smoke had clear, it showed that Hinata was lying on the ground a few feet away from where his cousin stood.

A few meters on the opposite side of Neji's current position, there was the huge crater where the gold arrow had hit, but the older Hyuga was still standing as the remaining smoke cover most of his body.

"WHAT!?" Kidōmaru thought with pure shock. "I'm sure I aim for his blind spot and at the velocity my arrow was going! it was impossible for him to had use his defensive jutsu little long dodge it!" He then added.

Hinata's soften as she was glad to see that his cousin was still alive, but then her eyes widen at a gruesome sight. "Ah. . .ah. . ." She stammered out in shock as she felt like she couldn't breath.

"Che. . .And here I thought the kit was reckless. . ." Kurama darkly stated with annoyance and a small hint of concern.

As the smoke cleared, it showed a panting and tired Neji. "That was too close. . .But it looks like I manage to deflected even if by a little. . ." He added in his mind.

However what shocked his younger cousin was that for his left shoulder, there was a semi big hole that had completely passed through skin, muscles and bones. Neji then winced in pain from the injury he had to endure at the cost of making sure his cousin came out of it unharmed.

Kidōmaru then open all of his three eyes and the world around him changed, he could now see the chakra that was emanating from the older Hyuga. "I see. . .He couldn't dodge or deflect it, so he used his chakra to create a large dome as a way to not only detect the arrow from his blind spot, but to also change its course by a few centimeters." He thought to himself after analyzing the older Hyuga.

"N-Neji-niisan. . ." Hinata got out in her shocked state as she got to his side, but felt powerless to do anything to help her cousin. "Kurama. . .what should I do?" The Hyuga asked the Bijū as she prayed that their was something anything that she could do to help.

With all of Hinata's fighting skill and abilities she had developed and the small medical knowledge she possessed. . .it would do nothing to help to treat such a critical injury.

". . ." Kurama said nothing as he looked at the injury. "I'm no medic, but even I known that he needs to be treated immediately. . ."He declared as he expression slowly darken. "After you slaughter this spider that is. . ." He then stated in a dark tone.

Hinata however didn't even bother to think of that last part as the first part had sent her mind into a frenzy.

Neji's pain was so intense that he couldn't stand anymore, he fell to his knees as he couldn't even move his left hand anymore and was beginning to lose a lot of blood. "Hinata-sama. . .this opponent doesn't waste a single attack. From every fail attack he learns and obtains accurate information from each attempt. . ." He informed while gasping for air before he started coughing a small amount of blood. "Hinata-sama. . .we underestimated this enemy. . ." He soon got out.

The demonic Oto Shinobi soon turned his eyes at the younger Hyuga. "However. . .the other one. . .she actually managed to not only detect it, but also saw it coming and tried to help the other. . ." Kidōmaru thought to himself.

Back with the two Hyuga members, Hinata once more activated her Hidden Mist to blocked the view, then she quickly made a shadow clone so that it could take care of her cousin even if only a little bit.

Though slightly annoyed by the mist, Kidōmaru didn't had to wait long before said mist cleared and saw that only the female Hyuga was left and the male Hyuga was nowhere insight. At this development a wave of excitement course through his body at the thought of finally hunting her.

"She's just keeps interesting me. . .as being the best hunt of my entire life!" Kidōmaru thought with vile glee at the thought of finally finding the ultimate prey.

A few meters away from the battlefield, the clone did her best to wrapped the wound in bandages, she knew that it wasn't going to be nearly enough, but it was better than nothing. "That. . .that should do for now. . .but Neji-niisan needs a medic soon. . ." She thought to herself in concern and worry while she laid the original's cousin against a tree and stayed next to him to protect him.

Neji was breath heavily out as a wave of shame invaded him. "How shameful. . .I should be protecting you Hinata-sama. . .and here I am being by the one I should be protecting. . ." He stated while he smile filled with shame.

The clone of Hinata smiled sadly but was filled with understanding. "Shhh, don't talk Neji-niisan, save you strength." She requested. "My original will go and locate him. . ." She then added.

The older Hyuga chuckled weakly. "By the time she does, she will put an end to this by defeating him. . ." Neji commented with both shame and pride at the same time.

The clone of Hinata just sighed to that, understanding the meaning behind this. "You done more than enough, it was you that revealed that his webs are weak to the Gentle Fist." She reminded.

Neji however just balled his fist in shame to what was happening as he winced in pain from the wound. So with resignation, he could do nothing but let his charged be the one to settle this battle.

The real Hinata meanwhile activated her Byakugan as she looked at the enemy, though she still had to deal with the shock that was coursing through her body from what happened to her cousin, she still couldn't believe what she saw. "He's. . .enjoying this. . ." She muttered out in disbelief at the enemies grinning face. "This is all a game to him!" She declared in her mind with contempt.

"This vile insect actually thinks we are prey. . ." Kurama growled with anger and rage at the thought of someone thinking the girl and by extension him, as someone in the lower food chain. "Rip this insect to pieces. . ." He demanded in a dark tone.

While normally Hinata would either be startled by such a request or try to reason with him, however something inside of her didn't even bother doing any of that as she felt her heart beating at a rapid pace followed soon by her breathing.

Kurama then narrowed his eyes as he knew the girl need a little push. ". . .You need power to destroy him. . ." He then stated as he tighten his human like paw. "You need my power to massacre him. . ." He then added in a dark tone with blood red glowing eyes.

This somehow had managed to stop Hinata's shaking and regain control of her breathing as she then slowly began to raise her head. Her face turned expressionless as she activated her Byakugan, however unlike her variation of normal, veins once again appeared around her eyes and her iris turn completely red with fox like pupils as she began to walk toward the direction of the Oto Shinobi. ". . ." She said nothing as she kept moving.

Kidōmaru meanwhile smirked in excitement to this. "So the prey finally comes to the spider. . ." He declared as his voice echoed through the mist covered forest while preparing another arrow.

Hinata didn't so much as flinch at the incoming attack, just as she saw the Oto Shinobi had pulled his bow she raised her hand and rapidly made hand seal. "Water Style: Liquid Bullet." She declared in an emotionless tone as she sent a multiple bullets, however. . .

FOOOSH!

The water bullets were sent at triple its normal speeds and they were all aiming straight at the Oto Shinobi's head.

"What!?" Kidōmaru though with bewilderment before he barely had enough time to dodge the attack.

CRASH! SPLASH!

When the Oto Shinobi turned, he saw that the bullets had somehow pierce through multiple trees. "Those things have more speed than before!" He analyzed with startelement. "They're not as fast or as destructive as my arrows, but they sure as hell will rip my armor and me apart if they hit me!" He then added bewildered by the power behind these bullets.

The younger Hyuga was still in her casting position as her red fox like eyes never left her opponent. ". . ." Hinata didn't even bother to say anything as she continued to fire liquid bullets while running.

As this occurrence went on, Kurama chuckled evilly as he watch the same thing as the girl. "The insect is finally beginning to ask just who is the prey truly is around here." He commented with dark tone.

Hinata then grinded her teeth as that the attack may had hit her target, but because of the distance, the enemy had enough time to dodge. "It was too far, I need to get closer. . ." She muttered to herself as she dashed forward to get closer to where the Oto Shinobi was.

In response to this, Kidōmaru didn't even pounder for a instant, he spat out three more arrows and prepared to fire them. "Let's see if you dodge these!" He thought to himself.

Hinata's eyes widen a bit as she made more hand seals. "Hidden Mist Jutsu!" She declared.

FOOM!

In an instant, Hinata's vicinity was covered in mist while it began to move towards Kidōmaru.

The Oto Shinobi growled as he quickly used his speed to jumped back to gain more distance. "Tch! Cleaver. . .she use the mist to hide herself and because it has chakra, my third eye can't see anything." Kidōmaru thought while analyzing this.

Suddenly, Hinata jumped out from the mist as she landed onto one of the tree branches and began to jumped towards Kidōmaru while the mist continued heading towards the enemy as well.

Kidōmaru smirked at this as he stop and readjust this bow and arrows. "Really!? Wasting a perfect cover!? How stupid can you get!?" He retorted as he released the arrows, but because there were many, he could only shot the three at one-third of velocity then when he shot the first.

WOOSH! WOOSH! WOOSH!

STAB! STAB! STAB!

CLUNK! CLUNK! CLUNK!

Soon enough, the female Hyuga was struck with the web arrows at her shoulders and stomach, though not as fast as the first arrow, they still had enough velocity in them to force her into a tree, creating a massive crater behind where she was now embedded.

The Oto Shinobi soon began roaring in laughter at the sight. "This is a serious let down! Here I thought you were the best hunt, but your just another weakling!" Kidōmaru declared.

Kurama's dark chuckle then entered the Hyuga's ears. "This one is a true dumbass for thinking that." He declared with a smirk.

The impaled Hinata in turn nodded to that as a similar smirk appeared on her face. "You are the fool. . ." She declared.

POOF!

Kidōmaru's eyes widen in pure shock to what just happened. "WHAT!?" He couldn't help to shout when he saw the female Hyuga had dispelled, revealing that she was actually a clone.

Still shocked by the clone, that the Oto Shinobi didn't realize that the mist had reached him from below the tree while coating the area.

THUMP!

Suddenly a soft landing was heard behind Kidōmaru while more mist surrounded him, making his eyes widen in horror as he saw a very hazy yet familiar battle stance. "She used the clone as a distraction while using the mist to get to me undetect!" He shouted in realizing what the girl's plan was all along.

"Gentle Fist Art!" Hinata's voice declared declared as only her red glowing eyes could be seen from the mist.

"And a little extra power will make sure he won't survive even with that gold armor. . ." Kurama declared as he sent some more of his chakra. "Mince him to pieces. . ." He then darkly ordered.

"Protective Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms!" Hinata soon declared as the mist was blasted away from her spinning chakra dome the had a pinkish-red like hue.

"SHIT!" Kidōmaru swore out as he didn't even needed to know that the different color hue meant that this was even more powerful than the first time she had used it.

SHINK! SLICE! SHINK! SLICE!

On pure instinct, the Oto Shinobi grab the sides of his bow and used it as a shield to take the brunt of the attack. The bow lasted a few second before it was slice through, but it was enough for Kidōmaru to jump away using his heighten speed.

"That was too close! Had I not use my bow, I would surely been killed by that attack!" Kidōmaru thought to himself as he began spewing another bow.

"Surrender. . ." Hinata demanded with a calm yet furious tone. "Or I will make your death come quickly." She declared in a completely serious tone as she readied herself once more.

"Screw surrender, you should just slaughter him Hyuga!" Kurama declared while growling as he did not enjoy giving the enemy a chance to live.

Kidōmaru however looked at the female Hyuga that was now threatening him. "Haha. . ." He slowly began to chuckle.

"Eh?" Hinata got out as she was confused by the enemies actions.

The Bijū soon growled with annoyance as he knew exactly what was going on. "And this is why. . ." Kurama then stated.

"AHAHAHA!" Kidōmaru chuckling turned into pure and even demented laughter. "SURRENDER!? ARE YOU INSANE!? LIKE HELL I'LL GIVE UP ON THE BEST HUNT OF MY LIFE!" He roared with a maniacal tone as his spew more arrows while they each had a drill like tip as he pointed them at the female. "THE HUNT HAS JUST BEGAN!" He declared with a vile glee and excitement.

"He's someone who gets drunk with excitement of battle and from hunting." Kurama then declared in annoyance with narrow eyes. "Someone that needs to be killed at all costs." He soon stated.

Hinata then let out a sigh, even in her fury like state, she knew that the Bijū was right. "I see. . ." She responded as she made some hand signs. "Then as you would with a rabid animal. . .you should be put out of your misery. . ." She simply stated with a dead serious tone as pinkish-red chakra coated her hands. "Hidden Mist Jutsu! Liquid Bullets!" She declared.

PLUME!

An explosion of mist soon covered the entire area once more as bullets of water were fired out from all directions.

"HAHAHAHA!" Kidōmaru didn't so much as felt concern by the same tactic, he effortlessly dodge every single bullet by using the trees to dodge or jump out of the way as he then shot the new arrows, with the exception of one, at what look like random directions in the mist.

WHIRL!

"What!?" Hinata exclaimed in startlement as the mist was scattered apart. by the drill like arrows.

The spinning properties of the arrows made the mist dispersed and obliviating and trees that were on their paths.

"LIKE THE SAME TRICK WOULD WORK TWICE!?" Kidōmaru declared as he adjusted his last drill arrow straight at the exposed Hyuga and released it.

WHIIIIIIIIIRL!

"HYUGA! DODGE!" Kurama then ordered in a hasty tone as he knew that this would be a fatal strike.

Hinata's eye then widen as she forced some of her chakra into her palm and forced it outward to push her out of the direction of the arrow's path, though winced in pain that was caused from just the pressure and speed of the arrow.

BOOOOOOOOOM!

A huge explosion occurred the moment the arrow hit the ground, that it was twice as powerful then the arrow used to hit Neji with the crater being twice as large.

"HAHAHAHAHA! THAT'S IT! MY BEST HUNT SHOULDN'T GO DOWN THAT EASILY!" A demented Kidōmaru declared as he spew out another drill arrow.

Hinata soon landed on a branch as she held her slightly injured arm. "This isn't good. . .it's as Neji-niisan had said. . .His aim, power and insight are getting better with each clash. . ." She admitted in a mutter.

"Which is why he needs to be killed dammit, there's no point in trying to make someone like him surrender. . ." Kurama meanwhile stated with a growl.

To hearing that statement once more, Hinata nodded in agreement. ". . .You're right. . ." She admitted. "He is no human. . .and he is no demon like you Kurama. . .he's just a battle drunken monster in human skin. . .He has to be stopped." She soon declared.

With that declaration, the female Hyuga took her battle stance once more and rushed towards her opponent with the full intention of ending him as she roared with determination.

While the battle of hit and miss continued to rage on, the clone of Hinata was still watching over the downed Neji as they watched the fight go back and forth between the real Hinata and the Oto Shinobi.

The older Hyuga forced his Byakugan to activate to get a better look of the battle. As he watch he could help but once again feel jealousy and pride, jealousy at once again being reminded that her cousin is the stronger, but at the same time prideful of the fact.

Neji shook his head to clear his mind. "No, now is not the time to feel such a way." He scolded to himself as he looked at the Oto Shinobi. "Right now I need to find a way to help Hinata-sama,the opponent is much more stronger and intelligent, it's only a matter of time before he finds a way to kill Hinata-sama. . ." He thought to himself.

The older Hyuga's eyes then scanned the area as he witnessed the fight going to try and look for anything that could be used to their advantage. "There has to be something. . ." He thought in concern. "Something that we can use. . ." He then added to his thoughts.

Suddenly, the older Hyuga saw that enemy was close enough to see them as his bow was about to point at their location. "!?" Neji's eyes widen to the sight of this as his and Hinata's clone muscles tensed up, knowing that they were literally a sitting duck.

However just as quick as the enemy had seen them, he just as quickly turned back towards the female Hyuga.

"Whew. . .too close. . ." The clone of Hinata breathed out in relief.

"He completely ignored us. . ." Neji got out with bewilderment then anything else. Suddenly, the older Hyuga was struck by an idea. "Hinata-sama. . ." Neji weakly called out for the clone.

The clone of the female Hyuga then looked at her cousin. "What is it Neji-niisan?" She questioned in concern.

Neji then tried to lean on the tree. "I think I have a plan to end this. . ." He stated while panting a bit.

The clone was slightly startled at this statement as the older Hyuga requested her to get closer so that she could hear the plan.

---

At an open field. . .

Kimimaro had ran at incredible speeds that he was already two thirds to reach the borders of the Land of Fire, so he decided to stopped after reaching an open clearing for a moment to examine the coffin and to see if their was any problems.

As the white haired boy checked his eyes slightly widen when he saw a small leak on the coffin. The first thought that crossed the boy's mind was that the others had made a sloppy job on sealing the girl, but he quickly discarded the thought as he saw that the sealing was twice as strong as the ones he himself was in.

"This can only mean one thing. . ." Kimimaro thought to himself as the leak slowly began to grow in size. "The miasma the girls is producing is much stronger that both the coffin and the sealing can hold. . ." He declared.

This presented a displeasing yet also pleasing results. Pleasing because this would mean that the girl would gain an unimaginable degree of power from the Curse Mark and displeasing as he will be forced to wait for the ritual to conclude, which meant that he would have to make his master wait.

"However, for better or worse. . .She is one of us now. . ." Kimimaro then declared in a calm and satisfied tone.

Then the white haired boy sat next to the coffin as he watched the misma escape from it, knowing that it will not be long before she awakens. . .

---

Back within another section of the forest. . .

The two Konoha Shinobis and the ninja hound were moving as fast as they could as they were avoiding the large enemies that were summoned by the Oto kunoichi.

"You just had to ask didn't?" Shikamaru remarked as he looked at the behemoth of monsters that were right in front of them.

Tayuya meanwhile played her flute as said monsters jumped towards the Konoha Shinobis, said shinobis quickly jumped out of the way as they smashed the ground they were at.

"How the hell was I supposed to have know!?" Kiba retorted as he landed on top of a branch.

The Nara then turned his gaze towards the kunoichi and stared at the flute in her hands. "Well at least your little lovers quarters helped us know that she uses her flute to move those things, at least that's something." Shikamaru stated.

"That's not really going to help us deal with those things. . ." Kiba declared with a growled as he then realized the Nara had said. "And what about you remarking that we're lovers!?" He then accused.

The Nara only let out an annoyed sigh, but as he was about to retort to the accusation. "ARF ARF!" Akamaru yelp out a warning.

The Inuzuka's eyes then widen as he heard the barking. "Incoming!" Kiba shouted/translated his partners warning.

WHAM!

BOOM!

CRASH!

Had the warning not come in time, the two Konoha Shinobis and puppy would had been pummeled by the three massive summon creatures.

Once they were at a more or less safe distance, the puppy began to growled. "Arf Arf!" Akamaru then yelped out.

"Say what!?" Kiba got out with startelement.

"What?" Shikamaru asked as he didn't like his current partner's tone.

The young Inuzuka soon shook his shock off as he began to sweat a bit. "Akamaru just said that her chakra just increased by at least five times!" Kiba answered with both annoyed yet slight worried tone.

Shikamaru narrowed his eyes at that as he worries became a reality. "Troublesome. . ." He grumbled out. "Kiba, hold them off." He then ordered in a serious tone.

The Inuzuka's eyes then widened to that. "What!? Why!?" Kiba then asked in utter confusion due to the situation they were in.

"I got a plan." Shikamaru answered. "And I need a distraction." He then added.

"Are you kidding me!?" Kiba roared in an offended tone as a shadow appeared over him.

Suddenly a very complexive music was quickly heard, making Shikamaru's ears twitched upon hearing it.

"ARF ARF!" Akamaru then barked out his warning.

SMASH!

The two shinobis and puppy were forced to once again dodge on of the summon's attack however. . .

THUD! THUD!

Unlike before the other two got into specific positions while the one that had already attack made a boxing formation around the Inuzuka.

"Oh come on! Why me!?" Kiba complained as he and his partner were more or less surrounded by the summons, while the Nara hid behind a tree.

"Good job on getting their attention Kiba. Be sure to keep them busy and I'll deal with them." Shikamaru told his partner while his voice echoed around the area, making it impossible to locate his location.

No sooner the Nara had said it, all of the summons went on the attack. "WHY AM I THE BAIT!?" Kiba then roared to the sky while desperately trying to dodge the three behemoths all the while the Oto kunoichi played her flute.

Shikamaru's eyes narrowed as he saw this. "You know that a very complex musical tone. . ." He suddenly stated with the same echoing tone.

The Oto kunoichi narrowed her eyes when she heard that. "So you figured it out. . ." She stated more than asked.

"It doesn't takes a genius to know that you use your flute to controlled this creatures with complex notes." Shikamaru retorted with his normal tone. "Well, maybe Kiba would take a bit longer to catch on. . ." He absentmindedly added.

Kiba however gained a tick mark on his forehead to that. "OI!" He then roared before he narrowly dodged another brutal assault. "WHY THE HELL IS TAKING SO LONG!?" He then roared.

Tayuya however just narrowed her eyes as she looked for the shadow user. "I'll deal with that damn shadow lover later. . .Need to end this quickly before Kimimaro come looking for me. . ." She decided in her head as she turned her gaze back at the Inuzuka and puppy. "The ninth verse. . .The Turmoil of Pandemonium!" She then declared.

Suddenly, Tayuya played another complex music, but with more chakra that made the notes look almost visable. The notes then reached the summon's head and their body jerked upon hearing the song. Then as one, all three of them jumped towards the duo.

"FUCK MY LIFE!" Kiba roared in pure horror at the incoming monstrosities. He then looked at his partner before they narrowly dodged the oncoming strike.

BOOM! THUMP! RIP!

After the summons attack had failed, they began to rip the stitches from their mouths off as transparent unidentifiable creatures with mouths came out.

Kiba in turn looked on at the sight in confusion and disgust. "What the!?" He got out. "What are those!?" He soon added.

Meanwhile within the shadows, Shikamaru looked over the supplies he head. "Ok, I got twelve kunai, nine shurikens, thirty six feet of wire, one light bomb and one paper bomb. . ." He listed off in his head. "Now for the final piece I need. . ." He added as he turned to gaze the Oto kunoichi.

CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP!

The Inuzuka then saw that from the now open mouths of the summons had a transparent whitish fog like mist began to come out. However what was really disturbing was that they had purplish mouths and sharp teeth, as the three of this soul like things went straight towards the boy and puppy at incredible speeds.

"ARF! ARF!" Akamaru barked out the new warning.

Kiba then jerked his head towards his partner. "What!?" He got out.

The flute playing Tayuya then smirked as she watched her summons closing in. "Now to end Kiba." She declared in her head, knowing that she needed to defeat them so she could live.

The young Inuzuka didn't even bother to think as she began to jumped away from the soul like monsters. "What do you mean those things are just chakra!?" He asked while jumped to higher branches.

"Arf arf arf!" Akamaru barked. "I don't know! They don't smell anything like those summons! Only chakra!" Is what Kiba heard.

"Tch! Fine! Then we'll just aim for where they're coming from!" Kiba shouted as he took out a food pill and threw it to his partner's mouth. "Let's go!" He then declared.

Akamaru meanwhile growled in a feral manner as his fur went from it's white coat to bright red. "ARF!" He barked out in a louder tone.

POOF!

Then the puppy turned into a clone of his partner as the two jumped just in time to dodge the souls.

Tayuya meanwhile narrowed her eyes to this. "The pup became a copy of Kiba?" She thought in confusion.

The two then jumped from tree to tree all the while maneuvering around the souls. Once they got into a good position both partners began to spin.

"FANG OVER FANG!" Kiba shouted as the two partners became twisters.

WHIRRRRRL!

Tayuya's eyes then widen to that as her summons were right in their course of attack. "Damn!" She thought in a panic as she played her flute to comade them to move.

BAM!

The three summons however were struck by the twister and were sent crashing down to the ground.

Then both twisters headed the ground, they stopped just before reaching the ground and became the two Inuzuka copies. "Aw yeah! Eat that!" Kiba shouted with a big cocky smirk on his face.

Tayuya looked on where her Dokis were after the attack had struck them as she stopped playing and then landed next to the crash site.

Both of the Inuzuka's then turn towards the Oto kunoichi. "Looks like it's over." Kiba declared with his smirk never leaving his face.

The Kunoichi however didn't look bothered or concern. "Is that so?" Tayuya retorted as she played her flute once more.

CRASH!

Suddenly all of the trees of the crash site were sent flying towards both the Inuzuka's.

Kiba's eyes then widen to that as they trees were coming right at them. "Oh crap!" He cursed as both him and his partner jumped just in the nick of time to dodge the trees.

They then readjusted their stances and their eyes widen at the sight of the summons still standing, they had many scratcher and other signs of injuries from the hit, but they were more or less fine.

"Oh come on! You have got to be kidding me!" Kiba complained at this while the other Kiba let out a dog like whine.

Tayuya's smirk returned as she looked at the two. "They threw me off for that one moment, but now I'll finish them." She thought with confidence as she readied herself once more.

WOOSH! CLUNK!

Suddenly, a kunai with a paper bomb appeared close to where Tayuya was as it was embedded into the tree and the piece of paper ignited.

"SHIT!" Tayuya thought in a panic as she began to move.

BOOM!

The explosion was instant as a fire started where the kunai was lodged and the surrounding area was burnt and charcoaled.

The Oto kunoichi then came out from the smoke, though she manage to dodge the blunt of the blast, she was still got some damage, if her turn clothing said anything. "That shadow lover! I'm going to kill him when I find him!" Tayuya thought with a pissed off tone and began to played her flute once more.

Meanwhile in the shadows, Shikamaru smirked. "Game start. . .with that being the first move. . ." He thought as he held the rest of his remaining equipment. "Ten more to go. . ." He then added in his head.

Suddenly, a summon creature twitch as it jumped out of the smoke with the soul entity looking for the shadow user.

As Kiba's comrade began his assault, he narrowed his eyes. "Let go Akamaru!" He called out.

THUMP!

However before they could join in a kunai hit in front of the two Inuzuka's. "What the?" Kiba got out as he the saw a small not attach to the kunai. He picked it up and saw that the note had Shikamaru's hand writing so he quickly read it. "Alright, if that's your plan. . ." He got out as he and Akamaru dashed towards the forest.

Tayuya continued to look for the Nara, but found it difficult as he was well hidden. "Dammit! Where the hell is he!? I'll fuckin' rip his balls!" She ranted with anger, however she was so angry that she didn't notice a kunai with a ball attach to it right on top of her.

"That's two. . ." Shikamaru thought at sight of the second kunai was completely hidden by the explosion of the first move.

In another part of the forest, both Inuzuka's hid behind a tree. The Kiba-Akamaru growled with annoyance. "I know. . .but we just have to keep moving. . ." Kiba told his partner.

WOOSH!

Another kunai was suddenly thrown at the kunoichi from the foliage.

"That's three." Shikamaru thought as he kept moving before he threw another kunai. "And here's four." He then added in his head.

WOOSH!

The sound of the incoming kunai instantly caught the kunoichi's attention, so she played her flute to command one of the summons to blocked the two kunais with its huge arms. "There you are!" She thought with anger as she commanded the club using Doki to the direction the kunai had been thrown.

However when the Doki had reached the area, it didn't see any trace of the Nara anywhere, with the exception of a small strand of ninja wire on a tree.

"Here's five." Shikamaru thought as he threw a shuriken to cut another wire that was attach to tree branch, when he cut the wire it released the kunai that held it in place.

The kunai was sent downwards aimed for the kunoichi's head, but said girl easily saw it coming. "Like that's gonna work on me shithead!" Tayuya thought as she change her flute's tone which made the same Doki blocked the kunai at the first.

"Get ready Kiba. . ." Shikamaru said to himself in his mind. "Six, seven, eight, nine!" He then counted in his mind while throwing a kunai with each count.

Each kunai came from multiple directions, but Tayuya simply did the same as before and use her Doki to blocked each and every single kunai with minimal effort.

By this point the kunoichi had a large blood vein on her forehead from blocking the pathetic attacks from the shadow user. "DAMMIT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT! WHERE THE HELL IS THAT FUCKIN' SHADOW LOVER!" Tayuya ranted in her head in annoyance and anger. "I'LL FUCKIN' KILL HIS ASS FOR MOVING AROUND LIKE A RAT!" She then declared in her her mind.

Soon enough, the Nara appeared, landing a few feet in front of the Kunoichi.

"THERE YOU ARE!" Tayuya declared in her mind with fires of anger in her eyes. "YOUR FUCKIN' DEAD!" She mentally roared as she sent all of her Doki's to finally end the Nara once and for all.

Shikamaru smirked as the three huge summon creatures headed his way. "And your way to hot headed." He remarked as he took a very familiar hand sign. "Because you forgot that I'm not alone. Now!" He then shouted.

"Now Akamaru!" Kiba shouted

"ARF ARF!" Akamaru barked out.

Tayuya then turned to see that the two were dangerously close to her. "The hell!?" She got out in confusion.

At that moment, Kiba readied a claw strike at the girl's head. "Take this!" He roared in a feral tone.

"Damn!" Tayuya got out as she instinctively readied her arms, this action manage to block the boy's swipe just in time to prevent his claws from hitting her.

However the Kiba transformed Akamaru suddenly went and ripped the flute right out from the kunoichi's hands.

Tayuya's eyes then widen in shock to what happened. "WHAT!?" She screamed in pure shock, but she was unable to do anything as the Inuzuka sent a kick to her stomach. "OMPH!" She got out as she slide backwards while rectangular black mark started to appear over her skin with a red-orange glow.

WOOSH!

Once Kiba had enough distance from the girl, the Inuzuka then threw a kunai right ontop of them where the second kunai with a ball was located. It sliced the string holding the small ball and fell down.

"What are you-!? OH SHIT!" Tayuya got out as she was too late to do anything when she saw the kanji for light on the ball as it burst into a bright and blinding light that completely covered the area.

The light was so intense that it instantly caused the Doki's large shadows in front of them.

"And that's ten! Shadow Possession Jutsu!" Shikamaru declared as he sent his shadow and split it in three to attach them to the Doki's own shadows.

Tayuya meanwhile had her eyes covered from the blinding light as she realized what happened. "Shit! That bastard's extending the reach of his shadow with the light bomb!" She exclaimed in her head.

Shikamaru then smirked as his Inuzuka teammates landed beside him. "That's my personal preference in shiogi, to always render the king completely defenceless." He declared.

Tayuya in turn struggled to get up as she looked at the three. "But how? How the hell did you know that I would move my Dokis the way I did!? There's no way in hell you could had manage to analised my complex melodies!" She then asked in confusion.

"That's because I didn't even bother to try analysing them," Shikamaru retorted as he lean down on his knees and the Dokis did the same. "I used your fingers." He soon revealed.

"What!? My fingers!?" Tayuya exclaimed in shock to the mere idea of that. "Like hell you could do that! It's impossible!" She then retorted in disbelief and denial.

Kiba twirled the flute a bit before pointing it towards the Oto kunoichi. "Trust me, when it comes to brains and smarts, no one beats this guy." He declared with a large cocky grin on his face with Akamaru barking in agreement.

Shikamaru then narrowed his eyes as he looked at his partner for a moment before turning back towards the girl. "I also carefully studied you too, you don't seem to have any other weapons, so without your flute, you can't control them or fight back even if you wanted." He then declared. "Like I said, it's my preference to leave the king completely defenceless." He then added.

Tayuya in turn grinded teeth with anger not just because of her strategies been found out by just her fingers, but for the sight of her flute in the boy's hands.

"It's over, just give up already." Kiba soon declared with a serious tone, though secretly wish that the kunoichi actually did so that he wouldn't be forced to kill her.

In response to this, Tayuya balled her hands into fist at the situation she was in as her Curse Mark fully cover more of her body. "Dammit. . ." She muttered out as more of her Curse Mark began to expand all over her body. "DAMMIT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!" She roared in her head in complete denial and determined fury.

Both chunin and ninken eyes widen at the sight, infront of them was the kunoichi suddenly had a complete transformation.

The Oto kunoichi's skin then became a dark shade of brown, her eyes gained yellow irises with dark black sclerae, and two black vertical markings appears under her eyes. Tayuya's hair turned a lighter shade of pink as it became longer, growing to her thighs and gained several horns on the top of her head, tearing her headwear to shreds.

"I CAN'T GIVE UP YOU FUCKERS! IF I LOSE I'M GOOD AS DEAD!" Tayuya soon declared as her voice turned slightly demonic before she struggled her hands up. "DISPEL!" She roared.

POOF! POOF! POOF!

Kiba's eyes widen in shock at the very familiar sound. "SHIT!" He swore out as he turned around, hoping he was wrong.

Unfortunately it was as the boy feared, the Dokis instantly vanished from the Nara's hold in puffs of smoke.

Shikamaru nearly fell from the sudden lost of the creatures he had. "Troublesome. . ." He got out, but on the inside he was now raising on the ideas of what he and his comrades should do now.

"AND IF YOU THINK I'M DEFENSELESS, YOU BETTER FUCKIN' THINK TWICE!" Tayuya roared as she then raised her right hand and placed it near her mouth.

The Inuzuka instantly recovered from his initial shock when he heard that declaration as he witnessed the girl's current action. "What the hell is she planning on doing now!?" Kiba muttered with a concerned and confused tone, readying himself for whatever she had planned.

However, before the Nara could even contemplate. . .

CHOMP!

The Konoha chunins and ninken eye's widened in horror at the sight, the Oto kunoichi had bitten down her own fingers hard enough that it looked like she had reached her bones. "IF YOU FUCKS THINK I'M JUST GOING TO KEEL OVER! YOUR DEAD WRONG! I'M SURVIVING NO MATTER WHAT!" Tayuya openly declared in a determined tone while she let the blood flow from her four fingers. "DEMONIC BLOOD SACRIFICE: PHANTOM SOUND CHAINS!" She then declared as she blowed on her bleeding hand.

The Nara's eyes then widen to that. "What!?" He got out as he never thought of the possibility of the enemy doing such an action.

Suddenly, the entire area around the Kunoichi's perimeter was filled with a dreary and demonic melody that could even turned the bravest of shinobi's dreams into horrifying nightmares as it then began to shift and change as if the world itself was melting away.

"What the!?" Kiba exclaimed as he looked at the changing surroundings while Akamaru whined with concern.

Shikamaru also looked at the shifting area as he narrowed his eyes. "This is. . ." He got out.

However before he could say anymore. . .

CHING! CHANG! CHING!

Chains suddenly shot out of nowhere as they wrapped around the arms and legs of the Konoha chunins, ending Akamaru's transformation as he turned back into a puppy while the chains wrap around his small body.

"GAH! What the hell!?" Kiba shouted as he saw his arms bonded by the mysterious chains as he tightly gripped the flute while struggling to break free.

"How troublesome, genjutsu!" Shikamaru exclaimed as he too was trapped by chains. "She used her blood and fingers to make an improvised flute!" He then added.

"She used her own blood!?" Kiba exclaimed with a horrified tone as the binded Akamaru let out a disturbed whine while they continued to struggle.

Tayuya meanwhile winced in pain from what she did as she took in deep breaths as she looked at the two bounded chunins and the puppy while her wounds were already healing thanks to the power of the Curse Mark, but it left a nasty looking scar.

The Oto kunoichi's expression, though in pain from the bite, was much more calmer as she looked at her new scar and growled at it in anger, but it was a nice trade off if it meant finally turning things towards her favor.

"Thinking that my flute was my only weapon was your fatal mistake you fuckin' shadow lover. . ." Tayuya declared in a serious tone as she then looked at the Inuzuka. "I told you. . .there's no way I will die here. . ." She stated in a calm yet serious tone. "Even if it means becoming a monster. . ." She silently added.

The Inuzuka however managed to heard that last bit, soon gaining a more depressed expression on his face as he now realized that he was going to fight seriously to end a person's life when the only reason they were fighting was just so that they were just trying to survive. And it was more depressing that they spent a day together, even with everything that did happen at the time.

"I will live. . ." Tayuya then muttered as she approached the two. "I can't die now. . ." She added in a shaky tone.

Shikamaru's eyes further narrowed as he looked at the kunoichi approaching them. "This is bad. . ." He thought with a small rising panic as he was thinking of how to make a comeback from their current situation.

Kiba on the other hand had a calmer expression on his face. "I'm surprise you would even say that when your working for a monster like Orochimaru. . ." He got out with a serious yet with a hint of sadness in his tone.

The kunoichi suddenly stop her approached when she heard that. ". . .Huh?" Tayuya got out with confuse tone.

The Nara was surprised that his comrades words had actually stopped the kunoichi, but he sure wasn't going to complain. "Way to go Kiba, keep her distracted. . ." Shikamaru thought to himself as he slowly began to extend his shadow up his arm.

KIba's serious expression never left his face as he looked at her while he tightly gripped the flute. "I never thought you wanted to survive that much that you would basically be that pedophile's slaves. . ." He soon admitted.

To hearing that, Tayuya's eyes in turn became full of anger and rage to that as she looked at the boy that declared that. "I'M NOT A SLAVE DAMMIT! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW OF ALL THE HELL I'VE BEEN THROUGH!" She roared in annoyance as she grabbed the boy's jacket and pulled him up towards her face.

". . . I don't." Kiba then admitted in the same serious tone. ". . .But if it's anything like what that bastard Danzō put my home through, then I can relate. . ." He soon added. "Forced to stay in one place, the enemy surrounding you everywhere, the rising paranoia and don't get me started on him massacring innocent people. . .Am I getting close?" He listed off before asking in a dead serious tone.

". . ." Tayuya didn't reply to that as she could only narrow her eyes, while it was true that the way the boy had described it was similar, it still couldn't compare to her own. ". . .You know nothing of what true pain and fear is. . ." She declared in her own dead serious tone as she touched her Curse Mark before balling her hands into fist. "You never will. . .Now give me back my flute. . ." She then concluded in a ordering tone.

Though the Inuzuka felt the full weight of the words that kunoichi had said, he still wasn't going to give up on a fight. ". . .Hell no." Kiba however responded. "Your gonna have to pry it from my cold dead hands. . ." He then declared.

Tayuya's eyes further narrowed in anger to that, she slowly began to raise her fist. "I said. . ." She started as she began channelling chakra on her fist. "GIVE! IT! BACK!" She demanded with fury.

The Inuzuka however shook his head to that. "And I said no. . ." Kiba countered.

The Oto kunoichi had enough dealing with the boy's cockiness and stubbornness, she narrowed her eyes further and grinding her teeth. "Why. . .Why the hell this dumbass being so stubborn!?" She meanwhile thought. "Doesn't he realize that he's going to die!?" She then added as her fist shook in fury.

"What? You're that angry that I won't give back your flute?" Kiba soon dryly taunted with a smirk.

"What the hell is wrong with him!?" Tayuya thought in in utter confusion. "Why. . .? Why is he so calm!? Why is he acting like he cares for me in some way!?" She thought in complete and utter confusion over how the boy was acting, not knowing what to think about it. "AH SCREW THIS!" She roared as she cocked her fist back.

WHAM!

"Omph!" Kiba coughed out as he was struck by a powerful hit to the gut that it pushed all the air in his lungs out.

WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!

The kunoichi soon began to punching in the face of the Inuzuka in anger, confusion and fury. But no matter how many times Tayuya punched the boy, he kept that same smirk, but it didn't show out of the same cockiness, it was something else, something she just couldn't figure out.

The young Inuzuka panted heavily as he slowly raised his head and showed that he had a slight swollen face. "That's the best you got?" Kiba retorted with the same smirk on his face.

Akamaru meanwhile whined in concern as he watched his master getting pummeled as he continued to struggle to break free.

"Why. . .why the hell is he taking the hits like they're nothing!?" Tayuya thought as she kept striking at the boy.

Kiba soon just chuckled as he looked at the kunoichi. "You may look badass like that, but you still hit like a girl." He got out as he spat some blood out. "And I dealt with having Haruno for a teammate. . ." He soon added.

Truth was that even the Inuzuka himself wasn't sure why he was doing this, sure he would always act cocky and over confident, but something inside of him just didn't want to lose face, not out of stubbornness, overconfidence or just for his dog like mentality, it was more so because he just didn't want to look bad in front of the girl.

"Why? I have no idea. . ." Kiba thought to himself with confusion but still had the same cocky tone.

Tayuya meanwhile gained a massive a massive blood vain at hearing those comment. "Oh you little shit!" She roared as she began to another beating.

WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!

The kunoichi herself just didn't understand why the boy was this arrogant when he was about to be killed, but whenever the boy acted like that, it somehow pissed her off. But it wasn't out of anger, rage or hatred for the boy, it was more so out of annoyance than anything else.

However why she felt that way, she herself didn't know and after everything that she went through dealing with everything in Otogakure as well as the likes of Orochimaru, the girl could never understand such a thing and was confused as she was annoyed.

Shikamaru on the other hand had a bored yet slightly annoyed expression on his face as he figured out what was going on, even if the two didn't. "Troublesome. . .that is got to be the most violent lovers quarrels I have even seen. . .and they don't even realize it. . ." He thought to himself as his shadow had finally reached his hand.

Though Akamaru couldn't hear the Nara's thoughts, he too was thinking that same thing as he let out a low yet annoyed whine.

Tayuya began to pant a bit heavier now. "Alright you asshole. . .I had enough of this shit. . ." She declared with a slight winded and annoyed tone as she began to raise her fist.

While the Oto kunoichi was powerful in her own right, she wasn't the best at physical and hand to hand combat as her level two stage only boost her chakra ten times and her healing factor, other than that, she prefered long distance combat.

"Guess I gotta end him now. . ." Tayuya muttered out in a heavy tone, but before she could go and deliver the final punch. . .

"Hehe. . ." Kiba chuckled out while was also panting, only heavier than the kunoichi, but he still had the same cocky smirk. "Well that makes two of us now. . ." He retorted while looked at his teammate. ". . ." He said nothing as as coughed for a moment before turning back to the girl. "And we aren't going down that easily. . ." He then declared with an even wider smirk then before.

At the sudden declaration, the kunoichi stopped her attack. "Huh?" Tayuya got out with confusion as she suddenly felt her body frozen. "WHAT THE HELL!?" She shouted in a baffled tone.

"Like you said. . ." A familiar yet lazy tone declared.

Tayuya's eyes widen in shocked at hearing that, she lower her gaze and was that her body was covered in shadows while one that looked like hands was holding her neck. "W-WHAT!?" She got out in shock.

When the kunoichi looked behind the Inuzuka, she saw that Nara in a kneeling position while making a hand sign. "Shadow Possession and Shadow Strangle Jutsu, success. . ." Shikamaru declared.

"About kami damn time!" Kiba roared with pure annoyance as he spat some more blood out of his mouth. "Was literally being used as a fucking punching bag!" He then added.

The Nara however gave a deadpan expression to that. "And how is that any different than normal?" Shikamaru then remarked.

"OI!" Kiba roared with pure indignation.

Tayuya meanwhile then struggled as she turned her head towards the shadow user. "H-How!? You shouldn't be able to move in my genjutsu!" She declared.

"Trust me. . .it wasn't pleasant. . ." Shikamaru replied as he carefully move his hands to show that he had a broken finger.

This instantly made the kunoichi realized what had happened. "You used your damn shadows to break your one of your fingers to escape the genjutsu!" Tayuya then exclaimed with wide eyes.

"Yup, though I gotta thank Kiba for taking all those hits. It game me the enough time to cast my jutsu." He then admitted.

"Glad to be of help. . ." Kiba complained with an annoyed and sarcastic tone while rolling his eyes.

"S-Shit!" Tayuya got out as she struggled to move as she felt the shadow. "This shadow. . .it feels like a real hand choking me!" She meanwhile thought.

Suddenly the area around them began to distorted once more and it became the forest that they had just fought a few moments ago.

With the world returning to normal, both Kiba and Akamaru were set free from the chains. "Finally!" Kiba shouted with immense relief while his partner barked in equal relief before wincing from the pain.

"D-DAMN IT!" Tayuya forcefully got out as the table had turn and now it was her turn to be immobilized.

"Kiba, knock her off so that was can go on ahead." Shikamaru then ordered.

The Inuzuka narrowed his eyes and nodded. "Right. . ." Kiba replied as he turned towards the immobilized kunoichi. ". . ." He soon said nothing as he looked at the girl.

Tayuya's eyes widened in shock. "NO!" She thought as she desperately yet futilely trying to escape. "I CAN'T LOSE HERE! KIMIMARO WILL KILL ME IF I FAIL!" She then added in her head with a fear filled tone as she continued struggling to move.

"Just. . .stop already. . ." Kiba then muttered in a depressed tone for only her to hear.

The kunoichi however looked at the boy in anger to what he muttered. "LIKE HELL I'LL JUST ROLL OVER AND DIE!" Tayuya roared as she she began to channelled more of the Curse Mark's power.

Unaware of what the girl was doing, the boy could only narrowed his eyes. "Dammit we don't want to kill you. . ." Kiba then whispered more in annoyance. "Jeez Kin was able to defect easily from Oto. . .Why can't you just defect? It's obvious that your miserable. . ." He then added.

Shikamaru meanwhile heard the question from the Inuzuka as he narrowed his eyes. "Oi Kiba. . ." He got out as he held on for his jutsu.

This instantly stopped Tayuya, her eyes became hollow and began to grind her teeth with a lot of pressure. "YOU FUCKIN' THINK ITS THAT EASY!?" She roared with pure unadulterated anger as the air around her began to change, becoming more darker and oppressing.

Kiba however raised an eyebrow to that as he stopped walking towards her. "What?" He got out with a confused tone. "What do you mean?" He then asked.

"YOU REALLY THINK I CAN JUST RUN AWAY FROM A FUCKIN' PEDOPHILIA MONSTER LIKE OROCHIMARU!?" Tayuya roared as she tightened her fist and began to emit even more vile and sinister chakra. "THAT LITTLE SHIT KIN COULD ONLY DO SO BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE THIS FUCKIN' CURSE MARK ON HER! JUST LIKE THE ONE THAT INSANE GREEN HAIRED BITCH HAS! WE CAN'T DISOBEY EVEN IF WE WANTED TOO!" She roared with fury in her voice.

Kiba then looked at the girl as he narrowed his eyes in both anger towards Orochimaru for what he done to others, depression feeling sorry for what the girl would had been forced to live until now and powerless in not being able to help the one in front of him. "Tayuya. . ." He muttered out as he held her flute.

Suddenly, Tayuya slowly began to stand upwards as her appearance began to change once more with her hair began to grow in length and volume, and her horns began to grow and sharpen as well. "DON'T YOU FUCKING TAKE PITY ON ME! I NEVER HAD ANYONE CARE FOR ME BEFORE SO I SURE AS HELL DON'T NEED ANYONE NOW!" She then roared as a large amount of chakra reached her right hand.

Then both chunin an ninken felt the surge of vile chakra emanating from the kunoichi. "Kiba! Knock her out now!" Shikamaru ordered with a slight panic in his tone while Akamaru barked out to his master before getting to his side.

Kiba didn't replied for a few moments as the chakra was so strong that it left him stunned for a few seconds. "Huh!? Right!" He got out after he got over his momentary shock.

Then both Kiba and Akamaru raised their claws with the intent to knock the girl. . .

"DAMMIT! DON'T! YOU! FUCKIN'! UNDERESTIMATE ME!" Tayuya demanded with more fury as her fist suddenly erupted in a bright flash of light.

FLASH!

Then the entire area was covered in a blinding light that forced the Inuzuka and his partner to halt their assault to shield their eyes. "What the!?" Kiba exclaimed in shock and confusion.

However this wasn't just for the sake of halting the two, because of the intense light it, it also dispersed the shadows that held the girl.

The Nara's eyes then widen as he then also used his arms to shield them. "Damn! Watch it Kiba, she's out!" He then called out his warning.

"WHAT!?" Kiba got out in shock, but before he could asked anything else.

WHAM!

"OMPH!" Kiba got out as he felt a fist digging into his stomach then he was sent flying backwards, straight to his partner.

"Troublesome!" Shikamaru got out as he saw the two heading straight towards him. "Omph!" He got out as he too was caught from the collision.

Then the two chunin and ninken were sent rolling on the ground until they crashed into a tree, finally stopping them.

Shikamaru let out a groan as he pushed his comrade off him. "This is just not our day. . ." He complained with the same lazy tone.

Kiba the slowly began to raise his head and looked towards the Nara. "Ya think!?" He got out with an annoyed tone as the puppy let out a whine.

Tayuya meanwhile was panting heavily as she drew back her heated and shivering fist. "I may like to fight with my flute and my summons, but I still have other tricks assholes." She declared "That burning fist isn't my best to kill my opponents, but it's great to have when I'm in a bind and can give a damn good punch. . ." She then added. "That should get the little brat to stop caring. . .I don't. . .need it. . ." She meanwhile thought in a hesitant manner as she looked at the Inuzuka she punched.

The three once more stared each other down as the kunoichi went through very familiar the hand signs again.

"Oh shit. . ." The two boys got out in unison.

"SUMMONING JUTSU!" Tayuya roared.

POOF! POOF! POOF!

In front of them were that same summon creatures that had faced a few moments ago.

The shadow user soon groaned in annoyance at what just happened. "Well back to square one. . ." Shikamaru deadpanned at the sight of the Dokis.

Kiba's eye then twitched as he looked at the Nara. "NOT! NOW!" He roared out in a furious tone before looking once more at the kunoichi. "Dammit. . ." He then muttered as he readied himself once more to fight as he gripped the flute still in his hands.

---

Back at the open field. . .

The former leader of the Sound Five continued to watch the coffin as it continued to leak the dark green and black like miasma.

". . ." Kimimaro said nothing as he stood up and then turned around when he felt three chakra signatures heading towards him. "I will have to kill Tayuya for failing to eliminate these pieces of trash. . ." He soon stated in an emotionless tone.

No sooner the white haired boy said that, three blurs rushed out of the forest into the clearing where they now were looked straight at him.

"Hey you bastard. . ." Satsuki growled out in a slightly feral tone while faint whisker marks had appeared on her face.

Naruto meanwhile was in the same state as his canines were sharper and his own whisker marks had darkened. "Where do you think your going?" He then questioned in the same feral tone.

Lee meanwhile had narrow eyes as he readied himself. ". . ." He said nothing as he looked at the enemy.

Kimimaro meanwhile was unfazed by the appearance of the three Konoha Shinobi as he then looked at the blond and the ravenette. "These two have interesting eyes. . .different from the third." He thought with only the slightest of interest.

"What the hell does Orochimaru want with that psycho!" Satsuki then questioned with a growl.

Kimimaro however just gave off the same emotionless expression. "That's none of your concern. . ." He simply responded.

"Tell us now!" Naruto soon demanded with a growl.

Kimimaro in response to that just readied himself to fight. "No, you are not worthy of being in the presence of Orochimaru-sama property." He responded.

This comment made both Team Seven members growl with anger. "Like we care what that pedophile deems as worthy!" Satsuki declared with anger as her canines grew a little.

"We're taking that traitor back and she's gonna face her crimes!" Naruto followed while his teeth were growing in size as well.

Lee nodded to that in agreement to what was said. "That is correct! Sakura Haruno must face justice for her actions!" He declared.

"Propery. . ." Kurama meanwhile repeated the white haired boy's words. "It looks like that snake has had a hold on the girl for a while. . ." He then added.

The Uchiha in turn narrowed her eyes to hearing that. "All the more reason to capture that brat. . ." She muttered with fury.

Kimimaro in response merely narrowed his eyes as he looked at the three. "That you pieces of trash will not be happening." He countered. "And you will pay for soiling Orochimaru-sama name." He then declared.

"SCREW YOU!" Satsuki roared as she rushed in at the white haired boy. "Naru-kun, rush in!" She mentally ordered.

"On it!" Naruto replied as he charged alongside her fiance to be.

As the two did this, they both drew out their blades and prepared their attacks.

Naruto was the first to reach their opponent and went for a long heavy horizontal swing. "Take this!" He roared.

Kimimaro easily saw the attack coming as he effortlessly dodge the heavy swing by leaning backwards and at the same time delivering a swift kick towards the blond's stomach.

The hit in result pushed Naruto backwards and was forced to skid backwards. "Omph!" He got out as he held his stomach.

Not letting this chance slip, Satsuki channeled her lightning chakra into her blade for a fast thrust at the leaning boy.

However the white haired boy then used his right hand to push himself out of the way with incredible velocity and used his other foot to kick the girl's back.

Just as the Oto Shinobi readjusted himself, Lee suddenly appeared behind the enemy. "Leaf Hurricane!" He declared while readying his kick.

As in slow motion, Kimimaro leaned his body to the side as the kick harmlessly passed his head by just a few inches. Then time returned to normal as the Oto Shinobi used his hand to balance himself upside down and kicked the green clad boy's to his head.

"Gah!" Lee grunted out before he quickly recovered as he shook of the pain and rushed in once more to deliver a flurry of punches.

Not wanting to be left out, both Naruto and Satsuki also recovered and join in the fight, with the blond dealing heavy swings while the girl used quickly lighting slashes.

The result was the same as before, as Kimimaro simply dodge or effortlessly counter the attacks with minimal effort.

"Shit!" What the hell is up with this guy!?" Satsuki mentally exclaimed in annoyance and shock.

"No idea!" Naruto responded via mental link.

". . ." Kurama meanwhile said nothing as he felt the rising malice.

However before anyone could do or say anything else. . .

CRACK!

The sound of a large crack echoed through the open field.

"What the. . ." Lee got out in shock.

"What the hell was that?" Naruto and Satsuki asked in unison.

". . ." Kimimaro didn't said a word as he turned his gaze to the side.

Then all four combatants turned to looked for the source. Which didn't took long to found out that the crack came from the coffin as it had a large crack on its side while more vile miasma leaked out.

"What the hell. . .?" Satsuki got out with wide eyes.

"Wait. . .isn't that where Haruno is right now?" Naruto stated with a confused tone.

Kurama meanwhile growled as he felt the malice rising.

Lee had to cover his mouth as he could feel the foul presence that was leaking out of the coffin. "What is this un-youthful aura. . .?" He muttered in shock.

The Oto Shinobi meanwhile narrowed his eyes as he looked at the cracking coffin. "It appears that the time has come. . .for Orochimaru to gain the final piece he needs for his ambition." Kimimaro thought to himself.

---

Within Naruto's seal. . .

The Kyūbi meanwhile was having his own issues inside of the seal, the room was now getting darker and darker as it glowed a sinister crimson tint. However that was the least of the Bijū's problems as he was feeling an inhuman amount of pain from the miasma like smoke coming from below him.

"Hehehe. . .Well look at that. . .it looks like it was her that caused me to awaken. . ." A dark yet sinister voice declared with an amused tone.

Kurama groaned in pain as he narrowed his eyes from he heard the voice. "This just had to happen. . ." He grumbled.

"Her vile hatred. . .I thought you had forgotten it. . ." The voice soon added.

Kurama then balled his human like paw into a fist. "Another fragment. . .of her. . ." He got out in annoyance.

"Hehehe. . .Though I hate her just as much as you. . .I'd have to be grateful. Thanks to that insane little insect, I finally managed to reach you. . ." The dark voice stated with vile glee.

Suddenly, even more miasma began to erupt at an alarming rate, covering the huge fox instantaneously. "Shit. . .!" Kurama sweared as he continued to fight what was happening to him. "Fuckin' dammit!" He then added while grunting in agony.

"Hehe. . .Soon. . ." The dark voice declared in excitement while licking his lips.

---

Back with the remaining Capture Squad members. . .

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

More and more cracks began to appear as even more misama leaked out and then the seals that were around it were beginning to burn. Then. . .

BOOM!

The coffin then suddenly exploded as dark green smoke blanketed the area.

The remaining Capture Squad members had to cover their eyes from the smoke from hitting their eyes.

"What the hell!?" Naruto shouted in startlement.

"Why the hell did it exploded!?" Satsuki got out with the same tone.

There from within the the green like miasma, a dark silhouette was barely visible as they looked at their sharp claw like hands and had unnaturally moving hair on a slightly larger head, as if it had grown in some unusual way.

Satsuki then narrowed her eyes in anger and confusion as she looked at the figure. "What the-" Was all she could got out, not able to recognize who it was.

Then the strange silhouette slowly began to change as the miasma began to dissipate. Once it was completely gone, there where the coffin used to be was now the green and pink haired traitor, Sakura Haruno.

"Haruno!" Naruto got out in anger while grinding her teeth.

"So she finally broke out of the coffin. . ." Satsuki growled with fury as she readied herself to fight.

"That's right Satsuki, you must kill her. . ." The dark voice whispered in a tempting tone while the Uchiha balled her fist in anger.

The traitor however didn't said a single word as she began to examine her hands before she then slightly turned her head towards the white haired boy with dull and hazy eyes. "I am ready now. . ." Sakura simply declared with an almost emotionless tone as she prepared herself to fight.

"Eh?" Naruto and Satsuki got out in confusion of hearing the girl sounding like that.

Lee meanwhile looked on at the girl as he noticed something. "Naruto-kun, Satsuki-san, is it just me. . .or does Haruno seem. . .different somehow?" He then asked with a confused and worried tone.

Naruto in turn nodded to that. "Yeah. . ." He soon answered.

Satsuki however looked on at the girl that ripped off her friend's arm as more anger was building up within her. "Haruno. . ." She muttered out in rising fury.

"Kill. . .kill the one that caused your suffering. . ." A dark and sinister voice echoed inside of both blond and ravenette's minds.

Though the word itself didn't reach them, the dark temptations of the voice was reaching the two as their eyes turned red and became fox like. "She'll pay. . .she'll pay for what she did. . ." The two Team Seven members thought in perfect unison as they bared their sharp fang like teeth.

Lee meanwhile was too focused on the sudden appearance of the traitor to have taken notice of his comrades changes. "Though it matters not who stands in our way. . .We will put a stop to her. . ." He declared in a serious tone.

Then as one, the three members of the Capture Squad rushed towards the traitor.

Kimimaro however got in front of their path, blocking the trio's path towards their target. "That is not necessary Sakura-sama. . .I will deal with this trash." He simply replied in the emotionless tone.

In response to that reply, Sakura in turn nodded to that as she relaxed herself and looked away from the boy and the rushing Konoha shinobis. "Hai, you wouldn't want to disappoint Orochimaru-sama now." She reminded in the same emotionless tone.

". . .SAMA!?" The Capture Squad members all thought in confused unison as they stopped their charge from hearing that.

"The hell is going on here!?" Satsuki thought in complete confusion. "And is that guy actually obeying Haruno!?" She then added in disbelief.

"No idea!" Naruto mentally admitted in shock to this development.

"It seems our opponent has a high amount of respect from Haruno . .though why I do not know. . ." Lee then stated as he readied himself.

"It matters not. . .she must die. . ." The dark tone declared, though its voice wasn't heard like before, it was starting to become a bit more clearer than before.

Kimimaro meanwhile simply bowed to towards the girl in question. "Of course Sakura-sama." He replied. "I will join you shortly." He then stated in his own emotionless tone.

With that, Sakura simply dashed towards the same direction the white haired boy was originally heading.

"OI!" Naruto and Satsuki shouted at the fact that she simply ran away.

"She just ignored us!" Satsuki mentally got out in anger.

"We must go after her!" Lee declared as he prepared to chase.

Satsuki didn't waste a single moment and charged towards the traitor while she adjusted her blade.

Both Naruto and Lee looked at each other, they narrowed their eyes and then with a nod they both charged as well.

"You think I'd let you?" Kimimaro declared as he positioned himself to attack the female Uchiha, dashing straight at the girl.

Just as Kimimaro was about to attack the retreating Uchiha, two blurs, one of orange and one of green intercepted him and easily dodged the attacks by jumping backwards. However doing so allowed the Uchiha to reach the forest and chase after the green haired girl.

The blond was in his battle stance while holding his blade with both of his hands. "Where do you think your going!?" Naruto asked with a slight feral tone in his voice.

"Your fight is with us!" Lee then declared with determine tone.

"Satsuki-chan! You go on ahead! Me and Bushy Brows will deal with this guy!" Naruto declared as for not one moment did he averted his eyes from the enemy.

Then Lee straighten his right hand to the side while giving a thumbs up. "Yes! Do not worry! We will follow afterwards!" He declared with usual overeagerness in his tone.

The Uchiha in turn nodded to that as she she kept running. "Naru-kun! Lee-kun! Thanks!" Satsuki called out as she disappeared into the darkness of the forest.

Kimimaro meanwhile didn't looked neither bothered or angry at this development as his face still remained the same calm and near emotionless expression. ". . .No matter, that girl has no chance of defeating Sakura-sama. . ." He declared. ". . .Neither will you. . ." He then added as he readied himself once more.

However before he could say anything else, Lee took off his weights and threw them at the white haired boy.

Kimimaro in response effortlessly dodge the weights, but before he could even say a word, his eyes widen as the green wearing boy was right in front of him.

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!" Lee shouted as his foot was aimed straight for the enemy's head.

The white haired boy in turn moved as fast as his body could to bend backwards, this made the green spandex wearing boy to passed harmlessly above him.

However Kimimaro didn't had the time or leisure to stay put as right on top of him was the blond with his huge blade raised above his head.

"BLADE DIVE!" Naruto roared as he lowered his blade and used his a chakra burst to go downwards at triple his normal speeds.

Thinking quickly, Kimimaro used the same momentum of bending backwards and using both of his hands to back flip. This allowed him to narrowly dodge the blow as the blade had reached the area he was standing in.

CRASH!

The sound of both the huge blade and the heavy weight crash to the ground leaving a two huge craters.

Kimimaro then readjusted himself in mid air and landed on his feet. "Pointless. . ." He emotionlessly declared and then saw however it did manage to cut part of his loose clothing. "They're good. . ." He then thought to himself as he had to admit that they had some decent skills and abilities.

Lee then jumped and landed next to the crater that his comrade made. "You do well to not underestimate us!" He declared as he took his battle stance.

As the dust then cleared, Naruto then pulled out his blade from the ground and swung it around a few times and then heft it onto his shoulder. "Let me say this from the start. . ." He began while pointing at the Oto Shinobi with his free hand before balling it into a fist. "I am really pissed off!" He declared with a furious tone and red fox eyes while tightening his hold on the Executioner's Blade.

---

Just a little further ahead. . .

The female Uchiha didn't even bother to look back when she had heard the explosions coming from the clearing and continued to race through the darkening forest.

"Naru-kun and Lee-kun can take care of that weirdo. . ." Satsuki muttered to herself as she had complete faith that they would win as the two can overcome any challenges. Then the Uchiha narrowed her eyes as she looked forward as the forest in front of her got darker. "Haruno however. . .is mine. . ." She then declared in anger while her eyes were a mixture of Sharingan and Bijū.

From the dark corners of the girl's mind, a dark and sinister chuckle echoed with delight and excitement.

Back at the open field, the Konoha and Oto Shinobis were preparing themselves once more to fight as they stared each other down.

Kimimaro simply started back for a few moments before he closed his eyes and used his right hand to unbutton his loose shirt to exposed his left shoulder.

Lee narrowed his eyes at this action. "What is he doing?" He asked his partner.

"How the hell should I know?" Naruto then muttered in confusion.

Crackle!

Suddenly, they heard of a small crack caught the two boys attention back at the enemy as they saw that the white haired shinobi's shoulder began to move irregularly.

Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!

More and more crackling sound continued to be heard as the shoulder continued to move, then. . .

RIP!

"WHAT THE!?" Both Konoha boys shouted as their eyes widen at what they saw.

What shocked them was that the skin of the enemy's left shoulder suddenly ripped apart, it wasn't just the skin, it was also the muscle fibers that also ripped, but what truly shocked and disturbed the two was the fact that the entire bone began to come out of his body.

Kimimaro however didn't look as if it heard as he simply grabbed the bone with his right hand and slowly began to pull it out. "Soon. . ." He began in a calm tone.

"What the hell is this guy!?" Naruto thought with shock and a hint of disgust in his voice.

Then the white haired boy finally pulled out the rest of the bone, but unlike how a bone should normally looked, this bone had the top part looking like a blade as the wound that the bone came from startled to heal at an abnormal speeds, until it was completely healed. "You two shall die." Kimimaro simply declared.

"He's holding his bone like a sword!?" Lee meanwhile thought in confusion as sweat ran down his head from the sight.

As if reading the two startled boy, the white haired boy pointed the sharpened bone at the two. "These are no ordinary bones, these bones are compressed to the maximum density, which means they are as solid as steel." Kimimaro declared.

Naruto however narrowed his eyes to that. "Then we'll just break them like toothpicks!" He declared as he adjusted his huge blade.

Lee meanwhile in agreement to that. "Hai, even if they are as hard as you say, they are still bones!" He then declared.

Kimimaro however was unfazed by the declarations as he looked at the two. "I've have master the five dances, don't assume that you know all of my powers from just looking at them." He stated with a serious tone. "Behold, the Dance of the Camellia." He then declared.

"It doesn't matter, we'll crush you!" Naruto countered as he then looked at his current teammate. "Lee, you hit him low, I'll hit him high." He instructed.

"Hai, understood Naruto-kun!" Lee replied in his own serious tone.

Then as one, both comrades charge at impressive speeds towards the Oto Shinobi. Lee being the faster of the two managed to reach the enemy, he slide low and and gave a spinning kick towards enemy's feet. Seeing this, Kimimaro effortlessly dodge the attack by jumping upwards,

However this was what the blond wanted as he waited for him to jump to give a large and heavy vertical slash at the airborne enemy.

Not even fazed by this attack, Kimimaro span his arm that had his blade and used it to strike the heavy blade, not for the sake of blockly as even if he was on the ground could had never been able to do so, not he used this to hit the blade to cushion the hit and then used it to spun over the blade and then aimed his blade at the blond's skull.

Thinking quickly, Lee readjusted himself and kick off the ground as he then readied a punch and went to deliver an uppercut before the blade could hit his comrade.

Kimimaro saw that if he continued his attack, he would had been hit, so using inhuman flexibility, he spun backwards just in time for Lee's fist to pass him. Then he used his feet to kick the boy and sent him crashing towards the blond.

"Oomph!" Naruto got out as both him and Lee crashed to the ground.

Kimimaro spun a few times and gracefully landed on his feet.

Naruto let out a groan as his comrade got off him. "Damn! This guys is fast!" He complained with an annoyed tone.

"He's just prolonging his own slaughter. . ." The darker and vile voice echoed out.

"Like hell we'll lose!" Naruto thought to himself as his inner thoughts were starting to get more aggressive than before.

Unaware of the inner discussion, Lee pulled his comrade up and then looked back at the enemy as he readied himself once more. "Hai, his speed and movements are very flexible and precise." He soon advised.

This snapped the blond's thought process and calmed down a bit. "Which make my blade a really disadvantage because of it's size and weight. . ." Naruto stated with regret.

Lee in turn nodded to that. "Hai, what we need is speed at this moment." He quietly declared.

Naruto let out a sigh, but nodded to that and looked at his blade. "Yeah. . .Sorry pal, but you'll going to have to sit this one out. . ." He muttered as he got the scroll out and sealed the blade away before putting back into his pouch. "Eh, been awhile since I fought without it." He then admitted to himself.

"Yes. . .rip this one to shreds with your bare hands. . ." The dark voice soon suggested.

This caused the blond to narrow his eyes. "Yeah. . .I guess it will feel better to fight with my bare hands. . ." Naruto got out, unaware that his nails were sharpening into claws.

"Yosh! Fighting in hand to hand combat is my youthful style of fighting!" Lee meanwhile agreed with an approving nod. "Now I get to fight alongside my youthful comrade in hand to hand combat make my flames of youth shine brighter!" He then declared with over exaggerated enthusiasm.

The comment made the blond sweatdropped. "Yeah, sure. . .Let's just deal with this freak ok?" Naruto stated with a deadpan tone.

Kimimaro meanwhile wasn't even slight bothered by this as he readied his bone blade once more. "It doesn't matter how you fight, you will both die soon enough. . ." He declared with a clear underestimating the two young chunins.

"Yosh! Here we go!" Lee shouted with excitement as he and the blond charged once again.

Soon enough, it was the green spandex wearing boy to had reached the enemy first and began to delivered a flurry of punches towards the Oto Shinobi.

However Kimimaro simply dodge every hit with minimal effort and then countered using sword strikes at the young taijutsu specialist, which had to jump backwards in order to get out of the swords attack.

The blond, now that he wasn't burden with his heavy blade anymore, quickly reached the two and join in the fight as his comrade flew above him. Naruto quickly made his signature hand seal and made two shadow clones. Which they attack towards the sides while the real one attack from the front.

Kimimaro dodge the clones attacks and used his blade to dispelled them just in time for the real one to reached him. He then readjusted his blade and delivered a quick thrust forward.

But just as the blade was a feet away from hitting the blond, Naruto lean towards the right just in time to dodge the attack and then went to delivered his own thrust at the white haired boy's chest.

Kimimaro's eyes widen when he saw the blond dodge his attack at such a short range. "He's reaction speed is fast!" He thought with startelement as he readjust his feet and then lean towards the left to narrowly dodge the claw strike.

Just as the Oto Shinobi did this, Lee was already spinning in midair and when to delivered a dropkick.

Thinking fast, Kimimaro suddenly brought his arm up to dull the oncoming strike, however the impact of the kick still had a lot of force to it as it forced to lower his arm from the impact.

However this wasn't the end of the attack as Naruto grabbed the enemies exposed arm and when to delivered a knee strike at his stomach.

But before that impact could be made, a single sharp rib bone suddenly sprang out from Kimimaro's chest.

"Ah!" Naruto shouted as his knee collided to the sharp rib and made a large gash to his knees.

"Naruto-kun!" Lee shouted with startlement as he jumped off the arm.

Naruto didn't waste time doing the same thing and land a few meet away from the enemy.

". . .I must admit that you impressed me with your reflexes. . .you two are much skilled than my former Sound Five subordinates in their natural state." Kimimaro stated in his usual emotionless tone as he the rib returned inside of his body.

Naruto however narrowed his eyes to hearing that. "Keep your stupid praise!" He roared in anger before wincing in pain from his knee wound.

"It will not matter in the end. . .he will die at the end of this battle. . .So long as I am here. . ." The vile voice echoed out.

"Naruto-kun are you alright!?" Lee shouted with concern at seeing the large gashes on his comrade's knee. "Here! I have some bandages!" He then added as he quickly went into his pouch.

"It matter not, with those wounds, he won't be able to fight anymore." Kimimaro declared as readied himself.

"Shut it! Like this will stop me!" Naruto retorted as he turned towards his comrade. "Don't worry Lee! This is nothing!" He declared with a large grin on his face.

Lee stopped searching when he heard that. "But Naruto-kun. . ." He got out as his hand finally grabbed something.

Naruto lowered his injured leg and winced as it placed his foot on the ground. Then the blond closed his eyes and began to channelled Kurama's chakra as it began to heal the injuries.

Both Lee and Kimimaro's eyes widen when the saw the injuries were healing faster than humanly possible.

"How is that possible? Only those with Orochimaru-sama's curse seal can give such powers. . ." Kimimaro thought with hidden startelement.

However had to blond had his eyes open, he would had seen that Kurama's chakra had a dark and more blood color than usual.

"Yes. . .unleash my power. . ." The dark voice meanwhile tempted with a sinister tone.

Lee then looked at his comrade as he witnessed his healing while his other hand was still the object in his pouch. "Naruto-kun, is this. . ." He hesitantly asked.

The dark chakra then faded away as the blond reopen his eyes, though he still had his fox like pupils, he gave his comrade the same grin he always had. "Yeah, but don't' worry, I'm still in control." Naruto replied with a slight feral tone.

Lee let out a sigh of relief at hearing that. "That is good to hear, I was worried for a moment." He replied with a relieved tone as he then remember he was holding something. "Hmm?" He got out as he pulled out the object from his pouch. "This is. . ." He soon muttered, surprised to find what he was holding.

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They say that you can't expect the unexpected, while some say you should. However how can one truly be prepared for it when the times comes one has to face it. . .

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JG (JGResidentEvil)'s A/N: What's going on everyone, JGResidentEvil here with fight2protect with another intense chapter of Uchiha Heiress Remix!

F2P (fight2protect)'s A/N: Yo everyone! Its been a long time! Sorry about that, been busy with our lives. We DO have one you know. XD

JG: Yeah, the real world can completely suck at times, but we still have to live with it. ^^" Anyway, a lot of stuff happened this time around, hell, originally the chapter was gonna be much longer with over one hundred pages!

F2P: Oh yeah. . .But we thought that it would have been too much for just one chapter, so we decided to cut the chapter slightly to sixty-five pages.

JG: And that's still a lot! XD

F2P: What can we say! We just that in loved with our fic! XD

JG: Anyway, about the chapter, like we said, a lot happened, first being the stuff with Ino. ..

F2P: Yeah. . .we now see the girl's condition and as would most would assume. . .it's NOT pretty. . .And if it wasn't for Tsunade's legendary skill in the medical arts, she WOULD had died. . .

JG: Yeesh. . .I had it planned out for a while, but writing it actually happening was not easy. . .

F2P: Yeah. . .It was a real kunai to the heart. . .but what's to come for the girl will be shown after this arc.

JG: Next being the Anko/Tsunade discussing, which was another matter altogether.

F2P: We knew that many would have liked Anko and her team to go with the retrieval team. However we now explain the TRUE reason why they weren't sent.

JG: Yup, F2P's OC being Nina having to stay in the village was just an excuse for the rest of the young shinobis.

F2P: The real reason was that Tsunade was concern that Anko would had gone haywire like when she went after Orochimaru and may had put her team and the rest of the group in danger.

JG: Lastly we would have to talk about the battles.

F2P: Yeah, while it did followed more or let the same direction as canon, trust us, there were a lot of things that WILL affect the later chapters for the arc. :)

JG: And man they were crazy to write, mainly Shikamaru and Kiba. . .fight. ^^"

F2P: Yeah! Those were hell of fun! Though not so much for Kiba. XD

JG: This is mainly for the people that no longer wanted him to be the punching bag. ^^"

F2P: Yeah, it should be shown that they AREN'T pushovers and are really strong and aren't to be taken lightly.

JG: Next was the Chōji and Tenten fight, mainly for the Akimichi's new jutsu.

F2P: Truth being told, it was just a one time thing for this fight, it's just him gaining his timeskip body to gain more strength and fight head on.

JG: Along with the other surprise we have for Chōji, but that's for another time. :3

F2P: Those are going to be hype! XD Also, anyone can guess where we got that clash idea? XD

JG: Next up was Neji and Hinata's fight, man we made so shockers in that fight so far with what happened with Neji and Hinata's reaction to it, she's not holding back this time!

F2P: Now to show just how good Hinata really is! But don't worry, Neji isn't out yet. :D And also, Kidōmaru is gone drunk with the hunt! XD

JG: Lastly, the discussion that Naruto and Satsuki had with Kurama along with their encouragement from Lee before Kimimaro ruined it.

F2P: While it was mostly canon, there was many changes to it that only those that read carefully, you'll be able to pick it up. :) And finally, some of you may had picked up that something is going on with Kurama and all we have to say about it is. . .you'll just have to wait and see! XD

JG: Now then, we actually have something important to discuss with the readers, so no Review Responses like in normal chapters.

F2P: However we do like to mention that we been having a lot of awesome new readers and reviewers they made some awesome reviews that made us rethink a lot off the specific chapter. And that we're looking forward to read the future chapters we make. :)

JG: Anyway, besides that, we've come across a certain. . .problem when we write. Looking back at the remastered chapters even now. . .we saw that basically, we made some errors. ^^"

F2P: In other words, we are in a desperate need of a Beta.

JG: Yeah and after we discussed this, we decided there should be specific rules for anyone here willing to want to Beta read and edit the remastered chapters.

F2P: This was because that last Beta and us. . .well lets just say we didn't had the same vision.

JG: Like him wanting me to make Satsuki have Sasuke personality from canon. -_-"

F2P: But by no mean's we're bashing said person, after all the old Beta did help us a lot and we're thankful for that, but it's just that have our way of doing things that are completely out of the norm.

JG: Seriously, it would have been boring if Satsuki personality was just basically Sasuke's. It's been done already. *Rolls eyes in annoyance*

F2P: I mean we made so many things that you don't see or read in other fics, and that's what most of our readers enjoy of our fic,

JG: Come on, where's the fun of making everything exactly the same? I mean look at this chapter!

F2P: Or any chapter of our fic for that matter. XD So that's why we like to asked one of our readers that they respect our current work if they would like to be our Beta.

JG: That would indeed be appreciated. Besides that, other rules would include the following:

Rule 1: The new Beta must be completely up to date with our fic, that includes remaster chapters.

JG: This is so they can completely know the story so far.

F2P: And so that if you think of more ideas we can add to the fic the better for us, after all we work great when we are provided with new ideas. :)

Rule 2: The new Beta must be completely open minded with our ideas.

F2P: We're not saying that they should completely say YES to everything we say, if you think and idea is bad or should change it, explain why and if we agree we will change it.

JG: Yeah, we're are open to completely new ideas that are out of the norms of what is usually done.

F2P: However that also includes that they can accept ours as well.

Rule 3: The new Beta must have a constructive criticism.

JG: Meaning no harsh reviewing like that one guest reviewer that keeps calling us virgins that should die. Which by the way guest reviewer, we'll just keep deleting those inappropriate reviews you place, so just give it up and just stop reading since you don't like it, though you probably won't listen.

F2P: We're not saying that we won't accept any criticism, after all we have a lot of readers that had actually pointed out many flaws in our fics and as well as telling us why from their point of view. This made us think back on those moments and make us rethink what we did wrong, those are the criticisms we enjoy reading. :D

JG: I really had to get that one out. . .that one guy just keeps leaving them every single chapter. . .

Rule 4: Have a flexible schedule.

F2P: After all we all have things we need to do with our lives, so we understand if you can only work at certain hours or days. :)

JG: Got that right, can't force our own schedule onto others, we would be sending you the chapter to edit and remind you from time to time. We use Google Drive to write the chapters, so any changes made will be able to be seen by us.

Rule 5: Be patient with us.

F2P: After all we like to be very crazy with our fic and may drive someone crazy. XD

JG: Got that right. That will also include. . .adult parts. . . ^^"

F2P: We're not saying that you obligated, by no means will force you, that's just to informed you that we do plan on making them, AFTER the timeskip that is.

JG: That will be when we reveal our much bigger secrets and plans. :3

F2P: Well those are the rules that we will placed for the Beta. :D See? It wasn't be bad or constrictive like Anko's snakes. XD

JG: That just made it sound kinky. . .something Kurama would say. ^^" Another thing is, that when we have the Beta, they will be mentioned in future A/Ns.

F2P: Yup they should also be able to take credit for anything we do! :D

JG: And as such, we must go for now as we await the offers for Betas. Until next time!

F2P: Peace out!