?Shippuden?I Hate That I Love You(Sasuke) Part 9: Show Down At Akatsuki Hidout

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Naruto's POV: Naruto: we were finally at Akatsuki's hideout, but there was a problem...a barrier. suddenly, Kakashi-sensei ripped off the seal along with Team Gai. Kakashi: "now, Sakura!" she quickly nodded, and darted to the rockwall, punched it, and it blew to into pieces. Kakashi motioned for us to move in, and we did, but after we entered, we saw three Akatsuki members, one was Kaida from a while back, i believe, sitting on Gaara's motionless body. Deidara: "so then, i wonder which one is the Jinchuuriki?" Naruto: i looked over at Gaara, began to become angry, and my eyes turned to the fox's "you bastards! i'm gonna fucking kill you!" Sasori: "the one who screams and charges first." Deidara: he just smirked.
Mirikutaariki's POV: Miri: Ryozo and i had finally made it to the place called the Akatsuki Hideout, and saw part of the rockwall shattered "Ryozo, here!" he nodded, and we jumped into the cave. i went in first, and wasn't aware of what was going on at the moment "sorry i came in late. Temari and Kankuro failed to tell me ya'll went lookin for him." Naruto: i saw Naruto behind Kakashi who was preventing him from going any further, and he barely looked over, and gave a 'get out of here' look at me. Sakura: she looked at me with a pained expression "Miri....." Kakashi: he barely look over his shoulder, and said in a frustrated tone, but still a little sympathetic "who let her find us?" Miri: i tilted my head "what?" Deidara: he cleared his throat. Miri: i finally looked over, and realized everything "G....Gaara?" my eyes then widened, and didn't cry to deny it all, and thought that he was just unconscious. "Gaara, c'mon, wake up!" Chiyo: "who is-" Sakura bit her bottom lip, and Naruto and Kakashi looked away. Miri: "GAARA!" i closed my eyes tight, and clenched my fists "you three..." i opened my eyes, and they were my demons eyes "ARE SO DEAD!" i ran towards them to attack. Ryozo: he stepped forward "Miri, no!" Deidara: he spoke quietly to Sasori "what the....another Jinchuuriki? how weren't we aware of this one? will have to report this later, un." Kaida: she remained silent, for i knew she remembered me aswell. Sasori: he spoke quietly back "calm down. it's obvious this girl has feeling for the boy, so it's just a matter of reverse psychology." he then said louder so we could hear "no use in trying to save him. the boy's already dead." Miri: i stopped dead center in the middle "w-what?" my eyes started to fade back to normal. Deidara: he smirked again. Miri: i looked down at Gaara, eyes wide again, and slowly backed up "no...." i backed up faster "NO!" i turned around, and started to run towards the opening. Ryozo: he tried to stop me by grabbing my arm to be sympathetic, but wasn't fast enough, and i ran out and disappeared somewhere to isolate myself and was dazed.
Naruto's POV: Naruto: "Miri...." i said slowly, then looked back at them again, and clenched my fists "you guys are gonna pay!" they weren't really listening, and the one who was sitting on Gaara stood up, and suddenly made a clay bird that swallowed Gaara, and he jumped onto it, Kaida did too. Deidara: "later, Master Sasori" Kaida: she nodded, and they then left the cave, and began to fly away. Naruto: i quickly turned around "hey!" i then ran out the cave "give Gaara back!" Kakashi: "Naruto!" he turned to Sakura, Ryozo, and Chiyo "you three stay here and deal with this guy" they all nodded, and caught up with me.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I nodded at Kakashi-sensei, and looked over at the remaining Akatsuki. "Sakura and.....sorry, I don't know your name. But listen. I will move in with my Shouraigan. I should be fine, you guys look for an opening to attack, alright? I will be fine, and if things get dangerous, I will just use my water to defend myself." I started running at Sasori, as I activated my Shouraigan Future Sight. "Hope you're ready!"
Kaida's POV: Kaida: I watched the entrance of the cave disappear, and smirked. "How much do you want to bet he won't be coming alone?" Deidara looked at me. Deidara: "You're probably right, un". I watched closely, and smiled alittle. They where coming.
Nashi's POV: Nashi: I heard a loud crash, and my head snapped up. "What in this world was that!?" I struggled against the chains, but they blocked off all of my chakra, including Lunia's. "Come on!" I started kicking the wall and then the chains, trying to break them. Although there was one problem, ok, two. One, I suck at Taijutsu, and two, I was still injured and weak.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: I heard a loud crash, and started runinng towards the noise. "What the hell was that noise, are we under attack?"

Kaida's POV: Kaida I growled and watched as the two leaf ninja got closer. I jumped off the bird and went to kick the silver haired one. I missed and quickly dodged a kunai from the blonde.
Nashi's POV: Nashi: I continued kicking the chains, and then finally heard a small crack. I smirked, and started kicking them agian, but with as much strength as possible this time. Finally after a while, I broke through the right one, and started on the left.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I was approaching the end of the hallway, as I heard a loud crashing sound. "And now the fun will begin." I grinned as I kept walking towards the main room where Sasori and Deidara were.

Kaida's POV: Kaida: I growled again, and hid in the trees. I would wait for the right time to attack. My goal was the blonde. I smirked slightly, and laughed a little. "Good luck, Deidara. I'll be close by". I quickly caught up with him, but stayed in the woods.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: "Come on already!" I struggled against the last chain, and pulled on it so much I thought my wrist was going to pop off or something. Finally, I slipped on a rock, and fell flat on my face. "....Ashida...stupid thing, stupid chains, stupid stupid everything!" I mumbled to myself as I stood back up and then sensed that I knew the chakra. It was Naruto's. "...Naru...to....?" If it really was Konoha, then I would have to get outta here as soon as possible.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I ran out, and stopped by Sasori, and looked at the entrance, and saw it was destroyed. "Well sorry, I guess I jinxed us. I was kind of hoping some fun would come our way, but I had no idea they would destroy our door.... such a mess." I sighed, and placed my hands in my pockets under my robes, as I looked at the entrance calmly.

Kaida's POV: Kaida: I watched closely at the two ninja following Deidara. One was up to no good, that's for sure. I watched closely and noticed he had the Sharingan. "So this is the great copy ninja Kakashi, eh? What is he up to though. He's obviously gathering his chakra for something." I activated my Kekkei Genkai and stayed focused on Kakashi. I jumped back on the bird. Deidara: "It's about time you got back, un" Kaida: "Shut it! I'm trying to focus baka."
Nashi's POV: Nashi: I picked up the rock I had slipped on, and started pounding away at the shackle that kept me here. It bent a bit, and I hit it again and it broke free. "woo-hoo! I win!" I then reached for a kunai but realized that my weapons and everything else was gone. "What! Oh come on already!" I said as I took off into the hallway and went the opposite direction Izuro went, to go find my weapons.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I looked at Ryozo, and smirked "Hey there. Surprised to see that you are still alive." I pulled out my katana and looked at him. "If you're here to save your friends, you're already too late." I started walking towards him with my katana held to my side.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I looked at him, and glared. "What do you mean by that, and if you're thinking of challenging me now, I am going to warn you I am much stronger now, and we are fighting in my element." I made a few quick handsigns as I jumped back and stood on the water. "Secret Jutsu, Deep Freeze." The water around me started freezing and growing upwards like giant twisting pillars of ice.

Kaida's POV: Kaida: I kept a close eye on Kakashi. Whatever he was up to was not good for us. I looked at Deidara, and felt a small amount of rage. I sighed in defeat, and my hair turned to a pale blue color again. Kaida/Isira: "I'll hold the blonde for as long as possible. Be careful, Deidara" He nodded, and i went to hit the blonde in the stomach.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: I found a door and stopped before it, and dropped to my knees and looked under it. I couldn't see anything moving around inside. I also couldn't smell or hear anyone. I stood back up and carefully opened up the door, and started looking around. I found a couple of scrolls, so I decided to snag them. I stuffed them in my pocket, and ran off to the next room. There was my katanas and everything else. Carefully, I walked up to them, and checked to see if there was any traps or anything, nothing. I grabbed my swords, and hung them on my side, and put on my kunai and shuriken pouch. I also grabbed some bandages and wrapped up my arm to cover Lunia's seal, and all the injuries I had received.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I watched as the ice started forming upwards, and watched closely. "Well, this should be interesting...I wonder what's stronger... your ice, or my wind." I made a handsign with my free hand, and then placed it on my katana as the wind around it started to focus, and swirl around it. "You're no longer a kid, so let's fight as adults. That means no more holding back." I flashstepped in front of him, and swung my katana in front of him, releasing all the chakra I had focused in the wind around the katana in front of me in a small narrow burst out of the tip of the katana to cut through the ice towards him.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: My eyes widened as I noticed him vanish from my sight, and reappear in front of me, and swing his katana. I jumped back as I noticed the pillars of ice getting cut through by something I could not see. I landed on a small pile of rocks that came down when Sakura broke the door and looked down to see a small cut across my cloth. I activated my Shouraigan and watched carefully for his next move. Ryozo: "Nice trick but it won't work on me. Now where is Nashi. Or do I have to beat it out of you."

Kaida/Isira's POV: Kaida/Isira: I growled, and noticed that Kakashi kept doing different handsigns. I began to catch onto what he was doing. I looked at Deidara, and knew he was the target for the upcoming jutsu. I smirked a little, and threw a kunai at Naruto. Not feeling anything at all right now, I just wanted to taste blood. "Deidara, be careful....this is going to be a strong jutsu". he nodded, and faced Kakashi and Naruto. We had to be careful now. We were running out of options.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: I ran back around through the halls, and heard fighting. I stopped and looked around the corner. There was Sakura and some old lady fighting Sasori, and Izuro was fighting Ryozo. Outside I could sense Kaida and Deidara taking care of Naruto and Kakashi. "....Should I help them?....I don't know, they are my enemy, both the Akatsuki and Leaf are....." I thought about it for a while longer, and then decided that fighting a S-ranked rouge ninja would help my training alot. So I slipped on my teal gloves and the weights under my arm bands to hide them, and jumped out, and smashed one of the puppets that was going for the old lady.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: "I think the answer to that question is rather obvious there, Ryozo. Now time for a little lesson from your older brother." I stuck my katana into the ground, and started making some handsigns as I started focusing my chakra.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I watched Izuro start making some handsigns. "That's what I was hoping you would say." I reached back, and undid the lid on my gourd, then reached down and grabbed some kunai from my back pouch that had explosive tags already attached to them with wire going through the loops in the kunai, and held them in my arms as I stretched my arms out to separate them all, so that they would float in the air. I then started focusing the water I had carried in my gourd to come out and surround the kunai and tags with my chakra, and harden it into solid ice.

Kaida's POV: Kaida: I looked closely at the area. "This isn't good." Deidara placed his only hand on my shoulder "Kaida, get out of here. You'll know where to meet me, un". I nodded, and quickly vanished deeper into the woods.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: I looked at Sasori. He was in his one puppet. Sakura: "Who!?...Who are you?!" I turned and looked at her. Nashi: "Shut up, Pinky" Her eyes widened. Sakura: "N-Nashi!......Wait, where's Sasuke-kun!?" Nashi: "Like I would tell you" I stood up straight, and pulled out a kunai. "Don't get hit, for now, I'm going this fight for my own personal revenge."

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I watched Ryozo carefully as he readied some kunai, and covered them with ice. I did not see much point in covering them in ice, but I felt that something was up, and activated my Shouraigan. "Secret Jutsu: Cyclone Burst" The wind in front of me started to form into a whirlwind, and it starting flying right towards Ryozo as I manipulated it.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I noticed a whirlwind start moving towards me, and I jumped to the side, and jumped back and forth in different parts of the cave, staying out of Sakura's fight with Sasori, while avoiding the Whirlwind at the same time. I let a kunai slip off the wire occasionally onto the ground as I kept moving around Izuro, so there would be one on the ground all around him.
Nashi's POV: Nashi: "...Where's Gaara?" I said as I started looking around for his body. Sakura: "...The blonde guy took him with a girl with red hair. They were on a large bird made of clay." Nashi: "Deidara and Kaida...." I made a fist, and jumped back to Sakura, and the old lady. "Ok, listen, I got a plan. That's not Sasori's true form, he's in one of his puppets" Sakura: "Yes, I know. Chiyo-baasama already told me. Right now, I'm trying to break it open." Nashi: "How? you were the weakest one on squad 7" I noticed that made her upset, and she started yelling at me till the old lady, which was Chiyo, was my guess, interrupted. Chiyo: "Sakura, now is not the time to fight, stick with the plan." Sakura: "Yes, sorry" Chiyo told me that Sasori had some highly deadly poison on all of his weapons, and his puppet had many tricks up it's sleeve, and that she attached some chakra strings to Sakura, and could also attach them to me. Nashi: "No, I'm fine, thank you....Besides, this is just like training with Orochimaru-sama" I noticed Sakura's reaction to Orochimaru's name, and smirked.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: I looked around at Ryozo, and started moving my hands to make the whirlwind move faster after him. "Round and round the Sato goes, where he stops, no one knows." I started feeling my body strain from the chakra usage into manipulating the wind constantly, so I stopped the whirlwind. "Well, that was a waste." I looked at him, and noticed all his kunais were missing. "Well, I guess that was not a complete waste."
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I stopped as the whirlwind died down, and vanished. I then made a handsign to manipulate the frozen kunais causing them to slowly levitate off the ground. "You're right, it wasn't a waste. For me, that is." I quickly threw my hands outwards, causing all the frozen kunais to quickly float upwards into the air, then swung them forward to make them all charge forward at Izuro's position.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: "Ok, you guys do your thing, and I'll do mine" I then ran at Sasori, and heard Chiyo and Sakura yell at me to stop. Sasori: "You're pretty foolish to be rushing into your death like that" I then saw a bunch of kunai come at me, and jumepd and avoided them. Then I saw the scorpion tale come at me. I created a clone, and I jumped off of it's back, and it was hit by the clone. I then flashstepped, and appeared infront of Sasori, and went to go punch him in the face, when I saw a small dagger appear out of the puppet's mouth. I ducked, and it barely missed my cheek.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: I looked around, as I noticed all the kunais that Ryozo had dropped come up from the ground, towards me. "I see. so that's your plan. Nice try, but-." I focused chakra into my hands to allow me to make my handsigns more quickly. "Wind Style: Great Wind Barrier" I used my Wind Manipulation kekkei genkai to manipulate the winds around me to start spinning extremely fast in a clockwise motion to repel the attacks or cause them to blow off course.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I smirked a little, as my attack got repelled, and closed my eyes briefly. "I guess I win this round." I watched the explosive tags on the kunai start to ignite and go off, causing all the ice that covered the kunai to explode in thousands of pieces of frozen shrapnel. "Like my new technique, Izuro?" I let out a big grin.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: My eyes widened, and I was taking deep heavy breathes. I didn't expect a trap within a trap. I quickly shook it off, and jumped back over to Sakura and Chiyo, just in time to avoid the scorpion tale. "Ok, fine. I'll work with you guys. seems I have no choice anyways" I then started coughing, and I saw some blood come up. I wiped it away, and Sakura asked if I was ok. "...Aye...I was suppose to be on a vacation. Sasuke sent me onto rest from a cold...some vacation, huh?" Sakura: "...Nashi....if we defeat this guy...can you please tell me about Sasuke-kun?..." Nashi: "....aye...but Sakura, there's one thing you should know..." Sakura: "What?" I stood up straight, and drew my sword, and glared at Sasori. Nashi: "Sasuke, he's my....boyfriend, sorry" I then jumped back into battle, and Sakrua followed me, well, Chiyo made her follow, because of the chakra strings. I saw a bunch of weapons come at us, and we avoided them. Sakura got trapped, and I continued running at Sasori. I created two clones, and we all surrounded Sasori, and at the same time punched him, avoiding the weapons. I saw the puppet crack and break, and I jumped back, and so did what looked like a shadow.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I took a deep breath, and held my hands in front of me as I manipulated the wind into a small orb now, and held it in my hand. "Like it, Ryozo? This is my version....of Chidori." I grabbed my right arm, and focused the chakra in my right hand with all the wind and electricity built up from all the friction and heat. "I hope you're ready. I havne't thought of a name yet for this jutsu. Maybe your last words before you die, can be the name."
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: My eyes widened a bit, and I quickly pulled out a kunai, and held it in front of me, and watched Izuro. "Well, then I guess that jutsu will be going without a name then." I took a deep breath, and watched Izuro carefully.
Nashi's POV: Nashi: I looked over, and saw Izuro with some sort of attack that reminded me of Chidori a bit. "...freaky...I have bad luck with Chidori..." I then grabbed my shoulder where it had been impaled by Sasuke's Chidori. I zoned out, and then heard something. I looked up, and saw Sasori's true form, and my mouth dropped. "OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!" Sakura: "What!?" Nashi: I stared at him for a couple of seconds, and he pulled out some weapons. "....too bad he's a puppet...he's hott" Sakura: "NASHI, WHAT ABOUT SASUKE-KUN!?" Nashi: "Hey, just because a guy is sorta cute, doesn't mean I'm not going to kill him" I then raised my swords, and charged at Sasori with Sakura following.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I shook my head, and sighed. "I see, well that's too bad." I swung my right hand holding my ball of wind and lightning behind me, and started to towards Ryozo. "It's over, Ryozo. Once this connects, you're finished."
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I threw my kunai up into the air, and quickly made some handsigns, and focused all the water in my gourd to come out, and surround my body as it hardened into ice like armor. "Well, YOUR offense won't get through MY defense. That's crystal clean to me" I grabbed the kunai I had in my hand, and threw it at Izuro, and reached back in my pouch to get ready to side step his attack, and place an explosive tag on him.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: I watched Sasori summon a large puppet with long black hair. I also noticed Chiyo had stopped, and was now staring wide eyed at the puppet. Chiyo: "I-It can't be.....Kazekage....." The puppet came at Sakura and I, and Chiyo pulled Sakura back, and I jumped onto the side of the wall, using my chakra to stay on. The puppet pulled out a bunch of weapons from it's arm, and I could smell large amounts of poison coming from it. I watched as Chiyo pulled the tail from the last puppet in the way, and it blocked the attack, and broke. I then jumped down next to Sakura, and the other arm opened up and spread into a hundred more. Nashi: "What the-!?" Chiyo: "Oh no!" Sasori: "DIE!!!" Sakura and I both fell down, and I shut my eyes as the attack approached us. I opened my eyes, and saw that Sakura was ok, but I felt something wrong with my leg. I moved a bit and saw that one of the daggers on the hands had went through it. Nashi: "Hey, a lil help here!?" Sakura and I were both pulled out, and another attack came at us. I threw an explosive tag at it, and Chiyo caught Sakura, while I landed on my feet. I quickly pulled the dagger out, and pulled my boot up to hide the wound.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I made some quick handsigns for the replacement jutsu as the ice impaled my body, and vanished. I then jumped out from the water behind Ryozo, and threw a couple of kunais with smoke bombs. "I hope you did not think an attack like that to finish me off so quickly." I grabbed my Akatsuki cloak, and threw it off so I only had my black sleeveless vest, and pants. "I will say though that you have improved, but kid gloves are off now." I quickly made some handsigns for my Wind Barrier again. "Wind Style: Great Wind Barrier" I started making the wind around me rotate quickly in a clockwise direction and in a counter clockwise direction, causing the water to come up from around me like a small tornado, and the smoke to swirl around me as well. The wind rubbed against eachother quickly, causing it to get hotter and hotter.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I quickly turned around, and jumped back to avoid the kunai's, as smoke started covering the surrounding area. "Damn, a smoke bomb!" I pulled out a kunai, and started looking around to try and see where Izuro was. I noticed the smoke started to get blown away quickly, then swirl around a small area in front of me. I jumped back a couple times to gain some more distance, and activated my Shouraigan Future Sight.
Nashi's POV: Nashi: I saw some kunais come out of one of the arms, and I quickly threw some shuriken, but they only deflected one. They went for Sakura. "SAKURA!!!" I ran for her and shut my eyes when I heard them hit something. Oh no! Sakura! I opened my eyes, and saw that Chiyo had summoned two puppets, and they had taken care of the shuriken. I sighed in relief, and then flinched and fell to my knee, the wound was killing me. Sakura: "Nashi! What's wrong?!" Nashi: "N-Nothing!...." She ran over to me, and helped me to my feet. I watched as the two puppets used some wire thing to cut right through all of the arms. I saw saws come out of Sasori's puppets after he had it detach it's arms, and Chiyo's puppets pulled out a sword and whip thing with kunai all over it. They both started fighting, and I pushed Sakura back away from me, I refused to be useless in this fight!
Izuro's POV: Izuro: I used my Shouraigan Future Sight to make sure the attack would connect. I waited till I got close enough to Ryozo so I could Flashstep behind him, and attack him with my jutsu from behind.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I watched Izuro's moves carefully, and then sidestepped his attack as he got close, and threw the explosive tag at him. I noticed his body vanish though before the tag connected, and then heard the water behind me make some noise from someone standing on it, and quickly started to rotate around holding my arms in front of me to brace myself from the attack.
Nashi's POV: Nashi: I ran around the fight, and came up behind Sasori and went to go attack him, when I noticed him use some jutsu. Sasori: "Iron Sand Rain Jutsu!" Nashi: I swung my sword at him, and he jumped and avoided it. I saw three sets of iron spears form about me, Chiyo, and Sakura, and they all came at us. Sasori: "What are you going to do, Grandma? who will die?!" Nashi: I quickly formed handsigns, and pressed my hands to the ground right as the attack collided with us, and a giant pile of dust and dirt went everywhere so no one could see. I felt something as well, and screamed while I grabbed my stomach.

Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I started spinning around, hoping that Izuro would pass by me so that the attack would miss. I then heard Nashi's scream, and lost my focus for a second, and stopped as I looked over to see what happened.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: My eyes widened as I started to move forward as Ryozo spun, but then he stopped as Nashi screamed. "You should focus more on the battle at hand, Brother!!!" I quickly pulled my arm back, and then swung it forward again at him, and released all the wind and electricity explode forward into him.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: I rolled on the ground as I held my stomach. I moved my head, and gasped for air, and saw that my jutsu had worked. There were two giant black flames in front of Sakura and Chiyo that had managed to melt away the attack, but I didn't have enough time to save myself. I grabbed my stomach and Sakura ran over to me. Sakura: "Nashi!? Hold still!" Her hands started to glow blue, and I saw her grab something that was sticking out of my stomach. "Hold on, this is going to hurt." She grabbed the large iron spear, and yanked it out. Chiyo was keeping Sasori busy, while Sakura took care of me. "Nashi why?...why did you save us?" Nashi: ".....I don't know why, Pinky....Probably because..." i began to cough up blood "I still never got rid of my last feelings for Konoha...now though......" i coughed up more blood "....I can....also...I never really wanted Sasuke to leave..." I then closed my eyes, and everything went black.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I swung forward with my jutsu trying to keep it under control. "It's over, now DIE!!!" I noticed him turning around and my attack hit him in his arms, and I started pushing forward with everything I had to try and break through the ice armor and his arms to pierce his heart.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I blocked the attack with my arms, and started focusing as much chakra as I could into the ice around my arms and into my arms as I pushed forward to try and stop the attack. I could feel the ice around my arms breaking though, and my arms started to become filled with a strange tingly feeling from the electricity. I decided I was going to try and rotate out of the way, hoping that his attack would keep moving forward, and not do any further damage.

Sakura's POV: Sakura: I was fighting Sasori with everything I had, I couldn't believe that just happened to Nashi. We may have always hated each other, but Sasuke loved her, and she was still my partner, and she gave her life to save us. I avoided the one attack, and felt a huge surge of chakra. I looked over, and saw that it was coming from Nashi, but I didn't see her. Instead, I saw a creature with long white hair, and weird looking skin. It also had a black heart shape in the middle of it's eyes. It raised it's hand, and I saw claws and fangs. It let out a roar, and ran at me. I froze, and it went right past me, and smashed the puppet instead. Chiyo pulled me back, and the creature turned, and looked at me with eyes that looked just like Nashi's Syakigan. It was Nashi!

Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I looked down back at Izuro: as his attack went forward at me, and I rebraced myself. The attack exploded forward, and I was shot back from the released force of wind blowing away all my ice armor as the electricity shot all throughout my body, and I laid on the ground twitching somewhat as I tried to sit upright, and looked at to where Nashi was at. "Na-Nashi..." I noticed the wounds she had, and started to think back to how my friend Mitoko Sato died from the exact same wounds a long time ago. "Not...again...I am not...going to fail another one."

Izuro's POV: Izuro: I looked down at Ryozo as I walked over to him, and reached down, and picked Ryozo up by his collar. "Like I said, you should be more focused on your own battle. You're no longer a kid, so like I said, I am not holding back any longer. Goodbye." I held back my left hand, and focused my chakra to make the wind spiral around it so I could pierce through Ryozo, and held him up by his collar with my right hand.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: I looked at Sakura, and saw that she looked absolutely terrified, and I smirked. I then turned back to Sasori, and readied myself, and ran at him. In my second cursemark stage, I was a lot faster. I ran behind him, and started kicking at him. Two of my kicks hit, and he blocked the rest, except for the last. He went flying, and I ran to the other side before he could hit the wall, and punched him. I then jumped back over to Sakrua and Chiyo. Sakura: "N-Na....Nashi!?" Nashi: "What?" Sakura: "What happened to you?...." Nashi: "Just the second stage of my cursemark, that's all" I watched as Sasori started to get up, and he took his cloak off, and I saw that he was all puppet.

Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I looked down at Izuro's hand as he pulled it back, and I felt something burning on my back like it was on fire. As he went to punch me with his hand, I quickly grabbed his wrist as I felt a sudden surge of power go through me, and my heaven seal started to cover my body. I growled a little then as I squeezed his wrist and grabbed his hand that was holding me up with my left hand, and I kicked him with both my legs so he would let go of me, and so I could get free.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: He stopped my punch, and I went back a few yards from his kick. "I see you still have some fight left in you." I looked up at Ryozo, and noticed Orochimaru's cursemark all over his body. I grabbed my katana, and held it in front of me, getting ready to defend myself against Ryozo's attacks again.

Nashi's POV: Nashi: I looked at Sasori, and since my Syakigan was already activated, I was able to read his mind instantly. Sasori thinking: 'I'll acknowledge you. You're an impressive child. To have actually destroyed the Third Kazekage is quite a feat. Using other human puppets would be a waste of time....' Sasori: "I haven't used this one since I joined Akatsuki. I wonder how long it's been..." Sakura: "Th-that-!" Chiyo: "He hasn't aged a day since he left. He looks exactly like he did back then. And now we know why." Sasori: "It's really been a while...since I used myself." Sakura: "He turned himself into a human puppet?" Nashi: "Wait, you guys never noticed he was a puppet?...Oh, wait, of course you wouldn't, because you can't smell it..." Sakura: "What?" Nashi: "Nothing" Chiyo thinking: 'There is something about this girl?...Just like that Naruto boy earlier, could she be the one Kakashi was talking about?' Sasori: "What's wrong? Weren't you going to finish this? I f you aren't going to attack...I'll make this first move!" Nashi: I saw a bunch of fire come from his hands, and Chiyo and Sakura hid behind large boulders, while I was able to easily out run the fire. Sakura jumped out, and threw a kunai at Sasori, but the fire melted it, and I quickly ran, and joined Sakura and Chiyo. Chiyo: "We've got one and a half minutes left. Nashi, you can easily out run the flames, try to keep him busy." Nashi: I nodded, and ran out and the flames started to follow me. Chiyo threw the Kazekage's head at Sasori, and it melted, and I joined up with Chiyo "Please, just let me go kill him! You guys are slowing me down!" Chiyo: "No! We must stick to the plan. He's completely covered in poison." Nashi: "So? I was poisoned, and I'm still fine!" I pulled down my ripped up boots, and showed her the wound, but it was already healed. "It's gone!?"

Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I fell onto the ground, and crouched down and made some handsigns. "Like you said, I am no longer a kid, so you have no reason to hold back any longer. Hold back, and you will die." I finished making the handsigns as the water all around me started rising up and surrounding my body, creating a different looking type of ice armor with 6 wings of ice on my back. "Secret Jutsu, Crystal Seraphim Jutsu." I focused as much of my remaining chakra as I could into my ice as it merged with my skin. I then leaned forward, and flew at Izuro and focused the ice on the back of my right hand to grow forward into a blade, and swung at Izuro.

Izuro's POV: Izuro: My eyes widened a bit as I took a step back, and jumped backwards into the air to get away from Ryozo. I started watching carefully for an opening in his jutsu. "Just like your Crystal Angel Jutsu, I will find a way around this one, Ryozo." I planted my feet on the wall, and pushed off as I focused some chakra into my feet, and flew at Ryozo, and swung at him as I focused my chakra around my blade to sharpen it with the wind like before.
Nashi's POV: Sasori: "What's wrong, aren't you going to attack me?" Nashi: I bit my lip, and growled a bit. I couldn't stand this, I wanted to fight, not evade his attacks! Sasori: "In that case..." Chiyo: "Water...move it! "Nashi: "Aye!" I jumped away with Chiyo and Sakura, and sliced boulders in half that came at us. Sasori narrowed the jet stream of water until it had enough pressure to cut through the rocks. After dodging them for a while, I saw the metal line come at me and Sakura. I turned to the side, and it went by me, but grazed Sakura in the side. "Are you alright, Pinky?" Sasori: "Die!" I saw him going for Chiyo, and I grabbed Sakura, and jumped over to the cable. Nashi: "Help me out here!" I grabbed it, and started to pull it so it would run out soon. Sakura: "but the poison-!" Nashi: "Just do it!" She nodded, and helped me. Finally, the cable ran out, and Sasori stopped right before he could hit Chiyo. Sakura: "Hell yeah!" Nashi: "Woo-Hoo!" We both gave a sharp tug on the cable, and I pulled Sasori in, as Sakura got ready. She punched him in the stomach at the same time that I kicked him, and he fell apart everywhere. Sakura: "We did it!" Nashi: "aye!" I sat down, and my cursemark faded, and my hair turned back to it's normal legnth and color. My Syakigan deactivated, and my eyes went back to their shade of blue. I looked over, and spit some blood out. "You better not lose this one, Ryozo! I'm leaving this match up to you, even though your brother is an ASS!!" Sakura: she looked over at Ryozo and Izuro's battle. "Shouldn't we help him?" Nashi: "no, this is his match."
~(me: okies, quick note, this one ish long, i musta somehow lost a POV, maybe not, maybe's it suppose to be like this, i dunno. just bare with me. i stayed up for HOURS tryin to reorganize these entire POVS cause when i finally got this back, they had mixed them all up T^T) awhs it's ok*gives me a kleenex* (me: *sniffle* thankies T.^)~
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I looked up at Izuro as he jumped towards me, and I flapped my wings once, causing all the wind around me to blow away, as I pushed off the ground with the second flap of my wings, and charged at Izuro. "If you're hoping to cut through my ice like last time, it's not going to happen, this is my ultimate ace!" I spun around, and swung my ice blade at Izuro.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: I noticed him coming at me, and I swung my blade to intercept his. As they collided, my blade suddenly stopped in it's tracks. "I remember this jutsu now. This is why I always hated you, RYOZO!!!" I started focusing as much chakra as I could into my blade, and pushed his blade off to the side, and gave him a swift kick towards his chest.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: My blade got pushed off to the side, and I noticed his leg coming towards me. I took my bottom left and bottom right wing, and quickly moved them in front of me to get in between his kick, and absorb it. I then grabbed his leg with my free hand, and grinned as I focused the chakra in the ice to cause the ice to expand on his leg more to strengthen my grip, as I started to spin him around in circles to throw him. "I was always your punching bag in our matches, but now, it's time for you to be on the receiving end." I released the ice from Izuro's leg as I threw him towards a wall, and took my right hand, and moved it to my left, and swung it to the right, causing the blade of ice growing out of the back of my hand, to shoot out towards Izuro.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: I flew towards the wall, and focused some chakra in my body to help cushion the impact. "Sorry, but I don't intend to be a punching bag to a weakling like-" I looked up, and noticed the blade of ice coming at me, and pushed on the wall so I would move to the side as the ice cut deep into my left arm. I grabbed my wound, and looked up at Ryozo again, and glared at him.
Nashi's POV: Nashi: I smirked as I saw Izuro get injured. I hated him for what he did to me, betraying me. I stood up, and folowed Sakura, when I heard a noise. I looked around, and saw that Sasori was pulling himself back together. "Holy-....." Sasori: "did what, exactly?" Chiyo: "that's right...I'll get you this time" She reached into her bag, and pulled out a small scroll. "This is a technique that I forbade myself from using. I thought I would never need it again, but I suppose life isn't that simple. Let's get this show on the road." The scroll opened, and 10 puppets formed. Sasori: "A puppet user's ability is measured by the number of puppets they can use. Impressive, Grandma." Nashi: "WHAT!?!?! GRANDMA!!" Sakura: "Weren't you listening at all!!?" Nashi: "....uhhh....of course I was, I was just seeing if you were!" Sakura: "....right..." Sasori: "Anyways, that certainly is quite an impressive collection of puppets, but..." He then used a scroll, and 100 puppets came out. Nashi: "Holy-..." Sasori: "This is beyond annoying for me. Just how long am I going to fight with an old hag and two little girls?" Nashi: "LITTLE!?!?! I'LL SHOW YOU LITTLE, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!" I then charged at Sasori, but Sakura and Chiyo held me back. "I'LL RIP HIM TO SHREDS!!! FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!!! NO ONE CALLS ME LITTLE, AND LIVES TO TELL ABOUT IT!!!"
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I looked at Izuro floating in the air as I flapped my wings, as all the emotion started leaving my eyes, as my body started to feel a little numb from the cold, and the cursemark started to spread all over my body.... "I hate you, Akatsuki. You think you can do as you please. You killed my clan. You killed my best friend Mitoko. You killed Gaara. If you think I am going to sit by now and watch you kill Nashi, you're wrong." I charged at Izuro again, and charged chakra into my left hand, getting ready to swing at him, and grab the ice blade I threw at him with my right, and swing around at him with it, in case I missed.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: "So what? You can hate us all you want, that's not going to change anything." I watched Ryozo come at me, and pushed on the wall again to roll to my right, avoiding the punch. Shortly after he hit the wall though, I saw him spin around, and swing at me with his ice blade, which cut my left shoulder. "Damn. You're relentless." I jumped off the wall to gain some distance, and reached in my pouch to check my ninja tools. 'Not much left...' I coughed up some blood, and caught my reflection in the water. 'Wait...' I looked at my reflection carefully. 'That's it!'
Nashi's POV: Nashi: "Argh, fine!" I pulled my arms out of their grip, and glared at Sasori. He seemed a bit entertained by my littel outburst. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOOKING AT, PUPPET BOY!!" Chiyo: "Nashi, Sakura, your antidote isn't working anymore. Don't fight" Nashi: "Sorry, but I don't listen so well, and this battle is personal now!" I cracked my fists. Sakura: "and by now, you should understand my personality." Nashi: "What, an obsessed Sasuke fangirl?" I saw her eye twitch, and then she looked a little depressed. Guess Sasuke's name was bad Taboo for her or something. Chiyo: "this will be the finale. Are you prepared!?" Sakura: "Yes!" Nashi: "AYE!" Chiyo: "Here he comes!" Nashi: "And here I go!" The puppets charged at us, and I jumped on ones back, and sliced its head off with my sword. One by one I cut the puppets in half.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: I looked at Izuro, and watched carefully as I reattached the ice blade to my wrist. I could tell he was up to something, and I did not feel like getting caught in some trap of his. "Whatever you're thinking, it's not going to work." I wanted to activate my Shouraigan and see what he was going to do with my Future Sight, but I did not have enough chakra to waste on that, considering what was needed to keep my Crystal Seraphim in use.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: I looked over at Sasori's battle. "It seems that they are getting serious over there." I looked at Ryozo, and sighed as I closed my eyes. "I guess I should get serious too..." I closed my eyes tightly as blood started to come out of my eyelids as I activated my final Shouraigan technique.
Nashi's POV: Nashi: I was breathing heavily, and covered in cuts. This wasn't easy, and the cursemark had used up alot of chakra. I needed help. I closed my eyes, and let Lunia take over. My hair grew long again, but instead of white, it turned pitch black. I opened my eyes, and looked around. They were no longer blue or Syakigan, but crimson blood red. "I'll clear a path" I jumped next to Sakura, and tore a puppet that was about to attack her, in half with my claws. "Are you ok?" Sakura:" I'm fine" Chiyo: "Don't lose focus" Sakura: "Right" Nashi: "Aye!" Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that Chiyo got hit on her arm. Chiyo: "damn it!" She sent two of her puppets at the one, and they destroyed it. Nashi: "Hey, you ok?" Sakura: "Are you alright, Chiyo-baasama?" Chiyo: "I'm fine, concentrate on getting Sasori. Nashi and I will hold back the other puppets." Nashi: "Aye" Sakura took off running, and two of Chiyo's puppets came out in front of her on her sides, and I jumped in front of them in the middle. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" I blew a huge flame out, and it caught 3 puppets in it's path. I then ducked, and avoided the next attack. "Here, Sakura, now! Fire Cage: Fire Imprisonment Jutsu!" I created a cage of fire around 7 puppets, and they burned to ash as the fire caught them, and Sakura jumped over them.
Ryozo's POV: Ryozo: "Get serious too? So wait, are you saying you haven't been fighting with everything you've got!" I narrowed my eyes, and pushed off the wall at Izuro, as I noticed some blood coming from under his eyelids. "It's a little late for that!" I rose my right arm into the air, and swung it downwards at him.
Izuro's POV: Izuro: I quickly reopened my eyelids as my eyes were completely black, as I looked into Ryozo's eyes. "Shouraigan Jutsu: Future Memory Jutsu!" I collapsed onto my knees, and grabbed my chest, as I coughed up some blood. At the same time though there was a small explosion from the summoning jutsu, as I summoned my trump card from Ryozo's past. The girl was a lot older now, so she looked a lot different than before, which I did not expect, but I was sure Ryozo would recognize her none the less.