"What- how- why- I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!" Shukaku shrieked.

I ignored him as I summoned my Keyblade again, the black and blue weapon appearing in a flash of Darkness.

Shukaku didn't come with it, so that was good.

"Funnily enough, so do I." I spoke, before teleporting into the air.

A glance downwards showed that everything in a line from where the Juubi was to where I had been was now missing. A perfectly curved trench stretched out from the Juubi, and dug through everything in its path.

There was a mountain with a circular hole in it. The trench continued behind it, and I couldn't really see where it ended.

"For starters, how the fuck did you get in here?"

I had an inkling of the answer already, but...

"THAT FUCKING UCHIHA!" Shukaku suddenly roared again. "AND THAT OTHER ASSHOLE WITH SAME EYES AS FATHER!"

"Nagato?"

"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT HIS NAME!" Shukaku growled again. "He's an insult to Father's legacy!" He continued, slightly less loud, though still roiling with anger. "Father..."

He sounded sad.

Then came another growl, and the momentary sadness in his Heart was swept away in a tide of hatred. "I'M GONNA KILL HIM!"

Only if you get to him first.

A wave of electricity surged through my Armour, crackling and sizzling. Dirt and earth singed black from the energy, but it ultimately achieved nothing to harm me.

Oh yeah, Juubi. Still in the middle of fighting a primordial god.

"Say, you wouldn't happen to know a convenient way of killing the Juubi, would you?"

I doubted it, but hey.

No point in not asking.

It would take quite a bit of time for any team he sent to arrive at the border. That was time the Akatsuki could use to run away or hide; hence, any teams he sent would have to be able to track them.

At the same time, this was a pair of S-Class ninja, and thus he would also have to make sure they were equipped to handle them.

Teams Kurenai and Gai were a good combination in that way. Lee, despite the fact that he was only a Chuunin, was an effective combatant, and had the raw power to augment Gai. Tenten, who specialized in ranged weaponry, covered the deficiency of Team Gai. Hinata and Neji were both Hyuuga, and both quite talented in wielding their dojutsu. The Byakugan would allow them a considerable benefit when it came to searching, while Hinata's other teammates both possessed abilities that would allow them track down the Akatsuki if they had moved.

As an Inuzuka, Kiba, and his ninken Akamaru, would easily be able to follow any scents, while Shino would be able to monitor a significantly large area with ease, thanks to the Aburame Kikaichu. Gai and Kurenai were both very effective in battle: the former because of both his incredible skill, and the raw strength and speed he could bring to bear; and the latter because her talent with genjutsu was nothing short of amazing.

It was a very dangerous combination, one which even Hiruzen would have been hard pressed to defeat. Coupled with the skills of the younger members of the team, and it would prove a difficult fight for the two Akatsuki.

Admittedly, there was a risk in sending a main-branch Hyuuga to the Kumo border, but he judged the situation worthy of it.

"You understand your mission, then?" He asked.

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Gai and Kurenai spoke.

"You leave in two hours. Dismissed."

Good luck, he left unsaid.

"Have you tried hitting it?" He offered.

"What stunning insight. I never even considered hitting it. Never. Not once. In this entire battle where I've been trying to kill it." I paused. "Got any more helpful suggestions Shukaku, or do I have to be even more sarcastic?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just a little bit FUCKING CONFUSED!" Shukaku shouted. "FUCKING SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE SHIT IS GOING ON HERE?! THE JUUBI SHOULDN'T BE HERE! FATHER SPLIT THAT THING UP!"

I swung my Keyblade to the side, parrying an orb of Chakra.

A mountain exploded, but that was practically routine at this point.

"And yet, here it is."

The Proof of Courage came around, blazing with purple fire.

"AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE!" Shukaku roared. A few seconds passed in sweet, sweet silence, before he spoke up again. "Father created us from its Chakra. Reviving it would require our Chakra."

The flames burst forwards, a wave of malevolent fire heading straight towards the Juubi.

It spat another orb of Chakra out, this one containing much less power than any previous, but still enough to wipe the flames from existence when it detonated.

"It is... rather weak." I offered.

Orbs of Darkness pulsed into existence around me, before shooting off at the Juubi.

It screeched as they hit, exploding into fire and lighting and ice.

"It shouldn't be anything." Shukaku growled.

Pulse.

What the-

"Matatabi?"

Bubbling red Chakra exploded out of the ground.

I looked at it.

No Heart and Soul?

"Just her Chakra?"

The Juubi leapt at the cloud of Chakra, ethereal chains rushing out of its mouth.

Oh no you don't.

I teleported to the mass of Chakra, touching it with my Keyblade.

A moment later, it vanished, safely hidden away with Shukaku.

The chains hit me in the chest, knocking me away- but it was already too late.

I'm not letting you get any stronger.

"Where's the rest of Matatabi?"

"Her host must have been attacked." That was the only way that the Chakra could have been taken. But the fact that it wasn't all of the Chakra implied that Yugito had managed to pull a fast one on the Akatsuki.

Excellent.

Fucking over Akatsuki's plans for the win.

If she's still alive after all this is over, I'll get her some pastries or something.

Still...

That was really fast. Shukaku hadn't been here all that long, and they had already at least partially managed to get the second Bijuu. Sure, Shukaku didn't have a Jinchuuriki, and he would have thus been vulnerable to fucking Obito, but...

Isobu.

Fuck.

Isobu didn't have a Jinchuuriki at the moment.

Fuck.

I really need to kill this thing.