Naruto needed one complete day to assimilate all the information the clone provided him. He was not surprised that Jiraiya had mostly lazed around. While the perverted Sannin would not stop encouraging him to do his training alone or sometimes even help him find tutors he was still not the most motivated teacher.
Most of the time he was researching or dealing with his spy network. Now both were back together and on their way to the fire temple. Jiraiya had the idea that it could help Naruto learn meditation from the monks, also Tsunade had reached out to her old teammate and notified them about a request regarding a person named Sora. It looked like this Sora Person was near the Kyuubi as his Chakra ran wild.
"Jiraiya, what do you mean that this Sora has a part of Kyuubis Chakra?"
The blonde asked as both ninjas traveled from their last location in the direction of the fire temple. Naruto had his Shinobi Gear back on with his headband.
The white-haired Sannin looked at his Apprentice, just yesterday they trained some Taijutsu and summoned the toads for some more familiarization in fighting with them.
"You see Naruto, when the Kyuubi attacked Konoha…"
"You mean as he was forced to attack Konoha.." The blonde interrupted with force for Jiraiya to quickly raise his hands in surrender.
"Yeah… when the Kyuubi was forced to attack Konoha he unleashed many chakra-based attacks. Infants are more susceptible to outside chakra when their network is unstable or not established. While the absorption of Biju chakra can be corrosive for some, others can adapt. So while the most rejected the residual chakra this Sora must have absorbed some of it. Enough for him to go feral sometimes. As an orphan and civilian, he was given to the temple so they could look after him."
"Wait, when he has absorbed some of Kyuubis chakra why was he not sealed like me?" Naruto looked at Jiraiya as they moved along the street.
"Good question Naruto. But one that is easy to answer. While Sensei is a practitioner of the sealing arts, he was never as good as me or the Yondaime. Nobody was around to create a seal to deal with this kind of chakra absorption. I had to deal with our borders and all that." Jiraiya answered as they rounded a corner. There it stood the Fire temple.
The Fire Temple stood tall and proud atop a secluded hill, nestled within the lush forests of the Land of Fire. Its imposing structure loomed over the dense foliage below, casting an ominous shadow that seemed to dance with the flames that flickered from within its walls. The temple was built from intricately carved red sandstone, which glowed fiercely in the light of day and gave it an almost alive appearance.
The surrounding area was dotted with tall, slender trees that stretched towards the sky like spears, their leaves rustling softly in the gentle breeze. The ground beneath them was a patchwork quilt of moss-covered rocks and rich, emerald-green grass, which seemed to absorb the heat from the nearby temple.
As one approached the temple, they would be met with a series of stone statues depicting various legendary ninjas who had come before them. These figures stood guard over the entrance, their eyes seemingly following every movement made by those who dared to tread upon their hallowed ground. The path leading up to the temple was lined with strategically placed torches, casting flickering light on the surrounding foliage and creating an eerie atmosphere that seemed to wrap itself around visitors like a cloak.
The main entrance of the Fire Temple was an archway made from black iron, intricately engraved with swirling flames and other mystical symbols. The doors themselves were heavy and imposing, adorned with more carvings of fire and shuriken, or throwing stars.
The doors could be seen as open even from the distance as Jiraiya looked at Naruto waiting for his answer.
"Then I will have to look into that matter and seal or extract that chakra from that Sora person. I mean first of all the chakra belongs to my buddy here" he patted his stomach at the place of the seal.
"Also, I can't think, that his life was much better than mine even if he was with the monks?" he ended with a questioning glance before he stopped as he stood still looking at the temple with awe. While it did not have the same natural beauty as the temple in the land of iron it had the same serene and peaceful feeling to him.
Jiraiya nodded. "That is possible, the monks are a very disciplined bunch of people and I can't think, that the Kyyubis chakra will help someone stay calm and all that."
Naruto looked at Jiraiya and smiled. "I will try to help him Sensei."
Using his trademarked foxy-like grin, Jiraiya just ruffled his hair and both entered the temple shortly after. Jiraiya spoke with the head of the monks. Chiriku was a former guardian of the daimyo and with around 30 million ryu bounty outside of Hi no Kuni a highly respected individual in the land of fire. Jiraiya explained their presence and that he would have to take up another mission for Tsunade and would like if they could look after his apprentice for a time. Without much of a hassle, the head of the monastery agreed.
"Young Naruto is welcome to join the meditation and Taijutsu training. I am afraid, as he is not about to join us ninja monks, he will not be allowed to be trained in the welcoming approach."
Chiriku spoke without much emotion in his voice.
Naruto looked at Jiraiya with a questioning gaze as the Sannin nodded. "I think that won't be a problem. Naruto, if anything happens use one of the toads alright?" Getting a positive answer from the blonde the Sannin vanished in a Shunshin. Following the monk, Naruto was shown his quarters for his stay as the most important places of interest. the mess hall, the garden where the meditations would take place, or the wide floor under the sun where the Taijutsu practices would take place. In the first week, the young blonde did not have much time to interact with Sora as he was trying to adapt to the strict ways the monks lived their lives. The meditations did wonders for his Sensing and Senjutsu practices. Not that he would be able to enter the fabled Sage mode the phoenix elder told him about, but he could sense the chakra of the nature around him.
Finally, in the second week, Naruto was able to corner Sora. Standing in front of the boy he has straight shoulder-length, dull blueish-grey hair in an asymmetrical style with a single lock of hair falling into his face, and brown-colored eyes. He wears sandals and the standard monk uniform with a long right sleeve.
"You are Sora, right? My name is Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto opened the discussion.
"That is correct information Uzumaki-San." the other boy answered trying to imitate the typical monk style of speaking.
Naruto blinked for a moment before he shook his head. "Well, I heard you have a problem with a certain type of chakra?" He tried it with a foxy-like smile.
Something that did not sit well with the other boy as he lashed out with his voice. "That does not concern you Shinobi!" Naruto looked like he had hit him and put his hands forward.
"Calm down will ya? I think I can help you with that as I am the current Jinchurikii and could reclaim that Chakra making you perfectly normal again"
Again not what he should have said as the look of Sora changed from annoyed to angry. In the next moment, the boy attacked. Naruto could barely dodge as he was not even prepared for that from a monk.
"You are the reason that my father is dead and I had to live my life here and not in Konoha!"
Reaching out with his left hand a Claw made of Chakra rushed at Naruto only to get blocked by two crossed Chakra Chains.
"I said calm down." Naruto's voice and demeanor had changed from his relaxed state as he had entered his combat stance. While his sword was sealed on his person two golden chains had materialized out of his back. "I am not your enemy!"
Sora was not listening as his features changed and he charged again like a bull that had seen red. Building up a red chakra cloak and getting some demonic features on his face. Naruto and Kurama had no trouble recognizing that cloak.
Naruto could even sense the chakra resonating with his own. Without even hand seals four clones appeared and seconds later a crimson-like barrier appeared that would reduce the damage to the inside of the barrier.
The Chakra fist of Sora was stopped by an open Hand Naruto made who grabbed him to throw him into one of the walls of the barrier only for the wall to let Sora rebound off it.
The whole ordeal had called the monks to the fight as one of them called for Chiriku the others tried to intervene only to blink as they could not breach the barrier.
Only using feral noises Naruto could see the demonic and mutated-looking arm of Sora. "So it is more than the Chakra. Whoever did that, wanted to clone you" he thought to get an answer from Kurama shortly after
"Again disturbing what you humans do to each other. If we extract my Chakra with your technique it should also reset his arm. But it could also destroy his chakra network in the arm. You would need to use your other Technique to heal that."
As he dodged another of Sora's attacks Naruto unleashed a flock of chains to catch him. Wrapping around his arms and legs. The blonde shinobi held a half ram as the tips of the chains changed to the dragon heads and bit down. slowly the red chakra traveled along the chains and was absorbed by Naruto who was building out a chakra tail.
As he started to build out one tail Sora began to scream.
Releasing the half ram sign the Chains changed back and only held him down.
"Damn, it will hurt him if I do it like this. Something in him holds onto your chakra like a burdock" Naruto thought.
"I saw that thank you Naruto. You have to draw a seal up on the fly. That will slowly collect the Chakra in his body and center it somewhere." The Kyuubi rumbled back quickly analyzing the situation.
Naruto groaned as Sora began to move into a two-tailed state and strained the chakra chains. A Clone materialized beside him and unsealed an empty scroll brush and ink from the main body. The clone furiously started to scribble down Fuinformula on it. Naruto also moved into a second tail cloak as his chains began to glow in a deep crimson while Sora struggled to get free.
"Damn Sora, come back to your senses."
On the outside of the barrier, Chiriku observed with a concerned face. The monk knew that Sora would not break out of that easily when he reached two tails worth of chakra. Raising his voice. "Naruto-San, he won't break out of it on his own!"
Somehow Chiriku's call distracted Naruto long enough for Sora to break through the loosened chains and with a stretched-out chakra claw he slashed at the blonde ninja.
Keeping the stationary clone in mind that was about to hopefully finish the seal, Naruto took the claw strike head-on. The claw was about to pierce his red chakra cloak but with a grinding sound, it was finally blocked by it. Again Chains erupted but this time they would not need to hold him long as the clone kneeling beside Naruto expanded the scroll rushing through handseals.
"Uzumaki Sealing Arts: Four-Pointed-Demonic Sealing"
Kanji expanded from the Scroll and latched onto Sora's demonic Arm. Sora began to scream as the Kanji spread and it looked like the Chakra was drawn into the seal as the Clone held a Ram seal, concentrating, while Naruto held the other boy with his chains. The monks on the outside looked with intrigued looks as the screaming had stopped. An unconscious Sora in Naruto's arms. The Clone dispersed and with them the barrier.
"Naruto-San?" Chiriku asked as Naruto gave one of the monks Sora's resting body, which still showed signs of using Kyuubi's chakra.
"The seal will slowly cleanse his body and generate something like a chakra battery of biju chakra in his arm. After enough time, when nothing of the demonic things are left on his person send for me and I will reclaim this chakra." the blonde spoke before he vanished in a gust of wind. Not to be seen for nearly two days. Rejoining the monks at the usual evening meditations.
The days were flowing after that. Sora evaded Naruto except for when they were eating together in the mess hall. Those meals were in complete silence which means since their battle the two boys had not exchanged one word. The Seal on Sora was working wonders and with each day the corruption on his body was slowly receding. not that he would thank Naruto.
No, he glared at him. When they were paired for a spar it would end viciously. Most of the time Chiriku would intervene and give both of them some extra work to do and sort them new partners. Naruto first was a bit miffed about Sora's behavior but talking with Kurama and meditating helped tremendously to come to terms with, that the boy was as he was.
One week later two people with black cloaks and red clouds stood before the temple doors. One of them carried a big Scythe and was looking at his partner with a gleeful smile.
"You know how many sacrifices are waiting inside this temple. I know we want the bounty of this old monk but my god and savior will bless us when we sacrifice many souls."
At the same time, Somewhere in Water Country
Itachi was jumping through some trees before he entered the open field and ran over the water to find a waterfall. Ignoring the Water and the Genjutsu which would show everyone a solid wall he entered their little hideout. Shisui was grilling some fish as Itachi joined his side. Looking up he gave him a smile.
"A look who is coming back to lil' ol' me. Come sit at the fire and give me the story." Using his signature jubilous tone. Itachi ever the former Anbu Captain ignored him for nearly a minute unsealing a scroll and giving it to a summoned raven.
Now looking at his brother-in-arms he used his usual monotonous voice. "I hope you have done your patrol before you lit that fire."
Shisui scowled and nodded. "Oh yeah, my joyous brother. Now give me the news already."
Itachi sighed and sat down. "I can't break it. While it was easy to dodge the Hunters and Anbu and even take a look at Yagura, I found no way to break him out of the Genjutsu."
Shisui did not look stunned to a person that did not know his tells that is. Itachi could see the small tick he had though. Gone was his jokester attitude before he answered. "You know what that means? Hatsumi gave clear orders after consulting Naruto."
"That she did, scout if he could be saved and if not free the Biju so the rebels can take over Kiri and end the bloodshed here," Itachi answered without a hint of emotion. "I know that Shisui. What do you think I reported back just at this very moment? It is just that fighting a perfect Jinchurikii even with two eternal mangekyou sharingan wielders will not be easy. With the amount of chakra Yagura has he will outlast us both."
Shisui looked hurt "Come on Tachi! You wound me. We both trained so hard, our Susanoos are literally perfect? He won't even give us a scratch. He won't be a match for us "
Itachi sighed. "We can't use Uchiha-specific abilities remember? Someother person in Akatsuki beside me is obviously a natural wielder of the Sharingan. If he or she could put a perfect Jinchuriki in a Genjutsu like that, I would blow my cover with Akatsuki if I used Susanno or Amaterasu. We still are only given the occasional mission to collect a bounty or something. But If I unleash the might of the Uchiha at Yagura they will notice."
Shisui nodded slowly, deep in thought he wordlessly handed him a fish on a stick while taking one for himself. "So… If we are not able to use your Sharingan abilities or…"
"... or you, your signature Shunshin?" Itachi added only for Shisui to take over again
"or me my Shunshin, we have to fight without our best weapons?!" One of the fastest shinobi alive ended with an exasperated look on his face.
"Correct. So I think Yagura will give us a good fight don't you think so?" Itachi looked at Shisui ending with the slightest of smirks at the end. Shisui was shocked that Itachi somehow managed to maneuver him into that position, he took a joke at his expense. Itachi, making a joke.
While Shisui gave his best impression of a gaping fish back in fire country the closed door to the fire temple broke open with a massive gust of wind. Two men stood under the massive doorframe opposing Chiriku and Sora who were talking at the moment.
Naruto appeared in a wind shunshin.
"Ohh look Kakuzu. More sacrifices", the individual speaking had a unique appearance that stood out amongst those around him. His hair was of a medium-length and slicked back, with strands of grey blended into its depths. His eyes were an unmistakable shade of purple, adding to the overall mystique he seemed to exude.
He seemed to maintain a no-shirt policy but donned The Akatsuki cloak. This garment was left slightly open at times, revealing his neck adornments such as an abandoned forehead protector from Yugakure and a Jashin amulet. The former bore evidence of severed ties by displaying a slash across its village symbol.
He also carried a Triple-Bladed Scythe which rested upon his back.
Most notable about him was that a part of his left ear was missing and the stitches on his neck.
"Shut up and concentrate Hidan, it looks like we have more Opponents than planned."
Kakuzu's imposing figure stood out in any crowd; his towering height and well-muscled physique made him a sight to behold. His skin had an olive tint, contrasting sharply with the stark white stitches that crisscrossed his chest and abdomen. The green irides of his eyes seemed to glow in the dim light, further enhancing the otherworldly aura that surrounded him.
As his Partner he wore no Shirt under his cloak only dark-green pants clung to his legs like a second skin while black sandals completed the ensemble. A black-colored mask covered most of his lower face, leaving only his piercing red eyes visible behind the slits.
The various stitches across Kakuzu's body were not just for aesthetic purposes but rather served as testament to his unique abilities - a technique known as Earth Grudge Fear which allowed him to absorb and manipulate life forces from others at will. This macabre ability only added to the air of mystery that surrounded this enigmatic figure, making him both feared and respected by those who crossed paths with him in this unforgiving world.
Chirku paled for a second before he looked up. "You are here for me aren't you?"
Getting only a nod from Kakakuzu who had to physically hold Hidan back screaming something about sacrifices and how great Janshin was. The head of the monks wanted to say something but was cut off by Naruto.
"Hey Scythe guy, do you think you can escape the Shinigami?" Standing with his blade in hand Naruto was focused and already a pair of clones had joined him to unseal the analytic scroll.
Hidan looked at the intense stare of the blond and seconds later burst out laughing. "Oh thats great. my god, Janshin is much more superior to the Shinigami, Cause of that I can't die as long I sacrifice to my god." Standing in a mock prayer pose, Kakuzu had to facepalm as Naruto shifted his blade and unleashed his training restriction seals.
"Nobody. Will escape the Shinigami." the blonde stated coldly. "Chiriku I take Scythe guy."
Closing his eyes and opening them just a second later showed the deep crimson and black spiral pattern of his eternal Mangekyou.
"Kurama, I will need some of your chakra in this fight if my predictions come true" the blonde thought. The fox inside of him humphed and blew out some air and gave him a mental nod. At the same time, Naruto dodged a swing of the Sycthe.
"We will see Sun boy." Hidan cackled before he began to wildly swing at the boy. with his Sycthe. Swing on swing followed. Naruto dodged to the right with a quick turn of his body. Flexing his muscles and filling them up with chakra instinctively, the blonde attacked Hidan with his blade, but even with the mirror images of the blade, Hidan kept up with dodging and blocking. The height difference, reach, and experience were telling. Naruto, while faster and with his eyes, clones, and the abilities of his sword would easily have beaten Hidan if not for the the fact that his arms and legs were not as long as those of his opponent. S-Rank-Nuke-Nin would use that slight difference just to rub it in your face by showing you.
While Naruto and Hidan were engaged Sora and Chiriku took Kakauzu on. The person who had fought the Shodai Hokage and lived was countering the two Welcoming Approaches of the monks with a bit of difficulty but managed without problem to sneak some attacks of his own in. Through sheer luck or because Hidan was overconfident he had lost on arm to Naruto's blade. Which happened to lead to the two Akatsuki members to rejoin and battle a bit more coordinated after the three defenders of the temple witnessed the uncomfortable sight of Hidan getting his arm stitched back at his shoulder.
"So you are immortal than?" Chiriku asked with a merely raised brow. While Hidan began rambling about the almighty Janshin, the seal on Sora acted up and some of the Chakra leaked out.
Kakauzu smiled. "Ahh the pseudo Jinchuriki. even better we will take him too, and yes we are imm…" He had to jump back as a Kunai embedded itself where he was a second before. Looking at Naruto Kakuzu missed a specific detail as he began taunting. "... we already know about you nine tails. You will get yours soon enough. Maybe even today!"
"Oh really…" Naruto vanished in a golden flash and Kakuzu felt a piercing sensation as his water mask was impaled. Looking down and then over his shoulder to Naruto. His voice was strained. "I hope you have a watter affinity to replace that heart." The next moment thousand of strands of Kakauzus Jutsu expanded rapidly imapling Naruto's right shoulder.
"Arghh." The blonde disappeared in a puff of smoke. Reappereaing beside the other two with a still bleeding shoulder. "We may have a problem guys" the blonde looked at Kakauzu that unleashed all of his remaining mask, ass one tendrill of his had snatched bystanding monk and before either of them could react sucked him dry of chakra and another fire mask joined the fray.
Naruto and Sora looked scared for a moment before Sora's emotions took over and he unleashed a charka claw at Kakakuz that was blocked by Hidan's Sycthe.
"Why, did you steal my sacrifices" The Janshinist called out before he had to doge an ethereal hand from an angry-looking red chakra construct that was behind Chiriku. The battle inflamed anew. Naruto and his clones were facing Hidan again but this time had to dodge the occasional Jutsu from Kakakuzus masks. The natural speed was on a completely different level than Naruto had ever been able to do without chakra enhancing his muscles.
One of Naruto's clones was busy trying to handle the tendril of Kakuzus clones with the Uzumaki sealing chains. Thanks to the strong Doton affinity of Kakuzu Naruto was not able to overpower him just somehow matching the tendril strikes.
Turning midflight Naruto rushed through some hand seals as a blazing Inferno shot at him.
"Ice Style: Chilling Breeze" The icy wind stopped the flames dead center and while the colder winds were able to overcome the weakness of Fuuton against Katon it was not as effective as a Suiton Jutsu. Mist filled the battlefield and for a moment nobody could see a thing before the Fuuton mask and one Naruto clone used a minor Fuuton Jutsu to clear the mist.
Just quick enough for Naruto to flash to one of his special Kunai to evade Hidans strike. Only to get slapped in the stomach by a tendril from Kakuzu. Sora was exhausted and laid there protected only by Naruto clones. Chiriku and Naruto constantly had to dodge those tendrils while also evading Hidan who began to focus his attacks at Chiriku. So Naruto had always to run interference.
Counters and parries, metallic clangs as Naruto tried to umpteenth time to seal the Scythe away but somehow the weapon was connected to Hidan and could not be sealed. Again Naruto deflected the Strike with his Blade using one of the mirror blades to attack only to be stopped by a tendrill. It was like a very crazy dance of violence that the four of them danced.
The only problem, Chiriku was slowly getting tired. Each time Naruto or he himself would usually strike critical Hidan would take the hit if able. While Naruto was getting fed some of Kuramas chakra, Chiriku could not refill his reserves and was slowly tiring out.
Stopping another Slice barely before it could do more than rip through his clothes Naruto tried to push against the bigger opponent as he saw the Fuuton mask sneaking up on Chiriku. While the monk fought against the remaining Katon mask and Kakuzu himself even if Naruto couldwarn him, the monk could not defend himself against two strong attacks from different directions effective enough.
The Spirals in his eyes ped up as the time seemed to slow down using the Hiraishin Naruto flashed to the mark on the monk's back. Witnessing as the Fuuton mask launched the wind blade in the very same second. "That will hurt" was the thought of Naruto before everything exploded and a big dust could engulfed the fighters.
Back in Kiri
Shisui sat alone at their campfire sharpening his Tanto with a whetstone. Itachi met up with Kisame and would later give the rebels a heads up. That had strategized for nearly the whole night. Without their special or signatures, they would have a hard time to finish the job. After some thinking,Itachi came up with the idea to weaken Yagura so the rebels could finish the job with not so much losses than if they would not weaken the strongest of the opposing forces. While they had to use some encouraging Genjutsu they managed to get their point across.
Shisui looked at the crescent moon thinking about his life. How he talked with Tayuya back in Uzushio. It was peaceful there and to be honest. Shisui was tired of fighting. Undercover missions and everything. Naruto had his heart at the right place and he hoped his plan would bear fruit. I
tachi and he had to be child soldiers like so many others. So many others died fighting, killing and in some cases seducing even from a young age only to please a client. Because negotiations failed, lives had to be taken. Due to the greed of others wars have to be fought. And lastly, families killed each other over a different point of view.
Shisui swiped his blade through the grass and noticed that it was on the pinnacle of sharpness and sighed. Again he would have to kill just in the hopes of saving lives. He stood up and looked in the direction of the meeting point with Itachi would be. Kicking off a small dust cloud using his natural speed only he was off.
The sound of sliced flesh and flying blood was louder than expected after that explosion. \
As the cloud had settled itself Naruto panted and Chiriku looked behind him. As he was currently engulfed in orange Chakra as a bony avatar had its skeleton protectively around the kneeling Naruto and himself. Naruto suffered a diagonal cut from the wind blade that would have cut him down. Drops of blood dripped into the earth as another explosion rocketed the orange ribcage only for them to get pushed back but nothing more happened. Hidan jumped forward and used the time to wing at Naruto to get blocked by another orange Charka arm, that was getting muscular and hid his bones.
As Naruto and Chiriku had been pushed back a little Naruto's blood on the ground was outside of the chakra construct. Tipping his Sycte into it he licked a drop off and smiled manically looking at Naruto.
"You may have saved him but I got you now!"
Drawing the Janshin symbol on the ground he rushed through hand seals, his body changed color to black with white markings. Laying down his scythe and using a spear like one handed object to pierce his arm he looked as Naruto was shocked as he felt that injury on his body. "And now you die Jinchuriki!"
"Naruto!" Chiriku called out and wanted to help the boy but was interrupted as Kakuzu blocked him. Naruto looked at his arm which still had a death like grip on his blade and moved forward towards Hidan. The orange chakra avatar never wavered or flickered and moved with him. A one handed battle fan appeared in its left hand while like Naruto in its right hand a wicked Katana made out of chakra appeared as muscle cells slowly enveloped the bones.
"I love it when they have some fight in them lets see what you can do after that" Piercing his right tigh. Naruto did not scream as the blood red puncture soaked through his pants. The only thing Hidan could see as the boy still was slowly walking towards him was that he clenched his teeth. Slowly he opened his mouth.
"You can't move out of that circle can you," Naruto said. still slowly moving forward. Even after Hidan used his weapon to pierce this and Naruto's right lung. Spitting out blood the blonde walked forward. Speaking over Hidans hysterical screams to stand down and die already, while his partner remembered he could not kill Naruto or their leader would get very angry at them.
"You both have lost. Hidan. Kakuzu."
"Lost. Boy look at you, you are this close to bleeding to death." Hidan and he had to spat out blood too. While he could not day he experienced everything he would deal to his sacrifices. "You can't kill us. That monk is this close to getting killed by my partner and I have you bound to my ritual to praise my god."
Naruto never blinked as he moved even closer. "Hidan of Yugakure, you tried to cheat the Shinigami. But the Shinigami is not to be cheated." whispered his sword caught a white flame.
While that gave both Akatsuki members pause as Kakuzu had Chirku pinned down with tendrils Hidan began to laugh.
"That's rich let's see if I can't cheat him a while longer. You won't need your heart for any longer" He drew his weapon back and drew an arc aiming for his heart only too pause as something stopped his arm from moving. The air rippled as the Akatsuki member recognized the sign of a Genjutsu.
A single chain held onto his arm and would not let him move. Looking at the blonde he blinked as he was blinded by the white flame mixed with a yellow flash. Many things happened at the same time. The chakra avatar took a swing at Kakuzua, who had to dodge and let Chiriku stand up.
The avatar disappeared as Naruto appeared behind Hidan. A slash appeared at Hidans stomach and both sides started to burn with white flames
"Step of the Thundergod, Shinigami no Ken" Naruto whispered but clearly to be heard as he sheathed his blade. Hidan wanted to laugh but looked to his feet as he was standing outside of the ritual circle. Then came the pain. Like a mountain, he was hit head on by it. Followed by a strange feeling. A pull, a crushing darkness that engulfed him before life left the purple eyes he could see the shocked face of his partner.
The last sight that Hidan saw while he was in excruciating pain was a going off smoke bomb that engulfed Kakuzu who was for once shocked to silence seeing his immortal partner die.
Chiriku and the monks around them also looked shocked. The more advanced of them could feel the presence of something far greater than them in the moment the white flames had started to consume Hidan. A cold, judging, and unforgiving presence.
The smoke bomb got off before anyone could recognize a Nartuo clone appearing in a yellow flash. A dull thud later Kakuzu flew out of the smoke spinning as a blue sphere crashed him into the wall.
Standing there and looking battle ready Jiraiya of the Sannin who was joined by Shima and Fukasaku on his shoulders with his imperfect sage mode. Scanning the battlefield the white haired Sannin saw the damage to the temple. Chiriku lay on his back gasping for breath. Naruto bleeding from several wounds on one knee who smiled at him. His blue eyes looked at the wide ones of the Sannin
"Took you long enough Sensei" spating out some blood he pointed at the dead form of Hidan.
"Got one. Taking a nap now" he announced before flipping over. All clones of his expect for the monitoring ones puffed out in smoke. The main body got engulfed into Kyuubi chakra. Jiraiya noticed Kakuzu scrambling through the rubble from the wall slowly.
"Jiraiya of the…" He got no further as a Senjutsu powered hit crushed into his side. Needing to sacrifice another mask to rejuvenate him the former Taki-Nin looked troubled. He had no masks left. The Sannin looked ready to kill. If nothing happened he would surely join his partner in the afterlife. He wanted to bail, cut his losses, as a spiral vortex appeared in the air. A vortex he knew. Maybe Kakuzu would not join his partner today.