Naruto Akatsuki Souzoku

[Nebula Zero]

The star faded in the sky.

Azuke watched as the akatsuki busted his way out of his grip with a form of chakra unknown to him until now. It felt different than your average chakra. This one was more violent, more active. As if it almost had a mind of its' own. But Azuke had to accept his loss, and tilted backwards, beginning to plummet back to the ground. Slowly, the metal peeled off his body, re-forming into the Einlanzer. Kai watched in horror, seeing his friend fall to his doom. Quickly, he made a few more hand seals. The mist quickly descended as well, trying its' best to make it to Azuke.

"This should soften the landing.." he said to himself. The mist found its' way to the falling genin, the mist breaking the fall, but Azuke managed to slip through the dense mist. However, Azuke felt more lighter, the wind beating against him mellowed down. Although, the impact was still great.

BOOM!

Yuki stood in shock as Azuke fell before her. She had been watching the large star of energy in the sky, until it faded. Large cracks in the earth were formed, Yuki going to his aid. Kai, pinpointing the fall, made his way to the crash site. When he ran over there, he found Yuki cradling a rather beaten up and worn Azuke. Kai sighed, relieved that his friend had not perished. The Einlanzer lay stuck into the ground, not far from the crash.

"It's all right. It's over.." she whispered to him.

"How'd I do?" he asked weakly.

"You did great."

The medics came to pick up the genin, who proceeded to the hospital.

"He'll be under great care, with the utmost gratitude from the Hokage for helping him." said an advocate for the Hokage-sama, walking away.

"Kai, I'm still worried about Rayex-sensei.."

"Me too." he replied, and there was a brief moment of silence.

"Yuki, go and look after Azuke. I'll go check on sensei."

"You can't go alone! You saw what the akatsuki are capable of!"

"Someone needs to be there for Azuke, and someone needs to be there for our sensei. Please don't try to argue with me."

"But.."

"Don't worry, I'll bring Rayex back for sure!" he said, with a big grin and a thumbs up, imitating Azuke. Yuki couldn't help but agree, nodding for approval. With that, Kai ran towards the gate, calling back the mist into the bags under his vest. I'm coming, he thought.

Just hold out for a bit more..

[Gaara-sama]

"No...I don't...think your going...anywhere."

Ryoku just started to walk away from the scene when he heard these words. He smirked slightly, with his back to Rayex. A moment later he turned back and stared down at Rayex with a large grin. He knew that he was in for a fun fight with his former comrade. He stepped forward still staring at Rayex. He took his naginata off of his back and stood right over near Rayex. He lightly tapped the back end of one of his blades on Rayex's cheek.

"This time, I'm going to make sure you are dead. Perhaps I'll tie each one of your innards to a different tree around this area. Would you like that? Or should I students find your body parts laying out in different pieces, with your brain and heart cut up worse than any of the the others? Or should I just destroy your body and keep a sample of your blood, your skeleton, and your heart, for my collection? Either one is fine and is free of charge." Ryoku turned away and walked back, his naginata still at his side.

As he was far away, he turned around, with his naginata pointing in Rayex's direction.

"You make the first move, friend..."

OOC: Wow, how long has it been since I posted? I mean damn.

[Relliks Ban]

Hotaru opened his eyes to see his student standing in front of him. "Good. You got here." He said with a yawn. "As I said before, we'll be working on chakra control." He said, making his way to the small stream. By now, the water had picked up, and it turned into a river. "Quite fast." He whispered, wondering if the speed of the water's movement would affect whether or not Shouten could walk on it. "Oh well." he whispered to himself. "Shouten." He said, motioning for him to come over. "By now I already know your current level of chakra control. It's good, but it's not great, and there is room for improvement." Hotaru looked at his feet.

"Now watch as I channel the chakra to my feet, like so." As he said that, chakra became visible at his feet. "Now, walking on water is much more difficult than walking up a tree or moss covered rock. You have to control the chakra in your feet, and keep control of it while on the water." Hotaru said, taking a step on the water. "It's as simple as that." Hotaru walked across, stepping back on ground. "Now you try, channel chakra to your feet, and walk across." He said from the other side.

[Kissui Tensai]

"This time, I'm going to make sure you are dead. Perhaps I'll tie each one of your innards to a different tree around this area. Would you like that? Or should I students find your body parts laying out in different pieces, with your brain and heart cut up worse than any of the the others? Or should I just destroy your body and keep a sample of your blood, your skeleton, and your heart, for my collection? Either one is fine and is free of charge."

"There won't be a next time for you..." His boldness was boundless.

"You make the first move, friend..."

Rayex could taste the bitter irony in Ryoku's words. It ate at him like a bullet piercing the chest point blank range. He'd not desired things to come to such terms as this, as he lifted his head the bloody patch where Ryoku had apparently struck, there was a recall. He focused vorpal malleability, independent of using his hands at the point of impact taking it to a not so serious mortal wound. He'd nothing more to say to his comrade, his childhood mistakes with Marx cannot interfere with his judgment yet again. The wind blew his way staring into the steel that was Ryoku's naginata. Blasting his left arm up, he dug into the black pocket that was his clad digging down and reaching for something. Out he pulled a humungous buster swords composed of several layers, in similar fashions yet vastly abstract to Azuke's ebilanzer.

Ikuta Zanbatō

Rayex in his years of training collected twelve blades compiled into this weapon. Each year he found another recollecting a step he took in his life. With it in hand, no matter the size he wielded it as though it were the weight of a katana blade. He slammed hi down, clicking the chakra spinning mechanism and splitting off two from the fold. An arched back blade the shape of a trapezoid with a handle, and the second styled broad sword the same in length over his body (resembles fenrir greatly). Spinning them around in both arms, he lunged them forward, at the guard of the core blade a and latching it to his back to his affixed space on his clad.

"I'll show you no mercy, because I sure as hell will receive none from you! Cycle eye! SHINE!"



He looked upon his friend now foe with intentions to kill, something he'd never done without justification. Bracing his twin blades, he made the first dash sailing forward with a flapping clad and heavy blade. Bracing a quick slam of one blade into the ground and running to catapult him self off of it to slam the bottom steel of his sandal to meet with the naginata's front cold steel. Sticking chakra to it a second time, his free arm was moving making its way even closer to Ryoku swinging the blade full force all the while being 'timed'.

"Slow it down!" Rayex shouted.

His body hyper accelerated in which he enacted time. Ryoku to him was moving in slow motion to aspect where it was phenomenal. His free hand charged with a red focal point of chakra at the tip and released upon his unflinching enemy.

"Zero Baasuto!" (Zero Burst)

BOOM!

All could be heard after the red amass of chakra exploded shifting back into the time stream at normal speed. He pulled out his blade from the ground attempting to search for Ryoku through the smoke as he broke into a dash towards his work.

[S/\|T0]

Sano looked up through the cracks of Rock Arena. The sun peaked in, warning him, but it fell on deaf ears. The bright light attacked his eyes, but he shielded. Getting up, crouching, he stared across the several trip wires he had set before the whole field. He had literally done them in a blast.

Pein and Tobi waited as well, setting up a "trench defense" really did nothing but prolong the battle. They only waited for the inevitable, Sano showing himself.

"Sano, you might as well show yourself. We can sit here all day." Pein said with no emotion in his voice at all.

He stared up, the light again shining in his face. He shut his eyes, and had a grin on his face. He jumped out of his spot, landing cleanly on one of the spikes.

"Fine, can't accept a little break can you?"

Dashing forward, he floated across the spikes without event he sight of him touching down once. Pein and Tobi took a glance at eachother and walked forward with little worry.

In blinding speeds, Sano lunged forward with his fist holding the kunai towards Pein's face. Pein simply strafed to the right and grabbed Sano's wrist with a emotionless face. At the grab, Sano bounced his feet off the spikes below and got ready to spin his way out but Tobi stopped by and grabbed his feet.

"Heh, this may have worked if it was just one of us, but two, I don't think so." Tobi laughed while holding Sano's ankles.

Sano gritted his teeth, as he looked behind himself at the orange mask this guy had. Sano released his grip, and the kunai dropped. The Pein let go of Sano's wrist and kicked the kunai up with the tip of his shoe. Too Sano's amaze, Tobi was still holding Sano up straight in the air by his legs.

"We have you figured out." Pein stated as he grabbed the kunai midair. "This is just too pathetic. You are truly insane."

Sano smiled and leaned over, rolling underneath as so to speak, and caused Tobi to roll forward, sending him down into the pits of the many spikes and wires.

Looking over at Pein now, Sano smiled.

"Let's see you say the same thing just you and me!"

Sano shot his arms down to his waist and two short swords shot out of his sleeves. Spinning them with his wrists, he began to juggle them around his body. Stepping from spike to spike towards the blonde Akatsuki member. Pein propped himself for the attack, holding the kunai defensively.

Undoing the summon Pein had, he transformed into yet another body. This time it looked oddly familiar. White spiky hair, and what seemed like the eyes were not originally the bodies.

"This body, Tobi over there recommended it to me. Said he had been saving it for a special occasion but when Sensei destroyed one of my bodies, I got this as a replacement."

Sano's eyes opened wide, and his blades stopped in each of his hands.

"This is... impossible." He said in complete and utter disbelief. "I killed him... 2 decades ago..."

"Your first kill as Sureiyaaku, the name that still haunts you to this day. Can you deal with the fact your fighting that same person? Junsei Uchiha. His sorrow still lives in this body, his unfinished life, just to be passed on to you. Unimaginable, pain..."

"Dammit..."

[Kissui Tensai]

Lifting his hands into his clad, the collar tucked up concealing his mask. He looked on as the shukaku had been awakened outside of his negacion field. Liability was off their hands the minute it entered the kazekage's care, but to such unfortunate timing it worked to their dismay. They needed to solidify their ties with villages to later destroy them from the inside out, meaning it was a thrust to assist them in this infiltration sealing.

"Sh**! Give him what he needs and then lets break down whatever sealings they are trying to use. You take the kids, I'll remove the jounin."

"Aye. Rip them apart."

At that instant his face and form began to detriorate before the human world as a mask invisible to the eyes other than his own and his creators could see, the inverted version of his own mask appeared over his face. Opening his eyes, the onigan pulsated and surged gathering a rapid amount of haku chakra. He'd gone invisible and free to move about the open without worry of detection of any kind (extremely similar to being in the clad).

"Those meddling kids huh? This might get complicated."

He followed the closest of the three lights he could find, an astoundingly tall genin at that. riddled with the chakra spewing forth from the sealing method. Without haste, the onigami brushed past with a swift shift lifting the box off of tall one then removing his cloak tossing up the small hexagonal emblem. The transfer stopped, and Marx already at the scene whereas Onisan stared down one of three, graced with the presence of a duplicate of their taichou. (leader).

"Kage bunshin? Like a clone is supposed to stop..." he stopped mid reply gazing upon his foes face for a mere moment.

'Master? It can't be...their eyes are dissimilar, skin, eye color...but their scent is practically identical. Who is this man?'

"Akatsuki eh? Hiding behind that mask won't really do you much, my students are my comrades, and I won't let my comrades die in this ongoing war. I swear by it." Negavix's duplicate spoke in aggressive valor.

"Not quite sure who you are mist jounin. But your imposing on my mission..."

His hand shot out of his sleeves with a blazing hand of lightning charged perfoming the jutsu without blinking. A fierce jab into the torso of the sensei kage bunshin, quickly vanquished with a cold stare from behind his mask as the smoke blew past him. He relieved him of the flexible piece cape-like fabric because of its rich looking appearance. His vigor looked to the fairly tall genin, he'd done what he needed and put his back to him.

"Your not within my concern. If you fight, you'll surely be killed, I am not a man to defy an order, but I do what I have to at an extent where there is no need to go drastic unless absolutely necessary. Your still a child, I wouldn't expect you to completely comprehend the complexities of the war and these kinds of...events." he trailed off staring at Shukaku as an example.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Can't let you do that boy-o."

An akatsuki had landed.

"You! Its you!" Negavix spoke in familiarity. "Its strange, but I know you...your defection, leaguing with the akatsuki, all of it. Blame that bastard for putting me through pointless agony, but as this war ensues we do what we have to."

The first of three lights went out. It startled Negavix, from Asumo's direction, the success deeply pended on all three. The teal chakra twisted around him and he stepped out of a self-proclaimed helix double standing before the kazekage and the akatsuki to his own original's knowledge was referred to as...

"Marx Mattak. Don't stop me if I'm correct, and I'm fairly certain of this. You're him. Aren't you?"

His smile was as anticipating and eager as it had been since his birth. Negavix showed he'd desired a link back fighting his positive double and through Marx, he was the key. Digging into the pocket space that was his clad, he removed a massive blade composed of several more and weighty.

"SHOW ME YOUR FANGS WOLF BOY!!! HRAAAAAAAH!" With a mighty swing the electric current from his palms spread a wave or several bolting lightning burst needles from him and the decision shifting kazekage.

[Mono Morsa]

"How you know me isn't really my concern is it? As for showing fangs, well, you seem to have that handled. You don't really know what you're dealing with." Marx smirked, his typical expression in battle. With little effort he raised a large sheet of metal, letting the lightning hit it head on and then dissapate throughout the conductor. Shaking his head Marx began to pull the metal together into a small ball, electricity still running through it. He thought back to multiple battles with Mizuki, bouncing attacks off one another, using his metal to send Mizuki's lightning farther and stronger. This was only a little different.

Spinning the metal insidethe ball, he began to conduct the electricity into a magnet. At once Marx had created a void where no metal weaponry beyond Marx's own, due to his ability to create a counter magnet inside his weapons, could be used. This ninja had nothing on him now. With little effort he could stop most any attack he sent. Only a few techniques could disable the electro-magnet, and most of them required massive amounts of chakra. Marx basically had this won.

But..............If this were who he thought it was, there might be a few tricks up the ninja's sleeve. "Rayex always was a cheeky little bastard who knew how to fight. Maybe you, as his opposite should do just as well."

[Stark]

OOC: Sorry for the long over due post. If anything is wrong with it please tell me i will fix it.

Vergil smiles as the signal was set out. It was time for him to move. Quickly using one of Negavixes clones to get closer Vergil begin his race towards Shukakuu. Never has Vergil seen a creature this massive. The destructive power Shukakuu could unleash was unimaginable. Vergil had to reach his spot quickly. He closed his eyes and whispered flash step. It would take 5 flash steps but Vergil would be in his spot and ready to activate the plan.

Placing his hand on helix platform the Helix double begin. Vergil looked around as a battle raged on between diffrent forces around him. Akatsuki was going to prevent anything their tried and Vergil didnt know what he would do if he had to fight one, but knew in his mind that winning would be the only way he would survive. As Vergil glanced at Negavix he noticd him talking to someone. A battle seemed like it was going to begin with those two. Hopefully the battle wouldn't interrupt the plan.

[Chariot of Fire]

Here we go…

Asumo made a single flying leap forward, jumping from the head of the final unfortunate crowdsperson before landing on the ground with a light somersault forward. He rolled to his feet, his eyes glimmering beneath his goggles as he closed his fist on the small hexagonal piece clutched beneath his fingertips. Apparently, this small, metal hexagon was one of the keys to locking away the huge beast… And as Asumo let his eyes fall on the monstrous being before him, his heart almost stopped in the face of sheer overwhelming power. The Shukaku, which stood like a small mountain in the midst of ants, thrashed about, its huge claws gouging into the ground with enough wrathful energy to destroy entire trees. Asumo warily kept his distance, staying out of range of the dangerous creature, his breath coming short as he watched the blue chakra ribbon hurtle through the air and connect with his small metal hexagon. He would have marveled a bit more at its beauty had the situation been different, but he focused his mind as the ribbon connected, one eye watching the massive behemoth shake the earth with every move, and the other watching the other. The clone of Negavix, his sensei, stood beside him, and Asumo took a quick moment to refocus his mind. He’d need to concentrate if this plan was to come to fruition…

However, a slight bump interrupted his concentration. Did the clone brush against him? However, this proved to not be the answer, as suddenly, a figure materialized into the air in front of him. Asumo took a single step back, his eyes frowning beneath the goggles, as he raised each hand in front of him, ready to defend himself should the figure attack. The gears of his mind spun effortlessly as he focused, taking in all the information that had just been presented to him. Akatsuki; easily the first inference. Asumo had also felt the slight magnetic tug as the figure had appeared, and sure enough, it was then he suddenly realized that the hexagon formerly clutched in his hand was missing. The Akatsuki had taken it without even him noticing? Damn… He still sensed to hexagon… held in the possession of this Akatsuki, but for now, he remained still, his eyes fixated on the mask slid over the Akatsuki’s face.

"Akatsuki eh? Hiding behind that mask won't really do you much, my students are my comrades, and I won't let my comrades die in this ongoing war. I swear by it." Negavix's duplicate spoke in aggressive valor.

The clone was speaking now. Asumo didn’t turn to look at his teacher’s clone, but kept his attention focused on the Akatsuki. Facts and data rushed through his mind, as easily as water brushed through a riverbed. He had used very little chakra so far… yet still, he felt his arm tremble slightly, burning slightly so that a constant dull pain washed through his body. What was this pain coming from? Ever since they had started the mission, his right arm had been hurting with the use of jutsu… he’d have to have it checked out when the mission was over…

However, even as these random thoughts cascaded through his mind, he listened to the conversation being held by the clone and this Akatsuki…

"Not quite sure who you are mist jounin. But your imposing on my mission..."

And with that, the Akatsuki’s hand shot forward, imbued with lightning chakra and struck the clone directly through the chest. Asumo blinked slightly as the clone disintegrated into smoke, vanishing into the wind with the ease of a fish slipping into water. He took another single step back, his body still ready to react as he continued to watch and analyze this being. The Akatsuki had not addressed him yet…

"Your not within my concern. If you fight, you'll surely be killed, I am not a man to defy an order, but I do what I have to at an extent where there is no need to go drastic unless absolutely necessary. Your still a child, I wouldn't expect you to completely comprehend the complexities of the war and these kinds of...events." he trailed off staring at Shukaku as an example.

Asumo stood silently as these words washed over him… The Akatsuki was powerful… he had destroyed one of Negavix’s clones without breaking a sweat. And he was now in possession of one of the hexagons… They’re plan would not work without it… He closed his eyes for a second, and in that second, a multitude of thoughts and possibilities slid through his mind like a snake through the deep waters of Kirigakure. Negavix was still fighting the other Akatsuki, from what he had seen… There would be no help coming from him…

“You’re right,” he said calmly, opening his eyes again, lowering one of his hands so that it fell to his side, “Maybe I don’t understand the complexities of this war… but I do understand one thing…” He snapped his right hand, the one which had lower to his waist. Without warning, the hexagonal piece leapt out of the Akatsuki’s possession, hurtling toward Asumo where he caught it easily in his hand, closing his fingers on it, raising his left, so that it was held at the ready in front of his body. He had already entered Orbital II of his Kekkei Genkai, and his arm burned once more with pain as he pulled the piece toward him by its magnetic field. “And I need this for that,” he mentioned, nodding down to the hexagon clutched in his hand, hiding a wince from showing on his face. Soon the chakra ribbons would connect again… if he could keep it in his possession.

[S/\|T0]

Sano gazed into the newly revealed bodies eyes. They didn't fit the picture. He remembered that face, the man he had taken everything away from.

"Junsei Uchiha's body..." Sano stood motionless, his blade dropped down into the pits below them.

Among his confusion, an unexpected foe made his way behind him. A fist flew forward, and Sano jumped hastily to his right. Sano's cold eyes turned to the left.

"I didn't forget about you either." He eyed the two.

Sano's black chakra began to seep out, he was already losing control over it. His legs began to set a blaze by the fiery chakra. He rose his hand in Pain's direction and smiled, pulling his fingers back. A chain reaction of the trap wires below them set off several explosions and weapons to fly everywhere, rather Shira-esque. He jumped out of the random destruction, hoping to catch both off guard.

He looked at the cloud of smoke and debree floating in the air. His spikey hair blew back from the sudden rush of air. He couldn't help but stare. He past again being used against him in combat, he was so unsure of himself. He though he had finally moved on but someone always forces the subject back upon him.

Junsei looked up at the man that killed him, pinned against a wall, knees on the ground, swords through his flesh holding him back. His limbs were almost completely severed, purposely kept alive.

"Your a dead man, Uchiha." Sano spoke with no remorse, no emotion, a true killer. "Just to make sure you never come back to haunt me, I will kill your family as well."

The defeated man began to tear up, the thought of his wife dying, his young child. Sano turned around walking away with a bloody stained blade, still dripping of the Uchiha's blood.

"You wouldn't kill your own family would you!? Little Sanosuke..." Junsei was desperate.

Sano turned.

"How do you know my name..."

"I wasn't sure before, but your chakra. Violent flames of a blood curse that few others have. Mom didn't want to let you go, but the village wouldn't have it. Father was adament of killing you before you could cause any harm to others, but Mother convinced him to give you away." Junsei suddenly coughed up a bit of blood and smiled faintly. "Don't you see your reflection in my face? Your my brother..."

Sano's eyes widen with anger for a moment, he rushed up to Junsei and stabbed his blade through his stomach.

"Your a liar!" He roared. "I have no family, your..."

"You see it, Sanosuke. Your know your not this person. The clan may have forgotten you, but I wouldn't dream of it." Junsei smiled. "Sureiyaaku... this curse upon you... you will eventually realize this was all for nothing. You aren't heartless... I know by the time you realize what you have done, I will be long gone. Just please, don't kill my love, my only son. They will have to leave the village as well, though. She has been found out, the same disease you hold is in her blood."

"Your wrong about me, you fool..." Sano said with disdain.

"Finish me off, I have nothing left to hold onto. This will be my last moments on this world. I would prefer to die by your hands than any others. Just let them live..."

Sano pulled the blade out of his stomach and went to strike his neck. As his blade touched his skin, he died.

"He's dead..."

Pain and Tobi walked out of the cloud of smoke, but not without being scathed. Tobi's had actually been broken, revealing his left eye, completely exposed. Both their clothes had been ripped up, scratched upon their bodies.

"Brother, you were right..." Sano grabbed something out of his bag, a small vial. "Will you help me this time...?"

Sano popped the lid off the vial, this decision was the most uncertain of his life. He had seen this done once before. He would be cured of all the symptoms the Mangekyo had hold on him, and grow far more powerful. His empty hand trembled as emptied the contents on his hands. A fresh set of eyes, still the same from the day he had taken them as a trophy. Quickly, he surgically removed his eyes, making sure to leave everything set for the new set. Placing them carefully, he reattached certain things and gazed with his new eyes.

Their was something different about them, a new clarity he once before never had. He glared over at the two Akatsuki members.

"Best watch out, he preformed the switch. I have no idea what he is capable of now."

Sano rose his hand before his face, and suddenly controlled with little effort the black chakra that was once hard for him to grasp. He was surprised, what else was in store with this new power. He smiled.

"I think it's time we finish this. I will unleash the new power these eternal eyes hold." He boasted.

Focusing, the eyes were something else. He could feel Junsei's former eye abilities, as well as his own, and something new. He focused upon that new skill, realizing he had unleashed something he never dreamed about. He was a portal to new worlds now, what powers he could tap into remained unknown. The new formation of the eyes, the appearance of a mixture of Junsei and Sano's Mankgeyo (Sano's look more dominant).

Something unexpected happened, it was as if something forced it's way into him with the open portal he created himself. He fell down upon his knees, realizing he had got more than he had bargained for. An apparition began to take physical form behind him, more than a demon. The power was overwhelming. This apparition was linked to his soul.

"What the hell happened?" The being said behind him, in a voice on Sano could hear.

Pein and Tobi stared unsure what had just happened.

"We need to finish this now, before it goes to far." Pein said as the two both began to unleash the bijuu powers that had the ability to tap into. "That thing behind him doesn't seem to reached it's full power yet."

"So, you summoned me here without realizing what you were doing. This isn't the first time this has happened to someone from my world." The devil laughed. "I might as well work with this."

Sano's Black chakra took an electric form around him, and he stood up, his body catching aflame with his black chakra as well.

"Let's finish this!" A mixture of Sano's voice and the other being spoke.

A red chakra flowed around Tobi, and another chakra flowed around Pein, emulating the tailed beast they were using. The two focused their chakra for one sweep of a chakra blast, a lesser form of their ultimate weapon. Shooting forth a powerful blast, the being appeared in front of Sano like a shield, holding the awful form of a devilish beast. Absorbing the blast, Sano lunged forward, grabbing both the faces of his opponent, and slammed them together. For a change he could actually bring some punishment.

Pein and Tobi fell back. All they had left was too take him down in a combined assault, no more messing around. Tobi appeared behind Sano grappling him, as Pain summoned the rest of his bodies. Tobi realized the weird beast Sano had assimilated had began to absorb chakra then some.

The numerous forms of Pein attacked with their own special abilities, but their Sano still stood, but was obviously showing a sign of weakness. It seemed that this new ability had taken it's toll, and he was still unaware of his powers. It would be now or never.

Tobi released, somewhat tired, and struck Sano in the back. He turned around and grabbed his arm throwing him at one of the bodies of Pein. 3 of them lunged forward, barraging him with attacks from their own repertoire. Sano's black, flame like chakra began to fade, his face now revealed. The Junsei body stepped forward, pulling out a blade.

Junsei was known for his speed, so that's exactly what he had in mind. Dashing forward, pulling out a short sword, he attacked, empowering the sword with his own chakra. He began to hack through Sano's chakra while the other bodies as well attacked. In a chain effect, Sano's power began to buckle in on itself. Draining him rapidly trying to absorb the nonstop barrage. He watched the body of Junsei, and couldn't handle seeing his body used in such a way. Sano glared and cast the Amatersu upon the body, and to feed that, several spikes gathered in on its location in an Iron Maiden effect. The body was no more, and the spikes fell back into their original form, scattered tiles across the floor.

The remaining Pein's stood around Sano as well as Tobi. Sano looked over at Tobi, his sharingan revealed before him. He smiled and the devil above him roared with fury.

"Take this defeat, my powers are not at maximum in this world..." The devil admitted to Sano alone. "I can tell by your inner self that you are a truly wicked person, we will get along fine."

The being dissipated back with Sano. It harbored itself within his soul, looking through him like an open book.

Sano stood back up, and formed a Vorpal Orb in his hand, charging the Uchiha as it had seemed. His arm surrounded itself with red chakra from the kyubi and smacked Sano back for his black chakra still remained.

As he flew back, he crashed into the ground and his black chakra dissipated, revealing several gashes that the Junsei body had preformed.

"I'm surprised you have enough chakra to do that much now." The masked man laughed. "It seems though your eyes are powerful, they are unrefined. You were drained attempting such a drastic summoning, opening a gateway to things I don't want to dream of. You could prove very useful."

Pein smiled at Sano who lied on the floor, his clothes ruined asunder.

Shira saw the aftermath of the fight, she and Kaito had seen everything.

"Sano! No!" She cried as she dashed forward for him.

[Novaix]

The battle was raging on and the Akatsuki was fighting his teamates, Ky held onto the hexagonal box that Negavix has put into his hands, Negavix let out a flashing blast from his box hitting Ky almost making him loose balance. "Woah, better be careful!" Ky thought. He looked over at Asumo his light had gone out and a man was holding the box, "Dammit!" Ky went to rush over but he saw that Asumo had got the box back. Ky realised that Asumo was activating his kekkei genkai and was in serious pain "Asumo....im sorry i can't help you at the moment!" he shouted. Ky had to get close to the Kazekage but there was no opening, he had to wait, he hoped that one of the Akatsuki didn't attack him.

[Xelhes]

Kaito's mask cracked and broke under all of the chakra pressure as it crumbled onto the ground he looked up at the newly empowerd sanosuke." His power...is immense i still want to fight but this is his battle". as the battle ensued blades clashed and blood was sewn across the floor. Kaito caught the shivers when the devil and sano's voice spoke as one. Heh well i have seen something like this before." he thought back to the days he was younger when he unleashed his second level of this Kekkei Genkai and he spoke in a two toned voice with power flowing through his veins. ' Yes i know all to well how that sort of energy feels. He watched the battle closey watchign every movement. Tobi and pein were starting to use desperate actions. this was seen by Pein summoning all of his bodies to throw a flurry of attakcs and barrages at sano.

"How can he withstand these attacks its un-human its unreal...." Sano stood back up, and formed a Vorpal Orb in his hand, charging the Uchiha as it had seemed. His arm surrounded itself with red chakra from the kyubi and smacked Sano back for his black chakra still remained.

As he flew back, he crashed into the ground and his black chakra dissipated, revealing several gashes that the Junsei body had preformed. Sano was spent he looked drained of all he had. what more was left for him to do now.

"I'm surprised you have enough chakra to do that much now." The masked man laughed. "It seems though your eyes are powerful, they are unrefined. You were drained attempting such a drastic summoning, opening a gateway to things I don't want to dream of. You could prove very useful."

Pein smiled at Sano who lied on the floor, his clothes ruined asunder.

Shira saw the aftermath of the fight, she and Kaito had seen everything.

"Sano! No!" She cried as she dashed forward for him.

Kaito gripped Shira's arm tightly " No raikage-sama you cannot go over there i wont let you put yourself in danger." Kaito looked up at the men standing over sano " Leave now.....Ive stood bye idle long enough....Leave now. ive watched all of you and i can already tell that you are low on chakra and neither of you can fight me with the power level you have. Leave!!!!

[S/\|T0]

" No raikage-sama you cannot go over there i wont let you put yourself in danger." Kaito commanded, holding Shira back. "" Leave now.....Ive stood bye idle long enough....Leave now."

Shira stared, eyes watering. She ripped her arm out of Kaito's grasp.

"He needs me." She said, rushing to his side quickly.

" Leave now.....Ive stood bye idle long enough....Leave now. ive watched all of you and i can already tell that you are low on chakra and neither of you can fight me with the power level you have. Leave!!!!" Kaito yelled furiously.

"This guy can't be serious." Pein laughed in his face. "I don't think we are leaving anytime soon. You might as well drop d....""

"Kaito, don't waste your time. Your still young." Sano said breaking Pein's sentence.

Shira kneeled down next to Sano. She couldn't hold back her emotions, as she laid his head on her lap.

"Why did you do that to yourself, I'm not worth throwing you life around like that." She cried, holding his hand.

Sano could only laugh by her remark.

"Your ridiculous, but..." Sano attempted to stand on his two feet. "I'm not done yet."

He walked wobbly a few steps before he almost fell over, but Shira made sure to catch him.

"Let go of me, this isn't over. I still have enough chakra to take care of the both of them."

"No..." She whispered to him. Though he pleaded, Shira wouldn't let go. "We will figure something out, just stop, please. Joi needs her father... I need you..."

"Alright..." Sano stopped dead in his tracks.

"How cute, the two are having a moment in the mist of battle." Tobi snickered. "How about we take this man, torture him until he snaps and send his remains as proof that we aren't kidding around. If not, we will just rip the village apart, and build what we need over the ruins."

"No, you can do as you must." Shira said, pulling forward holding Sano up by keeping his arm around her shoulder. "But, please, don't worry the villagers. I rather them not know what is really going on. It will stay between us."

"Hmmm, so instead of losing him, you will let us use the village. The heart is such a foolish thing." Pein spat.

"But we will be using yours and his power over this village, Raikage." Tobi said. "I have some plans in store for the both of you. We will remain in the village and contact you once things are ready. Plan to your villagers and ninja help in the creation of one of are weapons. Until another time..."

The two shot a glare at Kaito and vanished.

"Sorry, Kaito, Shira, I have lost the village..." He said with much pain.

"Shut up, idiot. Your still alive, doesn't that count for anything?"

[Relliks Ban]

Hotaru walked into Kumo, after loosing his student in the woods. "So in less than a month, I've managed to loose all three of my students." Hotaru sighed. "Am I really that pathetic of a shinobi, that my own students just disappear on me?" He asked himself, making his way to the ramen shop. "The usual?" The old man asked. Hotaru nodded, and began to eat his ramen after the old man placed it in front of him. "So now what do I do?" He whispered. "Do I look for them? Do I talk to Shira, what do I do?" He asked himself, slurping noodles. "I guess I should just wait this thing out. Worst case scenario, I have to do useless missions." He said, watching as the old man took his bowl, and replaced it with one full of ramen.

"I guess I'll head up to the Raikage's office in a coupla hours." Hotaru slurped more ramen. "Or tomorrow, whenever I get around to it." He smiled at his laziness. "But before that, I have to see what Kaito's up to. I haven't seen him in forever." Hotaru said, trying to remember the last time he saw his old comrade. "I don't even know if he's in Kumo. For all I know, he's in Konoha or something." Hotaru stood up and walked away from the ramen shop.

[Kissui Tensai]

Ooc: SK's last post were the most amazing thing I have ever read....srsly mind phuck ._.

Magnetic attraction.

'Defiance is in his blood. Blame him not for that, but his valor is admirable.'

Onisan's waist had shaken slightly from the fling of the piece he'd collected. With a smile, though it wasn't his style to go back and forth with this type of nuisance it never was boring thats for sure. With a swift turn, his mask set upon the dashingly tall shinobi not of Sunagakure.

He passed his eyes around to the other lights, one closer to the three that cried, "Asumo". Onisan was to assume that this was name as was the exchange of men knowing their foe on the battlefield. To him, his mind was an open book, from the concealment of his mask, the onigan peered reading the tensive thoughts on his mind. He would admit to certain things, but so long as he refused to back down, all other thoughts were of no concern.

"You've got guts and a good head on your shoulders. Don't let it be responsible for ending your life now."

Onisan tilted his head punching his fist through floor shooting out spirtual chakra and haku from a cloud of smoke emerging around it. He grasped the levitating spoils projecting a mesmerizing array of partial physical chakra. There were two auras, the physical and the spiritual, but only one was visible. As he drew in chakra residue and haku, this raw form of energy was in the form of a slender and sleek blade refurbish.

"Thats quite the skill you have there boy, take a gander at mine."

He slashed at point blank brink speed, shooting the blade to hit the left side of his chest, ripping a metaphysical image of himself that split from the boy's body. Psychological genjutsu of the highest caliber. His onigan synchroizing with fixed eyes on the actual Asumo, there would be a sudden collapse of his body that hit the floor right there and then.

"Welcome to my world, genin formerly known as Asumo." Onisan would let this sink in. "Hold your tongue, I did say formerly, welcome to the dead boy. Your soul is on the line....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Ooc: CoF, I slashed Asumo with my summoned blade soul slicer, and in combination with Onigan, put you in a seriously sick "Deadzone" type genjutsu where you believe you died after being struck, thats just the illusion of it.

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His bangs drooped over in his nonchallant attitude though he was enraged to kill a link to Rayex at all cost. He's been monitoring the events with a steady eye. From a steel manipulator, to diverting and rooting of lightning based attacks into a steel ball. The proportions spinning and roughly absoring and redirecting the flow of chakra of that nature towards the core. As a follow up, magnetism played it's part to effectively strip him of what steel he had, which was none as they were housed in the pocket dimension of his black clad.

He sighed.

"Elaboration no matter how far...always has a chink. You knew that already..." He said cupping his hands back focusing a swirling wave of his helix reiki.

With deadly eyes, unflinching or wavering to his opponents will, he would stand tall like the man he was to even the bitterest of ends. Feeding a new bossa wave stream of his monstrous reserve that would always repeat and replenish so long as his will remained intact. He feared nothing or no man. Reaching a practical point, He'd hit him, his attack, the kazekage, and continue to expand it on his chakratic link.

"Disappear with the wind....Sakura Senhappa." A subtle utter.

A thunderous bang as he brought his palms forward to expel the superfluous amount of his own energy into a greenish pink wave, twisting and turning as it struck the steel ball with nothing but raw chakra with a knock back that could make a wrecking ball seem like a marble thrown into a stack of cards. The huge amount of chakra ripped from a straight beam and flowed around the steel ball disappearing from the normal sight until the graceful dance had begun.

"You can die beautifully in a mess of whats left....cut them to ribbons!"

Thousands upon thousands of chakra blades thinner than a sheet of paper, turned into a deadly, consecutive and instantaneous attack all moving at hypersonic speed accumulating rapid hits. The metal ball throughly been cut a thousand times over, the rapid motion causing a subsonic explosion of the target, then eyes that harbored over his enemy and links to his positive entity. As the flickering blades were set upon him and the kazekage, all would end in a flash.

"We shall claim this leviathan! Now feel your demise upon you!"

Negavix in an uproar siphoned the moving blades of chakra to fly on his hand which would be upon his foe and kazekage in a fraction of a second. What could they do?


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He stood atoned and erect in the smoke holding one of the several blades both in hand. His back the other way, he turned his head, as the koushu saikurugan began to dissipate from his vision. Devolving to the first stage to be more precise, Rayex did turn his head to see what had become of his old comrade. To his surprise there was something stirring after his Zero Burst jutsu.

"I knew that it wouldn't be that easy." Rayex said spotting the lifeline for Ryoku.

A flapping pair of fiery beating wings acting as a shield to ward off the knock back of the blast and burn his chakra way. Rayex was impressed at how in tune Ryoku was now with his inner saidain. As he watched him stand up on both feet, he did spin the naginata.

"I can take the heat, the question is, can you?!?"

Ryoku let out a maniacal laugh above all else.

From his body, the flames spread from the wings entrapping him in the ring of fire, raising the height of the walls even higher. His murderous intentions soaring to devilish heights he was growing excited as Rayex would be pushing him to the limit as well. Adjusting the temperature it'd be deadly to stand within the massive ring for too long.

"Can I take the heat you say..." Rayex uttered with a cool breath putting away his massive weapon and drawing in for something else.

"Whats this?? Your submit-" Ryoku was cut off by Rayex.

"Just who the hell do you think I am? There theres fire, there is always ice!" He whipped out from the pocket of his clad the fabled blade touken ryuujin once belonging to his best friend Ditonke.

"Touken Ryuujin? HAHAHAHA! Is this some kind of joke? You know damn well only hyouton users can use it, and even then you'd have to be special. Who the hell are you trying to fool.:

"....I am special Ryoku. I never gave up on myself, and I found the power to take control from all of Ditonke's sacrifice. He entrusted me even after death! So he merged his soul with mine, and using his chakra I can freely wield his weapon! Impossible right?! I do the impossible every day!" Rayex in a righteous cry spun touken ryuujin stirring the trailing moisture in the air and siphoning in into rain.

Through the rain steadily beating off both of them, the fire around him had cooled. Through the rain, and steamy atmosphere, Rayex could see his former comrade A bit surprised, but he was panting and yet still with the energy, he would smirk at the unfortunate events for Rayex. Boiling with rage, and not truely fixed on shoving out every drop he dashed forward teary eyed.

"DON'T SCREW WITH ME!!!" A savage roar as he leapt full blast with mid air fist bracing for impact.

A clasping jolt of tension, Ryoku catching his fist then following up by throwing Rayex across the soaked ground. For an instant, he moved out of his sight, and took advantage of his fatigue to throw him. Not stopping, Ryoku was on the move taking his Naginata out of the ground and persisting to stab Rayex where he lied now. On the verge with great panic, Rayex had been on his ass rolling backwards for close call evades one after the next sending his heart into his throat.

"WHY DON'T YOU DIE ALREADY!!!" Ryoku yelled with a vicious swing.

Slicing a decent gash on Rayex's left arm. The searing backlash caused a scream of pain to resonate from the Uchiha. He fell back holding his arm, as his voice was muffled in the ground. Ryoku only laughing sinisterly as this was music to his ears.

'Damnit...I didn't think he would actually put me to such extents and quell my fear.

Sand began to fizzle out of his gourd.


"I almost forgot about his sand..."'

At his feet, suddenly wrapping around, and quickly growing tighter, he was currently recieving the beating here. Rayex needed a counter measure as quickly as possible, but with his state of mind the way it was...he wasn't sure he could endure for much longer. His eyes widened as he was soon without light, and thickly coated in a black coffin of sand.

"You've become strong, but know the gap between us...as I drink your blood...comrade!"

The crevices began to seal themselves in, and the space shrinking. In moments he would be crushed as Ryoku was enjoying this too much. A breath of anguish escaped him as he was pushing to great lengths to endure and continue fighting. A thought and image of those that he needed to survive for much longer had emerged in his head.

''The doctor says our child could arrive soon, make sure your here!'' Ayumi's fire

''Even if its during a mission half way, I'll be here.''

''Sensei, can I have a bell?'' Yuki's directness

''Eh? "Eh? What now?"

"You may be powerful, but I refuse to give in!" Azuke's determination.

"Your pretty unpredictable, but you can't beat me with this jutsu...just because I can't see you, doesn't mean I'm defenseless."

''Lets do this Rayex-sensei.'' Kai's eagerness.

"You kids are full of surprises. Nice water clone."

All fragments of his memories, that continued of Sano, Shira, Konoha and Kumo. He'd so much to do and this wasn't a point at which he could affort to die. Not forgetting his left arm, he'd have to escape then follow up into a wave of attack instanly. Digging deep down, he pulled out chakra from his will sprout white wings that moved him out without a second stir with his hand at point blank range to Ryoku's face.

'?!?!?'

"A shinobi strikes when the time in right, in the heat of the battle when his enemy is defenseless, unknown to him that his peruser is there, the ninja strikes! Ninpou: Rikujyoukourou!"

The incantation was set. From his finger tips guiding six chakratic blades of light, pinning into Ryoku's body to obstruct his movement. Rayex's left arm had fallen limb and still relinquishing blood causing his vision to blur in and out from the loss of his blood. With his next blow he would most definitely destroy him absolute. The cynical grin on Ryoku's face could grasp the concept ot death without fail.

"I knew it! I knew you had it in you to be a murderer! GO ON! DO IT! DO IT NOW!!! YOU WON'T GET A SECOND CHANCE!!!"

Rayex held back his right hand, focusing electricity to flow into his hand like a battery being charged. The crackling sound of white noise began to surface as he was a foot away from Ryoku still unable to move. The bruises, and dirt he'd collected over himself and about to collapse after this left him severely fatigued and wounded. Confident in the chakra he had on hand, he was prepared to go through with it.

"No matter how many of my friends turn on me, even though I let them live their choice they don't become anything less than my comrade in my heart, it's always been that way....so may you go with the greatest mercy in death."

"HAHAHAHAHA! Your too rich Rayex, thats exactly why I wanted you dead! NOW DO IT!!!"

"Howait-"

"No no no. We can't have that." Ryoku partner moving to interrupt Rayex and hold his tired arm. "Ryoku, you mustn't die yet. It wasn't my concern to even stop this, but we've got orders, so you must remain alive at all cost."

This man moved quick, decisive and quickly flipped Rayex into the dirt twisting his arm to stop the justu and pin him into submission as the other wore off.

"Damn you...I almost..." Rayex slipped away as his blood loss was substantial and he passed out.

"He was somewhat interesting Ryoku, I can see why you'd want him dead."

"Dumbass I wasn't done!"

"Now is not the time to step out of line, what do you possibly think you can do to me with or without that bastard harboring within....thats what I thought. Now more move your ass and lets go."

Adjusting their hats, they set onward as Ryoku stopped and looked back once more at the unmoving ex-comrade of his.

"Live for now...your not dead, our bout still hasn't been settled. Tch..." Ryoku set off with Zetsumei.